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Thaida Is Gone!

Yes. ! had short note from her
"A few weeks ago. Like ourselves, she
is overturned with riches. and she
announced her intention of travelling
for a year or so with a woman com
panion- She should be ia Bombay
about the time we reach there
And so in the swift mutation OF
time and space made possible by mod
ern models of travel we We're, three
weeks from that June day. pacing
the deck of p. x o. liner stcamiug
out of the Back bay. past the frown-
ing guns OF the fort. and into the
inner harbor of the ancient island
city of Bombay.
IL vas an new and strange 10 ne
the rinareted city, the busy Wharves
the dazzling esplanade with its gray
coated soldiers, and then the busy
bazaars swarmiDE with bright-eyed,
business-like Parsees. swaTthy Hin
dus. whlte-turhaned Mohammedaus,
with plentiful sprlnkling of naked
children.
1 had little time, however, to feast
my eyes. for an event happened 20 put
all else out Of our minds and TO make
our visit TO India one of feyerish
haste and killing anxiety
Our first move was 10 cali at the
American consulate TO find trace of
Thaida Yes. she was in Bombay and
at the Grand Hotel, with her compan-
ion. a Miss Erskine. NNe went there
at once. sent up our cards. ana were
shown TO their room, where ia place
of meeting Thaidas smiling face ia
welcome, we Were received By q Wild
eyed, red-eyed young woman who
seemed on the verge OF Mysteries.
20. you are 2Ir clarke and Mr..
Sexton. she cried. .Th5uk Cod you
have come Now something can be
done, can set no help from these
stupid English nor the treaeherous
natives. %. Mr.. Clarke. Thaida is
gone,
"Thaida gomez, we both echoed
Yes, gone and Miss Erskine fell
into "a passionate lit Of weeping and
could tell no more.
BY degrees we Gained her and got
the story The day before they lad
some together 10 the Black Town.
north of the European city, w!.ere
Thaida wished 10 get some ivory mini
atul t9 sue l4e'u ''tliiiito pa Il previous
visit They were returning and
Thaida was several yards i'm advance
of Miss Erskine, who had stopped at
the plaintive wall one hears on every
side in India. "a bears prayers for
a meal OF rice. when she looked un
and saw Thatda stagger slightly. put
her hands To her head and suddenly
turn the corner. She rushed 10 tie
corner and found il 10 be the entrance
TO a blind alley canning to an abrupt
end about forty feet in and fanlzef
on three sides by the bare walls of
the native houses from which the
only openings were the high latticed
windows.
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Terrible Conflict.

