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

They do not give blows for sport, and
when the fight Is done the old mugger
waits far down the river out of sight OF
the village, behind the kikar-scrub yon-
der. Then they come down. my broad
shouldered Jats-eight or nine together
under the stars. bearing the dead man
upon bed. They are old men with gray
boards, and voices as deep as mine. They
light a little fire-ah! how well / know
that fire!-and drink tobacco. and they
nod their heads together forward In a
ring, or sideways towards the dead man
on the bank. They say the English law
will come with a rope for this matter.
and that such. mans family VIII be
ashamed, because such a man must be
hanged In the great square OF the jail.
Then say the friends of the dead: Let
him hangv and the talk is all to do over
agairi-~once, twice, twenty times in the
long night. Then says one at last: The
fight was fair fight Let us take the
blood money. little more than Is Of
fered by the slayer, and we will say no
more about it Then do they haggle
over the blood money. for the dead was
a strong man, leaving many sons. Yet
before amratvela tsunrise) they put the
fire to him little. as the custom is. and
the dead man comes to me. and he
says no more about II. Aha. my chill
dren, the mugger knows-the mugger
knows--and the Malwah Jats are a good
people"
"The are too close--too narrow In the
hand for my crop" croaked the adjutant.
''They waste not the Polish on a cows
horn. as the saying is; and, again, VINO
can CLEAN after a Malwai?'
"Ah. I-glean-them." said the mugger.
Now in Calcutta OF the South. I'm the
old days" the adiutant went on, every.
ling txa int ctr a nd
we picked and chose. Those were dainty
seasons. Now they keep their streets as
clean as the outside OF an egg, and my
people fly away. To be clean Is one
thing; TO dust. sweep and sprinkle seven
times a day wearies the very gods them
selves"
There was a down-eountry jackal had
IL from a brother. who told me. that I'm
CaIcutta.of the South all the jackals were
as fat as offers In the rains said the
jackal, his mouth watering at the bare
thought OF It.
''Ah, but the white faces are there-the
English and they bring dogs from some
where down the river In boats--big fat
dogs-te keep those same jackals lean"
said the adjutant.
They are. then, as hard-hearted as
these peopler I might have known.
Neither earth sky nor water shows char
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white face last season. after the rains.
and also took a new yellow bride to
eat. The white faces do rot dress their
leather In the proper way. IL made me
very sick
That was better than my case" said
the ad1utant. When was In my third
ssason, young and bold bird, wen,
down 70 the river whore the big boats
come in. The boats OF the English are
tarice as big as this village
He has been as far as Delhi. and saws
all the people there walk on their heads"
mnttered the 1ackai. The mugger opened
ms left eye and looked keenly at the ad-
Jutauf.
II Is true the big bird insisted. "A
mar only lies when ne hopes 10 be be-
Iiefed- No ore who had no, seen those
ocass could believe this truth
mat is more reasonable said the
muEgrr. And them.
r rom the insides OF this boat thev
were taking out great pieces OF wh,,a
stun. which in "a little while turned fo
wafer Much split OF and fell about on
we SHORE and the rest they swiftly ru,
INTO Rouse with thick walls R,,t "a
eoafHian- who laughed, took a pieca M
larger tnan A small dog and threw /; "a
ne, t-aH my peopie-swalIow wtthou,
IHs1tsosa and that piece swallowed as
cur custom. Immediately / wss az
n.cteS Win an excessive cold. that. begin
hihs IN my crop. ran down 70 me CIV.
Nelae ena or nay toes. and deprived me-
even OF speech. while the boafrnen laugh
"a at me Never have I felt x,1cb noIs
1sAcea N my grief and amazerneut .ill
. could recover my breath. ara ,he,, ?
01tlcsd and cried against The faIxersx~
o. ms world. and the h=oatrnen aersss,s
''ss VA they fell down. The chief xorss-
OF the matter. setting aside that marvel
Gus coianeSs. wss thar there va. noss-
fas AZ all IN my crop when had finishes
nzy iAmeRtiags:'