Word: indias
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...daughter of the late Seattle gold rusher "Jack" Miller, and is now in India, chaperoned, according to despatches, by her mother & grandmother...
Died. Rt. Honr. Sir Sa Tyendra Prassano Sinha, Baron of Raipur, 64, first Indian to be raised to the British Peerage and first Indian member of the Viceroy's Executive Council; at Calcutta, India...
...Story. When Anne India heard of the death of her cousin Tomlin, she exulted in life's restored cleanliness. Cousin Tomlin had been born with a little horn above his left ear. It had vanished during his babyhood leaving only a corneous spot on his skull; but people were glad when Tomlin died...
When Anne India gave birth to a son conceived in the triumph of Cousin Tomlin's demise, her husband implored the doctor to let it die. For baby Rex had a little horn above his left ear. But Rex was not allowed to die. He was cherished and guided from squalling infancy to wobbly-kneed childhood, to brooding, weak-stomached youth; and from the path of his progress Anne cast aside all obstacles. "The world was made for well people to live in," she had cried when she heard of Tomlin's death. Now she said: "If meat...
When Anne India had accomplished this much of her purpose, she was privileged one summer night to discover Rex sprawled like an inksplotch on the moon-white ground. Around him were empty bottles. From the shadows came uncouth sounds of snoring, soggy laughter, foolish crying. The villagers were still debauching; but Rex was dead...