The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-10
IN THE HOUSE ez.'@
OF sUDDHOO.

a VI w ttiNf ifN'HNN tAN VAN'HN t-AA" i
Wherein the Powers u Darkest
range.
From the Dusk to the Dawn.
The house OF suddhoo. near the TAX
sail Gate. Is twO-st0ried, with four
carved windows ~ old brown wool.
aud a fiat roof. You may recognize
Il by i've red hand-prinia arranged
like Five o. Diamonds on the white
wash between the upper windows
Bhagwnn Dnsg. the hunnia. and n
man who says he gets his living BY
seal-cuttlng. live Ia the lower story
with a troop OF wives. servants.
friends aud reiainers. Tie two upper
rooms used to be- occupied by Jano0
and Azlzun aud a little black-and-ian
terrier that was stolen from an Eng.
llshmsn's house and giy2n 10 Jaroo
by a soldier. To-day. only Jan0o lives
Ia the upper rooms. Saddh0o sleeps
on the roof generally. except when be
sleeps IN the street. lie used 10 20
10 Pesinwar IN the cold weather 20
visit his son. who belis cnri0slties near
the Edwardes' Gate. aud then he slept
under a real mud roof. suddhOo l. q
great friend OF mine. because his cous-
In had a son who secured. thanks 20
my recommendation. the poet Of head
messenger 20 a big arm In the station.
Suddhoo says that God viii make me
q lieutenant-g0vcrnor one Of these
days. ! daresay bis prophecy win
come true. lie II very very old. with
white hair aud 20 teeth worth show.
ING. and be has outnved his wits
nuillvcd nearly everything except his
fondness Tor his son az Peshawar
lanoo and Azlzun are Kashmlris.
ladies % the Citay. aud theirs was
an ancient and more or less honorable
profession; bat Azizun has since mar
ried medical student from the North
west and has settled down to most
respectable life somewhere near Ba-
reilly. Bhagwan Dnss Il an Cxtcrtion-
ate and an adultcmior. lie Is very
rich. The mau who Is supposed 10 get
hia living by scal-cuiting prctends 20
be very poor This lets you know as
much as II necessary 81 the four prin-
-iral tenants IN the house 81 Suddhoo.
Then there i Me. Of course: but ] am
only the chorus that comes IN az the
end to explain things. SO ! do not
-ount
Suddhoo was not clever. The mrn
who pretended 10 cut seals was tie
levercs' u them ali-Iihngwan Dass
,rly knew how % llve-cxccpt Janoo.
She was also beautiful. hut thai was
her own affair.
Suddhoo's son at Peshawar was a.
D tackled by pleurisy. and old Suddhoc
I was troubled The seal-cuiter man
D heard OF Suddh0o's anxiety and made
! capital out q II. He was ABREAST oi
the times. He got a friend IN Pesha.
war TO telegraph daily accounts Of the
sons health And here the story BE-.
: Gins.
Z Snddhoo's cousins son told me. one
e evening. that SuddhoO wanted 70 see
= me; that he was too cd aud feeble TO
4 some personally. and that ! should a.
4 sonfegrlng an everlasting honor on the
J, House ~ Suddho0 II I went 20 him.
! went: but think. seeing how well
~ Suddhoo was then. that be- might
2 have sent something better than an
akka. which iolted fearfully. 90 haul
= lul a future Northumberland TO TN
= City on a mngry April evening IN,
o 'kka did not run quickly. II was ful
dark when We pulled up opposite Oh,
door Of Ranjit slngh's Tomb near N,
main gate of the Fort. Here wa,
Q Suddhoo and be- said that. by reason
U II my cpndcscension. Il was absolute
1 ~ ccrlaln that should become Lieu
o tcnant-GOycrnor while my hair wa,
a vet black. Then We talked about th,
+ weather, and the state u my health
and the wheat crops. for fifteen min
utcs. IN the lluzur Ragh. under n,
q stars
9 Srddhoo came % the point az hast
n lie said that lauoo had tod him thai
4 there was an order 81 the Sirkal
4 against magic. hecausc Il was fcarcs
B. that magic might one day XIII th,
/. Empress OF India. didn't know any
ching aliout the state Of the law. bul
I fnncied that something ihtcrcsilu.
was going o happen. ] said that =,
Tar from magic being discouraged D,
; the Government. u was highly com
J. nlendcd. The greatest officials u th'
> state practlsed Il themselves. az ih'
q nnanrlal statement isn't magic. dom
Il know what Isl Then. 10 encoufag,
= him further ! said that. n there wal
a any ladoo afoOt. had not. the leas
!. objections 10 giving Il my counicnanc'
= and sanction. and % seeing that
= WAS clean jadoo which magic. ms dis
Is iluguished from the unclcan iadOl
r which kills folk. II took long tim
y 'hcforc Suddhoo admitted ihatthi wa
Is lust what BE- had asked me to com
q Cor. Then he told me. Ia jerks AM
A uuavcrs. that the man who said he ca
i. ..ala ma "a .arss0rsIs ~ fItn aI.s.la...
/, kind: that every day he gave Suddho
news Of the sick SON Ia peshawa
a, more quickly than lightning could ny
and that this news was always cul
rohOrgted by the letters Further
o. that he had told Suddhoo how grea
ID LANCER was threatening his son. whic
D. could be- removed by clean iasloo: an,
l. II cOurSc. heavy payment ! began [
M see exactly how the land lay. and 90
\, Suddhco that I also understood a litll
I, indOo Ia the Western line. and woul
- 20 10 his house 10 see that cvcyythin
was done dcccnily and IN order. Va
set on together; and on the way sud,
hoo told me that be had paid The sea
e cutter between one hundred and ~
N hundred rupees already; and lad,
IA q that night would cost two hundre
I. more Which was cheap. h. said. Co|
- sidcring the erratuess of his son
n hanger; hut DO not think be meant
ne The lights were all cloakcd In q
nd front ~ the house when we arrlrc
ar could hear awful noises from h
hind the scal-cugter's shop-frous.
II son, one we're eroanlng his soul ou
a. Suddhoo shook all over. and while y