"*/"-" THE STORY OF A DACOITY AND THE LOLAPUR WEEK THE STORY OF A DACOITY AND THE LOLAPUR WEEK AN UP-COUNTRY SKETCH BY G. K. BETHAM LONDON W. H. ALLEN & CO., LIMITED 13, WATERLOO PLACE, S.W. 1893 . t I . * V . : ?.*! WVMAV AND SONS, LIMITED. LONDON AND RBDHILL. THE STORY OF A DACOITY. CONTENTS. CHAP. I. AN INDIAN VILLAGE II. THE BABUL KURAN 17 III. LOLAPUR 33 IV.- AN ANGLO-INDIAN HOME 43 V. THE HIREHGAON DACOITY 60 VI. RUDRA GOWDA COMES HOME 82 VII. NAGOJI'S HANDIWORK 93 VIII. ON THE TRAIL 109 IX. NAGOJI NAIK'S RETREAT 123 X. MAHADROOG 142 XL FULL CRY 158 XII. RUN INTO 177 XIII. lo TRIUMPHE! V^E VICTIS 200 XIV. CONCLUSION 215 514768 GLOSSARY. ANNA. A copper coin equivalent to about one penny hal."- penny of English money ; sixteen annas make one rupee AONLI . (Phyllanthus embh'ca. ) APPA. An affix signifying Mr. or Sir. ARRE. An exclamation equivalent to alas ! and also to halloa ! AVAL-KARKUN. Head-clerk. AYAH. A native Indian waiting-woman. .BABUL. (Acacia Arabica.}, supposed to be the shittim tree of the Bible. BAI. Woman ; used also to designate a female of position as " Bai Luxmi," i.e., " Lady Luxmi." BANIAN. A jersey or under- vest. BARRA-SINGH. The swamp-deer (Rucervus Devuancellii.} The twelve-horned deer; the name means twelve horns, or points ; but fourteen and fifteen points are not uncommon in old stags; they have been shot with even seventeen. (Jerdon.) BEDER. In former days Beders were hunters and soldiers by profession, now their principal occupations are agri- culture, labour, and Government service as peons and village police. BETEL. The areca palm (areca catechu!) BHAGWAN. The unknown, or invisible God. BHAWA. -(Cassia fistula.'] BOR. (Zizyphus jujuba. ) BORAH. A travelling pedlar. li GLOSSARY. BRAHMA. The chief member of the Trimurti or Hindu Trinity, />, Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva. BRATTIES. Cow-dung cakes dried in the sun, and used as fuel in those parts of the country where there is a scarcity of fire-wood. BUSWA. (Or Basava.) The founder of the Lingayet sect ; the name means bull, and Buswa was, in fact, regarded as the incarnation of Nandi, the bull of Siva. CASTE. Almost impossible to define. " Rank in society of an exclusive nature due to birth " (Nuttall.) ; but it means a great deal more than this. CHADDAR. A sheet ; a shawl ; a covering for the body. Ram- pur chaddars that is, chaddars manufactured at Rampur (a small semi-independent state in the north-west pro- vinces of India) are famous for their texture, warmth, colour and durability. CHEROOT. A cigar open at both ends ; the leaves of which it is composed are usually wrapped tightly round a straw. CHINKARA. (Gazelle Bennettii.} A frequenter of sandy hills and bare, barren, spots. CHITNIS. The head (vernacular) clerk. He is a personage of great importance, as all vernacular papers pass through his hands, and are read by him to the Collector. OKRULEANS. A name borrowed, with many apologies, from the title of Sir Henry Stewart Cunning-ham's book. COLLECTOR. The chief civil (revenue) officer in a district ; or, as it is sometimes termed, collectorate. COLLECTOR ATE. A district; that portion of country adminis- tered by a Collector. COMPOUND.-Yard or garden; the grounds attached to a house. CUMBLI.-A coarse blanket, much 'used by natives of all the lower grades, and especially by the agricultural classes DACOlT.-One who commits dacoity," or who is a member of a robber-band. GLOSSARY. HI DACOITY. Robbery in gangs, accompanied by violence. DAK. The mode of transmitting letters in the East ; the post ; also applied to the method of travelling with rela)S of animals stationed along the road. DESHMI. Bread cooked in milk ; a Brahmin may not eat meat, nor may he partake of food cooked by anyone or touched by anyone, but a Brahmin. On long journeys this deshmi is the usual stand-by. DEWAN. Prime Minister ; head councillor. DHARAMSALA. Literally charity-house; a building erected for the free use of travellers in need of shelter. DURBAR. An audience chamber; a state-reception. DURGA DEVI. (Also known as Kali and Chamundi.) The goddess of cholera, small-pox, measles, &c. ; she would seem to be the author of cattle disease also. She is sup- posed to send these epidemics on those who have in- curred her wrath, and can only be appeased by the shedding of blood. In former days human victims were ottered at her shrine ; now a buffalo is sacrificed to her annually. As an instance of the dread in which she is held, it is enough to mention the .fact, that the awful famine of 1396 and succedmg years is still known as the Durga Devi. DUSTOOR. Custom; habit; the term is also applied to douceurs, where those douceurs are usually given and expected ; it is, in_ fact, another disguise oi the well- known English tip, and the still more aggressive Egyptian "Bakshish." FERINGHI. Infidel. An epithet applied by Mussulmans to all who are not of their faith ; usually employed, however, to indicate European unbelievers. FLORICAN. (Florikin) (Sypheotides auritus.} The lesser Flori- can. FOUZDAR. Head-constable ; the chief police official in a Taluka. IV GLOSSARY. GHEE. Clarified butter. GHORA-LOGUE. English people, more especially English soldiers ; means literally horse-people, i.e., people tall and big like horses. G HO RA- WALLA. Horse-keeper or groom. GONDS. A semi-wild tribe of the Dravidian stock, met with principally in the Berars and the Central Provinces. GOWDA. Head man the one responsible to Government for the due observance of order, the collection of the land revenue, &c., in the village in which he resides. " Gowda " is Canarese, and means precisely the same thing that " Patel " does in Mahrathi. GUZAR. Primarily an inhabitant of Guzerat ; the term is now applied to merchants and money-lenders, or usurers. GYMKHANA. The place of games ; a term used to designate the spot where the lawn tennis and badminton courts, the cricket ground, &c., are located. HAKIM. A wise man ; a physician. HAMAL. A porter; also the servant whose duty it is to sweep the rooms, dust the furniture, make the beds, &c. HOOKAH. A pipe, the smoke of which is inhaled through water ; secondarily, any pipe that is passed round and used in common. JEMADAR. A native officer answering very much to our sergeant. JOWA.RI. (Sorghum Vulgare.} The great millet. KACHERI. A public office. KHIND. A gap, pass, or saddle in a range of hills. KOSHTI-LOGUE. Silk- weavers. They claim to be " kysha- triyas," that is to be in the second great division of castes, but they are, by common consent, relegated to the " sudras," or third division ; hence the allusion to their eating meat. KRISHNA. The Hindu Mars ; he also bears some resemblance to Hercules. GLOSSARY. V KULKARNI. A village accountant ; the official who makes out the amount of rent, taxes, &c., payable by the people. KURAN. A grazing-ground ; the word is also applied to groves of acacia trees as "babul kurans"; goats are very fond of the pods of the babul, hence the secondary meaning of the word. KURUMURI. Parched rice and gram; (the chicken pea, deer arietinum} \ this is used largely by the people for food, especially when travelling ; it is very sustaining, as the gram contains a large proportion of albumenoid. LEEPED. Smeared. LlNGUM. (Or Ling.) A representation, usually in stone, of the male organ of generation ; worshipped as the source of life by a sect called " Lingayets." LOOT. Plunder ; spoil. LOTA. A brass water vessel or bowl. MAHAR. An outcaste : almost the very lowest of the low. His duties in the village commonwealth are those of mes- senger, watchman, and scavenger : a certain portion of rent-free land is assigned to him in payment for the due performance of these services, and the flesh of all animals dying within the lands of the village in which he resides is his perquisite. MAIDAN. A plain ; an open level space. MAMLATDAR. The chief revenue officer in a Taluka ; his duties are both revenue and magisterial ; the Mamlatdar is, in fact, the most indispensable officer in the system of administration : he is, as it were, the key-stone of the arch of Government. MANG. An outcaste : the lowest of all on the social scale ; they are workers in leather, and the skins of all animals dying in the lands of the village in which they reside are their perquisite. The public executioner is always a Mang. M.ANGO.(Afattgfera indica^ A variety of large plum : per- haps the most delicious fruit in existence. *i GLOSSARY. MUftAU-A coadjutor of the hamal's, his special duties are to deaa the lamps, knives, boots, &c, and to wash-up after MK*>iAMift.-A corruption of Madam or Ma'am-Sahib; a term applied by natives to English married ladies. Ma** MAK. -Caterer; toe individual who supplies the food at travellers* bungalows. MOGUL. -THe great Mahomedan Emperor who resided at Delhi, and who was deposed at the time of the suppres- KX of the Indian Mutiny ; also a term applied to a sect N AlK. ~ A leader ; a rank in the native army corresponding very much to our corporal ; a term applied to Heders as a class. XAUttf. - Ntalla." a small river, brook, rivulet, or watercourse. NM.-~Nim''(/., some- what out of place, so, when tiffin was over, and an adjournment to cheroots and long chairs in the shady verandah took place, he vanished to his own rooms, and it may with fair certainty be surmised that he there indulged in the stereotyped " forty winks." The rest of the party settled themselves down, as hinted at above, with the exception of the painfully SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 269 energetic and thorough-going Morgan, who seated himself at a table, ready provided with an ample supply of pens, ink, and paper. " Well, Morgan," says the Collector ; " I presume that you have got everything cut and dry, and that this meeting is, after all, a mere formality ; still, let us hear your proposals, and look out for criticism, my dear boy ! " Hereupon, Morgan produced a note-book, and pro- ceeded to enunciate his ideas ; we need not follow the discussion that ensued, nor relate how Eraser chaffed everybody, not even respecting Mr. Musprat himself and quizzed everything, causing the peppery little Collector many angry outbursts and incipient apo- plectic fits ; at length the following programme was drawn up, and agreed to nemine contradicente. Sunday. Guests arrive. Monday j a.m. Badminton (Mrs. Rogers to send refreshments) ; 1 1.30 a.m., cricket match begins. Evening, dance at the Mess. Tuesday J a.m. Pigeon shooting at Gymkhana ; 11.30 a.m., cricket match continued. Fancy ball at the Collector's in the evening. 