We had moved backward with the
IRISH Of fighting at our front until We
were at the e3ge % the plateau. Al
our assailantsl lay before us, but one
gigantic fellow against whom balleta
seemed to have no more effect than
pebbles upon the side Of a battleship.
on he came with "a terrific rush. right
through the line Of skins. directly
upon Us. ] was struggling with cart
ridge that had jammed. He Was on
CIarke's side. I saw Clarke dive in
under the uplifted sword and dagger
and gTapple him about the waist.
Backward and forward they struggled
on the edge. OF the plateau. Then by
the unceasiEg fash from tle heavens ]
saw ClaTke's face blackeu and ths
veins stand out on his forehead like
knots as with a superhumaH effort he
lifted his antagonist bodily and hurried
him over the ciin TO be dashed in
pieces on the rocks thousand feet
below.
Then all was still except the war Of
the elements above as. From ne
temple came no sound and the lights
had disappeared.
cur injuries were slight one sikh
had sword thrust in the thigh au-
other D cut from q dagger 10 the hand
The steel Of the giant thug hsd pierced
Clarkes clothing and reached his side,
but he assured us il was but scratch
and when his breath was recovered
he was ready fom anything.
AS1in We turned toward the temple
when a blue ball OF iivid ere seemed
TO hurI itself from the heavens upon
the roof There was a biloing HASH
and a crash that fairly split my ear
drums And then knew no more IN
Ill I awakened from the shock Clarke
was sitting up. Around Us lay the
bodies Of our Sikhs not dead but
stunned as We had been by the bolt q
lightning. The bodies Of the thugs
covered the plain. The temple was IN
ruins. literally not one stone LETT upOH
another. The storm had passed. The
light Of morning was breaking in The
east
Clarke stood up and lifting his
hands TO heaven gave a shTiek tina.
woke the stiffness Of the snow-covered
peaks and then the tears coursed
Gown his checks I was too dazed 10
realize il all.
she IL there, cried Clarke. point
ing TO the ruins. "COme, we viii 81
least rescue her body.
We rushed 10 the heap Of stones
that had been the temple FranrIcamy
we searched among the DEBRIS eno the
bodies Of the fanatics. Then CIs rkS
gave a cry and I rushed 90 his side.
lie had found in the floor an OPEN
ing that was free from debris II evt-
IDENTIFY led 10 a subterranean vault he.
low. and seizing and lighting one Of
the deodar torches We descend ed. 4
short flight Of steps led TO long gall
lery. We followed this TO ,he enc
and came 10 a small room rte which
we burst.
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ring was there. walked to the end
Of the aisle and back again. and L
know no guard was near il nor any
of the public. yet the ring was gone. j
said nothing. bun substituted the
replica and watched the guards care
fully, believing if the matter were
kept quiet the guilty person might
give himself away. / now believe 1
took the wrong course; 1 should have
come 10 you at once"
do you remember TO have noticed
in the museum that day a tail dark
fellow, dressed in white A black
mustachee1 fellow. You would scarce
~ take him for a Hindu. yet the man
i refer To IS OF that race"
Yes, now that you speak of it,.
believe 7 did see sueh a man Just be-
fore ] lentered The aisle"
Then. professor. AIr. Sexton and
can recover your ring Al least
know where to look for 1T. but II will
require a trip to India.
Hum. I doubt 81 the trustees viii
agree 70 such an expense already
viii have difficulty in explaining 10
them the cost of the ring OF course,
if you We're sure of recovering 49,
DO not let the expense l'incern
you." returned Clarke. Mr.. sexton
and I had Just about made up our
minds 20 take a trip to India anyway.
I wiz look up this affair of yours
while there and If we are able to dis
cover anything 10 your advantage me
matter OF expense can 'be arranged
when we return
Il certainly could not ask Tor a
fairer proposition than that, an
swered Prof. Tomlinson as HE pre-
pared TO leave, rather dazeu by the
ease aud dispatch with which his case
had been dismissed
But, Clarke" I objected as soon
as our visitor had departed. you
know cannot go TO Ida"
i know Of no reason why you
cant. We've both been making more
money than is good for as lately You
confess Won have finished all your
work and do not wish to begin mere
during the summer. Why should we
not take long vsGauong
But what business have We In IN
ola? Surely we will be on a wild
goose chase looking fer this signet'
"WeI. for one thing I am rather
loa5h TO give up that silver skull
which sou remember Aehmou stole
from re Two years ago Achmon is
there and where he is the skull IS.
And den Thaida is there"
What, Thaida there2" 1 exclaimed,
all my objections 10 the "trip swept 10
the four winds.
! think Clarke must have noted my
change in attitude. for troubled look
passed over his face, as lac replied
rather indineTentIy:
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CIimbIng ihe Monntain.

Then began the weary climb, follow
Ing the mountain gorses where blue
sky seemed like a canopy spread from
brow to brow of The dizzy cliffs above
AS, where angry mountain streams
tore themselves into foam over the
rocks Ear below as. where one false
step on the part of our bearers meant
death a thousand fecC below. and ever
the 1lonotonous sidelong swish OF the
palanquins that luiled US into slum-
Der despite the danger and the burn
ing anxiety. We could not even con-
verse beca use he had, for swiftness'
sake as well as safety IN the narrow
mountain passes. taken palanquins Of
one place, ans saw Clarke only when
we stopped for meals ana at night
fan When we pitched our camp But
We we're making tliTty-five miles a
day, although through level country
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yet, although six years have passed /
started out OF troubled dreams az
night and hear Carlton Clarke's wild
cry as for ONCE his master mind gave
way. I see Achmon's staring eyes
looking into mine. I see -Thaida's love
" form stark IN the sembianCe Of
death. But ] have sci my nand 10
telling and the promise hat has been
written shall be kept And thus #
happened
Clarke and were in our apartments
one morning late Ia June, / was idlins,
the last bit Of work turned of the
last batch of proofs corrected and
returned TO the printers. Clarke was
deep in a thick volume OF Hindu my
thOlOgy.
How I should like TO revisit that
wonderful land of India" said Clarke.
looking up suddenly from his book.
"Why! were you ever in Indian L
exclaimed in surprise
ayes, ! spent three years there. up
IN the old Deccan country. Il was
time wasted for was then too imma-
ture to grasp or to explain by the
rules of cold science all the wonders
that ] saw. Wen 90 there together
some DAY. Sexton.
Just then there was an impatient
ring al oar bell and 1 opened the
door to admit tall. scholarly look
ing man with a pointed beard and pince
nez who eagerly inquired for Carlton
Clarke.
Il have often heard of you. Mr.
Clarke. began our visitor. extending
his hand, and l have always promised
myself that. should the need arise, I
would consult you. I am Prof. Tom
linson, curator of the Marshall Mus
cum You will pardon me If I admit
It IS with considerable curiosity 1
come TO you. ] have heard OF your
work and I wonder If you can tell me
the object Of my visit / Will now CEN
centrate my mind upon it"
Clarke sat for few minutes and
lock I'd dNtdly at the professor who
half closed his eyes and assumed q
look Of deep concentration.
AND YOU say this signet ring dis
anDeared from its case. which was
locked. in broad daylight and it is
Impossible any of the guards should
have had a hand in il as YOU alone
carried the key? But then there are
such Things as skeleton keys and lock
nfcks
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hlns q fakir of the most advanced type,
enc OF those religious fanatics who.
,lavcl from one end of India 10 the
other. ever ON the move and Twins Oft
tne aims OF the Undus who would
as soon refuse am angel Of light.
When he saw Clarke his beady eyes
opened Ia their fullest extent and h.
stood looking IA him for fully two
minutes Then suddenly he fell on has
knees and again aud again t0sichcd his
forehead TO the snow.
-S3hi5 Clarke, sahib ClarAsr he
cried. Does not the Sahib ,remembe~
Gungadarham2
SO Gungadarham, it Is yob, sale
Clarke. And what are YOU doing
here in the land of the eternal SHOWS?
When last ] saw YOU you were in the
Deccan.'
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The Three Things.

