The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-01

"stil raining9' said sybil, care |
"Iike the very-I mean, like it used
to in the monsoon the general checked /
himself.
No more passed, except a slight rails
ing of the old soldiers eyebrows and a |
corresponding droop Of one of the lady's !
eyelids. The general having restored |
the gloss to his footgear and DOTTED his
overcoat, they went on with linked
ever, the party shortly broke up, the
ladies to retire for the night, and the |
men to go to the smoking-room. The !
duke remained but short time, leav-
ing the general and Forsyth with the
| playful remark that he was growing
quite bold after two days immunity,
and hoped, they would, not sit up all
other of them had been doing ever since
they came to Prior's Tarrant, and,
moreover, what they intended to do for
"Sybil has done her part, said the
s nepheW soon Was hsva ap Prepared a
Azimoolah to be on the lookout for re-
suits. He tells me that the men in the
dog-cart were outside the park wall
again last night, and that there was the
same exhibition of a red lamp in that
tion?' asked Forsyth.
"That or something worse,', replied
the general cit may only be that the
woman inside wants to confer with her
confederates without; or it may, be
that the red lamp is a signal to them
Get into the house. I incline to the
latter. being the explanation, as on each
occasion the men in the cart have
driven off Immediately on seeing the
red lamp, and there has been no at
tempt at short or long flashes, or any
sort of code talk, Azimoolah tells me.
In either case, it points to those beau
I are on guard, and that any attempt
on their part to give admission to out
siders would be frustrated"
"But if she knows that watch is
being kept, surely madam will not dare
;. syth hi, in the tentative tone that was
: necessary to preserve his uncle s good
! humor. %.-... .."..
, eff she does, it will show that she $
cornered, and that Sybil s guess has hit
) the bull IS eye,' said the general, add
s ing with a significant grimace, "a pre-,
paratory headache has been started al
} ready. You had better go to bed and
: leave me to see to the commencement
: of the cure.''
Two hours later Azimoolah Khan,
: lying fattened out like huge lizard
= on the parapet Of the terrace and thank.
. ing Allah that the rain had ceased
' suddenly pricked up his ears and
. relieving his cramped limbs had come
: At first his ears were the only part
: of his body affected by the slight
: sound he had heard, but some thirty
, seconds later, keeping the rest of hin
= motionless, he goggled his eyes round
! to one of the groundfoor windows anl
{ saw-seeing in the dark was one of hi
s. from it and fit along the terrace to
u wards the steps leading down to tn
y park. Waiting till the figure had gainet
l the lower level, he slid from the para
: r pet and gave noiseless chase.
The woman in front spared no pre-
8, caution to guard against pursuit. Sh
i. stopped many times and listened; sh
or she reached the woodland belt sh
n taking cover. But she had to do wit
to probably the most willy exponent o
is Woodcraft at that moment in England
Sc and her pursuer was never at faul
o. Dark as the night was, Azimoolah neve
lost her for an instant. With sinuou
he movements that never caused a twi
n to crack, the 1.-THE Pathan was Away
he creeping, gliding, lodging close behinl
te till he stopped within ten PAGES of til
Il park wall, and from the shelter of a
IN oak trunk watched his quarry nimbl
pc climb the obstacle. No sooner had sh
II disappeared than he swung himself I
the top of the wall, and peered over ius
l lss as a horse broke into trot on the otht
III side.
al Piercing the gloom. his keen sigl
-er distinguished the shape Of a fast-reee
at. ing rubber-tired dog-cart. in which thr,
I'M figures were seated: and, having FL
i'd filed his mission. he dropped back
lp- the ground. In a few minutes he ";
on Ion the terrace again, kissing like
cobra outside the smoking room. &c