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 "If you only knew how I have loved that man"

"Don't distress yourself by recollecting it, ma'am," said the body-guard.

Pott looked very frightened. It was time to finish him.

"And now," sobbed Mrs. Pott, "now, after all, to be treated in this way; to be reproached and insulted in the presence of a third party, and that party almost a stranger. But I will not submit to it! Goodwin," continued Mrs. Pott, raising herself in the arms of her attendant, "my brother, the Lieutenant, shall interfere. I'll be separated, Goodwin!"

"It would certainly serve him right, ma'am," said Goodwin. Whatever thoughts the threat of a separation might have awakened in Mr. Pott's mind, he forebore to give utterance to them, and contented himself by saying, with great humility:

"My dear, will you hear me?"

A fresh train of sobs was the only reply, as Mrs. Pott grew more hysterical, requested to be informed why she was ever born, and required sundry other pieces of information of a similar description.

"My dear," remonstrated Mr. Pott, "do not give way to these sensitive feelings. I never believed that the paragraph had any foundation, my dear—impossible. I was only angry, my dear—I may say outrageous—with the Independent people for daring to insert it; that's all:" Mr. Pott cast an imploring look at the innocent cause of the mischief, as if to entreat him to say nothing about the serpent.

"And what steps, sir, do you mean to take to obtain redress?" inquired Mr. Winkle, gaining courage as he saw Pott losing it.

"Oh, Goodwin," observed Mrs. Pott, "does he mean to horsewhip the editor of the Independent—does he, Goodwin?"

"Hush, hush, ma'am; pray keep yourself quiet," replied the body-guard. "I dare say he will, if you wish it, ma'am."

"Certainly," said Pott, as his wife evinced decided symptoms of going off again. "Of course I shall."


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 consider your own health, consider me, my dear. We shall have a crowd round the house." But the more strenuously Mr. Pott entreated, the more vehemently the screams poured forth.

Very fortunately, however, attached to Mrs. Pott's person was a body-guard of one, a young lady whose ostensible employment was to preside over her toilet, but who rendered herself useful in a variety of ways, and in none more so than in the particular department of constantly aiding and abetting her mistress in every wish and inclination opposed to the desires of the unhappy Pott. The screams reached this young lady's ears in due course, and brought her into the room with a speed which threatened to derange, materially, the very exquisite arrangement of her cap and ringlets.

"Oh, my dear, dear mistress!" exclaimed the body-guard, kneeling frantically by the side of the prostrate Mrs. Pott.

"Oh, my dear mistress, what is the matter?

"Your master—your brutal master," murmured the patient.

Pott was evidently giving way "It's a shame," said the body-guard, reproachfully. "I know he'll be the death of you, ma'am. Poor dear thing!"

He gave way more. The opposite party followed up the attack.

"Oh don't leave me—don't leave me, Goodwin," murmured Mrs. Pott, clutching at the wrist of the said Goodwin with an hysteric jerk. "You're the only person that's kind to me, Goodwin."

At this affecting appeal, Goodwin got up a little domestic tragedy of her own, and shed tears copiously.

"Never, ma'am—never," said Goodwin. "Oh, sir, you should be careful—you should indeed; you don't know what harm you may do missis; you'll be sorry for it one day, I know—I've always said so."

The unlucky Pott looked timidly on, but said nothing. bod "Goodwin," said Mrs. Pott, in a soft voice.

"Ma'am," said Goodwin.


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And the Great Bear from her shoulders,

From her back the starry Seven.

“Thou thyself, smith Ilmarinen,

Thou, the great primeval craftsman,

Go thyself to woo the maiden,

And behold her shining tresses.

If you can but forge a Sampo,

With its many-coloured cover,

You will then receive the maiden,

And the fair maid be your guerdon.”

Said the smith, e’en Ilmarinen,

“O thou aged Väinämöinen,

You have perhaps already pledged me

To the gloomy land of Pohja,

That your own head you might rescue,

And might thus secure your freedom.

Not in course of all my lifetime,

While the golden moon is shining,

Hence to Pohjola I’ll journey,

Huts of Sariola so dreary,

Where the people eat each other,

And they even drown the heroes.”

Then the aged Väinämöinen

Answered in the words which follow:

“There is wonder after wonder;

There’s a pine with flowery summit,

Flowery summit, leaves all golden,

Near where Osmo’s field is bordered.

On the crown the moon is shining,

In the boughs the Bear is resting.”

Said the smith, e’en Ilmarinen,

“This I never can believe in,

If I do not go to see it,

And my own eyes have not seen it.”

Said the aged Väinämöinen,

“If you cannot then believe it,

We will go ourselves, and witness

Whether true or false the story.”

Then they both went forth to see it,

View the pine with flowery summit,

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 "Back, ma'am-back!" said the editor. "Take his hand before my very face!"

"Mr. P.!" said his astonished lady.

"Wretched woman, look here," exclaimed the husband. "Look here, ma'am—'Lines to a brass Pot.' 'Brass pot;'—that's me, ma'am. 'False she'd have grown;'—that's you, ma'am—you."

With this ebullition of rage, which was not unaccompanied with something like a tremble, at the expression of his wife's face, Mr. Pott dashed the current number of the Eatanswill Independent at her feet.

"Upon my word, sir," said the astonished Mrs. Pott, stooping to pick up the paper. "Upon my word, sir!"

Mr. Pott winced beneath the contemptuous gaze of his wife. He had made a desperate struggle to screw up his courage, but it was fast coming unscrewed again.

There appears nothing very tremendous in this little sentence, "Upon my word, sir," when it comes to be read; but the tone of voice in which it was delivered, and the look that accompanied it, both seeming to bear reference to some revenge to be thereafter visited upon the head of Pott, produced their full effect upon him. The most unskilful observer could have detected in his troubled countenance, a readiness to resign his Wellington boots to any efficient substitute who would have consented to stand in them at that moment.

Mrs. Pott read the paragraph, uttered a loud shriek, and threw herself at full length on the hearth-rug, screaming, and tapping it with the heels of her shoes, in a manner which could leave no doubt of the propriety of her feelings on the occasion.

"My dear," said the petrified Pott,—"I didn't say I believed it;—I" but the unfortunate man's v voice was drowned in the screaming of his partner.

"Mrs. Pott, let me entreat you, my dear ma'am, to compose yourself," said Mr. Winkle; but the shrieks and tappings were louder, and more frequent than ever.

"My dear," said Mr. Pott, "I'm very sorry. If you won't


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 editor, as he drew from his pocket, the Independent of that morning; and laying his finger on a particular paragraph, threw the journal across the table to Mr. Winkle.

That gentleman took it up, and read as follows:—

"Our obscure and filthy contemporary, in some disgusting observations on the recent election for this borough, has presumed to violate the hallowed sanctity of private life, and to refer, in a manner not to be misunderstood, to the personal affairs of our late candidate—aye, and notwithstanding his base defeat, we will add, our future member, Mr. Fizkin. What does our dastardly contemporary mean? What would the ruffian say, if we, setting at naught, like him, the decencies of social intercourse, were to raise the curtain which happily conceals His private life from general ridicule, not to say from general execration? What, if we were even to point out, and comment on, facts and circumstances, which are publicly notorious, and beheld by every one, but our mole-eyed contemporary—what if we were to print the following effusion, which we received while we were writing the commencement of this article, from a talented fellow-townsman and correspondent!

"What," said Mr. Pott, solemnly: "what rhymes to 'tinkle,' villain?"

"What rhymes to tinkle?" said Mrs. Pott, whose entrance at the moment forestalled the reply. "What rhymes to tinkle? Why Winkle, I should conceive:" saying this, Mrs. Pott smiled sweetly on the disturbed Pickwickian, and extended her hand towards him. The agitated young man would have accepted it, in his confusion, had not Pott indignantly interposed.


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Runo X]

First walked aged Väinämöinen,

And smith Ilmarinen second.

When they reached the spot they sought for,

On the edge of Osmo’s cornfield,

Then the smith his steps arrested,

In amazement at the pine-tree,

With the Great Bear in the branches,

And the moon upon its summit.

Then the aged Väinämöinen,

Spoke the very words which follow:

“Now thou smith, my dearest brother,

Climb and fetch the moon above us,

Bring thou, too, the Great Bear shining

On the pine-tree’s golden summit.”

Then the smith, e’en Ilmarinen,

Climbed aloft into the pine-tree,

Up he climbed into the daylight,

Climbed to fetch the moon above him,

And the Great Bear, shining brightly,

On the pine-tree’s golden summit.

Said the pine-tree’s golden summit,

Said the widely-branching pine-tree,

“Mighty man, of all most foolish,

O most thoughtless of the heroes!

In my branches, fool, thou climbest,

To my summit, as a boy might,

And would’st grasp the moon’s reflection,

And the false stars thou beholdest!”

Then the aged Väinämöinen,

Lifted up his voice in singing.

As he sang uprose a tempest,

And the wind rose wildly furious,

And he spoke the words which follow,

And expressed himself in thiswise:

“In thy boat, O wind, convey him,

In thy skiff, O breeze, convey him,

Bear him to the distant regions

Of the gloomy land of Pohja.”

Then there rose a mighty tempest,

And the wind so wildly furious

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 hastily closed, on the entrance of Mr. Pott, who, stalking majestically towards him, and thrusting aside his proffered hand, ground his teeth, as if to put a sharper edge on what he was about to utter, and exclaimed, in a saw-like voice,—

"Serpent!"

