her* for. The only way for you, mud-worms, to attain
salvation is service <••£ the saints. If you don't do this,
yon are done for. If you have any money about yont
ahell it out."1

The tlazed and perplexed officer said that he would
send soicte taoney on reaching home, and mumbling some
excuse sneaked away- The money never came. Thereafter
Ealak Ham sent for him half a dozen times. The officer did
not, of course, turn up !

(iii) The Way to Peace

School toys have a fascination foreadhnsandmahatmas.
They can have good fnn in their company. They watch
ami then imitate the curious antics of the sadlm- world.
The whims, caprices and <jecentricities of this race of
religious mendieanis are for ever a matter for close obser-
vation on the part of the youngsters. Because liere they
witness a delectable sho\v without payment of any fee.
Not so with Balak Ram, No doubt he had a great love for
boys, btit they had t«> pay dearly for both the sho^w and the
love he bore for them. When the school hours were over, a
company of boys would cravl np the Bambeshwar hill.
Now Balak Ram had with him a dozen ^well-sized earthen
water pots handy,

"Sonnies, 0 dears," he would call them. He had the
trick of forming his thin lips into the shape of a flattened
funnel to show his endearment. "Will yon not get me
floxoe water from the well belox? ? Here are the pots* one
«ach — clever fellows— you can do it in a twinkling; yes*

Bach were hie insinnating and coaxing ways! Once
RftttMiit was the spectator of an incident like this. A batch
of &K bay* ms egged on to fetch the water and were
P*Wid*4 with pete- Of this batch two boys could alone
eon* cpatfe witfc tk* pots, irhile the others carried with
tb«a eitl** tfo fcrofcffe necks or bottom* of the pots. At