2/0 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. Wednesday. Europe morning ; 2 p.m. Tiffin at Mess ; billiard match. Evening. Theatricals. Thursday j a.m. Lawn tennis (Mrs. Plummer to send refreshments) ; 3.30 p.m. Mrs. Rogers " At Home " ; 8 p.m, dinner at Mess. All this had taken some time to hammer into shape, and it was past four o'clock before the party broke up, and left Mr. Musprat to himself. A quiet hour and a half elapse, well spent in restoring exhausted nature in a long arm-chair. " Sleep, gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse ! " as welcome to the hard-worked Collec- tor as to "the wet sea boy." Mr. Musprat well deserved his Sunday's siesta which he had willingly sacrificed partially in the sacred cause of hospitality. Clang, clang, clang, clang, clang, again sounds the call to worship in the quiet, pretty little church. All sorts and kinds of conveyances may be seen ap- proaching the sacred edifice. Knight's dog-cart is speeding along swiftly, that gallant warrior driving, with his Fidus Achates Cox by his side ; here come Mr. and Mrs. Anderson in a smart tonga,* with a * A kind of low, broad, dog-cart, drawn by two animals, harnessed curricle-fashion, a capital conveyance for bad roads. SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 2/1 pair of well-matched high-stepping galloways ; behind is the Collector, seated on high, tooling his wagonette horsed by a pair of valuable Australians ; and there may be seen Major and Mrs. Browne, their portly forms comfortably filling up their conveyance, a bul- lock dhumnie* drawn by a pair of large, fast-trotting, bullocks from Mysore, of the far-famed Amrat Mahalt breed ; a few soldiers are walking across the maidau all combine to make a pleasing animated scene. Church over, people linger outside the porch to have a few moments' chat together, for there are no very strongly defined cliques in Lolapur, and life runs smoothly along for all ; only, occasionally, very little storms, in miniature tea-cups, arise to disturb the serenity of the station's social stream. Knight very soon detaches Lucy Barnett from the rest, and presently bears her away triumphantly for a little drive in his high dog-cart. Cox does not 'seem at all put out at his desertion, meaning glances are exchanged * A covered spring-cart to hold four persons inside, with back and front seats only ; the cart is longer than it is broad by a good deal, and is entered by a door at the back ; it is drawn by a pair of bullocks, while the driver sits in front on an outside seat. f Or Amrit Mahal, a breed of Mysore cattle famous for size, strength, and swiftness; in colour they are usually white. 2/2 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. by the little knots of idlers, and kindly looks follow the happy couple as they speed away for their little trip. Kind-hearted, worn-looking little Mrs. Barnett's eyes fill with tears as she gazes after her darling lovingly, although she knows that the stalwart son of Mars has usurped the first place in a soft little heart, which erst was hers by right and usage. Fret not, fond mother ; no usurpation has taken place, the same old love is there, quickened into greater depth and warmth by that new feeling which has come and touched the maiden's heart, turning the fair sweet child into a winsome, loving woman. The sun is now low in the burning west, a cool faint breeze is blowing, and the congregation, dividing into little groups, move off in different directions. Let us join the party who seem to be under the leader- ship of kind Mr. and Mrs. Rogers, striking straight across the grass in a westerly direction, they avoid the large iron gates which emphasise the chief means of egress and ingress, and pass through a small wooden turnstile, which admits them at once into Mr. Rogers' compound.* He, good easy man, cares * Yard or garden ; the grounds attached to a house. SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 273 nought for gardening, but his wife is passionately devoted to it ; in fact, not being blessed with children, the love in her nature flows out to her flowers, and, having ample means wherewith to gratify her taste, she has a most beautiful garden. The house was a regular old-fashioned Indian bun- galow, low, many-roomed, spreading over a large expanse of ground, with a thatched roof impervious to the rays of the sun, large, low, dark rooms, thick walls, many doors and windows, and facing due east and west, it was the coolest house in Lolapur. The Rogers were a wealthy couple, so the house was beautifully furnished, chiefly with the old blackwood works of art, daily growing more and more rarely to be met with ; and with Mrs. Rogers' passion for flowers, you may be sure that those lovely adjuncts to comfort and elegance were scattered about in profu- sion. Arrived at the house, the party seated them- selves in front of it, in easy chairs which had been placed, with two or three tables, in readiness by the servants who well knew the customs of their master and mistress. Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Rogers were fast friends, and, as might have been T 274 T1IE LOLAPUR WEEK. expected, the former lady and her husband formed part of the group which had followed the Rogers. A little pleasant chat, with a cheroot, and perhaps a mild peg* or two, and then the quiet party has broken up. * Whiskey or brandy and soda. The name was given, as from the deleterious nature of the compound, each draught was sup- posed to be equivalent to another peg driven into the imbiber's coffin. 275 CHAPTER IV. THE LOLAPUR WEEK COMMENCES. " Together joined in cricket's manly toil." Byron. THE Lolapur week has actually begun, the very acme of the season has been reached, high jinks are the order of the day, cakes and ale, laughter and mirth. The badminton shed is crowded with all the beauty and fashion of Lolapur ; the ladies have new frocks on ; at least, I think so, I don't remember having seen them before, and I am more inclined to think I am right from watching the fair wearers' faces, which, on greeting each other are bland and smiling enough, but which turn on the instant into an " all-eyes " sort of look whenever the vis-a- vis passes on or turns away ; it is only there for an instant, a brief fleeting moment, but in that moment every detail is indelibly impressed on the fair critics' mind. Mrs. Smith will tell you, down to the very feather in the hat, what Mrs. Jones wore that morning T 2 276 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. in the badminton shed, when you meet Mrs. Smith, ten years hence, and talk of the jolly old times in dear old Lolapur ! It is a wonderful and incomprehensible gift, but it is one with which nine hundred and ninety- nine women out of every thousand are endowed. I think if one threw in the thousandth one, one would not be far wrong ! The ladies, to a woman, look brisk, bright, and fresh (God bless them one and all !) ; the men, for the most part, appear rather sleepy and dull, and hang about the doors or loiter outside, instead of coming in and doing the agreeable, as it is their, boun- den duty to do. Four or five of the latter are strangers, and they look particularly unhappy, sticking close to their hosts, following them about like shadows ; there is one notable exception, that small, wiry, energetic- looking man with the slightly grizzled hair and beard ; he evidently has met several of the Lolapurites before and talks to them : he even has the audacity to enter into conversation with one or two of the ladies. These strangers are the Dholpur champions, who have come down to try the mettle of the manhood of Lolapur in various sports. Mark Mr. Secretary Morgan ! This is a great day for him, his face THE LOLAPUR WEEK COMMENCES. 277 beams with excitement, his spectacles scintillate with pleasure, every individual hair of his sandy whiskers seems to be bristling with importance. With im- pressive suavity he clears one court, appoints Mr. Musprat and Colonel Plummer joint arbiters, along with himself, of the coming conflict, and calls on the doughty champions of the competing stations to walk round and show their muscle, in other words to enter the arena and commence the games. Badminton is a capital game, requiring a good hand and eye and a quick foot ; it is not, of course, to be compared to cricket or racquets, or even, perhaps, lawn tennis ; it is like contrasting my lady's palfrey with my lord's war-horse, but it is a capital game, nevertheless. Good for indulging in a hearty laugh, a moderate amount of exercise which can be enjoyed on fairly equal terms with the weaker sex, and remark- ably good for the temper ! One is inclined to think that it was a want of this very necessary virtue for the thorough enjoyment of the game, z>., good temper, which prompted a certain irascible old colonel (it must have been a failing in temper, you see) to pronounce the dictum " all very well for old men and 278 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. young maidens." Well, Bob Anderson liked badmin- ton much, and was a great adept at it, and I would have backed him against that same irascible old colonel (who, of course, did not consider himself old ; other people did though) at any earthly game, from pitch-and-toss to manslaughter, for any sum of money you would like to name. The pair selected to do battle for Lolapur were Bob Anderson and Davenport, while Major Hogarth the enterprising stranger we have already noticed and Mr. Taylor, R.E., a tall and active youngster, represented the visitors. The battle was well contested, and many and long were the rallies; amid shouting and clapping of hands, the game was fought out, when victory, alas ! went to the Dholpur pair : Anderson and Davenport did their very best ; sharp cut down, after sharp cut down, was returned ; soft insinuating drops met and overcome ; well placed shuttle-cocks cleverly measured and sent back : it was all the work of that little Major Hogarth active, alert, cool, and collected, he was all over the court, and left his partner Taylor but little to do. The game over, congratulations were showered upon the winners, for the Lolapurites are THE LOLAPUR WEEK COMMENCES. 