Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1899-11-16

II - Will
The fakir turned toward the two
Thugs and asked than:
Arr You readyfF
"We are ready"
Come. then, and do your duty"
Slowly Souniancy assembled the last
steps, and introduced key in the lock
Of the great portal.
Put frsr." he added. invoke the god
aeSS, ard prepare your lasS0es."
The key turned twice with a loud
noise. George sprang up.
a key in the lock-" he cried.
Motionless and mute. he listened.
His whose soul WAS concentrated in
this u Of his senses.
Ali murmured Hera. sadly, they
bring "a ,~learh-the death for which !
eutreatcd God!F
-No.r answered George. transfgured.
Il swear ii Is no death"
What, then, is it?'
Liberty, LIFE
A sudden inspiration. rapid and lu-
minous as lightning. crossed his mindd.
Child he said. do not interrupt
NE, ard obey me. Lie down upon this
marble. Hasten, hasten"
Although understanding nothing, the
young girl instantly obeyed.
George covered her with the sacred
veil taken from the sanctuary of the
goddess, and concealed about his per-
son. ..
AT this instant the heavy portal
swung back, and the voice Of the fakir
cried out:
Enter and strike!"
Tie Thugs. lassJ i'm hand, entered the
sepGlchre and advanced slowly. with a
sort Of Instructive defiance anil super
stitious terror. Behind them came
~ScUniaLcy with a torch
SuGdeTly. all three recOiled, uttering
a cry. deepest stupefaction written
upon their countenances.
Rise and walk muttered George TO.
Hera.
The young girls, enveloped in the
folds Of the sacred tissue, rose and
took n step forward.
The two natives fell upon their
knees.
1.-THE veil OF the goddess exclaimed
the fakir, pr0strating himself until his
head was bowed upon the marble floor
ing.
George took Hera in his arms.
"ies," he said, in a voice Of thunder,
"the veil Of the goddess. PROSTATE
yourselves, slaves, before the chosen OF
Bowhanie, and remember that he
among you who betrays, by a word,
the secret Of anything which has here
taken place shall die by Bowhanie's
thrnderbolti'
I'VE will be muter' stammered the
fakir.
The Thugs and Brahmins repeated in
turn. and in n submissive voice:
"NNe will be mute"
1T is well.' replied George. Other
wise, misfortune be upon you"
He went out from the tomb and de-
scended the steps. Behind him the jail
ers remained Frustrated, their heads in
the dust.
Kazll waited with anxiety, concealed
in the shade of the cypress trees.
May the God OF the Christians be
praised" he murmured. Master, you
are sayedi!'
Thanks to Bowhanie's veil and the
blindness OF these fanatics!" answered
George.
we must not lose an instant" con.
tinued the child. "Come, deliver Sir
Edward and Stop. Horses are in read
ile~S, ana YOU Gail lueH hl.
You know where Is my brothers
prison?'
YES"
lead me there"
Come
AS in the tomb, the sacred veil pro-
tiuced among Edwards keepers its in
fallible effect. The prison doors were
opened before 1t.
Once more the brothers We're united,
| and Stop felt again the pressure of his
masters hand.
Where are the horses, KaZil?" asked
George.
without the gates of the palace, in
a small clump of woods"
'Do you know the palace of the Ra-
jah Dcorgal Sahib?
"Yes."
sHow long before it will be possible
TO reach there, by giving my horses
wings2'
1.-TWO hours"
"Let us be off, then. Impotence and
anguish consume ME. 1t appears that
| am on red-hot Goals"
at is impossiblei" answered George.
II must share your danger"
again ii is impossible. You must,
without losing a moment, take Hera TO
Benares and place her in safety in the
palace Of the governor. Nor Is that all
the safety of our countrymen, eve
the existence of the East India Compa-
ny, is in Our hands!"
"How? 1 do not understand you"
"You will understand in saying to
Lord Singleton that the plot OWNED by
SIR father is ripe for execution. YOU
win tell him that tonight, at the Gene
terry OF the Elephants, the Princess
Djella. supreme chief of the conspir-
ators. will give the signal for the mas
sacre, which will cause English blood
TO flow until the waves of the Gauges
run red to the sea. Do you now COM
prehend. Edward, that your place is at
Benares?'
Il understand answered the young
man, ''and I hasten to depart. But say
to Agnes, my brother, that I wished to
save her--to fight near her, and, near
her. to conquer or to der