Page:Twenty-one Days in India.djvu/181

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.

169

No. XVIII.

THE GRASS-WIDOW IN NEPHELOCOCCYGIA.




"Her bosom's lord sits lightly on his throne?"




Little Mrs. Lollipop has certainly proved a source of disappointment to her lady friends. They have watched her for three seasons going lightly and merrily through all the gaieties of Cloudland; they have listened to the scandal of the cuckoos among the pine-trees and rhododendrons, but they have not caught her tripping. Oh, no, they will never catch her tripping. She does not trip for their amuse-