Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-08-29
TIE HINDoo WAS A PROPHET.
How the Death of an EnsIishman's Family
Was Foretold in India.
James Mass tells this story, says the

James Mass tells this story. saws the
Philadelphia Inquirer:
1T was about ) o'clock in the evening.
and Col. Geager and | sat on the veranda
of the Nicullah. hotel in Bombay. and on
the edge of the native city, which is call
ed llcullah, and not Bombay. The col
onel Is dead and all that he once owned
and loved is gone. He was expecting his
wife and daughter. who had been out to
England on year s visit, and the vessel
was to arrive at Calcutta next dav. while
we were going to get the bungalow ready
to receive them. The colonel was in the
best of spirits. He joked and laughed
and told stories of love and war: how he
was nearly captured and murdered by the
renowned Mana Sahib at Cawnpore: of his
vast poppy plantations and the revenue he
derived from the opium he distilled every
year. Finally we started to walk to where
we had our horses stabbed. and then for
canter over the beautiful roads to the bun
galow. fifteen miles away We had to 90
through Nlcullah to reach our destination.
What kaleidoscope that ma i've city is.
The burrah-wallah water carrier, wear
ing nothing but breech-clout. and the
male body servant with his red turban and
long white jackets. Jews from Palestine.
ParSeeS, or tre-worShipers, who travelled
5000 miles over desert and mountain from
Persia and carried their sacrid fires all
picturesque, all In white, bordered with req
or other bright colors.
We'll, In turning corner in Vicullah
we found crowd being harangued by one
of the best-known fakirS in India. had
heard him spoken of as one who could put
blight upon you. People called him
Sadi-Sahib-Sadi, my master. Col. Yeag-
er pushed through the crowd within few
feet of the fakir, to whom he said some
thing in HindoStanee. 1t seemed to en-
rage Sadi, who jumped from his little plat
form In front of Yeager saying:
'Englishman, be careful, or blight NAV
fall upon you and yours. Tread not upon
the smallest thing Buddha has created or it
may turn and sting you
Before | could stop him the colonel had
cut the fakir across the face, and with an
oath had shouted; Out of the way, you
Hindoo pig
The fakir turned and, with blazing
eyes. said:
'Englishman, you will not meet your
wife. You will not meet your child. Your
plantations will be devasted; your craven
heart will wither within you; YOU will
die.
The fakir's words were prophetic.
felt it then, and | also think the coloAel
did. We reached the bungalow and we
were soon in bed. How | slept that night
don't know. The words, 'Englishman,
beware. were continuously ringing in my
| ear. Next morning | went into the break
| fast-room. and |. shudder when think of
it. The colonel was there walking up and
down with a telegram in his hand, his face
drawn, and he looked twenty wears Older
| than he did the night bef0r,. With tears
in his eyes he handed me this message;
Steamship Fiago went ashore at the mouth
| of the Hooghly. Your wife and child
| drowned | have never seen the colonel
since. but | have watched his career.
| His poppy crop was failure that year and
it ruined him; his bungalow was burned
by either accident or design, and Yeager
died within twelve-month of a broken
heart.