Part 21 (2/2)

Of the bride of his youth history has no word--for Tom is the only historian of that period, and he ever bears sorrows in silence

Nelly, whose country borders the beach of the ht for her fairly and honourably, and won her froh reared but a little over 2 miles apart, these twain have totally different words for the sa married life each has added to the vocabulary of the other

When we took possession of the island, Nelly would glide into the jungle like a frightened snake and hide for days She ild, suspicious, uncleanly, uncouth--a coe

Now she lights the fire every e and the coffee, feeds the foashes plates and clothes, scrubs floors, and generally does the work of a domestic She is cheerfully industrious, emphatic in her ad a pipe ornamented with ”lead,” for she has all the woin of the camp she has been transformed into a decent-minded peacemaker--always ready to atone for the misbehaviour of others, and to display without a trace of self-glorification the virtue of self-sacrifice Nelly is never happier than orking about the house, except when she saunters off on a Sunday lare of a new dress, and with the s from her ornamented pipe, beneath a hat which, in variety of tints, shay who may scan these lines may find food for reflection in the fact that Tom and Nelly offer exceptions to the rules that the toteenerally refer to food, and that those whose totems are alike do not marry Tom's totemic title, ”Kitalbarra,” is derived from a splinter of a rock off an islet to the southeast of Dunk Island ”Oongle-bi,” Nelly's affinity, is a rock on the summit of a hill on the mainland, not far from her birthplace The plea of the rocks was not raised as any just cause or impediment to the match when Tom by force of arms espoused Nelly ”Jimmy,” Tom and Nelly's son, born in civilisation, bears a second nauy,” the tote of which is now unknown

Another ”Jimgie,” the title of the sandspit of one of the Brook Islands

The confusion of tongues between Tom and Nelly may be briefly illustrated--

TOM (”Kitalbarra”) NELLY (”Oongle-bi”)

Sun Wee-yee Car-rie

Moon Yil-can Car-cal-oon

Sky Aln-pun Moogah-car-boon

Mainland Yungl--un

Island Cul-qua-yah Moan-mitte

Sea Mutta Yoo-moo

Fire Wam-pui Poon-nee

Water Cam-moo Pan-nahr

Rain Yukan Yukan

Man Mah-al Yer-rah

Woman Rit-tee Ee-bee

Baby Eee-bee Koo-jal

Head Poo-you Oo Waka Too-joo

Hand Man-dee Mul-lah

Fish Tar-boo Kooyah

Bird Poong-an Toon-doo

The big-eyed walking fish of the roves, which the learned have na,” and Nelly as ” one of his bachelordoin known as ”Dolly” attracted Toned on” for a six months' cruise with the master of a beche-de-mer schooner Dolly sed furiously To an advance fro a few other attractive trifles, an extre artlessly displayed the finery, took it all on board the schooner, which was to sail the followingDolly strolled casually fro Charley, and disappeared Toht, for his sweetheart, when she cla eyes Nextthe beach

An old and soiled dress--his gift--on a little proe of the schooner coue took place o, but Charley was so deeply mortified that he hates Tom to this day, and Tom is an uncomfortable fellow for anyone disposed to resentfulness

We know, because he says so, that Toladly accepted the protection of the staunchest man of the district