Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-08-02
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ofUpeeS Is 9'''I's Tor na>' '"''o NJ
tie, little elHIdre~ "hese St@maehs are al
ways empty, and corn Is now hut 20
pounds to the rupee. Twill make 50 cleY-
IT a messcuEfr that Won shall all day lea-
be pleased with me and, at the end Of the
year, hestaw a turhan- l know all the
roads of he station and many other
things. Aha, sahib, am clever. GIVE
me service. Twas aforetiue IN thu police.
A bad character. Now without Doubt an
enemy has fa}d his tale Never was l a
scamp. am a man of clean heart, and
all my words are true They knew this
when I was in the police, They said,
''Afzal Khan is true speaker, in whose
words men may trust l all a Delhi
Pathan, sahtb Al Delhi Pathaus arr
good men You have seen Delhis Yes,
it is true that there be many scamps
among the Delhi PathanS How wise i
the sahib, Nothing is hid from his ewes.
snd he will make me his messenger. and
viii take all his notes secretly and without
ostentation Nay, sahib, God is my wit
ness that l meant no evil. | have long
desired to serve under true sahib-a yir-
tuous sahib. Many young sabibs ara aS
devils unclaimed. With these sahihs I
would take no service not though all the
stomachs of nv little children were crying
for bread.
Why am I rot still in the police | will
speak true talk An evil came to the
thana-t0 Ram Baksh the havildar and
Maula Baksh and Juggut Ram and Bhim
Singh and Suruj Rul, Ram Baksh is in
jail for space, and so also is Maula
Baksh.
1t was at the thana of How'll. on the
road that leads to Gokral Scctaruu. where
1nen-Rustams. Wherefore we were sent
TO that thana, which was eight miles from
the next thana. All day and all night we
watched for daeoits. Why does the sahib
laughg Nav. I will make confession.
The dacoits were too clever. and, seeing
this we made no further trouble II was
in the hot weather. What can a man do
in the hot days? Is the sahib who is 50
strong-is he. even, vigorous in That hour?
We made an ARRANGEMENT with the dacoits
for the sake of peace. That was the work
of the havildar, who was fat Ho, ho
sahib, he is now getting thin in the Jail
among the carpets. The havildar said:
"Give us no trouble. and we will give YOU
no trouble At the end of the reaping
send us man to lead before the Judge, a
man of infirm mind against whom the
trumped up case will break down Thus
we shall save our honor. To this talk
the dacoits agreed and we had no trouble
at the thana and could eat melons in
peace, sitting upon our charpoys all day
long. Sweet as sugar cane are the melons
of How'll
Now, there was an assistant commits
sioner-a stunt sahib-in that district
called YunkuIn Sahib. Aha He was
hard-hard even as is the sahib who with
out doubt will give me the shadow of his
protection. Many ewes had Yunkum Sa-
hib and moved quickly through his dis
trict. Men called him the Tiger of Gokral-
Seetarun because he would arrive unan-
nounced and make his kill and before sun
set would be giving trouble to the tehsil-
dars 80 miles away. No one knew the
conings or the goings of Yunkum Sahib
He had no camp, and when his horse was
weary he rode upon a devil carriage do
not know its name hut the sahib sat in
the midst of three silver wheels that made
no creaking and drove them with his legs
prancing like a bean fed horse. thus
shadow of a hawk upon the fields was not
more without noise than the devil carriage
of Yunkum Sahib. II was here IL was
there il was gone. and the rannort was
made. and there was trouble. Ask the
tehsildar of Rohestri how the hen stealing
came to be known salib
It fell upon a night that we of the thana
slept according to custom upon our char
poys, having eaten the evening meal and
drunk tobacco. When we awoke in the
morning, behold. of our six rifles not one
remained Also the big police book that
was in the havildar's charge was gone
Seeing these things we were yery much
afraid. thinking on our parts that the
dacoits, regardless of honor, had come by
night and put us to shame. Then said
Ram Baksh, the havildar. "Be silent
The business is an evil business, but it
may vet go well. Let us make the case
complete. Bring kid and nv tu,war
See you not now. oh, fools? A kick for
horse, but word is enough for man"
We of the thana perceiving quickly