Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-05-31


leased.
"Ananias said that the rnjah was the
most awful looking critter he ever set
eyes upon-a giant In size with wool
ly hair and squint eyes, and 1t was the
squint eyes that caused all the trou-
BILE. II seems the rajah was so cross
eyed that the jailors would get all
mixed up on the sentences and half
the prisoners got the wrong sentences.
1t was all right for some, but bad for
others SO Ananlas says when 1t came
his turn TO plead he got up and told
the rajah all about the Indus, and how
her water casks had sprung leak, and
that we wanted fresh water from the
everlasting waterfalls, and that we
was citizens of the q. s. A. Tho rajah
just smiled and said 1t was all right
and he could have all the water he
wanted as long as the waterfalls last
ed. and then he nodded one way and
his eyes got so horribly squinty and
crossed just then that the executioner
made grab for Ananias saying the
rajah had looked at him and the rajah
was to busy to interfere. so they haul
ed Ananins Off to put him to death.
He says he got away and swum
ashore and reused our four men, and
they all cut and run for the Indus with
three of the rajah's men chasing after
them, and here was Ananias and here
was the three men, staring borrow
struck just as II they had understood
every word of what my 6rst mate had
said. and they didn't believe a word Of
It.
"Then one Of the three Hlndus spoke
up politely. and what he said would
have habbergasted you, ma'am, for he
spoke In English. Says he: 'Sahib
captain, this man speaks lies whenever
his mouth opens and he has called our
prince by evil names and with a false
tongue. We have been ordered to
bring him back to the palace that our
prince may examine him
"Of course wasn't surprised to hear
that Ananias had been drawing the
long bow as | could see that ho was
pretty much chapfallen to think he'd
been wasting all that breath before
these fIlndus who could speak his lang
witch better than he could, Just call |
ed the second mate to command the
Indus. and, taking a fresh supply of
men, | started with the whole lot for
the rajah's palace
AT last we arrived at tho palace,
and Ananias was right about that part
Of It. He always did mix little truth
In tutth hta fOloif utnn ~ ~ a n
island In the middle of lake, and l
could see waterfalls here and there
among the hills.
I'VE all got into big barge and
were rowed across the lake to the pal
ace and hustled into the audience room
where the rajah appeared In all his
glory.
when he smiled at Annnias that
cheerful prevaricator just hauled in his
tops'ls and looked down at the floor
and don't wonder, for that rajah |
turned out TO be one Of the handsomest |
men ever saw In all my days, and
his eyes were as straight as yours,
ma'am. That part about his being |
squint eyed was all yarn Of my first |
mates.
ut seems that the rnJah of Raddabar |
had been educated In England, and he |
talked with me quite n spell in free |
and easy manner. He told mo that his |
men had found AnanIas and his four |
mates stealing fruit from the palace
gardens. and for that reason he had |
arrested him. He escaped all right, |
and the rajah's servants had given
chase and caught him on board tho
Indus
The rajah of Raddabar was n gen.
tleman after all, and he laughed and |
made Joke Of Ananias and his story |
Of the squirt eyed raJah. He pre-
tended he wanted to buy Ananlas for
his chief story teller. kind OF n court |
fool, he explained. with twinkle in |
those straight, handsome eyes OF his, |
and poor Ananias hung his head and |
looked mighty scared. for the raJah |
pretended to offer me all kinds Of rich |
Jewels in exchange for the critter, and |
I pretended to bargain for him and
then put the matter Off unit the next
time Ananias told big var
80 insisted on Ananias paying for |
the fruit he had stolen, and no apollo
gized TO the raJnh as decenUy as his |
kind can apologize to somebody who |
has done them good turn, and then |
as the rajah had made us welcome to
all the water we wanted. we all fell to
and Oiled up our casks and away we
went back to the Indus with some
presents that desperate despoe bad
showered on US.
"Of course sent special messen-
ger back 10 the raJah with some pres
ents from the Indus stores. and then
we h'isted sail and away we went
homeward bound"
And what did Ananias have TO say
when 1t was all oyerT' ! asked with
interest.
why, Ananias recovered his nerve
after we got out OF sight Of the Jaypur
bills, and he came 10 mo and told mo
another yarn about his having sun
stroke when no got 10 tho lake and
hO didn't rightly remember what hap
pened after that
II looked him in the eye and says I,
'Ananias Slime. you may not rightly ro-
member what happened. but there's
plenty that does. and I want to re-
mind vntf TINT fhara I.rth O.. Am ...sA