The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-01-07
VICTIM OF HATRED
BY ]. n. GlLMOUR.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


the rivers Ganges anG Jumba on the
east bank of the streams there stood,
In the early eighties, great country
house called THE Zillah," which be-
longed to a white man. Its owner be-
longed to family famous In the an
ing district. They had been landed
proprietors for many years and were
one OF the first to establish the manu-
facture of indigo in the northern part
of India
The holder OF the property was, In
the eighties, practically an outlaw.
He was Stunned by his own family for
his many lawless acts, and he lived
in that great weird house surrounded
by natives of every caste and condi-
ton Of life, and also by few whites
who had deserted from the army and
sought the hospitality Of a man who
was hated and feared.
The man had received all the ad-
vantages of a generous education and
Of kinship with a well-known family.
In his earlier days he had acquitted
himself well in the dark time of the
mutiny, having formed one of that
small band of gentlemen that had kept
the road open between Hattrass and
Agra.
His troubles began with lawsuit
and he had a lawsuit to the day of
hi. l. hnj haan lriuan from
one possession to another till all that
was left him was the "Zillah.'
When the present king of England
visited Allahabad, the owner or The
Zillah" sent word to the authorities
that he intended to present a petition
in person to the prince, and would
say things that would compel his royal
highness to take notice of him, and
then, perhaps, he would have justice
meted out.
The man entered Allahabad with
the following of the most disreputable
men In his village and drove to Where
the prince was lodged. An army Off
Ger who was a friend Of the family
begged him to desist and prevailed on
him to withdraw as his presence with
that following was little short of trea'
son.
Then give the German this paper"
he said as he flung his petition to the
officer and withdrew, swearing ven
geance at everybody. From that day
he declared he owe1 no allegiance to
England, and swore he would not pay
another cent In taxes
1t was collected with the aid of
the armed police.
Like men of his kind. brought up
without any ideas of business, he was
ever borrowing large sums at ruinous
rates of interest, and whenever he
was In need of ready cash he would
put a mortgage on some heretofore
piece of property.
The man who lent him the money
was a native, and in the course OF one
of the trials the singular statement
was elected from this native that he
vowed to ruin the white man if it took
his entire fortune. He worked to this
end for many years, and artfully led
the unsuspecting victim into many a
financial trap.
"A man like YOU" said the native
to him one day, lis often In need of
money, ready money. Why do you
not come to your slave instead of 60
ing to the banks
You are no friend of mine an
swered the white man.
1T is your fault that you are not a
friend. Do not | owe my life to your
father?"
You do" was the reply, but If you
will remember 1t was | who wanted to
blow you from gun and | would have
killed you with my own hands only |
knew the temper OF my father, and he
would have himself delivered me over
to The government after promising you
your safety
Let the past be the past" said the
native Il have come to you with Of
fer of help for the sake of thy father
anu 1Ou W SIN ~ uPD' oAt me-
Can | take help at the hands Of a
of my people?'
MY hands are clean said the ma
tive humbly. and the offer comes from
my heart"
At last the man listened and turned
to the native for aid. More than once
he had been warned that he was go
ing to his own undoing and that he
would know that native never for
gets and never forgives, and that he
was being more completely ruined
than even he or his friends could real
lie.
Il want the money and the men
that can ruin me are not yet born,
was all the answer he made.
Then began series Of foreclosures.
One house went after another. The
law was memorable and the white
man paid the penalty for his folly,
There was no respite for him. 1t
was war with a vengeance and the
legal war was driving the man to acts
OF outlawry. lie met the native go
ing into the courtroom, smiling and
bland. and he thrashed him with his
horsewhip TIL the poor wretch's flesh
was in ribbons. For this act he served
a short time in Jail. not for the beat
ing he administered, but for beating
a man in the building OF the law
courts
When everything was taken from
the man except THE Zillah," the law
interviewed
And there he lived with outcasts,