Our boys in India . the marble here as itdoes in America. They passed through the magnificent audience-hall wherethe Mogul emperor, Shah Jehan, once sat in judgment; andwhere, twice every week, the meanest and lowest in his realmwere allowed to come into his presence, and say what theychose to him, complaining about any wrongs or injuries theyhad received, without any third person to misrepresent theirwords. They were just going through a low arch to the left,on the way to the zenana, when Mr. Cliffton added, Lookover the river there, Scott. Do you see that white bubblecoming up out of the wat
Our boys in India . the marble here as itdoes in America. They passed through the magnificent audience-hall wherethe Mogul emperor, Shah Jehan, once sat in judgment; andwhere, twice every week, the meanest and lowest in his realmwere allowed to come into his presence, and say what theychose to him, complaining about any wrongs or injuries theyhad received, without any third person to misrepresent theirwords. They were just going through a low arch to the left,on the way to the zenana, when Mr. Cliffton added, Lookover the river there, Scott. Do you see that white bubblecoming up out of the water and the jungle ? I see it, said Scott in a low tone, for the beauty wassomething that seemed to rebuke any thing boisterous. That is the great Taj Mahal, the finest architecturalwork in the world, the most elaborately and expensivelyornamented of any building on earth, the most beautifulmausoleum ever erected ; and yet it is only the tomb of aMohammedan woman. You cant surprise me that way, a bit, said Scott, as. 2iS OUR BOYS IN INDIA. they went on; for I have had my notions about theseheathen women changed a deal within the last few found out that they are some pumpkins, and pretty bigones too. Well, here we are where they lived when in the palace,said Mr. Cliffton, as they entered a room, or rather a longseries of rooms that were separated by marble walls, butwalls that were carved through and through with beautifulopen-work designs right in the marble, and magnificent pillarsthat were carved from top to bottom, and inlaid with gold andprecious stones in exquisite designs. And there was a marbleaqueduct in the floor, carrying water through the middle ofevery room. This water is brought from mountains miles away, saidMr. CHffton. Theyd have had hard work to keep out the mosqui-toes, remarked Scott, looking through the open-tracery walls,as he followed Richard out upon the balcony surroundingthe zenana that overlooked the fort-wall from seventy-fivefeet above the ri
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