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

nSN tttiS, iot tue SAND nau haf Which
was the color of a polished copper cooking
vessel, and the flesh OF his face was like
unto raw meat: he ate his food with
haste like a pariab dog, and looked about
/ him as though he feared an enemy.
Nevertheless. | stayed in his service, for
WAS | not more or less in bondage TO
the Khansamah- ieeg And also for the
/ first few weeks matters went we'll The
/ Sahib sometimes beat and abused the
other servants, but not badly, and me he
never noticed | took care to be diligent
over my work, | learned the ways of the
compound kullan taught me how 10
cook flor this saved him trouble when he
wished to stay late in the bazaar, and
helped the bearer to brush the Sahib's
clothes and to keen the rooms tidy.
/ Bet the peace did not continue. The
Sahib began to drink much whisky. and
I one evening when some matters dis
pleased him during dinner he sprang at
the bearer, who was also table servant
and smote him heavily, using words that
burned my ears as l sat in the pantry
washing the dishes. The bearer cried
out that he was hurt unto death, his
puggalree came OF, and the Sahib kicked
it through the open door and across the
veranda into the bushes; then he shook
the man as a dog will shake vermin. and
all the time he smote and kicked him and
roared abuse. For some hours after the
bearer lay lin his house grooming, and
later in the night time he took his be-
| longings and ran away without his ar
rears of wages or written recommen-
dation. Thus the Khansamah was forced
to do the bearers work, as we'll as his
own; whereat he grumbled sorely, and
my duties were doubled also, for / now
helped to wait at table; and all the time
| | watched for chance of letting the
Sahib sec that ! feared him not, for
Remembered my fathers words
Two days later, when the Sahib was
sitting at breakfast, drinking whisky aud
eating but little, the Khansamah spilled
some gravy on the tablecloth, and my
knees shook as the Sahib rose slowly
| from his seat, and, looking at Kullan
with eyes like those of tiger, walked
toward him just as the striped one APP
proaches its victim Kullan knelt and
prayed for mercy, but the Sahib dragged
him over the floor till his coat came off in
the Sahibs hand, and he kicked the man
along the ground like game ball until
he drove him into the veranda. Kullan
rose quickly. looking like hunted beast.
but before he could flee the Sahib caught
him and pushed him into the lamp closet
that led from the veranda, and locked
the door. He laughed as he put paddock
! key in his pocket and heard Kullan
Khansamah crying and shifting at the
door from the darkness within the 90
down; when he turned and saw me look
ing, he shook his fist at me and told me
to go to my work.
| Then the Sahib went to his room and
lay on the bed and slept, and | cleared
away the breakfast and washed up every
thing; afterward | went to the kitchen
and found it empty; the servants houses
were also empty, and none answered to
my call. They had all fled in fear, hav-
! ing doubtless heard the noise of the
Sahib's rage. and there was no one left
save !, Rahimudin, the dishwasher and
| Kullan, the khansamah, who was crying
and calling in the lamp go-doWn.
! Toward shutdown a telegram came for
| the Sahib, and, not without misgiving in
my heart. ! took it to his room He
awoke and read the telegram. and then
arose in haste, speaking of trouble con-
corning bridge in the district, and bid
ding me pack his bag with clothes sui
fcient for day and night, and order his
trap to be got ready and bring him
whisky.
/ packed the bag and brought the
whisky, and said: Your highness, there
is no syce in the stables; they have all
run away; but thy slave can harness the
horse"
! went straightway, and with trouble
and patience put the horse to the cart
and brought it to the door. The Sahih
did not beat me- though from want of
knowledge | had done it badly, and when
| told him there were no servants left at
all he cursed their souls to hell and babe
me stay and take care of everything UNI
| til he should return.
/ / asked him: What are the orders
concerning Kullan Khansamah, who is
imprisoned within the lamp go-down?"
| He laughed. and the sound was like the
cry of the hyena around the walls of the
village at dusk.
"The order is that he stay there till
return. Dost thou understand?"
/ | salaamed, and h. drove away Then
did my heart glow within me. for now
had my opportunity come, and the Sahib
should see that l was of use, and could
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the Kitchen, and Kullan cried in the go
down; | fed the horses and the fowls, and
after locking up the house at night,
took my bed and placed it in the YER
anda that might guard against thieves
But l could not sleep by reason of the
noise made by the khansamah; and
answered him rot, for feared he might
persuade me to disobey orders and break
open the paddock, and | remembered my
! fathers words. Also | was glad that
kullan was in trouble. for had he not
deceived my father and taken money
under false pTetences, and did he not
exact percentage from my miserable pay
| rs dishwasher? So / smiled when
heard him beating on the door and call
! ing. and | only feared that when the
| Salib returned and let him out, Kullan
might Kin me for needing not his en-
! trea ties. But the Sahb did not return
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