Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1915-07-17
The Mysterious MONOGRAM
Howard p
Cyr1tT |HP RA

with the carved monogram hanging
from it.
"Bajhab gave it to me himself,
she said piteously, as she passed the
charm to her father. ''The day before
his death Capt. Towncshend gave me
one like it. He also had his cigarettes
marked with it."
"But what is p" Marston insisted.
"Unquestionably it is an Indian sign
or combination of letters"
Grace nodded. "Bajhab knew.
When lost the one poor Towneshend
gave me, Bajhab made me promise to
wear this. And on" she turned her
head away and wept piteously. Con-
trolling herself she went on. 81 feared
to tell you / got the charm for fear
would be connected with the crime,
and so / preferred to be suspected
rather than reveal what knew of
it and then, perhaps, increase the evil
dence against Jack"
Suddenly they heard the throbbing
of powerful motor, and now bright
white light swung around the turn,
Illuminating the little group against
the dark background of the hills.
There was a shout as those in the car
observed the party and the big
machine came to standstill within a
few feet of them.
Two men leaped from it and hur-
ried forward, and Grace gave cry of
delight as she recognized Harcourt
following Inspector MacBee.
Congratulate mew MacBee ex-
claimed with enthusiasm. al have just
captured the murderer of Captain
Towneshend and of Kandwahr! What
is this ?" he said abruptly as he saw
Bajhab's body. "Good heavens, have
they taken another life"
Instantly he was surrounded by an
eager questioning group, but he put
them off roughly until he had finished
examining Bajhab and the sign mark
ed upon his forehead.
"The fiendsw MacBee exclaimed.
Bring him here" he called to his
man in the car beyond make him
look at the body"
Two detectives alighted and led to-
wards the little group tall powerful
man. His hands were shackled, and
they saw that he was barefooted.
His clothes were rough, and he wore
dirty turban about his head. His
features were made all the more hid
eous by an ugly scar that extended
across his forehead, and his nose lay
fat against his face as though he had,
at some time, been struck a terrific
blow. The man surveyed them calm
ly, and as he glanced contemptuously
at the body in the road, a look of
naughty satisfaction came into his
eyes.
at has been a long search" said
MacBee, "but was sure of my man.,
thought it best to let you all play
out your little game, for | knew that
l would succeed in the end. l had
hoped to prevent the sacrifice of the
lives that have been lost tonight, but
the power of this band is over now"
'Then poor Kandwahr was innocent
in spite of his confession Cornish
said looking up quickly.
"His confession" MacBee said.
looking up quickly.
This" said Cornish, offering the
letter and explaining the circumstan-
ces.
81 can understand that perfectly"
MacBee said after reading the letter.
Poor Kandwahr was quite innocent.
He knew he was marked man, and
wrote this because he believed it
would save Harcourt. He dared not
tell what he knew, but relied on the
letter to do the justice he longed to
do. In fact, he even tried to warn
Captain Towneshend. 1t was that in
reference which cost him his life.
1t was his knife, that you, Lord Har-
court picked up unconsciously when
you were in the room with the cap
tain after the crime was committed"
"Who is the prisoner ?" Major Mars
ton asked.
"Zin Gengh-the leader of band Of
Indian Freemasons," MacBee said.
"He has been so elusive / could not
place my hands upon him until now.
His two companions are still at large,
but | will also have them soon. The
society has caused me no end of
trouble"
But what had this organization
against Towneshend ?" Sir Harry
queiied.
"As you know, Kandwahr was
Towneshend's half brother" MacBee
went on. His mother was English
and his father Indian. As boy he