New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-05
AFTER MANY DAYS.
1--WE brought your tea. "

and the Gulf Of Alden. His face showed that he
was trimming over with matter OF Weis",y
| Importance so | gathered myself together ana
prepared to listen and advise thereon for. be-
| Ing an old stager, was used to the condolences
OF subaterns. 49,,
Fact Is. I've been hard hit" began the
| dragoon sitting down on the deck.
| Miss Stanton?" | enquired. sympatheticaly,
for that young woman. on her way to marry a
| planter had worked havoc among the unap-
| propriatcd masculine hearts.
| Miss stanton, No I mean the woman VINO
sits next you at table. the one with the beauti-
full eyes" A.. ru,,d.r, Che ia
| probably going out to join her HUSBAND,
| added. warnngly. $500 49,. a.h
told me all about 1t; he has an uncle VINO Ina, mas
! nIacc close 10 old Trinder's. and he, Hunt
| mean knew them quite well by sight. ga
Trinder was old enough to be her 1atner' re
made pile in cotton, or something Vi '"e '''"
''" well ell Won know more about her than do
Though she Is my cabin companion, maven
found her particularly sociable .,...dor,
| "1,hat's Just it, one doesn't get any 'forarder
| with her: She won't talk to anybody.
well I don't see how can make her
| But If you were to ask her 10 yea OF some'n'"e
Va and ask YOU TO meet her. OF course. don't
mind: so be here at 1 tomorrow" and proceeded
to scrbblc note 70 Hunt OF the 4tn; -, e9nr
sderation OF his uncle having known o'u hnsb
Somehow, that tea was not q succes@ ai'noue
| tho cook surpassed himself In teacakes. ana that
subtle flavor of s,ewcd cockroaches that per-
vades all ships tea was reduced 10 ni''iliu.n
| Hunt of the 18th contributed many anec-
| dotes of his uncle (who knew old Iilncer) Out
Mrs Trinder would not be drawn INTO conVe i.ss,
! ton She answered the Dragon pra,ue VIZ.
| monosyllabes her eyes fixed on the His.! Ho' .
| izon where the mountain range of Sinai was
dimly visible ;, ,, ~ .ho
The sound of the dressing bell broke up the
| PARTY eavlng the Dragon bafied IN MS opJeo.
| hu, r,ore In love than ever He was one OF those
| men who take the complaint seldom ptt phuly'
! and Mrs Trinder, with her slim figure Dig eyes
| sweet smile, and monosyables. was III Ms eyes
| tho nerfection of womanhood. And Mrs. Trinder
was q lucky woman. for had known the dragooh
intimately for ten years. and could not nave
| u.ishad for a better husband mySeh.
| "You'll come ashore?" said the Dragon. -FOUR
DAYS later. as we steamed slowly into harbor at
| Aden and a shoa Of dusky infants surrounded
| the ship chanting In unison their chorus oi
| have a dive" while boat-loads of woody headed
vendors OF ostrich eggs feathers. and carven cur
los from the interior prepared TO squeeze the'r
| victims. ,,.
able place but in spite Of all pervading dust
Mrs Trnder could not be persuaded 70 ACCOM-
| pany US and We left her surrounded by swarm
| II native merchants. who. with unerfihs III
stinct marked her as an easy prey
The Journey TO the empty tanks was as jolly
and dusty as ever. Having inspected the Few
| trees we commenced our descent, ana IN so
doing came across the Worst-tempere1 Man.
| In the course Of an evcntful life. II has been my
misfortune to foregather with many pan-'en'-
| pered mOrtals but this one could give Po'n.' ~
any two other men Of my acquaintance anu peaI
| them and that is saying A good dan. for there
nothing Ike a residence in the East Tor paying
out the edges If ones temper. even those OF CoV-
enanted Civilians =,
! 10 was an ill-favored. unwholesome- looking IN
| dividuaL with puffy cheeks and watery eyes De
tokenng a too great affinity for the lnsihua,hs
! neg His carriage had come 10 grief on the rodu'
! al no vac standing among the debris apostro-
missing the driver and his female reiatiols
| 70 tho third generation in terms that caused my
or two expressions borne after us upon the oreeze
| we learned with sorrow that he was to be TEL
| low passenger 10 BomDay ,.
ON our return 10 the ship, couple OF hours
later 7 found Mrs Trlnder sitting in her cabin
| among her purchases. wearing very frightened
! expression: she timid little tnlng' ana apou'
as fit to knock about the world alone as an IN, n,
| nelged canary, having evidently pee' hep' al
! a bandbox all her life.
| They've put a mailman next DOOR, she De
gan. in low voice: hes dreadfuiy ''o'e"'
A string Of Hindustani invectives, mingled with
! blows falling on some dull substance. ana eN-
CARNATIONS OF "Sahb. Sahib" reached our ears
through the open grating that headed me pa. ~
ton walls Of the two cabins. and recognized the
accents Of the Worst-tempered Man.
RS only temper" said reassuringly; you'll
get used to that sort OF thing Hes oea'n N mis- miI
| maid or he wouldn't stand It. II the man swears
too loudly I'll speak to the captain. -. 80
Beating his servant! How dreadful! Let us
Outside ur we came upon the white-robed boy"
rubbing his shoulders with smile Oh ''O'
| on his face. ,,u
THO nov, grinned '.Sahib make plenty bob
| berry" ne replied A., ..no,
That night leaning over the PROV OF the vesseI
| watching the glimmering fantastic hghts III .,e
| nhosphorescent waters. Mrs. Trnder waxed con-
| ddentiaI and learned the reason OF her journey.
| She was unused to travelling having never pse.
| fifty miles away from home before. ien 800 ~
| cba had and been beloved, Uut tne
loved one was ineligible, and her parents au,S
| alive 10 the advantage OF WOOL nad pei s"aueI
| her 10 marry old Trnder; but now that ehe was
free and independent, she was on hsr way -
! India TO seek out her early love Iney hau al
| WAYS been faithful, though they hah no. Voite
sponded chat would have been wr"m ,,,,., friend
| had FREQUENT news OF him from mutual ilieH H
That he still cared for her seemed certain 10,
| he had never married. although ne hau a''"'''eN
good position
Tbere was something touching In her simplicity,
and felt greater interest than mtherto III .le
little woman and degree OF respect for ner
childlikc fidelity , o.,
You have written to say you are CORNING
I inquired. .,s u.,,,, ,,,,o
"Oa. no, could not do that; It would seem IKE
askins him to marry me. But know ne Is IN
Bombay; shall see him. ard then = Hne jim
off with a happy smile; then. after a pause; con,
tlnued You must have though me stupid ana
unsociable but every moment OF the DAY am
thinking OF our meeting and looking FORWARD ~
It. II the days would only pass QUICKER 'nes die
terribly long
Later In the evening reported our conVersa
ton to the dragon. and he took II distlnc,i! pau
for the little exercised a strange lasci-
ma ton over him
The Worst-tempered Man was source OF Huc',
annoyance to the passengers generaliy, anu
especially TO my cabin companion, VINO iled from
his presence His language too was not aiWa! )
confined to Hnduetani. and although one could
help admiring the bre Ldth OF his vocabulary,
| felt IL my bounden duty to report him 10 tne
captain. who moved him TO the port side OF the
ship which caused further deterioration in MS
temper
one morning we were awakened with the glad
tdings that Bombay was In sight. 1t took MIS-
Trinder litlr time 10 dress and collect her i'm
| pedimenta; before | was up she was on Deck
where I inined her later The Messengers lug