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change. and South African mine owners.
with their enormous fortunes. WELD great
influence in the social as we'll as the bust
ness life Of the kingdom
The political situation in South Africa
is more or less remote from the immediate
auxieties Of the Britisher at home. and
any move which promises 10 result in the
commercial or Industrial development Of
a colony is held TO be OF far greater con-
sideration than the effect OF such move
upon the local political situation in that
colony. Conditions in South Africa are
thoroughly bad There has been no such
outlet for the unemployed Of Great Brit
ain as was predicted. The white labor
market was soon overstocked. and where
as but two years ago the British gov
ernment was assisting emigrants 10 the
Cape. il was but a short time thereafter
that public aid Was needed 10 bring them
home again.
kafiir labor has never been entirely sat
isfactory 1t has been more matter OF
slave driving methods than Of offering
employment 10 volunteers. The supply OF
Kaffirs i inadequate. even at the present
stage Of development. and the unbcunded
faith Of the average EngliShman in the
possible future Of African mining keeps
alive the problem OF securing q steady
and Increasing labor supply. to be obtain
ed at such wages as viii make develop
ment work profitable.
It Is not skilled labor that Is wanted
but rather the simplest form Of manual
la13r involved in the moving Of earth and
stone. Looking At the matter from an
entirely cold blooded. or rather ecoaon-
ical. point OF view. the Chinaman prom
ises 20 supply all the necessities OF the
situation. one great advantage being the
presumably unlimited quantity Of such
labor which can be secured
BY 3 strictly party vote. therefore. the
British parliament supported the party in
power in its decision 70 allow the use of
contract labor in South African mines.
The ChiseSe government is not averse 70
arrangements OF this kind. though solicit
Gus as To the actual welfare q the people
employed The China man who leaves his
native land to work under contract in q
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bic under the common law as an assault.
No man can act as la5Or agent, and be-
cone a dealer or specuiator IL labor. The
importer OF Cinnamon must be q bona dde
employer The coolies are 10 b returned
70 their port of emharkation at the ter
uination of their service. and they are
only = travel IN British OF Chinese ships
so as 70 permit of the enforcement II reg
ulatiens for the protection Of the eni-
grants.
The mon who have enormous property
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,coafase3 oa rsftseatb rass
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friendship and service; so let there be an
end tonight to aught else between us
Abdulla gave little choking cry, and
would have dropped on his knees there i'll
the birri stand, but Meredith caught him
quickly.
Come; keep close to me and don't look so
Internally scared
AS he followed behind his master and
Ben Alf during the walk up to Wagram
avenue, Abdulla gradually recovered his
nerve and his capacity to grasp the Situa-
ton. AS matter of fact, he had been as
much disconnected by the advent of the
police as was the defunct Aguf; their pres
ence was due beyond doubt to the Sid
woman, whom Aguf had tired of and thrust
out; that she had discovered the identity
of her lover betrayed him In fit of Jealous
rage, and repented when it was too late
was perfectly clear to the khansamah
once he had touched the leading threads;
and the only thing to be
considered now was how he, Abdulla Mil
Tx, was TO profit best by the Sahib's evil
dent mistake.
Upon due consideration he determined
that the Doctor Sahib was far from desiring
any police interference in his private bust
ness at this juncture, and would be very
unlikely to inquire too particularly as to
where they got the information which led
to the raid; therefore. he would be fairly
safe in retaining the credit which the Sahib
had thrust upon him. Indeed as he rec
objected. he had shouted Justify for the po-
lice. and they had Immediately responded
by rushing the house-which would be an
incident very difficult to discredit. But back
of all this tortuous reasoning lay a great
desire to truly serve the man who had won
the love of little Yussuf and his own graft
tude.
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GERMANS DEFEAT NATIVES.
Two Beleaguered Garrisons in South
west Africa Relieved.

The following cablegram has been re-
ceived in Berlin from Swakopmund German
Southwest Africa, from the commander of
the German gunbOat Habicht:
The garrisons at Windhoek and Okla
handja have been relieved by Frankes' COM
pany, with two guns. The relief of Okla
handja occurred January n. Emperor VIII
Hams birthday. and was without losses.
