Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-26
DAILY STORY
A DANGEROUS MAN.
Copyright, 1907. by G. d. Daniels.l


post of GhOorka. in the province of
Nepal. India, had heard of the strange
doings of Ram Lal up in the Hima-
laya mountains to the north. Ever
since the great mutiny the British in
India have been vigilant to suppress :,
any native seeking to be conspicuous :,
in way to appeal to popular super
stition. Queer tales were told about 4
Ram Lal He had suddenly appeared
among the people, coming from no one |
knew where, and he had performed /
miracles. He had made 5000 people !,
believe that he was a god.
When things began TO get bit seri- |
Gus, the colonel dispatched a detach-
ment of cavalry with orders to bring
Ram Lal into Ghoorka. He did not
run away when he heard Of their COM !
ers two miles out of the hill town
where he made his headquarters and
waited for them on the banks of a +,
creek. 1t was midsummer, and the
Ram Lal took his station on knoll a
few yards away from the stream, and
as the cavalry came up to cross he
stopped them with a wave of his hand
and said:
You have come for me. Your sahib
colonel says that ! am a fraud and
cheat, and you would take me to
Ghoorka and expose me. Very well,
will go"
When Ram Lal was brought out the
colonel said to him:
81 have heard about you and your
doings You are fraud and an i'm
poster. Your so called magic is all
nonsense. and am going to expose YOU
here and now and then have you whip
ped off the grounds
1T shall be as the Sahib colonel
Wishes" was the humble reply.
A fine big horse bought for the artil.
lery six months before had been found
utterly useless. owing to his vicious
temper. He could not lie harnessad.
and he could not be saddled. He had
killed two men and injured three No
one would have him at any price, and
while waiting on red tape to dispose of
the animal somehow he was kept chain,
ed in stable. After the colonel had
addressed Ram Lal the horse was
brought out There We're ropes around
his neck and four men hanging TO the
free ends. The horse reared, kicked.
squealed and flung himself about and
pointing 10 him, the colonel said:
IF you are magician you can quiet
| that beast
Ram I.al called out some strange
words, and the horse dropped to his
| four feet and whned and stood with
| ears working. The men We're hidden
| TO let him loose and at nod from the
| colonel they complied.
| "Ho. you. come to me-" called Ram
Lal, and the horse slowly advanced
| and rubbed his nose against the man :
shoulder. He whispered some words
in his ear. and he lay down. He beck
oned to Il boy and tossed him upon
| the animals back, and the lad rode
about for five minutes.
II have told him to make you no
more trouble" said the man to the
colonel. and he will not. He will be
the most obedient of horses in the flu
ture'
There were murmurs of establishment
| and admiration from the soldiers and
the natives, and the colonel ground his
| Of ic-
| gracing Ram Lal he had been made
an object of ridicule. The major at
the post had an English bulldog that
had to be kept chained up most of the
time. He would permit a few native
servants to approach him, but the
presence Of stranger would make him
furious. He was brought out and halt.
ed for Il couple of minutes within ten
feet of the magician. He flew into q
passion Mt once. Indeed, the man pro
voked him by gestures and taunts
When the chain was slipped, every liv.
ing man on the ground expected to see
the native torn to pieces. The dog
sprang forward with good intent. but
of sudden the man was not there
1t seemed as If the earth had swallow
ed him at a gulp. The dog ran about
looking for him for a moment and ther
dropped his tail and began to whine
Then Ram Lal was seen again. He
took the dog by the tail and dragged
him around He stood with his foo
on him. He beat him with Stci
and sent him to his kennel in abjec'
fear.
There was a great shout of admira
ton, and the colonel became white
faced with anger. In n voice vibra tin.
with passion he ordered a sergeant,
guard to load their carbines and steI
to the front. Then, turning to Ran
Lal, he said:
You who can do such great thing:
should not fear the bullets of my