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interviewing the Swami.
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CHAPTER XIII.

Interviewing the Swami.
While Britt was speeding south
ward in the taxicab two men were III
the midst OF animated discussion in
the Swami's room. They were tho
scholar himself and his up-to-Gato
friend, Prince Kananda. The prirco
had arrived in the gloom-enshrouus d
house only few minutes before. lie
had uttered several short, sharp sem
fences big with interest that had
stirred the Swami from the reposo
usual to tho Oriental priest. It was
evident that kananada expected re-
sponsive remark from his friend, and
that the Swami, feeling the obligation,
was weighing his words before utter.
ance.
Nothing of the slightest interest 10
us was found SAID Kananda, evident.
ly in repetition. He had seen aEcp-
teal expression spread over tho
Swami'5 bronze face, and anticipated
an inquiry.
The search was thorough" asked
the scholar.
My dear old chap" said the Prince,
''is it likely wo would go to such c.
traordinary lengths without being
most painstaking in that respect? \
speck of diamond dust could not hayo
escaped US"
A slow smile cleaned through tho
mask that comprised the scholars
features. Mock Difference colored his
manner as, taking the mouthpiecc Of
the Oriental pipe from between his
lips and tossing the tube over to tho
divan, he arose and paced the length
CT the room.
Far be it from thy servant, O
Prince" he said with palpable slr-
casm, ito question TIE method pur
sued by SO illustrious a parsonage;
but" and he here returned to the easy
familiarity of their ordinary inter
course, since the search was made so
thoroughly, since it was climax to
a deed so Yenturesome that it might
have ombroilcd you even with such
slow-witted persons as the policemen
of the Western world. would il not
have been well to have got the right
man."
You mean"
IT mean, your Royal Highness,"
said tie priest with another touch OF
1ronic homage, that the man whom
the brilliant Ali and his equally intelli-
gent assistants seized so boldly in the
park. and then spirited away with a
skill hardly to be equaled by an In
dian echColEoy, was not the person
whom 1t was worth your distinguished
while to search
Tho Prince was dumfounded He
circicd tho table, fisbed In his pocket
10. :. !G"Ycttc, rolled it abstracted'y
between his thumb and middle finger,
lighted it, ana then watched the in
fcdtlb,c features OF him whom for so
many years he had called master"
rs it possible?" he exclaimed at
last. And | gave my personal atten-
tion to The task, too. instructed Ali
explicitly, and | ordered him 10 see
that the men who aided him should
be among the shrewdest and most
praisewOrthy of our followers. All
had tracked the man for days. He
a with that Of his own father. Hoy"
could they have been mistaken?
;.y enough said the Swami.
'H went into Mrs. MissiOncr's
l.. 70 same time. There il
as lance in their general
build. go ..o wrong man came OUT"
Then w have lost twelve hours"
said kAnand2.
you have lost more than that"
said the priest, opportunity These
Occidentals are stnGularly fraternaa.
1t Is not probable that the man you
searched will let the other go I'M
warned"
The Prince tossed his cigarette into
the fire. and with the springng glide
OF panther, and as silently, crossed
to the string of gongs that hung oppo-