279 generous foes, and the good things provided by Mrs. Rogers having been done justice to, the party broke up to prepare for that more important and arduous contest the cricket match. Nearly eleven o'clock now, Bob Anderson and Davenport are already down at the Gymkhana shed, and in company with Atkins, the ground man, and Bill Stubbs, his comrade, they proceed to inspect the pitch carefully. Privates Atkins and Stubbs belong to the gallant Blankshires, an Ai cricketing regiment, and they know their work thoroughly, so that the pair of keen critics are well satisfied with the condition of the ground ; how it has been watered and rolled, rolled and watered, patted down carefully here, the backward grass tenderly coaxed on there, Davenport alone can tell you ; rising up early and visiting it late, I think he could almost reckon how many blades of grass there were on that fateful plot of ground some thirty-five yards long by some six broad ! Presently other men come on the ground, mostly driving, a few riding, and a very few walking ; one of the earliest arrivals is Thompson, the Dholpur captain. He is a rising young civilian of, say, ten years' service, large, 280 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. tall, and fair, a kind of makeweight to the Lolapur giant, Knight. We shall find out more about him presently, at least in things cricketical ! With him is the Dholpur Major, of badminton renown, and these two sally forth with Anderson and Daven- port, and one or two more, and carefully inspect the pitch. On the way back to the pavilion a hurried and whispered consultation takes place between the strangers' captain and his wily lieutenant. " First-class pitch, true as a billiard table," ejaculates Thompson; " go in first if we win the toss, eh ?" " Most decidedly, most decidedly," returns Hogarth. " The pitch will crumble, if I am not much mistaken, and look there ! " pointing as he speaks to old Surya-mal, as the highest of the hills near Lolapur was called, whose head and shoulders were enveloped in a light clinging, bluish-grey mist, reminding one of those dainty little " clouds " worn by our enslavers of a fine evening when we can tempt them out, under the stars, to " eat the air." * It is a pretty place to have one's exercise in, the * (Lawakhana). A saying parallel to our English one of a "constitutional, "as applied to taking exercise in the open air. THE LOLAPUR WEEK COMMENCES. 28 1 expansive rolling plain, the tree-clad hills near at hand, and the blue " Cceruleans " * far away in the dim distance. The green grass is waving high over there, but here it is kept close and well-trimmed. There are the new, smart -looking -pavilion, the thatched badminton shed, the pretty grounds, gay with flowers, and two or three white tents pitched for the accommodation of the scorers, and for those who wish to get away into a quiet place, where they can watch the game undisturbed. Suppose the watcher is accompanied by an angel in petticoats, what more delightful place can there be in which to explain the mysteries of the noble game in progress to her willing ears, but, alas ! unreciprocal intelligence ! (I never yet met the woman who really understood or appreciated cricket). People never flirt in Lolapur, oh dear no ! much too Arcadian ! Much too much ! And now the men all get together in an excited group, for the choice of innings is to be tossed for. Bob Anderson produces a brand new shining rupee, and up she goes spinning high in air : " Tails ! " cries * Taken, with many apologies, from the title of Sir Henry Stewart Cunningham's book "The Cceruleans." 282 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. Thompson, as the important coin descends ; " Tails it is ; we go in." " Tumble out, boys ; tumble out ; the Dholpur side is in." Presently the Lolapur eleven, having doffed coats and neck-ties and donned their spiked shoes, emerge in the wake of Bob, who looms large with his pads and gloves, for he keeps wicket for his side. We know most of the team ; there is Bob ; Duckworth proceeds to the southern wicket, and commences bowling imaginary balls at nothing in particular ; from all this it would appear that he is one of the bowlers and is about to open the ball. Cox gets down to short-slip, he is probably on at the other end, then ; Munro, impassive and padded, goes long-stop, Knight is cover, Eraser is point, Reilly is long-off : arrived at his post he com- mences to walk about on his hands to let off super- fluous steam, Power goes long-leg, opposite Reilly, and so on, and so on. Atkins, the ground-man, comes out with a coat over his arm and the bails in his hand to do umpire at one end, Private Stubbs officiating in the same capacity at the other, as the Dholpurites have brought no umpire with them. While the men are settling into their places, a bullock-dhumnie THE LOLAPUR WEEK COMMENCES. 283 drives up, and from its depths emerge kind Mrs- Rogers and pretty Lucy Barnett, who hurry away into one of the tents as if ashamed of themselves, and truly Lucy does feel a little conscious, for they are the only ladies there ! but she did want to see that stalwart young cover-point rush about and stop " Oh ! such dreadfully fast balls ! so quick, and hard!" " How they must hurt ! " " /raVhe brave ? " That is right, dear Lucy, think your hero the purest gold ; exalt him to the skies ; let us hope the poor little heart will not be disappointed, and if the hero be not of the pure, pure gold, yet let us hope that he is made of good serviceable metal, which will ring out true in the hour of need. Kind Mrs. Rogers ! she does not care a dump for the cricket, bless her, for her old Educa- tional Inspector is not there ! she is martyrising her- self for Lucy's sake, and she shall have her reward ; gallant Major Hogarth soon spies them out and drops into a chair close by; knowing all about Lucy's engage- ment, it is not, perhaps, wonderful that he extols each of Mr. Knight's deeds of fielding power very greatly. The two first men on the Dholpur side now pro- ceed towards the wicket ; that short, sturdy, springy 284 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. man is one of the very best bats in the Presidency, his fame has been wafted to palatial " What's-its- name,"* and the benightedf capital of a sister Pre- sidency has had its cricket sward enlightened by his play. Dickens is his name. The Lolapur eleven eye him curiously, and Bob, who knows him of old, hitches up his waist-band and growls in his beard " He looks doosed fit! " Tiffin time has come and all the players are seated at the festive board. Mrs. Rogers and Miss Barnett have gone home, and the gallant Major has returned disconsolate and forlorn to the society of his bearded confreres. A look at the Telegraph shows the mystic figures 80-5-7 5 which means that Dholpur has put together eighty runs for the loss of five men, the last of whom claims seven as his * Bengalis are called " Quai Hai's " (Who's there ?) from their custom of calling our u Quai Hai " when they want a servant ; the expression has been slightly modified in the text ; Madrasis are called "benighted ones" ; while people hailing from Bombay rejoice in the appellation of " Bombay Ducks." t Madras is usually spoken of as the benighted Presidency, being supposed to be more backward than either Bengal or Bombay ; it is a case of " give a dog a bad name," etc ; Madras is quite the equal of her sisters in every respect. THE LOLAPUR WEEK COMMENCES. 285 share. Dickens is out at last with thirty-eight to his credit, his downfall having been brought about by a clever catch at point ; Cox has been bowling very well, and Davenport has been fairly successful, while young Duckworth got so knocked about that he had to be taken off. Bob Anderson is seated at the head of the table, he has not put his coat on, and he looks like a regular old Viking with his fair beard and bright blue eyes, broad chest, and general appearance of latent strength ; instead of mead he is quaffing " shandygaff" the beverage so grateful to followers of " King Willow " ; he looks fairly pleased and con- tented, nearly all the dangerous men on the other side have been disposed of, and at a moderate expense. I like to see a lot of cricketers : what a manly, jovial, honest set of fellows they are, almost invariably! A good cricketer and a sneak is nearly an impossibility ; to excel at the game the players must be patient, courageous, clear-headed, and nimble-witted. Look at this specimen now; are they not a splendid set of fellows, fit to go anywhere, and to do anything ; life and vigour in every movement, pluck in every glance, good fellowship stamped on every feature. 286 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. Three o'clock, and it is time to turn out again ; by half-past four all the Dholpur team are done with, the score is one hundred and twenty-eight. Both sides are satisfied ; it might, perhaps, have been better, thinks Dholpur ; it might, perhaps, have been worse, says Lolapur. Of the two, I think, Lolapur feels the happier ; they have got rid of their doughty foes fairly cheaply. Bob is busy at the scorer's tent writing down the order of going in. Here it is : I, Duckworth; 2, Munro ; 3, Anderson; 4, Fitz- Gerald ; 5, Knight ; 6, Davenport ; 7, Power ; 8, Fraser ; 9, Reilly ; 10, Cox ; 1 1, Morgan. Shortly after tiffin, lookers-on began to arrive. Amongst the earliest comers was Mrs. Anderson, and this time she was playing " gooseberry " for Miss Barnett, vice Mrs. Rogers relieved. Major and Mrs. Browne, the Collector, and the rest dropped in one after another, the soldiers of the detachment were there almost to a man all off duty, that is and a tolerably large crowd of natives had collected, so, by the time that Lolapur commenced to go in there was quite a gallery. Duckworth and Munro led off for the home THE LOLAPUR WEEK COMMENCES. 287 station ; a well-built young fellow, Neville, of the Dholpur Horse, started the bowling for the visitors ; fast and straight, off the third ball Duckworth got two. The Dholpur captain was bowling at the other end; well known as a trundler, his first over was carefully watched. His great height gave him a great advantage, slow left-hand, with a dreadful break both ways. Munro was the first to face him ; sure and steady, the local Scotton played the over out safely, and again Duckworth got the ball ; a three came this time, and presently the young 'un faced the artful dodger. The first ball is well pitched up, young 'un, blood up, gets well hold of it, and sends it away over bowler's head, only to lodge safely in deep field's hands, a scout, sure of hand, placed there in anticipation of this very stroke! 