New-York tribune., 1903-05-17

as defect until it was explained to him
ia+e- Frv the usual well intentioned feline Great
- md then il was 2 little too late-foT Rose.
- NI.e-v-iIe he had liked il: there is a GER
.a5n note of appeal in the accent when the
80 lzer who is also young and pretty, IS point
a. OFT 10 you the SHOWS and the various
I7l-s and telling you TO ride rather slowly
-, that narrow track. because for new
~on,r-s il is somewhat risky, and then takes 1t
herself ct q gallop, which displays alike her
Terfect form and perfect riding
F-ev-E. roWu-bred and hardly across a saodle
7-rlI he came 10 India. looked upon the eifl
who could do this thing. with me euSe oL 'lle
lF-5 ana descending side Of mountain road
l-saks-c with each thud Of her ponys hoofs, ~
e-.--a-rs-- superior even TO himself. which was
rS.-- -r.. highest compliment he could pay.
- .tr.~fz-5 into The {. :. with very little
l---rf-E-e Of the world in general and none
Zyha-eIag Of India in particular, he had come
crlr ro Boz small spoke III the great govern
mental machine Happily-or otherWlSe-de-
800 --r.rn the point Of view-he did not know
- ---- f-sicritCance even when posted 10 the
~ station. which was q far cry from Slllla
and the upper ranks Of the heaven born.
ais almighty egyo1is n, plus his superb Isnor-
.~ra rr The small change Of life and the ways
of rr- world. caused his bearer 10 name NM
zEtrrtn the second days service, when detailing
T--sr-- 10 a select audience of friends, the
s.,-ru-a Iurra Sahib' tthe small great lnaStefJ'
,-;-5ra M other c. s. men, with finer irony,
ba5 r-6te5 him the Sub janta" (all knowing);
NJ. -ac knowing, Frewin went on his way,
frlfrf. his duties with thorouShness almost
Trirglsl IN 50 young boy, and occupled ms ms
snare hours riding with Miss Rowan-R Rose
Mart reminded him Of converts and sweet
simplicity and things like that-and al d ldler
e+ara ne wrote some scrappy verses to her as
NV Rosemary without apology TO Rossett-
Besides the dark eyes the bright lace tha1t
surely changed some twenty times a minute
ne r-avelv gay temper, there was nothing
Irish about Rose She had never been nome
that great journey which sollels tne 4o' VI
even The country bred.
15ar father had been a typical regiment
doctor who died IS he had lived. very gay ana
very poor. A sister, married 10 d "taIlns I
yl~v.~,- -faa -gT r44
Hills for the hot weather was Roses guafdlah
II NV be placed to Frewins credit that the
knowledge Of Miss Rowans monetary POSITION
ca-r-770u prOperty in the narrow little station
did NOT influence him: he was q rather ca1IeIu u
vC1-rr man. and still suffering from the eI-
- or having been too Well brought UP. but
he vas not rr.ercenary- Moreover, as the cynlcs
Cf Nara would remark. there was an elutilA
brother-in-law, with many rupees ana no GILL
dren- - al
70 Nara consequently there were Few peolie
IN the station, and the 1act IIlaI Ms iII
I2oza-s sister remained up throughout the VIII
Ter was an acceptable one TO he ne" come
Eot that Frewin tried TO collNliet AliIL9tlI I
-77a- ne frequeu1ed The DeoCars Tor the pIeds-
,1~a Of meeting fat Mrs. Burton, VINO pefsllfeu
even in December, and whose CotNeis4tioH va
strictly limited 10 the wicked ways oI the ser
z-ar-S -H- shortcomings OF her nelghooiS. anu
rle weather. He owned, alike 10 hlIllSelL anu
1ha club that Miss Rowan was pretty ana roue
1geu and could talk Of India and its people even
15-h and could not appreciate the dInerehce De
tween an II. ? and County Councillor. 30
ne IN MS heavy way, taught her a niue coii-
carr7ug England, and she, unknoWlngly, taUghI
him many things Indian. and society, as known
in Nara having gone down 10 Calcutta lheIe
were fewer venom tipped tongues TO Wag.
Not that Rose would have cared II all AnSlo
India had risen TO forbid her intercourse WIN
this youthful civilian, who represented 10 htI
-ha whole glory of the British Empire ana the
11e~fecrior. Of mankind. She adored with an uIl-
reasoning alteration which would have been
foolish and SupeTHuouS II lAe AeiO-I-S "a ="
benny novelette,.
she was only twenty, and life so lar haQ
meant 10 her q convent school and Nara, Win
occasional weeks at Lucknow, and one WhoIe
fortnight Of dissipation in Calcutta -,
Moreover she had the nature OF a SAINT raLIleI I3
than Girt, and II was her aiilazl.SIs e--2 IT,
temper which most won FrewIn a man Iikes ,
fbar sort Of Criselda girl-until ii pals, and he
wants q change. .,.,.
So they rode and danced and dined togetheI
-h~a--hu,.- the four months winter, Whle NJ =.
Burton ueauled propriety and conveniently went
10 sleep. ,+ i,,e+
IN mutual understanding which seems amos
svleter when yOu are young ana loolSl, 90
rha world is cav-the state which Versleht SIN
Won s-Ihst. as the expressive German pHIase
goes. . :. oo,,
Frewfr wrote home fanciful accounts IN c- coIl-
f5ar-a 70 his favorite sister Gt Is curious
facr NAT most griffins do this, and wrote 1toSe
many chtte when he should nave pteI pt dt1o .
5fr r. -r4 service of Government Inc Spilh5
wind blew rose leaves through their sIIaH par
tcular world and made life glad thlhg-
Na-rf7 brought back Nazr2's summer popula-
ton including sundry Of the heaven born
without whose guiding hands the station man
aged n do very well during the winter lnohlns'