The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-16
CHAPTER 1-Contin,ted

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This letter WIS delivered ono morning mo- M
when Gwen, my Sister a ice, aud lFw 'tl.
ut rcakfast. ASH broke tho senl l no. no.
ticed hat both ladies put down32t the
knives and forks 5aiid ceased to eat. q
glance n Ciwei, 81 eager face convinced tl
me that she had no appetite for anything
but my letter. and u accordingly $rend 1t
aloud. ten q came TO the last part Of y
IT, where Maitland referred to ier.f,a
flush of ,prlde@t1 thought at the TINE, Y
ished she said with some show. Of excite.
nent, IF Mr.. Maitland succeed In bring !,
Ing Ragobali5tofj Justice II shall owe MIN
10 debt of gratitude l can never repay!
1tAthll seems like X a romance, only 50
frightfully real. We may expect another l:,t
letter IN g few days, may we not <, A q 1si
Mr.. Nal tland, when may we ect, MIN q
81 replied that Thought we might re q;
onably expect n eWs of Importance WITHIN.
five or SIX days and that so far as Malt.
lands return was concerned, I did not Z,
look for tSgfor8ns many weeks, 4 as ne
would doubtless have to cope with the.
laws delay there, as he would II herc.j
and to comply with many tedious, formal
tiles fore the government would allow
Rngoball to l.beH brought to TINS country.
for trial. Tho only reply Gwen vouch--tf
snfod to this statement was q &long-draWn3
u u, =, x ,sIgwhc aterpreted as
IA @ SF. CHAPTER II. Il S3
lie who shakes tho tree of Vengeance but
q iharvests APPLES. of Sodoini IN nose Ai
fruit Of ashes The becomes burled,
X for the wage Of the sinner
S8s A.. SS "a ~ Isl nth. .$ " I, Il
There was no doubt Of Ragoba rs gulf
lin any our minds, so that action a.. our
end Of the line seemed entirely useless.
and nothing was left us but to quietly
await WI ntoVeri developments Maitland
should disclose. We were not kept long
In suspense, for in$les than a week his:
next letter arrived. I broke IFS, senl in
the presence of Gwen and my sis ter who,
m self Is $itto he s wondered At? Here
was the letter which was to VA tel s#us
whether or not ii the murderer Q ohm
barrow had been caught. We felt that
IL Ragoball had sareturned TO India, ac-s
could Ebe. no doubt upon this point. But
had he so returned? i read as follows: $s
My Dear Doctor: M t
The Dalmatia arrived as expected on
Thursday and ller came Ragop ah. !.
had him arrested as he stepped from the
boat. When examined he did mot seem
5ln&the least .disconcerted at the charges
I preferred against him This did mot
surprise me, however, as I had eSpect ga
that a man. whoy could roll his naked
body over, the burning sands from Mana
jan to the Ganges, and who could rise
from the ValsyanF-to the Brahnan caste
albeit he foil IA gain--would not be likely
to betray his cause by exhibiting either
acquaintance with Mr. barrow AM the
ill-feellng existing between them. When
charged with his fmurder t p Dorchester
on tho night Of the 222d Of April he coolly
asked If I were aware when and how he
had left India.Sft i chad not neglected TO :
look this atterSlpi and told him he had
left on the saIna steamer Whlch had
brought Y him back--tlle }Dalmat ias-which
should ha ;ie :tr. ed ia a aWi X ork On the
21stGof April thnsilea wing him ample Tine
ed this he, replied the utmost
assure nce 4 (T .giVe4yout1the exact glstSof
what he1satd Since q Yas mot able to
Immediately commlt his LAM uage to writ
mo 10 remember those oriental idioms
which an indian, however great his COM
mand of English, never drops, WhatiI
say herefis, of course, true of all cohver-
stations put before. 5you sexcept such as
piled with the utmost assurance:E s.If
1.-THE Sahib Is right. ~ I did sail upon
the Dalnatla, dudiat New - ork on the
2lst OF April. This steamer, as you are
pcTldp ft ii w dIt ~ ~ " ol|rliCNt ~
screws. On the trip insquestton she broke
one Of her gpropellers insmid tlantic and
in consequence. arrived lin New York on
the oath OF April, three days late With
out the 5transfererfce5 Of any OF her pa e
scngcrs to other boats. Il 4 you will take
the trouble to at once verify his statement
at the steamship office, you Will be able
tie relieve me of the annoyancce}o { further5
detention 81 81
\ All this was said with8a rare command
Of language and aicoid, cynical politene SIS
which cut like a knife at first Thought
1t was merely a rnso to gain Tune. but
the steamship officials substAn tiateo every
word uttered by 2agobAh relative to *thell
vessel. The Dalmatia8 had steamed mo
New York at elevep ID clock on the. morn
Ing Of the oath day Of April with a broken broken
screw! ss9EE ii ifsi Il e s ST f s
Imagine NV amazement! The net 81
cllr,,n1s tantia evidence 4; wound around
Ragobah seemed to be such rs TO 5leaye
no possibility Of oscape.an yet, me, S e,,s
first effort made to draw 1T t. lighter ABOUT
him had resulted in his walking, w . tne
Utmost case, right through i Its smeshes!
There Is no gainsaying such an allbl
and am, therefore, forced to acknoWl-
edge that Rama Ragbbah could not tpy
any possibility have murdered John, Dar-
row. That he may llnye planned tle
deed and that he may have intendedato
be present Mt its execution IS quite POS ;,
idea of his having personally committed
the act. You will Immediately appreciate
that nearly all OF the evidence which we
secured against RagObah was Z directed
against him rs the assassin, and tis Of
little or no use to prove his complcity. IN