5 I 5. Duckworth returns sad and dis- consolate, and passes Bob Anderson on the way, who vouchsafes him not a word. Bob takes guard, looks carefully round the field, and whew ! how that broke ! the very first ball he receives removes his bails ! 5 2 o. This is, indeed, a terrible dis- aster, old Bob out for a duck, the best and surest bat 288 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. in the eleven. "How was that?" ejaculates Mr. Fitz-Gerald, as Bob regains the pavilion. " Beat me clean ; bowled me neck and crop," says honest old Bob, testily, indeed, but truthfully. I call him an eminently good fellow who makes no excuse for himself when out for no runs in an important match ; there are very few men that I know who are capable of such magnanimity. Dholpur are jubilant ; two good men gone for next to nothing. Here is a nasty nut for you to crack, my lads. The Padre* occupies the vacant wicket. The cricket now becomes in- tensely slow ; the ladies, having been used to see their reverend pastor send the ball flying to all parts of the field, keeping the game alive in fact, get quite cross with him. " Oh, it is all very well for you to talk," says one little bit of muslin, who shall be nameless, to a mass of flannels, who is sitting by her side talking to her, bat in hand, prepared to fill the deadly breach when the next Lolapur champion falls, "of course that stupid Mr. Munro never hits the ball ; but Mr. Fitz-Gerald does. It is so silly of him to keep poking at the balls like that ! " * Clergyman. THE LOLAPUR WEEK COMMENCES. 289 Meanwhile Munro and Fitz-Gerald are playing the game like a whole library of printed books ; the bowling is first rate, and the fielding uncommonly smart, for Dholpur have their tails up, and are work- ing hard to keep the advantage they have gained. Runs are very hard to get, but they come slowly, steadily, surely. Bob is getting very excited as his men keep up their wickets, and it is good to hear him roar, at the full strength of his stentorian lungs, "Well played!" " Run it out!" "Steady, there, steady ! " as appropriate occasions for such remarks arise. Well, the long and short of it is, that when six o'clock arrives (the hour fixed on for drawing stumps) Lolapur has made forty-two runs for two wickets, Munro and Fitz-Gerald are still in, the former has made eight runs, the latter twenty-six, and there are three extras. Shouts and cheers greet the pair as they come back to the pavilion, the Padre being the hero of the hour. But Bob Anderson goes and gives Munro a hearty slap on the back, ejecting thereby, and with great violence, a newly lighted cheroot from between that gentleman's lips, and says, " Oh 1 well played, old fellow ! " and Munro U 290 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. has a warm glow about the cockles of his heart, for he knows he has done his side yeoman's service. And it is pleasant to be appreciated, spite of all the well-worn twaddle which directs us not to care twopence for the praises of our fellows. Write me down the man a hopeless misanthrope who does not feel a pleasant tinge at the sound of a word of praise ! * * ' " Turn, turn, tiddleum, turn, turn, tiddleum ! " a blaze of lights the /oth Mess House is the centre of attraction now. The dance is at its height, silk and satin, muslin and tarletan, of varied hues, revolving, entwined with black and red. The Lola- pur dance is on, the Native Regiment is showing Dholpur how we do things in our station. The mess-room looks very bright and attractive with the grand old colours on the walls, and decorations, war- like in their design, trophies composed of swords and bayonets, muskets, and spears, tell us we are in the halls of the sons of Mars, while " names, forever to the world's four quarters blown," meet our gaze in every direction, names which the old /oth have assisted in immortalising: " Ghuzni," " Sobraon," " Chillian- THE LOLAPUR WEEK COMMENCES. 2QI wallah," " Gujrat," remind us of the stout captain who startled the good, quiet, stay-at-home folks in dear old England, but who had the firm trust of England's greatest leader trust which he fully deserved. Whist is going on in the deep dark verandah, dark no longer now, but brilliantly lighted up ; and here in the billiard room are a few men busily engaged taking each other's lives, and what is more, paying the fellow who successfully performs the operation four annas for the favour ! Bob Ander- son and Thompson, Davenport and Major Hogarth are in an agony. " Hang that fellow Neville," says the fidgety Major ; " just look ! that is the third time he has been into the supper tent." " My dear Knight," says Bob, intercepting that gentleman on his way to a secluded spot, with Miss Barnett on his arm, "do think of to-morrow." Knight has danced every dance, after playing cricket all day. It won't hurt him, my dear Bob, you could have done the same yourself, easily, when you were his age, and your waist was a trifle slimmer ! Bob goes off to bed very soon, so as to set his men a good example ; Mrs. Anderson, like the good little wife she U 2 292 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. is, accompanies him without a murmur, for she knows how keen her husband is on winning the match. Most of the contending eleven soon follow him, only a few young reprobates, like Fraser and Neville, remain on till the small hours. 293 CHAPTER V. THE LOLAPUR WEEK CONTINUED. THE hands of watches are pointing to half-past eight as the first man toes the line to fire the first shot in the pigeon match. Morgan, it is true, had fixed seven as the hour, and there it is, plain as a pikestaff, on the notice board in the pavilion, so that he who runs may read, but " time was made for slaves " is evidently the unanimous opinion of everybody this morning, excepting always, of course, Morgan himself. That estimable individual was on the spot at a quarter before the hour fixed, got his pigeons ready, saw that the traps were all right, and then " for one mortal hour and ten minutes, by the clock, sir I tell you, by the clock! before a blessed soul appeared!" The blessed soul in this instance was Major Winter, who turned up on the stroke of eight, fresh, rosy, 294 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. smiling, dressed a la Hurlingham, with a " chokra " * carrying his gun behind him ! Others came trooping in presently, some rosy and smiling like the Major, others decidedly " chippy," according as the " cucum- ber " over night had agreed with them or not. The four who were shooting for Lolapur were Mr. Musprat, Major Winter, Fellowes, and Munro, a precious stiff lot to beat ; every one of them " a one in two cartridges " man after quail or snipe any day in the week. The Dholpur lot were Major Hogarth, Neville the bowler, and two others. Lolapur won the match easily, killing twenty out of twenty-four birds, Dholpur only brought twelve to grass ; the conditions were four a side, six birds apiece, twenty-five yards rise ; Musprat killed all six of his birds, Fellowes and Munro five each, whilst Major Winter had to be content with four. On the Dholpur side Major Hogarth got five, Neville one, and the two other men three each. I am afraid Neville had not been careful in the matter of the cucum- ber ! So now the events stood one each badminton * Boy ; an epithet used to designate male-servant, without much respect to age. THE LOLAPUR WEEK CONTINUED. 295 to Dholpur, pigeons to Lolapur. No ladies were pre- sent, even if they had the not excuse of a late night, few would have cared to look on ; it is a notice- able fact that all the gunners were bachelors. Trap shooting has its charms, undoubtedly ; but, look at it in any light, it is, to put it mildly, rather a cruel sport. Everyone comes down to the cricket ground early, for time cannot be cut to waste if the match is to be finished, and both teams are playing as true sports- men, one and all. Punctually at eleven, Munro and Fitz-Gerald, the not-outs of yesterday, emerge from the pavilion and proceed to the wickets ; it is the lot of Munro to get the first over, and, steady as Old Time, he plays as carefully as ever : " Block, block, block, at the foot of thy wickets, O Scotton ! And I wish that my voice could utter my utter boredom." sings, or rather roars, Thompson as the field change their places after the over ; but it is of no use, oh ! man of the artful dodges, that forester impassive, is no easier to chaff out than he is to boivl out. There has been a little rain during the night, and the pitch is a shade easier. Whether this is really the case, or whether the worthy Padre thinks the game might with safety 296 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. be forced a little more, certain it is that he gets busy very soon, and scores rapidly, being especially hard on the leg balls, his favourite stroke. Why, oh why ! aren't the ladies present to see him hit? The end comes soon, though ; he gets too much under one, short leg gets to it, and out he goes ; he has added twenty to over- night's score ; total forty-six, a rattling good innings 64-3-46 a great improvement since the fall of the last wicket. Knight is the next man in and he keeps the ball going, driving and cutting clean and hard, he makes tweaty-two and then the wily Dhol- pur captain bowls him slick. The innings finally close for one hundred and fifty-four, Davenport and Power both got into double figures, Davenport seven- teen, Power twelve, Munro, seventh wicket down, scored fifteen ; Morgan's was an amusing, if brief, innings, the first ball he got he pulled off his middle stump to square leg for five, he did not get another chance, the next delivery proving fatal to his partner, Cox ; but he was happy, he had got his swipe, had felt that exquisitely rapturous feeling tingling from the palms of his hands to his shoulders, as he met the ball full and square, with the face of his bat just THE LOLAPUR WEEK CONTINUED. 