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Only once did Phillips receive a hint that something was amiss, but the hint was so elusive that it did no more than quicken his uneasiness. He was riding over grass, and came silently upon a man whose back was turned to him. "So, Dadu," he said quietly, "you must not open closed boxes any more in your house." The man jumped round. He was not merely surprised, he was startled.
It might of course have been that the man had been startled merely by the unexpected voice behind him; and the question which had leaped from his mouth might have meant nothing at all. Captain Phillips turned round in his saddle. Dadu was still standing where he had left him, and was following the rider with his eyes. "I wonder if there is anything up the valley which I ought to know about?"
His naturalization in Canaan seems to belong to a very early period; at all events, in Sumerian he was called Martu, "the Amorite," and seal-cylinders speak of "the Martu gods." One of these has been found in the Lebanon. The Assyrian tablets tell us that he was also known as Dadu in the West, and under this form we find him in names like El-Dad and Be-dad, or Ben-Dad.
"Your Excellency rides up the valley?" he cried, and almost he barred the way. "Why not, Dadu?" Dadu's face became impassive. "It is as your Excellency wills. It is a good day for a ride," said Dadu; and Captain Phillips rode on.
They were founded by Dâdu, a cotton weaver of Ahmedabad who flourished in Akbar's reign and died about 1603. He insisted on the equality of mankind, vegetarianism, abstinence from alcohol and strict celibacy. Hence the sect is recruited by adopting boys, most of whom are trained as soldiers.
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