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

uinas ne Lnnlly name served MN Wen w hn'
ono does not commit rcgimcntal offences with O
~ b IN the chair Of justice1end ne wns SusS o.
them. The, believed that the protection OF jar
Shlnn the First cloaked them. and we're bold
III nit. shG Y, nelief beyond the utmost daring OF OK
Uhinn's quarters began to look like an ANA,
bsaa ne1 onH history museum, In spit9h o Oh t9 "
learned the weak aP? :sidSS 0 81 their goa. + !. SFst
beetles. and, above all, news Of big game pleased
him. In other respects, too, he lived up TO the
Chinn tradition. He was fever,proof. A
damp valley, that o%S would ovef have diied tho Major
WITH a months malaria, had no effect on him.
10 was as they said, 'salted before no was
Now in tho autumn of his second, years ger.
and md ram ran Shb9asy rnmor S SreRfb Btu Gnt 81 Shi hne S earrdd
,msas 81 IL w a brother officer ssln across t thC
ranhpaEe IN tho Satpura country. you'd better
NJ don't want to DO disrespcctful, but Tn a
Ittie SICK or my reycrcd ancestor; Bukta talks
to be doing now7'
"Riding cross,oountry by moonlight on his
been. seen by. about 1000 Bills, skipping along
lhe tops or tho S%atpurns and soaring people TO
death, They believe It devoutly. and all the
Satpura chaps arc worshipping away at his
shrino-tomb l mean-,liko good 'uns. You
,'eally ought to go down there. Must be a queer
~ Z yVuT HThnuluIutT bulO 40 u w
the taller said CHM.
>, because all our men deny 1t, They say
that's n manifest lilo, because every Bhil has"
.0i ITh i 2 only one thing you've OVERLOOKED,
god reappoars on earth. it's always an excuse
FOR trouble OF some kind; and those Satpura
h them, % ycu HSoP !@n as T II %s as yG som s5aSnlafassh'r left
v,r mennin st III r SSa'tpura Bills may go on the
Cant say-as yet. Shouldn't be surprised .
81 haven't boon told a syllable"
.,n nprGGyes it. all the more. They are keeping
"Bukta tells me every thing. too. as a rule.
Now, why didn't he tell me THAR. :.
Chlnn put the question directly to the old
man that, night, and the answer surprised him.
Why should | toll what is well knowni Yes,
tho Slouded Tiger is out in the satpura coun'
What do the wild Bills think that it meansl''
They do not know. They wait. Sahib,
what LII, i SSomingt Say only one little word, and
WEI What have tales from the south where
thS IHmgiy Bhils live, to do with drilled monf
But he, has not walked, Bukta."
"Sahib,' the old mans eyes were full Of ten
der %reproof, 'if he does not wish to be seen,
why docs he go abroad In the moonlight! We
know he is awake, but we do not know what he
that concerns the Satpura folk alonei Say one
little word, Sahib, thar l may carry It to the
lIiiNH, Nllil 6tIU On 10 u Villages. ny uOeS
Jan Chinn ride outi WHO has done wrongi is
drcn diei Is it a swordi Remember, sahib,
we are thy people and thy servants, and in this
life L bore thee in my arms-not knowing"
"Bnkta has evidently looked on the cup this
evening thought Chinn;, but if l can do any
the Mntiny rpmors on a small SCALE
he dropped into a deep wicker chair, over
w yniSbt was WA ,b thrown nMSl his first tiger skin and his
over his, shoulders. He laid hold of them me.
chanically as he spoke, drawing the painted
hide, cloak fashion about him.
Now will l tell the truth, Bukta," he said,
leaning forward, the dried muzzle on his shout.
der; to invent a spccious lie,
Il see that it is the truth" was the answer in
a quaking voice.
Jan Chinn goes abroad among the Satpuras,
Therefor, the sign of the wonder is for the Sat
pura Bills only, and does not touch the Bills
who plough in the north and east, the Bills of
the khandesh. or any others, except the Sat.
foolish" VIM VIC N"o"' "' "na anu
IT is, then. a sign for them. Good or bada'
Chinn make evil to those whom he has made
meni The nights over yonder are hot. 1t is
and Jan Chinn would look again upon his peo-
pie; So he rises, whistles his Clouded Tiger,
and goes abroad a little to breathe the cool air.
II the Satpura Bills kept to their villages
and did not wander after dark, they would not
see him; Indeed, Bukta, it is no more than that
word"
Bukta bowed to the floor. Good Heavens"
iirst-class officer and as straight as a die. I
may as well round it off neatly He went on:
the sign, tell them that Jan Chinn would see
how they kept their old promises of good living.
nsThSP 3s d fssS haze tSs d plnnae of tboP GGr onepsm they
Perhaps there is n dcad man in the jungle, and
SO Jan Chinn has come to Sec"
is he. then, angryi'
Ban. Am | ever angry with nv RhilS1 I
say y, angry word, and threaten many things.
baTind EI tHS San s"k1"i rd ! have sSt seen tSon thee smile
The hhils are my children. l have said it
And no otherwise is it with Jan Chinn, my
fathers father. He would see the land he
loved and the people once again. 1t is a good
calm en- down" Fiinging back the tiger skin
showed his wcli.kcpt teeth. Bukta fed, to be
received in the lines by a knot of painting in
quirers.
self in the skin and spoke from 1t. He would
see ms OWL country again. The sign is not for
he lie idle OF nightsi He says his bed is too hot
and the mir is bad. He goes to and fro for the
loyS OF night running; He has said it."
He says the Bills are his children. Ye know
ne " f%fs M %2s lie; Of lie ,ha has ss ssid it to R ms;% What
means the sign for thcmi"
Nothing. II is only night running, as
have said. He rides to see II they obey the Gov
ernmcnt, as he taught them in his first life"
Ind what If they do notT
The light went out in Chinn's quarters.
Look said liukia. Now no goes away,
None the less, IL IL II good ghost, as he has said.
How shall We fear Jan Chinn, who made the
Bhil Il nIani His protection is on us: and We
know Jan thinn never broke protection
spoken or written on paper. When he Is older
and has found him II wife 10 will lie in his bed
Till morning"
A commanding officer IL generally aware of
the rcgiincntal state Of mind u little before the
men; ana thiS IL why the Colonel suid, n few
nays later, that some one hnd been putting tho
fenr OF God into the Wuddurs. Az he was tho
only person officially entitled TO do this. IL dis
tresSed him to SOC such unanimous virtue.
ITS too good to last" hr said. II only wish /
could find out what tho little chaps mean"
INC explanation, m II seemed to him, came
at he change of tho moon, when he received
orders TO hold himself IN readiness to 'allay
my, possible excitement. among the Satpura
lthlls, who were, TO put II mildly, uneasy be-
cause II .patcrnnl Government had sent up
against them u Mahratta State-cducatod vac,
cinntor, with l%anccts, lymph. and an officially
reEis!ered calf. In tho Language. of state they
h'd manifested II strong objection to all pro.
the vaccinator," aud "wcrc on the point of neg.
Letting or evading their tribal obligations"