Show E QUID upon a litno thero w ws s a alan wife fend a bartlum quid brea were unwise but tho wife ie st the man alan should aked after his wife who should voided the Tort luro quid who bould bavo have married a wife of 0 n after clean and open flirta to which nobody can possibly round bakko or observatory hen you 00 sea oo a young mii main with Q y la a wh whilo to lather and his hi hat back ot of bis bit bead flying down fifteen miles an bour boisr to moot meet a i h d will bo be surprised to him ou naturally approve of owe man aud na wish 11 him tn etal staff utmost and tako take an interest lato la in ind elfare ond and ae as the proper time come ornes give alo thorn them sugar a tons or iddles to 3 jour our moans enc rositY i lartius lort lura quid flow downhill down hill on back but it was iiii to moot meet the roans mans I 1 nd when ho he how uphill up hill bill it was 10 0 same ond end tho the mail was in ahab earning money for his wife wita ond end on drossos dresses and lupoe lets and lux luxuries urles at kind ho ito worked lory cry hurd hard ent hor her a letter or postcard post card curd dol dal sho alo also wrote to him dally ltd ild blat nho oho wae was longing forbito for ailin imo me up to simla the used to join over bor her shoulders laugh as eho she broto tho the notes tho the two would i ido file to the post together Is n strange Bira nyc place and customs aro are peculiar po cullar nor Is any who rho has not spent at least ton ons na thero there qualified to pass judg t on circumstantial clde evidence ih h Is ibo the roost most untrustworthy in to courts for these reasons and others alch which need not appear I 1 ine inn to state positively whether a was anything irretrievably ng in the relations re letlon between the Is 11 ifo ito and tho the quid it if wa was and heronti you must form r own opinion it was tho mans U us s fault sho she was kittenish in manners year lug generally an air oft and fluffy innocence but she learned and evil ducted and now and again a aln when masic music dropped men gaii thie this derad and almost drew draw back n are occasionally particular and least particular men are always most exacting iuliis eccentric in its fashion of acing friendships certain attach inta which havo have set and crystal izod ough half a dozen seasons acquire ost a sanctity of the marriage marrage ad are ro revered erad as such again tain attachments equally old and all appearances equally venerable cr or seem to win any ary recognized acial atilus itus while a chance sprung s rung Duain tance nil two months old pi into tho eluo n wb wh b h by right loners oafs to the senior there Is no v reducible to paint which regulate regulates so affairs me people havo a gift which se anem infinite toleration and era have ha e not the wife had if she looked ovar tho the pardon garden ill 11 for instance women taxed taked her th h stealing choir husbands she pathetically that she was t allowed to choose her own friends hen en she put up her big whito white muff her lips and gazed over it and under r eyebrows at you as she said this nr si you felt that she rho had been bean in busly misjudged and that nil ull the ler er instincts were all ong which was absurd she was t allowed to own the quid peace and wae was eo so strangely stran gety con can ducted that she would not havo have en an td f d peace had she been so permit 3 bhe bho preferred some semb semblance lunce intrigue sirl guo to coak even her most place actions after two months of riding first 1 uca aakko then elysium then amner hill then observatory hill ea en under and lastly up and wn the cart road as far as tho tara era va rap gap in the dusk sho she said to the irilua quid a frank people say a e are too much together and people a EO so horrid the quid pulled hi his mu mus acte and replied that horrid people ere unworthy the consideration coa of ice lee people but they have havo done more than talk they have written written to my abby ubby im sure of it said tho the mans blants ife ifland and she pulled a letter from her out of her saddle pocket and tie ate it to the Tort ilum quid it was an honest letter written by i honest man then stewing in the was on rupees a month for ho be allowed lowed hie his wife and in a ellk silk gitlan and cottan trousers it is said hat int perhaps she had not thought of ho 10 of allowing allo sving hor bar name namo 0 bo be coupled with the auids hat ebo she was too much of a child to I 1 that sort of thing that he be I 1 eismin Min 1 r fes a bar ws was the last mati in the world to interfere 11 jealousy with her little amusements and interests In teros but that it would be bettor better were she ho to drop the quid quietly and for hor her husbands sake the loiter letter was sweetened with many man y phouy luttio pot names and it amused the quid considerably ho ito and she laughed over it 0 so o that you fifty yards acsay could see lhoir shak log anhilo tho the horses cliel along sido side by kido their conversation was not worth reporting iho 1110 upshot of it was vas that next day duy no ono one saw iho the muns mans alfo and quid together they emd both gono gone down to the which as A rule ii Is only visited officially om by tho the inhabitants 0 cf simir A simla fj f moral noral with tho the clergyman riding tho the riding and the 1 colun croo cr eakin klo OB as it swings tho the bearers ir ono one of tho the moat most do pressing things on ible this earth particularly alen iho the procession pro ceton posses under the wot dani dant dip beneath tho the rockcliffe hotal chero tho the eun sun Is hut shut out and nil all tho the hill streams aro are walling and goopin together aa as they go down tho the valleys va lloye occasionally folk tend tho the graves i butco but wo in india shift and aro are transferred BO so often that at tho the ond and of it the second car the dead bao base no friends fric nde only who aro far too buey busy amusing amuel ni themselves up tho the hill to at ond end to old partners tho the idoa laou of ao 10 i cemetery as a ie Is distinctly h b feml feminine nino A man would navo bavo eald said amply ero ply lot people talk well go down tho the mall A woman la Is mado made differently especially if eho sho bo such a woman as tho the mans wife sho and tho the quid en on joyed each others society among tho the graves of men and women woman that they bad had known and danced with aforetime they used to enko a big horse blanket and sit on tho the crass grass a little to the loft of tho the