The astonished parents heard the vivid tales of the
procession of images, and noted that several children were carrying
bags of Madura sweets.
An incredulous youth derided the saint and the story. The following
morning he approached Sadasiva.
"Master," he said scornfully, "why don't you take me to the festival,
even as you did yesterday for the other children?"
Sadasiva complied; the boy immediately found himself among the
distant city throng. But alas! where was the saint when the youth
wanted to leave? The weary boy reached his home by the ancient and
prosaic method of foot locomotion.
{FN41-1} Miss Bletch, unable to maintain the active pace set by Mr.
Wright and myself, remained happily with my relatives in Calcutta.
{FN41-2} This dam, a huge hydro-electric installation, lights Mysore
City and gives power to factories for silks, soaps, and sandalwood
oil. The sandalwood souvenirs from Mysore possess a delightful
fragrance which time does not exhaust; a slight pinprick revives
the odor. Mysore boasts some of the largest pioneer industrial
undertakings in India, including the Kolar Gold Mines, the Mysore
Sugar Factory, the huge iron and steel works at Bhadravati, and
the cheap and efficient Mysore State Railway which covers many of
the state's 30,000 square miles.
The Maharaja and Yuvaraja who were my hosts in Mysore in 1935 have
both recently died. The son of the Yuvaraja, the present Maharaja,
is an enterprising ruler, and has added to Mysore's industries a
large airplane factory.
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