Three things murmured Clarke
THAT is Thaida. the signet ring of
Mama Sahib, and the silver skull
Verify We are in the land of mys-
teries
At Allahabad we found that Miss
Erskine nsd not been idle. Through
her urging the police of Bombay had
wired to arrest the woman and the.
high caste Hindu Yes. they were on
the train. Nc no action had been
taken The woman may have been
hypnotized, as we urged. but not even
the august power of the British gov
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Thaids Is Rescued.

Before as was Achmon. his ewes
burning Ike Goals Of fire. his arms
outstretched toward "A figure thai
seemed 10 fOat IN midair I looked
into the pallid face. Ii was Thaida.
Clarke fred and Achmon tumbled
backward. As ne fell he crushed the
torch AT his side. Our own had al
ready gone ont ana we were i'm dark.
ness. FASTENED 10 re,ight the torch,
and by its Uncertain rays we saw
the body Of Thaida lying on the soft
earth that formed the no0r Of tie cen.
on a rude table OF stone rested tba
silver skull The body Of Achmon lay
beside IT and on his finger gIinted a
huge diamond. II was the tigers head
the seal 81 Mana Sahib.
I tore the ring from the finger and
seized the skull and then ue both lift
ed the body OF Thaida tenderiv ana
bore her ont OF the chamber, along the
gallery. and mp the stairs into the light
There we laid her down while Clarke.
again his iron-nerved professional self.
examined her for any signs of life.
She lives ne shouted gladly.
Wake. Thaida. wake, and he fell 10
chatting her wrists and Swapping his
fingers before her ewes Gradually.
she came. first from eae cataleptic TO
the hypnotic state. and then to her nor
mai self again. She sat up and looked
wildly about her. Her eyes fell frst
upon Clarke, and then they looked
into mine ana rested there while I
saw look Of happiness steal over her.
A shade of pain passed over Clarke,s
face and he looked toward the tower
ing peak Of Mt Gurla above US. and
the blue Of Lake Manasarowar be-
yond. When he turned again the pain
had left him.
''Thaida." he said. sadly, IT know
that You love him ana that he loves
you. Il Is useless for me 70 night long.
err against the dictates Of your hear.
l have wronged you both"
tContmued on Ninth PAGE
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Beginning OF Pursuit.

Thaida was nowhere in sight Miss
Erskine ran wildly about questioning
al the natives she saw to be answered
only with stupid stares. At last
wild from anxiety, she returned to the
European city and pGt the matter in
the bands of the Bombay police. who
laziiy assured her everything possible
would be done 10 find the missing one
When we came she was iusJ about u
so 10 the American consulate.
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IRE IL not for the
consciousness OF
having alluded 70
the recovery of
the silver skull in
these narratives
I doubt il / could
bring myself TO
the telling Of the
tale. It holds
still poIg n ant
memories that 1
would gladly let
slumber. Even
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1t Was the Hindoo.

