New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-11
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Pariri at that time a terminus But new Inc
was in progress connecting II WIN raInD"' W
capital OF the district and the htte wv. W.
Overlooking with coolies engaged upon the WORK
and its society augmented ny tne S'Sn u 5 1'nnd
men who directed their labors. Inc neIsnU .,I
had much deteriorated during the lasu s ~ %
Crime and the death-rate had lncre'iseu SO pr
cent owing 10 "A very complete system vi oNeI-
crowding combined with a generous cons J vi
of raw spirits. Cholera and smallpox, We,e 10
longer mere visitors but naturallHed Inl"pt ,
presented with the freedom Ot'the Guy an Ioi
one chicken that had formerly strayeu from Mts.
Abbotts fowl-yard into the nut OF nnnsti IoVt b
there were now seven, plainly Sh0Wiis ,""V Ic
moro eoual distribution OF the good Things OF t!iS
world is the direct product OF cVlnHlioh. oul 1or
the prolonCltion of the line the slmpIc nduNCs VI
p.qiri would have been content WIN fOopIns .hrs.
shhn.,,s benroost once a week. Now the minister
and his wife revelled no more frequency III si'
sumption OF fowls, roast boiIed or Su[II9u INN
the deserving natives VINO surrounucu tl'il'
Another result and one which struck the ADD0ttS
as being more distinctly advantageous. was thhb
their social circle had gained by the afrlNdl ol tilc
English engineers. Not one OF them was vi inc
roissionarvs way Of thinking on religious matlerS,
Int he was O tolerant man, ana permlU'eu hulsell
10 enjoy pleasant chat with son OIL beldi now
and then on topics purely WorduH' I,nIi to,,orod
resort of several of the newcomers, with whom
Mrs Abbott was deservedly popular, ana hafdly
an evening passed without one or more turning III
at the gate for hours smoke IN the Ncrahda
and a bit of harmless gossip win the SOou man
and his wife Patience, who kept herself COCA
deal in the background on these occasions, Vas
hammer at Pagiri than she had ever been III hcr
Iife The soothing warmth of the atmosphere,
both moral and climatic, had done wonderful
things for her. and she began at length 10 look
her ace At two years old she might have been
a hundred: at fifteen, thirty-hve and at twenty,
Gftv Now she was twenty-five and looked IT,
Tbe NAMED drawn expression had left her 1ace;
her smooth skTn had taken 1alnJ tlnSe OF PINK
ber white ress was made with less regard for econ
omy than the gray linen; and she had developer
a latent genius for housekeeping and handy,
helpful way which made her friends regard her
as a valuable acquisition TO their household anu
congratulate themselves upon her REJECTION as "
She * reserved for some other fate, my dear
Mr. Abbott had said 10 his wife with some
Soicmnitv as they sat together IN the yeranGa
one afternoon SIX months after Patience had be-
come an inmate Of the house. PredeStlIalloh
is at the bottom of II, YOU may depend ItONl-
dence interviewed on her behalf. r.
II was tune somebody did, answered his VIC,
rather irreyercnty. " Poor child, she mas hau
sad life and | think she must have been half
starved into the bargain now that see The dihcr-
ence being here has made i'll her shouldh 0e
surprised if she married and left us ai'er al
She isn't so very lame, and she's nice. sweet
tempered handy little thing
Patience who was laying the dnncr-taDe,
unintentionally overheard these remarks ana
bmshed and trembled. startled by the joyous leap
her heart gave, and half afraid TO contemplate
the wonderful vista OF possibilities which WIS;
eyes For She had lost her heart, and without
the slightest encouragement. Among the engineers
was one who had lived for some years in the dis
trict He had lost his wife when MS niue b0y
was born and the child was now four years Ola,
strong and hearty for one reared IN the East but,
TO an eye accustomed to English babies. only poor
little scrap. John Graham was grave beyond ms
wears (which were thlrty-iVe), but kindly ana
gcntle with women and devoted TO his httle Jack.
