Smyrna times., 1878-05-22
The Buried Bungalow.
A STARTLING CATASTROPHE AND A STRANGE p,-.
PERIENCE


,, PERIENCE.
" nat can this mean ?" asked 7. reinip,
up my horse close to the dense mill .tbonSs
Inat smut In Mr. Warrens pretty bonse
( ana Its garden, gay with flowers. from tbl
TEA plantations, the green valley. the m.
I-no pastures, and the dazzling pealxs ~
ene hdmalayas soaring overhead. There
on fragment of rock, stood the we'll.
AnoWh tall form of the planter himself
angrily confronting motley mob of natives
sonie tawny, other yellow skinned. and q
iew nearly black. These, although thew
nuhs aside hoe and spade, knew to be the
st,.;o ~ooiies employed at the prosperous hill
bnJ ~ "nere such scene of confusion
had been hitherto unknown.
The scoundrels are going to laava r,o
thats all !" said Mr.. Warren emily. a.,i
at that instant there stepped for,yarJ H. ~
advance OF the rest a gaunt Thibetan clad
~ sneePsklns, who tremendously and with
perfect gravity placad on the ground .
Ha9hent OF wheaton cake, a handful of
en- en- ana a lota or brass bringing cup nearly
hlleo with coins, from silver ruDees to co.
per pieces. Then, pointing with naeIdd
willow wand that he held in his bonJ ~
the food and the money thrice, he snanneT
IN twain the slender stick, and with bant
neao and downcast mein stood motion'
iesS' ,Ts as though waiting to be questioned
nat mummery is this ?".sasked in an
uhuertone. My intended father.in.law
h %no knew the people and the country |
0ee'Tr than dld, shook his head.
nc IL means mischief" he wbisperad
go "oWet1lhg mas terrified the superstitious
ooI. anu see! they renounce my bread and
Ssalt, return the advance of wages anJ
break the wand, in token that tbey orc "nu NV.
men no more. You mean" he addnS
harshly in Bengal dialect, ito desert ,va rna
then, Han Goran ?" "ie'
The Sahib Warren is a good ,,,o..o.. :,
Fephed the Thibetan in the Same Ion,,,o.'
we 60, 1t Is because the evil eve 5oo
1Ioked upon his threshold, and the voico
that never lies has laid curse ON W.; w.
Sou and all that dwell there Il ''iii
;. Inc man spoke slowly and with son,o
ullnculty' such as those who use n fore;n1
Tongue imperfectly mastered; but he bsd
Uttered ms brief speech with emnbasis
anu WIN certain dignity of BEARING !
! .;i enIhu MIN stood the Thibetans and the !
ulh ~ men, sturdy fellows, on whom devolvad
.ne .:, !, ,rough work OF trenching and dvke. !
IL "hlie little way off clustered
;no o uuSAy 4;Hy coolles from India proper, their
1Po = ugntehsd over their shining teeth. and i
erVlllty. Clearly there was no stim1Ims "
mort OF physical fear which would have Il
lerVed these crouching creatures to disobev a
ne burra Sahib, or owner of the nIantc o
ION whose highest word has been law 70
is meek subcrdinates. IA" W Sc
II the Sahlb will hearken to the coun. az
Ell OF the poor, said the Spokesman, after is
ausS, "he and his will hasten awav bofora CT
- sway Oeiore
But here Mr.. Warren lost patienco ond
lterrupted the orator, roundly rebnking hi
40 whoie gang as pack of craven hounds 81
lsn'ehed at their own shadows, and with CI
IL spark OF manliness to redeem tbeu In
ere II worth while, he said, he conId Cl
'tiop over 70 tne nearest magistrate, and ST.
iiorce .he performance of the contract III
~ ,ael pam OF noggIng and Imprisonment; da
IL ne wanted no halfhearts in his service NJ
they might go. You hear mei1 L1 wa
J silencing Han Gorain's freab ga
lort 70 speak; and the men skunk awav on
"ed, as Orientals usually are, bv This M thl
,,notlng ,ni assertion of authority. ria
Inc planter recovered his ten,por 80 fro
On as the recusants had departed and fri
tn a jolly laugh: '"'i"g' sta
= A lesson, George, my boy. az 70 +bo rar
orns that will lie in your path when vo', sou
q E1ith live here in my stead, as / bona the
ull do, after the gathering in of the the
Xt tea-crop, and set to feather your nest to
her mother and l have done. / tbonobt say
tier things, too, of the overseer-t6at ON
m tiorain, who, before some beathan frol
sle scared him, was a shrewd and relia. Ke
servant But never mind. Come in cou
lsgrnve, come in. The parson from and
nee Tai is here already, and Won must on
p the bride expectant to entertain him me-
I'll dinner time. / III
'retFy Edith, who was on the morrow 10 whC
ome my wife, smiled away anv nm. beir
feelings which the conduct of boa
n eforain and his companions had left
ind and neither she nor her parents i
MI. Edwards, the clergyman, who had Yor
ne over expressly to perform the mar. that
70 ceremony, seemed TO attach anv inn. NOR
tance TO the panic among the coolies. thei
IL was something" explained Mr.. tna'
rrerl, "obout Alph Dagh, the Big Moun. exec
J, at the foot of which we live; but / VoU,
e been planter here too long 10 care trao
the tattle of coolies They are like grea
dren who talk of tho nursery ghosts han'
i they see them in every dark corner 70 u
elightful life | would have lad bera Ia appr
en credulousl" I" whic
nd with that he dismissed ~, exte
the evening passed genially enough snoe
'r On, however, after the whispered IT.
we'll to my sweet Edith In the porch. nass