There Is very little to tell Ii was
Two weeks ago last Sunday. There
we're very few persons in the museum.
] had just walked through the aisle
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Continued on Ninth Page
Move NIB er /, 1905
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-02-10
THIS WEEKS LAYOUT
At ORPHEUM THEAIER

At the Orpheum theater tonight
Manager Cooley will fulfil his promise
made when he first brought his com
pany here and present the great New
YORK dramatic success, The Squaw
Man" The production promises to be
the greatest Of the season, and crowd
ed houses are expected during the
three nights on which it is to be pre-
sented.
..The squaw Man. is the master
piece of Edwin Milton Royle. author or
Friends Captain Impudenee," and
a new play produced only this season
in New York entitled. "The Struggle
Everlasting 'aThe squaw Man" was
written for william Faversham. a
Young English actor who was one of
the popular leading men on Broadway
before this play was written. but who
has since risen to a place among the
greatest Of the stars. "Sqnaw man" is
a western phrase applied to white men
who have Indian wives. A young Bos-
tonian. 70 protect the woman he loves,
takes upon his shoulders the blame for
a crime mis- cousin has committed and
fees to the West, where he engages
in cattle raising. A desperate at
tempts to XIII him and is in turn killed
bv white Fawn, d squaw. Afterward
White Fawn nurses him through a
siege of Illness and as a result OF their
intimacy ne marries her. Eventually
his innocence Of the crime is establish
I'd. and he is restored TO his proper
sphere. The story is a beautiful one
an through. but TO tell more o. It
would detract from the interest.
Little Ida Hingley, who played in
..F4on7e sweet Home" few weeks ago,
wtn NAV a part in "The squaw Man"
The full strength Of the company Is
called upon for the production, and IL
can be guaranteed that all who attend
viii thoroughly enjoy the performance
The play viii continue for three nights
and VIII be played also at the souvenir
matinee wednesday.
Thursday night ''The Man from
Mexico Is to be played. Saturday az
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MALICE IS SUSPECTED
IN LOCOMOTIVE WRECKING

plantations came in the same mail.
It seems that a. G. Kaulukou,
Young Hawaiian attorney and graduate
Of Yale, was employed by NeBryde
Plantation Co. 10 take afidavits Of wit
nesses on the water rights in con-
troversv. He went from Waimea TO
Koloa on this commission.
Mr.. Kaulukou stopped at the house
Of his uncle, H. G. spalding, who hap
pens to be the boss carpenter Of Koloa
plantation. Although Mr.. spaiding
owns his own house, and Mr. Kanlukou
paid for his board, Mr. weinsheimer,
the Koloa plantation manager, notified
Mr.. spalding that he must either put
Young KauIukou out Of his house or
lose his job.
Attorney Kaulukou. rather than N
volve mis- uncle in trouble, at once with
drew to other quarters in the village
II is a far cry. however, between
petty incident ike that just related and
frain-wrecking, and the McBryde peo-
pie DO not for a moment harbor thf
thought that any responsible kolos
authority had anything to do with the
vengeance wreaked on the MeBryde
locomotive and its impairment Of hu
man life.
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STUDENTS SHARE
IN WORLD EVENT
Central Union Service Part of
Universal Day of
Prayer.

At the Central Union church evening
services. as the share Honolulu took
in the day of prayer for students
throughout the world. appointed for
yesterday by the Worlds Student
Christian Federation, a. large number
of students were present, representa-
tive bodies from the Oahu College. the
Normal school, High School, Kameha-
meha School for Boys, Mills Institute,
Aliiolani College and Kamehameha
School for Girls listening TO the prac-
4ical discourse delivered by Rev. VIII
liam B. Oleson. On the pulpit plat
form with Mr.. Oleson and Rev. Dr.
Scudder. were Professor Grifiths, Pro-
fessor Wood, Professor Horne, Rev
F F. Fitz, A VI. Merrill and Paul
Super.
several of these took part in the
services. the sermon being delivered
bv Mr. OleSon, on Making invest
ments," basing his words on the text
convened in the fourteenth 10 twenty
arst verses of the third chapter OF
Ephesians. The speaker drew par
alIel between the investments made
by the man Of business and those
made in a religious way by the ChTls-
4iarL The business man looks care
fully into the possibilities for invest
-ment. chooses as wisely as possible,
has faith in the ultimate return OF MS
money and its increase and does not
insist that the return be speedy pro-
vided il be certain. In the same way
a man places his trust in religion,
res.s assured Of the ultimate reward
and relies on the promises given MN.
The address was such as would ana
did interest the many young people
among the congregation, being fnh oI
practical truths and delivered IN such
Continued on Page Ten)
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SALVATIONISTS'
RESCUE HOME
Good Work Past Year---Appeal
TO Good People for
Assistance.

