The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-01-31
A Gentle Servant
IrvyvH7ury.n'7gsT II OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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well Illustrated the English pr0Cllvlty
for not being able to learn from others.
Ills father had been Il small tradeSman
in London who III some way had put a
member of the cabinet under obligation
to him and the obligation was repaid
by commission for the son. Nearly
al the young mans brother officers
We're gentlemen born. and many Of
them younger sons of mobiles. Colin
wood was snubbed for twenty years.
and as soor. as he was promoted to the
command of Il regiment commenced 4
systematic Snubbing of every officer
beneath him in rank excepting those
connected with the nobility
The colonel was especially hard Oh
his servants He seemed to consider
any servant as necessary evil and Il
native Indian servant as Il worm of the
dust. Among those who attended him
were an I1iShman named Mallory and
a native named Haroutune Mallory
treated all natives as his master treat
Ell his Interiors Uaroutune was very
different from both the colonel and the
Irishman. He was as gentle as 4 wom-
an. He was married to Il soft eyed
dren, on whom they both doted They
were very frugal. their one supreme
object being to accumulate something
for their little ones.
one day Colonel Colinwood missed Il
valuable diamond that lie had bought,
expecting to make a display with it
when he returned to England. The on
~ two persons who had access TO the
room where it was kept We're Mallory
and Haroutune. The colonel, who had
perfect confidence in Mallory, had Ha-
rcUtune arrested. and the courts in the
neighborhood We're so afraid of the ;tu
tocratic soldier that he had little trou-
bic in having the Indian convicted
Haroutune was sent to prison to serve
a term of fifteen years.
Not long after the loss of the dia
TO return to the British isles. Eight
years later COlinwood. having been in
yalided home, found his former servant
living lin clover Setting detective,
Oh his track. the colonel unearthed the
fact that he had disposed of a valuable
diamond and his prosperity dated
from the sale Colinwood, finding it t.
his interest to accept the remainder OF
the thefS fund on condition that he
would not prosecute, made the compro
mise.
A few years after this the colonel re
turned to India with Il wife and two
little children. He debated the matter
as to what he should do in making
amends to Har0utune and decided that
to say anything about the mistake
would place him in an unpleasant posi-
ton. Haroutune now had but Il few
years to serve. Besides, he was moth
ing but a low caste native, and a prs
Oh was as good Il place for him as any
where else. So the colonel concluded
to do nothing in the way of justice.
Meanwhile Haroutune was languish
ing in prison. He was so gentle in his
manner that one Of the prison officials
took him into his service. This gave
the poor fellow great deal of liberty
Not long before his term expired a
snake charmer gave an exhibition at
perform. Among other thingS.> the
snake charmer would place Il bird i'll
the same apartment with snake On
it's masters order the snake would
steal up to the bird and Strangle it.
One day when Colonel Colinwood
was at dinner with some friends he
remarked that the time for the expira-
ton of the man who had stolen his
diamond must have arrived. Some of
the party said that the natives We're
prone to take revenge for punishment
and it behOoved the colonel to be on
his guard ColinwOod declared that if
he were inclined 10 fear any Indian he
certainly would not fear Haroutune,
who was more woman than man. Had
the colonel realized that the prisoner,
who had served fifteen years for an
offense of which he knew himself to
be innocent; that he had come out of
prison to find his wife and children.
having been deprived of his support,
had succumbed and We're all dead
had the colonel known this he might
have feared that even worm will
turn. Mrs Colinwood did not share
her husbands want Of faith in Indian
revenge and shuddered
The very next day Elsie Colinwood
was found dead in the garden The
children were permitted TO play there,
since the place was surrounded Ivy
high wall The little brother who made
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