Chapter 5

THE STORY OF DILAWUR KHAN.

Men accustomed to look after themselves--Shooting for a vacancy in the Guides--No fiddlers and washermen--Rudyard Kipling's _Bhisti_--The brave Juma decorated--Enter Dilawur Khan--A noted outlaw--Lumsden pursues him--They "talk things over"--The outlaw enlists--The goose-step--Dilawur the doctrinarian--The sinking boat--Nearly killed as a Kafir--Becomes a Christian--His last duty--A brave but pathetic end 51