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®t)ibol>au* Sentinel
THE EVENING STAR.
By the rapt ardor of my gaze
I sought to hold the evening star
Above the dark horizon bar.
Where, lamplike, swung its mellow blase.
But toward the deepening glow it drew.
And nearer to the crimson belts
Wherein the amber affluence melts.
Seeking for heavens fresh and new.
So sought I once to hold a sonl.
Fair as the holy star of night.
Above the earth line, in mv sight.
By force of Love's sntireme control.
But glcryward it dipped and drew,
Xor staid for ardor of my gaze.
Passing from out our earthly ways
To those far heavens which are the new.
-Mrs. Merr.'i E. Gates in Youth's Companion.
A LOYAL HINDOO.
My servant Sajad was by no means an
extraordinary fellow. I picked him np
in Benares cue scorching afternoon in
midsummer. I was in want of a kit
mutgar, and lie seemed to have nothing
to do. He could not speak one word of
English, and, to tell the truth, that was
the first anil only recommendation upon
which I engaged him.
In religion he was a Mussulman, hut
he was far from being devout. Indeed 1
very soon rated him as rather below the
average in everything. However, as I
did nut require anything remarkable,
we got on well enough to the end, for
he followed me, poor fellow, to his death.
Steal? Most decidedly. He would in
variably steal anything belonging to me
that attracted his fancy. If I discovered
it and went about it in the right way. I
could osna' ; v get it back.
Sajad never left me for an hour from
the time he entered my service. He fol
lowed me all day and slept on a rug at
my door or lay on the sand at my feet
or just outside my tent at night, as the
case might be, and he received just as
many lectures csi veracity and made just
as many premises as the time allowed,
but I am sore that he told me just as
many lies the last week of his life as he
did the fir;t week he was with me. It : s
as much the nature of the oriental to lie
and steal as it is of a dog to bark at a
horse or of a cat to help herself to
cream.
One who expects too much is apt to
give credit for too little. That may be
the reason the Hindoo has such a bad
reputation in the minds of some who
mean to be just, or even generous. Many
a good turn Sajad did me right in the
line of those two traits. It takes a
rogue to catch a rogue, and I know that
he saved me from being robbed by oth
ers many times over for all that he took
himself, while he would detect a lie in
what any one else told me as quickly as
a negro boy in old Virgin' would spot a
ripe watermelon.
We were marching through theTerai
once with a small detachment A sol
dier was leading my horse, while 1
walked upon one side of the path, fol
lowed at a little distance by Sajad,
hunting for a bird I had shot and which
had fallen in the tall grass. Suddenly
there was a cry from those behind. I
looked quickly over my shoulder. A
hooded cobra, disturbed by the commo
tion I was mailing, had risen out of the
grass just behind me. His flat head and
flaring hood were already thrown back
for a final fling at me. His half open
month was within three feet of my face
when my eyes rested upon it. If I turn
ed, I should only expose more of my I
face. If 1 lifted a hand, he would strike
it quicker than lightning. There was no
chance to get away, and I was utterly
helpless.
Before I had time to think a second
thought, however, Sajad made one leap
from where he was standing, and be
fore his fee' had touched the ground he
had brought his staff about with a sharp
whir as it cut the air, too quick even
for a snake to dodge, and the next in
stant the cobra's body was writhing in
the grass, while his head, completely
severed, fell at my feet.
Had Sajad waited an instant he would
have been too late. No one else could
have reached me, yet if he had missed
his aim or the snake had dodged his
own life would have paid the forfeit
No one knew it better than Sajad, but
he took the chance and saved my life.
He had in his girdle at the time a bright
colored silk handkerchief which he had
stolen from me, and only that morning
had solemnly declared that he knew'
nothing about it
Up in the hills one afternoon I was ly
ing on a low tent bed taking a nap,
when Sajad saw a poisonous insect a
kind of scorpion, crawling over my pil
low. He had nothing near to use as a
weapon and no time to lose. He canght
it in his naked Land and threw it out of
the tent door. I woke in time to see Jt
flying through the air, and hurrying out
killed it before it got away.
I called *o Sajad to ask if he had es
caped a sting, and receiving a cheerful
reply in Ihe affirmative thought no
more about it till, chancing to enter the
tent softly and unexpectedly, I found
him sucking the back of his right hand
for dear lifa He stopped the instant he
saw me and put the hind behind him.
