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

Re pleased ~ consider here for n moment the
unknown district oI Not kumharScn. II iaV cat
lcnqthwaYs by the Indus under the line of tur
khuSru hllls-a rampant Of useless earth uuG
tumblcd stone. II Ms seventy miles long los
hitr broad. maintained population OI sonnet him,
less than TWO hundred thulsdIj. and paid taxes
10 the extent of forty thousand pounds Year
OH an area that was rather more than half sheer.
HOPELESS waste Tie cllfINafrr> were not gent I'
people. the miner, lof salt were less gentle still
and tie catjlc-hic'dcrs least Gentle OF all y
police post M Inc top ught hand corner and 10
tiny mud fort ln the top left hand corner pre-
vented rs much salt Smu2su- and cattlr-hitlus
as the Influence OF tnc civilians could not put
down, and lu the bottom night hand corner las
Jumala. the district hcaGq uaricIs-a pltIlul knot
Of lime washed barns mcctiou,ir rcutcd as hou,r,
rcckIne with frontier tcNcr leaking IN the Rain.
and ovens IN the summer
II was 10 this place that Grl,h Chundcr De
was travelling. There formally 10 take over charge
of the district. But the news Of hls coming had
cone before. Hcn9alls were scarce as
poodlcs among the simple l'ordcIcrs. who cll
each others heads open with their lon spades
and worshlppcd imparinlIy al Hindu and
Mahomctan ShrIncs Thri crowded to SEQ him.
pnntine al him. and dlycIsclN comparing uIu
horse as their limited range Of metaphor prompted
They lnu-hcd At his police. Jnrt ana wished
10 know how lou2 the hurlN skins were cong
H. lead llcngali apes They inquired whether hc
had brought his women with lin, aad advised
him explicitly not 10 tampcr with theirs. II
remained for u wrinklcd bag by the roadside Ia
slap her lean breasts as he passed. crying.
have sucklrd six that could have eaten SIN
thousand Of him The Government shot them
and made this That "a king! Nhcrcdt piuc
turhancd, hugc-honcd plough-mcndcr shoutcd
" Have hope mother % mine He may set eo
the way of thy wastrcs. And the children, ia.
little brown pun-bals, regarded curiou,ly. #
was generally a good thing for infancy 10 stray
into Or1c Sahih's tent. where copper coin,
were 10 hc won for the mere wishing. and tale,
Of the most authentic. such rs even their mother,
knew but the first half Of No, This lat black
man could never tell them how Pr Prith hauled
the cNc-tccth out Of zen devils: how the biz
stones came 10 lie all in row on top of the
Khusru hills. ana what happened if you shouted
through the vllagc-gatc 10 the gray wolf al
even Badl Khas is dead Meantime Gri,l
Chundrr DE talked hastily and much 10 Tallantrc
after the manner Of those who are more Eng
lish than the English, of oxford and home
with much curious book knowledge of bump
suprcrs, cricket matches, huntirg-ruus. and other
unholy sports of the alien. We must get these
fellows in hand lac said once OF twice uucasiiN
net them well in hand. AMI drive them on =
liaLt rein. 70 use, you know, being slack with
AID moment later Tallantirr heard
DchcndTa Noth De, who, broihcrlngsc had
followed his kinsman's fortune and hoped for the
shadow of his protection as q plcadcr. whispered
i'm BcngaH Better are dried fish at Dacca than
drawn swords al Delhi Brother of mine these
men are devils. as our mother said. And You
will always have 10 ride upon horse
That naht there was public audience IN a
brokcn-down little town thirty miles from Jumaa.
when the new Deputy Commissioner. in reply
10 the greetings Of the subordinate native or
Gals, delivered speech. II was a carefully
Thought ont speech which would have been very
valuable had not his third sentence begun with
three innocent words. Ilamara hoolum hal" III
is my ORDER Then there was laugh, clear and
hcll-lke. from the back OF The bg tent where
a few border landhOdcrs sat. and the laugh grew
and scorn mingled with it, and the lean, keen
face of Debendra Nath De paled, and Grish Chun-
der turning TO Tallantire, spoke: "fou-you put