The morning times., 1896-03-15


The commotion that had been raised by
the daring capture Of the fish was by no
means confined TO the religious portion of
the community Thea order prohibiting the
fishing betweenshe first ami third bridges
had been signed blythe Maharajah ana con-
| sequentiy 1T was O Breach of his orders
When the news swasibrought TO the palace
OF all that had happened, aud when it be-
came known that the high priest had au-
thofitatiVely DECLARED that the soul Of
GholaD Singh .wasT now inhabiting the
| body OF living nsn, il occurred to the
Mahara jah thatsit was within the bounds
l.of possibility tRt some OF his subjects
might attempt to dethrone him and put
back the soul OF his FATHER on the throne;
ana tins Idea became fixed one, as the
result OF an interview the Mahara jah had
with the Commandern-chicf on the very
day that the high priest made the speech
already recorded.
The maharaiah had sent for The con- ma IN
der-in chief TO order him 10 send sone more
troops to Giigit where war was constantly
| going on. 1ne CONN anfcr-Iii chief. w,.Ile
processing INN ediate attention to the order,
suggested that as the pay OF the troops was
| now two years in arrears, IL would be nee
| eSSary to advance them son money. The
maharajah replied that he wouldsee thatsix
| months back pay was in mediately served
| QUITO them. OnthisthccOn mander-i -in-chief
| replied that unless his highneSs was quite
! certain that the troops would march it
would be pity to waste money in paying
| them. Themaharaiah .whOScthoughtswe re
| dwelling on the events Of the morning, asked
what was meant by being quite certain"
! The commander-in-cl chief, who had been ac-
! customed to have orders given one day and
| revoked the next, said, Circumstances
! might occur which would prevent the troops
! going The maharajalt, on this, promptly
! dismissed the comandcr-iE-chief and sum
mDDpd the Lao nj a En- lis,
ernment, who was residing i'll Srinaggar
The mallaraiah told him that the English
fisherman a!!t. his-friend must Immediately
leave his territory, and based his request
on the ground that his Orders as to fishing
between the bridges had been disregarded
Ihe eSameaftcrnoon tie political agent called
on the two friends and told them that they
mast at once leave Cashmere and spend the
rest OF their leave somewhere else than in
the territory that owed allegiance to the
nlahara jah. Further, lie explained to Grass
that in acting as he had done, in defiance OF
orders, he was setting hhd,eXampe ana
in outragng the religious susCeptibilities of
the natives he was bringing contempt on the
English name. He warned him TO be eX-
tremely careful for the few days lie would
have 10 spend in Cashmere, and cXhOrted
Gage to restrain as much as possible his
friend from doing anything which might
cause annoyance to the people. During the
Gage promised to do his best, ana said that
they would start next morning.
The shortest way by which the friends
could leave Cashmere would have been by
boat down TO Baramoolla; but they decided
To take as long time rs they possibly could
in leaving the valley. and SO settle 1 to march
down by land, not by the direct road, but By
a CircuitOuS route, which would occupy
some four or five days. Nothing cventfuI
occurred until the evening Of the third day.
They had marched along the beautiful val
ley, picking the ripe fruit from the trees as
they rode. Grass seemed 70 have recovered
his temper, which had been SOrcly upset 10y
the home truths uttered by the political
agent; and Gage, whose affection for his
friend had kept his from rcproaches for
their expulsion rrsm Cashmere, was hoping
that Grass had forgotten his muttercd
threats Ito hc even with the beggars before
he left Cashmere"
Their camp tii.n evening was in q lovely
spot. The tents were pitched close to a
little stream OF clear water that came
TumDling down from the hills. In front OF
them was little temple embowcred in
trees, and beyond the temple a little vii
lage on higher ground nestled in n nook
tnatseemed tohavc beeRholloweI out of tie
hillSIde-a hillside which rose a sharp
slope aud terminated in an abrupt prcci-
ptce. II was early when they got TO the
camp, and Grass, Shoullerng his gun, said
he would 90 and see II he could shoot a
pigeon or something for dinner. a. he left
Gage called out after him, You won't 20
near the village, will you?" ''Nut IT,
was the answer. As soon. however, as
Gage was well out Of sight, Grass retraCed
his steps and made for the temple. As he
walked along he determined he would DO
something to revenge himself. though what
he was going todo, hcdidnot know. Chance,
however, came To- his aid for rs he neare,l
4 4. Il. I..a.. =.
The beautiful little creature was grazing
peacefully; from its neck still hung gar
lands Of flowers that loving hands that very
morning had hung round il. ana when il
heard the approaching footsteps. il raised
its graceful little head. ana caZed with its
full, mild eyes on the advancing stranger.
Petted. as il had been sill its life. il knew
no fear Of man, and so continued looking
as Grass drew nearer and nearer. Here at
last is my opportunity. / know the
idiots worship this beast" he said to him
self; and getting so close that the muzzic Of
the gun almost touched the hulrs forehead,
ne fired ami the little bun fell dead. To
get out his hunting knife and cut off the
hump took Only few minutes and carrying
mis- prize In his hand, he made straight for
camp. Gage had, OF course, hear the shot,
and when he realized the direction from
whence il came he jumped on his feet and
started OFF.
what on earth have YOU gOt?'' he said,
a the two met.
"Oh, Il bulls hump. I'll tell you the
story when we get TO camp"
"A bulls hump!' said Cage. 'SurcIy,
you have not shot a Brahmm hull Don't |
you know these people worship them?''
BY this time Grass was ashamed Of him
self. His temper had led him farther than |
he meant, and he could not get rid of the |
poor beasts unoffendng look; it rather |
haunted him. He dared not tell his friend /
the truth, 50 he answered;
Il was walking quietly along looking up !
in the trees for a pigeon. when / suddenly |
heard roar, turned round and saw bull |
with his head down and tail up, close to me. |
put pmy gun, and whenhe was quite close |
I fired ami he fell dead; then, when saw |
what it was, / cut off its hump, and here it |
is"
but the place will be in an uproar about |
this"
"Oh no; no one saw me. There was not |
a soul about, | know
Dinner, at which the bulls hump had been |
the piece de resistance, was over, ANA the |
friends were enjoying their after-dinner |
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