The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1865-09-07

nataralJ, leii Oh her arrival,aad she quick
4 II prrceiy, d that hc shuUers OF the four
dasiag.foom windows. and Of the bath.
foom opening on the e-audah, was easily
accessible by the ladder have mentioned
,here WAS, IN fact. nothing g prevent a
maH from surprising u> At any time. She
.aiI She could aeyer bear TO pass q night
in the rooms unless TIE windows were se-
cure.y fastened indeed, i really uas not
prudent to do %. for though ] itt as safe
Is Calcutta +. ! sHould have dome 10 any
Englsb town, yet robberies had moi been
81 aalreqaeul occurrence during the cold
weather and trracherous nad deliberate
murder bt naii,e servant n Garden
Reach had alarmed The nholr European
community.
Calling the inevitable bearer. sent
him ai once to fetch native blacksmith.
Aftsr about two ho8r- absence. which
was o. course plau.illly explained by he
mild Hindu, he returned wtih ,ae man
Who, uuder our personal inspections, hrm-
ly fastened rings and staples up0u every
window in The drawing and bath
room. remanerated he mau bY giving
hiiu about quarter Of what he asked.
when he retired, no doubt qnlie satisfied
t'at be had cheated Us in spite Of the re-
duclion.
Inthe evening fastened every window
with padlocks that had brought fron
England and we passed the night in safg.
! tl; though my wife iancied once that she
heard noise on the verandah In the
morning our new bearer made his appear.
aHce there was nothing remarkable in
his manner; he seemed, for native, to
do his work very we'll
j Before we went for our early drive, he
remarked that the windows were fastened
aud asked tor Tie keys, but at pleading
look from my wife unlocked them all
I myself, txcepi that between HE bathroom
AID the yerandah, which decided 10
keep permanently locked, as il vas yery
seldom used.
| well remember Tie drive we took that
morning, and, indeed every inciden, OF
the day. The beat wa, very great when
We returned, about s a. Nj, aud We we're
glad OF he Shade aud comparative cold
OF our drawing-room. After breakfast
We settlei down to our usual occupations,
for il was day on which was not com
Leled 10 be absent We sent the bearer
with suudry orders 10 Wilson's for ice,
and T. anohcr Shop for confectionery for
dessert. He made no scrupes about ear
rying the parcels. at which We were pleas
cd Tor our dismissed btaer had on sew
eral occasions gone TO the length OF cngag-
hg coolry 10 carry them for him: ,ys-
TEN oi winch | showed my disarr oval
by invariably deductino 10 cooley hirr
from his ,n....,..y wages, so that ii lie
-''''1 20 play the great man il was at III.
S-I"''t', "''" -.<t ',.ip4
During he day ! cleaned my revolver,
Which was thoroughly out of.older and
rusty. Ny wife reminded me of my prom
lse 70 load il, aud, a, she still begged me
70 do SO, loaded all The chambers aud
capped i, saying hat hoped she woul,l
eow be e,ttent or she was secure against
any SIX men. S1e interrupted me by cry
ing, SVme one - looking through the
cn tan. II is moyme now.
III froui Ot Tire door a curtain was hung
atd @e usually kept the door open, with
a screen partially before il. The curtain
certainly wa, moving, So went 10 Jhe
door, bul as found 10 one | came back
suggesting lliri il Was probably some box
wailah, or iliprani peddler, class Of men
who visit all the European houses ~ Cal.
culta, otlering for sale stationery eau-de
cologne, aud other knick knacks, winch
ty purchasing from captains o merchaht.
men IN want ot ready money, thpy are
able to sell at a TAR lower rate ban tile
English shops. Though these men gea-
ceally announce lheir arrival by calling
out, Anything want, aahib ! all thlng,
go, emi-de-cologne got, envelopes got,
&c, yet sometimes they peep through the
cuttun to see il any one is in, and one
had probably done SO on this occasion for
he might not have seen Us where We were
sitting. Our bearer had gone Tor his din-
ner, So that we had no servant at tue
door.
Al hall past iye ia tie evening one ol
Barlo~s' sJces came to tell US that hi.
sabib aud mem-sahib were waiting below
IN heir carriage. NJ, wife threw a shawl
over Apr white dress, while sacrificed ii
Tie altar Of fashion by putting On a black
coat ard tie nevilab { chimney pot lat
We then started FOR tile Course meeting
aud passing conTeyauce= OF every dsscrip-
tion, from ihe Governor Generals fur
lu-haud and scarle. escort Of his body
guard 70 the riekeiy old ghari driven by
a -lni.uakrd uaJNe. Tie sun was near
y setting, when. an PASSING Lord Hard
Tug equestrian statue anl Lord Aukland's I
humber one, both tire resort Of countless
crows, we reached The river side. where /
Tho crowd was, as il alwaJs Il, very great.
i he hne band ut The -- Hishanders 4
were playing - the kden Gardens, where
nain 6 were selling roses at an anna a
bua@h, and numbers OF fair but pale Eng
ilsA children were playing With their dark
b arers and ayabs or buying the ingeui-
oas toys which are always TO be purchased
On The maidan. After listening TO the
music for short time, Mrs. Barlow pro-
posed that ae should drive round the
plain; lhe major gave Tie order to The
coschmaI tas the driver Is always called
ia !Ddia.l and We soon passed lie water
gate OF For William, and the AalaraJ- 4