Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-07-12


ruined me sleep nom mrs eyes Ena
went out to demonstrate vigorously
with the knanssmah. The latter
naturally protested complete ignor-
ance OF the visitation and dwelt with
such insistence uron the plausihility
OF dreams that Amber lost patience
and kicked him grtevously, 30 that he
complained with a loud voice and cast
himself at the sahib's feet, declaring
that be was but az the dust beneath
them and that Amber was his father
and mother and the light Of the Uni.
verse besides.
Somewhat mollified and rejecting,
at the same time. that this was all bat
part OF the game. 10 be oxpecied by
those who patronize resthouses on tho
beaten roads OF travel. We VlrEinian
returned 10 his charpoy and lmmodi.
ately lapsed into singularly disquiet-
ing dream. He was strolllng
by the border Of the lake when n eoot
swan In and hailed him In English;
and when he stopped TO look the coot
lifted an A. d. T. messenger boys
cap and pleaded with him TO sign his
name In little black book, promising
that II he did so. II would be free to
doff it's disguise and be LAbertouche
again. So Amber signed Pink Satin"
IN the book and the coot stood up and
said: I'm not Labertouohe at all, but
Ram Na,h, and Ram Nath is only an
other name for Har Dyal Rutton, and
besides you had better come away OF
once. for the Eye thou dost wear upon
they finger never sleeps and It's only
paste Token anyway" Hearing
which, Amber caught the coot by the
leg and found that he had grasped the
arm of Salis Singh. whose eyes were
both monstrous emeralds without any
whites whatever. And Salig Singh
tapped him on the sssoulder and began
to say over and over again In a whis-
But here Amber another time found
himself wideawake and sitting up, his
left hand gripping the wrist of a ma
tive and his right holding his pistol
steadily leyeled at the natives breast,
While the voice he heard was real and
no Pigment of a dream-mused imagi.
nation; for the man was whispering
earnestly and repeatedly:
Hasten, hazor. for the night doth
wane and the hour is at hand"
What deviltry's thisf" Amber de-
ulanded sharply, with threatening
gesture.
But the native neither attempted to
free himself nor to evade the pistols
mouth. Have patience, hazor." he
begged earnestly. "and make no dis.
turbance IT is late and the sepoys
sleep; If you will be circumspect and
are not afraid"
"Who are you?"
Il was to say. I come from you
know whom hazoor."
THAT all2" ....z
Tn the matter of a certain photo
graph. hazoor"
by thunderl" Labertouche's name
was on Amber's lips, but he repressed
IT. Wait BIT" He gulped down the
last dregs Of sleep, Let me think
and--see" s.
This last was an afterthought As
1t came to him he dropped the pistol
by his side and felt for matches In
the pocket OF his coat. which hung
over the back Of beside chair. Find.
ing one. he struck 1t noiselessly and,
as the tiny flame broadened, drew his
captive nearer.
II was fat, mean, wicked face that
stood out against the darkness: an
ochre-tinted face with a wide, loose
Tipped mouth and protruding eyes that
blinked nervously into his. But he had
never seen 1t before.
Who are your" He cast away the
match as its flame died and snatched
up his weapon.
81 was to say"
Il heard that once. What's your
name?"
"Dulla Dad. hazoor"
And who are you from7"
''Hazoor. was not to say"
II think you'd better" suggested
1inOtis WIN
Il am the hazoors slave. dare not
say"
Now look here"
'Hazoor. Il was charged upon me TO
say, 4 come from you know whom p"
THE devil 1t was. Well,
what do you want7''
II was to say, Hasten. hazoor. for
the night"
"1ve heard that, too. You mean
you're TO lead me TO somebody. some
where-you can't say where?"
AYE, hazoor, even So"
Get over there. in the corner. while
| think this overland don't move or
III make you present of nice
young bullet, Dulla Dad"
That is as Allah wills; only re-
member hazoor, the injunction for
haste"
The man, a small stunted NOLAN
medan. sidled fearsomely over to the
spot indicated and waited there. cring
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