297 as it was swinging at its fastest ! A lovely feeling, oh my masters ! There is yet an hour for play before tiffin, and Lolapur loses no time in turning out. Dickens and Major Hogarth open the second venture of Dholpur, and each in his own peculiar way means business. Dickens settles down almost at once, there is no doubt but that the pitch has improved, and the crack takes full advantage of it, playing patiently, yet confidently, he never loses an opportunity of punishing a loose ball ; the Major, on the other hand, is like a parched pea on a frying-pan, dodging in and out of his ground, running sharp runs and stealing byes when- ever he can, laughing and chaffing; he is trying to demoralise the field, I am afraid, is that wicked, worldly old Major ! Look ! here he plays one softly to point's left hand and pretends to start for a run ; whiz ! goes young Eraser at the wicket, and the ball travels away into the country past short-leg, and three is added to the score sheet. Bob abuses Eraser roundly ; he does not like it, these two have rubbed off the balance against their side, and things look serious. A hurried consultation with Davenport, Fitz-Gerald 298 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. also being called in, and Cox is ordered off and Duck- worth is put on ; Dickens cuts his first ball prettily for three, but the second sends Hogarth's middle stump flying ; Bob draws a long breath of relief as he sees the perky little warrior's back receding towards the pavilion. Nothing noteworthy occurred before tiffin ; when they sit down for that meal, Dholpur has scored fifty-three, of which Dickens has made no less than thirty- two, and he seems as if he were going to stay till Doomsday. Both sides are fairly contented ; the match is tolerably even at present, anybody's game as they all assure one another : " Take the goods the gods provide ye, The lovely Thais sits beside thee." That is the frame of mind most of the party are in, and as for the Dholpur Major, there is no holding him, full of quips and quirks and fun. Tiffin is got over quickly, and on they go again ; runs are coming fast, Dickens is playing splendidly; Bob takes off his gloves and pads, he is going to resort to a double change of bowling, putting himself on instead of Cox, while the Padre undertakes the other end. Bob opens with a wide ; the second ball, a terrifig shooter, spread- THE LOLAPUR WEEK CONTINUED. 299 eagles Dickens' wicket, and a wild yell of delight breaks from every Lolapur lip ; the unbidden, spon- taneous, expression of universal heartfelt joy ! Friend and foe unite in according to Dickens a genuine ovation, he has played splendidly, and well deserves the applause that greets him and accompanies him on his way back to the pavilion. Horrid bad luck for Dholpur to get him out by a fluke like that. After his departure the wickets tumble quickly enough, and the innings terminate for one hundred and thirty- five, of which Dickens' share amounts to fifty-two. One hundred and ten runs to make to win, and barely two hours to get them in ; Lolapur can scarcely hope to do it. Fitz-Gerald and Knight are the first pair deputed by Bob to open the innings this time ; both are thoroughly on their mettle, they have a very difficult game to play, make the runs if possible, yet not be rash. Thompson they cannot get hold of, he is much too dangerous to be trifled with, but the others they lay into merrily, and ten succeeds ten with fair rapidity on the telegraph board ; it is an exciting time, even the ladies begin to get breathless as the hands steal round the clock steadily, and the score 300 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. steadily mounts up too. Fifty is up now, and only three-quarters of an hour left ! The batsmen are well set ; Thompson, as a dernier ressort, tries Hogarth with lobs ; bravo the Major ! Knight rushes in at his first ball, misses it, and is stumped ! 53-1-26. Duck- worth comes in, his chief said not a word to him, " no use flurrying him," thinks he to himself, and in so think- ing he made a great mistake, which went far towards saving the match for Dholpur. Duckworth was a very fair bat indeed, and usually a very free hitter ; having got out in the first innings through letting out, he determines to be very cautious this time, and con- sequently Munro might just as well have gone in. Well, well, one cannot put old heads on young shoulders. Thompson very soon sees what Duck- worth is up to, and takes Hogarth off after a couple of overs, the run getting is checked, which is the great thing ; Fitz-Gerald goes on hitting whenever he gets the chance, and plays the game grandly, but his efforts are vain, time is up, and some twenty are still wanting of the hundred and ten runs required, so the match ends in a draw very much in favour of Lolapur, and also very much to the disgust of Bob ; he has not the THE LOLAPUR WEEK CONTINUED. 301 heart to pitch into the young 'un then, although he points out the error of his ways to him afterwards, for the big man had a fatherly sort of a feeling towards his young assistant those great big powerful men, more often than not, have the very softest and kindest of hearts. "Ought to have gone in myself, or sent Davenport in," he soliloquises, and he calls himself a naughty name which we won't repeat. The Residency was to be the centre of attraction to-night, for it is the scene of the Fancy Dress Ball, the event of the Lolapur week, at least so the ladies unanimously pronounce it, and who shall dare dispute their verdict ? For ever so long past, that ball has been the theme of conversation and absorbing thought to every petticoated person in Lolapur. Of course, nobody knows what anybody else is going to wear that is, outwardly ; every individual lady, has, however, told every other individual lady in the place what she is going to wear, having first sworn her confi- dante to inviolable secrecy, this only to find out herself what she is going to wear, and so, of course, you know, no one has the slightest idea as to what costumes are to be worn, of course not. So, no sooner had the 3O2 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. last ball of the match been bowled than there was a general stampede of fair ones, rustling of dresses, putting on wraps, etc. " Oh, Mr. Foote ! do please find my husband ! " " Mr. Eraser, will you kindly tell Major Browne that I have gone home ? " The worthy Major was enjoying a whiskey and soda and a cheroot, in congenial company, in the refreshment tent ; I am afraid that most of the husbands met with the same treatment, and there was a sort of light-hearted way with those left behind, you know ; they tried hard to look for the nonce just like their bachelor brothers ! almost there was, perhaps, a slight air of servitude still clinging to them. Padre Fitz-Gerald got cheered to the echo by the men, but the ladies bless them never bestowed a thought on him. The heroes of the match, Dickens and Fitz-Gerald, Thompson and Munro, might just as well have been Anderson or Duckworth or Morgan, or anybody, for all that it mattered to the women. The Collector received his guests at the top of the broad flight of steps which led up into his spacious verandah ; the grounds were brilliantly lighted up, Chinese lanterns dotted about amid the trees, tents THE LOLAPUR WEEK CONTINUED. 303 pitched, lights everywhere. Foote, Balfour, and White, and a party from the Blankshires, have been hard at work all day, and have transformed the large centre room of the Residency into a veritable fairy palace, while you may be sure that the floor was well looked after. Mr. Musprat was in his element, he was got up in his political uniform ; he did not have many opportunities of airing it, and he was very proud of it, thought it suited his "peculiar style of beauty." " Good wine needs no bush, sir," as he remarked, later on in the evening, in a confidential sort of way to his brother magnate, the Colonel, who was in his uniform. " Political agent of Jaffirabad ! Cannot go in for masquerading very well, eh, Plummer, can we ? " And the stout old Colonel agrees with him. Here they are, all assembled, a dazzling sight. Bob Anderson is figuring as " Richard Cceur-de-Lion," and looks very well in chain-armour, surcoat, helmet and shield, with the three leopards ; he strikes one as rather funny though, later on, when he has doffed his head-piece, and is reclining in a long arm-chair, with the inevitable cheroot, fighting his ' battles o'er again " * with the rival captain Thompson, who is dressed 304 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. as a French cook. Mrs. Anderson is very pretty as Queen Berengaria, with her lovely hair plaited, hang- ing down her back, the long curious peaked head-dress affected by fashionable ladies of the time that she was representing, the pretty flowing dress, and funnily pointed shoes. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were attired as Friar Tuck and Maid Marian, as became Toxopholites. Maid Marian looks very charming in a short green kirtle, black velvet jacket, and red waistcoat ; both carry bows, and have baldrics with quivers full of arrows across their shoulders. Miss Barnett, as " Dresden China " (by particular request of the gallant Black Brunswicker knight), in pink and blue, and powdered hair, looks bewitching ; one feels inclined to put her up on the mantel-piece under a glass case. Mrs. Browne is in black net with spangles, and calls herself " Night," while the Major presents himself as " Policeman 92 X," and suits his character. Major Winter as " Charles Surface " is the man's success in the way of dress that evening. The third Major, Hogarth, was in motley; he ought to have been ashamed of himself at his years, but he wasn't. Young Walker turned up in ordinary evening costume, which upset THE LOLAPUR WEEK CONTINUED. 