The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1867-06-28

pace. | astonished the doctor, lasto'
shed myself, and, what was morel
the colonel, who kindly I
cred to send me home,-an offer l I,
lined. / will not say how much Bes
etter had to do with my determinatr
10 remain in India; perhaps l WI 9
true soldier at heart, and having a ttt
for the service, had fairly enrolled y
self in the soldiers lot. Any WI,
did not go home, and by the time pee
was restored | was fit for duty, anre
joicing in my promotion.
"Somcbody has been telling m0ou
are going home, Yeo," said Gera
-, few months after | had my'm
pany. Don't be such fool. H'vt
had the kicks,-stay and have thalf'
pence. We want few fellows tcicb
TO us; there will be a regular edus
before the next hot season, and nty
of fellows retiring. You'll soonave
your majority, and then may do you
like
"rll think of it, General, i" saidand
while thinking of it, another tel
came from Bell. "By Jove" tight
l, "I'll show her l can be just as q as
she is; | won't go home"
And did not. Next mail bght
me intelligence of my fathers slen
death. / wrote home, as felt inty
bound, told Bell l had accepted ap-
pointment which necessitated Ire
naming two years longer, and Sed
her to come out and be my wife her
women did so, and thought she hit.
But it is well said that it requirwo
to make a bargain /; Bell did noe it
in the light l did she was willishe
said, to wait. SO two years gli'by,
and then l wrote again ; again he a
refusal, and in the pique of the nent
l asked for Il post then vacant, eling
still further service, so that verNrly
six years had passed since | lCng-
land, before l made up my Il to
brave my fate and come home Dod.
The overland journey was mufter
the manner ofoverlandj journeyyen-
: eral. A full complement of mas
and children, real widows, and are
popularity known AS grass wis; a
! sprinkling of men; many goinslck
: leave, one or two, like myselFlng
= up their soldering forever. Twas
the usual amount of Irritation ldal,
and jealousy, from which | mod to
Q steer pretty clear, until l fell the
: hands of a pretty little womoing
| home on leave, and who | sound
: knew Devonshire. One day a'ome
!. one began talking of matrimo Mrs.
, Nigne gave us her opinion, hg
; story illustrative of her eXper that
V set the whole table in a roar.
, ~ am going to Lynmouthi Mrs.
t Vigne," l said; 81 hope yout cut
h me rs you did your husband
5 "Then you know Lynmdis is MT
n ita miserable, dead-alive sortiace
/. nothing but artists, readings, and
It High-church people to be seSy the
r by, talking of Lynmouth, 9ropos
of marriage, my sister tells lharm-
e ing story about their gre3ess, a
5 Miss Larriston; l dare say Sheard
e of her, the story is just thg ior ~
II sensation novel; she has bigaged
AZ since she was in long-clothGousin,
the reason being that each em has
" half of what was once a estate,
il and there being curse ule place
10 until some old rhyme is ID; the
L. rhyme is that
t. "The curse OF the Yee shall ~
10 When I4arriston's girl weds 2.
# OF course they hate each ana o1
q course the heiress has 70 the
" church for consolation, ana II IN
#, the curate. My sister sayexpects
ne an elopement, and rathet to the
a lady's side; now all my SHES are
" with the poor man."
"They generally are, Apply TO
| see," said Captain Smit!'ln sure
H. we ought to be awfully II, ana
in am sure the unlucky lo'l appre-
in ciatc your kindness. Nre, VIII
introduce you | dare SIS some
50 relation, as he is going dere''
H. / did not know whet ith was
Is throwing out n feclcr, lremihed
,os to ignore my identity, ahlsed 10
n effect the necessary in oh' ana
,u for the rest of the voya 10 take
of care of Mrs. Nignc.
AS After week in L Went
nd down to Lynmeuth, tn 'ome Eh-
ry glish July air giving II 81 10 my
~ lifn and somehow or Takening
no strong desire tO be Wiz ana
1lc fierce resentment ag;e curate,
in. which was neither i'or eA-
ve. planned by the sight oeet green
w. Lius of Devon. the n lands and |
,ed deep lanes through VIC groom
of bowled me in the "iieh ne
go drove over to meet Iurhs'aple,
ere any more than by thcah' > CON
ere vcrsation for, after ne Vi my
ht fathers last days, he u Oh lhto
we family and county "hu' "S i
of thought, purposely a?eaN'hs oi
ith Bell, q reticcnce agar" l 9cclcl-
..aa w Iv fratted consider. thereby |
'La hurr q tale. OF Mi goodness,
beauty, and above ifiuihs' ne
the seemed never tireoAihs' ana
4 | when | reached hOnihc nilsht
.;+h Ina remarked of the per, until,
W.. datcrmined to brinplething, |
we'd said, $50, the old R'sohe' 'oo'
or Mrs. Clarke?"
ried Ay, sir, and molly ior'he
a., ,ou,nro lnr,t like and lives .
II II in London or elsew nc he'i'' :"