New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-30

showed inclination whatever Tor tlt aJttt OF llt
grandtathcr her attitude whenever She was summoned
10 his presence being that Of awcd and frightened
o. the point Of panic.
OF the man himself, Miss Amelia and Miss Phube
knew next o. nothing. having merely caught glimpse
Of him when me- was carried INTO the house and that
glimpse had shown them no than "a swathcd shape
q turbancd head and face like q face cut IN bronzc
Tie never lcit his rooms. and oddly enough. since he
had come 20 England Tor treatment no doctor was ever
summoned 90 his presence But Tor all his alpoincss IN
other respects he sent occasional ages - the women
through the medium OF his attendants inqurng Il they
were perfectly contcntcd, and begging them, they de-
sired ANYTHING o. have hesitation N making the
fact known Ec hoped, hc stated, 70 be able IN the
course Of q few days 20 leave h, apartments when he
would be- honorcd If the ladic, would accord HIM IN
audience.
Bu, the icw days heightened into week without the
desired improvement maniic,ting itself $50 that 81 the
end 81 August the women just ass ignorant regard
ing him and his affair they had been al the begin
ning Of June As matter Of fact they did not even
know his name: for the attendants merely spoke Of
him as Ibis iiighness ant nothing might De- gancd
from little Av.ta, since the child possessed but the
most rudmcnary ideas Of English, and II appeared as
II She never would learn.
~Shc make me think Of ID dog phobc, the way She
crouchcs al one feet and looks mp a. one with her big
ovlish eyes. declared Miss Amelia. At seems very
peculiar, considering her station. ] know next 10
nothing OF cour, Of Indian people and their customs
but ! have always been under the impression that
really high caste native are rather impcuou, yer 40
times the child actually serviic. il Is strange-it is
very strange indeed
~ bv and bv Their. came q time when Miss Amelia
- began 20 think that other things were strange
too and 10 experience anew the DID, almost forgotten
feelings Of anxicty and unrest.
ucd too unWcl leave his room or 10 enter INTO any
closer acquaintance with the two women; yet as me
summer advanced toward ITS waning point
curious dcprciations began 10 occur which Miss
Amelia could not but believe III the acc 81 the
evidence were directly traccablc 10 him. Ere
uucntlv in the middle Of the night, long after
hi attendants had gone 10 rest and the house
was very still She would hear his door open and
soft footsteps steal along the passage and rcgu-
larly after these nocturnal events the roses she
would not have gathered tor worlds were found TO
have been cut and carried away IN large qiaitiiica
Shocked beyond measure bv these acts OF van
daism Miss Amelia wrote TO his lighnc,s re-
porting them and his HghncSs had sent back
word that the place should be- watched and the
pilcrcr caught But despite that promise the
dcspoilng of the garden went on the same As
ever; and it was only when Miss Amelia herself
mounted secret guard that the truth Of the affair
came out.
In the gray Of the dawn she had seen Ginda
Hamadi. chief OF his Highncss's rctinue, steal
up the staircase with his arms filled with dew-wet
blooms. pass like shadow along the nall and
vanish into his masters bedroom with the stolen
flower, go
81 do not understand it do not like it,
Phoebe she said when she took her cousin INTO
: her confidence and unburdened her troubled mind.
ST "If his Highncss wants the roses he has every
!, right to gather them: they are his Why, then.
4 should il be done in secret; DO not like 1t at all,
y Dear; il makes me nervous and suspicious. We
really know nothing whatever about him; and
\ il this secrecy continues think shall have
to resign our position and leave the house. For
al we can tell, Dear, he may be a very undeslr-
able person 10 know.
at certainly has a very unpleasant look,
agreed Miss Phoebe ncrvously. But let us do
nothing in haste, Amelia. We may be misudgng
him. Dear. Suppose we LET matters stand Tor
another week. and then, if there IS no satisfactory
explanation forthcoming, quite agree with you
that II will be better for rs % 90.
So the point decided: Miss Amelia agree,
ing 10 take no further steps III the matter until
. a week had passed hot secretly beginning to