Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-09-28
CHAPTER X. tcontInued).

Pardon, hazoor, but is this worth
thy while? l am no child; what |
know / know. If thou art indeed not
Har Dyal Rutton, how 10 1t that thou
dost yea upon thy finger the signet
of thy house"-Salig Singh indicated
the emerald which Amber had for
~gotten-'the Token sent thee by the
Bell? II thou are not my lord the
fightful Maharana Of Khandawar, how
ia 1t that thou hast answered b
simmons of the Bell? Are the serv-
ants Of the Body fools who have fol-
lowed thee hither, losing trace of thee
no single instant since thou didst STAY
the Bengal who bore the Token to
thee? Am / blind-I, Salig Singh, thy
e~hildhood's playmate, the grand yizier
Of thy too-brief rule, to whom thou
dldst surrender the reins of govern
ment Of Khandawar? / know thee;
thou canst not deceive me. True 1t Is
that thou art changed-sadly changed,
my lord; and the years have not
worn upon thee as they might had
thought to find thee an older man
and, by thy grace, a wiser. But even
as l am Salig Singh, thou are none
other than my lord. Har Dyal Rut-
ton"
Sallg Singh put his shoulders
against the wall and, leaning so with
arms folded, regarded Amber with a
triumph not unmixed with contempt
1t was plain that he considered his
argument final, his case complete, the
verdict his. While Amber found nc
words with which to combat his false
Impression, and could only stare, open
mouthed and fascinated. But al
length he recollected himself and
called his wits together.
That's all very pretty" he admitted
fairly, "but 1t won't hold water.
don't suppose these faithful servants
of the Bell you mentioned happened
to tell you that Chatterji himself mis-
took me for Rutton, to begin with
and 5ust found out his mistake IL
time to recover the Token. Did they?'
The man shook his head YEARLY
Nothing to that import hath com
TO mine ears" he said.
"All right. And Of course they didn'
tell you that Rutton committed sui
eide down there on Long Island, jus
after he had killed the babu?"
Again Salig Singh replied by making
a negative movement of his head.
well, all I've got to say is tina
your internal Body employs
gIddy lot Of incompetents to run 1t
errands."
Salig Singh said nothing, and Ambe
pondered the situation briefly. H
understood now how the babu's con
panion had fallen into error; hoy
ChatterJi, possessing sufficient int
2igence to recognize his initial mi!
take, had, having rectihed 1t, save
his face by saying nothing to his con
panion Of the incident; and how tn
latter had remained In ignorance {
Rutton's death after the Staying (
Chatterji, and had pardonably mis-
taken Amber for the man he had bee
sent to spy upon. The prologue wa
plain enough, but how to deal wit
this, its sequel, was a problem thu
taxed his ingenuity. A single solutio
seemed practicable, OF the many h
debated: to get In touch with Labe
touche and leave the rest to him.
He stood for SO long in meditatic
that the Rajput began to show trace
OF Impotence. He moved restlessl
yawned, and at length spoke.
SIS not my lord content2 Can !
not see, the dice are cast? VIII
profit q he think to win throus
furtherance of this farce?"
We'll" curiosity prompted Amb'
to ask, "what do you want Of m
then?'
10 there need to ask7 Through Il
Mouthpiece, the Bengal, Behari L
Chatterji, whom thou didst slay, u
message of the Bell was brought
thee. Thou hast been called! It Is I
chez to answer"
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etc the Gateway Of Swords,
xoor.-
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