The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-16

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BY WILLIAM MURRAY GRAYDON Copyright, 1903.
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Your fathers rame?" he asked.
Bertram sGrenville!"
And your grandfathcrs2"
Capt Anthony Grenvile!''
But that is lmpossiblel You arc"
II am John GrenVille Fame, your highs
ness. took my uncle's name years ago.
after my fathers death. The reason was,
j believe, 10 smooth over some difficulty
about inheriting the formers money"
a low hoarse cry. that sounded scarcely
He giared at the Engllshmnn with almost
the ferocity Of tiger. He strobe nearer
the bed. his hands clenched and his fea-
lures liyld. his teeth showing in n snarl
and point of fire in each dark eye.
Your he gasped. "Youl BY the soul
of Brahma. how I have been deceived
The spawn OF that hated race
His hand frightened on the hlt OF
gemlned poinlard that was stuck In his
kummerbund Jack, who had not caught
bewilderment.
"How have fingered your highness7"
he cried.
"Fatherl" the girl exclaimed in a
frightened voice.
Chandra Singh stood as though In a
trance. and gradually his face grew cons
posed. II dare not slay him" lie NUT
tered inaudlbly. Not now--not until
have taken counsel with myself"
He turned to the girl. 'Begonc. my
chd," he said. colby. Fora fled from
the room and the rajah followed her.
Without looking back he parted the cur
tains and vanished.
The brief scene made stupefying Inn
preston on Jack: 1t was utterly incom-
prehcnsible to HIM.
by Jove I thought my last moment
lad come. he said to himself. II don't
know what TO make OF It, Since last
evening I've met with sufficient incident
and adventure. stumbled against enough
mystery, to I'LL n three-volume novel.
First, there was the treachery OF Joel
Spanish. and then the unaccountabla
murder OF poor Tobias clnk, and tho
theft Of the mysterious letter and parce
sent to me from London by Glynn and
skelton-I haven't an idea what could
have been In them.
And now, whom I identify my grand-
fathers lost locket, the rajah files Into
passion and threatens me with dagger.
What the devil does 1t all mean7"
His braintwas In a whirl. Lying back
among the pillows. with half-closcd eyes,
| he let his mind deive into the past. re-
| calling what he could of his early life.
/ 1t was not much lie knew that his
neutrality-suspicious. he had never seen I,
had been soldier, and had fought In
India In 1893 He was not certain, but
! he had n conviction that his father had
been mortally wounded by burglar.
| and had fingered several days beforo ne
| died.
| He remembered clearly the old moat-
| house In Eent--the noble ancestral home
| OF the Gronyilles. 1t was there he had
lost his mother when he was child OF 8,
| and soon afterward his father had fol'
| lowed her to the grave.
! Then the moat-house dropped out OF HIS :
| life, and his mothers brother, Major
| George Fame appeared on the scene. He
carried the lad off to a rambling old
| mansion In Somerset. gave him his own
| name sent him TO school at Bristol. and
| then took him across the sea to Halifax,
! in Nova Scotia, for several years. where
! the Major had military appointment.
The rest was short story--preparatiog
/ fer q soldiers life, commission and
| then orders for India Meanwhile Major
4 Fame had died. leaving a comfortable for-
| tune to his nephew
But what was there in this to tell the
| young officer that which he wanted 10
| know-to explain Tobias Clnk's strange
| errand and account for Chandra slnghH
4 sudden outburst Of wrath? Nothing! u
1 was a profound unfathomable mystery.
| That there might be a subtle relation
1 between the two events was theory
4 that he pondcred for moment and then
4 dismissed
/ mo use to puzzle over IT," he decided.
4 .srhe clew, IL there Is one, can be found
! only in the history of my grandfather,
/ Capt. Anthony GrenviIle. And know
as much about him as u do of the first
Grcnvllle. who was CRUSADER ana wal
/ killed before the walls OF Jafia.
| AT this stage OF his reflections Hlndod
servant came into the room with mass
siye gold tray, which he placed on tabs
by the side of the bed. He bowed sllent-
! ly and departed,
/ The tray held a tempting repast-a cold
fowl, boiled rice with currie. nsn alio
i peppers, chupatties, peaches, melons, a
! silver jug full of sparkling champagne,
1 and another containing sangaree.
Jack discovered that he was very nun"
| cry.
"Il have a go at this" he thought:
.'and then it Will be time for anothet
I, sort of a go. can't waste the day here
that's certain"
4 He was about to taste the sangaree.
when he noticed queer odor about
/ that reminded him OF n chemists shop.
az believe the stuff Is drugged" he
muttered either that. or old Fernkh
has dropped some of his strong medicine
Into it. I'll be on the prudent side and
not touch It,"
He could detect no similar smell about
the viands. or in the champagne SO ne
drank freely of the latter and nte with
;. keen enjoyment, The food strengthened
him and the foaming wine sent new lie
i coursing through his VEINS His head no
longer panied him. though 1t was swollen
and bruised.
i He got out or bed ana al.eF icy
staggering attempts, he found that no
could walk and stand firmly.
II Orchard is himself again!" he thought.
THAT was just what I needed. I'm all
right-game for ride to Meerut. First
to the resdency to discuss what Is to be
4 done with Mackinder. and instruct him
about those queer guests OF the RaJahs.
wonder If they're In the palace now! And
then, if don't run across Estcourt on
the way, a stop at Faampoora, Madgs
Will be awfully worried; promised her !
would soon return, Fora d beauty ~
her way, true pearl of the East. but
nv ,,ttle fair-haired American girl
jack sat down on the edge of the bed
very abruptly His sanguine tempera.
. ment was due to the champagne he had
drunk and he knew It, With the cons
! viction came a chilling doubt. Would ne
bc allowed to depart, or was he IN
Il gided cage,
b. tlnn SQbered him. lie reallZed