In his profession he was highly esteemed. ana Dy
all held TO be upright and honorable man, though
more reserved than many of his associates qllte /
understood or approved. His reserve had Dr0ken
down before Mrs. Abbotts mOtherly concern Tor
his childs welfare and almost every evening,
when the little fellow was i'll bed. he would come
over from his unhOmclike shanty ana SIT smoking,
for the most part in silence, IN the missionary
veranda He never omitted, however, TO pay his |
respe rs 70 Mrs Abbott and Patience whom lac
treated with much courtesy as II she were II
queen, and often allowed himself TO Ftay awhile
when the others were gone, chatting on variety
of subjects with the two women-subiects on whlcn
with the world at large he kept his own counsel
II was a sort of worship which tie girl gave to
the tall, grave man. They were TOO WIDE apart |
for love-indeed there was something almost !
ludicrOus in the mere suggestion of such a thng,
and PaticnceS cheeks burned when she thouTht |
of it, and she rated herself soundly for giving way,
even for moment, 10 the wild flight her magma
ton had taken when she heard herself pronounced
not Interchangeable.
Mrs Abbott had carefully kept the secret Of
Patence's rejection from the gOSslpS OF IaSlr, but
she could not close the mouths of all those young
-eye-wltncsseS of the incident-who were /
now scattered broadcast through the district as
missionaries wives. Graham rarely left Plglrl, /
where he was in charge of the works: but others !
went further afeld, and one evening young jameson
came back from Pamba with wonderful tale 10 |
tell, and brought it straight to tire Engineers |
Office. where they had just knocked off work. |
" You know that girl up at Old Abbotts he
said 10 his chum, lille Graham unnotccd, wa 'u'n-
inc over some papers at his desk. Well uId /
you believe il, she wild TO get MARI hat !
she left her good home in Wales and came acre |
six months ago with a lot OF others, in spite Of
her peoples Wishes to be married to one of The !
bachelor miSsOnaries-dnd not of them would |
have her. l suppose they had been warned OF |
the Eighty sort of young woman she was. SO she |
was in nice fix, and Mrs Abbott had to ask her /
TO come and stay with her till she could find /
something TO do, for the Missionary Society refused
to give the girl her paSsagc-money back TO
England"
Well. she's deep one, then; She looks as if |
butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. Where did
you hear the story :"
me. The missionary has the only bungalow IN |
the place. so he was staying there, and Mrs. Mis-
,ionary who was one of the cargo herself, told |
him
Excellent authority, no doubt" interrupted !
iraham.' Perhaps you might hear something 10 /
The diSadvantage Of the, lady at kat9h # You
asked Miss Owen. 1t would be valuable addition
10 your collection Of Queer Storics,' and make
you a welcome guest at some houses where gossip
IS thoroughly appreciated" And Graham, Who
If business, gathered up his papers, and left the
wo young men uncertain whether 10 he more sur
)riscd offended by his observations.
Graham himself was disguised. lie ana not
believe that what he had just heard WIS
orrect in all It's details, but he feared
hat the main fact--that Of Iatences having
Ome out to ShikarOre TO be married-was
likely 10 be true II was shock 90 him To find
hat the dcmure little woman with the sweet
'oice and quiet ways, whom he had got T. like
almost insensblv was after all nothne but
'ulgar husband hunter, and he panied and
rritated by the idea. His horror of gossip for
)ade his brOaching the subject to Mrs. Abbott. 50
10 put il away at the back of his mind. and. but
or slight shade Of GOODNESS in his manner 20
'atience. it. produced no outward effect But,
yeenly alive 10 all that concerned Grahams in
ercourse with herself, Patience Immediately per-
eived the change, and conscious Of the weak
,lace in her armOr, concluded that the hated in
ident had been made known to him. Her face
Degan once more TO assume the careworn cN- I
,reSsiOn which her kind friends had believed
vanished for ever. and She no longer sang a. She