The Portland daily press., 1894-11-02

ing to dry on the easel at the door OF the
tent AS I lounged by the campfire, slnok-
| ing my pipe, big young man, coming IN
with a jar of buffalo milk on his shoulder
and big bunch of red rhododendron be-
| hind his ear, stopped and grinned at my
carioature of Phooli- jan. Five minutes
after, down by the servants encampment,
I heard free fight going on and strolled
over to see what was the matter. After
the manner of Kashmiri quarrels, it had
ended almost as it began, for the race love
peace That it ended was not however,
I saw at glance, tho fault of the smaller
| Of the antagonists y9ho was being forcibly
held back by my shillari.
"Chuchohu, that man there, wanted to
charge Goloo, this man here, the same
! price for milk as he does your honor ex-
planned the shikari deliberately. "That
was extortionate even though Goloo, being
the Huzoors guide for tomorrow, may be
said to be your honor's servant for the
time. I have settled the matter justly.
The Huzoor need not give thought to it. "
looked at the two recipients of Phooli-
jams favor with interest, for that the
punches of red rhododendron they both
wore were her gift did not doubt. They
were both fine young men, but Goloo dis
tinctly the better looking of the two If
tri1e sinister.
Desn;+e tba accommodated ~ NV Chi
kari r. cast tboncbt asida tbe ;ncident
lin oeret, in NV ,,a7,orv and T mentioned
n to Pbool;-i ian when nm ret,rnino to
an;sb INV skatcb for,nd h.r wa;tino for
mo an,ono tho fiowers Har SMILE was
moro brilliant than eyer
s0Tbav will not hurt each other ), she
said s.Cbucbcbn knows that Goloo is
more actiye and Goloo knows that Chuch-
chm is stror,,er II is lika the DOCS in orr
village -
~ was not THINKING of them !, T ren,;ed
| ct was THINKING of Won SunnosIno thew
were To Quarrel with Won ),
She laughed. .They will not Quarrel.
Tn summer time there are nlentv Of flow.
ers for evervhodv
7 thouoht of those red rbododendrons
and could not renress a smile at her hare
faced wisdom of the sernent.
And in the winter timer
sThen 7 will marry one of them or
some one. I.haye only tn choose. That is
ali Thav are at INV heck and call ),
rhree wears nassed before recurrins leave
enabled me tn nav another visit to the
muro The observation-disclosures were once more
ont; an the nnIands and az T tnrned the
last corner of the nine set nath which
+bre.de3 ;es way throuoh the def,1e cav
the ,,aaloyv hefore me with its mosaic of
fIovuera bright as evar The memory of
pbooli-iab csroe bacl to me- as aba had sat
IN the Sunshine nodlin, and heckoninp
mPhooli- ianp,, echoed the old natriarch
who came ort 70 welcoma me- "a T crossed
the nlan1- hridoe to tba village uPbooli-
ian the herd Grip Hnzoor she is dead
She d;a,7 f-on r;ct;ng flowers A vain
thing II was at tbe tnrn hevond the
mur9 Huzoor half wav between Cbuob-
cbn,s bnt and c.oIoo,s drving STAGE There
10 . Iii, ,h,d,,,5e v,l,,.,,,, +r.. h.rs,;ro. ovor
the clifY and Che fall DOWN ~ mist he
tbree ve.rs a,na ;,
Tbrea yearu Tban IL ,nust have ham
nened almost i,,n,efl;ata,v after Left the
va11ev Tba idoa ,,rset nc tne,u not
WIN II see,,,ad +, di,, tha s,,nshine Tbe
mnro w;tba,7t that f1owarfuI life nodding
and heckonino felt emntv was Glad
that 7 had arrapged NOT to remain there
for the night hnt tn nuah on tn another
meadow. some six miles farther mn the
river. 10 dose. however. required q fresh
relay NJ coolies and xvbiie nv sbikari was
ARRANGING for this in the VILLAGE made
INV wsv Nv crossoYt to Abe nromontorv
with it's matches If ;ris
Deaths ara rare in these small connu.
mites and there were Init two or three nevv
graves. all but one too recent to be moor
Pbooli.ian,s That then nnst he bers
with it's still, clearly defined ohlono of iris
already a mass Of male nurnle and white
SAT- down on a rock and began nnno-
mantically 10 eat INV lunoh. finishing nm
with a mil nj nv flask and thus nrovi-
dentialiv fortified r stooned ere leaving
To nick one or two of the blossoms from
the grave Intending To naint them round
the Sketch Of tba oiri,e head which r had