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2 personal safety and respect, but that if he went with them to
3 Lahore, his rank and power should be upheld, and that he
4 should be made Wuzeer.
5 On these conditions the three divisions above-mentioned swore
6 to stand by the Rajah and be faithful to his interest. On the
7 completion of this business, Goolaub left Jummoo and en-
8 camped in the midst of the troops lately in hostile array
9 ag-ainst him. It was supposed that this arrangement, so satis-
10 factory to both parties, was brought about chiefly by the exer-
11 tions of Meva Sing Majeeteea, who was no doubt well paid
12 for his good offices by the Jummoo Rajah. Lall Sing* and the
13 other Durbar chiefs were now in dread for their own personal
14 safety, and lest the rest of the troops should desert them and go
15 over to Goolaub. They therefore endeavoured to avert such
16 a catastrophe by making- promises still larger than those of
17 their rival and by this means secured the allegiance of that
18 part of the force which still remained with them. Thus
19 divided into two bodies, the army marched for Lahore creating'
20 great apprehension in the minds of Jewahir Sing- and his
21 sister.
22 A few days before that on which Goolaub Sing- entrusted
23 his life and fortunes to the hands of the Durbar troops,
24 Peshora Sing-, at the instigation of Avitabile's and other divi-
25 sions of the army had marched from Seealkote, and presented
26 himself before the troops, when the guards of the divisions
27 referred to turned out to salute him, while the Khalsa troops
28 went in a body to pay their respects to him, and immediately
29 proclaimed him their leader. In return for this he promised
30 to increase their pay, to fifteen rupees a month for the infantry,
31 and a rupee and a half per day, or forty-five rupees a month,
32 for every horseman. As, however, many of the troops did
33 not believe that Peshora Sing had the wherewithal to fulfil
34 his promises, they would not ratify the agreement, and the con-
35 sequence was that after some hot disputation among themselves,
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