The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

md lie still. This Is my ORDER
There was n long pause while victory hung
in the balance. A white.haired old sinner,
standing on one uneasy leg, piped IN:
other things for which we need a boui iprotec.
toni They were not taken in the way Of
The battle was won. and John Chinn drew n
breath of relief. The young Rhils had bccn
raidinE, but If taken swiftly all could be put
II viii write a korl so soon as tho ponies. the
bulloeks, and the Other things are counted be
first we will put the Government mark on such
us have not been visited by smallpox" In an
undertone TO the vnccinator: I'll YOU show you
PrisH si'5r'I' ~" :. 1".'. . room" again. my
cine for all this population" said the man.
''IhsSgy have destroyed the oflSiceial calf
'em all round, and give, mo n couple Of lanccts.
III attend to the elders"
The aged diplomat who hod. demanded pro.
lection was the first victim. He fell to Chinn's
hand and dared not cry out. As soon rs no was
freed he dragged up n companion and held him
sport; for the vRccinatcd chased the unyac.
cinntcd to treatment, y,a1wing that all the tribe
the children ran bowling, but Chinn laughed and
waved the .pink-tippcd lancet,
how great .'saap T "n honor %o H Il IS that Fl I m nESGilii s sboaidi
tho Hindu must, also do his work but Iwin
an equal virtue in them. Thus do the ~Iiniputs
stick pigs. lilo, brother with one eyol Catch
INV blTi uHi DIinS IL u Hlos DlC nttl not run
away yet, for She is not married, and do not
seek her in m9rriagc. She VIII not comet Then
boy, a bold boy; lie puts out his arm like a sol.
Some day, he shall be in my ginsn And,
thee, for smallpox has been before us here.
i Is a true Ting indeed SSo tha t I: &c charm breaks
ask many cows for each maid to be we'd.
mans patter, sawed in the Bill hunting prov.
CRIBS and tales of their own brand Of coarse hui.
mor-till tho lancets were blunted and both OPP
But, nature being the sam the world over,
the unvaccinated grew jealous Of their marked
comrades, and came near to blows about it.
Then Chinn dcclared;himself a Court Of Justice,
no longer a medical board. and made formal In.
auiry into the late robbories.
"Wo are the thieves of Mahadeo," said the
frightened; When we arc frightened we al,
ways steal
Simply and directly as Children, they gave in
the tale OF. the plumber. all but two bullocks and
some spirits that had gone a-missing these
Chinn promised to make good out of his own
pocket. and ten ringleaders were despatched to
ten on the leaf of a notebook, and addressed to
nm assistant District Superintendent of Police.
Chinn warned them, but anything was better
than loss of liberty.
Armed with this protection the repentent
whatever to meet Mr.. Dundas Fawne Of the po.
lice, aged twenty-five, and of q cheerful counte:
hiilNt W uIl lhCy "lSh I IL Inc bCthOo VI
their robberies. Steering a middle course, they
ran into the camp Of tho one Government chap
district of some fifteen thousand square miles,
and stood before him in a cloud Of dust. He
man, who paid his ,beaters generously.
When he had read Chinn's note ne laughed,
up policemen, Who tethered the ponies and bull
locks by the piled house gear, and laid stern
thieves Of Mahadeo. The chaplain him Himself ad.
dressed them magistcrially with a riding whip.
g Tedt it, was Tb RS 1snbmii Sgs 'S bnt G WdaIa h not E RiTSp ns
tho. written protection, fearing the jail. On
their way back they met Mr.. b. Fawne. who
had heard about the robberies and was. not
Certainly" said the eldest'of the gang, when
the second interview was at an end, certainly,
Jan Chinn's protection has saved us our liberty,
but 1t is AS though there were many beatings in
one 9n small s1iu PSisSfei n Of paper D per: o Pvt . it aTa X ,ottor
into a cleft forty feet from the ground, where it
could do no harm. Warmed, sore. but happy,
he sat among uneasy Bills, all looking at their
right arms. and all bound under terror of their
gods disfavor not to scratch.
ut was a good kOul.' said the leader. First
the chaplain. who laughed, took away our plum
der; ' %a @ nsst f tsTss s. saS Sf; Ss p f4oR pne%is snd
sSd 40 for pe the hsst p, ns n al on we sft SPOKE SDd the truth nth
two bundles" they set down a bottle of whiskey
and a box Of cheroots, land we came away.
II hout lie VIU II u llCCp u 10 ID
that SO soon as we show it to a sahib we are
beaten"
"ye would all have been marching to jail with
q policeman on either side. Ye come now to
serve as heaters for me. These people are un.
well. Tonight we will make a feast"
II is written in the chronicles of the satpura
for print, that through five days, after the day
that he had put his mark upon them, Jan
the five nights of those days the tribe was glori.
ously and entirely drunk: Jan Chinn bought
country spirits Of on awful strength and sew
any fell sick they might have two good reasons.
Between head and, stomach aches they found
rbi IrIne ob TO inIhE Of th 1nS,r arms ms i nnt iolo DTS ian Sah
each days returning confidence men. women,
and children stole AVA, to their villages as the
it was good and right to be scratched with
ghost knives, that Jan Chinn was indeed re-
incarnatcd as a god of free food and drink, and
that of all nations the SatpIura Bills stood first
in his favor, il they would only refrain from
god would be Connected in the their ri minds With
great gorgings and the vaccine and lancets of a
paternal government.
Jan Chinn to his faithful few, whom neither
spirits, overeating. nor swollen glands could
hch ave rcvercntly at all times to tho idols OF
their make;bSlief, and they had :frolicked ex.
his home cast n gloom on the people.
And the sahib will not come AGAIN." said
lie VINO nhu Dccn NaCclnatcd hrSt.
That is to be seem said Chinn warily.
Nay, but come as a white man-come as a
young man whom we know and love, for as thou
alone: Enowcst, we are a weak people. II we
again sawithy-thy horse" They werapicking
up their courage.
II have no horse. I came on foot-with
Bukta, yondcr. What is thisf'.
Thou knowest-the thing that thou hast
chosen for u night horse The little men
sQuirmed in fear and awe.
Might horscsi Bukta, what is this last tale
OF Chi!drcnl'
Bukta had been a silent leader in Chinn's
presence since the night of his desertion. and
was grateful for q chnncC-tlung question.
They know, Sahih." he whispered. at Is
the Clouded Tiger. Tint that comes from tho
place where thou didst once sleep. 1t is thy
horse-ns il has been these three generations"
MY horse! That was Il dream of the Bills"
1T is no dream. DO drcams leave the tracks
of broad pugs on earth! Why make two faces
before thy %rc.oplc' They know of the night
Are afraid and would have them cease"
Bukta nodded. IF thou hast no further
need of him, lie is thy horse
Tho thing leaves a trail, thong said Chinn.
W have seen it. II is like a village road
under the tDmh'