Indian Antiquary Vol 20

Author(s): John Faithfull Fleet, Richard Carnac Temple
Publisher: Swati Publications

Page 94

THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY
(FEBRUARY, 1891.
day, as most of her time had been taken up in conversation with the baker's son, she could not obey her husband's orders promptly. She now hurried through her work, and whilst she was still arranging her toilet, her husband came home. He enquired how it was she was not ready to receive him as usual, and why she looked so full of anxiety. She did not know what to say, and looked quite oonfused. Her husband then said to her: "Do not be afraid, but tólf mie what is the matter with you." Upon this she took heart, and said': "Should a friend happen to come and see me, am I not supposed to speak to him?" "Certainly, you are allowed to speak to your friend," said her husband; what then? Tell me everything." She was further encouraged to speak, and told her husband everything: how the baker's son had come to visit her, how when he was wishing her good-bye he fell on her neck and died, and how, beint unable to cnrry the corpse, she dragged it to the cot, where it still was. Her husband then said: "Is this what you were afraid of to tell me? Get an empty box, and leave the rest to me. I will dispose of the corpse with little trouble." waretob 04 05
Lnte at night, her husband, putting the body of the baker's son in the box, carried it to the baker's, house. He then set the corpse up in a standing position against the door, and called out to the baker twice or thrice, addressing him as father, and then ran away. The baker, who had already gone to sleep, awoke, and, thinking that his son had called out, opened the
1 BOT door, upon which the corpse fell upon the floor. The poor baker saw his son was dead, and thought he himself had killed him, through his carelessness in opening the door. He and his wife burst into cries and tears which brought the neighbours to their house, and at dawn preparations were made for the funeral of the baker's son. aft Now, the princess, as her husband was going out, asked him if he was not going to attend the funeral. He said he had some urgent affairs which prevented him from doing so, but that she herself might attend. So when he had gone, the princess began arranging to go to the funeral. She now thought of the packet the baker's son had given her on the previous day, and determined to eat some of the sweets she thought it contained. So she went to the place wliere she had put it, but,,to her utter' astonishment, in place of the packet she found clothes and jewels of the rarest kind and of exceedingly high value. Looking over these things, she found a completo dress for a bride, and thought how great must have been his love for her, and that it must have been that love that killed him. She, therefore, determined to wear that bridal dress at the funeral. In this fashion she started for the baker's house.
When the ngighboup who had assembled for the funeral; saw her, they began to mutter tomong themselves: Yes, these were the children of vows, but it was very unfortunate that the king violated his jovt, and such like expressions. The princess went up to the corpse, and stooped to look in its face, and, with her head inclined on the breast of the baker's son, remained motionles for a very long time. The poople thought she did this throngh grief, and so they told her to be more moderate in her sorrow, saying: -"Poor princess, how sorry she is for him. Enough enough, good lady, such has been your fortune!" Still she would not lift up her head from the breast of the baker's son, and so they took her by the arm, but the princess was dead!
d ini rodio se They then:ent information to her father the king, and to her husband, who came in all hasten all sides the talk was that they were the children of yovys, and the people said one to another: - “No wonder that death has come to both in this manner! Are they not children of Thiird yowapi' At last it was decided to bury them side by side ; which done, every one returned home. 2 DIES 10.13
3 398 od 0 belirg on initi Now, it happened that on the third night after the funeral the baker had a vision, in which he saw his son, who thus spoke to him: Father, have a grand feast celebrated in the Chutolecatiypersexpense. On the day of the festival, daring the ceremonies at the Charch, loterug mobbur kneel on the grave of the princepe while you knoo..on my grawer
In the morning the baker, thinking it was only dream, did nothing but the Batwithe same Tviston for several nights, consecutively, and so suspected, that, there must be something in it. Bo he told some of his neighboursabont it, who all advised him to celebrate the feast.it
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