"Sir!" exclaimed Mr. Winkle, starting from his chair.

"Serpent, sir," repeated Mr. Pott, raising his voice, and then suddenly depressing it; "I said, Serpent, sir—make the most of it."

When you have parted with a man, at two o'clock in the morning, on terms of the utmost good fellowship, and he meets you again, at half-past nine, and greets you as a serpent, it is not unreasonable to conclude that something of an unpleasant nature has occurred meanwhile. So Mr. Winkle thought. He returned Mr. Pott's gaze of stone, and in compliance with that gentleman's request, proceeded to make the most he could of the "serpent." The most, however, was nothing at all; so, after a profound silence of some minutes' duration, he said,—

"Serpent, sir! in Serpent, Mr. Pott! What can you mean, sir?—this is pleasantry."

"Pleasantry, sir!" exclaimed Pott, with a motion of the hand, indicative of a strong desire to hurl the Britannia metal tea-pot at the head of his visitor. "Pleasantry, sir!but no, I will be calm; I will be calm, sir;" in proof of his calmness, Mr. Pott flung himself into a chair, and foamed at the mouth.

"My dear sir," interposed Mr. Winkle.

"Dear sir!" replied Pott. "How dare you address me, as dear sir, sir? How dare you look me in the face and do it, sir?"

"Well, sir, if you come to that," responded Mr. Winkle, "how dare you look me in the face, and call me a serpent, sir?"

"Because you are one," replied Mr. Pott.

"Prove it, sir," said Mr. Winkle, warmly. "Prove it."

A malignant scowl passed over the profound face of the


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50. Separation of judiciary from executive.—The State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State.

51. Promotion of international peace and security.—The State shall endeavour to—
 * (a) promote international peace and security;
 * (b) maintain just and honourable relations between nations;
 * (c) foster respect for international law and treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with one another; and
 * (d) encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration.

'''51A. Fundamental duties.'''—It shall be the duty of every citizen of India—
 * (a) to abide by the Constitution and respect its ideals and institutions, the National Flag and the National Anthem;
 * (b) to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom;
 * (c) to uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India;
 * (d) to defend the country and render national service when called upon to do so;
 * (e) to promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women;
 * (f) to value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture;
 * (g) to protect and improve the natural environment including forests, lakes, rivers and wild life, and to have compassion for living creatures;
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Loudly rang the birchwood runners,

And the rowan cumber rattled.

On he rushed with speed tremendous,

Through the swamps and open country,

O’er the heaths, so wide extending.

Thus he drove a day, a second,

And at length, upon the third day,

Reached the long bridge-end before him

Kalevala’s extended heathlands,

Bordering on the field of Osmo.

Then he spoke the words which follow,

And expressed himself in this wise:

“Wolf, do thou devour the dreamer,

Seize the Laplander, O sickness,

He who said that I should never

In my lifetime reach my homestead,

Nor again throughout my lifetime,

Nor as long as shines the moonlight,

Neither tread Väinölä’s meadows;

Kalevala’s extended heathlands.”

Then the aged Väinämöinen,

Spoke aloud his songs of magic,

And a flower-crowned birch grew upward,

Crowned with flowers, and leaves all golden,

And its summit reached to heaven,

To the very clouds uprising.

In the air the boughs extended,

And they spread themselves to heaven.

Then he sang his songs of magic,

And he sang a moon all shining,

On the pine-tree’s golden summit;

And the Great Bear in the branches.

On he drove with speed tremendous,

Straight to his beloved homestead,

Head bowed down, and thoughts all gloomy,

And his cap was tilted sideways,

For the great smith Ilmarinen,

He the great primeval craftsman,

He had promised as his surety,

That his own head he might rescue

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 paused. He lifted the light to his face, set it gently down, and left the apartment.

You had better see to the old man,' he said to the woman, as he opened the door, and motioned the officer to follow him into the street. 'I think he is ill.' The woman closed the door, ran hastily up stairs, and found him lifeless.

"Beneath a plain grave-stone, in one of the most peaceful and secluded churchyards in Kent, where wild flowers mingle with the grass, and the soft landscape around forms the fairest spot in the garden of England, lie the bones of the young mother and her gentle child. But the ashes of the father do not mingle with theirs; nor, from that night forward, did the attorney ever gain the remotest clue to the subsequent history of his queer client."

As the old man concluded his tale, he advanced to a peg in one corner, and taking down his hat and coat, put them on with great deliberation; and, without saying another word, walked slowly away. As the gentleman with the Mosaic studs had fallen asleep, and the major part of the company were deeply occupied in the humorous process of dropping melted tallow-grease into his brandy and water, Mr. Pickwick departed unnoticed, and having settled his own score, and that of Mr. Weller, issued forth, in company with that gentleman, from beneath the portal of the Magpie and Stump.


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 Trundle the honour of conveying him up-stairs, and retired, with a very futile attempt to look impressively solemn and dignified.

"What a shocking scene!" said the spinster aunt.

"Dis—gusting!" ejaculated both the young ladies.

"Dreadful—dreadful!" said Jingle, looking very grave: he was about a bottle and a half ahead of any of his companions. "Horrid spectacle—very!"

"What a nice man!" whispered the spinster aunt to Mr. Tupman.

"Good-looking, too!" whispered Emily Wardle.

"Oh, decidedly," observed the spinster aunt.

Mr. Tupman thought of the widow at Rochester: and his mind was troubled. The succeeding half-hour's conversation was not of a nature to calm his perturbed spirit. The new visitor was very talkative, and the number of his anecdotes was only to be exceeded by the extent of his politeness. Mr. Tupman felt that as Jingle's popularity increased, he (Tupman) retired further into the shade. His laughter was forced—his merriment feigned; and when at last he laid his aching temples between the sheets, he thought, with horrid delight, on the satisfaction it would afford him to have Jingle's head at that moment between the feather bed and the mattress.

The indefatigable stranger rose betimes next morning, and, although his companions remained in bed overpowered with the dissipation of the previous night, exerted himself most successively to promote the hilarity of the breakfast-table. So successful were his efforts, that even the deaf old lady insisted on having one or two of his best jokes retailed through the trumpet; and even she condescended to observe to the spinster aunt, that "he" (meaning Jingle) "was an impudent young fellow:" a sentiment in which all her relations then and there present thoroughly coincided.

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Carried off smith Ilmarinen,

Hurried him to distant regions,

To the gloomy land of Pohja,

Sariola for ever misty.

Then the smith, e’en Ilmarinen,

Journeyed forth, and hurried onwards,

On the tempest forth he floated,

On the pathway of the breezes,

Over moon, and under sunray,

On the shoulders of the Great Bear,

Till he reached the halls of Pohja,

Baths of Sariola the gloomy,

Yet the tailed-dogs were not barking,

And the watch-dogs were not yelping.

Louhi, Pohjola’s old Mistress,

Old and gap-toothed dame of Pohja,

In the house she stood and listened,

And at length she spoke as follows:

“Who then are you among mortals,

Who among the roll of heroes,

On the tempest-path who comest,

On the sledgeway of the breezes,

Yet the dogs ran forth not, barking,

And the shaggy-tailed ones barked not.”

Said the smith, e’en Ilmarinen,

“Surely I have not come hither

That the village dogs should shame me,

Or the shaggy-tailed ones hurt me,

Here behind these foreign portals,

And behind these unknown fences.”

Then did Pohjola’s old Mistress

Question thus the new-come stranger:

“Have you ever on your travels,

Heard reports of, or encountered

Him, the great smith Ilmarinen,

Most accomplished of the craftsmen?

Long have we been waiting for him,

Long been anxious for his coming

Here to Pohjola’s dark regions,

That a Sampo he might forge us.”

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 :(i) to safeguard public property and to abjure violence;
 * (j) to strive towards excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity so that the nation constantly rises to higher levels of endeavour and achievement;
 * [(k) who is a parent or guardian to provide opportunities for education to his child or, as the case may be, ward between the age of six and fourteen years.]

52. The President of India.—There shall be a President of India.

53. Executive power of the Union.—(1) The executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President and shall be exercised by him either directly or through officers subordinate to him in accordance with this Constitution.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the supreme command of the Defence Forces of the Union shall be vested in the President and the exercise thereof shall be regulated by law.

(3) Nothing in this article shall—
 * (a) be deemed to transfer to the President any functions conferred by any existing law on the Government of any State or other authority; or
 * (b) prevent Parliament from conferring by law functions on authorities other than the President.

54. Election of President.—The President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of—
 * (a) the elected members of both Houses of Parliament; and
 * (b) the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.
 * [Explanation.—In this article and in article 55, “State” includes the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union territory of *Pondicherry.]

55. Manner of election of President.—(1) As far as practicable, there shall be uniformity in the scale of representation of the different States at the election of the President.

(2) For the purpose of securing such uniformity among the States inter se as well as parity between the States as a whole and the Union, the number of votes which each elected member of Parliament and of the Legislative Assembly of each State is entitled to cast at such election shall be determined in the following manner:—
 * (a) every elected member of the Legislative Assembly of a State shall have as many votes as there are multiples of one thousand in the quotient obtained by dividing the population of the State by the total number of the elected members of the Assembly;

* Now Puducherry vide the Pondicherry (Alteration of Name) Act, 2006 (44 of 2006), s. 3 (w.e.f. 1-10-2006). 37


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 --begs you won't trouble yourself—love to Tuppy—won't you get up behind?—drive on, boys."

