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 MAU 491 the Rao of Doondea Khera was to get it. He answered him angrily, and. went away without taking leave. Next day the Naib sent for him again, and he came to his tent, and sat down unattended. Presently Rao Ram- bux entered, followed by three armed men, and he also sat down. After a little time Gholam Ali called to a servant to fill his lota with water, saying—'I shall have to leave you for a few minutes. A servant of Chundun Lal was standing outside, and knew what the order meant, for the moment Gholam Ali's feet were off the carpet, Rambux's followers would murder Chundun Lal;* so he set off as hard as becould to his master's tent, a quar- ter of a mile off, where was his nephew, Sheopershad, with 200 men, headed by the redoubtable Jubba Singh. They instantly hurried to the durbar tent, throwing aside their guns, since the work before them, if it came to fighting, would be a mêlée in which they could trust to nothing but their own good swords. Fortunately they arrived in time, burst into the tent in spite of all the Naib Nazim's guards could do to stop them, and Jubba Singh, standing with his drawn sword over the Naib, swore he would cut him down if he attempted to stir. The camp was at Nugur, and Rana Rughonath Singh and Raja Drigbijie, who were with the Naib, soon heard of the disturbance. They both of them banked with Chundun Lal, and were hearty friends of his. Rao Rambux, on the other hand, was hated in the country, and they rejoiced in this opportunity of defeat- ing his murderous intentions. They came with their forces, and brought Chundun Lal safely off, and he instantly threw up his charge of the trea- sury, and went to his home. His estate was given to Rambux, but his followers resisted the order in every village, and successfully prevented the Raot from getting possession. In the meanwhile the banker sent to Lucknow, and got the king to order the Nazim to restore him his whole estate, which was accordingly done, he having only been out of possession of it for two and a half months. "In the year 1822 A.D., when Lalmun Tewaree was Chukladar, Chun- dun Lal had refused to serve as his treasurer, and had taken charge of the Huzoor Tabseel treasury at Lucknow, at the instance of Hakeem Mehndie Ali, the great Vizier. This had produced a quarrel between them, which became a feud, when a party of the followers of each side feught at Rai Bareilly, and some men were killed, In 1853, the grandson of this Lalmun, Kasheepershad Tewaree, of Sissendie, became Chukladar of Poorwa, and the old feud was again at work. Kasheepershad swore on the Ganges to forget it entirely, and to bear no malice, and his oath at first, lulled suspicion, But when he demanded an increase on the revenue, the fears of the family were soon awakened again. He sum- moned them to attend his court, but they did not think it safe to trust It was in this game year that Mahomed Husson, the Nazim of Bahraich, had mordered Rendut Pandé, the banker (who stood to him in much the game relation that Coundup Lal did to the Baiswara Nazim), in a very similar way, and this event had per hapa made Chundon Lal's people more watchful apd suspicious. derous attack on Captains Thomson and Delafosse, and other fugitives from the Cawapore massacre, at Buxar close to Doondea Kbers. Raja Drigbljie Singh, of Morarmsu, six miles lower down the Ganges, was the man who preserved their lives, and gent them in to General Havelock's.camp. Rao Rambux wap hanged over against the Buxar temple-a ft retribu- tion for bin cowardly treachery, . 3 H
 * Many readers will recollect the name of Rao Rambux sg the leader of the mur-