Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-01-23
TI-RHADA.

a1oqt her hr.d
De,nir. BIER dark skin she was very pref
e- NnDal-~c girls 90; not the least of her
marks of beauty were her large brilliant
ag.. lint she did not know that she pos
,...aI charms uncommon TO her race for
her mother and sisters were always too
,ragrv of tra gathering To think of beauty
and Npn4It-c men are not given to compli-
j meutin- women
In the taa fields Of Darieering, in the
var, hens, ul the Ilimulayas, she was toll
I ing among rhe fragrant plants where for
centuries beer ancestors had toiled before
her
She had n.aa there throughout every
FL lgvuf tlp fg.l season. every one of the iif
teen v.Hr- of her cventless life, and tie
i thought hoI newer entered her head thrt
she wuutI ever Hr anywhere else. nor that
FL there was uu anywhere else" for that
matter
But ibis dIy in particular Il party OF
Il tourists wits wandering about Darieer-
n ling, and they nc length came into the
plantation. where one of them, n young
Eng.i>uman named Mainwaring. spied her
out
Good Iookiug Young niger, that" he
said Jerking his thumb in the direction of
a T-HhuIl
"PerHuo." remarked his companion,
"but h.aUtyi in woman is always relative
quantity They are or are not good look
i ing according to your taste and condition
"a Of susceptibility. The divine Blanche, now
might not agree with YOU"
The divine Blanche. fortunately, is
Il 500 miles away, 50 don't see what she
a has 60 do with it,"
Inr fII Ina. ont Lei
! but the eyes of tvr-and-forty do not see
\ all things as dothe orbS OF Internationally
am au older man than you are and'-
And what
Nothing perhaps and perhaps great
deal, buL the others are hurrying on
toward supper and we must not detain
them. Come on"
The SI-hrsrers passed ont of the planta-
ton without being seen by Ti-Rhada.
AuI"HrD- came back to the tea fields
for another look ut the young nigger''
me following morning; and he came alone
ItRhada WIS Il bit startled at finding
nm suddenly close beside her with that in
his gaze which she had never seen in MINIS
eyes before
Not wishing to alarm her, Mainwaring
turned AWAY
His friend Colonel Fritch. was on the
hotel porrico when he came in.
Been hunting up more niggers?" he in
qaired.
Majnwaring bowed stiffiy and entered
the hotel without answering. He was not
only annoyed but indignant. Fritch was
an ass. He was diGnifying the merest
nothing in the world. Whom could it
harm If he had gone back for a second
glance 40 the little Nepalese, What was
she or any other Hindoo woman to himy
Lhey were interesting to look at, and he
should continue looking at them all be
Pleased, and if Fritch had anything more
70 say about it he would cut the Fritch
parry, stay ut Darjeerling as long as he
wished and 90 away when he got ready.
me newt morning he made third trip
10 the the fields.
ans 'iHe after persistent exertions, he
managed to engage Yi-Rhada in conversa-
rou. maj Is, he prevailed upon her to
4sIeA 10 ms questions and remarks and to
"'"Ne occasional little monosyllable an
"e'S uhereuutO This was not very edi-
SSi"tE' ana had the girl been less pretty
,u''""arihS would have voted it all
J '"- IL was very pleasant to see her
- Ups shape themselves into varying
""'u frames, ana there was a suggestion
-haih"artng's pilgrimages to the pIanta-
tHn were numerous. but not another word
u'u trlt"h say about II. Rhada
Thought You people were ONLY going
~ stay here week, said Mainwarinp to
''ch one afternoon when Ti-Rhada had
DJeu particularly interesting, and her
H'.e "an!rer in consequence was particu-
larry amiable
we una Darieerling very pleasant and
,e''eshlng," was Fritch's reply. land SO
10 ', NO, u. Us are IN hurry to get away; but
so"i young blood is gathering imra-
Tor an immediate hegira, I'll call
hence" "iA Hie Us
on' am IN no hurry about goinC-or
.u't Is, 1t doesn't concern me in the least
"He'ner we 20 or stay. But it had oc-
LL".Ieu 70 me that your original plan was
belng varied"
ne e.. next day Mainwaring suspected
,I". i l-thada was glad to see him. and by
II'e 'ATu day thereafter he was sure of IL
le was pleased nightly. Surely he must
- -. some strength of character when
~y'H heathen and civilized women vera
attracted by himl
~ ~ little time change came over III
l'Hau". She not only listened and assented
ne leu Malnwaring talked, but talked her
80, ana Tor an uneducated, little heather
She talked well. 'e"
nWarlng was more than ever fasci-
.'1eQ; but somehow he felt constrained
" delay demonstrations of affection
aIo"h IN the dark depths of Ti-Rhada,s
yes theTe was that which showed that
M Ti 10 her, would be no light thing.
nree weeks from the day he first saw
e', Dy which time it was her wont Tn
Iseet him with beaming face, she met
I'm almost sullenly one morning.
zhter dint of much coaxing he wormel
oIV OIL her that her dearest friend. a girl of
lou her own age, had lost her lover
I'm worse, in absconding he had taken
nsE future with him, for she was now an
Y"Ject OF contempt and derision to her en-
Mhat will she do now?' asked Main
%ialiihs' endeavoring to mufie the stab the
,'I1oSI was to his own purposes.
.,,rI Mn herself" said Ti-Rhada stolidlv
mat Una; else is left for her to dosn
I" ny IN my country she would kill her
6IeS; IL Is unlike India then should
sAC 10 i've y0ur