The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-05-15

Dd'uoise went there. H. halted ut seven
in tine evening". and his bearer Ment
down the hill idle to the village to Ell.
gage coolies for the next days march.
The sun had set, and the night winds
were beginning to Groom among the
rock. Dunoise leaned on the ri ling of
the veran,l;l, watt K for his bearer tn
return. The man cane back almost i'm.
me'liateIy after lie hal .ii,al p areh.
and at such rate that Dumuise fan.
cied he must have crossed bear. w.,
WAS running as hard as he could IN th.
face Of the hill.
But here was no bear to account for
his terror. He raced to the vrranda ami
fell down, the blood spurtin. from his
nose and his face iron gray. Then he
gurg!e'l: II have seen the Memsal,iL! ]
have seen the Mrmsahili"
"Where?" sail Dumoise.
Down there. Walking on the road To-
the village She WAS in n blue dr,s
and sl" lifted the veil Of her bonnie and
sail: Rum DaSs. give my salan,S tn the
sahi" AMI tell him that shall meet him
next month at Nuddea' Then raj.
away, b.ra.ISe was ;ffad
What Dnmo;se said or did / do not
know. Run D,Lss declares that lie said
nothing. but walked up and down the
veranda all the cold night. waiting fo.
the Memsahib to c"me up the I'LL. and
stretching out his aims into the dark
like u madnan. But no Msnsahi'
came, and. next day, he went OIL to
S.mla eros Questioning tue bearer every
hour.
Ram D'ss could only say that he had
met Mrs. DLr.,oise, and that she had
lif ed up her veil and given him the
message which he had faithfully re-.
reated to Du ,Ioise. To this statement
Ram Dass adhered. He did not know
where Nu,ldpa WIS, had no friends al
Nu,dea, and would most certainly never
20 to Nuddea, even though his pay was
doubled.
Nutdea is in Bengal, and has nothing
whatever 10 do with Il doctor ssrviu. in
the Punjab. 1t must be- more than !, 23'
miles from Mer!lki.
Dumoise went through Simla without
hating, and retiirne to MeridGi, there
to take over charge from the man who
had Leen officiating for him during his
tour Th' re were some di p 'nsary &C.
counts t" be Explained, and some recent
orders of the surgeon general 10 be
noted, and. altogether, the taking over
fttl a..
DLnoise told his lncnm tenells, who
was an old irri t his bachelor days.
what had hap'",eti at Bagi; and Il e
man said That Ram d 81 might rs " eli
have chosen Tuticorn whls he was
about it.
AT that moment n telegraph reon
came in with II telegram from S;,ain.
ordering DllmoiSe not to take over.
charge ut Meridii. hut to go at orc, t..
Nlddea on special duty. Their. WAS {:
nasty outbreak OF cho'oa ut NuId.a,
aHd the Bengal g"v.r rnrnt. b"in. llor,
from tho Punjab.
Dunn isc threw the telegram acros
the table and said: Well?
The other d clor sail nothing. 1t war
all that lie could say.
Then he rememle cred that D imoise
had passed through Simla On lis WAY
from Bagi. and thus mi ,h,, ossbly
have heard first news OF the impending
transfer.
He tried to pat tie question, anil he
implied s'lsp con into word., but D l.
NOSE stuppe him witt: IF had de
sired that. should never have come bach
from Chini WAS shooting there.
wish to live, fr have things TO do-lu
shall not lie sorry"
The other man bowed his head and
helped. i'll the twilight. 10 pack up Dn
noises just opened trunks. Ram D,S,
entered with The amps
Where is the saIil going p he asked
40 NnIdea." said Dunn Isl. s,fuly.
| Ram d IS ciawed Dumnise's knees anC
begged him not to go. + III Dnss wep
and li0wled till e WAS turned on
of the room. Then he wrap ii up al
his belongings and came back to ask f..
character. He was not going to Md
dea to see his sallib die, and perhaps t
| die himself.
ST. Dumoise gave the man his wage
and went down to Nudlea aiAn"; til,
other doctor bidding lin good bye nj
one under Aentence of death.
Eleven days later he had Joined hi
Men'salib; and the Bengal government
had to borrow fresh doctor 10 copa will
that epidemic at Nuldea. The frs
importation lay dead in C.,ooadang;
Oak Bungalow.