The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-12-27
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Daughter OF Brahma. receive our
sacrifices. Flowers and sweet per
fumes bring We unto thee Saffron
and sandalwoOd rice and betel are
thine. Hear rs when We pray For
we have waited long for thy coming.
oh, Holy One. EVIL has been done 10
thy anointed the indebted son OF
thy priesthood Aa-heen- deflnd--an
thy revenge has tarried long But
thy hour eemeth. and when IL comes
be strong and strike till the shame
be washed out IN the blood of thy
enemies.
murmur arose al first low. but
gathering volume as the temple dane
ers advanced in their raised hands
rich clusters of flowers whose intoxi-
eating perfume mingled with the in
cense e,u..
"Sarasvati Sarasvati'"
The murmur became shout.
triumphant passionate cutlery, in
which the note OF frenzy sounded
louder and more threatening The
kneeling crowd arose. and like a sea
breaking suddenly through restrain
Ing dam, surged aud eddied around
the two central figures, their dark
distorted faces raised 10 the god who
Knocked at them and the child who
saw them not, II seemed TO the boy.
watching from the shadow OF the
gopura that she looked at him and
that over the seething multitude they
spoke 10 each other Then god and
goddess were raised on the shoulders
of the carriers and guided by the
priests with the four.famed lamps,
fought their way through the mad
tnmult to the sanctuary.
For one last moment, David Hurst
saw the baby-face; a shower OF white
rose petals huttered down through the
moonlight and dropped like magic
rain into her lap and on the dark
smooth hair And then for the first
time she smiled with "a wondering pa.
/ thetic pleasure. Then IL was all over.
The terrific hideous figure OF the idol
blotted her out, casting over her path
a profound and menacing shadow
the gates OF the sanctuary changed 30,
the temple dancers lost themselves
in the crowd One OF them stood
near the gopura where David lay hid
den A Brahman, wearing the triple
cord OF his caste. forced his way to
her side and caught her roughly by
the wrist He was tall man. noble
of bearing and feature, but his ex-
preston was that of a hend He
spoke a few words, and the dancing
girl looked up at him and smiled.
Then both disappeared
David Hurst closed his eyes. He
felt nauseated. though he did not
know why. Something vile had
brushed against him. and he strove
TO shut 1t out. everything but the
child who had smiled AT the rose
petals He knew that his own end
was close at hand but he felt neither
/ fear nor despair His own misery had
sunk forgesen into great sea of pity
and tenderness. And when he opened
his eyes again he found that he was
alone. The multitude had vanished .
the moon had sunk behind the gopura
and threw an immense shadow across
/ the empty court; the fire upon the
pillar nickered and burned low. over.
whelmed by. the startling change. APP
palled by the silence, he stood trans
figured. waiting for he knew not
what The shadows seemed to live
They moved, forward and loosened
themselves from the somber back
ground they came across the strip of
moonlight and ne saw then that they
We're men, evil-faced. with wild dis.
heveled hair and torn filthy garments
which proclaimed their caste Their
movements were swift and cautious,
IS though they feared detection, and
one OF them bore something across
his shoulders--a something which
moaned and then lay still as he flung
it roughly at the foot of the altar
For a moment, they stood huddled to-