Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-01-02

A'"ho SNt hlS 0"hf lNkaihle9' VI NnH Ros9iNi7
lty of throwing the three states into tribal
war. The British raj might interfere. but 40,
until a good deal Of damage was wrought
The rival prince was Nabok Shan a brave,
hardy, and none too scrupulous chIeftain. lie
succeeded In carrying OF the princess, but hi
was beSet by SO many trials that he hed from
India to America With tho bulk Of his treas
ure and the purloined priBcesl The house
with Its oriental trapplngS bad bsen the prop
erty Of an uncle who had chosen America no
cause his neck bad been In danger
But the mystery is this, Memsahib' It
Is written that the marriage ceremony shall
take place before our god, tho elephant Lend
ed And always when We begin the ceremony
we are thus strangely overcome by sleep,
Solve this riddle for us aud my master viii
pay you we'll" The Spokesman addressed a
few words to Nabok Shan
The prince smiled and daugled RIPE Of
superb pearls before the girl. lntluating that
in the avsnt Of her success they would bScono
hers
Now Zudora did not aeeE monetary rswnrd
but she wRs wlsS beyond her years In under
standing the oriental mind, due to tho severnl
years That her uncle bud employed Hlodus as
servants. II abe signihed that she asked foe
no reward these dark eyed nsu would instant
ly begin to suspect her and once they sus.
pected her, her life would not be worth
snap OF The fingers Besides, It would not
be such very hard ordeal to accept such
magnificent gift SO she told tho leader to
say to Nnbok Shan that she hoped to solvs
the mystery TOR tho sake II the pearls, being
normal woman. But abe wuat have free
run Of tho house. This vrs SGrpsd but under
no circumstance must uho leave without being
blIndfolded And. uorOgTor. shs must rsmaiu
that night
Zudora accepted tho conditions yhilosoph.
ically She nevrr vnre NRbOL Shan'p rope Of
pearls, however
She would have liked vary much, though,
to ocquaint her lover With ber wheyonbouts
Her uncc's dIsappm,rauce puzzled her But
perhaps he had already begun hG lnvestiga
tons The night uasasd uusvsntfully, Those
who slept did 90 naturally. Hudora, how
ever. wandered In and out among the curious
alcoves aud Quaiul balconies She pocrcd bs
hind tho grotesquc stntuea, into the fountain
Whenever the ceremony began, sleep came
This fact kept ringing through her mind Shs
lust must solve It. II would be another step
tSTard her lover and happiness. Quo thing
she ascertainsd Tor future use, and this wnJ,
the exit wns more or less caraessly guarded
And all tle while, in tho steel dungeon
below Storm saw the walls slowly obd re
lenlesely contract Tie hnd beaten upon tho
uu(rcllng steel until his EnuchlOS bled hA
had shouted until hls lunga hurt And small
or and smaller grew his prison lie recallod
q certain tale by Poe, and touched The metal
from tuna to time to see II It were growing
bot. hn' 1t wns evident mat oe was 70 %
crushed only not 'nHner"'ed
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lor' "oS r"TNmeu' N"u'en s'rS a'neeo mn'
'le''m P'ol'a tue 'nn auo "oinns MUSIC OF
the east @"oora ma quietly wet oor o"nd
Ser'n'e' IN 'n' oaS'n OF tue fountain ana
AZ tue moment tue ceremony o'suo' n'u '"0
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away VI spirit " not 10 ta'" sun Sne do
'0rn'neu to return ana solve tue r,udI'' on'
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