The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-06-13

acarn struggle almost tore ner 70 pieces
with his claws.
Sitaram, ax In hand, when he saw
ahe tiger charge, dropped from his
perch. But he was too late. HIS enc.
my stretched out his great limbs, and
as Rebi, failing fainting with loss of
blood, let go the shaft of Ear spear and
sank on the ground, the tigers great
body lay stretched beside her.
"This, then," said Sitaram, as he and
Mana, after doing oil they could to stop
the flow OF blood from Rebis wounds,
were carrying her tenderly to the hut,
lis the sacrifice the devi wanted-a
more worthy sacrifice than the life Of
Child. Rajandra Lal shall have no
more of my money or goods"
"RaJandra Lai Is q liar and a cheat. :"
sobbed Mana. tIf Devi Bhowani Is In.
deed powerful. she can take her own
for herself"
They made the injured woman rs
comfortable as they could. There was
no means Of getting proper care and
attendance for her. a.ld probably no
Skill could have saved her. But she
was happy, for she thought she had
given her life for her sister and her
sisters child, and sue died rejoicing in
the thought.
Sitaram had no time to indulge in
sorrow. The two tigers must lie skin
ned and their heads cut of. They were
young animals, aud the skins were
very fine. Then, ut earliest dawn, he
had to pack his spoiis on his remaining
bullock and start for Birbhum. When
he got there, 1t was no easy matter,
between the treasury poems and the
elhsildar, to get admission to the COL
lector sahib. At last he was introduc-
ed, bullock and all; to gentleman who
was just on the point Of mounting
his horse. To him Sitaram told his
story.
"You killed two tigers last night, did
you" cried the collector. 'Then you're
lucky fellow to be alive to tell It,. But
tell me the whole story" And he sat
down on g chair In the veranda to
listen.
"Your honor's slave shot them with
arrows, for one Of them had killed your
slaves best bullock the night before"
answered Sitaram with many salaams.
"Here are the heads and the SKINS"
Then he unrolled the two bundles and
spread the skins on the yeranda.
Then the collector called Karin Ali,
the tahsildar, and directed him to pay
Sitaram 10 rupees for each head, and
when the poor jangliwala saw the 20
bright silver pieces counted into his
hand he actually trembled. He had
never seen SO much money In his life.
But that was not all, for the sahib had
been examining the skins, and he ask
ed what Sitaram intended doing with
them. and when he heard that they
were to be offered to some of the
chunars, who would probably buy
them for few rupees, lie himself ut
once offered to give 20 rupees for them,
and. as Sitaram could not 60 home that
night, for the sun was already low, he
was told to come to the treasury carly
In the morning for his money. He did
SO and was paid.
Sitaram became prosperous man
after that. He was rich, and old Ra-
jandra Lal's prophecy was 30 far veri-
fed that he soon became the proud
possessor OF the best pair OF plow bull
locks In the district. Mana and RAM
chand were loaded with silver bangles
and anklets. and the little hut IN the
jangai was aoon resplendent with q
glftterfng array Of the brazen 1otas ana
dishes with which the prosperous In
dian raiat. when she can afford Il, loves
to adorn his home.
But the temple OF Bhowani gained
nothing. though her priest a.a not fail
to remind Sitaram of oil ne owed to
the devl. The truth is that the Indian
aboriginal had had nis faith In and
fear OF the malign deitien whom his
people have aided to the Indian Fan.
theon weakened till It had almost
ceased to exist. Besides that, in Bir-
blum he had listened to the preaching
Of Mussulman, who said that the
Brahmans were naught and the gods
were less, but there was one great GOD.
who had sent his messenger, one Mo-
hammed, to declare that before him all
men, from the highest Brahman to the
lowest 0utcast, were alike It, was q
strange doctrine, and Sitaram half be.
lleved 1t. At any, rate, It was q com.
Portable doctrine. In spite Of his slep-
ticism he pr0spered exceedingly, and in
that he was helped not a attle by the
favor Of his friend the collectnr.-Ce-c=
hill Magazine.
& PiclSaninny.
The etymoiogys of the word apicka.