The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-05-03


the Jaclal mad been deceived by the
likeness he would not have lived TO
philosophize over it.
My child. heard nothing, said the +
mugger, shutting one eye The /
water was in my ears. and also I was
faint with hunger Since the railway
bridge was built my people at my VII
lage have ceased to love me; and that
IS breaking my heart.
"Ahi shame" said the jackal $50
noble a heart, tool But men are all !
alike to my mind.
NAY; there are very great differ
ences, indeed" the mugger answered, /
gently. Some are as lean as boat
poles. Others, again, are as fat as
young ia dogs. Never would ! cause
lessly revile men They are Of all
fashions. but the long years have
shown NE that, one with another they
are very good. Men, women and chill
dren-I have no fault to find with
them. And remember, child, he who
rebuzes the world is rebuked by the
world"
"Flattery is worse than an empty tin
can in the belly Bat that which we
have just heard is wisdom, said the adj
jutant, bringing down one foot.
Consider, though, their ingratitude
to this excellent one, began the jacHal,
tenderly.
Nay nayl not ingratituder' the
mugger said. "They do not think for
others, that is all But / have no
ticed, lying at my station below the
ford, that the stairs of the new bridge
are cruelty hard to climb, both for old
people and young children. The old,
indeed, are not so worthy of considera-
ton, but / am grieved-I am truly
grieved-on account Of the children
Still, think, in a little while, when
the newness Of the bridge has worn
away, we shall see my peoples bare
brown legs bravely splashing through
the ford as before. Then the old mug
ger will be honored again"
But surely saw marigold wreaths
floating off the edge of the ghaut only
this noon" said the adjutant Mari
gold wreaths gre a sign of reverence
all India over.
An error-an error 1t was the wife
of the sweetmeat-seller, She loses her
eyesight year by year, ana cannot tell
a log from me-the mugger of the
Ghaut. I saw the mistake when she
| threw the garland, for was lying at
the very foot of the ghaut, and had she
taken another step could have shown
her some little difference. Yet she
meant well, and we must consider the
spirit of her Offering"
What good are marigold wreaths
when one is on the rubbish hcap2" said
the iackal, hunting for deas, but keep
ing one wary eye on his Protector Of
the Poor
"True, but they have not yet begun
to make the rubbish heap that shall
carry me. Five times have ! seen the
river draw back from the village and
make new land at the foot of the
street. Five times have | seen the
village rebuilt on the banks, and
shall see it built yet five times more /
am no faithless, fsh-hunting gavial, l,
at Kasi to-day and Prayag tomorrow,
as the saying is, but the true and con
slant watcher of the ford, 1t is not
for nothing, child, that the village
bears my name. and he who watches
long, as the saying is shall at last
have his reward. >"
Il have watched Iong-very long
nearly all my life, and my reward has
been bites and blows, said the jackal.
''Ho! Ho! How reared the adjutant
In August was the jackal born,
The rains fell in September;
Now such fearful food as this
Says he, I can't remember
There is one very unpleasant peculi-
arity about the adjutant At uncer-
tain times he suffers from acute at
tacks- of the fdgets or cramp in his
legs, and though he is more virtuous to
behold than any of the cranes, who ARE
all immensely respectable, he flies off
into wild, cripple-stilt war-dances,
half opening his wings and bobbing
his bald head up and down; while for
reasons best known to himself he Is
very careful to time his worst attacks
with his nastiest remarks. At the last
word of his song he came to attention
again, ten times adjutanter than be
fore.
The jackal WINGED, though he was full
three seasons old, but you cannot re
sent an insult from a person with a
beak yard long, and the power Of
driving it like a javelin. The adjutant
was a most notorious coward, but the
jackal was worse.
1--WE must live before we can learn.
said the mugger, and there is this to
say. Little jackals are very common,
child, but such = mugger as ] am is not
common. For all that am not proud.
since pride is destruction; but take
notice, it is fate, and against his fate no
one who swHus or walks or runs should
say anything at all. am well con-
tented with fate. With good luck, a
| Keen eye anu tltG CtiaLJ-i4 VI COIDiNC1-
ing whether a creek OF a backwater
has an outlet to it ere you ascend,
much may be done"
"Once I heard that even the Pro
/ tector of the Poor made a mistake,
said the jaclEal viciously.
True; but there my fate helped me
It was before I had come to my full
i growth-before the last famine but
three (by the Right and Left Of Gunga.
how full the streams used to be in
those days9. Yes, l was young and IN
thinking, and when the 1ood came
who so pleased as 1? A little made me
very happy then. The village was deep
in food, and swan above the ghaut
and went far inland. up to the rice
fields, and they were deep good mud
I remember also 4 pair of braeelets
(glass they were. and troubled pe n3t
littlel that found that evening. Yes,
glass bracelets; and, if nay memory
serves me we'll n shoe 7 shOuld have