The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-02-17

III Hongkong the three were
thrown much together. and
49, Sir Donald learned In full the
history OF the Master Key mine and
the present search for the plans or the
site Of the mother lode.
At irst he could hardly believe that
such thipes could happen. but slowly
he came to understand that the tire
mendous passions that were fighting
u be satisfied would stop at nothing.
Il fear you will nnd 1t different In
India" be told John many times. The
country II immense. 1t is inhabited by
races OF different speech and habits
and religions. and yet over II all there
IL the vague spell OF the east which Is
90 foreign to your western America
that I fear you win not easily recover
what you seek"
But I must get the papers back"
said John quietly. There is no Q1es-
ti0n about H."
Many q man has refused to &C
knowledge that 4 thing - impossible"
Faversham warned him. and thu east
has driven him mad. However. I Am
much interested myself. not only for
the sake Of Miss Ruth. but from q
sporting standpoint, and ] promise you
IN do my best 10 help you."
They considered the suggested plan
Of taking the idol away from the Hin
du during the voyage, but Faversham
vetoed this after a somewhat exten.
sivs investigation.
You see" he told Ruth. II know
the fellows language. and he comes
from . tribe far In the north OF India
Most Of those chaps are looked upon
~ rather sacred. and this man In spe'
cial, ! see, IL much respected by the
other natives In the steerage. To des'
ecrate bis image would simply mean
an uproar that we could never explain
to The satisfaction Of the captain and
his ofAccrs. In fact, we should all gel
into the most serious trouble"
Then your advice Is to waltz" she
murmured.
Most decidsdly." said the baronet
And the waiting isn't % bad, II hY"
The steamer was slipping easily
along across q moonlit sea that night
and Ruth and Sir Donald were 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
Of being always the center Of men,,
thoughts.
She was not In love. but she wal
ready to Be. The experienced man be
side her surmised this. His W hear
was beating q new tune. He had lived
much. and women had not been aloo1
from his life.
But this fair. proud, inexperienced
yet self contained girl wakened In hin
= deeper feeling than he cared to con
fess.
To be sure. he had John Dorr to con
tend with. Faversham did not under
estimate him a. q possible rival wheI
he allowed himself to 60 20 far as con
templating marriage with Ruth.
He liked the young American, ant
none knew better than he the efec
that constant association with Dor
must have upon . young and very I'm
questionable girl Johns " senti
ments were unmistakabie-he wa
deeply In love.
From Honskong they t~ransshippe,
{ . p. and O. steamer for Bombay
and under Sir Donald's expert guild
ance they shortly found Themselves Il
India and installed in . very good be
tel.
I'VE must wait here till ! discove
through natives just where that fellow
IL bound for.
why not Simply trace Aim2' d.
manded Dorr. impatient to be abou
his errand.
THAT would be out Of the question.
Faversham explained. In the 6rG
place. you don't understand any nativ
tongue. and In the second place tn
British government doesn't look Wit
n&os On stpanHa and nnattacheA N
McalHe st1m6Ihs dbeut Ilhons Il