The Huttig news., 1911-07-01

tremendously out of the bazar road and into a narrow black alley. Simultaneously Amber heard a cry go up. shrill above the clamor of the mob, screaming that a white sailor had Enfed the goldsmith. And he l turned pale beneath his tan.
 You hear, hazoor? They are nam ing you to the police wallahs. Comel"
 You're right" Amber fell into long, free stride that threatened quick ly to distance the gurkhas short, sturdy legs. Yet why do you take this trouble for me?"
 Why ask?" panted the gurkha. Did I not stand behind you and see that you did not throw the knie? Am l dog to stand by and see an inno- cent man yeked to crime?" He laughed shortly. Am I fool to for get how great is the generosity of kings? This way. hazoor!"
 Why call me king?" Amber hurdled heap of offal and picked up his pace again Vet you will find me generous. though but sahib"
 The sahibs are very generous. Again the .gurkha laughed briefly and unpleasantly. But this is no time for words. Save your breath, for now we must run
 He broke into springy lope his chin up, elbows in and chest d'stend- ed, his quick small feet stopping re- gardlessly through the vicious mud of the unpayed byway.
 By now the voice of the chase had subsided to a dull and distant nut. tering far behind them, and the way was clear. Beyond it's age-old inerad- icable atmosphere of secret infamy there was nothing threatening In the aspect of the neighborhood And the gurkha pulled up, breathing like wind broken horse.
 Easily, hazoor,' he gasped There is time for rest.
 Willingly Amber dropped into a wavering stride, SO nearly exhausted that his legs shook under him. and lie reeled drunkenly: and. fighting for breath. they stumbled on, side by side in the shadow of the overhangjrg walls, until as they nea~ ed a corner the gurkha halted Amber with an i'm perative gesture.
 "The police, sahib. the poice," he breathed, with an expressive sweep of his hand toward the cross street Let LIS wait here till they pass And in evident panic he crowded Amber into the deep and gloomy recess af- forded by a door overhung by a bal cony
 Taken off his guard, but with ow- ing doubt, Amber was on the point Of demonstrating. Why should the police concern themselves with peaceful Wavfarers? They could not yet have heard of the crime In the Bazar. miles iistant But as he opened his lips he heard the latch click behind him, and before he could lift finger the gurkha had flung himself bodily upon him, fairly lifting the American across the theshold.
 They went down together, the yurkha on top. And the door crashed to with rattle of bolts, leaving Am Der on his back. in total darkness, be- trayed. lost, and alone with his enc mics
 Amber went temporarily mad with age He was no stranger to fear no man with an imagination Is; but or the time being he was utterly fool hardy He forgot his exhaustion. for got the hopelessness of his plight. for got everything save his unsuitable thirst for vengeance. He was, in our homely idiom. fghting-mad.
 One instant overpowered by and upine beneath the gurkha. the next he had flung the man off and bounded his feet There was the automatic pistol in his coat pocket. but. he, con rious that many hands were reaching nut in the darkness to drag him down gain. found no time to draw it. He eemed to feel the presence of the iearest antagonist, whom he could by 10 means see; for he struck out with 10th bare. elenehed fists. one after he other, with his weight behind ach and both blows landed. The oom rang with the sounds Of the 'truggle. the shuffle, thud, and scraIe f feet both booted and bare. the oarse. harsh breathing of the com 1atants, their groans, their whispers. heir low. tense cries.
 And abruptly it was over. He was lorpe down by sheer weight of mum aers Though he fought with the asanity of despair they were too many for him. He went second inc to the floor beneath dozen half
 ude bodies. Below him lay another. with an arm encircling his throat. the lhow beneath his chin compressing his windpire. Powerless to move and or foot, he gave up and wondered duly why 1t was that
 nife had not been slipped between his between the fifth and sixth or in his back. beneath the left shoulder blade, and why his gullet re nained unslit.
 Gradually it was forced upon him that his captors meant him no bodily aarm. for the present at least His wrath subsided and gave place to cn- riosity while he rested, regaining his