Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-10-12

she first began to be talked about
she's ruled from behind the screen
with a high hand and an outstretched
arm. So the bazaar says"
They arose and left the table to
the servants. the Resident with Am
Der following Farrell and young Clark
son.
"Old women we are, forever talking
scandal said Raikes. with a chuckle.
"oh. well! it's shop with us, you
know"
"Of course. Then under
stand that the tamasha is the reason
for the encampment beyond the
wallsf"
Eyes; they've been coming in for a
week. BY tomorrow night, / daresay,
every rajah, prince, thakur. baron,
aef, and lord in Rajputna, each with
his TAIL horse and foot. will be
camped down before the walls of Kut-
tarpur. You've chosen an interesting
time for your visit. It'll be a sight
worth seeing, when they begin to
make a show. MY troubles begin with
a state banquet tomorrow that I'd
give much to miss; however. I'll have
Farrell for company"
Tm glad to be here" said Amber
thoughtfully. Could 1t be possible
that the proposed abdication Of Salig
Singh In favor of his son we're merely
a cloak to a conspiracy to restore to
power the house Of Rutton? OR had
the tamasha been arranged In order
to gather together all the rulers IN
Rajputana without exciting suspicion,
that they might agree upon a concert
ed plan Of mutiny against the Sirkar?
The state affair OF surprising import
ance had been arranged for the last
day Of grace allotted the Prince OF the
house Of Rutton. What had it to do
with the Gateway of Swords, the
Voice, the Mind. the Eye, the Body,
the Bell?
by the way, Mr.. Raikes," said the
virginian suddenly, what do they call
the gate by which we entered the city
the southern gate?"
"The Gateway Of Swords, believe,
Farrell, on the point Of entering the
house, overheard and turned. rs
that SO? Why, l thought that gate
way was in Kathiapur."
I've heard of a Gateway of Swords
in Kathiapur," Raikes admitted,
Never been there, myself"
"Kathiapur?'
"A dead city, Mr.. Amber, not far
away-originally the capital ofrkhan-
dawar. It's over there in the hills to
the north, somewhere. Old Rao Rut-
ton, founder OF the old dynasty, got
tired of the place and caused it to be
depopulated, building Kuttarpur in its
stead--I believe, to commemorate
some victory or other. That sort OF
} thing used to be quite the fashion IN
India, before we came" Raikes fell
back, giving Amber precedence as
they entered the Residency. by the
way, remind me-, If you think OF it.
> Colonel Farrell, to get after the tele-
4 graph clerk tomorrow. There's a new
} man in charge-a Bengali babu-and
| presume he's about as worthless as
. the run Of his kind"
Amber made a careful note of this
information; he was curious abou
that babu.
In the drawing 0 Raikes and
Farrell impressed Clarkson for three
handed bridge. Sophia did not care
l to play and Amber was ignorant o.
y the game-a defect In his social edu
cation which he found no cause to re
+; greet, since It left him in undisputet
= attendance upon the girl.
: She had seated herself at a warped
and discouraged piano, for which
, Raikes had already apologized; 1t was
: he said. a legacy from a former Resi-
dent. For years its yellow keys ha'
not known a woman's touch such a
y that to which they now responder
q with thin, cracked voices; the girl.
!. fine, slender fingers wrung from then
q a plaintive, pathetic parody Of melody
Amber stood over her with his arm
folded on the top of the instrument
3 comfortably unconscious that his pos
was copied from any number Of sent
mental photographers and art photo
" graphs" His temper was sentiments
" enough, for that matter; the woma
a. was very sweet and beautiful in hi
eyes as she sat with her white, roun
arms flashing over the keyboard, he
g head bowed and her face a littl
% averted, the long lashes low upon he
r, cheeks and tremulous with a fathon
less emotion. 1t was his thought ths
his time was ~momentarily becomin
e shorter, and that just now, more tina
h. ever, she was very distant from HI
arms. something inaccessible, too rar
and delicate and fine for the rud
r. possession OF him who sighed for hi
e. own unworthiness.
IL Abruptly she brought both hand
down upon the keys, educing a jal
gled, startled crash from the torture
Is wires, and swinging round, glance
up at Amber with quaint mirth trer
IN bling behind the veil Of moisture
her misty eyes.
"India!' she cried. with a broke
es laugh: India epitomized: a HON
az sick, exiled m trying to drag
on song Of Home from the broken hea
ST. Of a crippled piano! That Is an En-
At lishwoman's India: It's our life, ey'
err to strive and struggle and contrive
.u- piece together out OF makeshift odt
a and ends the atmosphere of HON,
It's suffocating In here. Come
or | She rose with q quick shrrx Of II
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