The Huttig news., 1912-04-20
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 ton needlessly when you take 1t for granted the woman who wrote this note is not true to Curtis Griswo d's interests" And the Swami tapped the table meditatively with the scrap of paper the man with the glistening eyes had filched from the camera board in Burlens workshop. Wouldn't 1t be good deal more di- rect" said the Swami. to continue to take 1t for granted she is sineere-that she received the jewels from Grs- wold, that she still has them and that she will not part with any of them until the elubman has refused 10 com l ply with her request for money?"
 Yes" Kananda admitted wen work along that line for the present l Now, then. where's the woman?"
 He turned to Ali with a piercing 1 look The servant ashamed Fxeellency. said he, we have verified the address heading the sec ond note. She Is there.
 Tt Is well, said the prince curtly. "Go."
 He turned to the Swami and, stand Ing with one foot on his chair, raised his elbow to his knee and lowered his chin to his hand
 .'I believe we're close 10 the end of our quest he unused T have a feel ing We must get the Maharanee to- night, If we are 10 recover 1t at all We have played a waiting game for many months. and it is time now 10 act. Are you prepared 9"
 "I am prepared.
 You will not stay your hand when It comes to the pont?"
 The Swami did not answer He sat with folded arms staring at the docu- ments on the table It was in an al- tered voice that at length he spoke:
 Prince. he said. already the sa- cred gem should be ruby red with the, blood that has been spilled for it. There is something in the air Of this strange land that makes 1t distaste- ful to me-the thought Of further bloodshed Regain the jewel we must. but I would 1t could be done without new sacrifice of life"
 An expression of demoniacal scorn overspread Kanada's features until ne confronted the sage with the face of a gargoyle.
 And the brethren?" he asked angri. ly. Can 1t be you have a thought for these western dogs when your own brothers of the faith are suffer ing the shame and pain In which We left them? Has your heart turned to water?"
 The Swami did not answer StirI with folded arms, he kept his gaze on the papers, his features set in quiet determination.
 Are you afraid7" pursued the prince. Does your soul shrink, your hand draw back, TOW that the ap- pointed hour Is nigh? Are you q true | believer and master Of the faith, or and he almost screamed. an apos- tate?"
 The Swan!i's copper face turned a. darker shade. flash of fury scared his eyes as he raised them 10 these of the prince He lowered them agatn, however and said. stnidly:
 T am unable to conquer the fee ing that 1t cannot be for the good of the brothers to wade through blood as did odr fathers for posses ion ot what. after all, is simply store l know what it means to the chosen ones--to have that stone taken hack 10 the Temple I feel mere keenly than you can feel the yearning they send across the seas for the success of our mission. But prince. the Maharanee diamond, in it's journey across the world, has been purged perhaps of the scarlet stains that were upon 1t. Can we not take 1t back In all it's present purity? Are we not skilled enough Tn the ways of the East to recover our own without hearing death to the men of the West ?'
 Ksnanda spurned the chair away and. gripping the table with both hands. leaned toward the scholar.
 Listen to me master. he said savagely Tt was all these possibii- ties my father anticipated when he sent me as your companion in this en- terpriae. He knew 1 was experienced in the wiles of these Western dogs. He was aware that in the Eng ish uni versity and the British capital, as well as in the cities of the European conti- nent had mingled with them in their pastin7es and in their homes-v- hat l had seen and heard their puer- He philoSophy-tha had studied their womanish religions, and that had experienced all the soul poison hy which their so-cslled civilization turns men to children Can you guess the orders the Maharajah laid upon me when he bade me come with you?s
 The Swami still maintained dig nifed si enee
 ''I win tell you continued the prince. My father said: The time may come. my son. when your friend. the great teacher. quails from that which is before him. If it comes, then when 1t comes, strike as swiftly and surely as you would strike to save your throne And l will strike, my master" Kananda added grim.y res ute. If you finch from any neces- sty that arises in carrying out this task of ours | will warn you once -.