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Show ECCENTRICITIES OF A SAINT. Famous F.iklr Who Spoke a 8trnge Language and Scorned Clothes. The famous fakir, llawa Monl Sahib (the Silent Saint), during his long 50 years' sojourn at Mlrpur never uttered a single word which could bo understood under-stood by any one around him. What wondrous tongue ho spoke no man knows. Kvery day hundreds of pious peoplo, men and women, flocked around him to pay homage and adoration. Slnco his boyhood. It Is said, ho had lived stark naked, resolutely disdaining even n loin cloth. Ho nbodo In a public pub-lic lano which was always full of busy people, yet he moved as he listed In his sacred nudity, neither ashamed nor causing shame. His ago wnB well over a hundred j'oars. The saint never touched gifts; indeed ho meekly spurned them. A devout Sikh priest looked tenderly after him and gave him morsels of food with his own hands. For days, however, ho would refuse to partako of food, The corpse, after being taken around tho city, followed by horses and palanquins fitly cnparlsoned for so grand it burden, was burled. The concourse con-course of mourning peoplo who followed fol-lowed thu solemn procession mustered qulto 20,000 strong. Calcutta Statesman. |
