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him that very day arid returned in the evening wita a
toaas kamaiidal and a large cnp to fit its mouth.
"How is this, Swamijir" he said, pointing at ifc*
wliicb he poised in his hand stylishly,
-l. simply grand," replied Ramdas laughing.
tLe daily visitors there were two weavers.
presented Banidas with a piece of pure khaddar.
One of them who came in the evening overstayed. There
*vas the usual kirtan. The pious weaver was so much
ab»urhe<! in the mnsic that he lost all account of time. It
Uiight have been past midnight, when he suddenly came to
himself and exclaimed:
"Oh!—I meant to return home early in the evening.
Sow my people at home will be very anxious about me,
since I have stayed away for the night. I am scarcely
absent from home after dark without their knowledge.1"
"Well/" Ramtias suggested, *Y<ro ^ay g^ home at once."
Hish<«use was at a distance of about three miles from
the hills and his way lay through the jungle. The night
was pitch-dark and the wild heasts freely roamed in the
jungles at that time of the night. He hesitated to venture
out* Bttt Rax&das agstire<l him safe journey provided he
kept Eamcarn on his tongue. The wearer, a man of faith,
boMJy acted upon Ramdas' word and left the hills.
la the evening next day, he tnrnecl up and said that
Ramnam had made him perfectly fearless the previous
night, and he reached home without any mishap on the
way.
(iii> God Is Giver and Bod is Receiver
la tht nights the tigers were freely roaming in tjbe
WOCH10 surrounding the cave. With a party of a select few
started the next day in quest of tigers in their
t&tt he could eorae face to face with them. He
oave ia the hills. Marks and traces of
clot* vicinity wm se*B» fcnt no animals could be