The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-04-23

scrape into which their lack Of due
caution has thrown them.
listen" he says. sharply, and the
mIttering in the air ceases as If by
magic. ut is. rs believed, on acci-
dent. Ny friends had no desire 20 dis
turb you in your worship. or to insult
your great god Vishnu. With rever-
cnce they were looking in through a
window, standing upon platform,
when one end of 1t gave way and pre-
cipitated them through the opening.
They could not explain matters be-
cause they are unable to talk your
tongue. so the best they could do was
to retreat. My stout friend is partic-
ularly grieved that such thing has
occurred. He desires to make restitu-
tion rs far as possible. Let the high
priest come forward and accept a
handful of rupees. That will prove
their friendship"
The point is we'll taken. anil Joe
knows their weakness. Immediately
hubbub arises. Most Of the crowd
seem 10 lie in favor of an eager ac-
ceptancc. \ few dcmur. but they are
so much in the minority that they are
speedily showed under and the mou-
lajee comes forward to receive the
promised rupees, 4 venerable man, who
resembles the priest Joe saw in the
mosque, though it cannot be the same.
Mynheer Joe has been careful to
keep back portion of the truth, be-
cause he fears lest it create new
trouble. At the time of the sudden
disaster Sandy had been just putting
the finishing touches to a picture Of
the ugly old idol Vishnu, ami hc has
managed to retain his precious note.
book through all the disturbance.
The Lumor Of the crowd has changed
as wonderfully as upon many SINH
lar occasion, for there is nothing more
fickle upon earth than a mob. The
worshipers of old Vishnu are now
eager to call the Americans their
friends. though it is all done by word
or gesture. Hand-shaking is generally
tabooed in India. for a man fears lest
he lose caste by touching another and
have to inflict punishment on himself
us penalty.
Just at this moment there bursts
into view detachment Of Sepoys,
headed by British officer, at whose
side runs brave Molly Tanner. They
come from the cantonment, and 1t Is
evident the colonel did not hesitate a
moment when he learned that Myn-
her Joe was in danger.
OF course, all are relieved when
they see the three Americans unin-
jured, and mark the change in the hu-
NOR OF the crowd. Molly cannot un-
dcrs;and it. and as she affectionately
greets her father she asks:
What is this? One time these men
seem eager to murder you, and now
they act Gs though on the best Of
terms"'
Demosthenes Tanner. still blowing
hard from the effects Of his wild run,
jerks his thumb over his shoulder and
Its all owing to Mwnheer Joe. He |
palavered the heather, and made them |
believe we We're doing their old god
real favor when we tumbled into the
temple through the window, after the
beastly platform gave way"
Indeed. He seems wonderful
man. governor" murmurs the girl, |
stealing a loo!, at the object Of her
thoughts who, just then, is engaged in |
with the British officer,
explaining the cause Of the sensation.
Yes, my dear child. Such logic as
he possesses would even enthuse the !
Illinois Senate. Why, unless you're
On you're guard be can easily bring
you around to his way Of thinking and
make you believe black is white"
The girl turns her head away again,
this time to hide her rosy cheeks; she
bushes without hardly knowing why,
save that there IS something in her
fathers manner Of speaking that
seems like sly allusion and warning
10 herself. Love is very sensitive, es-
pecially ut that stage where the mod
pst young woman awakens to the con-
iition Of her own heart, and the back
ward young man has not yet gathered
enough to storm the citadel
which lie hopes to capture.
AS the crowd rapidly increases, with
evening coming on apace, it is deemed
best TO leave the scene and retire. The
soldiers right about face and head
back toward the cantOnment after the
four Americans have entered palkee
charry and started for tl'eir hotel.
Mynheer Joe decides that the baron
can hardly be held accountable for this
affair, since no stretch of the imaSina-
ton could invest him with the power
to weaken the platform and hurl the