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 Index of Indigo Planters - Behar 1908 - C

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Date transcribed2011-00-00
Transcribed byAlison Kilpatrick
CommentIndex of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past.". by Minden Wilson 1908.

Surname  Gale    
Forename  John    
Chapter  Tirhoot and Its Inhabitants of the Past    
Sub-title  Biographical sketch: John Gale    
Page nos.  223-224    
Description  “John Gale had a nervous peculiarity, and if you did not know of it, you would be apt to get a bit of a start. When coming into a room, if he was excited or in an absent mood, he would start off with a hop, step and a jump, rub the fist of one hand into the palm of the other, at the same time making a bubbling noise with his mouth; rush up towards you, stop dead opposite you with an absent smile on his face. A stranger’s first idea must have been to turn and fly, but the smile was generally very reassuring. Another of his weaknesses was a little jeu de mot he liked to indulge in,and youngsters were always laying a trap for it. If John Gale was about at the Tirhoot Planters’ Club, just as he entered the breakfast room one of the boys would call out “Confound it the eggs are all hard boiled.” John then would out with it ‘Harder where there’s none,’ and with a hop, skip, jump, rub of his fist and burr-r-r with his mouth, fly out of the room.”    
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Index of Indigo Planters in Bihar taken from "History of Behar Indigo Factories; Reminiscences of Bihar; Tirhoot
and its inhabitants of the past. History of Behar Light Horse
Volunteers". by Minden Wilson 1908.
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