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yereIy on the impropriety of her conduct.
Lispeth listened quietly, and repeated
her first proposition, II takes great
deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivil'
ized eastern instincts, such as falling In
love at first sight Lispeth, having
found the man she worshiped, did not
see why she should keep silent as to her
choice. She had no intention of being
sent away, either. She WIS going to
nurse that Englishman until he was
well enough to marry her. This was
her little programme.
After fortnight Of slight fever and
Inflammation the English'nan recovered
conference and thanked the chaplain and
his wife, and Lispeth-especially Lispeth
for their kindness. He was traveller
In the east, he said-they never talked
about "globe trotters" in those days,
when the P. 81 o. fleet was young and
small-and had come from Dehra Dun
to hunt for plants and butterflies among
the Simla hills. No one at Simla, there
fore, knew anything about him. He
fancied he must have fallen over the cliff
while stalking fern on rotten tree
trunk, and that his coolies must have
stolen his baggage and fed. He thought
he would go back to Simla when he was
little stronger. Eo desired no moro
mountaineering.
He made small haste to go away, and
recovered his strength slowly. Lispeth
objected to being advised either by tho
chaplain or his wife, so the latter spoke to
the Englishnan and told him how matters
stood in Lispeth's heart. He laughed
good deal, and said it was very pretty
and romantic, q perfect idyl Of the Him.
alayas; but, es he was engaged to girl
at home, he fancied that nothing would
happen. Certainly he would behave
with discretion. He did that Still he
found it very pleasant to talk to Lispeth,
and walk with Lispeth, and say nice
things to her, and call her pet names
while he was getting strong TO go away.
It meant nothing at all to him, and ev-
erything in the world to Lispeth. She
was very happy while the fortnight
lasted, because she had found man to
love.
Being a savage by birth, she took no
trouble to hide her feelings, and the
Englishman was amused. When ne
went AWAY Lispeth walked with him up
tho hill as far as Narkunda, very trou-
bled and very miserable. The chaplain's
wife, being good Christian and diolik-
ing anything in the shape OF fuss or
scandal-Lispeth was beyond her man.
agement entirely-had told the English
man to tell Lispeth that he was coming
back to marry her. "She is but child,
you know, and, fear, at heart heath
en-" said the chaplain's wife. 30 all
the twelve miles up the hill the English
man, with his arm around Lispeth's
waist, was assuring the girl that he
would come back and marry her; and
Lispeth made him promise over and over
again. She wept on the Narllunda ridge
till he had passed out of sight along the
NIuttiani path.
Then she dried her tears and went in
to Kotgarh again, and said to the chap
lain's wife: "TIe will come back and
marry me. He has gone to his own peo-
pie to tell them So" And the chaplain's
wife soothed Lispeth and said: "He will
come back" At the end of two months
Lispeth grew impatient, and was told
that the Englishman had gone over the
seas to England. She knew where Eng
land was, because she had read little
geography primers; but, of course, she
had no conception of the nature OF the
sea, being a Hill girl. There was an old
puzzle map of tho world in the house.
Lispoth had played with it when she was
a child. She unearthed it again, and put
it together of evenings, and cried to her.
self, and tried to imagine where her Eng
lishman was. AS sho had no ideas OF
distance or steam boats, her notions
were somewhat erroneous. ltwould not
have made the least difference had she
been perfectly correct; for the English
man had no intention of coming back to
marry Hill girl. Ee forgot all about
her by the time he was butterfly hunting
in Assam He wrote book ON the east
afterwards Lispeth's name did not ap-
pear. .,
At tho end of three months Lispeth
made daily pilgrimagcs to Narkunda to
seq if her En9lishman was coming along
the road. 1t gave her comfort, and the
! charlain's wife, finding her happier,
thought that she was getting over her
"barbarous and most indelicate folly"
A little later the walks ceased to help
Lispeth and her temper grew very bad.
The chaplain's wife thought this profit
able time to let her know the real state
| of afTairs-that the Englishman had only
promised his love to keep her quiet; that
! he had never meant anything, and that
| it was "wrong and improper" Of Lispeth
| to think of marriage with an English
man, who was of superior clay, besides
being promised in marriage to girl OF
his own people. Lispeth said that all
/ this was clearly impossible, because he
had said he loved her, and Che chaplains
wife had, with her own lips, asserted
that the Englishman was coming back.
"How can what he and you said be
untruey' asked Lispeth.
1--WE said il as an excuse to keep you
quiet, child" said the chaplain's wife.
Then You have lied to me-" said Lis
peth, "you and heI'
The chaplain's wife bowed her head
and said nothing. Lispeth was silent,
too, for little time. Thea she went out
down the valley and returned in the
dress Of a Hill giri-infarnously dirty,
but without the nose and car rings. She
had her hair braided into the long pig
tail. helped out with black thread, tl4t
Hill women wear.
Il am going back to my own people,
said she. "YOu have killed Lispeth.
There j. only left old Jadeh's daughter
thu daughter Of a pzhai and the ser-
want Of Tarka Devi You are al liars,
x-o-s T~y1ieh