The Huttig news., 1911-08-12
Copyright by Louis Jose ph Vance
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER f-David Amber, starting Tor duck shooting visit with his friend Anthony Quain of Tanglewood Lodge, n5koinis, comes upon an attractive young iady equestrian who has been dismounted py her horse becoming frightened at the Sodcfn appearance in the road of burly hihdu Amber Is about to attack the babu. ouf the latter conyinces him that he s innocent of being the intentional cause of the young ltdE mishap. He declares he mouthptece of The Bell" addresses Amber as man of high rank and pressing iiusstefloIs little bronze box, "The To- sen. into his hand disappears in the nearby wood. Turning to the girl at hs slde, Amber is astonished to hear her call fl :. D. --22ne
 ctls II.--EIis wits come to his rescue ana he addresses her as Miss oopnle Farrell daughter of Col Farrell oi ihe Brtlsh d plomstic service in India. sno Ylslting his friends. the Quains. Sine surlnises that Quain had written informa- non reading to this deductiYe reasoning. They agree 10 keep secret the meeting Nilh the Bengal and the matter of the nVsterious box. Several nights later the s9uain home is burslarzed and the bronze boX X-stolen
 Cf 1-R III.-Amber and his friend Qhain go hunting on an island and be- come lost when darkness comes on. Start lns for home in boat the yawl slips aWay Tn the night with Quain aboard and Amber ts left marooned He wanders about. finally spies lights in the distance. reaches reaches cahin and knocks for admls- SOL
 CHAPTER Jv.-Upon being admitted h.. recognizes its occupant en old friend named Ruiton. whom he last met in Eng lahu, ah, and who appears to be in hiding seranaa1 " nen Mss Farrell is msntioned Rutton is strangely ag.tated Chatterti appears ana gives the stolen Token to Rutton. rsn Wno opens pen, the box and finds emerald in ring Chatterz summons him to meet ing or mysterious body of which he is member and departs
 = i.af,1i i-I, v.--ssdtson se'zes a revolver ana. ana dashes out after Chatterji He re- turns wildly excited and says he has kill ca the Hindu. Then. wrought up over some apparent danger. he takes poison .ylng; he asks Amber. as a friend, to go 10 o = = dia o1 a -oys-erious errand CHATTER Af.-T7se servant 1heIns Am Der bury his dead friend The next day amDer Al lr. hnds Quain, tells him something once for India Quain takes him in his motor motor boat to intercept an outward bound
 TER VTT.-amber tournevs Tn Tn. dia on the steamship Poonah On the way ne sends letter to Mir I.abertouche a scientific friend in Calcutta. by a aulckel route. @ The day the Poonah arrives in port native mendicant hangs constantly aI==s = = - - = z. tez scientist.
 in Calcutta he finds a note, app arentis rom i-apertoucbe, awaiting him at his h hotei- It hints that something peculiar nas happened. advises secrecy and di- l fscts Amber to meet him at a cert ain place On arriving there a middle a ged uidb resembling the Hindu habu Chatterii greets , him Ambers suspicious are aroused and he whips out his pistol.
 -, CHAPTER K. man whom Am Der thought traitor turns out to be I.abertouche in disguise. The latter tells | him he knows his mission to Calcutta ia l 70 get Miss Farrell out of tho country pefore 8 second mutiny occurs Laber- touche strolls about while Amber goex in- to money-lender's with the Token. The man IS about to examine 1t when a dag ger hurled through the air enters his throat. crowd ruShaS In hop clutches Amber and urges escape
 CHATTER N.-Amber Is hurried into A aark .,s nut Here his companion, Hindu. protesses great subservience to Amber as member of the secret order Evidently ne mistakes Amber for Rutton and saw him offer the Token at the money-Ian- der's. Amber returns to his hotel to he passed on the street by g babu who ut terS the. mystic words: Tomorrow. Oar
 ---f'TER XI-Amber understands that the message is from Labertouche ana abo starts mex next day for Dsrieeling. On hosep the way of there ere Gs E is hailed as The
 CHAPTER xII.-on his journey Amber unexpectedly nets Miss Farrell. also Labertouehe sent him to Darjeelng knew. Ing he would meet the woman he loves Miss Farrell is greatly surprised They continue the journey that evening resting at the local Residency of the Govern mont
 lIAPTER X1Tr--A native mysteriausiy brings q photograph Of Miss Farrell to Amber. She sees 1t in his possession questions him about 1t and he confesses that he loves the original. He asks her Consider eo H ms w1e and she promises M to the mid-: cs native .canspirators
 From the look of things, I fancy the epithet fits us both sa'ig- Singh. You refuse to take my word for it that know nothing of your infamous Gate way and have no intention of ever approaching it, that I have not a dror of Indian blood in me and am in no way related to or connected with liar Dyal Rutton, who is dead"
 q may not believe what I know to be untrue"
 You'll have to learn to recognize the truth, I'm afraid For the final time I tell you that I am David Am Der, citizen of the United States of America, travelling in India on purely | personal business"
 The Rajput inclined his head submis sively. Then is my duty all but done hazoor. Thrice hath the warning been l given thee. There be still four-and twenty hours in which, 1t may be, thou shalt learn to see clearly My lord, ask of thee a single favor Wilt thou follow me?" He motioned toward the. arched entrance to the passageway.
 Follow thee?" Amber at length dropped into Urdu, unconsciously adopting the easier form of communi cation now that, he felt, the issue b
 tween them was plain, that the Rajpu labored under no further misunder standing as to the reason of his pres ence in Khandawar. "Whither?"
 There is that which l must show thee"
 "What7"
 My life be forfeit if thou dost not return unharmed to the resthouse ere sunrise. Wilt thou eome?" ITO what end, Salig Singh?"
 @Flrthermore," the Ralput persisted