The poison had already begun to take
effect The hand and arm were swell
ing, and before long Sajad was lying on
the floor writhing .in agony. The only
antidotes I had were ammonia and whis
ky. Sajad knew the contents of both
bottles, for he had the care of all my
traps. I did my best for him with the
ammonia, bnt utterly in vain I pleaded,
begged, commanded that he take the
whisky. He would not touch it
j Why? Only because he was a Mussul
man. No matter how intense his agony
or determined my command he put his
well hand over his month and shook his
head. He felt sure that he was dying,
and he believed my assertion that the
whisky might save him, bnt that made
no difference. He came so near to death
that he was past seeing anything and
beyond hearing. He lay upon the ground,
just breathing, panting, as though he
was almost at the end. It seemed useless
to try again, and yet, now that he was
unconscious, I could at least make a
last, desperate trial with the whisky.
The moment that it touched his lips, ne
struggled away, clutched his lips with
his hand and shook his head.
I believe the very fear that I should
succeed in giving him the whisky kept
him alive till the poison began to loss
its power. At all events he did not die.
Sajad was as fond of hunting as L
Many a time we two slipped away from
camp in the gray of early morning.
Once, just before daylight, I was out
with my shotgun in a thinly wooded
jungle a mile from camp upon the
shore of a small lake, waiting for birds,
j It was just my luck Because I came
prepared for birds, there was not one in
sight, but three beautiful antelope came
down to drink within a hundred feet of
us. I looked at the shotgun in disgust
Then looked again at the antelope. It
was exasperating. I was determined to
have a shot, at any rate, and in the hope
that I might stnn one of them or at least
bewilder him for an instant. I whisper
ed to Sajad to be ready with his knifo
and make a dash the moment I fired.
Cautiously I raised the gnu to my
shoulder and was pressing the trigger,
when Sajad touched me and whispered:
"Wait, sahib! Look there!''
I looked, and my shotgun fell. At a
slight angle, but little more than half
way between ns and the antelope, the-e
crouched a royal Bengal tiger. A single
glance was sufficient. He was surely a
man eater. Evidently he had been on
the point of satisfying his hunger with '
an antelope when he canght sight of us.
He was within an easy leap of the deer,
but was deliberately turning away and
facing us. The motion startled the deer,
and they bounded off, bnt the tiger paid
them no further attention. The huge
creature opened his great jaws till his
head seemed nothing but a red, yawn
ing gullet bordered by long, ragged, j
glistening teeth, and with a savage
snarl he began to approach us.
There was no need of looking about
for a place of safety. The jungle was !
sparsely wooded at the best, and the |
largest tree we had passed in coming
from camp would not have borne even
Sajad's weight 10 feet from the
ground. Sajad had only his hunting
knife, I nothing but my shotgun.
"One of ns must go, sahib," Sajad
muttered, without taking his eyes from 1
the tiger. "If we run together, we shall
both go. He will overtake us in a mo
ment Let Allah decide as it is written
in our foreheads. Run that way for
your life, sahib. I will run this way. '
Be quick, before he comes nearer!" j
There was no time for thought It j
seemed a fair proposition, and even as
he spoke the Hindoo started at the top !
of his speed away. It was useless stand- !
ing still or following him, and acting
upon his suggestion I started in the op
posite direction.
After running a rod or two I looked j
over my shoulder The tiger had made j
a leap and was just landing, already j
crouched for another spring. He was
following me! 0
I will not admit that I hoped he
would follow Sajad, but I did hope that j
he would not choose me. It amounted '
to the same thing.
I started on for one more desperate
struggle I was doomed. I knew it per
fectly well, yet while there is life there !
is hope and I ran as I never ran be
fore I resolved to go as far as I coukl
and then whirl about and give the tiger
a charge of fine shot full in the face. It
might put out his eyes. There was at j
least that possibility to hang a desperate
hope upon, and throwing my gun to my i
shoulder I turned. The tiger was not
there! Looking farther back, I saw his
tawny hide in the underbrush. Instant
ly it rose. He was making a leap, but
it was not toward me One thrill of
gratitude shot through my veins, when
my heart stood still with horror. There
was one sharp yelp as the huge form
swept through the air, and crushing the t
leaves and branches as it fell landed np- j
on the prostrate figure of Sajad, silently '
waiting for the blow.
I stood there petrified, the cold per- t
spiration dripping from my forehead. 1
There was not a sound from Sajad.
There was only one fierce howl from the i
tiger; then all was stilL
It was only an instant, bnt in that in- |
stant we two, my Hindoo servant and 1
1, stood out before me in very bold re- *
lief. I had run for my life, knowing j
that the ch nces lay between us two and
hoping at least that the tiger might not I
follow me He had run, too, knowing ■
that the chance lay between ns, and be- |
cause the tiger did not follow him bo '
had come back again and tempted him j
—called him away from me and given
his life for mine j
He was a poor benighted heathen
and only an average sample of his kind.
