The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1898-11-17

blaming his own memory. or thinking
that mistake had been made, leaped
to the conclusion that Miss Ora
ham had shunted him on purpose
Hence quarrel, conducted chiefly by
means Of glances. under the very
noses of the rest of dancers. and q
strong sense of injury on both sides
so strong, indeed, on Miss Graham,
that the very next morning Haycraft
saw her riding with Brendon. Hel
careless bow to him as she passac
completed the effect, and Haycraft re
turned to Shah Nawaz, anathematiZ
ing, as is the wont of young men IL
his position, the whole race of women
and had persistently sulked there ever
since. Miss Graham's heat was yer,
sore as she gazed at the desert through
a mist of tears. Why was he So
blind? Why couldn't he understand
that the ride was undertaken with the
sole object of driving him to demand
an explanation. and thus clearing up
the trouble of the night before? But
If he preferred to stay away and sulk
why, of course, be must please him
self; and Miss Graham turned her
back resolutely y on the desert, and pre-
pared to canter back to the hospital
But, as she was in the shade of the
trees again, with her eyes somewhat
dazzled by the sunset light, she
thought she heard rustling in the
wood. She reined up suddenly, and
as she did SO there was a rush from
among the trees on both sides of the
road, and she found herself surround
ed by wild looking figures wearing
the dress OF the frontier tribesmen
whose intention evidently was to bar
her passage.
Miss Graham was young woman
OF nerve and resource, and she per
celved at once that not only her own
liberty, but the safety of Alibad,
might depend upon her escape from
this trap. She had her horse well in
hand, and, bringing the whip heavily
down on his flank, she headed him
straight at the leader of the party,
a rutfianly old man, whose face seem
ed In some curious way familiar to
her. But the old man avoided her
onslaught with great dexterity, and as
she gallantiy laid about her with her
whip, the horse reared, and she found
herself wrenched from the saddle,
coming to the ground with consider
able force. More frightened than
hurt, however, she was looking around
IN bewilderment. when a cloth was
flung over her head, blindfolding and
gagging her most etfectually. She
struggled with all her might, but her
hands were seized and bound in front
of her, and she was lifted on her horse
again. Then some sort of cloak was
thrown over her, covering both her
self and her saddle, and the horse
was led away. At first she tried to
discover the direction in which she
was being taken, but soon perceived
that her captors, in order to battle
any such attempt, were constantly
changing their course, once or twice
even going round and round, as it
seemed to her, and she gave up the
endeavor. and did Der pest to realize
the state of affairs. That she had
been carried off by tribesmen from
beyond the border could not be
but the fact that such a
daring outrage had been perpetrated
almost i'll sight Of the cantonments.
seemed to threaten general raid on
British territory, such as had not oc-
Cured for years. But why should
the bruLt OF the attack fall Oh her
Could it be that she had been seized
as ransom or hostage for the safety
of a certain very holy and very trou
blesome Mullah, whom it had been
found advisable to detain in safe Gus
tody? If this was the case, nothing
beyond a good deal of Inconvenience
was likely 20 befall her; and Mss
Graham began to consider the allevi
atiOns of her position.
Il am SO thankful that papa was
not with me at the moment" she said
to herself, "for they might have killed
him, or, at any rate. made him a pli
soner, too and what would have hap
pened to Alibad then? But now he
will come to look for me as soon as
he has made things safe. l wonder
how long it will be before it will
be before it viii strike Hussein that
| am rather long time riding to the
end of the road and back AGAIN? He
will think that Prince has run away,
and he will come to the edge of the
desert to look for me. Then he will
find the marks of a struggle on the
sand of the road. and he will rush
back and give papa dreadfrl fright
by telling him that the Miss Sahib has
been carried off by the tribes. Then
they will send ont scouts and get
force together, and [ suppose the peo-
pie IN the environments will haye to
take refuge in the fort in case of an
attack on the place, and they Will have
to make arrangements in view of all
sorts of things. and-Oh, dear, Pm
afraid papa will neverj come up with
us TO night" A few unwilling tears
forced themselves from her eyes, al
though she struggled hard to restrain
them. They will be sure to overtake
us in the morning-they must"
By her horses frequent stumbles
on rocky ground she now judged that
her captors We're taking her across the !
desert. The clotn over her head COW
cred so closely that she could scarcely
hear their words when they talked.
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