The Jungle Girl

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Jungle Girl, by Gordon Casserly
BY GORDON CASSERLY AUTHOR OF THE ELEPHANT GOD , ETC.
NEW YORK 1922
CHAPTER
Youth's daring courage, manhood's fire
Firm seat and eagle eye
Must he acquire who doth aspire
To see the grey boar die
— Indian Pigsticking Song
Mrs. Norton looked contentedly at her image in the long mirror which reflected a graceful figure in a well-cut grey habit and smart long brown boots, a pretty face and wavy auburn hair under the sun-helmet. Then turning away and picking up her whip she left the dressing-room and, passing the door of her husband's bedroom where he lay still sleeping, descended the broad marble staircase of the Residency to the lofty hall, where an Indian servant in a long red coat hurried to open the door of the dining-room for her.
Almost at that moment a mile away Raymond, the adjutant of the 180th Punjaub Infantry, looked at his watch and called out loudly:
Hurry up, Wargrave; it's four o'clock and the ponies will be round in ten minutes. And it's a long ride to the Palace.