Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-27

wAs not heading an attack upon them Baillo and score of his men had re. fused to join the stablenlen and gar deners In the plot to assassinate the white people. AS last resort the con splralors contrived to steal into the chateau. hoping to fall upon their vic tims before Baillo could interpose. The major domo. however. with the willy sagacity of his race. anticipated the move. The two forces met in the south hall after the plotters had ef- fected an entrance from the garden The struggle was brief. for the con. spirators were outnumbered and sur prised They were Q, en now lying be- low. bound and helpless. awaiting the disposition of their intended victims
 "lt Is not because we love you. ex- cellencies." explained Bailo, with a sudden fierce look in hIs eyes. but l,e- cause Allah has willed that we should serve you faithfully We are your dogs Therefore We fight for you It Is a vile dog which bites It's master"
 Browne. with the readiness of the average American. again assumed command of the situation. He gave in number. be confined in the dungeon. temporarily at least
 There will be no other attack on us tonight" said Browne. rejoining the xrnr,a,, ,ffa,. hiv {ntar,.ta xy xrifh t,a ili, Tt has missed ire for the present. but they will try to get at us sooner or lat CT from tue outside. Britt, will you and Mir. Saunders put those prisoners through the sweat box? You may be able to bluff something out of them if you threaten them with death. They
 Tt won't do. Browne" said Dep. bingham. sinking his head, They are fatalists: they are stoics know the breed better than you. Question If you like. but threats will be of no avail. Keep 'em locked up; that's all."
 Firearms and ammunition were talk en from the gunroom to the quarters occupied by the white people. Every preparation was made for a defense In the event of an attack from the out side or inside. The white servants were moved into rooms adjoining their employers Britt and Saunders trans fcrred their belongings to certain gor- geous apartments. Miss Pelham went into a Marie Antoinette suit close by that of the princess The native serv- ants retained their customary quar- ters below stairs
 Far in the night Genevra. sleepless garden. Her mind was full of the hor- rid thing that had happened 10 Hoi- lingsworth Chase. He bad been noth- ing 10 her. He could not have been anything to her had he escaped the guns of the assassins. And yet her heart was stunned by the stroke that it had sustained. Wide eyed and sick. she made her way to the railing and, clinging to the vines. stared for she knew not how long at the dull red glow on the mountain.
 The night was still and ominously dark Sine had never known Il night since she canie to Japat when the birds and insects were SD mute somber. supernatural calm hung over the is land like pail. The smell of smoke hung about her. She could not help wondering if his fine. strong body was lying up there burned to crisp. IL was far past midnight. She was alone in the garden Sixty feet below her was the ground; above, the black dome of heaven.
 She was not to know Ill long after ward that one of her faithful Thor berg men stood guard iD the passage leading up from the garden. armed and willing to die, One or the other slept in front of her door through all those nights on the island.
 Something hot trickled down her cheeks from the wide. plying eyes that stared so hard She was won dering now if he had a mother. sis ters. How their hearts would be wrenchcd by this! She was thinking of him with pity and horror in her heart. not love.
 A question was beginning to form Itself vaguely in her troubled mind. Were all of them to die as Chase had died?
 Suddenly there came to her ears the sound of something swishing through the air An instant later a solid ob- ject fell almost at her feet. She start cd back with a cry of alarm. broad shaft of light crossed the garden. thrown by the lamps in tie upper hall of The chateau Her eyes fell upon a wrigSllng. snakeIike thing that lay in this path of light
 Fascinated. almost paralyzed she watched it for a full minute before realizing that il was ihe end of a thick rope whirh lost Itself in the heavy shadows al the cliff end of the garden She was standing directly in tue shaft nf light To her surprise the wrigglins ceased The next mo ment a faint sul,dued shout was borne to her ears Her flight was checked by that shout for her startled. bewil dcred ears caught the sound of her own name
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