The postilions resumed their proper attitudes, and away rattled the chaise, Mr. Jingle fluttering in derision a white handkerchief from the coach-window.

Nothing in the whole adventure, not even the upset, had disturbed the calm and equable current of Mr. Pickwick's temper. The villany, however, which could first borrow money of his faithful follower, and then abbreviate his name to "Tuppy," was more than he could patiently bear. He drew his breath hard, and coloured up to the very tips of his spectacles, as he said, slowly and emphatically—

"If ever I meet that man again, I'll"

"Yes, yes," interrupted Wardle, "that's all very well: but while we stand talking here, they'll get their licence, and be married in London."

Mr. Pickwick paused, bottled up his vengeance, and corked it down.

"How far is it to the next stage?" inquired Mr. Wardle, of one of the boys.

"Six mile, an't it, Tom?"

"Rayther better."

"Rayther better nor six mile, sir."

"Can't be helped," said Wardle, "we must walk it, Pickwick."

"No help for it," replied that truly great man.

So sending forward one of the boys on horseback, to procure a fresh chaise and horses, and leaving the other behind to take care of the broken one, Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Wardle set manfully forward on the walk, first tying their shawls round their necks, and slouching down their hats to escape as much as possible from the deluge of rain, which after a slight cessation had again begun to pour heavily down.


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 carriage, which was driving swiftly by, suddenly pulled up, from whence there descended old Wardle and Sam Weller, the former of whom, in far less time than it takes to write it, if not to read it, had made his way to Mr. Pickwick's side, and placed him in the vehicle, just as the latter had concluded the third and last round of a single combat with the town-beadle.

"Run to the Justice's!" cried a dozen voices.

"Ah, run avay," said Mr. Weller, jumping up on the box. "Give my compliments—Mr. Veller's compliments—to the Justice, and tell him I've spiled his beadle, and that, if he'll svear in a new 'un, I'll come back agin to-morrow and spile him. Drive on, old feller."

"I'll give directions for the commencement of an action for false imprisonment against this Captain Boldwig, directly I get to London," said Mr. Pickwick, as soon as the carriage turned out of the town.

"We were trespassing, it seems," said Wardle.

"I don't care," said Mr. Pickwick, "I'll bring the action."

"No, you won't," said Wardle.

"I will, by—" but as there was a humorous expression in Wardle's face, Mr. Pickwick checked himself, and said: "Why not?"

"Because," said old Wardle, half-bursting with laughter, "because they might turn round on some of us, and and say we had taken too much cold punch."

Do what he would, a smile would come into Mr. Pickwick's face; the smile extended into a laugh; the laugh into a roar; the roar became general. So, to keep up their good humour, they stopped at the first roadside tavern they came to, and ordered a glass of brandy and water all round, with a magnum of extra strength for Mr. Samuel Weller.


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 was most willingly accepted; and when they were seated over their wine, Mr. Pickwick with sundry blushes, produced the following little tale, as having been "edited" by himself, during his recent indisposition, from his notes of Mr. Weller's unsophisticated recital. tour will

" upon a time in a very small country town, at a considerable distance from London, there lived a little man named Nathaniel Pipkin, who was the parish clerk of the little town, and lived in a little house in the little High Street, within ten minutes' walk of the little church; and who was to be found every day from nine till four, teaching a little learning to the little boys. Nathaniel Pipkin was a harmless, inoffensive, good-natured being, with a turned-up nose, and rather turned-in legs: a cast in his eye, and a halt in his gait; and he divided his time between the church and his school, verily believing that there existed not, on the face of the earth, so clever a man as the curate, so imposing an apartment as the vestry-room, or so well-ordered a seminary as his own. Once, and only once, in his life, Nathaniel Pipkin had seen a bishop—a real bishop, with his arms in lawn sleeves, and his head in a wig. He had seen him walk, and heard him talk, at a confirmation, on which momentous occasion Nathaniel Pipkin was so overcome with reverence and awe, when the aforesaid bishop laid his hand on his head, that he fainted right clean away, and was borne out of church in the arms of the beadle.

"This was a great event, a tremendous era, in Nathaniel Pipkin's life, and it was the only one that had ever occurred to ruffle the smooth current of his quiet existence, when happening one fine afternoon, in a fit of mental abstraction, to raise his eyes from the slate on which he was devising some tremendous problem in compound addition for an offending urchin to solve, they suddenly rested on the blooming countenance of


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 ::(b) if, after taking the said multiples of one thousand, the remainder is not less than five hundred, then the vote of each member referred to in sub-clause (a) shall be further increased by one;
 * (c) each elected member of either House of Parliament shall have such number of votes as may be obtained by dividing the total number of votes assigned to the members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States under sub-clauses (a) and (b) by the total number of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament, fractions exceeding one-half being counted as one and other fractions being disregarded.

 * (3) The election of the President shall be held in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret

ballot.

 * [Explanation.—In this article, the expression “population” means the population as ascertained at the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published:

 * Provided that the reference in this Explanation to the last preceding census of which the relevant figures have been published shall, until the relevant figures for the first census taken after the year [2026 have been published, be construed as a reference to the 1971 census.]

56. Term of office of President.—(1) The President shall hold office for a term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office:

 * Provided that—
 * (a) the President may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Vice-President, resign his office;
 * (b) the President may, for violation of the Constitution, be removed from office by impeachment in the manner provided in article 61;
 * (c) the President shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his term, continue to hold office until his successor enters upon his office.

 * (2) Any resignation addressed to the Vice-President under clause (a) of the proviso to clause (1) shall forthwith be communicated by him to the Speaker of the House of the People.

57. Eligibility for re-election.—A person who holds, or who has held, office as President shall, subject to the other provisions of this Constitution, be eligible for re-election to that office.

58. Qualifications for election as President.—(1) No person shall be eligible for election as President unless he—
 * (a) is a citizen of India,
 * (b) has completed the age of thirty-five years, and
 * (c) is qualified for election as a member of the House of the People.

 * (2) A person shall not be eligible for election as President if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State or under any local or other authority subject to the control of any of the said Governments/

 * Explanation.—For the purposes of this article, a person shall not be deemed to hold any office of profit by reason only that he is the President or Vice-President of the Union or the Governor *** of any State or is a Minister either for the Union or for any State.

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Then the smith, e’en Ilmarinen,

Answered in the words which follow:

“I have met upon my journey

With the smith named Ilmarinen;

I myself am Ilmarinen,

And a most accomplished craftsman.”

Louhi, Pohjola’s old Mistress,

Old and gap-toothed dame of Pohja,

Hurried back into her dwelling,

And she spoke the words which follow:

“Come my daughter, thou the youngest,

Thou the fairest of my children,

Robe thyself in choicest raiment,

Clothe thee in the brightest-coloured,

In the finest of your dresses,

Brightest beads upon thy bosom,

Round thy neck the very finest,

And upon thy temples shining.

See thou that thy cheeks are rosy,

And thy countenance is cheerful.

Here’s the smith named Ilmarinen,

He the great primeval craftsman,

Who will forge the Sampo for us,

With its brightly-pictured cover.”

Then the lovely maid of Pohja,

Famed on land, on water peerless,

Took the choicest of her dresses,

And the brightest of her garments,

And the fifth at last selected.

Then her headdress she adjusted,

And her copper belt girt round her,

And her wondrous golden girdle.

Back she came from out the storeroom,

Dancing back into the courtyard,

And her eyes were brightly shining.

As she moved, her earrings jingled,

And her countenance was charming,

And her lovely cheeks were rosy.

Gold was shining on her bosom,

On her head was silver gleaming.

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 into a corner, and rapped him over the head with his lantern five or six times, to teach him to modulate his voice. And as the boy hurried away with his hand to his head, singing quite a different sort of tune, Gabriel Grub chuckled very heartily to himself, and entered the churchyard: locking the gate behind him.

"He took off his coat, put down his lantern, and getting into the unfinished grave, worked at it for an hour or so. with right good will. But the earth was hardened with the frost, and it was no very easy matter to break it up, and shovel it out; and although there was a moon, it was a very young one, and shed little light upon the grave, which was in the shadow of the church. At any other time, these obstacles would have made Gabriel Grub very moody and miserable, but he was so well pleased with having stopped the small boy's singing, that he took little heed of the scanty progress he had made, and looked down into the grave, when he had finished work for the night, with grim satisfaction: murmuring as he gathered up his things:

Ho! ho!' laughed Gabriel Grub, as he sat himself down on a flat tombstone which was a favourite resting-place of his; and drew forth his wicker bottle. 'A coffin at Christmas! A Christmas Box. Ho! ho! ho!'

Ho! ho! ho!" repeated a voice which sounded close behind him.

"Gabriel paused, in some alarm, in the act of raising the wicker bottle to his lips: and looked round. The bottom of the oldest grave about him, was not more still and quiet, than the churchyard in the pale moonlight. The cold hoarfrost glistened on the tombstones, and sparkled like rows of gems, among the stone carvings of the old church. The


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Then did Pohjola’s old Mistress,

Lead the smith named Ilmarinen,

Into Pohjola’s great castle,

Rooms of Sariola the gloomy.

There she set a meal before him,

Gave the hero drink in plenty,

And she feasted him profusely,

And at length she spoke as follows:

“O thou smith, O Ilmarinen,

Thou the great primeval craftsman,

If you can but forge a Sampo,

With its many-coloured cover,

From the tips of swans’ white wing-plumes,

From the milk of barren heifer,

From a little grain of barley,

From the wool of sheep of summer,

Will you then accept this maiden,

As reward, my charming daughter?”

