The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03

Khan, and. wounded him, though the chief
Of his wound in the Jungle, as was supposed.
We sat ,lato at the table, and aiterward, hay
sng wGTk y no iS; l HIS TSn sh tg %ES on S1f'S the W yesSn SIo
On Joining him, an hour later, 1 observed that
he, seemed disturbed and p~reoccupicd. lie
asked me for n peg OF brandy rs soon as ! ap.
usual allowance before no won't to bed. Some;
we met at breakfast next morning that he told
me what II was; He plainly had passed a oaa
as he came 10 The tsbIessS much SO that /
feared for him aud suggested %quinine.
tbing 1T s,t isn't malaria, no he said said i b .Ih,S s1 I9s a
Authorization and laugh AT me-, but I've made
up my mind to tell you, and find II there is any
way IN which you can account for It,
Then ho went on to tell, and. to cut the
story, short-for | understood very quickly, what
had happencd-he had seen the Shining Ghost.
had strolled from the vernnda, down the gar.
den path, and had mot the appNrition face TO
ject of the ghost to him. and its unexpected
appearances was OF a nature TO snake the nerve
IN the apparitton than / had, and what he saw
had broken him up a great deal o.n
III was the face that startled me, he saiu.
i saw 1t plainly, beyond mistake, and 1t was
the face Of Nala Khan
this. 1t was rather horrifying, for a fact, to
have q man, appear before him IN this way
before and believed to be dead, 1t put a new
lacc on the matter when l told the Captain that
the walking Of the ghost was a customary thing
with the Shining One. When l told him of tho
connection 1t was supposed to have with INC
and he became thoughtful. At his request we
took u ride out TO the neck OF tho jungle soon
after breakfast. The Captain worc:a pair of blue
goggles and was otherwise disguised, and we
rode SO near to the bamboo hut that he was able
to get n good look at the fakir seated smoking
TO Charpore, whore there was n telegraph sta
ton and The Captain sent n message to Mctla'
tered. This done, the Captains cares seemed
at an end and we spent the rest Of tho day snipo
shooting, and talked of anything else than the
fakir and his walking spirit.
In the evening, long after dark. four Ghoor-
kha soldiers, three privatcs and a sergeant, camo
Bests evidently had expected them. l asked
him no questions, but gave the soldiers supper
and n place TO sleep. | saw nothing of them in
the morning until, as l was about 10 sond II
message 70 the Captains room that breakfast
was waiting. the carriage, with two Ghoorkhas
sitting outside, carrying their rifles. drove up
to the door. Capt. Bosts on horseback accom-:
panied them, and. cantcring ahead, he waited
the fakir stepped out. He was handcuffed and
looked very black and, angry; The sergeant
the carriage, first passing out a large bundle
wrapped up in IA boorka, or woman's mantle,
containing something that clinked and ratified
Your ghost will walk no more said the
Captain to me; lie has come with MS in his
There have been few stranger things in the
strange, land of India than the masquerade OF
a fakir by the famous dacolt chief. 50 well had
he played the part that for years. with a price
on his head, he had been fed and vcneratcd in a
community in which his name was an abomi,
nation. Not a man had brought him gifts and
bowed in reverence before him but would have
FASTENED to sell bin to the authorities had he
FROM tho Captain a GhoorkhR opened tho bun.
die that had come with the prisoner. 1t held
tarbines, and revolvcrs.
They were all in his house ready at hand
there, and two of my men jumped in on him
and had him captured before he could use
them. He meant never to be taken alive
From among the weapons the Captain took
a round tin box and opened it.
Here is the phosphorus box and brush that
he used to produce his illuminated effects he
BIS hide OFF is more than i can tell, but these
don't. The boorka %herc-you sec it is big
enough to completely cover a man-accounts
w invited Nala Khan to join us at break
fast 6It he declined on RELIGIOUS grounds to
ssF %It HIM fhS by G mS Hind doc s wGT5q ea Of G his fa ,G2a
and his breakfast was made in state with a
Ghoorkha standing guard with a rife.
Khan's identity when he comes to trial. said
the CAPTAIN, smiling a little srimly, You
eyes. That conceals the scar OF the sabre cut
that he got when wo had our little tussle to.
that can't be easily. sworn away.
nlmmedintely after breakfast the Ghoor.
Xmas started in the carriage for Metla. taking
Nala Khan with them. Tho blinds were kept
pulled down until the party was well beyond
Charporc, for If the people had got wind that
the fakir was being carried away they would
have started n riot. Capt. Bcsts stayed the
week out with Inc, but was on hand at head
quarters at >ala Khan's trial. The dacoit
chief was responsible for crimes enough to en-
title him TO hanging ten times over. but after
the lapse of years witnesses were hard to find,
and he got OFT with n sentence of life imprison.
mcnt. lie went to the Andamans. which was
the end Of him, so far as earthly affairs are
concerned