Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-05-27
A TALE OF TURGHUELA.


munihcent offer of the post Of government
medical officer In Turghuela at a salary OF
Goo year.
IL could surely be only the light Of
Mamie Rhodes eyes that could attract q
man from England 20 Turghuela, seeing
what remote, unknown scrap Of "A place
ft Is, compared with which the other West
Indian islands are great continents hstir
with the hubbItb Of mighty ISSUES
In fact, IL il 10 small that ii j. not men.
toned 5y name in Whitaker" nor is IL
otherwise indicated on man than by
dot, surrounded by dots equally nnmeless.
but all bearing the general title Of The
Virgin Islands. ]" For fertile loveliness IL
Ia a garden Of Eden. its miniature ranges
of mountains are wooded up TO the top
with tamarinds, cinnamoDs, silk cotton
trees, and pouis, whose yellow blossoms
splash the sides in broad patches Of gold
The air Is thick with the scent OF bananas.
custard apples, sour saps and mangoes
that grow round the little homesteails. and
the fields OF tall green canes, on the sugar
estate the island boasts OF. rustic pleasant
ly in the cool sea breeze The people too.
seem picturesquely happy; the few whites
in their clean drill suits and straw hata,
the negro women with stately figures set
off by the erect poise OF their heads tied
round with handkerchiefs of gaudy red
and yellow. and the little Niger children
running about, with naked little bodies
shining in the sun.
All OF these things aroused Geoffry Da
sent's delight Is he landed in Turghnela
and was shown round the place by the
vice president Of the island, versatile
gentleman com bining the Offices OF stipend
larry magistrate, registrar commandnnt of
"a. tl
nial produce, who welcomed him with
most sincere affusion, and put his house
his servants and cattle at the service of the
new conner. Dasent was In such whir,
of new sensations that IL was some time
before he four d an opportunity for inqnir
ing after Miss Rhodes.
"Dear mei' exclaimed his new friend
1.-THE idea Of knowing any one here
suppose you mean Mamie Rhodes that was.
She's married now. You never heard Of
itt A man called Conway-lucky beggar.
Came over here year or two ago as over
seer on Mount Pleasant, married Mamie.
and. on the d cath of her father, came into
possession OF the whole estate"
Dasent scarcely heard the latter part OF
this little speach The blue faded from the
sky and the glory from the hills Mamie
married. A vague sense of the futility OF
things came ever him. and he wished him
self back In England But in Turghuela
he was, and In Turghuela he had TO re
main, and to learn the quaint ways OF bis
dusky patients, and 10 foregather with his
spiritual colleague, Rev NJ Jones. who
officiated Ia the tinicst little stone church
covered all oyer with the bell apple vine
and 10 meet Mamie as II nothing had ever
passed between them, and to dine at her
husbands table. and finally. to keep a stiff
upper lip while working out like man tbs
lot be had apportioned unto himself
A surprise even more disagreeable than
the news Of Maimie's marriage was his in
PRODUCTION tp her husband. Mountains
meet sometimes, says the proyerb aud then
earthquakes follow. There was no earth
quake In thit case at Turghnela but thu
two men glared for moment at each other
until Conway put out his hand. and will
an assumption of rough geniality. said;
Come, we mustn't he bad friends here
Let bygones be bygones"
And then Dasent had perforce To aceep
the olive bra nch proffered In the shape o
the great sun glazed hand, although b
felt the ashes of an almost forgotten dis
gust burst into fame within him.
Mamie received him with n glad wei
come she hardly strove to hide She wa
still the same sweet, unsophisticatcd it'll
girl he had fallen in love with two year
before In England, in spite OF a certain ser
BUSINESS OF natronly dignity which SCENE
10 him quantity incongruons.
what on earth made you come out {
this heaven torsaken placer" she asked on
day. He hai been dining at Mount Plea,
ant, and il being crop time Conway ha
rushed of 10 the works, leaving the Nv
alone on the yerauda.
II don't quite think il l. that" he r.
piled, iazily enjoying the moonlight an
the scent OF the orange blossoms in III
garden II bad no idea that Turghnel
was such n parsdise--as far as God mad
IL"
"You are rs bad as woman. You a
tack side issues instead of coming To I'll
point. l as ked you why You came out, .
He looked up quickly At her. Her hea
was turned aside in critical contemplate
of twig pf jasmine she was twisting
Still he could not tell her the exact truth
.what makes men do silly thingsf"
''Then 1t was simply your own folly thi
brought you heres"
"As it bias turned out How have 20
managed 10 become 40 argumrntativ,
When | knew you In England you we
the least logical of little girls"
II have lived many years since then.
am an old married woman now Al
then, after pause why did you new
write To maf'
"why did you leave England 70 su
denly without letting me knowf One Su
day you were full OF plans for enjoyir
your visit, aud the next, when had toll
ten miles ~ see you, learned that you hs
sailed away on Wednesday,"
u know !" she said, rising suddenly al
throwing SWAY the jasmine stalk, III W
mistake. must 20 and see what Petr
ma Is doing with that coffee"
at was h mistake" That was enigma
teal Dasent walked homeward We
thoughtful, not without certain misgi
ings, which the sound Of Conway's vol
and that OF a woman, raised suddenly
angry alteration some yards In front
him on tho road. did not allay
.'You liz, you black beast" said Co
way, and his tone broke harshly upon [
moonlight stiffness.
"whether I'm black or whether I'm n
latter, doc 4 make any difference. Tina
white people isn't good enough to pull j
gers out Oh black peoples foot O me {
GherA Mr. Conway, you're real ha
When you're not drinking rum, ven
hanging around respectable peopl,
daughters, and poor Miss Mamie up sc
der treated like dog
Hold YOUR tongue" said Conway "a
mgely. "Eene's five doilars.n
mot for Ave nor for fifty dollars Y,
can keep your dirty dollars" replied {
indignant hatron and then she paused
nmaent naAsed by