Then the smith named Ilmarinen

Answered in the words which follow:

“I will go to forge the Sampo,

Weld its many-coloured cover,

From the tips of swans’ white wing-plumes,

From the milk of barren heifer,

From a little grain of barley,

From the wool of sheep of summer,

For ’twas I who forged the heavens,

And the vault of air I hammered,

Ere the air had yet beginning,

Or a trace of aught was present.”

Then he went to forge the Sampo,

With its many-coloured cover,

Sought a station for a smithy,

And he needed tools for labour;

But no place he found for smithy,

Nor for smithy, nor for bellows,

Nor for furnace, nor for anvil,

Not a hammer, nor a mallet.

Then the smith, e’en Ilmarinen,

Spoke aloud the words which follow:

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 scraping, were crowned with success. The stone was uneven and broken, and the letters were straggling and irregular, but the following fragment of an inscription was clearly to be deciphered:

+ B I L S T U M P S H I S. M. A R K

Mr. Pickwick's eyes sparkled with delight, as he sat and gloated over the treasure he had discovered. He had attained one of the greatest objects of his ambition. In a county known to abound in remains of the early ages; in a village in which there still existed some memorials of the olden time, he—he, the Chairman of the Pickwick Club—had discovered a strange and curious inscription of unquestionable antiquity, which had wholly escaped the observation of the many learned men who had preceded him. He could hardly trust the evidence of his senses.

"This—this," said he, "determines me. We return to town, to-morrow."

"To-morrow!" exclaimed his admiring followers.

"To-morrow," said Mr. Pickwick. "This treasure must be at once deposited where it can be thoroughly investigated, and properly understood. I have another reason for this step. In a few days, an election is to take place for the borough of Eatanswill, at which Mr. Perker, a gentleman whom I lately met, is the agent of one of the candidates. We will behold, and minutely examine, a scene so interesting to every Englishman."

"We will," was the animated cry of three voices.

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 He had taken a few turns from the door to the window, and from the window to the door, when the clergyman's manuscript for the first time entered his head. It was a good thought. If it failed to interest him, it might send him to sleep. He took it from his coat-pocket, and drawing a small table towards his bedside, trimmed the light, put on his spectacles, and composed himself to read. It was a strange hand-writing, and the paper was much soiled and blotted. The title gave him a sudden start, too; and he could not avoid casting a wistful glance round the room. Reflecting on the absurdity of giving way to such feelings, however, he trimmed the light again, and read as follows:

"Yes!—a madman's! How that word would have struck to my heart, many years ago! How it would have roused the terror that used to come upon me sometimes; sending the blood hissing and tingling through my veins, till the cold dew of fear stood in large drops upon my skin, and my knees knocked together with fright! I like it now though. It's a fine name. Shew me the monarch whose angry frown was ever feared like the glare of a madman's eye—whose cord and axe were ever half so sure as a madman's grip. Ho! ho! It's a grand thing to be mad! to be peeped at like a wild lion through the iron bars—to gnash one's teeth and howl, through the long still night, to the merry ring of a heavy chain—and to roll and twine among the straw, transported with such brave music. Hurrah for the madhouse! Oh, it's a rare place!

"I remember days when I was afraid of being mad; when I used to start from my sleep, and fall upon my knees, and pray to be spared from the curse of my race; when I rushed from the sight of merriment or happiness, to hide myself in some lonely place, and spend the weary hours in watching the progress of the fever that was to consume my brain. I


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680] yielding to his advice, in an evil hour was tempted to accept the call. His cousin, Muslim, was sent before to prepare the way for his approach. The plot becoming known at court, Yezīd deputed ʿObeidallah, son of Ziyād, from Al-Baṣra (whose rule there was as stern as had been his father's), to take command at Al-Kūfa. On his arrival, search was made, and Muslim was discovered lurking under protection of Hāniʾ, a friend to the house of ʿAlī. The populace, suddenly siding with the pretender, rose on ʿObeidallah, and besieging him in his castle, went near to turning the tables against him. The ebullition, however, soon subsided. ʿObeidallah regained the lead, and Muslim with his protector was put to death.

Meanwhile, towards the close of the year 60, on the first day of Pilgrimage—it was the same day on which Muslim was put to death—Al-Ḥosein, heedless of the remonstrances of faithful friends, started from Mecca with his family and a little band of devoted followers. He had already passed the desert, advancing upon Al-Kūfa, when tidings reached him of the fate of Muslim. He was staggered, for it might well have seemed a mad attempt to venture, with the ladies of his household, into that fickle city. It was yet possible to retrace his steps. But Muslim's brethren were clamorous that he should avenge his blood; and there was still the forlorn hope that those who had drawn Al-Ḥosein by their specious promises thither, would rally round his person so soon as he appeared. But each succeeding messenger was fraught with darker tidings. Al-Farazdaḳ, the poet, chanced to pass that way from Al-Kūfa; all that he could say to his princely friend was,—The heart of the city is with thee; but its sword against thee. The Bedawīn, ever ready for a fray, had been swelling the little band to a considerable force; but now, seeing the cause hopeless, they drew off; and so Al-Ḥosein, already two or three weeks upon his journey, was left with nothing but his original following of some 30 horse and 40 foot. A chieftain


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“None despair, except old women,

Scamps may leave their task unfinished;

Not a man, how weak soever,

Not a hero of the laziest!”

For his forge he sought a station,

And a wide place for the bellows,

In the country round about him,

In the outer fields of Pohja.

So he sought one day, a second,

And at length upon the third day

Found a stone all streaked with colours,

And a mighty rock beside it.

Here the smith his search abandoned,

And the smith prepared his furnace,

On the first day fixed the bellows,

And the forge upon the second.

Thereupon smith Ilmarinen,

He the great primeval craftsman,

Heaped the fuel upon the fire,

And beneath the forge he thrust it,

Made his servants work the bellows,

To the half of all their power.

So the servants worked the bellows,

To the half of all their power.

During three days of the summer,

During three nights of the summer.

Stones beneath their heels were resting,

And upon their toes were boulders.

On the first day of their labour

He himself, smith Ilmarinen,

Stooped him down, intently gazing,

To the bottom of the furnace,

If perchance amid the fire

Something brilliant had developed.

From the flames there rose a crossbow,

Golden bow from out the furnace;

’Twas a gold bow tipped with silver,

And the shaft shone bright with copper.

And the bow was fair to gaze on,

But of evil disposition,

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 308 by the way besought him to divert his course towards the hills of Ajā and Selma, "Where," said he, "in ten days' time, 20,000 lances of the Beni Ṭaiʾ will rally round thee." "How can I," replied Al-Ḥosein, "surrounded as thou seest I am by women and children, turn aside with them into the desert? I must needs go forward." And so forward he went to his sad fate. They had not proceeded far when they were met by a troop of Kūfan horse under an Arab chief of the tribe of Temīm named Al-Ḥorr, who courteously but firmly refused to let him pass. "My orders," he said, "are to bring thee to the Governor; but if thou will not go, then turn to the right hand, or turn to the left, as thou choosest, only the way back again to Mecca that thou mayest not take." So the little band, leaving Al-Kūfa on the right, marched to the left, skirting the desert for a day or two along the western branch of the Euphrates. In so doing Al-Ḥosein had apparently no immediate object beyond avoiding attack from Al-Kūfa. Al-Ḥorr kept close by, and courteous communications still passed between them.

But it was dangerous to leave the pretender to hover about the city already excited by the affair of Muslim. So ʿObeidallah sent ʿOmar son of Saʿd with 4000 horse and a second summons. Thus arrested, Al-Ḥosein pitched his camp on the field of Kerbalā on the river bank, five-and-twenty miles above Al-Kūfa. At repeated interviews, Al-Ḥosein disclaimed hostilities, which indeed, with his slender following, and no prospect now of a rising in the city, were out of thought. He would submit, but only thus, he said:—"Suffer me to return to the place from whence I came; if not, then lead me to Yezīd, the Caliph, at Damascus, and place my hand in his, that I may speak with him face to face; or, if thou wilt do neither of these things, then send me far away to the wars, where I shall fight, the Caliph's faithful soldier, against the enemies of Islām." But ʿObeidallah insisted upon unconditional submission; and,


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And a head each day demanded,

And on feast-days two demanded.

He himself, smith Ilmarinen,

Was not much delighted with it,

So he broke the bow to pieces,

Cast it back into the furnace,

Made his servants work the bellows,

To the half of all their power.

So again upon the next day,

He himself, smith Ilmarinen,

Stooped him down, intently gazing

To the bottom of the furnace,

And a boat rose from the furnace,

From the heat rose up a red boat,

And the prow was golden-coloured,

And the rowlocks were of copper.

And the boat was fair to gaze on,

But of evil disposition;

It would go to needless combat,

And would fight when cause was lacking.

Therefore did smith Ilmarinen

Take no slightest pleasure in it,

And he smashed the boat to splinters,

Cast it back into the furnace;

Made his servants work the bellows,

To the half of all their power.

Then upon the third day likewise,

He himself, smith Ilmarinen,

Stooped him down, intently gazing

To the bottom of the furnace,

And a heifer then rose upward,

With her horns all golden-shining,

With the Bear-stars on her forehead;

On her head appeared the Sun-disc.

And the cow was fair to gaze on,

But of evil disposition;

Always sleeping in the forest,

On the ground her milk she wasted.