305 his quicksilvery host not a little : " He might have taken the trouble to make himself up a bit, I think," he mutters ; and, between ourselves, I think he might. Well, well, all things must come to an end at last, and the Lolapur fancy dress ball proved no exception to the rule. One by one the guests departed reluc- tantly, each one thanking the hospitable Collector profusely, and thereby recompensing that worthy gentleman a thousandfold for all the trouble and expense he had been put to. Mr, Walker had gone to bed early, he felt rather out of it in his plain choker and swallow-tails amidst the gay throng, each individual member of which had gone to some trouble, and in most cases to a little expense, to put on garments befitting the occasion. It came home to Walker that he had made a little mistake in not taking some trouble also ; the giver of the feast was his own immediate chief, and it struck him suddenly that, perhaps, his no dress was rather out ot place under the circumstances, so he went to bed a sadder and, let us hope, a wiser man. A small knot of the younger fellows get together under the porch, after having said " good night " to x 306 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. Mr. Musprat, and a good deal of whispered talk and suppressed laughter is indulged in. Here are Reilly and Eraser, Power and Duckworth, Balfour and White, with two or three more, among whom, I grieve to say, are numbered Morgan and the Dholpur man, Thompson. There is evidently something of a very amusing nature under discussion, for there are con- tinued smothered peals of laughter ; as for Reilly, he seems to be ill, he has his handkerchief stuffed into his mouth, and is doubled up with violent contortions, as if in exquisite pain. At length the knot dissolves, and the component atoms move off rather quietly and stealthily, I might almost say guiltily. The high road outside the Collector's gate being gained, the party reunite, and we can now hear something of what is going on. Alas ! alas ! it is nothing less than a malicious plot to draw poor Walker ; his house is not very far off, and thither the youngsters direct their course. Up the steps they go, noiselessly enter the house, and penetrate into Walker's bedroom ; he, poor youth, is sleeping peacefully, and his tormentors commence operations by quietly surrounding the bed, and then awakening their victim by means of most THE LOLAPUR WEEK CONTINUED. 307 unearthly yells, delivered in unison, and with great precision and force. Morgan and Thompson did not go inside, but remained in the verandah, on guard as they said ; the fact being that they did not quite like to go the length the others seemed determined upon, and yet they could not for the life of them help looking on at the fun. " We'll just keep handy and see that the youngsters don't go too far," that was the flattering unction they laid to their souls. Walker started up, was seized and made to stand in the centre of the room, very much dazed and astonished at the sudden nature of the proceedings. A mock court- martial was hurriedly convened, Reilly was appointed president, and installed as such in a comfortable arm- chair. The charge against the culprit was want of due respect to the ladies of the station, in not having provided himself with a suitable costume for the fancy dress ball given by the Collector, to wit, Mr. Musprat. The accusation was supported by several witnesses, and then the prisoner at the bar was called upon for his defence ; he was understood to say that the whole lot of them were fools, and he wished that they would shut up with their larks and leave him X 2 308 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. alone. Now, Walker had a pair of brand-new whiskers, which he cherished greatly, and, very unfortunately for him, right in front of the venerable judge, Mr. Reilly, a pair of brand-new razors lay on the table. " Gentlemen of the jury," said the sapient Rhadaman- thus, " the prisoner is clearly guilty of the offence laid to his charge, and he has greatly enhanced the magnitude of his offence by the use of violent lan- guage, amounting to contempt of this honourable court. The sentence of the court is that he be deprived of his whiskers." A roar of laughter burst from the poor boy's delighted tormentors ; his dearly beloved whiskers to be reft from him ! The Rape of the Lock was nothing to it ! By a violent effort he shook off Power and Duckworth, who were holding him by the arms, and darted into the verandah alack-a-day ! right into the extended arms of Thompson. " Oh, beg your pardon, I am sure," says that unabashed person ; so his pursuers have the lad again, and carry him back kicking and struggling. The learned judge had himself taken part in the chase, much to the detri- ment of his shins, for he had run up against a pot full of tar, which had upset him at full length on the floor. THE LOLAPUR WEEK CONTINUED. 309 Reilly was equal to the occasion ; regaining his feet, he shouted, " He tried to run away ; therefore, the sentence is doubled, one whisker is to be cut off, the other tarred ! " The sentence was duly executed, one whisker was tarred, the other cut off with a pair of scissors, the prisoner struggling so violently under the operation that a razor was deemed unsafe. Then the court left the offender and went home and slept peace- fully, which, I am afraid, is very much more than Mr. Walker did. Mr. Thompson also slumbered sweetly ; he ought not to have done so, to be sure he had the cheek of a brass horse, which is said to be the most brazen thing under the sun. 3io CHAPTER VI. THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. EVERYBODY in the station, resident or visitor, indulged in a Europe morning after the fancy ball, that is, nobody thought of getting out of bed till eight o'clock ; the bugles had sounded " no parade to-day," that call so sweet to the sleepy, weary warrior. I remember hearing a story of a war-worn veteran, who after he had retired from active service, still used to have himself called punctually on the stroke of five, merely for the pleasure of being able to say " Hang the reveille ! no parade to-day for me ! " and then wrap the blanket snugly round him, boys, and off again to the land of Nod, till he could get up at his own sweet will and word of command. I said every- body. Mr. Walker was up early I may say very early ; he did not go to bed again after his rude awakening in the small hours, but spent the time THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 31 1 in pacing up and down frantically, nursing his wrath and swearing vengeance on the ravishers of his whiskers. Every now and again he paused in front of the looking-glass to look on the ruins of his pristine favourites. At daylight, hot water, soap, and alas ! alas ! the brand-new razors, to remove the last vestiges of the dear departed, were requisitioned ; then he set off to lay his tale of woe at his Collector's feet. He had to cool his own for a considerable length of time before Mr. Musprat appeared, but his wrath was by no means appeased by the delay. The Collector was not a little astonished on discovering who his early visitor was. He had not the slightest inkling of what had occurred, and as the awful story was blurted out, illustrated, as it was by the narrator's hairless cheeks, he turned positively purple, his eyes seemed to be starting out of his head. In fact, Mr. Walker was quite touched by the apparently suppressed wrath of his chief. Emboldened by the show of sympathy, he began to dilate upon his wrongs, till the Collector could contain him- self no longer, but gave away to the most unre- strained fit of laughter, peal after peal escaping 312 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. from him, till, fairly exhausted with the violence of his mirth, he sank back breathless, speechless, in his chair. Mr. Walker was on the high horse at once, talked about writing to the Private Secretary, the Senior Member of Council, the Chief Secretary, the Commissioner, the Accountant-General, the Com- mander-in-Chief, and so on. However, after a bit, Mr. Musprat recovered his gravity, made the boy stop to breakfast, fed him, pampered him, scolded him, and comforted him. Finally Walker went away in a very contented frame of mind, directed his course to the mess, had a hearty laugh over the whole affair with all the other youngsters, was voted a regular trump, regained, nay, doubled, his former popularity. Last, but not least, he acquired by his conduct per- fect immunity from any future drawings, with permis- sion to grow as many hirsute appendages as he "jolly well liked." All this he owed to Mr. Musprat. Had Walker gone his own way, his life would have become an intolerable burthen to him, by reason of the tricks which his contemporaries would infallibly have played off upon him. There was a goodly gathering at the mess that THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 313 morning, for several of the Dholpur men had to return to Dholpur, among others Dickens, since they could not get longer leave, and this is why the cricket match had been squeezed into two days. Two or three tongas are waiting in front of the mess to convey the visitors to the railway station, distant about four miles, inside the vehicles are cricket bags, Gladstone bags, etc., etc. ; presently the owners of these im- pedimenta sally forth and prepare to insert them- selves between them, under them, on them, somehow or other. The Colonel was there and both the local Majors, the Dholpur Major was there, of course, it goes without saying, Bob Anderson, Fellowes, in fact nearly everyone. The Collector could not get away, he was too busy, arrears had accumulated during the past two days' festivities. Just before the carriages drove off, Bob called for three cheers for the Dholpur eleven, and they were most heartily given, "one cheer more " from Morgan ; " three cheers for Dickens," shouts Davenport, and the sturdy little cricketer turns quite red at the unlocked for compli- ment ; " three cheers for the Padre," he cries in his turn ; " three cheers for the ladies," this from Thomp- 314 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. son, who had already led the way in cheering the Lolapur fellows ; " one cheer more," yells excitedly the little Major. " For they are jolly good fellows " Reilly begins, but is promptly sat upon for his levity ; and so the tongas roll away in a cloud of dust amidst cheers, laughter and good fellowship. Tiffin at the mess, and ladies, for once in a way, grace the festive board, and very nice they look too, as they always do, of course ; it would not do for them to come to mess perpetually "at least, some of them," mental reservation on the part of Balfour, who would like some of them to come always. Oh verdant young Balfour it would never do : " too much familiarity" "gracious goodness! what