The Huttig news., 1911-08-26
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Copyright by Louis Joseph Vance

Tor duck shooting visit with his friend anthony Quain of Tanglewood Lodge, Nahoinls, comes upon attractive young ,aay equestrian who has been dismounted l 7y her horse becoming frightened at the ,e,s 5edeh appearance in the road of a burly iindu Amber Is about to attack the babh 'ut the latter convinces him that he is innocent or being the intentional cause of
 ne young lady's mishap. He declares he 1 nouthpiece of The Bell" addresses Amber
 a man of high rank and pressing ,nysterious little bronze box. @rhe To Ken, into his hand. disappears in the nearby wood. Turning to the girl at hs s.' slae' Amber Is astonshed to hear her cal fl5=.--i-e4 7==7 s7s-,2 aasne;
 rescue and he addresses her as Miss sophie Farrell daughter of Col Farrell oi tne British diplomatic service in India. and visiting his friends the Quains She surfnises that Quain had written informa mon leading to this deductive reasoning t.,y Iney agree to keep secret the meeting With the Bengali and the matter of the niysterious box. Several nights later the Qoain home is burglarized and the bronze box-sto1en.
 CE 11R III-Amber and his friend Quain go hunting on an island and be- come lost when darkness comes on Start lns TOT nome in boat, the yawl slips away Tn the night with Quain aboard and Amber is left marooned, He wanders apout. finally spies lights in the distance. ees reeaehes cabin and knocks for admis-
 CHAPTER Iv-Upon being admitted h.. reeognlzes as Its occupant an old friend named nam Hutton. whom he last met in Eng 5Sifa, Wher anu mts Wno appears to be in hiding. st tnlen MISS tarrell is mentioned Rutton Is strangely agtated. Chatterji appears ana ana glxes the stolen Token to Rutton, rino oPgns pshn the. the box and finds an emerald iIns Chatterzi summons him to a meet ing or a mysterious body of which he is a member and departs
 and Stiti ddsfa. fFa.ts v-rlf.on se;zes revolver safhs wildly excited and says he has kiln so,.o eo the Hindu: Then. wrought up over Dying apparent bp ashs danger, he takes poison. 'o = =7aIa ,.s:lz -a1 a -9ys.erious errand. ,,. SiiAI ,4A. ! 1-it i.--ise servant helps Am per bury his dead friend The next day Amber finds Quain tells him something or his adventure and decides to leave at once Tor India. Quain takes him In his motor motor boat to intercept an outward bound TER vI1.--Amber Journeys to In- ola on the steamship Poonah. On the way set.,a ne senas letter to MT. Labertouche, a route. The day the Poonah arrives in port native mendieant hangs constantly a9=.s = ,, =-f'-e- - = t=a scientist, | In Calcutta he finds note. apparently from hasma, I-aabertouehe, awaiting him at his has happened. advises secrecy and di- rects Amber to meet him at a certain Inan p,ane; re.e on ,, arriving there mddle-aged ereets him Amber's suspicious are l aroused and he whips out his pistol
 har VI th.l hAhPllH lA.-The man whom Am per thought traitor turns out to be Lahertouche In disguise The latter tells nm he knows his mission to Calcutta is 10 get Miss Farrell out of the country oefore second mutiny occurs Laber- touche strolls about while Amber goeT in- 10 money-lenders with the Token The f,n. fnsh , IS about to examine 1t when dag ger hurled through the air enters his throat A crowd rushes in hand cIgtfhes A n'ber and urges escape.
 da.1 1HArIER sf N,Amber Is hurried into professes great subservience to Amber as member of the secret order. Evidently ne mistakes Amber for Rutton and saw nun oTer the Token at the money-len- der's Amber returns to his hotel to be passed on the street by bahu who ut terS the mystic words: Tomorrow Oar TIER xI-Amber understands that the message is from Labertouche. and and starts next day for Darjeelng On Chosen of the Gateway" by a Hindu.
 CaAPTER Xll-on his journey. Amber unexpectedly nets Miss Farrell. also Labertouche sent him to Darjeeling know Ing he would meet the woman he loves 0ass,u MISS Farrell Is greatly surprised. They at the local Resdency of the Govern
 -APrER XIII A native mysteriously 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 to become his wife and she promises to consider it. Amber realizes that he Is In ths. mic=t ~ nc.'ye ccnsplrators
 Amber Is strolling about another Hindu appears, apparently a messenger from I-abertouche. He announces that the mystic hour is at hand. The man wishes to lead him to some secret place. and | him.
 Softly, heaven born, softly-lest ] loose a thunderbolt for thy destruc- ton. Is 1t wise to forget that Naraini holds thy fate in the hollow of her hands?" She sat forward, speaking swiftly and with malice. Thou art pledged to produce liar Dyal Rutton In the Hall of the Bell before another sunrise. and none but Naraini knows to what perilous resort thou art driven to redeem thy word.'
 q was lied to. he argued sullenly. "A false tale was brought me-by one who hath repented of his error! If was told that liar Dyal Rutton would i be in India upon such-and-such day. am I to blame that I did promise to b ng him to the Gateway"
 And seeing that the man is dead, art thou to blame for bringing in his place a substitute, even so poor changeling as this man Amber? Nay. 1 be not angry; do 1 blame thee? Have done aught but serve thee to the end thou dost desire? Thou shouldst be grateful to me, rather than menace me with thine anger. And" she added, sweetly, 1t were well for thee that thou shouldst bear always in mind my intimacy with thy secret If thou art king, then l am more than queen in Khandawar.'
 q am not angry. Naraini." he told her humbly. but mad with love for thee-''
 And lust, my lord. for-power." she interpolated.
 But if what thou has said be