G.S.Khaparde(1911 21 January Saturday & 1911 5 December Tuesday)

[Guest guest]

1911 21 January Saturday

Amravati.

 

I had court work today & got up early in the morning though not

feeling well. I could not sleep as usual last night. There was not

time to do much in the morning. A few clients came & Gopalrao Dorle

read their papers. After breakfast I & Dorle went to court and

appeared before Mr Price, in the appeal adjourned to today. Pandit

Rao Joshi appeared on the other side. The court decided to examine a

witness in appeal though he was cancelled by the other side in the

L.C. This is very unusual & I pointed out the thing to the Court.

The appeal was adjourned to 11th Feb next and I returned home, & not

feeling well lay down. There is a kind of lumbago in my back & I

felt uneasy. So I came out & lay in the long chair reading. Shriram

came & sat talking about a matter that he was fighting in the

Session 's Court. A young man who has grown long matted hair & lets

them fall all round his face & be something like a veil even on the

eyes, came in a cart driven by himself. I noticed him near my house

under one of the trees on the roadside. He drove into my compound.

So I went near him & saluted as he was dressed as a Sadhu in saffron

robe. At my request he came & sat down in my verandah. Mahadeva, who

is an ex-post office officer was also present. Shriram thinks the

Sadhu is a detective & hinted to me accordingly. The Sadhu said that

he had seen me before. I replied that I remembered nothing. He said

that was true, but he remembered it. To use his expression he

said " the black dog has become white. " He sat talking of my visit to

England, then asked that I should build a small house for him near

Kondeshwar & I replied that I had not the means at present to comply

with his request. Then he asked for Ganja .We sent for it & he had a

smoke. He had his bulls fed, and towards dusk went away. V.K.Kale, &

Karandikar came while he was sitting & joined in the conversation.

We sat talking after he went about Sayin Maharaj of Sherdi till

about 8.30 P.M.

 

G.S.Khaparde.

 

1911 5 December Tuesday

Amravati –Sherdi

 

In the morning I got up as usual, prayed & came into the hall. There

were a few clients with whom I sat talking. Gokhale, Bwaji, & Bhow

Durrani came. I made up my mind to leave this afternoon for Shirdi &

told Dharwankar to make the necessary arrangements. Mandlik Shastri

& Haridas are sorry that I have to go but it can not be helped.

After breakfast I lay down for a while & then sat reading. Chitale

master came. Bandu came this morning from Elichpur. I decided to

take him with me. So I dressed at 4 P.M. & went to the Railway

station with my son Baba. With Bandu I got into the Mail. At

Amravati station I met Mr Smith of the Postil Department & his

sister-in-law.

 

He lost his wife some ten days ago. At Badmera I met Mr Bind, & at

Akola Mr Barr & Captain Doctor. All the way up to Kopargaon I had

the first class compartment all to myself. I could not sleep well in

the train. At Kopargaon we got a tonga & drove to Sherdi reaching

it soon after day break.