The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-10

/ proving ana SOWING ana feapinE. al ~
ing 20 and fro in their fields as Qaie(S -
their own cattle"
WAS there stu good food In the -.
| asked the jackal.
More than l had any desire for =
| land do not eat mud--even wax sssss
/ and. as | remember. q little frtxAssSSs| y
! OF this constant coming down OF H. -
lent ones / heard my people say n s,s. u
village that all the English were r.
but those that came face down wflh r
current were not English, as my -
saw. Then my people said II was - s
say nothing at all, but 10 pay tAx "a.
and plow the land. After long tim -
river cleared. and those that came A.
IL had been clearly drowned hy -
foods. as I could we'll see: and. 49,
| 1t was not so easy then TO get food &
was heartily glad OF il. 4 little knaSs
here and there is no had thing-hut -
the niugger is sometimes satisfied, I, -
saying is.' ~
Marvellous, Most truly maryelo..,
said the jackal II am become ~
through merely hearing about SO -
good eating And afterward what
1t be permitted TO ask. dld the protzz6s
OF the Poor do?''
II said 10 myself-and by the ~
and Left of Gunga locked my iavn ~
any more. So lived by the ghauf. 49,
close to my own people. and wa.rks
over them year after year: and -
loved me so much that they threw rnsri
gold wreaths at my head wheneyer fls..
saw IL lift. Yes, and my fate has 49,
very kind TO me. and the river II - s.
enough to respect my poor and 49,
presence; only"
mo one is ali happy from his beok ~
his tall said the adjutant. sympathes
caily. What does the mugger ofAfurr
Ghaut need more:''
THAT little white child which I an -,
get" said the mugger with deep sfIS
He was very small, but have not -
gotten. / am old now. but before a. y I
iS my desire TO try one new thing. M
true they are a heavy-footed, roixv ~ s
foolish people afNi the sport wouM ~
small. but | remember the old days 49,
Benares, and IL the child lives he WIN -
member still. II may be he goss ,,r -
down the bank Of some river, TELLING -
he once passed his hands between ~
teeth OF the mugger OF Mugger-Chnn
and lived to make a tale OF It, Ny -
has been very kind. but that plaques -
sometimes In my dreams-the thouxht y
tho little white child in the bow OF IT,
boat" He yawned and closed his hun
silent. my children. and respect the ase1
He turned stiffiy and shufiied 20
top OF the sandbar. while the jnrhnl
drew back with the adjutant to ~
shelter of tree stranded on the -
nearest the railway bridge.
That was a pleasant and prodf<tf s
life." he grinned. looking up inquiriu
at the bird who lowered above II
And not once. mark you. did he thl1
fit to tell me where morsel might hovo
been left along the banks. Yet I hox6
told him a hundred times OF good thru
waliowing down stream. How true y
the saying: All the world forgets ~
jackal and the barber when the nv !.
has been told! Now he Is going ~
sleep. Arrhi"
How can a jackal hunt with me-
ger?" said the adjutant, coolly.
thief and little thief 1t Is easy 70 ~
who gets the pickings."
The jaclSal turnNd, whining impatiok
". and was going u curl himself W a.
der the tree trunk. when he su61e1f
covered and looked up through the oE1rs
gled branches at the bridge almost 1lol(
his head.
What now?" said the adjutant 90.
ing his wings uneaslly.
wait TIL We see. The wind bloRS
from us to them, but they are ~ Iook-
ing for us--those two men,"
Men. is II? My office pfolorn ne
All India knows I am holy" saAr
jutant. being a first-class scaveuG4, y
allowed 10 go where he pleases. and =
this one never fiinched.
4 am not worth blow from anythng
create: than an old Shoe" said the jazz
al. and listened again. "Hark To thnk
footfallt' he went on. THAT was ~
country leather. but the shod foot OF ~
whiteface. Listen again. Iron hits irc4
up there. 1t Is gun. Friend. thom
heavyfooted. foolish English are comlf
to speak with the mugger."
Warn him, then. He was called h
tector OF the Poor by some one not -
like starving Jackal but little tt
ago."
Let my cousin protect his own n
he has told me again and again thelo
Is nothing TO fear from the whitefscee
They must be swhitefaces. Not Z Va.
lager OF Mugger-Ghaut would DARE Is
come after him. See. / said II M 1
gun. Now. with good luck. we shall TIA q
before daylight. He cannot hear v<il
out or water. and-this time 1t Is not !
womanr'
A shiny barrel giittered for minuls
In the moonlight on the Orders, The
mugger was lying on the sandbar ~
sun as his own shadow. hts forefees
spread out little. his head dropped -
tween them. snorting like a--mugger.
A voice on the bridge whispered: sffs
an ODD shot-straight down almost-but
as saIe as houses. Better try behind the
neck. Golly, what a brute, The vilIa~
gers VIII be wild IL he's shot, though.
He's the deota (godling) of these partar
Don't care rap" another votce ~
sWered. He took about fifteen Of ny
oest coolies while the bridge was build
ing, ana It's about time he was put :
stop to. I've been after him In q boat
Tor weeks. Stand by with the Martini
as soon as I've given him both barrels
OF this"
Mind the kick. then. A double four
bore's no joke"
That's for him to decide. Here goes!"
There was a roar like the sound Of .
small cannon uhe biggest sort of eis-
some artillery. and a double streak Of
flame. followed by the singing crack Of
a Martini. whose long bullet makes moth.
ing OF a crocodi1e's plates. But the ex.
plosive bullets did the work One of them
struck just behind the nugger's neck,
hands breadth TO the left Of tn
backbone. while the other burst Iittle
lower down. at the beginning of the tan
In ninety-nine cases ont of hundred {
MORALLY wounded crocodile can scramble
OFT Tor deep water and get away; but
the mugger OF Mugger-Ghaut was liter
ally broken into. three pieces. He hardly
moved his head before the life went out
OF him. and he lay as fat as the jaekai.
Thunder and llghtning' Lightning and
thunder" said that miserable little beass
Has the thing that pulls the covered caru
over the bridge tumbled at Iast?"
Its no more than a gum" said the
adjutant. though his tail feathers univs
cred Nothing more than a gun. He .