The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-17

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room, and Golam and samud we're
caught. samud clicked his pistol and
then threw II down. for It was three to
| one-Golam being not only q handaeed
man. but fundamentally q man Of peace.
When the intelligence Of this treaehery
| filtered from the palace into the town,
there was an outbreak of popular feel
| ing. and dozen officious persons set out
| to tell the deputy commissioner the true
connection between Golam, samud. and
the death Of the rajah. The first to pene-
trate to the deputy commissioners prss-
ence was an angry faker from the colony
that dwelt abou. the holy place. And
! after q patient hearing the deputy ex-
| tracted the thread of the narrative from
the fabric Of curses In which the holy
man presented IT.
This il most singular" said the deputy
commissioner to the lieutenant, standing
in the treasure room (Which looked a.
though the palace had been bombarded).
and regarding the battered but stil in
violable safe. Here We seem to have the
hey Oh Inc Wnole POSITION
"Key!" said the lieutenant. TITS tn.
key they haven't got"
Curious minziing of tn, new and the
old" said the deputy commissioner. Pat
emit safe-and q hoard"
Send to Allapore and wire the safe
makers. SUPPOSED" said the lieutenant.
The deputy commissioner sisnified that
was his intention. and they set guards
before and behind and all about the
treasure room. until the proper instruc-
tons about the lock should come.
So It was that the Pax Britannica SOL
emnly took possession of the rajah's
hoard. and men in simla heard the news,
and envfed that deputy commissioner his
| adventure with all their hearts For his
promptitude and decision were a matter
Of praise. and they said that Mindapore
would certainly be annexed and added
to the district over which he ruled. onIv
q fat old man named MacTurk, living in
Allapore. a big man with a noisy oufv
erfng laugh and a secret trade with GER
tain native potentates, did not hear the
news. excepting only the news of the
murder Of the rajah and the departure
Of the deputy commissioner, for several
days. He heard nothing Of the DISPOSE
ton of the freasure-an unfortunate
thing. since. among other things, he had
sold the rajah his safe. and may even
have known the word by which the lock
was opened.
| The deputy commissioner had theatri-
cal tastes. These he gratihed under the
excuse that display was above all things
imprisoned his four malefactors theatri-
caIly, and when the instructions came
from the safe people he had the safe
luggsd into the hall of audience in order
to open It with more effect The commits
sioner sat on the dais. while the engi-
steps.
| In the central space was stretched Q
large white cloth. It reminded the dep
uty commissioner Of a picture he had
seen Of Alexander at Damascus receiving
| the treasures Of Darius.
! TT is gold" said one bystander to an
other. There was . sound Of thinking
as they brought the safe in. Ny brother
was among those who hauled"
The engineer clicked the lock. Every
eye in the hall of audience grew brighter
and keener. excepting the eyes of the
deputy commissioner. He felt the dig
nifty of his responsibilities. and sat upon
the dais looking as much like the Pax
Britannica as possible.
Holy smoker said the engineer. and
EXPLANATIONS ran round the hall Every
one was asking every one else what they
had seen.
AN asp" said some one.
! The deputy commissioner lost his i'm
perturbability. What is it," he said.
springing to his feet. The engineer
leaned across the safe and whispered
two words, something indistinct and with
a blasphemous adjective in front.
"whatr' said the deputy commissioner.
sharply.
Glass" said the engineer. in a bitter
whisper. Broken bottles. 'undreds"'
Let me seeP' said the deputy commits
sioner losing all his dignity.
Scotch, IL I'm not mistaken" said the
engineer. smiling curiously.
Curse it," said the deputy commission
e.. and looking up to meet a multitude OF
ironical eyes. Err
1.-THE assembly is dismissed" said the
deputy commissioner
what a fool he must have looked"'
wheezed MacTurk. who did not like the
deputy commissioner What fool he
must have looked!
Simple enough said MacTurk, when
| you know how it came about"
But how did it come aboutF" asked
the stationmaster.
Secret drinking said MacTurk.
Bourbon whisky. I taught him how to
take IT myself. But he didn't dare let on
that he was doing it. poor old chap. Min
danore.s me of the most fanatically
Mahometan states in the hills, you see.
And he always was a secretive kind OF
chap. and given to doing things by him
self So he got that safe to hide it in
and keep the bottles. Broke EN- up to
mack, I s'poc. :. when 1t got too full. Lord,
I might ha' known. When people spoke
! or his treasure never thought Of put
J ~ chat and the safe and the Bourbon