1t is due TO Adjutant Anderson and
her coworker, Ensign Stevenson, also
to the friends of the woman's Indus
trial Home of the Salvation Army in
Honolulu. that something be said in
your columns about the work Of the
past few years. Adjutant Anderson.
who sailed for san Francisco in the
Hnonian, has spent almost four years
in Honolulu as matron or mother as
she is called by the Home family OF
the Salvation Army Rescue Home on
King street near Pawaa junction. In
that time much has been done and the
work advanced. And improvement has
been made in taking the larger home
now occupied as it viii accommodate
more people.
A number of unfortunate girls have
been helped and made better and hap
pier both while in the home and after
going out of it to situations or TO
homes OF their own. as has been the
case in four instances in the past six
months.
Besides the work of rescue is that Of
housing and training children. This is
the only home in the city that receives
anyone without regard TO color or race.
Ten nationauties are now represented
in the home. we have had an aver
age Of twenty-eight girls which crowds
US.
There are now eight girls IN the
ward school. four tots in Kindergarten
and four babies in the nursery The
Continued on Page seven).
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Three hundred men, ninety per cent.
of the full strength of the First Regi-
znent, N G. H, turned out in the rain
yesterday for regimental drill in Ka-
piolani park, despite the unfavorable
weather remaining hard at work there
at practise evoIutions for five hours.
The drill was in preparation for the
regular annual inspection. which. ac-
zcordine to the new militia regulations
is TO be carried out along the same
lines as the inspection of the regular
troops, being in ali respects stricter
ordeal for the volunteers to go through
than has been the case heretofore.
From the appearance OF the men yes
terday and the manner in which they
executed the various evolutions order
ed. it would seem that the Hawaiian
National Guard would be able to stand
the ordeal.
Six companies fell into line at the
armory promptly at eight o'clock yes
terday morning, no company being
short more than five men Of its full
strength. These were Companies B.
E, F, G, the Signal Corps and the Hos
pitaI Corps. It was raining outside.
but. neither Colonel Johnson nor his
men are sunshine soldiers and the or
der to march was given, the men
7ramping out through the mud and
taking their places in special Rapid
Transit cars, arriving at the parade
ground in time to pitch tents and be
regularly inspected before half past
nine. Colonel johnson then drilled the
regiment in close formation, the men
going through their evolutions most
satisfactorily to the officers in com
mand
Battalion drill was then taken UP
by Major Riley, who commanded the
First Battalion, and Captain German,
who in the absence of Major Rose
commanded the Second Battalion, each
battalion consisting of four companies.
These were drilled separately in open
formation and attack.
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The free evening course in agrieul-
ture, at the College Of Agriculture and
Mechanic Arts, win begin on February
Is, from 7:30 to 9 'elock, when ". 7.
Pope win be the instructor on soils and
Jared G. Smith on botany. The course
will continue as follows:
Feb. u. Pope and Smith, soils and
botany; 25, D. L. Van Dine and Jared
G. Smith, entomology and botany; 2s,
Van Dine and Smith, entomology and
botany. Mar. 3, Van Dine and ]. E.
Higgins, entomology and horticulture;
6, Van Dine and Pope, entomology and
horticulture; 10. F. G. Krauss and Hig-
gins. artificial fertilizers and horticul-
ture: It, J. .Kotinsky and Higgins, en-
tomology and horticulture; 20, Kotln-
sky and Higgins, entomology and hor-
tieuIture; "a, Krabss and Pope, farm
crops and horticulture; q, r. 5. Hos
mer and Higgins, forestry and horticul-
ture; 81. Hosmer and Smith, forestry
and agricultural Iiterature-in each ease
respectively and the time divided be
tween the two instructors for the given
date.
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Train-wrecking Is the latest outcome
of the hot blood developed between the
respective labor forces of MeBryde and
Koloa plantations over the water right
dispute between the two companies At
least there suspicion is entertained on
that side that the wrecking Of Nc
Bryde locomotive on Friday was the
work of some Unbalanced person or
persons in the ranks Of the enemy
The following message was received
in Honolulu yesterday from William
stodart, manager OF MeBryde planta-
ton, under date of February ::
1.-The locomotive Wahiawa met With
an accident this morning which win lay
her up for a week and perhaps longer
"It Is evident that someone rolled
a large stone weighing about 25a
pounds on the track at West Laval
and when the locomotive was going
cut for the laborers early this morning
in the dark, the driver did not see II
He ran into thes obstruction, Wrecking
the engine badly
Another item Of news Illustrating the
amount of feeling between the two