The Delta independent. [volume] (Delta, Colo.) 1886-19??, 1911-10-06

they now"
The woman has them" returned
the scholar.
Unless" sneered Mandy. she /.
beating our enterprising c!ubman a
his own game. How do you know
she hasn't sold them?"
This note"
"Oh, know all about that" laughe'
the prince. 1T is plain you have no
given efficient thought to the ways
of these western women. If only you
would take your head out of those
esoteric clouds once in a while. and
come to earth for a look around, you
wouldn't be quite SO ingenious"
But she says In this note she will
have to sell some u the Jewels" the
Swami persisted. THAT certainly in
dicates they are still in her posses
sion"
On the surface 1t does" said
Mandy.
But the woman when she wrote
it could not have supposed 1t was to
be read by anyone save Griswold."
How do you know she didn't in
tend to deceive him." asked Kananda
IL SOou you CHCSe luc SCuOl-
ar's life in early youth. my friend
AS society man. you'd make an ex
ceedingly interesting. but distressing
ly hopeless innocent abroad"
Mandy had learned his philosophy
of femininity in one of the swiftest
sets of Cambridge town; In the most
exclusive London clubs; In the Olymp-
ian gatherings of Heidelberg stu
dents. and in the most fin-de-siecie
circles OF the gay capital. Whatever
his theory. there was nothing hest
tant about 1t. He held in regard to
the sex only the most settled opin-
ions.
1T seems to me- said the Swami.
that your conclusions are pretty far
fetched. But bow to you, prince, in
the matter of social law. Perhaps |
know a little more about the higher
mysteries. but when 1t comes to cotil-
Ions, you take the baccalaureate de-
gree"
There may have been a shade OF
irony in his words II so, Kananda.
for all his subtlety. failed to notice it
Il think you are clouding the ques-
ton needlessly when you take 1t for
granted the woman who wrote this
note is not true to Curtis Griswo!d's
interests" And the Swami tapped
the table meditatively with the scrap
of paper the man with the glistening
eyes had filched from the camera
board in Burdens workshop,
Wouldn't 1t be a good deal more d.
rect" said the Swami ito continue to
take 1t for granted she is sincere-that
she received the Jewels from Girls
void. that she still has them. and that
she will not part with any OF them
until the clubman has refused to COM
ply with her request for money!"
Yes" Kananda admitted. Well
work along that line for the present.
Now. then. where's the woman"
He turned to All with a piercing
look The servant salaamed.
"Excellency." said he, we have
verified the address heading the sec
ond- note She Is there"
1T is WELL" said the prince curtly
Co"
He turned to the Swami and, stand
ing with one foot on his chair, raised
his elbow to his knee and lowered his
chin to his hand.
Il believe we're close to the end of
our quest" he unused. II have feel
ing we must get the Maharanee to-
night, If we are to recover 1t at all
We have played a waiting game for
many months, and 1t Is time now to
act. Are you prepared"
+ II am prepared"
You Will not stay your hand when
1t comes to the point?"
The Swami did not answer. He sat
with folded arms staring at the docu-
ments on the table. 1t was in an al
tered voice that at length he spoke:
Prince" he said, already the sa-
cred gem should be ruby red with the
blood that has been spilled for 1t.
There Is something in the air of this
strange land that makes 1t distaste-
full to me-the thought of further
bloodshed. Regain the jewel we must;
but would 1t could be done without
new sacrifice of life"
An expression of demoniacal scorn
overspread Kanada's features until he
confronted the sage with the face OF
a gargoyle
And the brethren?" he asked angri-
ly Can 1t be you have a thought
for these western dogs when your
own brothers of the faith are suffer
Ing the shame and pain in which we
left them? Has your heart turned
to water?"
The Swami did not answer Still
with folded arms. he kept his gaze
on the papers, his features set in quiet
determination.
Are you afraid?" pursued the
prince. Does your soul shrink your
hand draw back. now that the ap