::: si THE VISION OF GO:;
Ğ.*£ Ram-mantram. "When all were silently sitting, three big
centipedes appeared on the scene. They were moving aboni
freely. A lantern was horning in the centre of the group.
One of the centipedes approached the young man whoe*
name was Eamehandra Gupta* He was shrinking from it,
when Ram*las askeğl him not to be afraid of it, and assure*!
him that it would do no harm. One of them actually pas#*4
over the lap of Ramdas in quite a frendly manner. Shortly
rafter this Ram^bandra left.
(ii) Alone on a dreaded Hill
Ramkixuar had specially accompanied Ramdas to
Gohkar in <>rder to "arrange an ashram on those hills. He
had collected nver two hundred rupees for the purpose
TTgarchantl seth of Limbdi had also contributed to the fun*:.
The prospect of having a kuti on those dreadful lulls did
not appeal to Ramkinkar, but he could not object as Eamdas
bad pitched upon the place. He gave some amount to
Jagannath and instructed him in the first place to dig a tank
for water.
There was ait attempt made by Balak Bam, \rhen he
lived there, to sink a small tank, but the work had to be
given up for want of encouragement. !Now it was proposed
to deepen the same pon<l and build up the sides with stones
and mortar. Coolies were engaged for the work, and on
digging a few feet a spring was lighted tipon, which sap-
plied the small tank with water. The work was going on
when one of the friends quarrelled with Jagannath.
wfao managed the work, over the wages paid to
fche coolies and the work stopped, never to be taken
up agfcm* Ramdas dropped the idea of having an
Mbram there.
then only a lad of about eighteen, wa*
feĞriĞB& One evening, as the stm vent down,
him to go and git for the night in a care on
the hill Ofttorite, tfee biggegt of the lot. The leopard* and