Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-07

morning and had seen tn. A., - tne
or COW removed from the Joy
premises and live COW fnstou. S' it
place. This settled Agya,s fst. ~ ~
her rather made arrangemepts ,s aaa
some persons engaged in the b-,., "i'a
or strangling unmarried girls IN ~. - =
daughter where she would coet ~ ~ Aa
more money. "Hn no
Agya, who saw the men oo
house to confer with her fats1. 'ae
suspected the purport Of the 49,. sna
ence. listened to IT in concealp,er. =.
heard her father agree to take hsr aao
wood near by and deliver her ~ ' !
ezecut1oners. The time appointsd :
this deed was one week from tba. =. ~
Now. it was Rustum who bod
ged Kadur for work and become o. Dss.
the guards Of the COW. Agya d,a "
tell her father that she and her - ~
had laid plan to secure her CO.
ance, for so great was his revs-o-A'
for the priesthood that this world =
feat the plan Rustum could mt 80
the problem by marrying her -. ~
had not rupee in the world.
Rustum in applying to Kadu, O.,
work hoped that he might be ytva.
the duty of watching the cow ana ..
tended looking out for an opportrri,,
to expose the fact that she was -.
the original cow that as a cal, 49,
become the embodiment of the spIrt
of NirmaPs son and the heir IN N.
fortune that was to pass at his daa.h
to Agya. If he could not expose tba
fraud possibly he might kill the cov
But this would be difficult since m
one person was trusted with her cs,.
and any such attempt on his part
would be foiled by the other cara.
takers.
When Agya heard that she was m
be strangled that day week she knew
it behooved her to be up and doing
She contrived to get word to Rustum
Of the situation that he might max.
haste In the sacrifice of the COW that
she might be saved. Rustum deter.
mined to put his scheme in operation
at once.
There is no dearth of poisons In
India, and Rustum would have no
difficulty in mixing one of them in the
cows fodder. The trouble was to ge,
witnesses of the animals death In
deed, this could only be done by cor.
rupting the guard, for Rustum realized
that when she died Kadur would pay
those who were cognizant Of her death
to keep it a secret. If Rustum en-
deavored to forestall him by corrupt
ing them himself In case he was be-
trayed by any of them he would be
sent away and the girl he loved would
be strangled. Rustum decided not to
attempt to bride any one; the risk was
too great.
One dark morning before daylight
Rustum arose and, partly dressed, stole
out into the yard and, taking some com
bustibles from under pile Of rubbish
where he had concealed them, placed
them against the corner Of the house
where the COW was kept and set fire
to them. When the flames were well
started he raised cry of fire and began
to break down the door Of the maDger,
ostensibIy to rescue the COW. he had
the day before weakened the door, and
it gave way under his blows just Be
fore persons appeared on the scene
Rustum. rushing into the manger, TOOK
a little syringe from his clothing and
thrusting it into the COW, squirted the
contents under her skin. Then. unloos
ening her, he led her out into the yarl
By this time the guards who were on
duty only by day appeared and persons
in the neighboring houses began %
throng tn TO help put out the fire. M
dur came down half dressed and, see
ing that the cow had been saved, NUT
tered thanks to Vishnu and promsea
Rustum, who. he was told. had sa'eu
her. a large reward. But suddenly
while he was rejoicing at her saieH
she began to stagger and In anolnei
moment fell dead in presence OF us
assembled crowd.
AS soon as Agya's father heard VI
the death of the animal that STOOD ue
tween his daughter and her fortune ns
instituted proceedings in the courts
give her possession of it and there "
ing many witnesses of the cows dealA
had no trouble in getting 1t out OF y.
hands of the admini$rator. When 'hS
had been accomplished instead OF tura
ing her over to the eXecuhoners nc LAW
n plan TO marry her to rich mercnans
Acya told her father how kus'aD
had saved her. but he would 10.
Iieve il. The lovers asked him II W
would be convinced If it were p'0,g
that the COW had been poisoneu
said that he would and in that 60
would consent to the marriage
tum then exhumed the cow. cur P..
from her. took It TO an English cnfms
and asked him to analyze II a
chemist reported finding poison' ~
the lovers were married with the eO-
sent OF their parents.
As for the priest. he went p'I.
the temple and resumed bis worn
an oracle. at which he continues
heap up money NJ the expense VI Wv
who believed -
This story may be cohs'ue
'gauzy." but missionaries WHO -.
abored among the Superstitious 80 -
IN India Will testify that. WINE -. 80
may be incorrect features IN II
IS little or no overdrawing.