The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-07-15
RETRIBUTION
lcopyrLsht. llm. by '. !. L.NIll

the puDNc lmplVNeueAa Ht Ne"N". india.
 Guya Jansi was a man forty ycars old. and be was generally spoken or by bis fellow workmcn as "The Silent One" He was not given Co song or chatter. He would give a fair days work. but his answers Co his boss we're brief and surly and he answered his companions not at an for days and days. His elephant was Ike him. He was strong and willing and intelligent but he avoided his kind as far as pos slble and permitted no man but his master to.bc familiar with him. Tho English boss under whom Guy0 la. bored at Rewah said Co himself that the native was a bad tempered mau and that the elephant had Che devil In bis eye. but SO long as the work was well done he had no fault Co hnd. The fifty other laborcrs in Che gang w.th Guya werc offended by his silence ard his refusal Co chatter and argue, and they whispered Co each Otno-.
 ''Thls man and his beast may east Q spell over ms. Why not get rId of thcmT
 Three days later a man complained Of being robbed of a sum cf money and when suspicion had been directed toward Guya his tent was searched and tho empty purse discovered. At first he contcntcd himself with sullculy denying his guilt but when be had been locked up as the thief and Che gang were shouting his name tn con. tempt be stood erect, with tears in his eyes. and said:
 "How dare they say such things of me! I am Guya Jansl You can trace my family back for 900 years and you win not Gnd a thief in it ! am silent because men have wrouscd mt and mine. and ! brood over lt. b1' does it follow that because | am silcH, l am also a rocuc3 Look for thc tl.c. among Che men who chatter more than they work"
 Three days later the English district iutRc reached Rewah on his circuit md Guya was arro0gucd as a thief Thcrc was a conspiracy Co ruin him and Che false testimony offered sats Gcd the judge of his guilt The ano.' was treated ln an onlaud way. and when Che nccuscd asked for timc Go bring witnesses who could yluch for his character his request was refused Ho was convicted of theft and sen. tenccd co j1l for three months. Hs wcpt and cried out over h.s disgrace. but hc was only laughed 0t The judge went his way without giving thc cusc a second thought Hc had hundreds ot such cases per year and there was DC particulur reason why hc should give this case special attention. Before bc. Ing sent Co prison Guya askcj pcrmis sion Co bid his elephant c'0ioy Ihis was granted. Ralpoor seemed Co under. stand that misfortune had come. and those who stood close by saw tears .u bis eyes as be lovingly carcsscd his master
 "Thcy have done me a great wrong sald Guya as if talking Co @ fellow man "I am Innocent. as God knows. but they have declared me Co uc a thief and ! must go Co jaIl We have been poor. my beloved but we bavc been honest oud never until today have we been ashamed Co look men To Che face. If Che sah'b judge had beer fair minded. thIs disgrace would uoi have conn. hgt Doc look th' word o uars and r.fu-cI t5 tear me- Hr is not a Just juig.
 They would lavc put che elephant u WOE. under another ulhouf hu' he sapcI from tle camp that night aud Book Co thr jungle. GUya was ,lrowr Into ilI among Joe of m0Nfac,or and w.lllu tvo weeks Nerc was a quarrel In which he was stabbed 'r G.u,h. That was ,lc end of him so .W 1s 1ay ono at Bevah was concerned.
 The district judge had a long circuit and many cases. and .t was two months before hr approached Ecwah again N.cht overlook him while hc was yet twelve miles away and with h's sc,y ants le made camp by Che roadside When he had eaten hls supper. bc drew a uttlc way from Che camp and sgt down on a stone Co smoke his pipe. lt wns a bright moonlight night without breeze enough Co move a leaf. and tW batter of a hyonas feet on the hard baked earth could have been heard Q quarter of a mile away . So strong was the moonlight that a prowlng iackoi could bc made out along the edge Of Che Jungle forty rods uwny There was uo fear Of tiger or panther and Che judge was peacefully content ns he smoked and cast a careless eye about him. He had not been seated ten minutes vhco an elephant moved out of the fringe o' the jungle and advanced upon him The great beast moved almost with0W sound. Ills feet made no more uois' than those of a fox. One acting as sep tlnel for the camp would have seer him at once as be moved out. but the eyes of the judge looked vac8nuy into space as his mind was busy with hIS legal work. The elephant had 800 feet Of open ground Co pass over. There sat the judge and there were half dozen servants moving about, but no one saw him. Not a sound reached any mans ear. He crcpt forw1rd Ike the shadow