The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-15

THIS rfd0le Tor 10 and my master viii
pay you wei" The spokesman adj
dressed fewswords to Eabok shan.
| The prince smiled ana dahgled d
rope Of superb tearis. before the girl
.ntimsting that in the event OF her
q success they would BECOME hers.
i Now Zudora did not seek monetary
reward; but She was wine beyond her
years in understanding the oriental
mind, due to the several years that her
uncle had employed Hindus as SER
wants. II she signified that she ask
ed for no reward these darkeyed men
would instantly begin to suspect her,
and once they suspected her, her life
would not be worth the snap OF the
/ fingers. Besides 1t would not be such
a magnificent gift So she told the
i leader to say to Nabok. Shan that she
noped to solve the mystery for the
sake OF the pearls; being normal
i woman. But she must have free run
j OF the house. This was agreed; but
under no circumstance must she leave
without first being blindfolded. And
moreover, she must remain that night
| zudora accepted the conditions phil
osophitally She never wore Nabok
Shan's rope OF pearls, however.
r. She would have liked very much,
though to acquaint her lover with he4
| whereabouts. He uncle's disappear
ance puzzled her. But perhaps he had
already begun his Investigations. The.
Knight passed. uneyehtfully. Those who
slelt, did SO naturally Zudora, how
ever, wandered In and out among the
| curious alcoves and quaint balconies.
she peered behind the grotesque state.
krdes, into the fountain. Whenever the
| ceremony began, sleep came. This
| TACT kept ringing through her mind.
She Just must solve it. 1t would be
AnotAer step toward her lover and
happiness One thing she ascertain
ed for future use, and this was, the
| exit was more or less carelessly
guarded. She might have taken to
ner heels.
And all the while. in the steel dun
geon below, Storm saw the walls
Isslowly and relentlessly contract. He
nad beaten upon the unfeeling steel
until his knuckles bled; he had shout
l ed until his lungs hurt. And smaller
and smaller grew his prison. He re-
called certain tale by Poe, and
touched the metal from. time to time.
20 see II it were growing hot. But 1t
L Wco CNlucAJ tLdl Lc wa W U0 CIuSuGu
only, not .incinerated.
| Morning came. The feast of the
night before was resumed Nautch
girls danced; musicians, played the sad
ana wailing music of the east. ,Zudora
bad quietly wet her handkerchief in
tie basin of the fountain; and at the
| moment the ceremony began; held the
vet Iamb.ic to her nose. she showed
| az cinrt.< 80, ~ %,
me music began the people in the oc-
.agonal room. began to nod, and from
loduing to peaceful sleep Even with
lie ala OF tie danpened handkerchief
ludora could not wholly escape the
subtle and amazing narcotic. She
| struggled blindlys toward the exit How
siie managed to reach the street was
| something she could never remember.
| Sic was mighty glad to get back to
New York again, for she had been
Il3,000 miles away in spirit IL not in
Fact. Still, size determined to return
formed campaign What simple
.oois t..ese orientals were in some res
| poets.
Hassam Ali concealed his astonish-
nent Yet, something deep down In
ais soul told him that she would re-
turn unhurt.
But how did you escape, uncle?'
They wanted YOU" he said glibly.
.'yhey blindfolded me again and sent
me about my business. What did
YOU learn?"
Enough to determine me to see.
what | can do OF course, it is coll
ossal trick of some. sort; but it would
1 no uyic IN +bnt ~,
be. proved"
! MY child, this is altogether a.
TRANCE business. These orientals are
quick to distrust If they find you
| gone when they wake up it is quite
likely they will kill YOU
I've made up my mind"
Then she ran upstairs. She was ahx-'
ious to send a message to Storm by
the carrier pigeon. She wrote a short
note explaining the situation and lib
Grated the bird Storms housekeep-
er. received the message and naturally
read the message She scrubbed on
the back of the message and informed
her masters sweetheart that he had
left the house in haste the night be-
fore and had not returned, The re-
turn of the pigeon left Zudora in b
fair state of excitement. She immeai-
ately set out for Storms apartments;
but the housekeeper could add nothing
further that Mr.. Storm had sent a
pigeon to her and 1t had come back
with the note.
Zudora returned home and quizzed
her uncle; but. Of course, he piously
denied having seen Storm Surrepti-.
tidusly she piled the Hindu servant
This man secretly worshipped the.
Iyoung Memsahib, and by and by she
got the facts from him. So! She had
not only to solve the mystery of the
sleering house but to save her lover
falso. He would be without a mission
in that fantastic house and 1t was
quite likely, that he would be made
to- suffer for his audacity.
Bravely she set out for the house
Of Nabok Shan and boldly she demand
ed Ambulance. The servant at the
door recognized her, but 1t took a