The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-06-15
The BDONZEAsp
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ByLOUIS JOSEPH VANCE
AUTHOR OF THE BRASS BOWL" ETC. i
IlUSU[QMI0ONS by NAM WAGUENS 80
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t,rnod rolo ho,aotb hio ton
"yo, baor bozooro The - nam.
tho Won 70 Tho nolica woIlobs Coro,n
You're r,obt Anhar yau ,r,o q
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1v 70 distoroo tha ovrLha,s sbor+
sturdy ,ege "yst WHY 40 vor taha
tbis trouble FOR mep"
"wbv ashg" nantsd tho u,rrba
"Dtd 7 NOT stand bahtnd Won ana see
thu, Won did M, throw tho pr,fa9 Am
a dog 70 stand nv and see an inno-
cent man voked n a crjme?" He
laughed shortly. Am a fool TO for.
get how great is the generosity of
kings This way, hazoor!"
Why call me king" Amber
hurdled a heap Of offal and picked up
his pace again. Yet you will find me
generous, though but a sahib."
The sahibs are very generous"
Again the gurkha laughed briefly and
unp~leasantly. But this is no time for
words. Save YOU breath, for now we
must run"
He broke into a springy lope, his
chin up, elbows in and chest distend-
ed, his quick small feet stopping re-
gardlessly through the vicious m0d Of
the unpaved byway.
BY now the voice OF the chase had
subsidized to a dull and distant NUT
tering far behind them, and the way
was clear. Beyond It's a9e-old. inerad-
icable atmosphere of secret intany
there was nothing threatening in the
aspect of the nelghborhood. And the
gurkha pulled UP, breathing K a
wind broken horse.
Easily, hazoor!" he gasped. There
is time for rest"
Willingly Amber dropped into a
that hts legs shook under him. and
he reeled drunkenlv: and. fzhting FOR
breath the stumbled on. side by side
in the shadow of the o~verhanaing
walls. until as they neared a corner
the gurkba halted Amber with An I'm
narative gesture
The police. sahib the notice." he
breatbed with an expressive sweep
or his nand toward the cross street.
Let us wait here til they pass" And
in evident manic he crowded Amber
into the deep and gloomy recess az
forded nv a door overhung by a bal.
cony
Taken of his guard. but with grow.
ing doubt Amber was m the noint of
demonstrating Wbv should the police
concern Themselves with reaceful
wayfarerso Thew could not vet have
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