The National Magazine New Series. May 1905

The very sight convined the merchant of the truth of what Lahana had said and maddened in rage forgetful of the conduct and character of Lahana he kicked off the emblem of Chandi from her seat and scattered away everything there to all the directions. [...] The merchant reached the capital and raw the Maharai► whose nome was Salaban and lay the valuable presents of his Maharaja at his feet and was introduced to him and was cordially received Before Dhanaputi was long at the Court of Ceylon a trumpeter in his employ heralded to the public the exchangeable value of the commodity brought from Ujjain enumerating the things that might be obtained in [...] So saying the boy fell down senseless ; and the mother of the Universe who feeds and...urishes the rich and the poor Who comforts the virtuous and the sinner in their troubles all alike and Who does not allow even an ant to die of starvation and takes equal care of both the princes and pleasants young and old wide awake and dead in sleep could no longer withstand the fervant prayer of the t [...] The bank representing the interests of the lenders will try to have as much profit as it can while the interest of the borrwers requires that the profit of the bank should be as low as possible. [...] Even if a bank be willing to give such small loans the distance of the bank from the village of the raiyat and the expense of the enquiry about the credit of the raiyat would be serious obstacles.