The Prescott daily news., 1915-02-23
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] But the mystery is this, memsahib; | mony shall take place before our god, the elephant headed, and always when we begin the ceremony we are thus strangely overcome by sleep. Solve this riddle for us and my master will pay you we'll" The spokesman ad- dressed a few words to Nabok shan. The prince smiled and dangled rope of superb pearls before the girl. inti- mating that in the event of her sue cess they would become hers.
 Now, Zudora did not seek monetary reward. but she was wise beyond her years in understanding the oriental mind, due to the several years that her uncle had employed Hindus as serv ants. If she signitied that she asked for no reward these dark eyed men would instantly begin to suspect her, and once they suspected her her life would not be worth q snap of the fin gers. Besides, it would not be such very hard ordeal to accept such mag nfiicent gift. So she told the leader to say to Naboll shan that she hoped to solve the mystery for the sake of the pearls, being a normal woman. But She must have free run of the house This was agreed. but under no circum- stance must she leave without being blindfolded, and. moreover. she must remain that night
 Hudora accepted the conditions phil oSophically She never wore Nabok Shan's rope of pearls. however
 She would have liked very much. though. to acquaint her lover with her whereabouts. Her unce's disappear. ance puzzled her. But perhaps he had already begun his investigations. The night passed uneventfully. Those who slept did so naturally. Zudora, how ever, wandered in and out among the curious alcoves and quaint balconies She peercd behind the grotesque stat ues into the fouutain. Whenever the ceremony began sleep came. This fact kept rinGlng through her mind She just must solve it. It would be anoth CT step toward her lover and happi. ness. One thing she aScertained for flu ture use and this was the exit more or less carelessly guarded. She might have to take to her heels.
 And all the while. in the steel dun geon below, Storm saw the walls slow ly and relentlesSly contract. He had beaten upon the unteeling steel until his knuckles bled. He had shouted un. til his lungs hurt. and smaller and smaller grew his prison. He recalled certain tale by Poe and touched the metal from time to time to see if it were growing hot But it was evident that he was to be crushed only, not in cinerIted.
 Morning came The feast of the night before was resumed Nautch girls danced; musicians played the sad and Wailing music of the east Xudora had quietly wet her handkerchief in the basin of the fountain and at the moment the ceremony begun held the wet cambric to her nose She showed her foresight in this. for shortly after the music began the people in the oc- ta%onal room fell to n0ddin@ and from holding into peaceful sleep Even with the aid of the dampened handkerchief /Cdora could not wholly escape the subtle and amazing narcotic She struggled blindly toward the exit. How she managed to reach the street was something she could never remember
 She was mighty glad to get back to New York again. for she had been l3,- coo miles away ill spirit if not in fact Still, she determined to return and solve the riddle. She had already formed campaign What simple f0o's these orientals were in some respects!
 Hassam Ali concealed his astonish- ment. Yet something deep down in