lower end where there is tt a dip in tho the ground and whore the occupied graves dio out and the roady ready mado made onos ones aro are bot ready any solf sell respecting indian cemetery co motor keopp half ball a dozen craves open for contingencies and incidental worl worle e and tear in the bills hills these arc aro more usually size because children who como come up weakened and sick from the plains often succumb to th of the adins in tho the hills or get got pneumonia from their aa laahs as taking them through tb rough dump damp nino ina woods wood a after af ter tho the sun sull has set la in cantonments of courso course tho mans size sizo is more in ic these arrangements varying with the ell climate mate and d population ouo buo day when the mans blans wife and tho the quid hud had juat just arrived in tho the cemetery they a iw tw some coolies breaking ground they had marked out a f full ull size bize gravo and tho the Terl lura quid asked them whether any sahib was ewt ibey said that ibay thay did nut not know but it was an order that they should dig d a sabias crave grave work ara atra tho the Q quid uld and leta levs sea how its done the coolies worked away and tho the mails wife wito and the quid watched N a ached and falkel for a couple of noure ou ra while the guvo 1 was abeln deep nod then a coolie taking the eaith in baskets as it was thrown up un jumped over the er gr ivo lve queer sald the quid I 1 morals ny my ulster queer eaid said tho the man I 1 I 1 b wife 1 I havo have got cot a chill down my back just as 91 it if a goose had walked over my grave why do you look nt at tho the horror thon then said the mana mans wife wite lot let us 91 go tho quid stood at the head tho the grave and staros without answering for a space then he lie said dropping a pebble down it is nasty and cold horribly cold I 1 dont think I 1 shall come to tho the cemetery com otery any more I 1 dont think grave dig cin is cheerful thu two talked and mild a agreed reed that th tho 0 cemetery com elery was depressing they also arranged arrain ged for a rado next day out from the cemetery ce through the massobra Mash obra tunnel up to fagoo and back a ull all the world was go roliff ing to a garden pat den parly party at codire c and all tho the people of massobra Mash obra loulu go too coining up tho cemetery load toad abo horo borro tried to bolt uphill being tired v ith standing 60 long and manag managed ed to strain a back adnew 41 4 1 I 1 shall have to take tho the muro maro tomorrow said tho the lert luu quid and sho she will stand bothin L u alvior than a snaffle ic they made their arrangements to meet in tho the mm ettry after allowing oil all tho the obra people to pass into simla that night it rained mined heavily and next day when tho the um quid cime c ime to the try eting 1 ilce I 1 re ho he saw that the new nev gra grao a had a foot of water in it the ground around bell belt g a tough and sour clay jovon that looks 1 said tho the quid fancy being S lib AJ boarded up nod and dropped into they thoo then off oft to FAM tho the man more pinning wit the bod anil picking bor her any ne as though eho she WOM were ahod sh 01 with satin and nod tho the spa ua shining divin ly the rom aa bolow bolo alas bobr U to fa F ay TOO goo la is styled tho the himalayan 11 rood rond but bist in pile spite of it if name it li is not much moro than then six fact wide in most place places and the drop into tho the i alloy ulley below may bo be anything between 1000 and foot now coin to thabet said the nane afo merrily ae as tho the horo horses drew drow near to fagoo bho wai was on the cliff sido side into eald sold the quid over to 0 o tap far from goopio who bay say horrid things and hubby who write stupid loiter with you to the ond end of the worldly A coolie carrying carry loR a los log of wood came round ca a coiner and tho the maro wont wide to ovoid avoid him foro foot loot in and haunches out oa aa a sen sensible more should go to the world worlds ond and said tho the mane alan a bif 0 a and ad looked look 0 d unspeakable things over her dear near shoulder at the quid ho ito w ws s smiling but whilo while eho she look od ad the emilo smile froze stiff as it were on oil hij his faco face and ob ch a n g ol 01 to a nervous gria grid tho eort sort of grin moo wear when they are not quito quite easy in their ead sad dlos ibo maro seemed to bo be slaking by tho the stein and hor her nostrils cracked whilo while eho she was trying to realize what was happen inc tho the rain of tho the previous night had rotted tho the drop eldo side of tho the tolbot road und it lias giving way under ho her what aro are you doing eald said tho the mans wife the bild gato no answer ho lie grinned porously ely sly and sot his epure spurs into iho the mare who rap ped with her foro feet on the rond and tho the struggle bocan began tho the man maus wife 4 oh frank pot got off I 1 dut but tho the quid was cluid to tho the saddle his faco face blue ond and whito and ho be looked into tho the mant eyed uben tho the mana mand difo clutched nt at ina aa maros head bead and caught hor her by the noso instead in B t all d of abo tb bridle brid tho bruto brute throw up bor bar boad bead and wont want down with a scream tho the quid upon her and the grin still sot set on his faco face tho mans wife heard tho the tinkle tinkle of little stones 1 and loose loos a oarth arth a falling of tho the roadway and tho the sliding eliding roar of the man and horse going down ihen everything waa was quiet and sho she called on frank to leave his maro and walk up but frank did not answer was underneath the mare feet below spoiling n patch of indian corn As tho the revelers camo came back from Vice reaul lodge in the mista mists of the evening they mot a temporarily insano woman on a temporarily mad horse swinging around the cornera corners with her eyes und and mouth open and her head like tho the head bead of a medusa Ble dusa she was stopped by a man at tho the risk of 0 his life and taken out the saddle a limp heap and put on the bank to explain herself this wasted twenty minutes and arid then eho she w is sent sont home in a ladys rickshaw still with her mouth open and her bands hands picking at her riding glores bho was in bed bad for tho the following three dai d which wore were rainy r so abe missed ut tending the funeral of tho the tertius quid who was lowered into eighteen inches of water instead of the twelve to which ho he had first ob j ejected rudyard kipling |