, 1890-12-04

CUPlD'S ARROWS.
lRudyard Kipling.l


Pit where the buffalo cooled his hide,
BY the hot sun emptied, and blistered
and dried;
Log in reh- grass, hidden and lone;
Bund where the earth-rat's mounds arc
strown;
Cave in the bank where the sly stream
| steals;
Aloe that stabs in the belly and heels,
Jump, If you dare on n steed untried-
Safer 1t is to go wide-go wide
Hark, from in front where the best men
| ride:-
"Pull to the of, boys! Widel Go Widew
| Tho Peoria Hunt.
Once upon time there lived at
Slmla very pretty girl, the daugh-
ter of poor but honest district and
sessions judge. She was a good
girl, but could not help knowing
her power and using it. Her
mamma was very anxious about
her daughters future, as all good
mammas should be.
When man is commissioners
and bachelor, and has the right of
wearing open work jam tart jewels
in gold and enamel on his clothes,
and Of going through door before
every one except u member Of coun-
ell. a lieutenant governor or vice
roy, he Is worthy marrying. AT
least that Is what ladies say. There
was commissioner In Simla in
those days who was and wore and
did all l have said. He was q
plain man-an ugly man-the
ugliest man in Asia, with two ex-
ceptions. His was face to dream
about, and try to carve on pipe
head afterward. His name was Sag
gott-Barr-Saggott-Anthony Barr
Saggott and six letters to follow.
Departmentally he was one of the
best men the government of India
owned; socially he was like u bland
ishing gorilla.
When he turned his attention to
Miss Beighton | believe that Mrs
Beighton wept with delight ut the
reward Providence had sent her in
her old age.
Mr.. Beighton held his tongue. lie
was an easy.going man.
Now a commissioner Is very rich
His pay is beyond the dreams o.
avarce--is SD enormous that lie car
afford to save and scrape in way
that would almost discredit mem
Der of council. Most commissioner.
are mean, but Barr-Saggott was al
exception. He entertained royalty
he horsed himself well, lie CAV,
dances, he was power in the land
and he behaved as such.
Consider that everything | an
writing of took place in an almost
prehistoric era in the history o
British India. Some folks may re-
member the years before lawn tenni,
was born, when we all played GRO
quet. There were seasons befor,
that, If you will believe me, wher
even croquet had not been invented
aud archery, which was revived il
England In lSi4, was as great pes
talked learnedly about "holding'
and Closing" ''steles," "reflexec
bows" fifty six pound bows,'
"backed," or ''self-yew bows" rs
we talk now about ''rallies," "vol
leys,n "smashes,n ''returns" anG
"sixteen.o ounce rackets."
Miss Beighton shot divinely oveI
ladies' distance-sixty yards, that II
and was acknowledged the best
lady archer in Simla. Men called
her "Diana ef Tarra-Devi."
Barr-Saggott paid her great at
tention, and, as 1 have said, til,
heart of her mother was upliited In
consequence. Kitty Beighton took
matters more calmly. 1t was pleas.
ant to he singled out by commits
sioner with letters after his name
and to I'LL tho hearts of other girl.
with bad feelings. But there was
no denying the fact that Barr-Sag
got was phenomcnally ugly, ana al
his attempts TO adorn himself only
made him more grotesque.
He was not christened "Tht
Langur'-which means gray ape
for nothing. 1t was pleasant, Kitty
though, to have him ut her feet, but
It was better to escape from him anC
ride with the graceless Cubbon--tht
man In dragon regiment Mt Um-
balla-the boy with u handsome
face and no prospects. Kitty likec
Cubbon more than a little. Ht
never pretended for moment that
he was anything less than head ovel
heels In love with her, Tor he was III
honest boy. SO Kitty fled now ant
again from the stately wooings o
Barr-Saggott to the company o
young Cubbon, and was scolded by
her mamma In consequence.
"But, mother" she said, "Mr
Sugpott is such--such--a-is fear
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