Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1904-09-24

the plate ON the breakfast table. and |
took a flip flap, and killed flies with some
noise. At last when the Sahib began to
light big eherOot | craved permission
to speak. and he told me to say what /
had TO say quickly, and not to disturb
him.
'Sahib," / said with humility. con
corning the matter of kullcn khansamah.
who Is i'll the go-doWn; ii is necessary to
get out the lamp OIL
lie stared at me for maybe one min,
ute. and then he dropped the cheroot
and his red face became white as nv
clean muslin coat. He rose and pushed
me aside. saying 10 woId, and he strobe
into the veranda, | following him. He
searched for key of the paddock in his
pockets, but found it not; so he wrenched
the chain from the woodwork of the door
with great force, and the dead BODY of
kuiian khansamah fell out of the 90
down face downward on the Yerandtl
floor
Then the Sahib caught me bv the
shoulder and shook me backward and for
ward, shouting in mine ear and calling
me names, and his voice sounded as
though his throat were full of dust. He
cried out that he had meant to return
in day and night, but that the dam.
age to the bridge had delayed him. and
he had forgotten all about Kullan the
khansamah, and he cursed me for a fool
because l had not broken open the pad
lock
"Sahib." | said, and | bowed nv head
before him, "the order was that Kullan
should stay i'll the go-down until the day
II thine honor's return. This slave did
but obey thy commands
Then The face OF the Sahib grew pur-
pie, and he choIlet and gasped and fell al
my feet with foam on his lips, and with
much effort I get him into the house and
laid him on his bed. Afterward he was
Ill Tor many lays, but no one, not even
the Dr. SaLib or the nursemen who came
to take care of him, ever knew what had
happened, for before / fetched the DIR.
Sahib | pushed the body Of Kullan back
into the go-down and left il there till the
night time, when l buried it in corner
OF the compound with all precaution.
There were none to witness the burial or
TO ask any question, for he was a down
country man, and | said in the bazaar
that he had departed to his home. While
the Sahib lay sick / made for him Jelly.
soup and custard. for had learned from
KullaE how to cook. / took my turn in
watching by his bedside, and when his
sense came back / told him of what |
had done
For many years after this was the
Sahih's head servant on thirty rupees n
month, and he was as wax in the hands
of his slave Rahimudin. / it was who
had charge of the Sahib's keys and kept
his money: it was l who appointed the
other servants and exacted percenta &c
from their wages; it was l who made
payments ard gave the orders, and the
Sahib ever settled my accounts without
argument. | had authority in the com
pound; | grew prosperous and had 4
rortly figure and a watch and chain.
Now has the Sahib retired from the
service of the government and has gone
to England, ard !, Rahimudin, have
bought land in mine own district and
have married four wives, and am a per
SON of Importance in the village. So is
it true what my father had told me
that by obeying orders and being fear
less. may a man rise in the service of the
Sahibs and gain wealth and honor. Mrs.
a. Perrin in Black and White.