Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-07-12

Iust tue NlNll Governor OF Dacca occupies
a point III the fortress which almost lays
II Ia has power il he be disloyal. Officers
ana battalions OfHred fidelity are posted
round his quarters.
In one of these Lazar enlisted. He
lOunged by day and slept by night within
touch OF the garden wall. Chief and
slaves and retainers whom he knew passed
constantly, but he might as well have re-
NAMED outside Though vigilance was
relaxed when a Governor of such guaran-
teed loyalty took possession officers main
tanned the usual discipline. No soldier
was allowed to speak with any OF the
household, nor to approach tie wall vt
hight' A line Of sentries guarded 1T so
closely that no one could pass ana they
even watched each other. Those doing
duty on the Notifications, which of course
overlooked both house and garden, were
enjolned to keep their backs turned. In
short, the regulation cut of every OPP
portunlty Of communication or spying.
In a few hours Lazal discovered this
state OF things, and set himself to master
1t. lie made the most OF his military
knowledge and his education, protesting
TO have served in British regiment, as
have thousands Of his people. Within a
month be was appointed naik, a grade
which brought him under notice of the
officers, and shortly won him further ad-
about freely, and the heat gave him an
excuse for haunting the ramparts after
nightfall. Summer was now at ITS hottest
period, @ season ae terrible, and almost as
dreary, as the Arctic winter of those parts.
The marshes lay ankle-deep in dust. The
trees OF the garden daily dropped and
wlthered, to recover nightly, when the
sluice-gates opened. No one who could
help it stirred from quarters until even
vrrhn g hi. IL, .,.N
glimmeTed with a thousand little lamps,
round which, in the hot dust, the soldiers
lay telling stories, singing, gambling, lis
tenlng to the bagpipes. AT the same time
the Governors house lit up, and a shrOud-
ed glow rose above the foliage of the gar
den. Long after the main building lay in
darkness, lights shOne in one spot. Lazar
inquired cautiously of those who had
seen the place in winter, and be learned
that whereabouts stood kiosk, hidden now
by the leaves. 1t was evident to him that
the ladies assembled there at evening, as
Is common practice, and that all of them
did not withdraw to sleep, since, on dark
nights, very feeble radiance cleaned till
morning. He had the advantage of know
ing the Khans household, and reckoning
Il over with such care ae the stake of life
impresses on a computation, he judged
that his mistress slept at the kiosk, on the
slaves, and possibly little sister.
But to communicate with her still made
a problem so bewildering that Lazar
ceased to think Of the result till 1t was
mastered. Time brought no solution, nor
any chance he dared to use. There was
always movement about the khan's
quarters, and among the younger Mo
munds Lazar recognized several whom he
would have sounded cautiously had it
q a
dahs and gypsies, ready for treacherOus
service well-paid, if it lay outside their
contract, often passed with loads. But
he could not approach them unObSerYed.
At length, urged by despairing passion,
Lazar resolved a scheme as reckless as
criminal. One slave of the khan's was a
very big old woman, defOrmed in her legs.
She constantly passed the LalpOora gate
alone, and returned by special permit af-
ter dark. 1t was her habit, when thus be-
lated, to enter the Governors house by the
garden, letting herself in with a mighty
key. LaZar determined TO waylay this
poor creature outside, take her clothes
and key and pass, throw the
body into the stream, and re-
enter the fort in disguise. No one
would speak to him, the slaves rolling
walk was easy to initiate, her trousers
and long veil would hide his uniform, the
key would give him admittancet to the gar
den, and then-ss it pleased Allah. II
nothing came Of IL the first time, he would
always hold means Ofreaching the kiosk,
when he chose to risk 1t, with a better
knowledge of the circumstances. Muir
der reYolted him no way. More satisfae-
tory it would have been, no doubt, had the
person TO be disposed OF been male, but
the decree of Providence was otherwise.
LaZar thought out carefully the chances of
being detected by women in the garden.
by soldiers in quitting it, or in slipping Oft
his disguise before returning to quarters;
considered in every point the hue and cry
that would &c raised when q trusty ser
want vanished within the fort, since the
gate-guard would certify her return and
the sentries would have seen her enter and
quit the garden-revOlYed these great
dangers and difficulties thought out
hiding-place for the clothes and the key
that would not be discovered in the most
minute search. l do not dwell on these
matters because the plan was changed in
some degree. He waited for a mOOnless
night, when the slave would go forth at
such an hour as would insure a late re-
turn. Then he asked leave for the day,
and strolled across the dusty, burning
flat. toward the ford that lies between
Dacca and Lalp00ra. His victim had an
hours start. But unlooked.fOr fates pro-
tected her that day.
Lazar was not iavorite IN his battal-
ion. A number OF old goldiers-W aZiris
for the most part-whO welcomed HIM cor
daily at first Joining, had turned against
the havildar since his promotion, and the
rest followed their lead. He thought them
Jealous, and gave little heed to their hos
tility, absOi bed IN his own designs. THESE
occupied him wholly as he approached the
ford. Within few inches Of it's swift
curuent lay man. his bare head iriZ-
zlng in the torrid heat, the turban I'M
rolled beside his neryeless hand. That
position tolda story. The poor fellow had
felt the blood boil suddenly to his brain as
he wAded, had knelt to dip his Duggri
upon reaching shore, and mad fallen as
by death-strOke before he could replace
the dripping handage. Lazar hesitated.
Pity is an unknown feeling 20 his kith un-
less there be something grand, emotional,
in the disaster. This man was his enemy,
but for the same reason IL might be worth
while 20 help him. Nothing particular
had he to do for hours; so LazAr knelt,
raised the senseless body, and dropped il
full length In the stream, holding the face
above water. In a short time the hardy
mountaineer regained his senses and
kicked. lazar drew bin ont and stretched
him on the hot sand then he lit his hub
ble-bubbe. After while the patient sat
up, aud dumbly put out his hand. La
Ear did not misapprehend this gesture; ne
dumbly transferred his pipe.