Therefore did smith Ilmarinen

Take no slightest pleasure in her,

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59. Conditions of President's office.—(1) The President shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State, and if a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State be elected President, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as President.

(2) The President shall not hold any other office of profit.

(3) The President shall be entitled without payment of rent to the use of his official residences and shall be also entitled to such emoluments, allowances and privileges as may be determined by Parliament by law and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such emoluments, allowances and privileges as are specified in the Second Schedule.

(4) The emoluments and allowances of the President shall not be diminished during his term of office.

60. Oath or affirmation by the President.—Every President and every person acting as President or discharging the functions of the President shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe in the presence of the Chief Justice of India or, in his absence, the senior-most Judge of the Supreme Court available, an oath or affirmation in the following form, that is to say—

“I, A.B., do swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President (or discharge the functions of the President) of India and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law and that I will devote myself to the service and wellbeing of the people of India.".

61. Procedure for impeachment of the President.—(1) When a President is to be impeached for violation of the Constitution, the charge shall be preferred by either House of Parliament.

(2) No such charge shall be preferred unless—
 * (a) the proposal to prefer such charge is contained in a resolution which has been moved after at least fourteen days' notice in writing signed by not less than one-fourth of the total number of members of the House has been given of their intention to move the resolution, and
 * (b) such resolution has been passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the House.

(3) When a charge has been so preferred by either House of Parliament, the other House shall investigate the charge or cause the charge to be investigated and the President shall have the right to appear and to be represented at such investigation.

(4) If as a result of the investigation a resolution is passed by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the total membership of the House by which the charge was investigated or caused to be investigated, declaring that the charge preferred against the President has been sustained, such resolution shall have the effect of removing the President from his office as from the date on which the resolution is so passed.

62. Time of holding election to fill vacancy in the office of President and the term of office of person elected to fill casual vacancy.—(1) An election to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office of President shall be completed before the expiration of the term.

(2) An election to fill a vacancy in the office of President occurring by reason of his death, resignation or removal, or otherwise shall be held as soon as possible after, and in no case later than six months from, the date of occurrence of the vacancy; and the person elected to fill the vacancy shall, subject to the provisions of article 56, be entitled to hold office for the full term of five years from the date on which he 39


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And he cut the cow to fragments,

Cast her back into the furnace,

Made his servants work the bellows,

To the half of all their power.

So again upon the fourth day,

He himself, smith Ilmarinen

Stooped him down, and gazed intently

To the bottom of the furnace,

And a plough rose from the furnace,

With the ploughshare golden-shining,

Golden share, and frame of copper,

And the handles tipped with silver.

And the plough was fair to gaze on,

But of evil disposition,

Ploughing up the village cornfields,

Ploughing up the open meadows.

Therefore did smith Ilmarinen

Take no slightest pleasure in it.

And he broke the plough to pieces,

Cast it back into the furnace,

Call the winds to work the bellows

To the utmost of their power.

Then the winds arose in fury,

Blew the east wind, blew the west wind,

And the south wind yet more strongly,

And the north wind howled and blustered.

Thus they blew one day, a second,

And upon the third day likewise.

Fire was flashing from the windows,

From the door the sparks were flying

And the dust arose to heaven;

With the clouds the smoke was mingled.

Then again smith Ilmarinen,

On the evening of the third day,

Stooped him down, and gazed intently

To the bottom of the furnace,

And he saw the Sampo forming,

With its many-coloured cover.

Thereupon smith Ilmarinen,

He the great primeval craftsman,

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 680] to effect this without resort to arms, he ordered ʿOmar to cut off access to the river, hoping that thirst might thus force surrender. But Al-Ḥosein, who feared the cruel tyrant to bring him ʿObeidallah worse than death, stood firm to his conditions. He even prevailed on ʿOmar to urge that he might be sent direct to the Caliph's court. Well had it been for the Umeiyad house, if the prayer had been agreed to. But impatient of delay, ʿObeidallah sent instead a heartless creature called Shamir (name never uttered by Muslim lips without a shudder) to say that ʿOmar must dally no longer with Al-Ḥosein, but, dead or alive, bring him in to Al-Kūfa; should ʿOmar hesitate, Shamir was to supersede him in command. Thus forced, ʿOmar forthwith surrounded closely the little camp. Al-Ḥosein resolved to fight the battle to the bitter end. The scene that followed is still fresh in the believers' eye; and as often as the fatal day comes round, the 10th of the first month, it is commemorated with the wildest grief and frenzy. Encircled with harrowing detail, it never fails to rouse horror and indignation to the utmost pitch. The fond believer forgets that Al-Ḥosein, leader of the band, having broken his allegiance, and yielded himself to a treasonable, though impotent, design upon the throne, was committing an offence that endangered society, and demanded swift suppression. He can see nought but the cruel and ruthless hand that slew with few exceptions all in whose veins flowed their Prophet's sacred blood. And, in truth, the simple story needs no adventitious colouring to touch the heart.


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Welded it and hammered at it,

Heaped his rapid blows upon it,

Forged with cunning art the Sampo,

And on one side was a corn-mill,

On another side a salt-mill,

And upon the third a coin-mill.

Now was grinding the new Sampo,

And revolved the pictured cover,

Chestfuls did it grind till evening,

First for food it ground a chestful,

And another ground for barter,

And a third it ground for storage.

Now rejoiced the Crone of Pohja,

And conveyed the bulky Sampo,

To the rocky hills of Pohja,

And within the Mount of Copper,

And behind nine locks secured it.

There it struck its roots around it,

Fathoms nine in depth that measured,

One in Mother Earth deep-rooted,

In the strand the next was planted,

In the nearest mount the third one.

Afterwards smith Ilmarinen,

Asked the maiden as his guerdon,

And he spoke the words which follow:

“Will you give me now the maiden,

For the Sampo is completed,

With its beauteous pictured cover?”

Then the lovely maid of Pohja

Answered in the words which follow:

“Who in years that this shall follow,

For three summers in succession,

Who shall hear the cuckoo calling,

And the birds all sweetly singing,

If I seek a foreign country,

As in foreign lands a berry?

“If the dove had thus departed,

And the maiden thus should wander,

Strayed away the mother’s darling,

Likewise would the cranberries vanish,

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 310 Al-Ḥosein obtained a day's respite to send his kinsmen and family away. But one and all refused to leave him. The tents were then rudely staked together, and barricades of wood and reeds set round, a poor defence against the overwhelming foe. During the night, Zeinab overheard her brother's servant furbishing his sword and singing the while snatches of martial verse on the impending combat. Her heart sank at the thought; drawing her mantle around her, she stole into the dark to her brother's tent, and flinging herself upon him in wild grief, beat her breast and face, and fell into a swoon. Al-Ḥosein poured water on her temples; but it was little that he could do to comfort her. ʿAlī, Al-Ḥosein's little son, lay sick of a fever, but they could find no drop of water to slake his parched lips. The women and children passed the night in wailing and in terror.

On the morning of the fatal 10th, Al-Ḥosein drew out his little band for battle. There was a parley; and again he offered to retire, or be led to the presence of the Caliph. Finding all in vain, he alighted from his camel; and, surrounded by his kinsmen, who stood firm for his defence, resolved to sell life dear. There was a moment of stillness. At length, one shot an arrow from the Kūfan side, and amid the cries of the women and little ones, the unequal fight began. Arrows flew thick, and did their deadly work. Al-Ḳāsim, the nephew of Al-Ḥosein, ten years of age, betrothed to his daughter Fāṭima, was early struck, and died in his uncle's arms. One after another the sons and brothers, nephews and cousins of Al-Ḥosein, fell before the shafts of the enemy. Some took shelter behind the camp. The reeds were set on fire, and the flames spreading to the tents added new horror to the scene. For long none dared attack Al-Ḥosein, and it was hoped he might even yet surrender. At last, driven by thirst, he sought the river bank. The enemy closed up, and he was cut off from his people. The "cursed" Shamir led the attack. Al-Ḥosein, struck by an arrow, fell to the ground, and the cavalry trampled on his corpse.

Not one of the band escaped. Fighting bravely, they left of the enemy more than their own number dead upon the field. Two sons of Al-Ḥosein perished early in the day; and at its close there lay amongst the dead six of his brothers, sons of ʿAlī; two sons of his brother Al-Ḥasan; and six


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 312 not only the fate of the Caliphate, but of Moḥammadan kingdoms long after the Caliphate had waned and disappeared. Who that in the East has seen the wild and passionate grief with which, at each recurring anniversary, the Muslims of every land spend the live-long night, beating their breasts and vociferating unweariedly the frantic cry—''Ḥasan Ḥosein! Ḥasan Ḥosein!''—in wailing cadence, can fail to recognise the fatal weapon, sharp and double-edged, which the Umeiyad dynasty had thus allowed to fall into the hands of bitter enemies? ʿAlī, the little son of Al-Ḥosein, introduces a new thread into the tangle of claimants for the headship of Islām. His mother was a daughter (it is said) of Yezdejird, the last of the Sāsānids. He had, therefore, the support of the Persians, and is acknowledged by all the Shīʿa as the fourth Imām, under the title Zain al-ʿĀbidin ("Glory of the Devout").