ION January % there occurred a terrific
battle between the gallant little German
force and the enemy. who numbered thous-
ands The enga cement lasted for six hours
and ended with the stOrming of the main
camp of the enemy, situated on Kaiser
wilhelm mountain -Four Germans were
wounded.
After this defeat the enemy withdrew to
the Otjisangau hills, but we succeeded in
getting away all the stolen cattle. The
enemy devastated all the farms and the
railroad stations in the Windhoek and Okla
hama districts, portion OF karibib and
the barracks Of the mountain battery at
Johann Albrechts Heights.
The losses So far are known to be forty
four settle. $ including women and children
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WOULD INCREASE SALARIES.
Representative Gillett Would Abolish
Peruuisites for Members of Congress.

Representative Frederick H. Gillett Of
Massachusetts has introduced bill in the
House of Representatives that is intended
to do away with further unpleasant dis
cussions. uncertainties and criticisms over
the subject of mileage allowances and other
perquisites now appropriated annually for
the compensa ton of senators. representa-
tives and delegates Representative Gillett
would provide an increase of salary for
each member of Congress amounting to
81, 800 a year and in lieu of that would
abolish the appropriations Of 1925 allowed
representatives for a stationery account,
the allowance Of 81 900 a year for clerk hire,
and give every member $500 to be regarded
as an average distribution of the approprta-
ton for mileage of which some members
now receive much more and many much
less owing to the long or short distances
they travel from their homes Mr. Glllett'J
bill would do away with the proposed build
ing to be devoted to offices for congress-
men and include in the estimates S675 as
compensation for office rent
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and many of them will be in better order
when they sail away than they have been
for several years.
1t is stated that contracts have been
placed for the building of two new power
launches in the local boatyards. and that
several Will be brought here from northern
manufacturers. The two boats to be built
and will have a speed of about ten miles
an hour.
The old schooner American Patriot. which
sank off Fort Washington about two mont hs
ago and has been drifting about in the ice
since that time. has entirely disappeared
having been broken up by the ice drifting
and piling about her.
The tug Camilla Capt. Davis has laid
up and will make no attempt to go down
the river with a tow of light boats until the
ice softens. Practically all the tugs that
do local towing work are out of service
in consequence of the ice
The overhauling of the steamer Arrow
smith is being pushed rapidly posi-
BILE in order to have her in readiness for
service on the river as soon as spring
makes its appearance.
Capt. Thomas Quailes has purchased the
two-masted schooner Annie X. Dukes from
c. w. Woolford q Son and will take COM
mand of the vessel. The Dukes is vessel
of thirty-one tons register and will be kept
in the bay trade.
Barge No. Il of the Consolidation Coal
Company's fleet was in collision with
British steamer near Fort McHenry. Bal
timore harbor, yesterday, and had her
stern so badly broken that she Will have to
go into a dry dock for repairs.
The ice gorge which formed at the Three
Sisters. above Georgetown, during the thaw
about a week ago has frozen solid and looks
as if it was there to stay until hot weather
comes.
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True enough, he would have poisoned the
Sahib according to orders II he had been
pushed into a corner he might-probably
would-have made a fight; still there Is little
doubt but that he would have done the deed
when once assured that his own skin de-
pended on 1t. But now there seemed pos
sibility that it would serve that precious
skin better to throw in his lot boldly with
his master. He had vital information which
ne could suppIy-which his gratitude desir-
ed him to supply II he could only be certain
that the Sahb and his friends were able
and willing to protect him.
'Hhe sudden death of Aguf had impressed
him tremendously; the Pariah had been an
important factor in the campaign against
the "Mark'-the trusted lieutenant of the
man in Beebe Jan street-yet a horrible fate
had tripped him up and flung him out of
the game. despite all the 1adoo-makers and
star gaZers-despite a thousand potent In
carnations and all the wisdom and strength
that lay back of the enemies of this same
Mark"
What he demanded mentally, was to in
sure him, Abdulla Milk. against a like
fate? And-ah! what was to insure the man
in Beebe Jan street? He pondered this,
rolling it over in his mind like savory
morsel on ones tongue. If such and such
did happen. and the credit for the happen
ing attached itself to him. Abdullah. why
then-then-.
the gate of the compound. where Meredith
turned to him and asked kindly: "Abdulla,
dost thou wish to talk with me this night,
or tomorrow? Choose thine own time, man,
and remember that trust thee: but If there
Is work to be done we have little time, for
three days hence thou and / will leave the
city.