He could not help stealing pretty
things. He could not stop telling lies.
Bnt surely he was a trofcr, braver, no
bler man than I, and if the image of
God can be found today in any of b'«
creatures it would require no very deep
theologian to decide which of us two
betr a yed it least profaned. —-Henry Wil
lard French in Romance;
The Stralghtest line.
The straightest thing in nature or art
is a ray of light when passing through
a medium of uniform density. Hence j
the eye is enabled to test the straight- j
ness of an edge or tube by holding it as
nearly as possible coincident with a ray
of light, such part as departs from
straightness then intercepting the ray
and cansinr a shade to be cast upon oth
er parts. It is not known at what early
period in the history of mankind the
discovery was made that straightness
could be thus determined. It is certain
that thousands of mechanics use the
method daiiy without being able to give
a rational explanation of it. This primi
tive mode of testing straightness, on ac
count of its great convenience and ac
curacy, is likely to continue in use to
the end of the world. — Engineering
Mf j hanics.
A Capital Dodge.
"Why, man, your novel has run into
the third edition already. How is that?"
"It is quite simple. I advertised in
the papers for a wife who resembles the
heroine of my novel." — Rheinisch
Westfalisches Tageblatt
DUPED EY ..
Sullivan County Men V.
More Than They I5a..
Twenty-two of the icrn;< v ;
of Sullivan county were 1 . ; .
ested in a scheme introduced ! y .
cling "sharper, " and now they i:;i.s,
settle.
The agent represented that lie was
organizing an association tor the pur
chase of a Pereheron stallion for the
agreed price of $2,800. Each member
of the association was to take one
twenty-second part of the venture, and
pay accordingly.
Three notes were given, each for the
sum of $934, the first due on Oct. 12:
the second on the same date in 1894.
the third in October. 1895. The notes
were joint and were signed by the
members of the association. A Monti
eello lawyer has the notes for collection,
and the collection of the first one is to
be pressed at once.
As some of the signers are not con
sidered solvent, and as the notes are all
drawn. "We. or either of ns," the en
terprise promises to be a costly one for
some of the memb-rs.
The unfortnnate men who form the
association claim they were grossly de
ceived by the agent, as the extent of the
liability which they supposed they as
sumed was only $128, bnt by signing
the note each member assumed the en
tire debt, providing his co-sureties
proved to be insolvent. The notes are
all in the hands of tnird parties, and
no defense can be entered against their
payment.
"If I have to pay all that money,"
said one ot the men today, "my wife
will go crazy, and I shall go to the poor
house. I cannot imagine how I could
ever have been such a fcol as to enter
into such an arrangement anyhow. 1
always prided myself upon being a
match for any of them, but I will never
do any more boasting. This is indee*d
a wonderful age."
One of the victims decided that if
ever a "traveling agent attempts to sell
him anything again he will never live
to approach another party."
"Oh. nonsense," exclaimed his wife.
"You will be ready to deal with an
other man tomorrow."—Middletown
(N. Y.) Special.
PRINCESS ELIZABETH'S LOVE.
She Preferred the Wan of Her Choice to a
Crown and Throne.
Some lime ago it was believed that
the Lc:r piesumptive to the Austrian
throne, Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
would marry his Bavarian cousin s
daughter, Princess Elizabeth. 1 now
hear that the idea existed and was
much favored by the emperor, but the !
young princess frustrated these plans.
More than a year ago she began to
look approvingly npon a handsome
yonng lieutenant, Baron S. The officer -
began by riding past her windows a
couple of times a day, then he obtained
a room with windows facing Prince
Leopold's palace. In the winter, at
court balls, me lieutenant danced of toner j
than any otuer with the princess, and
in the spring lawn tennis brought them
more together still.
All at once the young officer was
transferred to a regiment stationed in
Alsace, and this seemed the tame end
of a romantic story. Bnt in the snm- i
mer, when Princess Elizabeth staid j
with her emperor grandpapa at lschl, j
Bhe is supposed to have used her time 1
so weH that the emperor promised to
make the baron a prince, to give him ■ l
some landed property and to allow the j
happy couple to marry if their love j
was proof against time.
The princess is 19, pretty, perfectly
natural and very sweet tempered.
That she should have preferred a union
With the man she loves to the certain
ty of an imperial throne will not alien
ate the sympathies of those who know
her and love her for her natural grace.
•—Vienna Correspondent.
Dissatisfied.
Bingo—I hear your wife has a new
maid. What was the matter with the
old one?
Kingley—She complained I wasn't
home enough evenings.—New York
Herald.
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