Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-05-10
SYNOPSIS.
By DkyY WZANG0[5AS
" LOIS O0&ENr N.7NcE

CHAPTER L-Dayid Amber, startins
Tor duck shooting visit with his friend
AYtnony Quain of Tangiewood Lodge,
Nhkomis, comes upon an attractive young
lady equestrian who has been dismounted
by her horse becoming frightened at the
sudden appearance in the road OF q burly
Hindu. Amber is about to attack the babu
put the latter convinees him that he is
the young lady's mishap. lie declares he
Is Behari LaI Chatterji 'the appointed
mouthpiece OF The Bell addresses Amber
as a man Of high rank and pressing a
mysterious little bronze box. THE To-
ken, into his hand. disappears in the
nearby wood. Turning 30 the girl at his
f ssa' Atnber Is astonished to hear her call
CHAPTER ILLS wits come to his
eSesSue end he addresses her as Miss
Sophie Farrell, daughter of Col Farrell
of the British diplomatic service in India
and visiting his friends the Quains. She
sufHises that Quain had written informa-
m0h leading 10 this do3uctive reasoning
Ihey agree TO keep secret The Meeting
with the Bengal and the matter of the
guam home is burglarized and the bronze
box stolen.
CHAPTER III.-Amber and his friend
JUAN go hunting on island and be-
come lost when darkness comes on. Start
ing for home In bo4t tile yawf slifs
away In the night with Quain aboard and
Amber Is left marooned He wanders
about, finally spies lights in the distance,
reaches cabin and knocks for admits
sion.
-TAPTE3 Iv-T-poa being admitted he
recognizes as it's oceurTrt an Ola friend
named Rutton. whom Ia last MOI ia H.1s-
!anu, ana VINO appears So lie Ia hiding.
Wnen MISS FARRELL Is mentioned Rat.oH IS
eHahSeV aSitated. ChatterJ appears
and gives the stolen Token to Fulton,
r,n ITO opens Gha. the box and finds an emerald
TING. Chatterzi summons him to a meet
Ing of a mysterious body OF which he is
member Der. and denarts
I've been too busy to think OF
that I mean, till lately"
"Ah?"
Amber flushed boyishly. There was
q girl at Quain's-a guest.
But she left before dared speak. Per
haps 1t was as we'll"
WHY"
Because she was too fine and
sweet and good for me Ruttcn."
Like every mans first love"
The elder mans glance was keen
too keen for Amber to dissimulate sue
cessfully under it, You're right"
he admitted ruefully It's the first
sure-enough trouble of the sort I ever
experienced And, of course, 1t had
to be hopeless"
why persisted tuition.
'Because-I'ye half a notion there's
chap waiting for her at home"
"At homer"
TN England" The need for a con-
ildant was suddenly imperative upon
the younger man. shes an English
g1rl-half English, that Is; her moth
er was an American. q schoolmate of
Quain's wife; her father, an English.
man in the Indian service.
Her manner
Sophia Farrell" A peculiar quail
ty. certain tensity, In Rutton's man
ner, forced itself upon Ambers at
tentton. Why" he asked. DO you
know the Farrells7 What's the mat
teri"
Rutton's eyes met his stonily; out
of the ashen mask of his face. that
suddenly had whitened beneath the
brown, they glared, affre but unseetng.
His hands writhed, his fingers twisting
together with cruel force the knuckles
gray. Abruptly, as II abandoning the
attempt to reassert his self-control. he
jumped up and went quickly to q win
dow, there to stand, his back to Am
Der, staring f1xedly out into the storm
raoked night. Il knew her father"
he said at length, his tone constrained
and odd, Tong ago, In India"
Hes out there nova political.
believe they call him. or something Of
the sort"
Yes"
She's going out to rejoin him"
What" Rutton came swiftly back
to Amber, his voice shaking. What
did you sayr'
Why, yes. She travels with friends
by the western route to join Colonel
Farrell at Darjeeling, where he's sta
toned Just now. Shortly after l came
down she left; Mrs. Quain had a wire
day or 80 ago, saying she was ON
the point Of sailing from San Fran
cisco. Good Lord, Ruttoni
are you III"
Something In the mans face had
brought Amber to his feet, a prey to
indispensable concern; it was as If
mask had dropped and he were look
ing upon the soul OF a man In mortal
torture
49, eASpCu fSuttCn, III all I.
Besides" he added beneath his
breath, so that Amber barely caught
the syliables, its too late"
AS rapidly as he had lost he seemed
to regain mastery of his inexplicable
emotion. His face became again com
posed. almost immobile. and stepping
to the table he selected a cigarette
and rolled it gently between his slim
brown fingers. I'm sorry to have
alarmed you," he said, his tone a bit
too even not to breed a doubt in the
mind of his hearer. IT'S nothing sert-
ous-a little trouble OF the heart. of
long standing incurable-I hope"
Perplexed, yes hesitating to press
him further, Amber watched him fur
lively, instinctiyeiy assured that be-
tween this man and the Farrelis there
existed some extraordinary bond; won
dering how that could be, convinced