. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . re—lets make a bargain. You put in your nextissue a nice sugary little paragraph in my favour aboutthis same appointment, and / will undertake to do my bestwith the Secretaries of the Congress to give you a goodturn. What do you say, eh? Agreed! said Bhow Saheb; done with youas theysay at the Poona races. Here Baba Saheb picked up his turban, and while carefullyreadjusting it on his head, observed, I say, Bhow Saheb, what in Shaitans name is that leading article you seemto be racking your brai
. Our troubles in Poona and the Deccan by Arthur Crawford. With numerous illus. by Horace Van Ruith . re—lets make a bargain. You put in your nextissue a nice sugary little paragraph in my favour aboutthis same appointment, and / will undertake to do my bestwith the Secretaries of the Congress to give you a goodturn. What do you say, eh? Agreed! said Bhow Saheb; done with youas theysay at the Poona races. Here Baba Saheb picked up his turban, and while carefullyreadjusting it on his head, observed, I say, Bhow Saheb, what in Shaitans name is that leading article you seemto be racking your brains over? Well, said Bhow Saheb, it is causing me too muchannoyance—it is about the recent appointment to the seems to me to be the great job which has never beenproperly exposed and condemned by any VernacularPress, and I was just putting finishing touch when youcame in. Ah! my friend, said Baba Saheb, you must not putyour finishing touches. Your finishing touches will be notworth much if you go on drinking so much whisky as Isee you are doing. Have some! What! I? Not for a lakh of. HPi< O o X o H u o o o W< wX HOW BHOW SAHEB KEPT THE COMPACT. 97 rupees! As for your article about that appointment, justtake my advice, put it in waste-paper basket. It cannotbe worth much if you composed it yesterday, old friend—besides, let me tell you, you are altogether wrong—thatappointment is very good one, as good as could havebeen made, and I will sum the whole question up by alittle joke, which I thought to send to the Editor of PuncJi,but will now present to you. Why is the latest appointmentto the Bombay Council eminently satisfactory? Give it up,eh ? Because all parties concerned, Secretary of State, LordSandhurst and the person nominated, has each got OU-e-vant (OUivant). Samajla ka? (Vulg. Do you twig?) With these words he saluted Bhow Sahcb jauntily, andtumbled downstairs as well as he could into the street. When he had again locked the door Bhow Saheb sathim
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