Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-05

and managed their earthly concerns Jade
pepdently. Like brothers the pair returned.
for Lazar had q new idea, and the slave
passed unmolested.
That evening he saw . change in the
feeling Of his battalion. When the lamps
shone at niehtfsll, one after another OF the
leading spirits came up with a grim, friend
ly smile. The two Waziri sergeants asked
| him 10 sit with them, and time passed mer-
rily, but nothing was limited Of the project
| Lazar thought to be on foot. A month pass.
| ed, then cautiously he sounded the man
whose life he had saved, and cautiously 1t
was answered that no one knew him; that
he kept his own secrets so closely, others
we're tempted TO follow his example.
Lfzar expected this change. Under solemn
est oaths be told his name am rank, and SO
much as be thought proper of his story. In
q few DAYS this confidence worked. Bot the
plot turned ont to be q formless thing, of
which the end alone was distinctly shaped
Lazsr took it in hand and fixed the hour
No blood should be split in tn Governors
dwelling; but mutiny of battalion exscts
the death of certain comrades who cannot
be trusted. II the Ameer was not aroused
to desperate measures individuals had a fair
chance Of escape.
For success in his private schemes Lazar
needed a confederate outside the walls; and
be feared his mother might have left Lal-
poora, not hearing Of MIN for such q time.
He exaggerated the maternal anxiety OF q
Pathan dame. She was found at her house
TRANQUILITY expecting his return, if living,
laden with spoils. Even in the Joy
of meeting she observed her sons
uniform, and asked an explanation
frowningly. Lazsr replied that he was
hunting down the Khan in vengeance for
his treachery; that he had persuaded his
comrades to rise on the following night.
It was the way to earn the fierce old woman's
help. Still actuated by revenge alone,
Lazar proposed to carry off Nuradeh, after
seeking his fathers house. This also was
approved, but without enthusiasm. The
mother promised to do all that was asked
to devote her means, to abandon her home.
She would have given life for the holy JOY
of vengeance. Before Lazar returned to
his quarters, all was ready.
w.
On the following night, when the soldiers
iounged in that dusty space between their
caverns and the Governors precincts, the
doomed slave passed through them as usual,
and stood q moment. She was seen no more.
Soon afterwards, the lights in the garden
paled, and those in the dwelling were ex-
iineuished. Disguised as the slave, Lazar
entered. His first step was to seek the door
communicating with the house, and to as
sure himself it was unlocked. Then, eau
;iously and slowly, his sight and hearing
strained, a dagger in his grip, he stole to-
ward the kiosk, from which a faint radiance
glimmered among the trees. 1t proved to
be a platform, raised several steps, with a
osIusrade round, aud a roof supported BY
columns. But it was not ~iat-nobody
could sleep there. In fact, by a lamps
smoky glow he saw mosquito curtains
dread on the platform. Lazar crept
cound, looked at them from every
ooint. They we're three. and which
.!ai4... be N~uraheh's, if she were there
he had no m;ee"H Of telling. Itthis were not
lsccrtained, her life huug upon a chance.
Lazsr crawled up the steps, and laid hs,mselt
along, on the dark side of the curtain. Not
he ~fsintest sound could be heard within it
ne lifted the edge-the mat lay empty. But
the breathing OF sleepers reached his ear on
-ither side. A new thought struck him.
Moving softly as o snake, he reached the
lamp, and then, trusting to his disguise, his
wit, and the drowsiness of girls awakened
gently, bent over it and pulled the wick
backwards TIL its fame hardly kept alive.
Then he stole down the steps, and on the
ground beneath raised a long howl. With
a cry the girls awoke, and each put out her
head.
"Ho, Kaziahm exclaimed q voice that
made the listeners blood thrill. The lamp
is nearly out, and one of you careless girls
has let o dog enter the garden! Light the
lamp instantly, and turn out that unclean
beast!'
I.azar stayed to note the curtain from
which q slave issued grumbling, and has
tened off noiselessly.
1t was past 2 o'clock when he rejoined
his associates. Grand rounds had gone by,
and in that garrison officers turned in i'm
medistely after. The Lalpoora gate was
held by the conspirators, and when Lszar
visited it he found them ready for their
part-to silence the few comrades who
were not allies, to pass their friends
through after the crime, and to follow;
or, if the affair mlscarried, to defend
the gate ike heroes against their con-
tederates. Quietly the main body mus
tered, each knowing his role and dauntless
to fear or pity, Some were familiar with the
house, having worked there as carpenters,
and moulders, and tsilors. Twenty picked
men Lazar conducted to the door, and left
them, waiting a signal; with three others he
led the way to the kiosk, where all was still.
One remained below, two crawled to the
slaves curtain, and Lazar himself lay down
outside Nuradeh's. By the feeble light the
sentinel saw each mans dagger fash, as he
raised it 10 show himself posted; then, wait.
ing an instant, barked like q dog. Bret
and noiseless was the struggle. The two
men rose, holding articles of female dress,
which they examined, compared, and stow
ed away. But Lszsr rolled his victim in
hIr curtain and raised the bundle.
What is this, o brother2' asked one of
the Others, laughing grimly. "lf you
chance to nave killed her, we have no time
for burying."
Go into tie house and take your share
OF plumber. l came for vengeance, and l
hold it"
Abduction is no crime to Psthans, even
respectable, but it must be done in order.
LOYAL dealing in an accomplice is jealousy
exacted by people who have good ~reasonsto
suspect every move that's not ~prearranged.
These fellow ~rufians were quite ready to
quarrel, forgetting in angry distrust both
the peril and the plunder. Lazsr ex-
claimed
"You had better look after those who have
the money box, and share my part among
you. / am satisfied
GrumbEnr, they FASTENED to rejoin their
comrades in the house, while Lazar made
for the gate with his burden. Those stand
ing there eyed BIN suspiciouslY and mu.ter'
| ed low, but that was no time for questioning.
| After a ieyerish wait the ~plunderers arrived,
heavily laden, and silent; in q mass COM
pact, the battalion fled through with arms
shouldered. Not till the ford was reached
did these stealthy savages whisper, Inc