Hazrat Maulvi Nooruddin - Khalifatul-Masih I — Page 47
Hadrat Maulw i Nur-ud-D i n ra — Khalifatul Masih I PHYSICIAN AT BHERA 47 plot of land, it has, in addition, been mulcted a thousand rupees for putting up the buttress. " Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra remarked: "These are matters above your comprehension. " 14 The cost of the construction came to twelve hundred rupees and he was considering how to repay it, when his friend, Malik Fati h Kh a n, came up one day and told him he was on his way to Rawalpindi to attend a Provincial Durbar, and that a Viceregal Durbar was being held in Delhi at the same time. Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra indicated that he desired to accompany him, and was invited to ride along with him. He mounted the pony just as he was, leaving his patients and without informing his wife. In Jhelum Malik Fati h Kh a n took the train for Rawalpindi and Maulaw i N u r-ud-D i n ra decided to go to Delhi. He needed a change of clothes and borrowed a coat, turban and shalwar from Malik H ak i m Kh a n, Tahsildar. He then sauntered to the railway station to take the train to Lahore. He found that the third class fare from Jhelum to Lahore was fifteen annas, and on putting his hand in the pocket of his borrowed coat discovered the exact amount in it. This took him to Lahore where the station was crowded with passengers intending to travel to Delhi for the Durbar. He had no money, and even if he had had it, the crowd made it difficult to approach the booking office window. Presently he was accosted by the Rev. Gaulak N a th, who knew him, and who, on discovering that he intended to travel to Delhi, went and brought him a ticket. Noticing him putting his hand into his pocket, the reverened gentleman protested that he would not accept payment for the ticket. He arrived in Delhi in the afternoon and curiosity led him out of town in the direction of the