Thou will take me. Sahib-after to-
night?'
Il have told thee I am thy friend, ABB
dulla. and, for the childs sake, we'll as
thy work tonight, l shall forget all / have
heard and seen except only that which thou
desirest to tell me again. / shall protect
thee at any rate, and for thy safety it is
best for thee to go with me-"
'Sahib." the man answered, In a shaking
voice. behold, 1 will set thy coffee and
tobacco. and when thou are ready to hear
I will speak truly unto thee, even though
thine anger shall slay me. and may the
spirit of the child whom thou didst bring
out of the shadows sit betw1xt thee and
me and listen to the words Of my lips"
Ben Alif had been standing little aside
in the shadow listening to every tone of the
mans voice. When the khansamah had
finished speaking he moved forward with
a little grunt. nodding his head at Abdulla,
and. salaaming to Meredith, he said:
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CHAPTER Xxx.

AS happens often in life, so II was with
AbduIla Milk; out OF the blacklist moment
of his not overluminous career sprang sud
denly his greatest opportunity. When he
escaped almost miraculously from the knife
of the Pariah only to fall into the hands
of his own master, it did indeed seem as
though the gods were serving him a rather
scurvy trick Meredith had hurried him
down the narrow back stairs to the birri
stand where Sotoo was already reconnoiter-
ing; here followed rapid bandaging of the
wound, to which the khansamah submitted
sullenly The game was up, and he didn't
care very much now how things went, his
was nothing as bad murder against him.
And then a great light broke on him that
nearly daZed him.
Meredith seeing the sullen gloom of the
man had taken quick pity on him. Had
he not brought the police and risked his
life in that last interview with the Pariah
rather than sacrifice his, Merediths. life?
Aye he had seen the horror in the poor
fellows face while Aguf was discussing the
deed. That the man was under some great
bondage there could be no doubt; and any
way, that he had repented and risked his
life at the last moment for him was enough
for the doctor; so he had spoken gently to
the man, with his hand on his shoulder
Come. boy, am not thy foe. Thou hast
acted foolishly tonight; l could have saved
thee without all this fuss with the police
Still. thou didst bring them rather than
sacrifice me, and we will let It be SO But
thou must trust me. Abdulla- need thy
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Thy course Is wise, Hakim, and were
best followed out betwixt thee and him
alone. / will be at thy service by noon to-
morrow If such be thy desire"
An hour later Abdulla had told his whole
miserable story, extenuating much and
lying little. after the inevitable method of
his kind, but, on the other hand, yielding
to the emotion which the Sahib's generosity
had called up, and eagerly pleading for
chance to show his gratitude
The story began like most such, with a
little debt to bunnia-money borrowed to
help pay for a tamasha on his marriage
night. The interest soon outgrew the origi-
nal principal, and the tolls closed hope
lessly around the careless, irresponsible
debtor. He realized his position when the
bunrla stepped in and threatened him with
the jail-khana; all his little household
goods and chattels were sold, futilely it
appeared for he was in no way better when
they were gone. His wife was with child
and fainting for lack of little rice to sus-
tain her. and then, you see, this foolish
fellow didn't need much, but he took an
unwise way of gaining that little. He
broke into the bunnia's house In an effort
to get back the notes he had given and the
wherewithal to feed his wife. OF course,
he was caught red-handed, but his very
audacity saved him from Jail, for the
bunnia not only relieved his immediate
wants, but promised to get him employ
ment; all this with a condition, of course,
that he should serve his creditor as spy.