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 680] others, descendants of Abu Ṭālib, ʿAlī's father. The camp was plundered; but no indignity was offered to the survivors, mostly women and children, who were carried, together with the ghastly load of seventy trunkless heads, to ʿObeidallah's palace. A thrill of horror ran through the crowd when the gory head of the Prophet's grandson was cast at ʿObeidallah's feet. Hard hearts were melted. As the governor turned the head roughly over with his staff (though we must be slow to accept the tales of heartless insult multiplied by Shīʿa hate), an aged voice was heard to cry: "Gently! It is the Prophet's grandson. By the Lord! I have seen these very lips kissed by the blessed mouth of Moḥammad."

The sister of Al-Ḥosein, his little son ʿAlī al-Asghar (the younger), and two daughters, sole survivors of the Family, were treated by ʿObeidallah with respect, and sent, along with the head of the pretender, to Yezīd at Damascus. Whether sincerely, or to escape the execrations already heaped upon the actors in the tragedy, the Caliph disowned responsibility for the death of Al-Ḥosein, and reproached ʿObeidallah for the deed. The ladies and children were honourably received into the royal household, and sent eventually, with every comfort and consideration, to their Medīna home. This destination, meant in kindness by Yezīd, turned out badly for the Umeiyad house. At Medīna, their return caused a wild outburst of grief and lamentation. Everything around intensified the catastrophe. The deserted dwellings inhabited heretofore by the family and kinsmen of the Prophet, the widowed ladies, the orphaned little ones,—all added pathos to the cruel tale. That tale, heard yearly by groups of weeping pilgrims at the lips of the women and children who survived to tell it,—and coloured, as oft repeated, with fresh and growing horrors,—spread over the Empire. The tragic scene was repeated in every household, and bred pity for the lineage of ʿAlī. It soon was seen that the zeal of ʿObeidallah to suppress the rebellion of Al-Ḥosein had overshot the mark. The claim of ʿAlī's line to rule, heretofore unknown, or treated only with indifference, now struck deep into the heart of multitudes; and a cloud of indignation began to gather, which ere long burst upon the Dynasty which had caused the sacrilegious massacre. The tragedy of Kerbalā decided


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 enters upon his office.

63. The Vice-President of India.—There shall be a Vice-President of India.

64. The Vice-President to be ex officio Chairman of the Council of States.—The Vice-President shall be ex officio Chairman of the Council of the States and shall not hold any other office of profit:

Provided that during any period when the Vice-President acts as President or discharges the functions of the President under article 65, he shall not perform the duties of the office of Chairman of the Council of States and shall not be entitled to any salary or allowance payable to the Chairman of the Council of States under article 97.

65. The Vice-President to act as President or to discharge his functions during casual vacancies in the office, or during the absence, of President.—(1) In the event of the occurrence of any vacancy in the office of the President by reason of his death, resignation or removal, or otherwise, the Vice-President shall act as President until the date on which a new President elected in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter to fill such vacancy enters upon his office.

 * (2) When the President is unable to discharge his functions owing to absence, illness or any other cause, the Vice-President shall discharge his functions until the date on which the President resumes his duties.

 * (3) The Vice-President shall, during, and in respect of, the period while he is so acting as, or discharging the functions of, President, have all the powers and immunities of the President and be entitled to such emoluments, allowances and privileges as may be determined by Parliament by law and, until provision in that behalf is so made, such emoluments, allowances and privileges as are specified in the Second Schedule.

66. Election of Vice-President.—(1) The Vice-President shall be elected by the [members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament] in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote and the voting at such election shall be by secret ballot.

 * (2) The Vice-President shall not be a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State, and if a member of either House of Parliament or of a House of the Legislature of any State be elected Vice-President, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House on the date on which he enters upon his office as Vice-President.

 * (3) No person shall be eligible for election as Vice-President unless he—
 * (a) is a citizen of India;
 * (b) has completed the age of thirty-five years; and
 * (c) is qualified for election as a member of the Council of States.

 * (4) A person shall not be eligible for election as Vice-President if he holds any office of profit under the Government of India or the Government of any State or under any local or other authority subject to the control of any of the said Governments.

67. Term of office of Vice-President.—The Vice-President shall hold office for a term of five years
 * Explanation.—For the purposes of this article, a person shall not be deemed to hold any office of profit by reason only that he is the President or Vice-President of the Union or the Governor *** of any State or is a Minister either for the Union or for any State.

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 from the date on which he enters upon his office:
 * Provided that—
 * (a) a Vice-President may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office;
 * (b) a Vice-President may be removed from his office by a resolution of the Council of States passed by a majority of all the then members of the Council and agreed to by the House of the People; but no resolution for the purpose of this clause shall be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been given of the intention to move the resolution;
 * (c) a Vice-President shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his term, continue to hold office until his successor enters upon his office.

68. Time of holding election to fill vacancy in the office of Vice-President and the term of office of person elected to fill casual vacancy.—(1) An election to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office of Vice-President shall be completed before the expiration of the term.

 * (2) An election to fill a vacancy in the office of Vice-President occurring by reason of his death, resignation or removal, or otherwise shall be held as soon as possible after the occurrence of the vacancy, and the person elected to fill the vacancy shall, subject to the provisions of article 67, be entitled to hold office for the full term of five years from the date on which he enters upon his office.

69. Oath or affirmation by the Vice-President.—Every Vice-President shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe before the President, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, an oath or affirmation in the following form, that is to say— “I, A.B., do that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established and that I will faithfully discharge the duty upon which I am about to enter.”.

70. Discharge of President's functions in other contingencies. Parliament may make such provisions as it thinks fit for the discharge of the functions of the President in any contingency not provided for in this Chapter.

[71. Matters relating to, or connected with, the election of a President or Vice-President.—(1) All doubts and disputes arising out of or in connection with the election of a President or Vice-President shall be inquired into and decided by the Supreme Court whose decision shall be final.

 * (2) If the election of a person as President or Vice-President is declared void by the Supreme Court, acts done by him in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the office of President or

Vice-President, as the case may be, on or before the date of the decision of the Supreme Court shall not be invalidated by reason of that declaration.

 * (3) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may by law regulate any matter relating to or connected with the election of a President or Vice-President.

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 of the existence of any vacancy for whatever reason among the members of the electoral college electing him.]

72. Power of President to grant pardons, etc., and to suspend, remit or commute sentences in certain cases.—(1) The President shall have the power to grant pardons, reprieves, respites or remissions of punishment or to suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of any offence—

 * (a) in all cases where the punishment or sentence is by a Court Martial;
 * (b) in all cases where the punishment or sentence is for an offence against any law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the Union extends;
 * (c) in all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death.

(2) Nothing in sub-clause (a) of clause (1) shall affect the power conferred by law on any officer of the Armed Forces of the Union to suspend, remit or commute a sentence passed by a Court Martial.

(3) Nothing in sub-clause (c) of clause (1) shall affect the power to suspend, remit or commute a sentence of death exercisable by the Governor *** of a State under any law for the time being in force.

73. Extent of executive power of the Union.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive power of the Union shall extend—
 * (a) to the matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws; and
 * (b) to the exercise of such rights, authority and jurisdiction as are exercisable by the Government of India by virtue of any treaty or agreement:

 * Provided that the executive power referred to in sub-clause (a) shall not, save as expressly provided in this Constitution or in any law made by Parliament, extend in any State *** to matters with respect to which the Legislature of the State has also power to make laws.

(2) Until otherwise provided by Parliament, a State and any officer or authority of a State may, notwithstanding anything in this article, continue to exercise in matters with respect to which Parliament has power to make laws for that State such executive power or functions as the State or officer or authority thereof could exercise immediately before the commencement of this Constitution.

74. Council of Ministers to aid and advise President.— [(1) There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who shall, in the exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice:]

[Provided that the President may require the Council of Ministers to reconsider such advice, either generally or otherwise, and the President shall act in accordance with the advice tendered after such reconsideration.]

(2) The question whether any, and if so what, advice was tendered by Ministers to the President shall not be inquired into in any court.

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75. Other provisions as to Ministers.—(1) The Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other Ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.

[(1A) The total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed fifteen per cent. of the total number of members of the House of the People.

(1B) A member of either House of Parliament belonging to any political party who is disqualified for being a member of that House under paragraph 2 of the Tenth Schedule shall also be disqualified to be appointed as a Minister under clause (1) for duration of the period commencing from the date of his disqualification till the date on which the term of his office as such member would expire or where he contests any election to either House of Parliament before the expiry of such period, till the date on which he is declared elected, whichever is earlier.]

(2) The Ministers shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.

(3) The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People.

(4) Before a Minister enters upon his office, the President shall administer to him the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out for the purpose in the Third Schedule.

(5) A Minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of either House of Parliament shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.

(6) The salaries and allowances of Ministers shall be such as Parliament may from time to time by law determine and, until Parliament so determines, shall be as specified in the Second Schedule.

76. Attorney-General for India.—(1) The President shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court to be Attorney-General for India.

(2) It shall be the duty of the Attorney-General to give advice to the Government of India upon such legal matters, and to perform such other duties of a legal character, as may from time to time be referred or assigned to him by the President, and to discharge the functions conferred on him by or under this Constitution or any other law for the time being in force.

(3) In the performance of his duties the Attorney-General shall have right of audience in all courts in the territory of India.

(4) The Attorney-General shall hold office during the pleasure of the President, and shall receive such remuneration as the President may determine.

77. Conduct of business of the Government of India.—(1) All executive action of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the President.

