THE POOL IN THE DESERT

By Sara Jeanette Duncan



Contents

1. A Mother in India.

2. An Impossible Ideal.

3. The Hesitation of Miss Anderson.

4. The Pool in the Desert.



1. A Mother in India


Chapter 1.I

There were times when we had to go without puddings to pay John's
uniform bills, and always I did the facings myself with a cloth-ball
to save getting new ones. I would have polished his sword, too, if
I had been allowed; I adored his sword. And once, I remember, we
painted and varnished our own dog-cart, and very smart it looked, to
save fifty rupees. We had nothing but our pay--John had his company
when we were married, but what is that?--and life was made up of