1T seemed an easy way out or a dark
place and Abdulla had jumped at 1t thank
fully. The criminal charge and the debt
still hung over him, with his own signed
acknowledgment of both safely locked In
the bunnia's safe, but, provided he did as
he was bid, they would never be used
against him. The services demanded at
first were few and simple, and then, as he
performed them easily and satisfactorily,
he was given others more i-trtcate, some
of which would have brought him i:1ta UNI
congenial relations with the police had he
been detected. bat the bunnias methods
were wary and his servants profited
by them. Then came his position
as hospital hamal, with strict In
functions to watch the students for
one with a birthmark In the form of cir
Gle on the chest.
He could not say why the man with the
Mark was expected to Appear in hos
pital, but he did know that each hospital
in the city had its spy. and that every doc
tor in the district was carefully watched
probably by the direction of the jadoo men
and star-gazers.
He told how he had seen the mark On
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the sahib that afternoon when Nicholas

the Sahib that afternoon when Nicholas
Sahib had called; and declared tearfully
that only fear of the bunnia had made
him tell the matter, and that when his
report resulted in the attack by Aguf he
was more terrified than ever.
The attack by the dog was smoothed over
by lot of plausible lying. He had thought
the Sahib a stranger as had the dog, ana
when he saw the Sahib'S face under the
turban and remembered that he was the
coming man. he was so terrified that
he let the dog slip out of his arms and ran
for his life. He swore that he had crept
back few minutes later and had seen Ben
Aif talking to the Sahib and so knew he
was safe, but had not dared to confess
the matter in the morning, so great was
his dread of the man he had betrayed.
Thus through the whole story-truth clev-
erly interspered with plausible lies-till he
came to the illness of his child, and told
of his receiving from the bunnia direct a
powder to be placed in the Sahib's coffee.
He vowed he never intended doing it-and
Meredith after his nights experience not
unnaturally believed him-that he had ac-
counted for his hardness in obeyin-, orders
by the fact that his little one was sick and
would die also If the doctor died before 1t
was cured. This had served a while. and
then he had lied and declared the doctor
was sick himself and attended by another
physician. After while Aguf was detailed
to see that he performed his work, and
then he took the desperate course of giving
up Aguf to the police ana conteSslng the
plot to his master.
1t was skllfully told. and the mans gen.
uine sincerity-his eager desire to be as
true as he dared-backed by curious. al
most revarent, affection for little Yussuf's
savior, which shone in his eyes and shook
his voice, all these were dominant and over
came the occasional false note which might
otherwise have been detected. In short
Abdulla, swayed by many emotions that
nightly a dark, tortuous heredity which
had left him superstitious, timid and utter
ly selfish-by a strange and unaccustomed
.i,ntiment Of loyalty and gratitude which
he trusted very little more than he under
stood-swayed so, and judged by the light
that guided him. his concluding appeal to
Meredith was a fair commentary on the
course he had pursued.
"Sahib, have spoken. AS Allah has made
me- so 1 am; as He shall help me. so shall
/ be-"
Meredith answered him by little gesture
of the hand, then sat thinking. his face set
and hard, while Abdulla crouched on the
rug beside his chair, watching now and
again from the corner Of his eyes the stern
face of the Sahib.
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Philippine Conditions Discussed.

Mrs Ellen Foster. accompanied by a
number of members of benevolent organi-
cations, called at the War Department yes
terday and had a long talk with Secretary
Taft about Philippine conditions. The
Secretary spoke Interestingly to his CALI
ers of the field opened in the Philippines
for missionary work toward the better
ment of family conditions, having special
reference to the frightful mortality among
women and children, the death rate in the
latter case running up to 40 per cent. The
Secretary showed that this terrible state
of affairs might be considerably alleviated
by intelligent advice and direction from
American women.
