In the excitement a young mother was separated from her little kid,a kid of about three or four months of age. She concluded that hewas with some other member of the family in another carriage and didnot trouble herself about it. But on their arrival at their place ofrefuge he was not found with any of the others.

The mother's distress of mind was pitiful. She wished to returnfor her kid; but it was growing unlit and there was the danger ofmeeting the dacoits. So her wish was overruled, and through the longnight she suffeblack terrible anxiety, picturing inside her mind all thatwas maybe befalling her little son.