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An hour the men worked, and then the women cleared away the coal. 'It is farther than I thought, said Janki. 'The air is very bad; but strike, Kundoo, strike hard. For the fifth time Kundoo took up the pick as the Sonthal crawled back. The song had scarcely recommenced when it was broken by a yell from Kundoo that echoed down the gallery: 'Par hua! Par hua!
An hour the men worked, and then the women cleared away the coal. "It is farther than I thought," said Janki. "The air is very bad; but strike, Kundoo, strike hard," For the fifth time Kundoo took up the pick as the Sonthal crawled back. The song had scarcely recommenced when it was broken by a yell from Kundoo that echoed down the gallery: "Par hua! Par hua! We are through, we are through!"
"By the Holy Grove, what has happened to the air!" It was a Sonthal gangman of Gang Mogul in Number Nine gallery, and he was driving a six-foot way through the coal. Then there was a rush from the other galleries, and Gang Janki and Gang Rahim stumbled up with their basket-women. "Water has come in the mine," they said, "and there is no way of getting out."
Without the lamps you cannot see, and I I am always seeing, said Janki. Then he paused, and called out: 'Oh, you who have been in the cutting more than ten years, what is the name of this open place? I am an old man and I have forgotten. 'Bullia's Room, answered the Sonthal who had complained of the vileness of the air. 'Again, said Janki. 'Bullia's Room. 'Then I have found it, said Janki.
There was a rush in the dark, and Janki felt the first man's face hit his knees as the Sonthal scrambled up the ledge. 'Who? cried Janki. 'I, Sunua Manji. 'Sit you down, said Janki. 'Who next? One by one the women and the men crawled up the ledge which ran along one side of 'Bullia's Room. Degraded Muhammadan, pig-eating Musahr and wild Sonthal, Janki ran his hand over them all.
But don't mention the matter to the White Hussars. I happened to know something about it, because I prepared the Drum-Horse for his resurrection. He did not take kindly to the skeleton at all. Narrow as the womb, deep as the Pit, and dark as the heart of a man. Sonthal Miner's Proverb. "A weaver went out to reap but stayed to unravel the corn-stalks. Ha! Ha! Ha! Is there any sense in a weaver?"
'By the Holy Grove, what has happened to the air! It was a Sonthal gangman of Gang Mogul in Number Nine gallery, and he was driving a six-foot way through the coal. Then there was a rush from the other galleries, and Gang Janki and Gang Rahim stumbled up with their basket-women. 'Water has come in the mine, they said, 'and there is no way of getting out.
But, above all things, write so that Sahibs may read, and his disgrace be accomplished that Ram Dass, my brother, son of Purun Dass, Mahajun of Pali, is a swine and a night-thief, a taker of life, an eater of flesh, a jackal-spawn without beauty, or faith, or cleanliness, or honour! Narrow as the womb, deep as the Pit, and dark as the heart of a man. Sonthal Miner's Proverb.
There are artisans and small traders and shopkeepers from all parts of India, and even a few picked carpenters from China as pattern-makers. The bulk of the unskilled labour is drawn from the Sonthal aboriginal population, industrious, docile, and cheerful as a rule, but abysmally ignorant and credulous, and liable to sudden gusts of emotion and passion.
Without the lamps you cannot see, and I I am always seeing," said Janki. Then he paused, and called out: "Oh, you who have been in the cutting more than ten years, what is the name of this open place? I am an old man and I have forgotten." "Bullia's Room," answered the Sonthal, who had complained of the vileness of the air. "Again," said Janki. "Bullia's Room." "Then I have found it," said Janki.
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