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icine. There. that's better-and you can
charge the whisky up to me in your
prayers"
The man came round quickly under the
stimula ting effects of the liquor and was
soon apologizing for his lack of manners
in rolling over in the presence of the Sahib
Meredith hardly wondered at the mans
sudden weakness, considering the strain he
must have been under for some time past
and the dramatic conclusion of IT on this
night He would have sent him off to bed
but that he WAS most anxious to cInch
every bolt possible while Abdula was in
this repentant mood; not that he feared he
would turn again, but that he might
strengthen him in his new attitude He
recognized that most of the misera BILE luck
and consequent actions had been caused.
not so much by inherent vice as by coward
Ice. Fear seemed to have dominated his
Hfe-fear of fate in A thousand shapes-and
Meredith saw that the best wav to make
the man of any use whatever was for him
self to take the role of fate and prove to
his servant that 1t was beneficent
His first act was to question him regard
ing the coming of the Mark" what he
had heard; what be believed: what he
knew Then he proceeded to tell him guard
eddy something of the vast influence which
lay behind the cause: mentioning among
others, Loda and Yah Mahommed; and be
1t remarked. this the first time on
which the name of the old Moslem had ever
passed his lips. yet he now spoke of the
mans wonderful power to the awestruck
servant. as though thoroughly acquainted
with his life.
1t proved wise course for Abdula was
viSibly affected by the knowledge that Yah
Mahommed was for the Mark while tho
combination of Mahommed and Loda SEEM
ed to him encro9 ching the power of
Allah himself. He slowly but surely lost
his craven look. assumed a frmer, more
confident bearing. and even questioned the
Sahib intelfgently at some points in the
long talk that followed; and he accepted
the part allotted to him almost with pleas
urea part, by the by, which would have
chilled him TO the marrow had 1t been
mooted before he had understood In what
potent company he would he working.
He fairly staggered through the dawn
to his quarters with much of his old-time
manner the manner that had so often belied
his shaking heart Arrived at his door. he
turned and shook his fist viciously down
at the town below and muttered:
aye, Juggi BIN, thou hadst indeed bet
ter set thy house in order; for verify thou
art very sick"
CTo be continued tomorrow)
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OF General Interest.

At last the doctor spoke, quietly almost
casually: And this man-this bunnia, Abb
dulla-what is his Nance"
Abdulla had felt that the question would
surely come and as surely must be an
swered, but he baked q little and a SILVER
ran through him. 1t was the crisis; once
that name was spoken his last hold was
gone. The man in Beebe Jan street was a
realized evil while the Sahib at best was but
potential good. Still the choice had been
made already when he told his story, and
as he could not mold circumstances him
self, twas perhaps as well to let Allah
mold them for him. So he moistened his
dry lips and. rising to his knees, whispered
the name close to Merediths ear.
"JugSi BIN Chundra," Allan repeated in
a ruminative tone, and then added: "Ah,
yes; a soft, fat oily Hindu; with little,
cruel eyes: with pouches-heavy pouches
under them: with wheeZy, unclean
breath; a gross paunch that overhangs his
cummerbund; and-chill, habby hands with
jeweled rings sunk deep in the flesh of his
shapeless fingers. Abdulla Milk I think
would say, that this Juggi BIN Chundra
would do well to set his house in order. for
his heart is weak and will fail him suddenly
and soon"
The khansamah was still on his knees,
gazing in startled terror at his master, who
sat with his eyes closed and his knees
crossed, speaking with a lazy. Indifferent
drawl. The man could have screame aloud
DIS MeIeultH uTeW THAT portrait WIN SetUl-
ing lack of care. yet with consummate skill
touching on the things that told, emphasiz-
ing them, and leaving blank the rest.
Thou hast seen him. Sahib? Dost thou
know him?" Abdulla gasped at last.
Nay, boy. 1 have never seen him. thou
thyself didst suggest the picture in thy
story; have but expressed 1t in words.
But, Sahib, it's the very man, and II
and the end. Sahib, of which thou didst
speak?' There was blending OF anxiety
fear and hope In the voice which ques-
toned.
"Thy wits seem strangely slow tonight.
Abdulla; did not thy story suggest the end
of which I spoke?"
But Abdulla could not do aught save
shake and gasp and the Sahb added
quietly: my diagnosis is rarely wrong as
thou wilt find Abdulla. But pshaw! man,
brace thyself Or Eth! What!
He caught the khansamah quickly as he
fell forward. propped him against his chair,
and then went to the sideboard and poured
out liberal dose of whisky and put 1t to
the mans gray lips.
"There, there swallow 1t down, boy. Oh,
the prophet be dbl Do as bid! It's med