Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1892-03-10
AT HOW'LL THANA.

And on SIX rupees. Yes. Sahib Tor l
have three little children whose stom-
achs are always empty, and corn Is now
but twenty pounds to the rupee. |
will make 80 clever n messenger that
you shall all day long be plea cd with
me, and at the end OF the year bestow
a turban. ! know all the roads OF tho
station and many other thingA Aha
Sahibl lam clever Give me service.
| was aforetime In the police. A bad
oharacterP Now without doubt an en-
envy has told this tale. Never was |
scamp. am n man Of clean heart
and all my words are true. They
knew this when | was In the police
They said: "Aflal Kahn Is true
speaker In whose words men may
trust
Why am | not with tho policep |
will speak true talk An evil came TO
the Thana-to Ram Blksh. the lIavil-
dar, aud Maula Baksh, ana Juggut
Ram and Bhim Singh and Suruj Bul.
Ram Baksh is In tho jail for space,
and so also is Maula Bat-h.
II was at the Thana of Howla, on
the road that leads to Gokral-See-
tarum, wherein AFRO many dacoits.
We are all brave m an-Rustums.
Wherefore wo were sent to that Thana,
which rs eight miles from tho next
Thana All day and OH night We
watched for dacoits. Why does the
Sahib laugh? Nay, | will make a con-
fession The dacoits wore too clever
and, seeing this we made no further
trouble 1t was in tho hot weather.
What can n man do in tho hot days?
Is the Sahib who Is so strong Is he.
even, vigorous In that hour? Wo
male nm arrangement with the dacoits
for the sake OF peace. That was the
work Of llayillar who was fat lIol
no! Sahib! lie is now getting thin In
the jail among tho carpets. Tho
| Hayildar said. "Giyo us no trouble
and we will give you no trouble. At
the end OF tho roaping send us man
to lead before the Judge man OF in
firm mind, against whom tho trumpet
up charge will break down. Thus we
shall save our honor 10 this talk
the dacoits agreed and wo had no
trouble ut the Ihana and could eat
melons In peace, sitting upon our
charpoys all day long Sweet as
sugnr-cano arc tho melons OF EowlL
Now there was II assist mt commits
sioner--a Saint Sahib, la that district
called Gunkum suhih Ahal lie was
hard--hard oven rs is tho SahIb who.
without doubt will give mo the shad-
ow Of his protection. Many eyes had
lunkum Sahib, and moved quickly
| through his district Men called him
Tho Tiger OF GoEral- Soctarun, because
ho would arrive unannouncod and
make his kill, and before sunset
would he giving trouble To the Tehsil-
dars thirty miles away. No one knew
the comings or the goings Of Yunkum
Sahib. JIG hal no camp. and when
his horse WIS weary he rodo upon a
| devil carriage. | do not know its
name, but the Suhib sat in the midst
OF three silver wheels that made no
creaking, and drove them with his
legs, prancing like a bean fed horse
thus. A shadow Of a hawk upon the
fields was not more without noise
than tho doyil-carriags OF Yunkum ST.
bib. II was here; II was there; IL was
gone; and the rapport was made, and
there was trouble. Ask the Tthsildar
OF Rohcstn how the hen.stealing came
to be known, Sahib.
II fell upon a night that we OF the
Thana slopt according TO custom upon
our charpoys having eaten the even
ing meal and drunk tobacco. When
VIC awoko in the morning, behold OF
our siA rifles not one romainedl Also
the big police book that was in tho
llalvidars charge was gone. Seeing
these things, we were very much
afraid, thinking on our parts that the
dacoits, regardless OF honor had come
by night and put us TO shame. Then
said Ram Baksh. the Havildar: BE
silent! The business is an evil bust
ness, but 1t may yet go well. Let us
make the case complete, Bring Il kid
aud my tulwar See you not now, o
foolsP A kick for horse but Il word
is enough for man"
We Of the Thana porcoiving quick
| ly what was In the mind OF llavildar
and greatly fearing that the service
would be lost made haste to take the
kid into tho inner room. and attended
/ the words Of the Hayildar. Twenty
! dOcoits came said the Havildar. and
we taking his words repeated after
him according TO custom. There
was a great fight said tho Hayildar
! and OF us no man escaped unhurt
The bars OF tho window were broken.
Suruj Bull sec thou to that; and. o
men, put speed into your work tor
runner must 20 with the news 10 The
Tiger OF Gokoral- Seetarun. There.
on, Surui Bull leaning with his shoul.
der brake in tho bars OF the window,
and |, beating her with whip, made
= the HavildaTs mare skip along the
melon beds till they were much trod-
den with hoof prints.
These things being made / returned
to the Ihana and the goat was slain
and certain portions of the walls were
blackened with fire, and each man
dipped his clothes II little into the
blood OF the goat Know, o Sahib
that wound made by man upon ms
own body can, by those skilled, be
easy discerned from a wound wrought
by another man. Therefore the
HayndaI taking his tulwar smote
ouIeld M liuhfIu nm thn fn,-,arn, a.