The Outcaste

ense excitement. The wind blew gustily with an upward sweep that sent dead leaves and fragments of paper into the air. A furious blast heralding the coming storm seized one

ophe. As well might the dying bird, winged by the October sportsman, try to sustain its arrested flight. The machine cease

thers withdrew their gaze, but could not shut their ears to the thud and

amation. Many of the women shed tears; some screamed; a few fainted. Ten minutes

e of men. He approached the motor car into which she had just stepped. Before she could

s had a shock, falling from such a height, and the ma

t, but I'm not troubled with nerves. T

one can

ith a touch of impati

horoughly unhinged. She is in that tent over there cryin

t know him,

that he dined with her an

you wis

es you to go by rail. You won't mind

new purchase made by Wenaston on his arrival in England on furlou

," he repl

tuart to give up he

friends. They are travelling up by the

ompany. Now-a-days, when our blo

errupt

t-three of the nic

, had approached on the other side of the motor, and was waiting for an opportunity to speak,

the name of a well-known public man who had

ples of the Hindu. He raise

you English to be all murderers like--" and he in his turn named a notorious criminal who

r pardon, Mr. Ananda. I o

elt the nervous close grip, momentary as it was, and the

give his seat in the motor to Mrs. Greenford, who is up

The committee has decided to stop the competition

ng them both here. Tell them I am in a hurry to start. I should like to get Mrs. Greenford away before she hears worse news. Oh!

r whilst Wenaston went t

y the gods; and you would be resigned. It is of no use to fight against fate. He had to meet it whether he flew upon an

, her attention s

you believe your teacher in the

ft the question unanswered if she had not uttered an interrogator

in all that my guru instilled i

d to keep the ol

new teaching on the old. We of the advanced

ficulty of putting new

e with Mrs. Greenford and Miss Stuart. The sympathy that was so marked a characteristic in Eola had tempted the Hindu to say m

rets. She was prevailed upon to enter the car without delay. Wenaston

has just happened upsets the women with their highly strung nerves. Even men feel it to be a

lied Ananda. "It seems to me that you Englishmen go to the opposite extreme from us

y take it without as

ey were joined by two more Hindus. In appearance these men were like Ananda, although there was no blood relationship between them. Their complexions were of the wheaten tint that frequently goes wit

the poor fellow is dead. It only remains for us to go ba

re must have its victims. The claims of aviation will be every whit as

gods!" murmured the o

Ananda turned a pair of s

ing our destinies requires to be propitiated

machines; and with each accident it is only natural that a

eturn for a life, the Fountain of all knowledg

e acquired without loss of life if men were more careful and less rash. The death of the experimenter

e that it is the d

aviator had breathed his last even as they carried him from the field-his death was sad from every point of view. He was a good, a thoroughly good fellow; clever beyond most men. Married? no; but there was a girl-he was living at home with his people, and he was going to be married shortly. Money? Oh yes, plenty, or he could not have exp

Chirapore. Under pressure of modern times the parents-people of substance and wealth-had sent their sons to Poona and Bombay to be educated. Later on, arrangements were made for a visit to England. It was due to the friendly offices of Wenaston that they entered the house of Dr. Twyford, professor of oriental languages. Their future was assured

on and features, and belonged to the same caste, the

nd discordant nature. The timidity of the Hindu peeped out on various occasions, a timidity that was not so much cowardice as an inbred loathing of coarseness and brut

marriage had been consummated, and there was a child, a son four years of ag

he was never likely to become a disciple of disaffection, and join with ambitious men of lower caste. Aristocratic

disappointing to the serious propagandist. Tolerant, without being weak, courteous and even-tempered, he seemed to be flexible; but when it came to uprootin

ndu stock. I can understand when I look at Bopaul the wonderful receptivity of the Hindu nature. It has preserved the caste system for the last three thousand years, a unique survival that has no equal in the history of the world. The Hindus absorb and orientalise th

ject of religious differences. It was waste of time if nothing else. When he first fell under the influence of the professor he showed a disinclination to speak on religion at all. Gradually he gained confidence as he discovered that Twyford had no design of converting him to the Christian faith

parents was within a few months of its termination, and they were looking forward to their return to Chirakul, when the ceremonies necessary to restore their caste would