The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-02-27

il knowledge that thing Is impossible
Il Faversham warned him, and the eai
4 has driven him mad. However. al
n much interested myself. not only II
q the sake of Miss Ruth, but from
sporting standpoint. and promise yo
D I'll do my best to help you"
1 They considered the suggested pla
4; Of taking the idol away from the Hir
\ du during the voyage, but Tavershar
vetoed this after somewhat exten
i sive Investigation.
, You see" he told Ruth. Il know
the fellows language, and be come
from a tribe far In tue north Of India
4 Most Of those chaps are looked upoI
ms rather sacred. ana this man 10 spe
| cial. see. is much respected by th,
\ other natives In the steerage. TO des
ecrate bis image would simply NEAR
nm uproar that we could never explain
to the satisfaction OF the captain and
his officers. In fact. we should all gel
into the most serious trouble"
Then your advice is to waltz" she
murmured.
Most decidedly said the baronet.
And the waiting isn't so bad, Is it?'
The steamer was slipping easily
along across q moonlit sea that night.
and Ruth and Sir Donald We're far in
the bow watching the waves foam
softly away from the cutwater.
The girl had awakened during the
past few weeks to the dim happiness
or being always the center OF mems
thoughts
She was not in love, but she was
ready to be- The experienced man be-
side her sllrmised this. His own heart
was beating new rune. He had lived
much, and women had not been aloof
from his life.
But this fair. proud. inexperienced,
yet self Contained girl wakened in him
q deeper feeling than he cared to con
fess.
To be sure. he had John Dorr to con.
tend with. Fayersham did not under
estimate him rs 4 possible rival when
he allowed himself 10 90 SO far as con.
marriage with Ruth
He liked the young American. and
none knew better than ne The effect
that constant association with Dorr
must have npon d young and very I'm
girl. Johns own senti-
ments We're unmistakable-he was
deeply in love
From Hongkong they transshipped |
70 a +. and q steamer for Bombay.
Ind under Sir Donald's expert guild
lnce they shortly found themselves in
india and installed iD Il very good no
el.
I'VE must wait here till | discover
trough natives just where that fellow
8 bound for.'
Why not simply trace him?" de
handed Dorr, impatient to be about
lis errand.
THAT would be out OF the question:"
'aversham explained lin the first
lace. you don't understand any native
ongue. and In the second place the
'ritish government doesn't look with
u'ot oi stiduSt anu uudltuCleu Eli |
opeans stumbling about among the
atires.
IF you leave it to ME think
OF only can ascertain the exact place
here this fellow comes from. but the
.mple where the idol belongs
Several days passed. during which
lr Donald was busy among old ac-
leaving John and Ruth to
Ieir own devices.
They occupied their time in sight
eing. At last Faversham came into
nner one evening with a smile on his
ce
I've found your man and learned
mething of the history of the image"
said
And we can get 1t back?" Ruth in
Iired promptly. n
Sir Donald shook his head gently. 4
lot so fast, young LADY," =
But tina. is what we came for" she
ant on
The fact Of the matter is this" said
e baronet-"thnt image was stolen