The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-10

, nous TeRulaF1Cy-Ine llRnt OF Uenefdl
Sadgrove 8 cigar as he waited in grow
ing impatience for the coming OF the
duke.
After his social duties of the after
noon he had paid a hurried visit to
Beaumanoir house to arrange for the,
dukes departure in company with his
new secretary, and then, armed with
credentials from the duke he heralded
by preparatory telegram, he had pro-
earlier train. He had good reasons for
travelling separately. And now the car
rage which he had sent to the little
wayside station of Tarrant road two
miles off was overdue and the general
was beginning to chafe:.
~ hope l haven't been too cock
sure,' he muttered, under his close
faith to Alec's company securing the
! fellows safety on the journey at
| least.'
He took another turn, and then,
striking a vesta, looked at his watch.
It was twenty minutes to II, whereas
S:45 from st. Pancras, the carriage
should have been back half an hour
ago. He had hardly finished this cal
culation when from behind a gigantic
vase on the plinth Of the steps leading
to the lower level Of the gardens there
sounded the hiss of cobra, thrice re-
peated.
"Azimoolah7" said the general,
softly.
His faithful servitor glided forward,
almost invisible in the shabby blue
tunic which had replaced the spotless
white garments Of Grosvenor Gardens.
GA queer orderly-room, sahib, but
not more so than some we Wot OF IN
the byways of the Deecan," ne Wh ms
! = -, or in0n1
great mansion. ?'Well, I have done
thy bidding, and have secured a lodgc
, ing in the Village as poor vendor OF
, oriental trifes. Furthermore, have
already done some good police work"
5 "You have discovered that there are
strangers dwelling in the place9'
"Not so, sahib; but they have been
3 ''The woman with whom L have hlred
, shelter says that two men, protesting
l to be painters, were in the park all day
painting the trees and the deer, fol
which purpose they had obtained per
/, mission of the steward. Whence the
: men came the woman did not know, but
;, Adams road.'
t "Your informant could not tell you il
l the picture was Observation-Disclosures the
Q men were coming again'a" the genera
r asked quickly.
s It was too dark to see the Pathan 8
face, but a ring in his carefully man
Q aged undertone told Of pride in the
I answer:
Q fShe could not tell me, sahib, but
h can tell YOU. The picture makes thu
|; street look like cau1ifowers and thu
q deer like unto swine. Moreover, it il
l. not finished, and the men are coming
>, again-tomorrow, perchance.
d General Sadgrove congratulated him
q 9 self on his foresight. He would hav'
- preferred having Azimoolah in tn
h house with him, but he had detached
him from personal service. and had sen
r sidered trifes in the character of {
i travelling huckster. And the oil
:. sleuth-hound had done we'll, after only
couple of hours in the place, in bring
t. ing this news of painters who could no
n paint, yet were returning on the MOI
row. The general had such absolut
10 trust in his henchman s methods that h
10 did not trouble to inquire how the new
,e Azimoolah the needless narrative Of
It It deal with the landlady Of the "Har
~ bury Arms,' where the strangers ha
r put up their cart and lunehed.
every good, old Jungle ~ wa
III all the comment he vouchsafed, ant
r making a mental note to see that tn
l. park was barred in future to, the lin
ners of "deer like unto swine, he wa
h. passing on to further instructions whe
r. the sound Of wheels was heard far ava
down the avenue, and a moment late
n carriage lamps twinkled into vie
~ around corner in the drive.
: "Here they come" he said. "Be
~ ter make yourself scarce now, but sta
d within call in case. want you
"Azimoolah vanished in the darkness
n n and the general strolled on to the en-
IN Of the terrace. where the descent of
flight of steps brought him to the mai
entrance Of the mansion. Stationin
himself under the portico, he waited tt
arrival Of the brougham, which pre-
emily swung to a standstill, while tt
big hall door was opened wide (
" ready hands, and she'd a blaze of igl
~ on-an empty carriage.
n HWhat's this mean, Perrettq0 aske
I'd the general, outwardly calm for all IL
in big lump in his throat, and cool enoue
I'd to remember the name of the gra
O. lcoachman, learned on his own drive fro