The Raymer enterprise., 1911-07-20
CHAPTER u. (contlnued).

CHAPTER u. (contlnued).
You will have 1t that / must sur.
render my only advantage-my In.
cognito II ! tell you how happen to
know who you are, l must tell you
who am. Immediately you will lose
Interest In me. because I'm really not
at all advanced; doubt II should
understand your book II had to read
It."
Which heaven forfend! But why"
no insisted mercilessly. do you wish
me to be interested in your"
She flushed becomingly at this and
acknowledged the touch with rueful.
smiling glance. But. Because I'm
interested In you." she admitted open.
ly.
AND whyT
Are you hardened to such adven.
tures!" She nodded In the direction
the babu had taken. Are you &C.
customed to being treated with ex.
traordinary respect by stray Bengalis
and accepting tokens from them7 II
romance commonplace to you?"
"oh." he said, disappointed. III It's
only the adventure! OF course.
that's easily enough explained. This
half-witted mammoth-don't ask me
how he came to be here-thought he
recognized In me some one he had
known In India. Let's have a look at
this token.thing"
He disclosed the bronze box and let
her take It In her pretty fingers.
1T must have a secret spring." she
concluded. after careful inspection
II think 80. but -
She shook It, holding It by her ear
There's something inside-it rattles
ever so slightly. wonder!"
mo more than l."
And what are you going to dc with
III" She returned It reluctantly.
Why, there's nothing to do but
keep It till the owner turns up, that
can see.''
You won't break It open"
Not until curiosity overpowers
me and I've exhausted every artince.
trying to nnd the catch"
Are you a patient person. Mr.. Am
bert"
Not extraordinarily SO. Miss Far.
rell"
"Oh, how did you guess7"
by remembering not to be stupid.
You are Miss Sophia Farrell, daughter
OF Colonel Farrell OF the British dip
lomatic service In India" He
chuckled cheerfully over his triumph
OF deductive reasoning. You are Wis.
iting the Quains for few days, while
en- route for India with some friends
whose name I've forgotten"
The Rolands." she prompted in.
voluntarily:
Thank you. The Rolands,
who are stopping In New York. You've
lived several years with your father
in India. went back to London to
come out and are returning, having
been presented at the court OF st.
James. Your mother was an Ameri.
can girl. a schoolmate OF Mrs.
Qua!n's. I'm afraid that's the whole
sum Of my knowledge Of you"
You've turned the tables fairly,
Mr.. Amber" she admitted. And
Mr.. Quain wrote you all that!"
I'm afraid he told me almost as
much about you as he told you about
me; we're old friends. you know. And
now ! come TO think OF II. Quain
has one OF the few photographs OF me
eItant So my chain OF reasoning's
complete. And ! think we'd better
hurry on to Tanglewood."
Indeed, yes. Mrs Quain will be
wild with worry II that animal finds
his way back to the stable without
me; re been very thoushtless."
How much longer shall you stay
at Tanglewood. Miss Farrell?"
"Unhappily." she sighed, II must
leave on the early train tomorrow, to
join tho Rolands In New York"
you don't want to go?"
I'm half an American. Mr.. Amber.
I've learned to love the country al.
ready. Besides. we start Immediately
for San Francisco. and It'll be such
a little while before ri be In India"
You don't care for lndia-'
"rye known II for less than six
years. but already I've come to hate
II as thoroughly as any exiled English.
woman there. It sits there like
great. Unsuitable monster. devouring
English lives. Indirectly It was re.
sponsible for my mothers death; she
never recovered from the illness she
contracted when my father was sta.
toned In the Deccan. In tho course
Of time II will kill my father. Just as
II did his father and his elder brother.
rs q cruel. hateful. unsrateful land
mot without the price we pay for IT,"
II know how you feel" he said with
sympathy. "lt's been a good many
years since ! visited India, and OF
course I then saw and heard little OF
the darker side. Your people are
brave enough. out there"
"Thsv are. don't know about Roy.