1 A GENEALOGICAL HISTORY OF THE JUMMOO FAMILY. 251
2 in all at court. Both Dehanoo and Suchetoo were well instruc-
3 ted by their elder brother Goolauboo, in the part they had to
4 play for securing the affections of him who had even then
5 become their dupe.
6 In 1813 or the following year Damoother Sing and Gal Sing,
7 the murderers of Meean Mota, happening to be in Lahore,
8 the two elder brothers considered this a favourable opportunity
9 for carrying their long-deferred scheme of vengeance into exe-
10 cution. They, therefore, watched for a suitable occasion, and
11 having found one, they both, well mounted and armed, rode
12 towards Anarkullee, where their intended victims, who were
13 Gorechars of the Seik Cavalry, then lay encamped. They had
14 not, however, proceeded far from the city when they met
15 Damoother Sing riding towards Lahore. They saluted him
16 with apparent civility, but as soon as he had passed,
17 Goolauboo turned and fired at him, wounding him in such a
18 manner as to prevent his escape, and the brothers dismounting
19 quickly despatched him with their swords. At this moment
20 Gal Sing, the other murderer, came in view, and received
21 a mortal wound from the matchlock of Goolauboo. On this
22 several persons who saw what was done raised the cry of mur-
23 der, which prevented the despatch of their second victim, who
24 escaped for the moment to die elsewhere. And now the bro-
25 thers were attacked by the mob which had collected, and had
26 they not wisely retreated, would have been put to death. They
27 fled to the artillery camp of Misser Dewan Chund, where they
28 received present protection ; and on the affair being represented
29 at court in a light favourable to them, the Maharajh, who, as
30 may be imagined, was well disposed to leniency, readily pardoned
31 them. It now became apparent to all in what relation they
32 stood to the Maharajh, and neither he nor they seemed to
33 deem it necessary to keep the connection secret. The mur-
34 der of Damoother and Gal Sing seemed only to have raised
35 the brothers higher than before in the favor of Runjeet, and