The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-26

Buddhist. bat my wonder at first was
concerned with Pathanine alone.
Pathanines face had always been
one OF the most amiable that l had ever
seen. and when his eyes fell upon me
advancing toward him IL took on a de-
lIghtfully sweet look Of pleased recOg-
milton. 7 am SO glad that you have
come here, sir" he said. lust as he
used TO when 1 returned 10 Nenan aft
er being absent for some time. 7 was
little lonesome, sir" he continued in
his delightfully."- simple, straightfOr-
ward way. so few of those l knew
before are here. Perhaps some Will
come by and BY"
Everything was so confusing. l had
always been so mistrustfut OF myself
that when 1 woke up there 1 was al
most afraid there was some mistake.
And then 10 meet an OUt-and-out deVo-
tee OF Buddha in a place that I'd al
ways been taught was reserved for
Christians alone WAS certainly per-
picking / asked Pathanine about il,
Il don't know. sir" he answered. Il
felt like a little rest. and when awoke
I was here. l hope a Thee won't be
long commg-Ma Thee and Mindah."
Ma Thee was his wife; Mindah his
daughter. But it was about his faith
that I questioned him most. He had
not changed any; he had sung the
same cultural Buddhist prayer up TO
The very last. 'HOskins Thakine did
not make a Christian OF you then-did
not prove 10 you that Gaudama was
wrong?" I queried him.
NO. sir" answered Pathanine; but
my brother. Bob Fyu, who was a. wick
I'd fellow. tried 10 do a great wrong TO
the padre. You remember Bob Pyu,
who was a captain with King Thebaw
before the British destroyed his army?
Bob Pyu was a great soldier, but a
bad Buddhist. for when the war was
all over he continued fighting on his
own account. aud became what the
English call a dacOiL- Sometimes he
came 10 me, because he was my broth
81. YOU know, sir. and I begged him
20 be less wicked ana stop decOiting,
or never come 10 see me at all. But
the wrong he tried 20 do the Padre
Thakine was tnis way. sir, and be
cause OF me. and for that ] had much
guilty fear.
You rememDer I vas the W0on of
Yenan. ana HOskils Thakine was al
ways writing - the commissioner that
L was not making my official work
proper. Also ny people were telling
me that the PADRE Thakiue was speak
ing i'll or me and saying that if they
believed IL me and my false gods, even
the SACRED Gaudarna. they would all be
burned with a greater heat than was
ia Yenan The hot days before the rains
When they spoke of Nirvaua, he told
them there was 20 Nibbau-nO Mir
Vana; nothing but torture and unrest
for all who died in my faith--the faith
uf my fathers. But when they did not
believe what the padre spoke. he said
that It was because or me, and wrote
10 the commissioner that was always
putting his work 20 the wrong side. 1
was not angry. for i knew he thought
he was right and was serving his Mas
ter even as / was serving Gaudama
That was his way. by way was not
10 take life-nOt to eat meat, nor eggs
nor anything that had life and 70 give
sims. To his church / gave, too. for
they were trying 10 90 good 10 my
people. He did not know. because II !
spoke Of IT. he might tell the commits
sioner that it was bribery.
zone time q Burman, Nat CLAY. who
had Joined the faith OF the padre, spent
money or foOlishness, that belonged to
the PADRES church. Nat Clay came to
me because OF this. and he was afraid
or going 10 Jail. I paid the rupees for
Nat Clay, because if the case were
called ia court-my court, YOU know.
sir--there would be much disgrace 10
my people. But Padre Hoskins did not
know all these things, and still wrote
10 the commissioner that I was d bad
man and what he called a Pagan
When Bob Pyu came in the night to
Nenan 10 see me. for he was my broth
e., Pho Yet whose tongue is like a
tucktoos, always croakiug OF evil
things. told Bob Pyu that Hoskins
Thakine had made trouble FOR me.
Then my brother who was also
dacoit. went back TO the jungle, and /
did not know Many times after / got
letters from the commissioner to not
make trouble for Padre Hoskins. and
all the time / was telling my people 10
do good things FOR him.
One night when / was sleeping, Pho
Yet came TO my bungalow and his
tongue was speaking with much fear.
Bob Pyu. my brother. was hiding with
his dacoits down where the tamarind
aud mango trees arc thick. just where
the paddy-he come up close 10
Yenan. You remember, sir. it was
where the three little white pagoias
rested on the hill.
Well, Bob Pyu was hiding there till
my people would all be sleeping. then
he would steal down 10 the church
bungalow and kill the padre. That
was what Pho Yet said. and his voice
was so low 1 could scarcely hear him, /
Tor he was afraid. {. 700. was much.l
troubleG sir, for there we're none OF /