Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-06-03

those who had never killed any one with
their own hands were not permitted 10
participate but q small portion OF uncon-
sccrated goor was set aside for their
benefit and consumed at the same time.
Should any unconsumed fragment OF the
sugar be overlooked and eaten by n dog
1t was believed that the goddess resent
ment would endure for years. but II a
man found and eat II he would certainly
become Thug. Let any man." said the
famous Feringeea, speaking To the cour,
at Juhulpose' 8nSe ,s,. ,hht gDo,, an" niI
the trades and have all the wealth In the
world. Ny father made me taste this
goor when i was n mere boy. anu III !
we're to live a thousand years | should
never be able TO follow any other trade"
DISCIPLE or A THUG.
When the boy whom we have imagined
had been for some time In his noyitiate,
after he had seen everything that was
done. and proved himself apt, he was
placed under the care OF a tutor-left his
father. and became the disciple (cheyla)
Of some distinguished Thug. This worthy
REINFORCED the morals he had been in
structed in already. but most OF all he
taught that omens were revelations from
on high; that assassination was sacri-
flee TO Kalee. and that her victims all
went to Heaven. Is IL not the hand Of
God that kills him. said the master. At
the same time. deXterity in using the
rOOmal was energetically inculcated. His
first victim was carefully selected by the
spiritual director spoken OF, and while
this unfortunate soj0urned in fancied BE-
curity, the neophyte, accompanied by
some veteran strangers. was taken aside
and placed so as 10 face the direction In
which the gang would move after this
murder had been committed. Then he
joined I'm prayer offered in his behalf.
20. Kalee! Great Goddess OF Calcutta,
may thy promise never be made i'm vain
II II seemeth 20 thee TT that the traveller
now at our lodging should die by the
hands Of this thy slave. vouchsafs VA
the ThibaOO." If the aUsplce occurred on
the right, the GOorOo knotted piece OF
silver in one end Of yellow and white
handkerchief flor these were the goddess
colors), while he stood facing toward the
west This the classic knot, could only b.
tied by a regularly-ordained person, and
was different from the ordinary support
10 the hand construed by amateurs. AFTER
the deed had been done the neW-made
HhurtOtce bowed to his director. and
touched his feet. lie also performed this
ceremony before all his relations and init
mate friends there present. II was in
gratitude for the gift OF the roomal. which
was equivalent to n diploma To practice,
and likewise i'm acknowledgment OF their
aid and comfort during MS trial " men
the omen on the rlght had again been
heard or seen, he united the knot and gave
the silver coin. together with all the
other silver about him, TO his tutor. who
expended "A rOupee ana quarter Tor
gOOr to be uSed IN TIE IupoNre sdtlllicF
already described, and the rsst often
added to by HIMSELF in sweetmeats, which
were eaten In token OF rejoicing. The
sacrifice was offered. If possible. under Il
neem, mango, or byr tree; at all events II
could not take place beneath any shade
cast by the babul, sirsa, or rconja. Except
some subsequent entertainment Of a purely
social character, the initiation was now
complete. and there was nothing further
10 be done But" remarks Sltcmsn, the
relation between gCorOo and cheyla was
ever after respected as the most sacred
that could be formed. A Thug would
often rather bctray his own father than
the gooroo by whom lac had been
Hnighted."