The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-26


severely: do you mean to say. young
man. that can't do as ! please?" I
must say don't think his warmth was
much ailayed by my replying: II GER
tainly mean to say you can't please
as you please. You may eat sugar
because you prefer 1t to vinegar.
but you can't prefer 1t Just because
you will to do So" He has probably got
some new arguments now and is anxious
to try their effect, so, with kind regards
to Miss Darrow-I trust she Is well-1
remain, cordially your friend.
! George Maitland.
p. S.-(Like a woman always write a
! postscript.) You shall hear again from
me as soon as I reach Bombay.
This last promise was religiouslly
kept, tho his letter was short and merely
announced his safe arrival early that
morning. He closed by SAYING: -
SO on land, and I feel that / can do
justice to whatever is set before me-. l
intend as soon as I have taken the edge
off my appetite, to set out imme diately
| for Malabar Hill, as l believe that to
be our proper startingpoint. | inclose
came nsst up si its harbor, thinking It may in.
to her with my regards. You will note
that there are two tongues Of land IN.
the picture. On the eastern side is
the suburb Of calfha and ae on the west vest
I have something Of interest to report - ,
T gave the sketch to Gwen, and she
care you aware she said to me,
that Nj +, Maitland draws with rare
IT am fully persuaded" rejoined,
| tfthat ha 6ona MT 60 ANYTHING which
he cannot do WE'LL"
continued, (which so conduces to the
habit Of. thoroness as the experiments
of chemistry. When one learns that
vitiate Everything, he acquires new
conception of the term clean and is
likely to be thoro in washing his appar-
atus. From this the habit grows upon
him and widens! its application until it
embraces all his actions.
This remark did not surprise me as it
had come to learn that Gwen was liable
at any time to suddenly evince very
Undermining depth Of observation and
frmness of philosophical grasp.
Maitland had been gone. just six
week., to DAY when we received from
lar bearing upon the matter which had
taken him abroad. I give this COM
munication in his own words, emitting
only few personal observations which
I do not feel justified in disclosing, and
which, moreover, are not necessary to
the completeness of this narratives: T.
I My Dear Doctor: have at last
something to report bearing upon the
case that brought me here and per-
haps I can best relate it by simply
telling you what my movements have been
since my arrival. My first errand was
to Malabar Hill. I thought It wise to
possess myself, so far as possible, Of
facts proving the authenticity of Mr.. OAR
rows narrative. I found without diff
Guilty the banyan tree which had been the
} trysting- place, and close by it the little
! cave with it's mysterious well-everything
in fact. precisely as related, even to the
} "Parsees' " garden or cemetery, with its
Flower Of Silence" or "Dakhma," as II
is called by the natives. The cave and
the banyan are among the many attrac-
lions Of what Is now Herr Blascheks villa.
, This gentleman, with true German hos
pitality asked me to spend q few days
with him, and I was only too glad to &C.
cept his invitation, as I believed his
, knowledge Of Bombay might be Of great
service to me. In this I did not mistake
told him wished to ascertain tho
whereabouts of a Rama Ragobah, wht
had been something between a rishi anG
. a fak1r, and he directed me at once to {
| 1dklT HdIueu FdrlIld11ld VIII, n0 Sdlus WOu1l
, be able to locate my man., If he were still
alive and in Bombay.
. You can imagine how agreeably sur
prised was to find that Parinama knew
, Ragobah WELL I had anticipated som'
considerable difficulty in learning the lat
ter's whereabouts, and here was maj
. who could-for sufficient considerable,
} tell me much, If not all, about him.
c secured an interpreter, paid Parinama m!
money, and proceeded to catechtse him
! give you my questions and his answer
just as I jotted them down in my note