Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-20

the photograph replaced It in his poke,
DO YOU think 50. colonel he said,
have learned that YOU can always trust
| a native. You ran treat him as YOUR
friend and equal SO long as the Unequal
ity is there and obvious 10 him. I mean.
so long as in evcrything-in generosi,,.
I'm courage and in honor-hr realizes that
Col. Carmichaers face darkened with
anger.
DO YOU mean. perhaps that-that ws
are not all that" he demanded
Surely not all ~ us How many men
think that any SORT OF conduct is good
enough "a show a native What did
Rehar Singh sre of orr honor lilo uas
our friend until an Englishman Who hsd
him he a dishonorabie theft What has
Nehal Singh seen Of our superioritv' In
spite OF his fathers influence, he came ~
us prejudiced In our favor. lie saw
heroes in ia ALL and he trusted himself
blinsily I'm our hands What has been the
as You have described IL To me. coionel.
| His best friend had proved himself q
| mean and treAcherous svindler. The
woman whom az ! Judge he regarded as
a saint-forgive ME, Staffori. must be
| honest-no more than heartless hirt.
who had led him on from one folly to ar
other for the sake OF a little excite
| ment---''
| huhplSn. toA. tarmlCnanl nirsy nut.
| What are exceptions In a whole race
In a strange country no one is an eN
/ ception, colonel. One coward, one thief.
one drunkard is quite enough to cast the
\ blacklist slur upon the whole nation III
4 the eyes Of another race. A sincerely
as he believed Yesterday that We We're
| all heroes. as sincerely Nehal Singh be
lieves today that there isn't an honest
man among us.
This time Col Carmichael made no an
! 10 l,An os,1
stood there frownine obstinately out over
| the neglected garden. HIS eyes fell on
the ruined bungalow and he called
Nicholson to his side.
! Look at THAR he said. I'm that place
Behar Singh murdered my hest and only
| friend, Steven Caruthers. have not for
gotten and I cannot forget II has brand
ed every native for me as murderer.
| No doubt this proves your argument.
! From the first I shrank from all contact
with the present rajah. distrueted
| him. and IL is obvious now that my dis
| trust was well founded. What do YOU
! say. Stafford? You. too. were against
having anything to do with him.
! To his surprise and annoyance Stafford
did not respond. He stood there with his
hands clasping the hack OF the chair. his
brows knitted in painful thought.
| Come. Stafford. what have You 70
say" the colonel repeated; impatiently
Il think there is a good deal in what
Nicholson says STAFFORD answered
| speaking as though he had only just
heard that he Was being addressed The
rajah has not been well treated lie has
a right to feel bitter. And he seemed a
fine sort OF man. Without prejudice.
colonel, one cannot withhold a certain ad-
! miration for him. He has behaved bet
| ter than some OF us
Col. Carmichael frowned, but his sense
| OF justice forced him to q reluctant ad-
mission.
Yes he has few SNOWY virtues. Yes
terday. for instance. Under the circum-
stances. he behaved like q gentleman and
q man of honor. Before niehtfall the
English shareholders I'm the mime got their
money back in gems and rupees-he must
| have pulled the palace to pieces. In fact
everything might have gone of smoothly
II 1t hadn't been for that-that- He
coughed and glanced At Stafford not
without a touch OF malicious satisfaction
nell STAFFORD said. returning his glance
with dignity. and you are at liberty t.
say what you like. for / have no longer
the right TO champion her. At her re-
quest. our engagement Is al an end. But
| as her friend cannot refrain from say
ing this much-she has not spared her
| self and. God knows, she also has not
been treated we'll"
| What memories passed before the colo
| nel's mind as he stood there gazing alb
/ sently in front of him! Recollectfone OF
mean and envious criticisms. ugly un-
/, derhand ISLANDERS, petty intrigue his own
shame-faced patronage. And then the
vision Of a lovely. white-faced woman
making her desperate self-accusal. and
Of terrible. vulgar mother trying TO hold
| her back with threats and pleadinss. He
| turned at last to the two men, his own
! face red and troubled.
tTo be continued tomorrow