The Huttig news., 1911-08-19
Copyright by Louis Joseph Vance
SYNOPSIS.

by her horse becoming frightened at the aceh appearance in the road of burly E4Hdu Amber Is about to attack the bdbu, 0ut the latter conYinces him that he is innocent Of being the intentional cause of ne young Iady's mlshap. He declares he behari Lai Chatferji, 'tthe appointed .aouthpiece of The Bell" addresses Amber $ man of high rank and pressing a mysterious little bronze box. "The To- Ken, into his hand disappears in the nearby wood. Turning to the girl at his side, Amber Is astonished to hear her call flT=-7e. r==7 s.-,:.s==l, - ne. rescue and he addresses her as Miss sophie Farrell. daughter of Col Farrell oI the British d plomatic service in India, ana visiting his friends, the Quains. She sufmises that Quain had written informa- mon leading to this deductive reasoning lney agree to keep secret the meeting With the Bengali and the matter of the mysterious box Several nights later the Quain home is burglarized and the bronze box-stole1.
 e i.1 HER IIT-Amber and his friend Cuain so hunting on an island and be- come lost when darkness comes on Start alg Tor home in boat. the yawl slips away in the night with Quain aboard and Amber is left marooned He wanders about finally spies lights In the distance reaches cabin and knocks for admis-
 CHAPTER Iv.-Upon being admitted n- recognlzes as It's occupant an old friend ihafaed iana Rutton. whom he last met in Eng When Miss Farrell is mentioned Rutton 7s strangely agitated. Chatterii appears ana ana gives the stolen Token to Rutton, Mno opens the box and finds an emerald ring. Chatterzi summons him to mee, ing or mysterious body of which he ia member and departs
 C-r-aT-r---T v.--.i5rs5n se,zes ra,,o,,,.. and dashes out after Chatferfi He ra turns wildly excited and says he has kill co the Hindu. Then. wrought up over Dying, he asks Amber. as a friend to gn 'o U ~ -=-'1.s 9.tz-1 e1 a --1ystnrious errand. , sAitAf , Ett Ni.-1i1e servant helps Am 1er 9 parg his dead friend. The next day Ahipef f uu nnds Quain, tells him something oI ms adventure and decides to leave at once Tor India. Quain takes him in his motor mo. boat to intercept an outward bound FER yIT.2Amber journeys To In dla on the steamship Poonah On the way ne, ne sehas fe a letter to MT. Labertouche. a sclentihc friend in Calcutta by a auicke. route. The day the Poonah arrives in port native mendicant hangs constantly a9=s 5ssa; =; @ -fl-. - z ts2 - scientist ,
 m Calcutta he finds note. apparently rom i-abertouche. awaiting him at his hotel; II hints that something pecuIia r has happened. advises secrecy and di rects Amber to meet him at a certain piace, On arriving there middle-aged ~ ~6reSes nlIl. Ambers suspicious are aroused and he whips out his pistol
 CHAPTER IX.-The man whom Am Der thought traitor turns out to be l>abertouehe in disguise. The latter tells him he knows his mission to Calcutta is 70 get Miss Farrell out of the country oetcre second mutiny occurs Laber- touche strolls about while Amber goez in 10 a money-lender's with the Token The man mar IS about to examine 1t when a dag ger hurled through the air enters his throat crowd rushes in. hand cintehes Nn1 1her and urges escape.
 CHAPTER N.-Amber Is hurried into dark hut. Here his companion a Hindu professes great subservience to Amber as a member Of the secret order. Evidently ne mistakes Amber for Rutton and saw nm oHer the Token at the money-len- ders- Amber returns to his hotel to be passed on the street by a babu who ut ters the. mystic words: Tomorrow. Oar TIER XI.-Amber understands that the message Is from Labertouche. and sl starts next day for, Darjeeling. On Chosen of the Gateway" by Hindu.
 CHAPTER XII-On his journey Amber ntnexp1eetedly rs9l1;1 msts Miss Farrell. also Labertouche sent him to Darjeelins know Ing he would meet the woman he loves MISS, MISS Farrell rel, is greatly surprised. They mert.
 -TAPTER x1II.-A native mysteriou.,y brings a photograph of Miss Farrell to Amber. She sees 1t in his possession, questions him about 1t and he confesses that he loves the original He asks her consider 1t. Amber realizes that he is in tte mie-t nf naive canspirators
 ,PrEK ---- TX day while Amber is strolling about another Hindu appears. apparently a messenger from Labertouche. He announces that the mystic hour Is at hand The man wishes to lead him to some secret place. and lmpeled by curiosity. Amber goes with him.
 There was tenderness then in your tone, my lord!" she caught him up quickly. TIs there no mercy in thy heart for me? Who Is this woman across the seas who hath won thy love? .. Aye, even that l know-that thou dost love this fair daughter of the English. Didst thou not lose the picture of her that was taken with the magic box of the sa hibs? Is it for her sake that thou dost deny me, O my husband? Is she more fair than I. are her lips more sweet?"
 T am not thy husband" he declared vehemently, appalled, by her reversion to that delusion. "Till this hour l have never seen thee; nor is the sa- hiba of any concern to thee. Let me go, please.
 But she had him fast and he could not have shaken her off but with vio- lence. He had been 8 strong man in deed who had not been melted to ten derness by her beauty and her dis tress. She lifted her glorious face to him, pleading, insistent, and played upon him with her voice of gold. Yet a moment gone thou didst tell me was greatly gifted with beauty Have I changed in thine eyes. O my king? Canst thou look upon this poor beauty and hear me tell thee of my love-and indeed I am thine, altogether thine, Lalji-and harden thy heart against me? What though it be as thou hast said? What though thou art of a truth not of the house of RuttoEs nor