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soon felt the evil which the tragedy of Kerbalā had inflicted on the Umeiyad throne, and the rebound caused thereby in favour of the house of ʿAlī. Al-Kūfa, with proverbial inconsistency, was now eager to espouse the cause of a Dynasty which, over and again, it had cast aside. The Khāriji heresy, in ever-varying form, gained new impetus, especially at Al-Baṣra. Its adherents, repenting of their desertion of ʿAlī after the battle of Ṣiffīn, and grieving at the fate of his family, entered into a covenant of revenge and of never-ceasing hostility against the Government. But it was from a different quarter that peril first assailed the Caliphate. It arose, as Muʿāwiya had foreshadowed, from ʿAbdallah Ibn az-Zubeir.

He it was, who, to be rid of Al-Ḥosein, had encouraged the unfortunate prince in his desperate venture. No sooner did the sad story reach Arabia than Ibn az-Zubeir arose and harangued the citizens of Mecca with fierce invective against the ruling Power. Veiling his ambitious design, he described himself as a dove of the doves of the Holy House. But he soon showed his true colours, and before the end of the year commenced to canvass, though at first secretly, as claimant to the throne. On this reaching the ears of Yezīd, he swore that the rebel should yet be brought to Damascus, bound by the neck. Repenting of the oath, though wishing formally to fulfil it and yet leave Ibn az-Zubeir a way of escape, he sent a deputation to Mecca with a silver chain, and a silken dress of honour to conceal it, and invited him 318


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1832] we found them a body of white men called trappers, whose occupation is to entrap the beaver and other animals that have valuable furs. Captain Sublet has, for several years, had about two hundred of these trappers in his pay, in and around the Rocky Mountains, and this troop was a party of them. His place of rendezvous for them is at Pierre's Hole, by which name they call one of those deep and verdant valleys which are to be found in the Rocky Mountains from the eastern boundary of them to their extreme edge in the west, where the Oregon or Columbia river commences under the name of Clark's river, some branches of which inosculate with the mighty Missouri on the east. It is to Pierre's valley or Hole, that his trappers resort to meet their employer every summer. It it here they bring their peltry and receive their pay; and this traffic has been kept up between them a number of years with good faith on both sides, and to mutual satisfaction and encouragement. When Sublet leaves St. Louis, he brings up tobacco, coffee, rice, powder, shot, paint, beads, handkerchiefs and all those articles of finery that please both Indian women and men; and having established that sort of traffic with his friends, the Indians on and in the vicinity of the Rocky Mountains, what chance was there that any small band from Boston, or even Cambridge, could supplant him in the friendship and confidence of his old acquaintance, the Shoshonees, the Black-feet, or any other tribe? He must have seen this at once, and been convinced that nothing like rivalship could [37] rise up between him and the New-England adventurers. He therefore caressed them, and, in a manner, incorporated them with his troop.

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 instrument which is so authenticated shall not be called in question on the ground that it is not an order or instrument made or executed by the President.

(3) The President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the business of the Government of India, and for the allocation among Ministers of the said business.

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78. Duties of Prime Minister as respects the furnishing of information to the President, etc.—It shall be the duty of the Prime Minister—
 * (a) to communicate to the President all decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the affairs of the Union and proposals for legislation;
 * (b) to furnish such information relating to the administration of the affairs of the Union and proposals for legislation as the President may call for; and
 * (c) if the President so requires, to submit for the consideration of the Council of Ministers any matter on which a decision has been taken by a Minister but which has not been considered by the Council.

79. Constitution of Parliament.—There shall be a Parliament for the Union which shall consist of the President and two Houses to be known respectively as the Council of States and the House of the People.

80. Composition of the Council of States.—(1) [ *** The Council of States] shall consist of—
 * (a) twelve members to be nominated by the President in accordance with the provisions of clause (3); and
 * (b) not more than two hundred and thirty-eight representatives of the States [and of the Union territories.]

(2) The allocation of seats in the Council of States to be filled by representatives of the States [and of the Union territories] shall be in accordance with the provisions in that behalf contained in the Fourth Schedule.

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 314 so robed to come to court; but Ibn az-Zubeir scorned the offer and imprisoned the embassy, Its leader, a brother of his own named ʿAmr, who was hostile. to himself, he put to a terrible death.

Meanwhile, Medīna was in a ferment. The crafty pretender, still feigning friendship with Yezīd, advised him to send a milder governor there, as likely to conciliate the people. Accordingly, Yezīd removed the governor and deputed in his place a young and inexperienced cousin of his own, ʿOthmān ibn Moḥammad, who in an evil hour despatched a company of his chief citizens to Damascus, hoping that they might there be won over by the gifts and promises of the Caliph. They returned munificently rewarded. But, accustomed as they had been to the frugal and pious habits of the Prophet's home, they were shocked at the profane behaviour and indulgent excesses of the Syrians; and brought back such an account of the luxury and ungodliness of the Court,—wine and music, singing men and singing women, cockfighting and hounds,—that the Caliph was at once denounced, and a rival sworn to in his room. After a final attempt on the part of Yezīd to win them over, the Anṣār of Medīna under the leadership of ʿAbdallah ibn Ḥanẓala, threw off their allegiance, by each one casting off his mantle or shoe. The young governor was fain to fly; the Umeiyad party, 1000 strong, were put in durance, and only allowed to leave the city after swearing that they would not assist the enemy. To chastise these rebellious citizens, and thereafter proceed to Mecca against Ibn az-Zubeir, the Caliph despatched, under Muslim ibn ʿOḳba al-Murri (a Ḳoreishite having declined), a column which, in a bloody battle, called the battle of the Ḥarra, defeated the troops of Medīna; and the unfortunate city was for three days given up to the licence and rapine of the Syrian army. After forcing the citizens, at the point of the sword, again to swear allegiance to Yezīd, the force continued its march on Mecca under the command of Al-Ḥoṣein ibn Numeir as-Sakūni, Muslim having died on the way.

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680–3] even the most sacrilegious tyrant would have the hardihood to attack the sacred places. "Good heavens!" they cried, looking upwards, "will ye fall down upon us!" And in like security Ibn az-Zubeir had probably been the less careful to prepare for his enemy's advance. Early in the year 64, going forth to oppose the Syrian army, he was driven back with loss. For two months the city was besieged and shot cast into it by the Syrians from the heights around. The Kaʿba caught fire and was burned to the ground. And so the siege went on till the third month, when tidings came of the death of Yezīd, and thereupon hostilities ceased. So poor at the moment were the prospects of the Umeiyads under the weak son who succeeded Yezīd, that the Syrian general offered to swear allegiance to Ibn az-Zubeir as Caliph if he would but accompany him to Syria, where alone he had any chance of successful candidature. But he refused, preferring to remain and rebuild the sacred shrine. Though himself a warrior, and the son of one of the most renowned heroes in the Prophet's train, he went out no more into battle, but from his quiet retreat maintained, as rival Caliph, an acknowledged rule, as we shall see, in the troubled years that follow, over a large portion of the Muslim Empire.

Yezīd died in his hunting castle at forty years of age, after a reign of three and a half years. The news took twenty-seven days to reach Mecca. In natural disposition he much resembles Charles II. of England. He is described as a dissipated Monarch, but though the patron of learning, and himself no mean poet, he is only remembered for his sacrilegious attack upon the Holy Cities and the family of Moḥammad.

"He reigned," says Ibn aṭ-Ṭiḳṭaḳa, "three years and six months; and in his first year he killed Al-Ḥoṣein son of ʿAlī (on both of whom be peace!). In his second year he plundered


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 316 Medīna and sacked it for three days; and in his third year he raided the Kaʿba."

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 the mob with a look of pity for their misguided minds, at which they laughed more boisterously than ever.

"Silence!" roared the mayor's attendants.

"Whiffin, proclaim silence," said the mayor, with an air of pomp befitting his lofty station. In obedience to this command the crier performed another concerto on the bell, whereupon a gentleman in the crowd called out "muffins; " which occasioned another laugh.

"Gentlemen," said the Mayor, at as loud a pitch as he could possibly force his voice to, Gentlemen. Brother electors of the Borough of Eatanswill. We are met here to-day for the purpose of choosing a representative in the room of our late—"

Here the Mayor was interrupted by a voice in the crowd.

"Suc-cess to the Mayor!" cried the voice, "and may he never desert the nail and sarspan business, as he got his money by."

This allusion to the professional pursuits of the orator was received with a storm of delight, which, with a bell-accompaniment, rendered the remainder of his speech inaudible, with the exception of the concluding sentence, in which he thanked the meeting for the patient attention with which they had heard him throughout,—an expression of gratitude which elicited another burst of mirth, of about a quarter of an hour's duration.

Next, a tall thin gentleman, in a very stiff white neckerchief, after being repeatedly desired by the crowd to "send a boy home, to ask whether he hadn't left his woice under the pillow," begged to nominate a fit and proper person to represent them in Parliament. And when he said it was Horatio Fizkin, Esquire, of Fizkin Lodge, near Eatanswill, the Fizkinites applauded, and the Slumkeyites groaned, so long, and so loudly, that both he and the seconder might have sung comic songs in lieu of speaking, without anybody's being a bit the wiser.

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 "Not a syllable."

"Not a whisper."

"All your attentions to the niece—rather rude, than otherwise, to the aunt—only way of deceiving the old ones."

"I'll take care," said Mr. Tupman aloud.

"And I'll take care," said Mr. Jingle internally; and they entered the house.

