The Huttig news., 1911-07-29

of streets and baekways, toward a des- =ination of which he l.new as little as i'e cared He was a guest of the sta e.
 ficially domicilei at the designated ] ouse of hosritslity. without esrec;al 7rmi7sior obtained through the ef- forts os trr ra-.'~.4t. he could sieep in no other spot in the city or it's purlieus. He was indifferent ahso- lutely; the matter interested him as scantily-which is to say not at ali as did the fact that an escort Of troop CTS of the state. very we'll accoutr and disciplined. followed the tonsa with great dangling of steel and tu- l mutt of hoofs.
 Alighting in the compound. Amber 1 disbursed a few rupees to the troop CTS, paid of Ram Nath--who was swift to drive off city wards, in mad haste lest the gates be shut uron him for the highland entered the bungalow. An aged talkative, ard amiable khansamah met him at the threshold with expressions of exagger- ated respect, no doubt genuine enough, and followed him, numb Ing shadow, as the Virginian made brief round of inspection.
 Standing between the road and the water. the resthouse proved to be moderately spacious. and clean; on tfe lake front 1t opened upon marble bund, or landing stage, its lip lapred by whispering rippies of the lake Amber went out upon this to discover, separated from him by little more than half a mile of black water, the ghostly white wall of the Raj Mahal climbing in dim majesty to the stars
 The virginian remained long in. rapt wondering contemplation of it. until the wind blowing across the Wa. ters had chilled him to the point Of shvering; when he turned indoors to his bed But he was to have little rest that night. The khansamah who at tended him had hardly turned low his light when Amber was disturbed by the noise of an angry altercation in the compound. He arose and In dressing gown and slippers went to in 'yestigate, and found Ram Nath in violent dispute with the sergeant Of
  builded a fire and camped round it in the compound: circumstance which furnished food for thought.
 Amber began to suspect that the troops had been furnished as guard less of honor than of espionage, less in formal courtesy than in demonstra- ton of the unsleeping vigilance of Rhe Eye-kindly assisted by the Ma harana of Khandawar
 A man who warmed by the ardor of his first love, feels suddenly the shad- ow death falling cold upon him, is apt to neglect nothing Amber con sidered that he had given Ram Nath. mo commission of any sort, and bent rsn attentive ear to the communication which the tonga-wallah insisted upon making to him.
 |. Ram Nath had returned. he asserted. solely for the purpose of informing Amber in accordance with his desires. i "The telegraph office for which you enquired. sahib stands just within the Gateway of the Elephants" he sn- ] nounced. ''The telegraph bu will he on duty very early in the morning, should you desire still to send the message"
 "Oh. yes" said Amber indifferently. 'Td forgotten. Thanks"
 He returned to his charpoy with spirits considerably higher Ram Nath had not winked this time. but the fact was indisputable that Amber had not expressed any interest whatever in the location of the telegraph office