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

/ VI fsnSt lnulhllCn VINO went on shooting pN.
writer's, and cnsigns OF the honorable The Erst
i tsn,H Of f3bb o I DS hp EnrIisb i HGG t thousands md .i End
put natives have long mqmories, and If Q man
his death. Tho wcathcrcd marble fOursuunrc
tomb of Jan Chinn was hung about with Wild
flowers and nuts, packets OF wax and honey,
bottles of native spirits. and infamous cigars,
with buffalo horns and plumes Of dried grass.
At one end was n rude clay image Of n white
man in tho old.fashioncd top hat, riding ON q
Bukta saiaamcd rcvcrently MS they approached.
Hhinn barred his head and BEGAN to pick out
the blurred inscription. SO far as he could read,
1t ran thus-word for word and letter for letter:
To the memory of joins CHM. Ese.
..ithout BLOC Biood iIatsft or. o , error Of Authority
Employ only cans Of concilist aud connden.
aLawiess and Predatory Poop.
...,tIchlng them to. ish G~oyStnmcnt
The most p Sy a eon and rational Sf @ S im}%a Of pom,,,..
...Governor General and Counc. .engai
.. %aSs S ssis Lie ' Aug. 10. .' isSi. 49,.
On the other side Of the grave were ancient
verses. also very worn. AS much as Chinn could
Forsook their Haunts and b.. is Command
=. .mended rails check a.. st for spoil.
And.sing Hamlets prove his gene toll
4 hI Maaion. i isHIv 'sygibdi ;i,dd '1shIs 1e a Sword.
For some little time he leaned on the tomb.
thinking of this dead man Of his own blood and
Of the house in Devonshire; then nodding to the
P mS little 'f sSsrs its T Dig m wSfk io x All b of it, , Even MSn
worth knowing Bukta, where are my peo-
Not here, sahib. No man comes here OK.
cept in full sun. They wait above. Let us
climb and see
But Chinn, remembering the first law of ORR.
entail diplomacy. in an even voice answered:
Il have come this far only because tho Sat.
Eura folk are foolish. and dared not visit our
not a servant, but a master Of Bhiis."
Il gon,I CO." clucked the old man. Night
might whistle up his dreaded steed from the
disobeyed IA lawful command and deserted his
leader; for he did not come back, but pressed to
Men stirred ali sHp about him; II little ut trem sPblliiiy;
men with bows and arrows who had watched
the sW sTS si9 &c b nHon wnisnered one
AT his own place. He bids you conner said
Bukta.
"Noww.'
Rather let him loose the Clouded Tiger upon
Nor l, though l bore him in my arms when
he was q child in this his life. Wait here till
But surely he will be angry"
IL Will be very angry, for he has nothing to
eat. But he has said to me many times that
this, but-by moonlight am not SO sure. What
s sbayyld hI nsed yf 6im Sat n3 ri, pigs eompassed that yo
"One came to us in the name of the Govern.
ment with little ghost knives and a magic calf,
meaning to turn us into cattle by the cutting
we did not Kill the man He is here: bound: a
black man, and we think he comes from the
knives--espec;ally the women and tho children.
We did not hear that it vas an order, so we
men have taken ponies and buliocks from the
plains, and others pots and cloths and ear
rings"
by our mcni Not yet. But the young men
are blown to and fro by. many rumors like
was 5his {sar That he foretoild by the sign :" Of the
"Hc says il is otherwise" said Bukta. and he
repeated with ampliiications all that young
Chinn had told him at the conference of the
Think YOU" said the questioncr at last,
"th hSo the { G S"p1n Gs ioi will lay hands ss on ns! SIN
give an order. and yc will obey. The rest is
between, the Government and Jan Chinn. /
myself know something of the ghost knives
smallpox: but how it is done l cannot toll. Nor
IF he stands by us and before the anger of
the Government. we will most strictly obey
; Jan H., CHM nIncs except Except we do not go Town
They could hear young Chinn below them
shouting for Bukta, but they covered and sat
had been holy ground for nearly half n century.
If Jan Chinn chose to sleep there. who had
better right But they would not come within
eyoshot Of the place till broad day.
Al first Chinn was exceedingly angry. till it
occurred 10 MN that Bukta most probably had
q reason. which, indeed, he had, and his own
| dignity might suffer if he yelled without answer.
He propped himself against the foot Of the
grave. liz a cheroot, and alternately doing
and smoking, came through the warm night
proud that he was "A lawful, legitimate, fever,
| proof Chinn.
He prepared his plan of action much as his
grandfather would have done, and when Bukta
appeared IN the morning, with a most liberal
d~esertion over night. Bukta would have been
rSlieyed by an outburst Of human anger, but
choroot. ere he made any sign.
They are very much afraid" said Bukta.
only to give orders: They said they will obey
4 thou wilt only stand between them and the
That l know" said Chinn, strolling slowly to
the table land. A few of the elder men stood
in an irregular semicirclc in an open, glade.
but the ,ruck OF people women and children
were hidden in the thicket. They had no de-
sire to face the hrst anger of Jan Chinn the
Seating himself on a fragment of split rock
be sif@Se Gar MS y, Gh shont to hi, the P Tbtn hearing Ca GTisd men 81
suddenly that they jumped:
Bring the man that was bound!',
A scutie ard = cry were followed by the az.
pearance of n Hindu yaccinator, Qunking with
fear, bound hand and foot, as the Bills of old
were accustomed to bind their human sacrifices.
lie was pushed cautiously before the presence,
but young Chinn did not look at him.
81 satdEthe man that was bound. Is itn
when could the Bills bind folk at their pleas
| nun duOLcn TASTY KNIVES CUT away IUt
thongs, and the man crawlcd To Chinn. who por.
kcted his case Of lanccts and tubes OF lyInph.
Then, sweeping the scmicirclc with ono com
prehensivc forcfngcr, and in the. voice Of com,
plimcnt, he said. clearly and distinctly, 'PiE,!'
All" whispered Bnkta. "Now lie speaks.
Woe to foolish pcOple!"
81 have como on foot from my house" ithc
assembly shIddcrcd) TO make clear a matter
which any other than II SatpurH Bhil would have
seen with both eyes from II distance. We know
the SMALLPOX, who pits and scars your children
80 that they look like wasp combs. II j. m
| order OF the Government thai whose IL Srr1f"nrt
on the arm with these little knives which ! hOId
up is charmed against her. Al SahihnSS arc thus
charmed. and very many HiDdus. TINS Is tho
mark OF the charm. Look
He rolled back. his sleeve 10 tho .armpit md
showed tho dinplc. Of the vaccination mark on
the white skin. Come all and look
A few daring spirits, came M ana nodded
their heads wisely. There was certainty q
mark, and they knew well what nlhc;. dread
marks We're hidden by the shirt. Mcr,iiul was
Jan Chinn that hc had not then and there pro-
claimed his gOdhrud.
Now all these things the man whom ye
bound told Won"
~ did a hundred time, hut they answered