Hindoo Khan
The Story of How an English Soldier Made Good in the Face of an Uphill Fight (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Hindoo Khan: The Story of How an English Soldier Made Good in the Face of an Uphill Fight<br><br>"Fortune awaits you, my brother. I see it written in the book of life. Thou shalt attain prosperity and greatness. For thou hast brains above the ordinary."<br><br>The speaker sat at the opening of a tent pitched beneath the dark green foliage of a mighty deodar. In the dim light of the rough shelter behind him could be seen an altar decked with wild flowers and wooden carvings. They were set to the honour of Allah, to whom his life and works were dedicated, for he was an ascetic, a holy man. The place he had chosen for his hermitage was on the summit of a small hill out of the beaten track. From the opening in his tent he looked down into the valley planted with bamboo and tea. The bamboo hedges with their slender stems, with plumes of pale leaf, and the tea with its neat rows of bushes, with lustrous dark green leaves, were a sight refreshing and cool to the eye. Beyond the valley was another hill rising gradually till it met the skyline. Here and there upon its surface where the vegetation had been cut could be seen a railroad track, its metals flashing like diamonds in the light of the morning sun.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.