New-York tribune., 1890-01-12
! I l.
The rcd. red sun lad set AZ last-son,

Tho rod red sun had set NJ last-gone down,
rs II were. abruptly behind me I"i no, l@oi,
The air began to feel chilly, ana ~. ~" Inv Inv
the iackal were beginning 70 make them''4 VS. @
hoard 80 We saurtcrcd Boo. * to the hNh-t"" ,
and found IT indeed tlau>iornrd' s"'P -
,,ruiehrd and clean. Tie table WIS neatly I""
for dinner. and one OF our own me H'iil' ~
Inns hl,lcl upou D.: our beds had been maze
up with our rI-s and blankets. one '' tI.l''
end of the room hot water ana towers N'.' -
r,rrd I'M "A bath room, and We SAW roaring nv
N the cook house iu the jungle. Dinner con-
si,ting of a sudden-dcath fowl curry. ami oI'''
and pate dc to'c .ras, was, 10 our uiJ'ttl P.-
rorinol the result of food and h-ht, ana We oe-
cl3rrj - one another that tbs od hAh-'lu"
WAS a capiial find and that D. W'S r.. .lF p"'"
comfortable and cheerful. despite >I-HI IL
ucrr ucusrc OF earth IN The aihorp"''Ic.
E,f6rc going to bel We explored Tie reNt I'oll,
"A smaller one than that We 9ccuptli 1ng 'lP1S
save for rckcty camp ttuc, "hl,h I'." ny %i''.
dillpilatei crockerY and press. N''I N"" -"
II W.. opened this press The press sieIi s'I'i-N
Of mushrooms. and contained nRhN i'pt',
inch-dcep with mould. uhn BASKET ana me
BUNGALOW visitors book. We carried 'NlS away
with Us to read at leisure. for the visitors Doon
in dok bungalows occasionally contains some
rather amusing observations. There WIS noun
ing funny i'm this musty old volume. Mercy
statement of who came, and now l"i- 'h'N
STAYED and what they pant, Wth lc" re-
marks not by any means complimentary, u" uc
khans,wah: \ dirty lazy rascal S".i one 4, "
mur,lcrous- okln- ruihou, sld ah"'n' ~.
insolcnt. drunken hound" sud "a third Inc Iast
entry was dated seven years previously ,.--
Let us write or nance SId aJ JuIr, ,Il, 'In,ng Inr
ont her pencil: " Mrs. Go0dcmld ana Ais, LoNd'
Drccu,hcr %. Bunca,loW deserted. ana very
dirty khausamah. What shall we say : she
asked ganclu- az ne luieiro-auleN. 49,,
Whv there he is" returned with httlc
iurn and there hc was sure enough. gazing IN
ihrou.h the window II was the face OF some
malicious animal more than the lace ot man
thot rlowcrcd out beneath his filthy red turhan
Ills eyes glarcd and rolled rs If they would leave
their sockets his teeth were fangs. Ike dogs
teeth and stood out almost pcrpcndlcuatly from
his Ldcous mouth: he surveyed Us for a few
seconds in savage silence and then melted away
into the surrounding darkness as suddenly aS he
uppc,2red. ,,,, ,, .bo Choshire c,t l., ,lico
in Wonderland" said Julia with Woull-be
righteousness but noticed that She looked rather
pale. .. .,
nlied "and have them we'll barred and the doors
holtcd That man looked as IL he could cut
our throatS.
In Il very short time the house was made fast
Abdul and The bullock man spread their mats
in tb, front veranda, and JUha and | retired
for the night Before going 10 bed We had a
controversy about the lamp. | wished To Keep
il burninl all night Il am coward at hedIt, DuO
JuIia would not hear OF ths-lmpos>lblc Tor her
ia sleep with lght IN the room-and IN the end
| was compelled to he content with candle
and matches on chair beside me. rel asleep
very soon | fancy | must have Slept long and
souudlV when | was aWokc 10y bright hight
shining in my eyes. 80, alter the ridiculous iuSs
She had made, Julia had 1T the candle alter All.
This WAS my first thought. but when | was fully
awake | found | was mistaken. or dreaming
No, ! not dreaming, for plnched my arm
and rubbed my eyes. There was a man IN the
room apparently another traveller. who appeared
to bee totally unaware of our vicinity, and 10 have
made himself completely at home. \ gun ease
n tinin basket "a bundle of pillows and rugS-tlc
usual Indian travellers hclongln@>-lay carelcSSN
scattered about ON the chairs and the floor I
lcant up ON my elbow and gaIcd at the intruder
in profound amaZcmcnt. lie dld not notice me-
no more than If | had no cNlstcncc-truc. my
charpov was in a corner ot the room and rather
i'm the shade 50 was Julias. Julia was sound
asleep and Cow be il spoken snoring. The
stranger was writing a letter at the table facing
me Both candles were drawn mp clos, 10 him
and threw a searching light upon his features
He was young and good-ioolng, but vcry very
palc-possibly NE had just recovered from some
long illness. | could not see his eyes they were
bent upon the paper before him; his hands, |
noticed, were we'll shaped. white and very thin
He signet ring on the third finger of the
left hand. and was dressed with a care and finish
not often met with in the jungle. He wore sorur
kind of light Norfolk Jacket and a blue hirl's
eye tie. In front of him stood an open dlspatch
box, very shabby and battered and | could see
that the upper tray contained a stout roundabou
bag, presumably full of rupees. "A thick roll of
notes and n gold watch. When | had drHb-
crately taken in every item. the unuttera bile en- In
ness of this stranger, thus establishing himself
i'm our room, came home 10 me most forcnly
and clearing my throat. | coughcd-a clear de-
cldcd cough of cNpostulaton t. draw his attention
10 the cnOmitN OF the situation Ii had no
effect hc must he stone deaf! He went on writ
ing as indcfatigably as ever. What he was writ
Ing was evidently q pleasant theme possblv a