The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-03-09
APT LII.

III ever there WAS u living cmGOli-
ment of sympathy ON this earth, it was
certainly to be found iii Lillian Karney.
Sho sympathiZed up to q certain point
with her selfish brother and made al
lowance for him and his shortcomings
which he dreamed not Of. OF herself
she hardly ever thought at all, and she
was as unconscious of her personal
charms as the nightingale is of it's vo.
cal sweetness. She was in truth one of
those self forgetting beings who 1.-Two
more in the life of those about them
than III their own, and she did good 80
far as her powers permitted without
generalization or effort. When her
brother had wondered how she, a lady
refined and intellectual, could bring
herself to come in contact with tho
hideous and ragged, and often anything
but agreeable to the olfactory sense, ow-
ing to tho ghee whcrewith they were
often a%nointed, she simply looked as
tonished, and only answered that all
she had ever thought about was their
souls. In fact, Charles Karney, who
would not have crossed the road to save
a native from drowning, except for pub.
lie opinion, satisfied such conscience as
he had by saying that 10 doubt his sis
ter enjoyed what she did. Why, then,
should he interfere with her pleasures?
Her money was III his factory, and all
he had to 90 WINS to take care that she
drew as little from hin: "a possible.
Accompanied only by Nasiban, who
generally formed Lilian's bodyguard
on these missions of mercy, Lillian was
now rapidly traversing some riceficlds,
on hor way to the Hindoo woman who
had expressed SO earnest u desire to SEQ
her, and as she presses on it is easy to
perceive that she is 10 common mortal.
Lillian was Of the midd @ height, sinpu.
larly fair and delicate cf skin, with n
somewhat aquil:no profile that lost in
softness what it sugcI;tcd in force. Her
hair was golden, and her eyc,, Of warm,
sympathetic brown, reflected the innate
indness OF her nature. III order the
more readily to obtain admission into
the houses of the people Lillian, greatly
to her brothers. annoyance, had adopt.
ed tho costume of the country to come
extent, wearing over her ordinary
clothing a silk cloth about IL wards
long aud q yard or two vice, enc end
gathered in folds held to tho left side
and tho other end wound round the
waist and brought up over tho riabt
oul and down tho left side, where.
being tucked in, it fell down the front
in graceful folds.
Lillian wore silk somewhat against
nor inclination, as she wore fine gold
bangles ON her arms, but she found Ger.
tain advantages in being well dressed.
she said, and n facility thence in gain.
ing the ear of those who otherwise
might have refused her an audience.
The Iiindoo woman she was visiting
had long since accepted her as an ustar.
din, or teacher, and would soon, Lillian
believed, become formally q Christian.
On approaching the house, therefore.
she was surprised to see outside q young
Hlndoo female stopping down at the
threshold ard tracing white lines with
hour--a charm. she well knew, intended
to ward off evil. This woman Ind
her faco and such part OF her
body as was uncovered with a solution
OF saffron and water to make herself
look fair" This was one Of the super-
stlt1ous rites from which Lillian had.
she imagined, quite weaned her friends.
ID mouse was built Of sun dried clay
bricks. whitewashed with chunam and
having inside the entrance the usual
room with q pials or raised Above. on
each side for receiving visitors. Lillian.
followed by Nasiban, went In. the Hin.
100 woman outside simply saying that
they could enter.
There seemed, Lillian thought, some.
ching very strange about tho place that
day, but abe was anxious osae her friend
and hurried 20 the portion OF tho hc,ssa
set apart for feinal9s Sue went III, and