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

their hands off the triggers OF their guns.
Shere Eli glarea down upon the two OFF,
GERS strolling along so carelessly toward
him, crawling down to watch them the
better. Thn his eyes detected the white
1 figure in front. He saw the chase and the
capture; le knew who is was, and with
mighty oath, rushed back to his two COM
rades. @tf
eve are lost! Betrayed! We must
shoot them now or there will be no
Chance" he cried, excitedly.
The two others were also watching the
( party. in front, and they understood what
their leader meant.
eNaY, butt" said Babbo Ram, the Sec
ond in. command and cautious man,
Hthere will be better ambush further
up. 1t is a far shot from here and is an
uncertain one. Let us see which way
they 60" II to vtIfan aao
So dark was it under the trees that they
could only make out Seeta's white figure,
and so missed Cecil when he set out for
the Fort, running in. the shade and out Of
sight in moment
"They are going to- the colonels bung-
allow! We have them. SAFE" cried Babbo.
Ram ,iF
As they sat waiting in the gorge, Nam
mo, the third, suddenly exclaimed that
there were only two persons coming, and
one was Seeta. Shere Eli gave vent to a
torrent of oaths, and was scarcely paci-
fed when Babbo Ram declared that only
one man had met Seeta.
"By my soul, there were two 1 saw
them running" he growled.
So they waited and fired, but the result
was not what they anticipated.
Once in the road, Shere Ellis fears re-
doubled. He could swear that there we're
two men. The other was gone to warn
the Fort, he was sure. How had they
managed to miss them?
He bent down over the still, white fig
ure lying there in the dust, and struck it
on the mouth
ellie there he muttered; cit was
who shot you, and l am glad. | always
hated you! Faithless she-devil, like your
mother
| AS he bent forward in his eagerness to
see the Englishmen coming, the light had
struck his gun barrel and Seeta had seen
it; so that he himself had destroyed her.
Ay, she was accused from her very
birth, accursed in his eyes since the day
he had come home to find an English
sahib in his cottage. Could he ever for
get the mad rush he had made on the viii
lain, and how the Englishman's cruel,
relentless fists had been dashed into his
face, casting him bleeding and breathless
to the ground? Could he ever forget u.s.
ing, to find his wife gone and his babe ly-
ing crying beside him? In his madness
he struck his child then; and he struck
her now as she looked up at him with
stony eyes, with his bullet through hel
heart. She was faithless-faithless like
her mother-faithless to the end!
, ALI was not lost yet. He would place
Babbo Ram in the jungle road, leaving
Mammo in the gorge, and he himself
, would get to the cutting, only to kill the
messenger. and then he would be off to
his men to lead them to the colonel's
bungalow No one should escape his
fury. What would be the good of the
captains warning if they attacked them
at once? The others would see the lights
burning, and wait; but when the flames
arose thew would understand the signal.
All depended On him AS for that bah,
bling fool Babbo, placed by his influence
next in command, he hated him. Incom-
petent, unstable, timid animal.
, All this occurred to him as he ran along
toward the cutting. The jungle road ano
the cutting joined each other at right an
giles, and then the latter appeared as if il
were continued straight down the hill to.
ward the cantonment.
| Followed by Babbo Ram, Shere Ell
, strobe on till they came to the brow OF
the hill.
s'See, Babbo," he cried, "Mammo shall
guard the nullah; you must prevent the
Ferringheefrom coming through the wOoG
by any cross-path, and if he breaks cover
between Mamma and you, fire on him al
once.'' ,l..es~ r
, The cautious Babbo Ram gazed at him
stupidity for a moment, and then nodded
Shere Eli left him and went on to the cut
ting, looked up to it, then descended the
hill little, loaded his gun anew, knei
j. down and waited.
Waring ran doggedly, with the knife
searching around for hidden foe in thu
underwood. .4
{ He paused moment as he entered thu
, jungle road, looking down at the twink
, ling lights beneath him, feeling safe a.
last. and offering up thanks for his pre-
servation so far. As he stood thus, hi
heard faint cry to his left. He turnec
hastily, and saw dark figure running
. | WV dlu I'LL. VI OAO hAOulOlio AO oeOON
| irresolute. Was it friend or foe! HI
was not long in doubt. afi
There came flash, and before the re.
port, he seemed to hear the kissing bull.
, let; while the half tipsy sentinel below
| wondered vaguely what the firing meant
| Waring waited for no second warning
, Weary though he was he sprang with
|, life down the hill straight on the crouch
ing figure. .. a.t ~
Shere Ellis gun was at half cock. HI
pulled back the dogs head, took deliber-
| ate aim at the bounding figure, and then
fired.
Jack felt the bullet strike his side; he
leaped into the air and fell on the very
, barrel of the gun. He stabbed wildly al
something black underneath him again
, and again-then it struggled, and then
he rolled over. He got upon his feet
, again, ran on for little, and then his
feet gave way under him and he fell tc
!. the earth
| The silence of the night had been
broken by the guns sharp report, and
now it seemed more fearful by contrast
Babbo stopped for a moment on the
brow of the hill to see what was happen.
} ing. He was timid man; but when he
| saw no one save Shere Eli on the ground
he ran down to him.
ssSon of Eli, whispered he, 'squick-.
quick, the Ferringhees!''
, "But the "sOn of Eli'' only writhed up