The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-05-13

-er, where the grounds of neafiy
every house are so filled with cypress
and banyan trees, cocoanut palms and
.ropical vegetation, such as plantaias,
guavas, custard-apples and the like,
that the building can rarely be seen
over the wall. There is also cool
fountain splashing in every yard
which adds to the beauty of the scene.
AT the hotel they managed to find
accommodations aid -ynheer Joe
| even hires what little space there IS
20 spare. The wisdom of this is made
i apparent when. later, a palkee gharry
arrives. bearing the baron and his com
| Danions, who are compelled to 50
back into the city and seek accommo
dations at one of the leading hotels,
| near the Esplanade, where the Gov
eminent buildings are to be found.
Molly's first act is to secure lady.s
maid. for in this enerYating climate
one does as little as possible. and an
| ayah. is almost indispensable to the
comfort Of my lady. tanning her, dress
ing her hair and doing worlds of small
| things.
| The gentlemen, of course, fall in
with the customs of the country 1t
| once. and soon appear dressed in
white, with shakos upon their heads.
Mynheer Joe presently makes his
way to the barracks, known as can.
torment in this tropical country. He
has business with an officer whom ia
hopes to find in Bombay. Disappoinl-
ment awaits him. since the party in
question is at present away. His ro-
turn from Benares is daily expected
Benares, the sacred city, where one of
the yearly nielas, or religious fairs,
that draw thousands of pilgrims anx
ious to wash in the waters, and be
made we'll. is in progress. So Joe can
only wait his coming. Meanwhile,
there is no reason why he should not
be enjoying the passage of time.
When he contemplates the pleasure
| with which he will show Molly over
this peculiar city of the Hindoos.
gazing upon it's many strange sights, he
finds no reason to feel down-hearsed
over the matter.
He knows it all like a book, from
the Towers of Silence on the hill.
where the Parsees bring their dead
for the vultures to prey upon, TO the
horse-markets. where sit, cross-leggcd,
Persians wearing their blue or green
cotton kuftans, belted st the waist,
and smoking tLeir kalians, together
with more active Ara bians. with their
striped nantes and silk kafeeyas, or
tasselled handkerchiefs, twisted about
their heads, all having horses for sale,
that have been brought by sea from
the land of Mocha.
The mysteries of the native quarter
are well known to this man who has
Travelled, and he is almost as much at
home among the shops and bazars If
the famous Bhendy Bazaar Road as ON
Broadway, New York.
Thus, the party can in a measure be
free from the tyranny of the chowlsi-
dar, or guide, although they secure
several of these illustrious personages
" DC uSClul. Acy aIc Itduy "
almost anything. even to waiting on
the table or pulling the cord of the
great punka fan that keeps the air cool
at meal times.
AS in almost every part of the globe,
the travellers find money an important
factor to bring comfort, and the
mighty rupee in Bombay will go far
toward making ones stay round Of
pleasure
The weather is delightful. and it
looks as If our travellers from the
Nile may have very pleasant stay
in Bombay. Sometimes coming events
do not cast a shadow before. The cy-
clone may burst upon community
with startling rapidity. Perhaps these
good folks who have malice In their
prised by the sudden ard awful com.
ing of storm. AS the dreaded mon
soon sweeps across the Indian Ocean
at certain times, bringing ruin in IT'S
path. so the hatred of one man may
leave a trail of desolation behind es.
iiCCidly W Hell ildu ID do
lous as the Russian baron who comes
to India in the interest of his car,
whose cOvetous eyes have long yearned
to possess the rich country of the H.
dus and the Gauges.
One there is among them who sleeps
with his senses on the alert-the man
whose business has been such that
he trusts not to seeming peaceful sur
roundings-Obed Grimes will hardly
be caught mapping when the blow lin.
| ally falls.
Sandy is alive to his opportunity,
and endeavors to see as much in d
limited time as he possibly can. He
takes copious notes in shorthand as
he goes. which later on will be writ
zen out in the shape of spicy letters
10 the wide-awake New York journal
| by whom he is employed.