The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-24
A GOOD TURN.
(Continued.)

deeds J1tf lbdfL Sank again AS she
recalled various frontier tales at which
she had shuddered when she heard
them -rnlnOrs Of lost English women,
supposed to have been murdered in
some raid, bnt IN reality carried off
/ across the horder. whence vague tales
Of misery and humiliation had filtered
back through the talk Of friendly
| tribes Would her name hs added
TO the roll Of those at the mention of
whom mems brows darkeEed and
(, women tiemhed and grew pale?
With an effort she pnllad herself to
aetber and drove away the horror
which had seized upon her, forcing
back even the tears which would have
| brought her relief The tribesmen
should find no signs Of fear on her
face when they removed the wrap
pings which shr0uded it. Still the
mOnOtoaOus march went on, until she
almost fell asleep from sheer fatigue
and anxiety; but at last she fodnd
herself lifted from her horse and led
in what seemed TO be stone door
way. Several passages, alternating
with flights Of steps, followed. and
then the hands which had guided
her were Suddenly removed from her
shoulders ard she heard The changing
Of door 1T was evident that she
had been taken across the border and
was now imprisoned in one Of the
rude stone forts bnilt By the tribes
men.
They might have taken this thing
off NY head SIZE SAID to herself, in
| agnantiy. trying to uniOose the
cloth With her bound hands; but it
was fastened behind, aud she could
not raise Ter arms sufficiently to reach
It, although she succeeded IL shaking
off the veil which had covered her
from head 10 foot. The mkt step
VS. to try and discover the nature
and extent Uf her prison. and she
! walked in one direction until Sue
came to the wall and began to feel
her way along it. The rough stone
surface told her nothing, but finding
something suspended on it abont the
| level of her face. she raised her hands
| TO 1t. and, to her establishment, dis
| covered II to be teDnis IacQUet
| That marauding tribesnen occasion
ally made pTIze of strange things,
she knew. but the nse or beauty Of
tennis racquet employed eXciusl yely
| aS a mural decoration was not very
evident. Her surprise was increased
when, pnrSuIng her search along tie
wall, she next came on Il pictarc in :.
frame
This IS the qneerest native fort |
| ever heard Of" she said to herself.
and, leaving the wall, made a bold
dash for the opposite side Of the room
1t scarcely aatoni-hed her to come
into collision on her way with vari-
ous boxes. a camp table and two cane
chairs; and having passed these
perils, she stood still and tried to iix
! their position in her mind. y hen
| she hai succeeded in realizing their
| "elatIye places, " new anxiety seized
"er. The recollection came to her
m.nd Cf a snapshot photograph which
Fred Hay craft had once sho1n hel,
OF what he called his ''hanGneting
! halI' Ht Fort Shah NawaZ: aud once
more she felt about among tbe furui
ture, then heayed Il sigh OF relief M,
the fort had net been stormed aud
the defenders killed before sho WAS
| brought 10 It. The room was untidy
merely with the ordinary nntIdl-
ness of a bachelors sitting room,
not as 1t nouId have been had the
ribesmen looted it. Miss Graham
sat down content il oae Of the chairs
she had discovered.
Its IN utterly insoluble mystery"
she said. for I'm sure that the man
whose face | thought knew WAS the
hayildar Sultan Jan But. at any rate,
its ali right now. ] wonder when he
| VII come iu!' Now Miss Granam's
he" did not mean Sultan Jan.
| Liout. HaycraFt was returning to
his quarters. after going the uuds.
in no very happy frame of mud.
Milton, the junior who shared with
him the hOucrS aud responsibilities of
commend at Shah NawaZ. had ridden
out To a distant village during the af-
ternoon to inquire into an alleged case
Of cattle lifting, and had MT returned.
Haycraft had advised him. in case ha
should he kept late, to remain over
night at the village. since the khem
istan frontier Is not exactly a healthy
pla te after uightfail for British Of
ticer with al escort of only two ma
tive troopers; but now he felt inclined
TO regard bis absence almost in the
| light Of a personal grievance. II Mil
ton had come back they could at least
have talked shop over their supper
or discussed the merits of their re
spective dogs. whereas now be could
only resume his hopeless and mono
t0nous occupation Of writing letters
to Miss Graham which were never
sent After all. it was her place to
make the first step toward a recon
ciliation. If she cared for one. She
bad treated him shamefully, did h.r
best to make fool of him. aud he
had only himself 10 thauk that she
dad not succeeded Probably she
was engaged to Breudon by this time
well. who cared? Not Fred Hay
craft. at all events. SO he assured
himself, even while he ground his
teeth at tue very Thought The sud
den appearance Of Sultan Jan in his
path. with his hand raised to the sa
lutte. interrupted his medtatious. and
he paused to ask of the old soldiers
family. whom Sultan Jan had visited
that day on the occasion of some tri-
bal festival.
They are all well. Sahib. and my
youngest nephew Is coming to enlist
in the corps Sahia, / think that be
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