The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-05

the prophets beard. it was a fin
stroke"
Are they going away. them"
"No. sahib. The dogs have beef
, whipped so sore that they snarl 70
revenge. They say there is no use il
, firing at you, but they are resolved t,
kill you and the miss-sahih, or carr,
her off if she escapes the assault"
What ASSAULT"
Protector Of the poor, they ar,
building scaling ladders-four in all
Soon after dawn they intend to rusl
your position. You may STAY some
they say, but you cannot Stay three
score. Taung S'AH has promised 6
gold tauk "a native ornamenO to every
man who survives if they succeed
They have pulled down your signal or
the high rocks and are using the pole:
for the ladders. They think you have
a jadu "a charm) sahib, and they want
TO use your own work against you"
This was serious news. combined
attack might indeed be dangerous
though it had the excellent feature
that if it failed the Dyaks would GER
/ tainly leave the island. But his sky
| sign destroyed That was bad. Had a
vessel CHANGED TO pass, the swinging
letters would surely have attracted at
| tention. Now, even that faint hope
was dispelled.
"Sahib. there is a worse thing to
tell" said Mir Jan.
SAY on, then"
Before they place the ladders
against the cliff they will build a fire
of green wood so that the smoke will
be blown by the wind into your eyes.
This Will help to blind your aim. 9th
erwise, you never miss"
THAT Will assuredly be awkward,
Mir Jan"
at will, sahib. Soul of my father, if
we had but half a troop with us"
But they had not, and they were
both so intent on the conversation
that they were momentarily off
their guard. Iris was more watch
full. She fancied there was
a light rustling amidst the under
growth beneath the trees on the right.
And she could hiss, too, If that were
the correct thing to do.
So she Missed.
! jerks swarmed half way up the lad
der.
yes, Iris?" he said.
Il am not sure, but l imagine some
thing moved among the bushes be-
hind the house"
"AH right. dear I will keep a sharp
lookout. Can you hear us talking"
VIII you DC iOHS
Another minute"
He descended and told Mir Jan what
the miss-sahib said. The native was
about to make a search when jerks
stopped him.
"Here'-he handed the man his re-
Volver-"I suppose you can use this?"
Mir Jan took it without a word, and
jerks felt that the incident atoned for
previous unworthy doubts of his dark
friends honesty. The MahOmmedan
cautiously examined the back of the
house the neighboring shrubs and the
open beach After brief absence he
reported all safe, yet no man has ever
been nearer death and escaped it than
he during that reconnaissance. He.
too. forgot that the Dyaks were foxes,
and foxes can lie close when hounds
are a trifie stale.
Mir Jan returned the revolver.
"Sahib," he said with another sa-
laam, Il am a disgraced man, but if
you will take me up there with you, l
viii fight by your side until both my
arms are hacked off. | am weary of
these thieves. Ill chance threw me
into their company: I will have no
more of them. If you will not have
me on the rock, give me a gun. 1 will
hide among the trees, and I promise
that some of them shall die tonight
before they find me- For the honor of
the regiment. sahib, do not refuse this
thing. All l ask is, if your honor es-
capes, that you will write to Kurnal
1-shpence-s ahib, and tell him the last
act Of Mir Jan, naik in B troops"
There was an intense pathos in the
mans words. He made this self-sa-
offer with an utter absence of
any motive save the old tradition of
IN hn
ahib, of the Belgium Ris-
sala, i'm dire peril. Very well. then.
Corporal Mir Jan. late of the Nine
tenth Bengal Lancers, must dare all
to save him.
jerks was profoundly moved. He re- /
hected how best to utilize the services !
IF this willing volunteer without ex-
posing him to certain death in the /
manner suggested. The native misin- |
-erpreted his silence.
I am not a budmash (rascaD, sa-
lib' he exclaimed proudly. Il only |
killed man because"
Listen, Mir Jan. You cannot we'll |
mend what you have said. The Dyaks.
'ou are sure, will not come before |
They have carried the wounded TO |
he boats and are making the ladders. 4
such was their talk when l left 1
hem II
viii they not miss you?"
They will miss the mussak goat II
KIM, sahib. 1t was the last full one"
Mir Jan, do as / bid, and YOU shall Il
zee Delhi again. Have YOU ever used II
/ Lee-Metford?"
l have seen them. sahib: but I bet
er understand the Mahtini."
L win give you a rife, with plenty
4 ammunition. Do you go inside the
ave, there, and
Mir Jan was startled.
Where the ghost is, sahib?" he
aid
Ghost! That is a tale for children
mere is no ghost, only a few bones of
man murdered by these scoundrels
ong ago. Have you any food?"
Some rice, sahib; sufficient for q
ay, or two at pinch"
Good We will get water from tho
'eH. When the fighting begins al
avn. fire at every man you see from
he back of the cave. On no account
ONE out. Then they can never reach
GU If you keep full magazine. Wait (
eren'
thought you We're never coming
rotested Iris when jerks reached the
dge. have been quite creepv. 7
M sure there is some one down there.
M, please, may have another