Gilpin observer., 1912-01-25
CeDyright bv Leuis Isseph Vance
eYNOPSlS.

CHAPTER I-David Amber. starting
tor duck,shootinE visit with his friend.
Nakomis. comes upon an attractive young
iady equestrian who has been dismounted
saeden appearances ] f In the i"ar road Of a buriy I
Hindu. Amber Is about to attack the babu.
but the latter conyinees him that he Is
s Behar1 Lai Chatterji. THE appointed
msn Of 81 hish rank ana pressins
mysterious little bronze box. THE To-
KEN" Into his hand. disappears in the
nearby wood. Turning to the girl at his
side. Amber is astonished to hear her cali
him by name.
CHAPTER Hills wits come to his
Sophie Farrell. daughter OF Col Farrell
Of the British diplomatic service in India.
surmises that Quain had written informa-
Ton leading to this deductive reasoning.
They agree to keep secret the meeting
with the BengaN and the matter OF tho
mysterious box: Several nights later the
9uain home is burglariEed and the bronze
CHAPTER III-Amber and his friend
uualn go hunting on an island and be-
come lost when darkness comes on. Start
away In the night with Quain aboard and
ahn Amber Is left marooned.. He wanders
about. finally spies lights In the distance.
sion.
CHAPTER Iv.-Upon being admitted he
named Rutton. whom ne last met in Eng
Vine When sha mi.a who n appears s to be in hiding
strangely % astated sn1ned Chai9er, Hu1,Sn nns1s rs
and and gives the stolen dt TeHen to IHnsor. Ratton.
who who opens the box and finds an emerald
Ing of a mysterious body OF which he is
member and departs
CHATTER V.-Rutton seizes a revolver
turns wildly excited and says he has kili-
60 the Hindu. Then. wrought up over
6winv iShe apparent danger. he takes poison.
LYNX; ne asks Amber. as friend, to go
to India on mysterious errand.
her 1MriEh bnry TX yI:aThe VI servant helps Am
Amber finds Quain. tells him sometime
OF his adventure and decides to leave al
once Tor India. Quain takes him in his
steamer. ''N'u
CHAPTER vII.--Amber journeys to In
h,s ba .nnds on ine steamship Poonah. On the way
scientific friend In Calcutta, by a quicker
nort route; The The day the Poonah arrives in
; about the office Of the scientist
CHAPTER vIIL-When Amber arrives
from Labertouche. awaiting him at his
hotel 1t hints that something peculiar
has happened. advises secrecy and d.
place. On arriving there a middle-age
man resembling the Hindu babu Chatterji
sressed @ ana he Mhpa su, 'S.pslSnI ii. D,sa
CHAPTER IX.-The man whom Am
per thought traitor turns out to be
Leoertouche In disguise. The latter tells
him he knows his mission to Calcutta is
to get Miss Farrell out of the country
before second mutiny occurs. Laber-
touche strolls about while Amber goes in
to money-lender's with the Token The
man is about to examine 1t when dag
throat. a crowd rushes in. hand
clutches ut, 1, Amber and urges escape.
dark hut. Here his companion. a Hindu.
Processes great subservience to Amber as
:. member a,.r Of the secret order. Evidently
him offer the Token at the money len
ders Amber returns to his hotel to be
passed pas "a. on ns the street by babu who at
Jeeling"
CHAPTER XI.-Amber understands
and starts next day for om parjeens eesraouees On
SSo,Sr The way 81 there ere he is hailed as The
CHAPTER xII.%on hi. ,onrney % Inbe Amber
travelling northward. He wonders il
Ing he would meet the woman he loves
MISS Farrell is greatly surprised. They
continue the journey that evening resting
at the local Residency Of the Govern
CHAPTER XIII.-A native mysteriously
Amber. She sees it in his his posression' ] 10
questions him about It and he confesses
that he loves the original; He asks her
consider 1t. Amber realizes that he is in
ths sua miast psrrn Of natiye WtN gonspirator:.
Amber is strollinx about. another Hindu
appears apparently a messenger from
LSs.r.onehe Inxs,,t SGhs g.. He announses that the
,,mpelled by curiosity. Amber goes with
CEAPrEr xy.-1'he Hindu leads Am
Der TO a magnificent garden and leaves
who halls him as her husband. He tries
70 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 new maze Of
CHAPTER xvI-A guide leads Amber
to bungalow where ha In given a drink
that brinss;sleep; Meanwhile the womc.-
pected to produce Rutton soon. and his
failure and his mistake In taking Amber
Tor the former. may lead to punishment
CHAPTER xyII,-Amber is found by
I.abertouche. who informs him that the
.troRs IN " reSeon The sE,sh some sfSrsr.
safety and the secret oi the conspiracy
CHAPTER xviIi.-Amber comes mes to q
who Suppose s sm to Iy 3. RnS Rasaos
They wish to make him their king: an
ordeal Is ordered. and and after many mystic
cobra moves to attack him. but pistol
shot Is fired and the brazier that lighted
tne place W aulucnly exunguished
CHAPTER xIx.-It Is Labertouche and
his friends who rescued Amber. As they
rush away to escape Naraini confronts
them. They have taken up Miss Farrell
in their flight and meet a band of friendly
soldiers. Naraini In frenzy springs upon
Amber with dagger and no falls. direct
ing Labortouche to get Miss Farrell out
sf India.
sickness Amber RECEIVERS to find Sophia
Farrell by his side. With the low caress-
her love for him. He learns that they
are on an ocean steamer homeward
bound.
phia, having won her by risking his life
to learn the details of the great Hindu
conspiracy which failed. One day Sophia
dropped the emerald Token ring over the
side Of the steamer-last memento Of the