Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-09-20

NAefDNnS the ANitNttN ocean. per
mitted himself to BE- blown az, to tho
door OF the flrst-csbiu smoking room
Opening this by main strength. he on
tered The gale saved him the bother
of closing II.
Removing his raincoat and cap and
depositlng them on a convenient chair.
be glanced round the room and dis
covered that he shared it with sin.
gle passenger, who vas placldly ex.
hausting the virtues q an excellent
cigarette. Upon this gentleman the
newcomer bent a regard steadfast and
questioning. but after returning II
casually the smoker paid him no fur-
Their attention. Dissatisfied. the other
moved toward him, and the deck
sianted suddenly and obligingly tho
better 70 accelerate his progress. SO
that ne brought up with lurch in the
seat next the smoker The latter
raised the eyebrows Of surprise snd
hoped that tho gentleman had not
hurt himself.
II didn't, thank you. Mr David AM
her"
Mr. David Amber looked the gentle
man over with heightened interest.
You've the advantage Of me. sir"
Amber summed up the result of his
scrutiny
TITS not the first time" asserted the
other with an argumentatiye share Of
his head.
/ "No-o?" Light leaped in Amber's
eyes 'Lahertouche!"
Surprised you. eh?a The English
man grinned with pleasure, pumping
Amber's arm cordially Il don't mind
owning that meant to-"
Well. considering that this Is post
lively your flrst appearance as your
self on the stage of my life, you don't
/ deserve any credit for being able to
deceive me- When one gets aecustom-
ed to remembering YOU only as ma
tive--generally as a babu IN dirty pink
satin DO you know, made
all sorts of enquiries after you, but
they told me, 10 response TO my wires
to Calcutta, that you'd dropped out OF
the world entirely. ! had begun TO
! fear that those damned natives must
have got you. after all, and that I'd
( never see you again"
I'd almost given up hope Of ever
seeing myself again" said Laber'
1 touehe drily.
"But why didn't you"
"Business, dear boy. business
/ ! was needed for several days in
the neighborhood OF Kathiapur"
ut seems as though I'd waited sew.
eral years for news OF Ksthlapur. The
papers--"
There are good many things
that happen In India that fail to get
Z into the newspapers, Amber It WASH Z,
thought necessary to advise the world
including Russia, that half the native
I potentates In Hindustan had beer
caught in the act of letting the Sec
ond Mutiny loose upon India" A net
work of fine wrinkles appeared about
his eyes as he smiled enjoyment Of
what he seemed to consider q
memorable Joke
Go on" pleaded Amber.
"kathiapur was sort Of mousetrap,
the brutes came out bv two and
rnrees, Just ne 1 said they would. for
the better part OF three days. II wss
either surrender or starve with them
ard after fiye-sixths OF them had
elected not to starve we turned a
couple of companies of Tommiee
into the place, and / don't believe they
left unturned a stone big enough to
hide rabbit One by one they rout-
ed 'em out and booted EN- down to us
Meanwhile we had rushed enough
troops to Kuttarpur 10 keep their tails
quiet"
And Salig singh-and Naraini?"
"Salig Singh, IL turned out. was tho
chap that got bayoneted IN the tama-
risks. Nsraini managed somehow to
gteal away the next night, under the
noses of any number Of sentries; beau
ty such as hers would bribe her way
out of hell, I think What became OF
her don't know, but can prophesy
that she won't live long. She was
rather too advanced in her Views, for
lndia--some centuries ahead OF her
race. She and Salig Singh had it all
planned, you know; his was the mas
termind. hers the motivepower. They
we're to crown you. instead OF saligs
sen. the next day--in the name OF Har
pyal RuttoR. and then you were to
die suddenly by virtue of hemp poison
or some other contagious disease. and
Salig was to step into your shoes az
Emperor of Hindustan, with Narain
as his Empress. She should
have stayed home and been zunra
gette"
Better for her" said Amber. "O'
course I've found out about her. from
Farrell 1t seems that she was
brought up in England. with Sophia
and always given to believe she was
his own daughter. but she was wild
thing and hard to handle. One dag
she found out about her parentage-
how, it's not known. but Farrell sus
poets that the men who we're houndina
Rutton got into communication witt
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