Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-02-13
TI-RHADA.

! DesPlUe her uark skin she was very pret
W. as Nepalese girlsgo; not the least of he,
marks OF beauty were her large, brilliant
eyes. But she did not know that she noe
S'sed charms uncommon to her race. for
hef mother and sisters were ALWAYS too
weary OF tea gathering to think of beauty
ana NePaiese men are not given TO commit
menting women
IN the tea fields Of Darieerling. in the
very heart of the HfmaIayas, she was toll
ing among the fragrant plants where for
centuries her ancestors had toiled bafora
her ''4'te
she had been there throughout every
Jay OF the tea season, every one of the AZ
Teen Years OF her eyentless life. and the
thought had never entered her head that
she would ever be anywhere else nor that
there was an anywhere else" for that
matter.
But this day in particular marty If
tourists was wandering about Darieer-
ing, and they at length came into the
plantation, where one of them, a young
Engiishman named Mainwaring, spied her
out. '0N "'i
Good looking young Niger. that p be
SAID, jerking his thumb in tbe-directjon Of
T-Rhada. VI
Perhaps" remarked his eompanfon.
out beauty in woman is always a relative
quantity. They are or are not good look
ing accordingato your taste and condition
OF susceptibility The divine Blanche now
might not agree with YOU"
THE divine Blanche. fortunatalv ia
S,VOo miles away, so I don't see what she
has to do with it"
Try not to be impatient, MainwYripe,
out the eyes of five-and-forty do not see
All things as do the orbs of five-and-twentv |
am an older man than you are, andD-
And whatY"
Nothlng, perhaps, and perhaps a great /
deal. But the others are hurrvfno on
toward supper and we must not detain
them. Come on"
Inc sightseers passed out of the pIanta-
uon without being seen by ff-Rhada.
Mainwartng came back TO the tea fields
i1r adooher look at the young niger"
the tofiow1ng morning; and he came alone
Ti-Rhada was a bit startled AT findin,,
MN suddenly close beside her, with that in
his gaze which she had never seen in mans
eyes before
Not wishing to alarm her, Mainwaring
turned away.
His friend, Colonel Fritoh, was on the
hotel portico Nsen he came in
Been hunting up more niggersY" he in
quired
Mainwaring bowed stiffiy and entered /
the hotel without answering. He was not :
only annoyed but indignant. Fritch was I
an ass lie was dignifying the merest I
nothing in the world Whom could IL
harm If he had gone back for a second =
glance at the little NepaleseP What was ;
she or any other Hindoo woman To bin9 :
lhey were Interesting to look at and be ] !,
should CONTINUE looking at them all he
pleased, and If Fritch had anything more a
10 say about 1t be would cut the Fritch / n
party stay at Dafjeerling as long as he :.
wished and go away when he got ready.
Inc next morning he made third trim I,
to the the fields :
inns time, after persistent exertions he
managed to engage Ti-Rhada in converse =,
uon that is, he prevailed upon her to
iisOen 10 MS questions and remarks and to "a
make occasional little monosyllable an.
swers thereunto This was not very edi- h.
Tying and had the girl been less pretty
would have voted il ALI y p,
pore; but it was very pleasant to see her
reu lps shape themselves into varying st
Noru frames, and there was suggestion da
81 music about the words themselves In
mAlhWaFlng 8 pilgrimages to the ptanta do
lon were numerous, but not another word
I'D Fritch say about Ti-Rhada. 20
thought you people were only going an
Q stay here week, said Mainwarinp 10 sk
'rltch one afternoon when Ti-Rhada had
'een particularly interesting, and her 10y
arly amiabe. ~,
I'VE find Darjeerling very pleasant and
efreshing," was Fritch's reply land No alo
one of as are in hurry to get away: but lin
your young blood is gathering impa- ,
ence for an immediate hegira. IN cali No
ne clan together and we will HE us IN,
ence" Wy
oh, am in no hurry about going-or Co..
nat IS, it doesn't concern me in the least hos
neither we go or stay. But it had oc- +
Irred TO me that your original plan was cri
sing varied" - -
The next day Mainwaring suspected baI
iat II hhada was glad to see him, and by MIA
lie third day thereafter he was sure of r. moo,
e was pleased nightly. Surely he p7pst s,,i
IVY 9on,e s'rengU III Oh character when Bla
'th heather and civilized women were Re@
tracted by HIM
In little time a change came over III.
hada. She not only listened and assented n
hen Mainwaring talked, but talked her, Ian,
II, and for an uneducated little heather Sui
e talked we'll. e ~
was more than ever fasei WI
ted; but somehow he felt constrained at n
delay demonstrations of affection tho
'wn IN the dark depths of Ti-Rhadais the
~ W ~ was Vnao Wnich showed that feet
N, W. 10 ,ei, "ouiu oe no ilght thlng- by
: IL IT,. "J ai ron One uhy be hrst saw mile
Get him with beaming face, she met
n almost sullenly one morning.
After dint OF much eoaxing he wormed IN
! OF her that her dearest friend, a girl of land
out her own age, had lost her lover. Oh Of. a
II worse in absconding he had taken Dle
future with him for sba w., -. -, was
ect of contempt and derido, 70 ho, 90 is sal
3 tribe reste
What will she do no,vy, asled Mai, visio
ring, endeavoring to muffle the stab the
closure was to his own purposes.
XIII herself" said Ti-Rhada stoldly.
hat else is left for her to dor" snos