The scene of that afternoon was repeated that evening, and on the three afternoons and evenings next ensuing. On the fourth, the host was in high spirits, for he had satisfied himself that there was no ground for the charge against Mr. Tupman. So was Mr. Tupman, for Mr. Jingle had told him that his affair would soon be brought to a crisis. So was Mr. Pickwick, for he was seldom otherwise. So was not Mr. Snodgrass, for he had grown jealous of Mr. Tupman. So was the old lady, for she had been winning at whist. So were Mr. Jingle and Miss Wardle, for reasons of sufficient importance in this eventful history to be narrated in another chapter.


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 "Of course—she don't like it—but must be done—avert suspicion—afraid of her brother—says there's no help for it—only a few days more-when old folks blinded—crown your happiness."

"Any message?"

"Love—best love—kindest regards—unalterable affection. Can I say anything for you?"

"My dear fellow," replied the unsuspicious Mr. Tupman, fervently grasping his "friend's" hand-"carry my best love—say how hard I find it to dissemble—say anything that's kind; but add how sensible I am of the necessity of the suggestion she made to me, through you, this morning. Say I applaud her wisdom and admire her discretion."

"I will. Anything more?"

"Nothing; only add how ardently I long for the time when I may call her mine, and all dissimulation may be unnecessary.

"Certainly, certainly. Anything more?"

"Oh, my friend!" said poor Mr. Tupman, again grasping the hand of his companion, "receive my warmest thanks for your disinterested kindness; and forgive me if I have ever, even in thought, done you the injustice of supposing that you could stand in my way. My dear friend, can I ever repay you?"

"Don't talk of it," replied Mr. Jingle. He stopped short, as if suddenly recollecting something, and said"—"By-the-bye—can't spare ten pounds, can you?—very particular purpose—pay you in three days."

"I dare say I can," replied Mr. Tupman, in the fulness of his heart. "Three days, you say?"

"Only three days—all over then—no more difficulties."

Mr. Tupman counted the money into his companion's hand, and he dropped it piece by piece into his pocket, as they walked towards the house.

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 "You will convince yourself?" said Jingle.

"I will."

"You'll show your spirit?

"I will."

"You'll not have him afterwards?"

"Never."

"You'll take somebody else?"

"Yes."

"You shall."

Mr. Jingle fell on his knees, remained thereupon for five minutes thereafter: and rose the accepted lover of the spinster aunt: conditionally upon Mr. Tupman's perjury being made clear and manifest.

The burden of proof lay with Mr. Alfred Jingle; and he produced his evidence that very day at dinner. The spinster aunt could hardly believe her eyes. Mr. Tracy Tupman was established at Emily's side, ogling, whispering, and smiling, in opposition to Mr. Snodgrass. Not a word, not a look, not a glance, did he bestow upon his heart's pride of the evening before.

"Damn that boy!" thought old Mr. Wardle to himself.—He had heard the story from his mother. "Damn that boy! He must have been asleep. It's all imagination."

"Traitor!" thought the spinster aunt.

"Dear Mr. Jingle was not deceiving me. Ugh! how I hate the wretch!"

The following conversation may serve to explain to our readers this apparently unaccountable alteration of deportment on the part of Mr. Tracy Tupman.

The time was evening; the scene the garden. There were two figures walking in a side path; one was rather short and stout; the other rather tall and slim. They were Mr. Tupman and Mr. Jingle. The stout figure commenced the dialogue.

"How did I do it?" he inquired.

"Splendid—capital—couldn't act better myself—you must repeat the part to-morrow—every evening, till further notice."

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 persons having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as the following, namely:—
 * Literature, science, art and social service.

 * (4) The representatives of each State *** in the Council of States shall be elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of the State in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.

 * (5) The representatives of the [Union territories] in the Council of States shall be chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law prescribe.

[81. Composition of the House of the People.—(1) [Subject to the provisions of article 331 ***], the House of the People shall consist of—
 * (a) not more than [five hundred and thirty members] chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the States, and
 * (b) not more than [twenty members] to represent the Union territories, chosen in such manner as Parliament may by law provide.

 * (2) For the purposes of sub-clause (a) of clause (1),—
 * (a) there shall be allotted to each State a number of seats in the House of the People in such manner that the ratio between that number and the population of the State is, so far as practicable, the same for all States; and
 * (b) each State shall be divided into territorial constituencies in such manner that the ratio between the population of each constituency and the number of seats allotted to it is, so far as practicable, the same throughout the State:

 * [Provided that the provisions of sub-clause (a) of this clause shall not be applicable for the purpose of allotment of seats in the House of the People to any State so long as the population of that State does not exceed six millions.]

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 if there is any dreadful mystery connected with Mr. Tupman, reveal it."

"Can I," said Mr. Jingle, fixing his eyes on the aunt's face—"can I see—lovely creature—sacrificed at the shrine—heartless avarice!" He appeared to be struggling with various conflicting emotions for a few seconds, and then said in a low deep voice—

"Tupman only wants your money."

"The wretch!" exclaimed the spinster, with energetic indignation. (Mr. Jingle's doubts were resolved. She had money).

"More than that," said Jingle-" loves another."

"Another!" ejaculated the spinster. "Who?"

"Short girl—black eyes—niece Emily."

There was a pause.

Now, if there were one individual in the whole world, of whom the spinster aunt entertained a mortal and deeply-rooted jealousy, it was this identical niece. The colour rushed over her face and neck, and she tossed her head in silence with an air of ineffable contempt. At last, biting her thin lips, and bridling up, she said—

"It can't be. I won't believe it."

"Watch 'em," said Jingle.

"I will," said the aunt.

"Watch his looks."

"I will."

"His whispers."

"I will."

"He'll sit next her at table."

"Let him."

"He'll flatter her."

"Let him."

"He'll pay her every possible attention."

"Let him."

"And he'll cut you."

"Cut me!" screamed the spinster aunt."He cut me;—will he!" and she trembled with rage and disappointment.


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—The circular bearing this title—referred to in your leading columns yesterday—was issued last July, and directly affects some questions you have lately been discussing. Under the circumstances, I hope you will kindly consent to give it fuller publicity. It was addressed to students of Occultism, and ran as follows:—

The inevitable mystery which surrounds Occultism and the Occultist has given rise in the minds of many to a strange confusion between the duty of silence and the error of untruthfulness. There are many things that the Occultist may not divulge; but equally binding is the law that he may never speak untruth. And this obligation to Truth is not confined to speech; he may never think untruth, nor act untruth. A spurious Occultism dallies with truth and falsehood, and argues that deception on the illusory physical plane is consistent with purity on the loftier planes on which the Occultist has his true life; it speaks contemptuously of “mere worldly morality”—a contempt that might be justified if it raised a higher standard, but which is out of place when the phrase is used to condone acts which the “mere worldly morality” would disdain to practise. The doctrine that the end justifies the means has proved in the past fruitful of all evil; no means that are impure can bring about an end that is good, else were the Good Law a dream and Karma a mere delusion. From these errors flows an influence mischievous to the whole Theosophical Society, undermining the stern and rigid morality necessary as a foundation for Occultism of the Right Hand Path.

Finding that this false view of Occultism is spreading in the Theosophical Society, we desire to place an record our profound aversion to it, and our conviction that morality of the loftiest type must be striven after by every one who would tread in safety the difficult ways of the Occult World. Only by rigid truthfulness in thought, speech, and act on the planes on which works our waking consciousness, can the student hope to evolve the intuitonintuition [sic] which unerringly discerns between the true and the false in the supersensuous worlds, which recognises truth at sight and so preserves him from fatal risks in those at first confusing regions. To cloud the delicate sense of truth here is to keep it blind there; hence every teacher of Occultism has laid stress on truthfulness as the most necessary equipment of the would-be disciple. To quote a weighty utterance of a wise Indian disciple:—

“Next in importance, or perhaps equal in value, to Devotion is. It is simply impossible to over-estimate the efficacy of Truth in all its phases


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 "Say he dreamt it," replied Mr. Jingle, coolly.

A ray of comfort darted across the mind of the spinster aunt at this suggestion. Mr. Jingle perceived it, and followed up his advantage.

"Pooh, pooh!—nothing more easy—blackguard boy—lovely woman—fat boy horsewhipped—you believed—end of the matter—all comfortable.

Whether the probability of escaping from the consequences of this ill-timed discovery was delightful to the spinster's feelings, or whether the hearing herself described as a "lovely woman softened the asperity of her grief, we know not. She blushed slightly, and cast a grateful look on Mr. Jingle. To thinob da

That insinuating gentleman sighed deeply, fixed his eyes on the spinster aunt's face for a couple of minutes, started melo-dramatically, and suddenly withdrew them.

"You seem unhappy, Mr. Jingle," said the lady, in a plaintive voice. "May I show my gratitude for your kind interference, by inquiring into the cause, with a view, if possible, to its removal?"

"Ha!" exclaimed Mr. Jingle, with another start—"removal! remove my unhappiness, and your love bestowed upon a man who is insensible to the blessing-who even now contemplates a design upon the affections of the niece of the creature who—but no; he is my friend; I will not expose his vices. Miss Wardle—farewell!" At the conclusion of this address, the most consecutive he was ever known to utter, Mr. Jingle applied to his eyes the remnant of a handkerchief before noticed, and turned towards the door.

"Stay, Mr. Jingle!" said the spinster aunt emphatically. "You have made an allusion to Mr. Tupman—explain it."

"Never!" exclaimed Jingle, with a professional (i.e. theatrical) air. "Never!" and, by way of showing that he had no desire to be questioned further, he drew a chair close to that of the spinster aunt and sat down.

"Mr. Jingle," said the aunt, "I entreat—I implore you,