Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-08-02
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ByEOUIS JOSEPH VANCE 4
AUTHOR or @TnE BRASS BOWL" ETC. \
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SYNOPSIS.


CHAPTER David Amber. starting
for a duck shooting visit with his friend
Anthony Quain OF Tanglewood Lodge
Eakomis. comes upon an attractive young
lady equestrian who has been dism1unted
by her horse becoming frightened at the
sudden appearance in the road OF a burly
Hindu. Amber is about to attack. the babu
but the latter conviuces him that he Is
innocent Of being the intentional cause Of
the young lady's mishap. He declares he
Is Behari I.al Chatterji, the appointed
uouthpiece OF The Bell" addresses Amber
as man Of high rank and pressing a
mysterious little bronze box THE To-
ken, into his hand, disappears In ths
nearby wood. Turning to the girl at his
side. Amber is astonished to hear her call
him by name
CHAPTER Hills wits come to his
rescue and he addresses her as Miss
Sophie Farrell, daughter Of Col Farrell
OF the British diplomatic service in India
and visiting his friends, the Qualns. She
surmtses that guam had written informa-
ton leading to this deductive reasoning.
They agree to keep secret the meeting
with the Bengal and the matter OF tho
mysterious box. Several nights later the
Quain home is burglarized and the bronze
box stolen.
CHAPTER III.-Amber and his friend
Quain, 20 hunting on an island and be-
come lost when darkness comes on Start
ing for home in q boat, the yRwl slips
away in the night with Quain aboard and
Amber is left marooned. He wanders
y
rSaehes cabin and knocks for adnis-
.-cnAPTEn rv.-upon being admitted h.
recognizes as its occupant an old friend
PANIED Rutton, whom he last met in Eng
iand, and who appears to be In hiding
When Miss Farrell is mentioned Rutton 70
and gives the stolen Token to Hutton,
who opens the box and finds an emerald
ring Chatterzi SUMMONS him to meet
ms OF a mysterious Body Of which he 10
q IT
1hr1'rTr v.-Eutton seizes q revolver
s s, dAshes out after ChatterJi. He re-
Turns u wildly excited and says he has kin
ca the Hindu; Then wrought up over
sTome apparent danger. he takes poison,
s ~ Sf - a W -skfn,ls errand-
Der bury his dead f'iend. T X "g ndst H day
Amber finds Quain. tells him something
OF ms adventure and decides to leave al
once f9r india. Quain takes him In his
motor boat to intercept an outward bound
CHATTER VII--Ambes Journeys to In
Ola on the steamship Poonah. On the way
he sends letter to Mr., Labertouche. q
scientific =, friend in Calcutta by quicker
route. The day the Poonah arrives In
port a native mendcant hangs constantly
- T7a - f a7i'7 zff q tzS sci scientist
in Calcutta he finds a note, apparently
from Labertouche. awaiting him at his
hotel. 1t hints that something peculiar
has happened, advises secrecy and di-
man resembling the Hindu babu Chatterjl
greets him. Ambers suspicious arc
2Hs 1ff Rf "a Il WHIPS out man MS R RIs59l Am
Der thought traitor turns out to be
Labertouehe In disguise. The latter tells
him he knows his mission to Calcutta 10
to get Miss Farrell out OF the country
before a second mutiny occurs. Laber-
touehe strols about while Amber goes in
TO money-lender's with the Token. Tho
man is about to examine it when da g.
ger hurled through the air enters his
throat. \ crowd rushes In, a hand
CLUTCHES At1hI- and urges
CHAPTER X.-Amber Is hurried into a
dark hut. Here his companion, a Hindu,
processes great subservence TO Amber as
q member Of the secret order Evidently
he mistakes Amber for Rutton and saw
him offer the Token at the money-len-
der's. Amber returng. TO his hotel TO be
passed on the street by babu who ut
tiers. the mystic words: Tomorrow. Oar
cIIIPTER xT-Amber understands
that the message Is from I!abertouche,
and starts next day for Darieeling On
the way there he is hailed The
Chosen -; e th y Gateway" By Hindu:
Unexpectedly NETS Miss Farrell. also
travelling northward. He wonders II
Labertouche sent him to Darjeeling know
ing he would meet the woman he loves.
Miss Farrell is greatly surprised. They
continue the journey that evening resting
Rt the local Residency Of the Govern
CHAPTER XI1I.--A native mysteriously
brings a photograph OF Miss Farrell TO
Amber. She sees It in his possession.
questions him about II and he confcsses
that he loves the original. He asks her
TO become his wife and she promises e
consider It. Amber realizes that he is in
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CHAPTER INVITE neXT Gay while
Amber is strollng about. another Hindu
appears, apparently a messenger from
1abertouche. He announces that thu
mystic hour Is at hand. The man wishes
TO lead him to some secret place. and
impelled by curiosity, Amber goes with
him.
CHAPTER Xv-The Hindu leads Am.
Der to a magnificent garden and leaves
him in the presence Of a beautiful woman
who halls him as her husband. He tries
TO persuade her that he is not Rutton as
she supposes but she insists that as he
wears the Token ring he must be Rut-
ton. Amber departs in a new maze of
nv o.
CHATTER XVI--A guide leads Amber
10 bungalow whore be Is given a drink
that brings sleep Meanwhile the woman
Naraini talks with a native who IS ev-
pected to produce Rutton soon, and his
failure and his mistake in taking Amber
for the former, may lead to punishment
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