Our boys in India . aid it was a chimney; but that chimney wasthe only place in the whole house where that smoke did notgo. It hung about the house till it died for want of old fellow had a lot of eggs in a basket in one said he was waiting till some of his people went on a 166 OUR BOYS IN INDIA. pilgrimage, to take them, and sell them in the crowd. Theold fellow sold them very cheap. I took two dozen, and heurged me to take more. He even gave me a dozen ; for hesaid they were of no value to him, as he had set them somany times that his people did not like them, and he c
Our boys in India . aid it was a chimney; but that chimney wasthe only place in the whole house where that smoke did notgo. It hung about the house till it died for want of old fellow had a lot of eggs in a basket in one said he was waiting till some of his people went on a 166 OUR BOYS IN INDIA. pilgrimage, to take them, and sell them in the crowd. Theold fellow sold them very cheap. I took two dozen, and heurged me to take more. He even gave me a dozen ; for hesaid they were of no value to him, as he had set them somany times that his people did not like them, and he couldnot make one of them hatch. Did you like the eggs? Scott asked, as the gharri drewup at a little brook to give the bullocks water. It didnt matter much, replied Richard ; for all I gavethe man to cover my entire indebtedness was an old felt hat,an old coat, and a white umbrella. The fellow rigged himselfout in them, and, with his seven wives arranged in a circleabout his door, q;ave me a most honorable TEE OLD MAN AND HIS WIVES. The next village they entered was of greater importanceand more modern. A Hindu driving a bullock-load of strawdown the street stopped to look at them. AN ELEPHANT FIGHT AND A MOUNTAIN RIDE. I 07 Thats the first time I have seen any one pay us somuch attention since we landed, said Scott, Why, if youshould set one of these fellows down in America, the wholecountry would be at his heels every time he showed his headout-of-doors.
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