The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1890-07-26

man knit and methraniayah. / suppose
are the pillars Of the charge. ] am ON il
this piece, but I'm afraid I'm gettins
rusty in my talk
He rose and went into Biel's bedroom
where his trunk had been put, and shu
the door An hour later we heard hin
say; 81 hadn't the heart to part with my
old makeups when l married. Will thi
dor There was lothely faquir salaam
ing in the doorway.
Now lend me fifty rupees" sale
Strickland, "and give me your words O
honor that you won't tell my wife"
He got all that he asked for, and lef
the house while the table drank hi
health. What he did only he himself
knows. A faquir hung about Broncl1
horst's compound for twelve days
Then mehter appeared, and when Bic
heard of him he said that Strickland
was an angel full hedged. Whether tn,
mehter made love TO Janli Mrs. BronclS
horst's ayah. is question which con
Germs Strickland exclusively.
He came back at the end of thre,
weeks, and said quietly: "You spok,
the truth, Biel The whole business il
put up from beginning to end. Jove
it almost astonishes mel That Bronels
horst beast isn't fit to live"
There was uproar and shouting. anC
Biel said: How are you going to prov,
it, You can't say that you've been tres
passing on Bronclshorst's compound il
disguised"
"No,n said Strickland "TeIl voui
lawyer fool, whoever he is, to get III
something strong about inherent i'm
probabilities and discrepancies of evi
dence. He won't have to speak, but i
will make him happy. I'm going to run
this business"
Biel held his tongue and the Other
men waited to see what would happen
They trusted Strickland as men trust
quiet men. When the case came off thu
court was crowded. Strickland hung
about in the veranda of the court till h,
met the Mohammedan khitmatgar
Then he murmured a faquir's blessing il
his ear, and asked him how his SECOND
wife did, The man spun around, and az
he looked into the eyes of "Estreele1
Sahib" his jaw dropped. You must re
member that before Strickland was mar
ried he was, as have told you already
a power among the natives. Strickland
whispered a rather coarse vernaculal
proverb to the effect that he was abreast
Of all that was going on, and went into
the court armed with gut trainer,
whip.
The Mohamlnedan was the first wit
ness, and Strickland beamed upon hin
from the back of the court. The mar
moistened his lips with his tongue, an(
in his abject fear of "Estreeken Sahib.
the faquir, went back ON every detail O.
his evidence-said he was poor MAJ
and God was his witness that he had for
gotten everything that BronckhorstS Sahil
had told him to say Between his terro
of Strickland, the judge and Bronck
horst he collapsed, weeping.
Then began the panic among the wit
nesses. Janki, the ayah, leering chastel,
behind her veil turned gray, and tn,
bearer left the court He said that hi
mamma was dying, and that it was no
wholesome for any man to lie unthriftill
in the presence of 'EstreelSen Sahib."
Biel said politely to Bronckhorst
''Your witnesses don't seem to work
Haven't you any forged letters to pro
ducey But Bronckhorst was swayinl
to and fro in his chair, and there was
dead pause after Biel had been called t,
order.
Bronckhorst's counsel saw the look oi
his clients face, and without more adj
pitched his papers on the little greer
baize table, and 1numbled something
about having been misinformed TIL
whole court applauded wildly, like sol
diers at n theatre, and the judge begal
to say what he Thought
Biel came out of the place and StricB
land dropped a gut trainers whip on tn
veranda. Ten minutes later Bell wa
cutting Bronckhorst into ribbons behin
the old court cells, quietly and withou
scandal. What was left of Bronckhors
was sent home in a carriage, and his wifi
wept over it and nursed it into a ma
again.
Later on, after Biel had managed t
hush up the counter charge agains
Bronckhurst of fabricating false evt
dence, Mrs Bronckhurst, with her faint
watery smile said that there had been
mistake. bnt it wasn't her Teddy's faul
altogether She would wait till he
Teddy came back to her. Perhaps h
had grown tired of her or she had trie
his patience, and perhaps we wouldn
cut her any more, and perhaps th
/ mothers would let their children pla
with little Teddy" again. He was S
lonely Then the station invited Mri
Bronckhorst everywhere until Broncl
horst was lit to appear in public, whe
he went home and took his wife wit
him According to the latest advice
her Teddy did come back to her" am
they are moderately happy, though Z
course he can never forgive her III
thrashing that she was the indirec
means Of getting for him.
What Biel wants to know is; "Wh
didn't press home the charge agains
the BronclShorst brute and have him ru
ing"
What Mrs. Strickland wants TO lmo-
is: "HOw did my husband bring such
lovely, lovely Waller from your station
know all his money affairs, and II
certain he didn't buy It"
What / want to know is; Chow d
women like Mrs. Bronckhorst come t
marry men like BronckhorstY
And my conundrum is the most unaI
swHable of the three. e.-Rudyard KiI
ling.
Napoieons of Finance.
A most appalling sound was heard i
the nursery, and the astonished father
with his hofv ON apd RON 10 COO MI a