Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-12-07
CHAPTER X
The Final incarnation.

About five o'clock of an evening in
April the Cunarder Caronia, four
hours out from Queenstown and buck
ling down to a nights hard work
against the northwesterly gale,
shipped q sea. 1t was not much of a
sea-merely q playful slap of a wave
that broke against the staurch black
side and glanced upward in a shower
of spray, scattering literally a soil
tary passenger who had been show
ing enough interest in the weather to
remain on deck until that particular
moment. Apparently undisconcerted
by the misadventure, he shook himself
and laughed a sober, contented laugh,
found a handkerchief and mopped his
face with it, then, with a final ap-
proving survey of the lowering and
belligerent canopy of wind-cloud that
pverhung the tortured ocean, per-
mitted himself to be blown aft to the
door of the flrst-cabin smoking room.
Opening this by main strength. he en-
tered. The gale saved him the bother
Of closing It.
Removing his raincoat and cap and
deposlting them on q convenient chair,
he glanced round the room and dis
covered that he shared 1t with a sin
gle passenger, who was placidly ex-
hausting the virtues of an excellent
cigarette. Upon this gentleman the
newcomer bent a regard steadfast and
questioning, but after returning it
casually the smoker paid him no fur
Their attention. Dissatisfied, the other
moved toward him, and the deck
slanted suddenly and obligingly the
better to accelerate his progress, SO
that he brought up with a lurch in the
seat next the smoker. The latter
raised the eyebrows of surprise and
hoped that the gentleman had not
hurt himself. :
Il didn't, thank you, Mr.. David Am
Der"
Mr.. David Amber looked the gentle
man over with heightened interest.
You've the advantage Of me, sir"
Amber summed up the result of his
scrutiny.
TITS not the first time" asserted the
other. with IN argumentative shake OF
his head.
"No-o" Light leaped in Amber's
eyes. "Labertouche!"
Surprised you, eh?" The English,
man grinned with pleasure, pumping
Amber's arm cordially. Il don't mind
owning that / meant to-"
Well, considering that this is posi-
lively your first appearance as your
self or the stage of my life, you don't
deserve any credit for being able tc
deceive me. When one gets accustom
ed to remembering you only as a ma
tive-generally as a babu in dirty pinh
satin Do you know, | made
all sorts Of enquiries after you, but
they told me, In response to my wires
to Calcutta, that you'd dropped out d
the world entirely. / had begun tt
fear that those damned natives mus
have got you, after all, and that I'd
never see you again"
sd almost given up hope of evel
seeing myself again." said Laber
touche drily.
But why didn't you-"
Business. dear boy, business.
1 was needed for several days II
the ~neighborhood Of Kathiapur."
TT seems as though I'd waited sew
eral years for Jews Of Kathiapur. The
papers"
There are a good many things
ghat happen in India that fail to gei
INTO the newspapers, Amber. 1t WASH
thought necessary to advise the world
including Russia. that half the native
potentates In Hindustan had beer
eausnt In the act Of letting the Gec