GIVEN IN MARRIAGE
By B. M. Croker
Author of "In Old Madras," "Lismoyle," etc.
LONDON: HUTCHINSON & CO.
PATERNOSTER ROW—E.C.
CHAPTER I
A STRANGER IN THE LAND
"I say, did you hear old pensioner Jones, jawing away to Haji Aboo about the gold reefs, that lie round Tappah?"
An eager young planter put this question to his companion, as together they—or rather their horses—toiled up a sharp ascent.
"Oh yes, I heard him," grunted the other with a shrug.