Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-06-19

sat on his knee not week ago, dead!
"You saw that thing." suddenly said
Brandon. RAJ 4
"What thing?" asked Waring, looking
up quickly.
"Something white" answered his
friend, looking toward the side of the
bank.
IL see nothing" said Jack
"Nor do now; but saw something
then s8EEl
"Nonsense!'' sg8
They walked on in silence again. The
third semicircle had just been finished
and the second begun. For the moment
the road was almost straight. Ben's
Brake was four hundred yards ahead.
"Waring!"
81 saw it! There it is!'' -
The figure hurried along beneath the
bank that constituted the side of the
road. The light was gray; and so was
it. Stopping for moment, 1t moved
about irresolutely, and then went on again
"Bran-"
But Brandon was off. The Etonian
was capital runner, and had only just
won the "Quarter' at his school. War
ing, however, was the stronger man and
in better training-the old days at
Shrewsbury had not been rough ones to
no purpose. He reached the sub in two
hundred yards, passed him in fifty more,
and in one hundred more was close upon
the flying figure in front.
ed his pace little, expecting the figure
to dodge or bolt at right angles; but the
banks stopped the man@uvre. Cecil was
IL orIo hoh foiv
jumped forward and then stood still. The
other was bounding past, when he caught
him by the collar, and held him back
with all his strength.
"Let me go!" painted Brandon.
'1t's woman" said Waring. ''It's
Seeta'' He released Brandon and stepped
forward
"They're talking Hindoostanee!" NUT
tered Cecil; and then he coughed.
Waring turned and gave him an angry
look.
"She's pretty, if my eyes don't deceive
me-" thought the SUBJ, as he cast one
glance, and then took out his handker-
chief. "By Jove, I've squashed that
cigarette to atoms for a running stick!
Where the deuce did Waring learn to
run, l wonder? 1 thought 1 could beat
any man in ours at my own distance;
but it appears l can't"
Brandon"
"Yesr Is it your pleasure that 1
approach now?' and he saluted.
:'Don't be fool. This lady here.
The captain paused
"Yes'r; this lady here"
Jack scOWled.
':The fact isl said Waring; "Seeta's
father is a Sepoy. She has overheard a
plot to surprise the Fort, murder the men
at the barracks, and massacre all the
English.
'sAnd do you believe the LADY," said
Cecil, laughing.
81 do.''
"Considor what merry jest it woold
be if we went and reused every one, and
it turned out hoax"
Seeta exclaimed something in Hindoo-
stance, which the sub. did not understand.
Waring turned on him rather fiercely.
"I'll stake my life that her words are
true. Cecil, for Heavens sake, stop your
nonsense. The girl is true as steel''
'Then we must be quick" said Bran
don, his mannor changing in moment.
"The signal was to be the burning of
Colonel Gray's bungalow
Brandon WINGED for moment; but the
light was very gray.
stAnd the signal for that will be the
putting out of the lights in the house."
This sub. looked at his watch.
"Good heaven" he cried cit is twelve
minutes to two!"
"Ah, but" said Waring, "they won't
be punctual.
eThey may"
s'Then we must act; I am your senior
warn the Fort. You hurry back like the
wind to the colonePs and bid them keep
the lights burning brightly-then dash
on to the barracks, knock up Campbell,
and tell him to send few companies to
the Fort to help the garrison Now be
off"
zone moment" said Cecil. ''Shake
hands, old fellow 1t may be the last
time''
He came quietly to the other, pressed
his hand, and then sped up the Bander-
munda Road. -
"You must go to the colonel's!' he
shouted back, and in moment was out
of sight, hurrying round the curve.
The captain ran few yards after him.
then stopped, seeing how useless the pur-
suit would be-. The lights of the bunga-
low might be put out at any momeut; all
depended on the lights.
"Noble lad!" muttered Jack, and then
turned round and called, "Seeta"
"Sah1b!'
"You have saved us all'
eft is not for the others-it is all for
you"
"And now," Jsck went on, not MOTTO
ing her words, ''you must get home
The men are about; they may make you
pay for your information. Goodnight!
God bless you, say for all these people,
whether they live or die.''
He bent down, raised her hand to his
lips, and kissed it-then turned and ran
for his life-all their lives-especial
Nelly Gray's life.
Waring was approaching the thick
grass by the jungle path. He was scarce
" hundred yards from it, when he
slackened speed to look at his watch.
Chang it, he muttered, 81 forgot to
wind it up!"
AS he uttered the words, he heard
football behind him. Before he went to
the colonel's ball he had been cutting his
finger-nails, prosaic matter enough; but
it reminded him that good sharp pen
knife, with blade three inches long, was
In his pocket. This he pulled out as he
ran. Opening it, he turned on his pur-
suer.
"Seeta'' he exclaimed, on seeing who
If was