The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-06-05
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prize and mStibnoa that I should seat myself
ri oxpsctcd you.' he said, In Hindostanee.
You will romain here until the morrow
HE returned to his contemplntiona and spoke
not another word through the night. The tEer.s
as IL changed into the low, eager, purring cry
that tells he has scented his prey-but the old
II. 1 watched the misty darkness around for
an hour or more, but there was no more roar.
across my, lap and prepared to pass the night as
comfortably asI could. In searching my pock;
cts sto,i for ntt cigars found a package Of qu nId .S, I
saved myself from Jungle fever. Hour after
hour sat on the ground smoking cheroots,
Part Of the time his eyes were closed, but
he did not nod or change disposition, and wheth.
TO time he fed the fire from a little heap of dry
branches At his side, and two or three times:bo
Lighted rIsS 70 hi hs sc bubble O1lfc bubble u b 3h: but he r diG not n once
sell, on my back on the ground with the beams
one OF the cobras crawling across my legs. I
kept still, and tho snake crept away In the grass
"ThCsSod .fakir,;wIS was smoking. presently
iaid aside his pipe'colleoted his snakes and other
v were 20 '1 moTe, and nSlG WE me lo T,' the q tGos fns' and md
turned Into tho road toward Baghre, In the
dust,andSmore plainly in the miry places, wo
were other footprints above the mans, and tax.
ing. the same course the tracks of o tiger
M hhu COIuO lnIO LnO IOuu lTOu II JunRlo,
l had not said a word to the fakir of what had
occurred tho night before, but he pointed to tho
tiRer's, tracks and said Gravely. tho first words
he had spoken that morning.:
These are, bringlng:you to your property
I'VE kept along the road until we came to .
place where the tracks showed that the swing.
Ing trottof the tiger had changed to a succession
of.long bounds. which ended at o spot where the
and caked with drops OF red. The bushes and
long grass;erushed and bentsto, left and right,
shove where the tiger leaped back into the
1unHlg. and fhnrO WAS M track nf nan nr hnnQt
In the road beyond. But in the tigers path at
q few PAGES from the:roadsid!e. strung along the
bushes. was the unwourd . turbnn of Nagho
"'I It was so appointed, said the fakir. He
he thought he was comprising. yours. Now,
lake your own, restored to you, and we will go
"He pointed to my satchel, which I had not
seen, in the grass by tho roadside. 1t was I'M
opened, and all its contents were safe. We
the outskirts of the town. taking his way, / sup.
pose, to the house of some person of his relig.
i iDS. % UfdSfi he Il g accep h,@ a FIG q. t HANKS or e eom.
ment,.to him 1t caino by appointment ofthe gods,
and and ! feel sure that he would rave RECEIVED .
calm fatalism. l saw him once more, when he was
called before the magistrate. to- give his, testt.
he gave me no sign of recognition. To one like
him. wrapped in communion with diety, q
nothing more than a passing notice.
MY story of the fakir is told, and you may
explain IL II You can to your satisfaction; HIS
tricks at the bungalow were incomprehenst:,
bio to the Western mind. Beyond these, what
d. you think of his reading of the human soul, as
when his glance at NaRho revealed my eervant'g
thought of murder and robbery against moi
OF his knowledge of the events of the night oo.
curing in his case beyond tho perceptions of
The recognized senses of seeing and hearingi
Was 1t the.readinG Of Nagho's mind at the bun.
galow and Of mine by the nre in the jungleI
Let that explain It II you will. Put whet .
genuine and lofty order of mind reading. Com
pare 1t with tho jugGlery that passes by that
name among people Of tho Western Hemi-
SPHERE"