New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-05

! CurbaT, the District Superintendent OF Police,
sweating and dusty. The State had tossed him
| into corner of the province for seventeen
weary years, there to cheek smuggling of salt,
and to hope for promotion that never came. lie
had forgotten how TO keep his white uniform
clean, had screwed rusty spurs into patent leather
! shoes. and clothed his head indferently with a
helmet or turhan. Souled, old, worn with heat
and cold, he waited till he should be entltled 10
/ sufficient pension TO keep him from starving
Iallantrc,' said he, disregarding Grish Chun,
der DE, come outside want to speak to you you.
/ They withdrew It's this" continued Cnrbar
Tie Khusw Kheyl have rushed and cut up half
a dozen OF the coolies on FcrrlSs new canal eii,
| bonkmcnt; killed couple OF men and carried
OF woman; ! wouldn't trouble YOU about
/ that-Fcrris Is after them and I!ugonln. my as
/ sistant with ten mounted police but that's
only the beginning, ! fancy. Their fires are out
/ Oh the llassan Ardeb heights, and unless we 70
! pretty quick thcrcll be flare mp all along our
/ border They are sure 10 raid the four hhusrI
! villages on our side OF the line; there's been bad
/ blood between them for years: and You know the
! Blind Mullah has been preaching holy war since
! Ordc vent Out VIA. Your notion?
Jam. said TaNanuIe thouchtfully., "Theyve
! begun quick. Well, ii seems 70 ne "a better
ride Of to Fort X.ar and get what men can
there to picket among the lowland villages, If
it's not too latc Tommy DOdd commands at
Fort Xlar, think. Ferris and llu-on!n ought
20 teach the canal thieves a lesson, and -,
! We can't have the Head OF Police ostentatlouslT
slf5rIing the treasury You go back 10 the canal
! III wire Builows TO come in 10 Junala vita
strong police guard. and sit Oh the treasury:
! They won't touch the place, but IT looks we'll.
I
! said the voice Of the Deputy Commissioners, who
had followed the speakers alter an interval
on said Curbar' who being IN The ponce
could not understand that fifteen years OF edq-
cation must on principle, change the t Een% f,d
| Border, and heaps of men killed There's
| going TO be another fight and heaps more will
be Killed.
What for?7
Because the teeming millions of this district
! don't exactly approve of sou, and think that
under your benign rule they are going 10 have
good time. II strikes NE that you had better
! make arrangements. | act, you know by
your orders What do you advise? ?"
II take you all TO witness that have not
| yet assumed charge of the district" stammered
! the Deputy Commissioner, not IN the tones ol lhe
@Ah. / thought 50. Well, as I was saying
| Tallantire. your plan is sound Garry 1t out
Do YOU want an escort ?7
80: only decent horse But how about
| wiring To headquarters?
o." fancy. from the color Of his cheeks that
! your superior officer will send some wonderful
| kilograms before the nights over. Let nm 90
! that and We shall have half the troops of the
/ province coming mp to see what's IN" tTonb!e
/ We'll, run along and take care OF yourscli-the
/ Khusru Khcyl Job upward from beneath, rcmem-
! her Io, Mir Khan. give lalantrc Nahlb the
best Of the horses, and tell five men 10 ride, 10
! Jumala with tie Deputy COMMISSIONER Hahip
! Rahadur There i, a hurry toward
There WIS and n was not i'm me least hettcred
! by Dcbcudra Noth De cIngnS TO Policeman
! bride and demanding tie shortest. the very
! shortest. way 10 Jumala Now ORIGINALITY Is ldl'I
! to tlc UeueaG DchcnaIa Nath shou. have
! stayed with MS brother, WHO rode ste'dI'SlN lor
| Iumala ON the railway line. thanking gods on
| tirclE unknown 10 the most c!tApHc 81 uhI'I-
| sites HAT he had not taken charge OF The DIS
| trct. and could stlll-happy resource OF ler'Ae
racial SicN H., ...o,.,, -.
And sHr'r 10 So 'nal WIFI in J rT ,, , H.,
! s""l Two p"I.'Irn' .o' ~ i, b,',,,,eI IN
| h'd been c"h'tIHn% '-r'''I a., ''', t' bi
! lhrr N'"I - pi',-I' S' 49,, ,, and ,bn, tIn
| hchooi IL consisted OF hisi one 3hu ,"'m LIZ
! other entering his room with piodi-Io9S drialN
of war. the mas,ing of hloudthif>tN ana dcElll9t
tribes and the burning OF towns. j was almost
! u.s. Good said these scamps, - riding win OuIpI
after cyasiyc AfghanS. Each invention kept Inc
| nearer AZ work for half am hour on lch-rahS
/ which tie sack OF Delhi would hardly nave JUS
/ ,,t.I f., rNcry mower that could move a