is the fellow saying ? " tantcene animis coelestibus irce ? tea-cups and sugar-tongs ! The table is very prettily got up, the gymkhana garden has been robbed to its very ultimate rose, and Mrs. Rogers has been a large con- tributor to the floral wealth that decks the festive board. Tiffin takes a long time under circumstances such as these ; bright eyes and rosy lips, soft voices and merry jests, champagne fizzes, and soda-water pops, and the moments fly swiftly by. However, a THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 315 move is made at last into the billiard room, Daven- port and Knight are to represent Lolapur, while that versatile Major Hogarth and young Neville uphold the honour of the strangers. Davenport, as at most things he turns his attention to, is steady and reliable ; Knight is very brilliant but uncertain ; Hogarth and Neville both play well and have their wits about them ; the game is two hundred and fifty up. None of the players is anything very extra- ordinary, thirty is a very decent break for any one of them, so it follows that the game is rather pro- tracted, and, I am afraid, if we except some half- dozen persons, not much interest is taken in the vary- ing fortunes of the struggle. In the end, Dholpur won by twenty-five points, so that the fight was very even ; had Knight been able to give his un- divided attention to the task he had in hand, the result might have been different, but Lucy Barnett looked so distractingly pretty upon that high dai's, it is no wonder that he was slightly distracted also. Then the assembly broke up, and the ladies hurried away home for a little rest after all this unwonted dissipation. 316 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. The next gathering ground of fun and frolic was the reading and recreation room of the European de- tachment. A stage had been erected here under the direction and constant supervision of Major Winter, and Messrs. Eraser and Foote, of the Blankshire Regiment. Both the younger gentlemen possess very fair histrionic talents, and it has been decided upon by them and their worthy C.O., that their own particular contribution to the merrymakings on hand shall be amateur theatricals, no pains having been spared to make the affair a success. A capital tem- porary stage has been erected, and scenery improvised, several of the men in the detachment working at it with a will and with gusto. A tent has been pitched close at hand, in which a first-rate cold supper is laid out, and refreshments galore may be obtained by im- portunate thirsty souls. Thespian talent beyond the limits of the detachment has been called in to aid, and the curtain is just going to ring up for the scream- ing farce, entitled, Down among the coals. The house is crowded in every part ; in the front seats are all the upper ten of Lolapur with their guests, in the middle are the non-commissioned officers of the THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 317 gallant Blankshires, the clerks, overseers, etc., with their wives, and in some cases their children, one or two of whom are of very tender years. Later on, during the performance, one of these lifted up its voice and wept, calling down upon its poor little self, and its embarrassed mother, sundry uncomplimentary observations from the gods (many members of the detachment who are crowded into the back seats). Remarks are made such as " Take that 'ere musical box 'ome ! " " Shut yer pertatur trap, will yer." " Will yer sinner keep quiet ; it's the detachment's henter- tainment, hain't it ? " However, the gods are in a very good humour, and therefore behave well. Here is the programme : THEATRE ROYAL, LOLAPUR. PART I. Screaming Farce. DOWN AMONG THE COALS. Dramatis Personce. Nubbles (a coal merchant) Mr. FOOTE Sir Jonathan Samphire { a ]i^^J r ] Captain SMYTHE George Jargery { tvl Manh^ } Mr. KN.CHT Bob Sawyer (Sir Jonathan's servant) Mr. FRASER Lady Samphire (Sir Jonathan's wife) Mrs. ROGERS Martha Nubbles { { ^ } Miss BAKNETT 3l8 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. Everybody knows the plot ; how Sir Jonathan was firmly convinced that coal could be converted into diamonds, if one could only discover the process ; how the crafty Nubbles profits by the old man's folly and credulity ; how Lady Samphire remonstrates with her husband, intercedes with Nubbles not to ruin the silly old man, and how she finally exposes his (Nubbles') trickery ; how Bob Sawyer helps her with all his might ; how George Jargery was found among the coals, and how he persuades the hard- hearted coal merchant to sanction his union with the lovely Martha ; and how everything winds up satis- factorily, even to the repentance of the vile Nubbles, and the awakening of the blundering old baronet to the silliness of his ways. Well, it was all told over yet again on the boards of the Blankshire Theatre Royal, Lolapur, during the week, of which a true and detailed account is now being given. Mrs. Rogers acted capitally the indignant wife, the imploring suppliant, the triumphant guardian angel. Lucy Barnett looked very pretty, but this was her first appearance on these or any other boards, and so a great deal must be for- given her on account of her youth, her inexperience, and her beauty. Captain Smythe was decidedly the THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 319 best among the men ; he was capital as the crack- brained enthusiast, the fool befooled to the top of his bent, the timid, tearful husband (" after all the * school- master ' must have a bad time of it," whispers one to the other in the front seats, but they do it all in joke, for a more gracious, tender woman than the fair actress never breathed, and, what is more, everybody who knows her knows it) ; in fine, he showed himself to be quite in the front rank of amateur performers. His fame had preceded him (he had but lately joined the 7Oth N.I., taking poor Vernon's place), but this was his first appearance before a Lolapur audience. Foote, as Nubbles, acted an ungracious part very well, especially where, when driven to bay, he at first defiantly opposes his traducers, and is then gradually brought to his knees ; the transition from one phase of mind to the other, being very cleverly portrayed. Bob Sawyer was the funny man of the piece, and was, therefore, highly applauded by the gallery, the scene in which he discovers George Jargery " down among the coals," and drags him out into the light, being specially appreciated. Knight was Knight, and there is an end of him. Part II. was a kind of variety entertainment, con- 320 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. sisting of songs and dances, given by some of the men ; highly interesting to their comrades, and very amusing in their way, but scarcely admitting of detailed description. The good things provided by the officers of the detachment were done full justice to, and the party broke up comparatively early ; Major Winter was a delightful host, courtly and de- bonnaire, with the manner of the old school, not often met with in this go-ahead, practical age. Next morning the venue is again changed to the Gymkhana, the business on hand being the lawn tennis match ; Knight and Morgan are, as we know, the Lolapur champions ; Major Hogarth (again the Major, you see,) and young Leslie enter the lists for Dholpur, the same pair who won at badminton ; Dickens, had he been present, would have played, the Major was taken " faute de mieux? Knight and Morgan had practised together several times since it was finally decided that they were to represent the station, and had got well used one to another, Knight playing up at the net, while Morgan looked after the back line. Lolapur won both sets easily, 6-3 ; 6-2. I think Dholpur would have done better to have played THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 321 Thompson instead of the Major, but Thompson was a bit of a faineant at tennis, whereas Hogarth was as keen as mustard at everything. So victories were divided, badminton and billiards to Dholpur, pigeon shooting and tennis to Lolapur, while the cricket match was drawn. Dholpur was a much larger station than Lolapur, in fact the former was a regular cocked- hat and brass-collar sort of place, with Governors and Commanders-in-Chief, Members of Council and Sec- retaries to Government running about quite tame and domesticated ; of course they could not get all their best men to come away, don't you know? still, as things had turned out, every one was satisfied, and that was a great comfort. Mr. Rogers' compound presents a very animated sight at about five o'clock this afternoon ; all the elements of a successful garden party are present, green grass, pleasant lights and shadows, pretty faces and pretty dresses, lively music (that poor band ! the Lolapur week was no holiday to the men composing it, but as they were well recompensed for the extra work required of them, they did not mind it much), and a genial host and hostess. Several ladies wear those pretty Y 322 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. " Sari "* dresses, while one or two are in Tussoref silk ; time was, when, if you were expected to wear a Tussore silk, it formed very good grounds for a divorce, or at all events, for a judicial separation, but " nous avons change tout cela ; " they are very much worn at home in this year of grace, and so will do for Lol- apur but we are digressing. The scene was a very pretty one ; as we have already seen, the Rogers* house was an essentially Indian one, the real conven- tional bungalow of the " Harry and his Bearer" J type,, don't you remember ? The large porch supported by the four orthodox white massive chunam pillars, the blackwood chairs and sofas dotted about in convenient situations, the lovely garden, so prettily laid out and so well kept up, the inevitable white tents, the long stretch of greensward beyond, and there at the end three veritable straw targets set up, reminding one of Bath or Cheltenham. Mr. Rogers is trying to induce * The garment worn by the women of India ; in the text the word is applied to the material of which "Saris " are made ; cotton or silk ; it makes up very well in the European style. f Silk made from the silk of the Indian or Tussore worm. (Aiithercea My lit fa). * \ well-known Anglo-Indian tale for juveniles Lime ; stucco, made