The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-08-21

EDelFs own sDhOOWS, duu WlCDOub
spark of lnanliness to redeem them
Were it worth while, he said. b
would gallop over to the neares
magistrate and enforce the perform
ance of the contract under pain o
fiogging and Imprisonment; but h.
wanted 70 half hearts in his service
so they might 90. You hear me 7
he Numbered silencinr Han Gorain
fresh effort to speak; and the mer
skunk away, cowed, as orientials usu
ally are by this undoubting assertion
Of authority.
The planter recovered his temper
as soon as the recusants had depart
ed, and laid his broad hand ON my
shoulder, saying with q jolly laugh ;
ga lesson, George my boy, as to
the thorns than will lie in your path
when you and Edith live here in my
stead, as ] hope You will do after the
gathering in OF the next tea crop, and
set to feather your nest as her moth
er and / have done, / thought bet
ter things too, of the overseer-that
Han Gorain. who before some heath
en- bogic scared him. was a shrewd
and reliable servant. But never
mind--comc in Musgave, come in.
The parson from Ninee Tai is here
already and you must help the bride
expectant to entertain him until din
ner time"
Pretty Edith, who on the morrow
was to become my wife smiled away
any uncomfortable impression which
the conduct Of Han Gorain and his
companions had left behind; and
neither she nor her parents, nor the
clergyman, Mr.. Edwards, who had
come over expressly to perform the
marriage ceremony, seemed to attach
any Importance to the disturbance
among the coolies.
sit was something, explained Mr..
Warren, about "-Alph Dagh, the big
mountain, at the loot of which We
live, but | have been q planter here
too long to care for the tattle Of cool
les. They are Fke.children who talk
of the nursery ghosts till they see
them in every dark corner. \ de
lightful life ] should have led here
had been credulous.; 7
And with that he dismissed tn,
asuhieet.and the evening passed pleas
| antly enough. Later on, however
after the whispered good night to m,
sweet Edith in the porch, drapeC
with the glistening leaves and bis
white blossoms Of the Indian creep
er, after my ride home to my owl
dwelling among the hills, and whel
my head rested on its pillow, a vague
sense Of insecurity beset me afresh
and even when | fell asleep, m,
dreams were troubled and sad, no
such as should visit the slum3ers o
one on whom the world smiled as
did on me, George Musgrave.
The dawning OF 4 new day, m
wedding day, however,, chased ava
, the clouds from my mind, and VIE
I mounted my horse to ride TO Vi,
mi Sou, attired as u bridegroom
. should be, my heart was light an
full of hope. Edith loved me bette
G than deserved knew that, and
: was her fathers intention to establis
4 the young couple OH his own plant;
o ton, while he and Mrs Warren /,
turned to England to enjoy their we
II earned competency.
|, The day was iine-no rarity in til
east-but n sort of haze hung owe
= the peaks northward, and yet Their
e were frequent gusts of ice cold win
e rushing down from gap and pass i
s the rocky range that forms tn
+ boundary Of India. | rode on an
d presently from an angle in the mour
tain rode l caught glimpse of tn
h Twenty Springs as Mr.. Warren
o thriving station WAS called, with it
$ gardens and meadows, and the no,
# deserted plantation and the empt
: huts Of the coolies.
Il Then | turned the corner and 81,
!, it no more, but even AS it yanishe
4 from my sight heard strange dee
e sound like that of distant thunder
) the nature OF which | could not Il
a vine. My horse suddenly snorte,
n and reared, and then stood trem
IS bling and could scarcely be urge,
/ forward. while | was in the act 4
$ STOPPING forward to pat the Arab
/. glossy neck, speaking Soothingly T.
s. him the while, there broke unon M