A PATHAN TRAGEDY.
As account of a domestic drama has reached the Peshawur correspondent the Civil and Military Gazette which is peculiarly illustrative of the treachery and coldbloodedness of the Pathans. The writer sny3 :—" The scene is laid in Maidan, in Terah, where lived with their mother two young Katnbar Kheyl Afridis by name respectively Sar Gul and Mehar Gul. The other day the latter came in from working and demanded his food from his mother. She placed ic before him, remarking that, as that was all the meat in the house, he must not eat more than his share—namely, half. He, however, disregarded her advice, ate it all, and then went and lay down and fell asleep. By-and-by in came the other brother and asked for his dinner. Getting only chapatties, he demanded why there was no meat. His mother said, • Your brother has eaten all there was.' Without a word he got up, went to where his brother was lying, and calmly blew his brains out. I naturally asked at the conclusion of the story, ' Well, did the other villagers shoot him for the murder?' 'Oh, no,' was the reply in a surprised tone. " Why should they ? It was no business of theirs.' "
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2614, 13 April 1889, Page 6 (Supplement)
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205A PATHAN TRAGEDY. Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2614, 13 April 1889, Page 6 (Supplement)
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