of calcined shells. THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 323 some one to shoot. It is rather dangerous work ; Reilly has had a try and very nearly transfixed an inno- cent pattawallah, who was standing well out of harm's way as he thought, poor man ! some three or four paces to his (Reilly's) right rear. Talking over the incident later on in the evening with his brother knights of the belt, the man remarked in a matter-of-fact, quiescent sort of manner : " The sahib-logue* are very like monkeys, especially the young sahib-logue; you never know what they will do next," a remark which stamped him among his confreres as a philosopher of the highly reflective order. Mr. Rogers finally gets a reluctant party together, these are the seniors : the juniors after witnessing Reilly's escapade, are only too eager to go and do likewise; but it is a noticeable fact that as each archer novice prepares to draw the arrow to the head, the other novices, as if by clockwork, fall into a kind of queue well behind him. Miss Barnett goes off with Mrs. Rogers, and that lady being a very skilful archeress, one would have thought that hints from her would have been quite sufficient, but no, it is Mr. Knight upon whom devolves the * Or Sahib-tok ; English gentlemen. Y 2 324 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. duty of " teaching the young idea how to shoot." It is really wonderful how often he has to take Miss Lucy's hand to show her how to hold the bow, to press her thumb in order to place it in the proper position for directing the arrow, he even straightens her shoulders into the proper attitude ; but then, engaged young men are allowed much latitude. Young Balfour determines to get engaged at the first convenient opportunity, and teach the fair divinity position-drill too. But the boy was young, you understand, young and green, young and green ! Archery is not the only diversion provided, the garden well repaid inspection, with its lovely flowers, its beautiful foliage plants, its cool delicious fernery and rare orchids ; a very pleasant occupation involving some expenditure of time to perform thoroughly. With Mrs. Rogers' garden party, the gaieties of the week may be said to have ended for the ladies, the men had still to undergo the farewell dinner. There are forty-five men dining to-night at the mess of H.M.'s /oth N.I. The table is, therefore, a long one, and it and the massive sideboards are covered with all the silver plate belonging to the regi- THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 325 ment ; the centre-piece is very handsome, a silver figure of a private of the regiment in the uniform of fifty years ago, standing on an ebony pedestal, round the base of which are silver drums, ensigns, muskets, etc. ; the names of the battles in which the regiment has taken part are engraved on the pedestal, and on one side a silver plate tells that it was pre- sented to the corps by a very illustrious personage on his appointment as Honorary Colonel. Scattered up and down the table are numerous silver cups and tank- ards, the gifts of past and present members of the mess chiefly, presented on promotion, on joining the regi- ment, on leaving it, and so on. One was a peculiarly interesting token, a massive silver Cutch-work* bowl, the memento of an old Subledar-Majort who had risen in the regiment from recruit boy to be the prin- cipal native officer in it, and who had retired from it full of years and honour ; he used every now and again to revisit the old Paltan,t the home of his boyhood, * Silverwork done in the province of Cutch, or after the fashion of the work done there ; the engraving is wonderfulh line and beautiful. f The highest rank in the British Indian Army which can be attained by a native 1 Regiment. 326 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. the arena of his life's labour. The gentleman seated at the head of the festive board is Surgeon-Major Barnett, the officer in medical charge of the 7Oth N.T., and he is confronted this evening by Mr. Adjutant Cox, who fills the onerous position of vice-president. Up and down the table red coats, blue coats, black coats are mixed up anyhow, and a general babel is in pro- gress, intermingled with the clattering of knives and forks, and the clinking of glasses, the whole toned down somewhat by the music which is being poured forth by the band stationed under the covered band- stand in front of the mess-porch. Dinner over, taking advantage of a lull in the music, Dr. Barnett stands up, and says, " Mr. Vice, the Queen ! " to which Mr. Cox responds, " Gentlemen, the Queen ! " the band strikes up a few bars of the National Anthem, and, all standing, the toast is drunk, the toast of all others wherever Englishmen are and loyal hearts beat ; then cheroots, and the walnuts and the wine. Let us take a look along the table ; in the centre, on the right- hand side, is Colonel Plummer with his stars and medals, on his right is Mr. Musprat, on his left Mr. Rogers, exactly opposite is Major Browne, jovial and THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 327 beaming, his immediate supporters being Mr. Fellowes and Major Hogarth. The president, Dr. Barnett, is worth a look : a small wizened, dried-up looking elderly man, you see before you the most daring pig-sticker who ever drew first blood, that quiet unobtrusive manner covers nerves of iron and the courage of a lion (lion is the conventional term to use, but there is nothing on this earth so brave as a brave man ; a man who knows what danger is and calmly takes the odds). He used to drive his poor little wife nearly out of her wits, so numerous were his falls, but being a light weight he got over them all, somehow, without serious damage, and here he is now a senior Surgeon-Major, with a charming grown-up daughter about to be taken off his hands, and no evil thoughts anent " the mighty boar." And so in fun and merriment, loud talk and louder laughter, till the Colonel gets up and the signal for leaving the table is given ; some to billiards, some to whist, some to look on, some to long chairs in the broad verandah, a long Tricky* and a quiet chat. * "A long tricky" a variety of cheroot manufactured at Trickinopoly, hence the name ; it is generally very long, and has a straw up the centre. 328 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. No one to bed though, this is the last night of the week ; it must be wound up in a satisfactory man- ner, and it is a kind of point of honour to see it out. The /oth N.I. are noted for grilled bone, so at half-past one everybody once more gathers round the mess-table, even to the Collector and Mr. Rogers. Reilly, Eraser, and Foote, and, sooth to say, one or two older men too, notably Morgan and Thompson, with that gay dog Major Hogarth, have been very anxious that no one should slip away and thus spoil the completeness of the intended wind-up ; so an Argus-like watch has been kept to see that there were no deserters, no slinkers-off to early repose. Grilled bones and beer ! that was what the younger members of the party regaled themselves with. They have not come to years of indigestion yet, they are trying to hasten that happy period. Well, well, boys will be boys. Presently the company is aware that the Colonel is on his legs, immense enthusiasm is evoked by the fact. " Capital old boy the Colonel," murmurs Fraser rapturously ; " Bedad then an' he is that, a rale jule and no mistake," says Reilly who is THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 329 evidently warming up for a spree. The Colonel pro- poses the visitors' health, Major Hogarth responds ; the Collector sings the praises of the Dholpur eleven, Mr. Thompson replies, and proposes Bob's health, " The captain of our worthy opponents, his bad luck was indeed a lucky thing for us " he asserts ; Bob gets up and begins to splutter, "Um-unaccustomed to public speaking, um-overwhelmed with the honour um-um-um ' " Spit it out, old chap ; don't be nervous!" and Bob sinks back into his chair under an unmerciful, yet withal, good-natured fire of chaffing remarks ; then Mr. Rogers proposes the health of the ladies, which he does in rather a laboured speech, too long for the occasion, perhaps, full of " wise saws," and out of the way quotations, but he means well, and they have great fun when Balfour is put up on a chair and made to return thanks, which he does uncommonly well, and amusingly ; county councils, divided skirts, etc.; and Reilly this time is allowed to sing for " They are jolly good fellows," and is aided by the assembled company. Then singing is started and Morgan is called upon for the first song ; possessed of a very good baritone voice he sings very 330 THE LOLAPUR WEEK. well, and he gives them the following ditty : he calls it the Sportsman's Valhalla : To the hunting grounds we're going, Far on the other shore ; To those happy lands we're hurrying. Evermore ! for evermore ! There we'll beat the lordly tiger, There we'll ride the mighty boar, There we'll walk the wily snipe, sirs, Evermore ! for evermore ! There we'll rouse the cruel panther, Hear his joy-inspiring roar, Stalk the bison, and the sambhur, Evermore ! for evermore ! There with jovial brother sportsmen, Who have only gone before, We will share the shadowy wine-cup, Evermore ! for evermore ! Enthusiastic applause, and then Dr. Barnett sings "The Boar": he has not much of a voice, but his deeds in the saddle are well-known, and the song is very warmly received ; and now that the ball is started away they go ; the seniors such as the Colonel and the Collector, Major Browne and Dr. Barnett, do not remain very long, but some of them keep it up " till daylight doth appear." Morgan, as the secretary THE END OF THE LOLAPUR WEEK. 331 and the man on whom most of the hard work has devolved, is carried round and round the room ; attempts are made at chairing Bob Anderson also, but he resists so vigorously that he is presently left alone. And so dies out the Lolapur week ; the remnant of the visitors depart by the mid-day train and Lolapur resumes its usual jog-trot. THE END. New Edition with the Illustrations reproduced from the original drawing, 4to. I2s. THIRTEEN YEARS AMONG THE WILD BEASTS OF INDIA; their Haunts and Habits, from Personal Observation. 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