The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-15

Srious, late lin the evening, We ca 2 only
surmise. Ilc dolrb tless posted tile letter
and went himsel to meet Darrow, "a ~, hlDi
1e ho apear @ reaaea
His loft Les was badly crushed and q & a =
fae w borrba an ook
Our truSty friend here, the sald. Az
dressing his wife and pointing TO kandia,s
could not conveniently pos 3 your X s5tfer
Iona S face turned ashcn pale, Il but sne4
rriade no reply. iS HI t5 9 II ,S
IT thought. he continued, IN his sweet
est accents and with the same dclnoniac
know II the sahib received @it-ollr. mail
service is So lax Of late-7so q went 70, TO-.
might MaabaI ELL see fepl y fsIr
toto. and sure enough he was there oven
ahead &of time, u was obi ged to forego
the bringing m tosoa cc on
poor Boz, 81 DarTow sahlb slipped and fep head
leng into The well ttle
tie sahlb out and 50, was obliged TO
return as best i could alone AS he fln-5
5ished this hoartless lie, every word OF
hIc 1a ha kns upon ar anda
raised her gently, expecting TO find her
dead, hut was able at length to revive
her. The first words she said were, d.
passion Or reproa chef i3 eNeryt hing, IN
h TACT, save an vi terable weariress. I,
81 am II, !" she8saId; Hwlll you permit
helped INC in slmilnr attacks?" Rago-.
tbah's reply was directed e Kandla, +,
ssi..' on may do as the Sahibah bids you,
WAS all he said. "a. A n q
@ Kandla turned to Iona dor Instructions
and she said to him, Get me half an
ounce of-stay, therc are several ingred-s
ients-I had better write then1 down"
She wrote upon q little slip Of paper
ties as she did so, and then asked Kan.
Ola to move her chair to an open window
before he left, When he had done SO.
she passed hin tho,ots sagng .sa he
took the paper she seized his hand for a
moment and pressed 1t firmly. lie no
Itlced this ut the time. but 3 It's slgni licance
did not dawn upon him ,lnt II he had near,
" reached ~ des.lnhtlon wner M 'e
molnentnry pressure of the hand ana the
mute gratitude which shone from I he
eyes were meant as q farewell. Ills first
impulse was 20 hurriedly ret GO ms steps
thought occurred to him that. She intended
to poison herself with tho drugs he was
about to procure, II this were ! he g, case,7
there was no great need e hurry, linen y,
81 Of the drugs she lind nlent Toned ms she
wrote and to reflect that not Dne OF. heml
was poisonous. With THIS fne Is, tall
his former uneasiness returned, Hes strnye
to reassure himself viii the though Il that
she might, in order to mlslead. Hngoblah,
have spoken The name ofga harmless drug
While She wrote down thai. Of nspoisonnops
one, I t was easy TO sett this question:,
and he determined to do sbSat tho next
light, He unfolded the, paper expecting
to see a prescription, but read instead
these Words; & " ,stt 3i 3ltsqI
ITO Moro Scindia; rs = ~ ssS
my Dear cousln.-p Death! has relieved
you OF the task II imposed ungo3n. you.
John Darrow's body is IN the wei Elntthe
cave on Malabar where. betor9 MS
lnoet IT. no this fragment q paper,,. !, thep
must Icor1dey debt OF tlttu "
owe to you and Ito hlll who VII spea y
to you, Mana Handia. Hood bye, II i
had had two hearts should have Is, g,yEsn
you one. Do not MOURN ms, bpt rather
rejoice that my struggle and its agony !
are over. John has already gn l ,s ,ss
tomb shall inclose both. our bod es---lyo,W
could It hare been better y =, !, x.S.s
Mo, sooner had Iiapdia grasped the sa ~ 4,
gprt Of this letter than ~ n gpsRed WssAg \