The Huttig news., 1911-07-01
Copyright by Louis Joseph Vance
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-David Amber, starting Tor duck shooting visit with his friend anthony Quain of Tanglewood Lodge, Nakomis. comes upon an attractive young iiduy equestrian who has been dismounted oy ner horse becoming frightened at the sudden appearance in the road of a bury nihau. Amber is about to attack the babu. out Ile latter convinces him that he is innocent Of being the intentional cause of the young ladY's mishap. He declares he IS Behari Lal Chatserji "ihe appointed mouthplece of The Bell addresses Amber as a man of high rank and pressing a hysterlous little bronze box "The To- Ken. into his hand, disappears in the nearby wood. Turning to the girl at his side, Amber Is astonlshed to hear her call nm -b-- name:
 C-i'.1 II-His wits come to his rrescue and he addresses her as Miss or the British diplomatic service in India ana visiting his friends, the Quains She s9urmises that Quain had written informa- aon leading to this deductive reasoning Lhey agree to keep secret the meeting with the Bengali and the matter of tne mysterious box. Several nights later the guam home is burglarized and the bronze boN-stole1
 Cii@-- T--R III-Amber and his friend Qualn go hunting on an island and be- come come lost when darkness comes on. Start ing for home in boat. the yawl slips away in the night with 9uain aboard and Amber Is left marooned He wanders apout, finally spies lights In the distance sion. 0 ''i''S CHAPTER Ty.-Upon being admitted h. osnlzes as it's occupant an old friend haldeo isna hntton. whom he last met in Eng ,aiu, a4, ana Who appears to be in hidine hen Miss Farrell Is mentioned Rutton 9s strangely agtated. Chatterii appears ahu s.ih glNes the stolen Token to Rutton, who opens the box and finds an emerald ring chatterzi summons him to a mee,- Ing or a mysterious body of which he ia member and departs.
 ,s, = - 4-tt v.--.ltson se,zes revolver and dashes out after Chatterii. He re- turns wildly excited and says he has kill, ed the Hindu. Then, wrought up over some some apparent danger. he takes poison. t9yingi to rIS,a ne asks Amber, as friend, to go U U -=-,d.a . .7-1 @ a avs. arious errand
 ori-aPTLlS - e servant helps Am Der bury his dead friend The next day afnber Al h.s finds Quain. tells him something oI ms adventure and decides to leave at once Tor India. Quain takes him in his motor boat to intercept an outward bound
 TER VIT.-Amber Journeys h In d:a on the steamship Poonah. On the way ne sends a letter to MT. Labertouche, a seaentlne friend in Calcutta, by quickr. route. nt me day the Poonah arrives In port a native mend3cant hangs constantly ah--. ----e --eehee-< t1 scientist.
 As Amber left the room Labertouche extinguished the lamp, shut and locked the door, and followed catch ing Amber by the arm and guiding him through pitch darkness to the head of the stairs. Don't talk" he whispered; trust me- They de scended an interminable flight of steps, passed down a long, echoing corridor, and again descended. From the foot of the second flight Laber- touche shunted Amber round through what seemed a veritab'e e maze of pas sages-in which. however, he was evi- dently at home. At length: Now go ahead." was breathed in Amber's ear and at the same time his arm was released.
 He obeyed blndly, stumbling down a reeking corridor, and in a minute more, to his unutterable relief was in the open air of the bazar.
 Blinking with the abrupt transition from absolute night to garish light. he skulked in the shadow of the doorway, waiting Beneath his gaze