The Huttig news., 1911-07-08
Copyright by Louis Joseph Vance
SYNOPSIS.

for duck shooting visit with his friend anthony Quain of Tanglewood Lodge. Ndkomls, comes upon attractive young lady equestrian who has been dismounted py her horse becoming frightened at the Snnden appearance in the road Of burly ti'hdu. Amber Is about to attack the babu. but the latter convinees him that he is innocent of being the intentional cause of the young lad2's ,mishap He declares he IS Behar1 Lal Chalterji, the appointed mouthpiece of The Bell" addresses Amber as man of high rank and pressing a f f ihiysterious little bronze box, The To- ken, into his hand disappears in the nearby wood Turning to the girl at his sside' Amber is astonished to hear her cal. hl===7e= lT==; .=,.s= =5=a2ne; rescue and he addresses her as Miss | oophie Farrell, daughter of Col Farrell oi ihe Brltish q plomauc service in India. ana visiting his friends. the Quains. She surfnlses that Quain had written nforma- mon mon leading to this deductive reasoning. Iney agree to keep secret the meeting win the Bengali and the matter of the Qnaln home is burglarized and the bronze box-stolenA
 Cfi T.R III.-Amber and his friend come lost when darkness comes on Start ihS for home in boat the yawl slips away In the night with Quain aboard and Amber Is left marooned He wanders about, finally spies lights In the distance, | sion.
 CHAPTER Ty.-upon being admitted he recognizes as its occupant an old friend named Rutton whom he last met in Eng Ianu and who appears to be in hidine ~ nen Miss Farrell is mentioned Rutton is | ana gives the stolen Token to Rrtton who who opens the box and finds an emerald f1ns. inn ., Chatterzi summons him to 8 meet member and departs
 C-1-.i -S v.-r.at,on seizes revolver anu anu oashes out after Chatterji. He re- ed edrhs IS wiIdiy excited and says he has kill some apparent danger, he takes poison pying he asks Amber. as a friend, to go 9- a,s 943,r95ss = a - =-:1ys. srious errand.
 Der bury his dead friend. The next day | Amber finds Quain. tells him something onca or is fdr adventure and decides to leave at motor boat to intercept an outward bound FER yII.--Amber journeys To In- bs b,a on she steamship Poonah. On the way scientific friend In Calcutta, by a quicko. route The day the Poonah arrives in port native mendicant hangs constantly all--s = -Eil =. -. of tro scientist.
 e1.Al I1-s -.----.-s-7..en -.ni5er arrives Tn. Calcutta he finds a note apparently hotel; II hints that something peeulisl | mas happened. advises secrecy and al. rects Amber to meet him at certain place On arriving there a middle aged man resembling the Hindu babu Cha terii greets him Amber,s suspieions are aroused and he whips out his pistol
 ber rh thp,idtH 4 PiER IN.-The man whom Am Labertouehe in disguise. The latter tells him he knows his mission to Calcutta is to get Miss Farrell out of the country l before second mutiny occurs Laber- | touche strolls about while Amber goes in- | to money-lender's with the Token. The man ma. IS about to examine it when dag ger hurled through the air enters his throat. crowd rushes In. hand clutches an'ber and urges escape.
 My lord, he said swiftly in Hin- dust ami, If I have misjudged thee. if I have earned thy displeasure. upen my head be it. See, I give my life into thy hands but little culver of thy | forefinger and I am as dust. An i'll report of thee was brought to me, and l did err in crediting 1t. It is true that I set this trap for thee; but see, my lord! though I did so. it was with no evil intent. I thos ght but to make sure of thee and bid thee welcome. as a faithful steward should. to thy herland. Maha Rao Rama. liar Dyal Rutton Bahadur, heaven-born, king of kings, chosen of the Voice, cherished of the Eye.
 
 beloved of the Heart bone of the bono and flesh of the flesh of the Body, guardian of the Gateway of Swords! |. 1, thy servant, Saig Singh. bid thee welcome to Bharutal"
 Sonorous and not unpleasing, his voice tremhled with intense and un- questionable earnestness, and wh n l it ceased he remained motion ess in his attitude of humility. Amber hardly able to credit his hearing, stared down at the man stupidly, hia head awhirl with curiously commin gled sensations of amazement and en- lightenment Presently he laughed shortly.
 Get up," he said; "get up and stand over there by the wall and don't be silly ass
 "Hazoor!" There was reproach in Salig Singh's accents; but he obeyed rising and retreating to the further
 Now see here" began Amber. de signedly continuing his half of the conversation in English-far too much misunderstanding had already been brought about by his too-ready ia miliarity with Urdu. He paused lit tie to collect his thoughts, then 8 sumed: Nov see here, you're s Ia Singh, maharana of Khanda ?' This much he recalled from his T versation with Labertouche a CO., 4ple of hOurS gone
 'Hazoor. why dost thou need ask1 Thou dost know" The Rajput, on his part. steadfastly refused to return to English
 "But you are, aren't your"
 By thy favor, 1t is even so.''
 And you think I'm Rutton-Hal DyAl Rutton, as you call him, the for mer maharana who abdicated in your favor?"
 The Rajput shrugged expressvely an angry light in his dark, bold eyes t cleases my lord to jest" he com