The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-26
AUThOA OF "TFE BRASS BOWIs" ETC.
0llWSU[lN00WL1S BY lNyY VWNA[gT[5N&

q one-eyed woman OF shame! BY Tho
gateway Of Kathiapur. that is lie!
Speak. brother Of jackals and father
OF swine. lest my temper overcome
me and make carrion Of you!"
my lord, hear me-" protested the
man In an extremity Of fright. These
be the words Of truth. II otherwise,
let my head be forfeit. Early
In the morning you returned from the
lake. heavy with sleep. and 80 soundly
have you slept since that hour that
no effort Of mine could rouse you.
though many came to the door, ma.
king inquiry. ! am Ram Lal. a true
man, and no trafflcker In drugs and
potions."
Even sol" said Amber. ironic.
But II. on taking thought. I find
and hold yourself fortunate In this,
that am not q man OF hasty 1udg-
ment."
"Hazoor!" Like shadow harried
by wind OF night, the khansamah
scurried from the room. But on the
threshold he paused long enough to
lay significant finger upon his lips
and nod toward the table.
From the khansamah's quarters
came an occasional clash OF crockery
and pattering OF naked feet. Outside,
in the compound. the sepoys were
chattering yolubly; their words were
indistinguishable. but from their con-
stanuy increasing animation Amber
inferred that they were keenly relish.
Ing the topic Of discussion. He be-
came sure OF this when. at length.
his curiosity aroused. he went to the
window and peered out between the
wooden Stats OF the blind The little
company was squatting In circle
round the fire, and bottle was pass
ing from hand to hand.
He turned back. r"zzled. TO find the
khansamah calmly seated at the table
and enjoying one OF Amber's choicest
cigarettes.
Thank Cod" he said. with profound
emotion. for civilized smoke!"
"La5ertouche!" cried Amber.
The pseudo,khansamah rose. bowed
formally, and shook hands with CON
siderable cordiality. ITS good to see
you whole and sound" he said Il had
10 wait until Ram Maths work began
10 show results. He's out there. yon
know, keeping the bottle norlng. l
don't believe those damned sepoys
will bother US much, now, but we've
got no time ut all to spare. Now tell
me what you have to tell. omtting
nothing OF the slightest consequence.
Amber dropped into a chair. and the
rnglishman sat near TO him. Il say,
thank God for you, Labertouche! Yo.
don't know how I've needed you"
Il can fancy. I've had ripping
time OF II myself Sorry couldn't
communicate with you safely before
you left Calcutta. But we've not q
minute TO waste. Get into your yarn.
please; explanations later. II we car
| afford EN-"
lnhaling with deep enjoyment, he
narrowed his dark eyes, listening In.
tenuy to Amber's concise narrative OF
his experiences since their parting bn-
fore the stall OF Dhola Baksh In the
Machua bazaar Not once was he In.
terrupted by word or sign from Laber.
touche; and even when the tale was
told the latter said nothing, but
dropped his gaze abstractedly to the
smoldcring stump OF his cigarette.
And you?" demanded the Vlrginian
Have pity. Labertouche, Can't you
see I'm being eaten alive by curios-
ity?"
LabertouChe eyed him blankly for
an instant oh" he said. with an
erTort freeing his mind from an IN
tense concentration OF thought ~
What's there to tell? I've been al
work. That's ALL was
JOstlcd OF to one side when the row
started In the bazar, and so lost you
There was then nothing to do but
strike back 10 the hotel and wait for a
clcw. You can figure my relief when
you dropped out OF that ticca. ghari,
gave you th" word to go on to bar.
leellng. intending to join you en- route
But you know why that jaunt never
came OF. found out my mistake be.
fore morning, wired you. and left Cal
cutta before you, by the same trail
that conveyed the maharana Of Khap
dawar Fortunately enough We had
Ram Nath already op the ground,
working up another casc--l1l tell you
aoout II some time. He's one OF our
best mcn-a native, but loyal to the
core, and wrapped up In his work.
He'd contriyed TO get n billet as tonga.
wallah to the Kuttapur bunia who has
the dak.seryico contract. myself
had arranged 10 have the telegraph
babu hero transferred. and myself ap.
pointed In his place. So | was able to
attach myself TO the tail Of the mn
harana without exciting comment.
Miss Farrell came by the same train,
but Salig Singh was In too great a
hurry TO get home to pay any atten.
tion TO her and I, knowing you'd be
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