, 1876-09-30

Of tool, spd, Above ali. for milk, Could int
S1InE = i6sl spet ~ @sspply, q @.lE. and pl@sss @
near to lie tic-paiunrs. ' III m,aht vet bc wcll,
And vet to dranrt him-poor icll6w-tn s,lrh
terrible con1nany, seemed cruel: vet it was for
1,Is sake, and tolt That mist E6. Very slow
Y then TT ny footsteps should a!s!nSe ri, n.
watsi, beside lin, stole awny, aid, when at =
snie tiistanre. drw. rather Tim rai,. along tho
foscst-path.
Tho nearest European dwelling wns Oswala's
no doilbt. w1.cre dwelt su,9c Of hir. Forstcr's.
hired men; hut slloull not be able to procure
what snt1r|,t anye frnm lin plnnfcr,s 'hn,1sc
At I anotIsr % tins a'f @ aon! III ,oE % hayc siiinsiv
tresl,asscd or t6o domaias OF oswall's father;
but thjs wns ut, ocyaslUp for srr,,plc Of I,lucto
LIfs mil flrati,. n / knuw. lrnenietl on nv
speed.
There, at length, rose IN before mo the milk
thorn-hetIge, Tic iinpenettablo thorns OF wiIie,
are offer, rtsciul in keeping out LEOPARD and
iackal, which surroundcI tlo, planters hotne-
steatl; aud, passing through III open gnte, en-.
tered tho coiopound, Thc first scryant Tint /
st tf5an Wit ue eoto tso asaaam s a r a ese ts
showed tho white teeth between Ills hrarl1cd
lips, was a man whom I knew,-a hfa!irattu
groom, who lad formerly been il, mr.. fathers
ssrss End Thoss .s,; si1d tys Ind nased through
"Lall singl.'' 1 gaa,,vtl ont, painting for
breath, add mo kindness, Tor tic sake II old
bread and salt Get mo some fresh mix quick
biiatl''
Something in my tone impressed the Mabrat.
Ia, for without word he hurried off, aud soon
returned. bcuflue q iar Of milk and drinking
vessel, OF lota, which would contain something
ho filled with utlk. This very act. sljcj,t a. Il
may seem, was no small compliment, fSr it was,
doubtlcsa, Ills own drinking-cup that Lall Singh
was giving me- aud, should any lip not belong
f.... -
Furnished rim, It would hereafter be unit tor
use. However, scarcely waited to utter a word
OF thanks, but suatched up the brass lota and
darted out. -. -
given Tic alarm to thc lou ,eholG At air. Fors-
ter's plantation; but 1 had resolved that I
would not, II l could do my errnnd unollca-
tiouetl, create turmoil which might Eriur
Ing. 0swal.i'a mother and sister loved him;
but tlcr nerves wcre not OF tho strongest, and
tllcir uutcrlcs, Ind they heard tin news, would
llavc had the effect oil slmmoning q score Ut
ssrsants md eoH,ies and to seal 6swa!d's tato
place wl,ere to my at the snakes mercy.
As II on winged feet, yet carrying the pre-
cious draught Ut milk with jealous care, llur-
hugo tnllput-tsee, lay Oswald, yet asleep. The
snake, however, as II uncasy, was beginning to
stir. It's monstrous hcad waggcd slowly from
ade to side among tho will.howcrs, and its
slender tongue protruleti from between it's
Tie milk, or rather q portion Of It, On tic
grUund. SO that trail staonld lead to the spot
Wlere sat down tho brass drfnktng-cup with
what Of its contenta remained, l was carciul to
palu1ga.. % =. '''~e''''''s '''1 w.
'ThcI, came minute or two of aeonized cx-
pectuncy, md tlletl, to my great inv. suw tic
reptile slowly u,lco!l hmaclt, evidently making
the great serpent, brushing through tho forest
grass and i'owcrcts, stopped ita broad head to
drink. AR saw 0swn1d thus freed, aud the u,,-
suspected foo drnw further and further away
strength Which hal hitherto supported me sud
denly bcco,ne weakness. My iltervcs being no
longer hraccd by tho sense o1 Oswald's ln0rtal
peril, tue Instructive terror and t1isgust which +
oycrpnwered me, md grew dizzy and weak,
mud could scarcely stand and scarcely see.
What was this before my dlm cyesf Tho we'll
known porc,, Of the Dutcl, colonist'a summer
but ciioketl By tall wcetls. Mechanically / en-
tered, and, sinking down on 4 molderinE wooden
seat, once tlccked with ailken cushions aud
gold-leaf, / gradually regalned the physical
capacity for thought. II is Sc curious b how, in in
such cases OF extreme exhaustion, the bouumbed
mind slowly resumes some abandoned truIn Of
thought, aud thus It was with l.,e. BY degrees
remembered OsWA1l8 uauEcr, my own cHurtS
to save hiul, antl---
Wlat was that ruating among the etenls, npd
leaves, and buds Of tho luxurious plants that
fcatouned tue shattered windows of the sum
merhouse, in all the rauk rrofuaton Of their
tropical grosvthl Surely, a,lrcly nut Tie rip
p'ing, unlulattng n,otion with which = huge
anakn tlrags hiniaclf through tho brakes mid
junglc-g1asst Yes, my fears wero but too true:
for there, In tho open wln,iow-space- broken
trcltIs-work OF which hnd been replaced. by Wild
vines and dangling orchids-a1,ucarcd. NJ u
height Of Big or seven feet above the ground,
me- menased osTal, and in now w tonfronsea s e @ me- 'e
And tl,on 1t flashed upon mu Tint this deserted
and that, as though ia very Irony Of terror, 1
had ventalrel to iutr,do Into tic 1ar OF tie ter
riblc creature, from tic sig!t Of Which had
once tl,at Oswaltl's safety seemed assurci~
rccletl dizzilY away. had often heard Of tho
strauco taste which snakcs eyinrn f,r NJ,
ahaniioned human dwcilinr. and how frenilcntIv
thty latnt tho outbuildinrs Of E,urnnenna,
ahfxies and tho h,its nj ti,e mativrs: an.l rct
here lad rasi,iy strayed Into tie lurking plase
of the t}ealiiest guardian Of tho Cevinn f,,nrl.
Tint tic suako WIS pcTturbc6, tlero rn,,ii
bo no doubt, It curved its p1aenfui rrrk ,iae