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

| the Msthura district, bade me make
ready to go with him to the city of Kings
which is two days Journey by road
from the village-thst might there OBJ
! tain employment as disbwasher in the
service of Sahib; for there were many
OF us in my fathers house, and his crops
! had failed for want of rain, so that there
was not enough food TO fiji our ston,achs.
liz his youth, Rahim I3ux, my father,
| had himself served the Fcringhees, and.
having heard him speak much of those
! days, felt that | should learn my duties
with the greater case, and as we Jour
/ aeycd through the dry empty fields in
! The early morning time. he also told ne
many more things concerning the ways OF
! the Sahibs which are not the ways of
| the dark people. ] was but q stripping
and knew little of what happened beyond
the village of my birth, where | worked
/ in tho fields and tended the cattle until
the day came of which l now speak, and
| learned from my father that it is well
10 obey the orders of the master without
thought OF question, even when it might
I've hard to understand the reason of his
wishes.
! 1ilDU dfL SOHltN nat of All OWL, my
father told me. "and not so sharp or
clever as was |, who rose to be head
servant in my masters house. But thou
| hast enough sense to understand an order,
and maybe with diligence and obedience
thou mavcst rise from dishwasher to
table servant, and from table servant to
khansamab, and then will it be easy with
the bazaar accounts in thy keeping, ami
power in the establishment. to gather
rupees till thou canst return to thy home
Il person of wealth and Importance, even
as ! did
And what if the Sahib beats me for
no fault, AZ thou sayest will happen on
occasions -
Take thy beating and say nothing;
above al things, do not run away. The
Feringhces themselves are brave though
they are dogs and sons of dogs and when
they behold courage in others they re-
speet it. A beating does little harm; |
lived once with Col Sahib who gave
medicine as a punishment, and that was
bad There are certain Sahibs who
neither drink, nor beat. nor swear, but
it is hard for newcomer without recon-
! mcndations or experience to obtain serv-
ice with such, and the Sahibs whom |
served in the old days have now all died
or gone back across the black water
many years since. Thou wilt have to be
content at first with what thou eanst
fet, only remember this: obey orders
without question, quarrel not with thy
fellow servants, and sqllapder not thy
wages i'll the bazaar"
/ pondered over the wise words OF nv
father and laid them up in my heart, and
| resolved that | would rise, even as he
had done, to be the head servant of a.
Sahib's household, that in time / might
return TO my village with riches and in
fluence.
When we reached the city We stayed
for the night in the serai, and until dawn
could not sleep for the strange sights
and sounds and the crowd that came and
went; never before had | seen so many
men together. In the morning sunshine
we went through the streets, and stared
at the glittering vessels in the brass
shops, at the display of sweetmeats, toys
and Jewels, and the gay materials shown
by the cloth merchant NV father
bought me n white muslin coat. a pair of
calico trousers, tight below the knee. and
a new puggaree; and we took seats in an
ekka and drove out to the part where
the Sahibs dwell beyond the city. Here
it was all open space and broad roads.
with trees of mango, teak and tamarind,
and the gardens were very beautiful. Nv
father told me that though the native
city was wide and full of people there
were but few Sahibs and no regiments ut
ALL though he remembered that before
the Mutiny there had been large can.
Torment and many sepoys.
There was no service to be had at the
house of the Magistrate Sahib, nor with
the Col. Sahib of police. nor with the
Dir. Sahib, SO he went to the bungalow
of the Engineer Sahih, who looked after
the roads and buildings of the district.
There we heard that a dishwasher was
needed and the khansamah- lee said that
if my father gave him backsheesh. and
| promised him a percentage of my pay,
he could get me the place without any
recommendation. He also said that the
Engineer Sahib was good Sahib. and
the service To be desired, and that i
should be we'll treated. So after some
argument my father paid the Khan
samah, who was named Kullan, and |
gave the promise. My father told me
again to obey orders and answer not to
abuse, and then he left ME and went
back to his village
But after he had gone I learned from
the bearer, who was also follower of
the Prophet, that no servant ever STAYED
long with the Engineer Sahib. For" he
said, the Sahib is truly devil, and
when | am near him my fear of him is
such that my liver melts Sometimes for
weeks will he be quiet. and all win go
well, and then he will drink too much
whisky, and for days we shall 20 in fear
Of our lives"
| felt angcred that Kullan should have
told my father naught of this. and
| though | said nothing | determined that.
/ should the chance arise tn do him an evil
IN return | would remember how he had
lied and taken my fathers money and
bound me TO give him percentage on my
pay.
/ When / 5chcld my master could well