The Huttig news., 1911-09-23
Copyright by Louis Joseph Vance
 SYNOPSIS.


 CHAPTER I-David Amber, starting | TOT duck shooting visit with his friend 1 Anthony Quain of Tangewood Lodge, SsKomis, comes upon an attractive young I ,doy equestrian who has been dismounted | oy her horse becoming frightened at the
 Ioden appearance in the road of a burly nndu. Amber is about to attack the babn. ,ut the latter convinees him that he is innocent Of being the intentional cause of ne young iady's mishap. He declares he son.hn,r Beharl Lal & &ShatteTji, the appointed a man of high rank and pressing a | ,nys,eiious little bronze box, The To- nen., nen. into his hand. disappears In the nearby wood Turning to the girl at his sioe. Amber Is sstonished to hear her call ni5-=al-6z-aame
 CIiNF-T'-r II.---H!s wits come to his 1 rescue and he addresses her as Miss oophle Farrell. daughter of Col Farrell 1 oI me British diplomatic service In India ana visiting his friends. the Quains. Sine surmises that Quain had written informa- T sron reading to this deductive reasoning y lnsy agree to keep secret the meeting ,e,,st m,.n ths Bengah and the matter of the nysierious box Several nights later the S1ualh qua nome Is burelarized and the bronze | box-stolel
 o'-Iiis Ci TIER III-Amber and his friend Qualn go hunting on ap island and be- tome lost when darkness comes on. Start lhg Tor home in a boat, the yawI slips away Tn the night with Quain aboard and Hihoer IS left marooned He wanders aoout finally spies lights in the distance, atSaehes cabin and knocks for admis- CHAPTER Iv.-Tpon heinz admitted n. recognizes as It's occupant an old friend named Rutton. whom he last met in Eng When sho mis, Who EIn , appears to be in hidins. s.rahgeiy agitated Chatterji appears | aha ma gives the stolen Token to Hutton. rt wno opens the box and finds an emerald iirns. Chatterzi summons him to meet ing or mysterious body of which he ia a member and departs
 VI. l-R v.-Edtson seizes a revolver |
 turns Wildly excited and says he has kilt- e GU the Hindu. Then. wrought up over fSIhe Dytao apparent P danger he takes poison. DyIng, ne asks Amber, as a friend. to go to @ ?ala on 1ys.srious errand
 CHAPTER ET.--7le servant neIps Am per onry his dead friend. The next day oI his adventure and decides to leave at once for India. Quain takes him in his motor boat to intercept an outward bound FER vII.-Amber journeys 10 rn- pa p on the steamship Poenah On the way ne sends a letter to Mir Labertouche. a route. The day the Poonah arrives in port native mendicant hangs constantly fs-5s = ,= @-fi-e - = tsa = scientist m 1aieutta he finds a note. apparently rom hata, i-aoertouche. awaiting him at his hotei, It hints that something peculiar has happened. advises secrecy and d. rscts Amber to meet him at a certain place, place On arriving there a middle aged
 
 greets him. Amber's suspicious are aroused and he whips out his pistol l =, CHAPTER K.-The man whom Am per thought traitor turns out to be Labertouche in disguise. The latter tells l him he knows his mission to Calcutta is 10 get Miss Farrell out of the country oeIore second mutiny occurs Laber- touehe strolls about while Amber goes in- 10 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 eiS91tfihles 9ti fsrAir rAgbsr and urges escape
 dark hut. Here his companion, a Hindu professes great subservfence to Amber as member Of the secret order. Evidently ne, hs hlssakes nssa Amber for Button and saw nm oner the Token at the money-len- der's Amber returns to his hotel to be | passed on the street by a babu who ut 1 ters the mystic words Tomorrow, Oar
 --PTER XI.-Amber understands that the message is from Labertouche. | the way there he is hailed as The Chosen of the Gateway" by Hindu.
 CHAPTER xII-On his journey Amber unexpectedly nets Miss Farrell also l travelling northward. He wonders if i,abertouche sent him to Darteeling know 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 r-rAPTER xIII.-A native mysterious,v brings a photograph of Miss Farrell to Amber. She sees 1t in his possession questions him about It and he confesses to become his wife and she promises to consider 1t. Amber realizes that he is in 'es- gTnGsTrr T'gsr af nav.ye ssnsprs4ors ar .sr. Amber is strolling about. another Hindu l appears. apparently messenger from Labertouche He announces that the mystic hour Is at hand. The man wishes l to lead him to some secret place, and impelled by curiosity. Amber goes with | him.
 CHAPTER xv-The Hindu leads Am her to a magnificent garden and leaves him in the presence of beautiful woman to persuade her that he Is not Rutton as | she suppcses. but she insists that as he wears the Token ring he must be Rut- ton. Amber departs In new maze of
 CHAPTER xvI-A guide leads Amber to bungalow where he is given a drink | that brings sleep. Meanwhile the woman | Naraini talks with native. who is ex- pected to produce Rutton soon. and his failure and his mistake In taking Amber for the former. may lead to punishment CHATTER xvII-Amber is found by | Labertouche. who informs him that the Hindus that night are to make some great | stroke in rebellion. The British officers and Miss Farrell must go to a place of safety and the secret of the conspiracy must be le9rned. Amber agrees to go bect ta Nafa'S. .o-try to -learn 4moreA
 GHATTn.N NyTII-Amber comes To . | temple where he is greeted by Hindus who evidently suppose him to be Rutton They wish to make him their king an ordeal is ordered. and after many mystic rites he faces the Test of Death. A great cobra moves to attack him. but a pistol shot Is fired and the brazier that lighted tl-e -oia@- = s.-.N,cnl-- extIncu.sh ed.---
 Labertouche pushed Amber or ahead. Stopping. the virginian en tered small, rude chamber hollowee out of the rock of Katiapur. A crude lamp in bracket furnished all its flu imitation, filling 1t with reek of ho oil Amber was vaguely aware of tht figures of two women-one standing in corner, the other seated dejected " upon a charpoy. her head agains the wall As he lifted his head aftel passing under the low Intel, the wom an in the corner fired at him point blank
 The virginian saw the jet of liam, ! spurt from her hand and felt the bul