Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 42
HEDJAZ INTERLUDE Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I 42 of the books he had collected. His teacher said: "Make them over to me. " "Sir, I shall be happy to do so. They have been booked to Lahore. On arriving in Lahore I shall send them to you. " "I want to see Lahore. Let us go there together this very day. " He was willing and accompanied him to Lahore and showed him round. The books were mentioned, and the gracious teacher had the boxes taken delivery of on payment of freight from Bombay, and made them over to his ex-pupil, explaining: "I have so arranged, so that I, too, may have a share in providing them for you. " 13 In fact Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra did not, at the time, have the money to pay the freight. When he had seen his teacher off, a Hindu of Bhera, who owned a certain number of units of road transportation, offered to transport all his baggage to Bhera, saying that he would recover the freight from him in Bhera.