Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-09-28
"ttn,ess 1 an greatly deceived. Lori =

INV Innocence ~ Of his own.
S,,Ut why, 'hc''''@'
Mla,ey hesllnled' ~-e.x.-
"Wnv should ho lave ina me a'Fss1s>
odg" t,Mtshed George.
Wea"
",lr a,oue might answer properly %
THIS nurstlou. i'nt may tel you tnss
hr lNl not order my mTcht vi H''s>
s,lf, nAkrl him to 10 s".
Who lieutenant anw 'hat some 'hss
t,w law IN these hitter Wofah, aAsi
asked no more,
ror several minutes the ssccrt. ifn-
,,,,l hy lhr crowd had moved more
s,,wly until ID had now craHGfl 10 az
vance,
| MAlry left hIs prisoner ana az
ynnr,l Go the hri,d Of The column, to
,,nrn the cause of the delay. III ezars'
was very simple.
During his conversation wifi the
nrisuurr the crowd had become more
and morr dense. and now IT 10 ~r
strucfrd the street that to proceed IL
all was dltllcult aud almost Impossible
A singular circumstance was fhae
tnc crowd had cnsrd to surge to"sr.
thu suuart where curiosity ahouek
have imrcle,l them. but remained sta-
tion.ry, and the people who composed
II whispered to each other, appearing
to designate Gcorg" Malcolm.
There w.ts neither claInOr nor
thrruts. Tn, inulttud" seemed calm;
but IL was one Of the class which pre-
cr,!cS the storm.
MldlrN ordered the under officer Ut
tho Srpoys uo divide. gently. but per
sistcntly TIN. nlassrd people. and 10
render free passage possible.
The officer obcyeh. He pronounced,
In cultural tones. a sort OF harangue,
utterly mintrlligibr to the two Eu-
roprans, and the crowd divided itself
into two living walls, between which
| the escort passed: but at the end OF
| twenty-five or thirty steps a halt was
again necessary.
| Alidley. greatly iInpatcnt began to
be uneasy at these delays. 1t sseued
To him the attitude Of the IIindoos. at
first Indifferent. had gradually become
| hostile. and that the eyes fixed upon
the prisoner were fierce and angry.
| He would have given much TO have
| found himself with George Malcolm.
safe behind the solid iron gates Of the
fortress. Happily. he thought he could
rely upon his men.
Consequently, he reissued his orders
| to his officer WHO recommended his
harangue, and the crowd opened
passage. as it had before done, to close
Il moment after.
| One would have said that all the
men oheyed a signal, and that this sig
nal meant To retard the arrival of the
escort on the square until a given mo-
mant.
George himself paiT no attention to
what was passing about him. He
thought bur of his murdered father.
and the revenge he would draw down
upon the aSsasSins
Suddenly a cannon-sTfot sounded afar
Off. and {; hundred thousand voices
rose i'll claMor. The salute indicated
the moment when the procession OF
Jagernath entered the Temple of Kali,
and, commencing it's march, announced
the beginning of tie fete.
One of the balconies of the princess,
sIperbly festooned in purple silk. en-
brodered in gold. attracted every eve.
The salute had scarcely sounded when
the princess and the rsiah appeared Cd
the balcony.
"The moment approaches" muir
INJURED Djella.
The minutes TO ne seem hours" an
swered Doorgal.
Meantime. in the square. Kazil, lost
In the crowd. followed in the stems Of
those dedicated to the service of the
princess. He LOST sight Of Snuyor Ouly
70 draw hear to Holcar. His suspl
clohs ana tellOrS Increased. but I'M 70
TINS instant lie could know nothing
certainly.
u nave seen Saugnr whisper TO many
or the brothers of HE sacred work .
SAID the child 10 himself II hay,,
heard Holcar pronounce George Nal.
coins name. What do they pot. How
may | find OUT
Hardly had h" put 10 himself This
question when il" was iostlrd oyoins-
by a native, dressed in raYr ia
turned and rnc1gniZ,d tho r,I,;r 49,,
costing Il tall HindOo So,lnnoncv b,d
failed to see ,h. child who nron, i
Dehlnd him. heard this terrible ala
lOgue: 'is'-
Well:' asked The fakir.
1T IS done ANSWERED the o,hnr..
M a. ".' 'ui brothers rendered the
b>''' - i'AiD ~ ar I'iISlt i.
"Yes"
They hav" not forgotten tn, s,s>
nal?' = wv sly
"No."
'It' is Well Til" escort ana t,,o mis-
oner Will reach iii" square when # is.
gwen ana vii! have no time to engage.
al a coliinat on The BRIDGE
IT Is here. then. that the Enr,ls,,.
man must die"' ''s''Sf''
1es-under the gaze of those, Will,
nave commanded his death"
All" murmureh Kaz;l, trem,,,,nc !,
every limb '''''''is III
IF the sepoys make rcsjs,;rc.,,
questioned the fellab. N'''''''ce'
Ihey will not resist except i'm an
pe sar. answered the fellni ~ 'p
"r rney are forewarned, thcny'
R Pc ere, IN their ear, they Will l %s
their weapons and let the jus ai a. 1--WE te
people take its course" ''"'e'0n Tue
But the English officcr--ho m,, ,o
death" '"i pe' Inlet by
ut is we'll,
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