Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1915-02-18

Ntdl gOT WIZ uIHl " uiutiNuf wv
india" he told John many times. The
country is immense, II is inhabited by
races OF different speech and habits
and religions, and yet over u all there
Ia the vague spell OF the east which Is
so foreign to your western America
that fear you will not easily recover
what you seek"
But ! must get the papers back"
said John quietly There is no ques
ton about II"
"Many man has refused TO sc.
knowledge that a thing is impossible"
Faversham warned him, land the east
has driven him mad. However. | am
much interested myself. not only for
the spke of Miss Ruth. but from a
sporting standpoint, and promise you
I'll do my best to 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
sive investigation.
you see" he told Ruth, 81 know
the fellows language, and he comes
from tribe far In the north Of India
Most OF those chaps are looked upon
as rather sacred, and this man in spe-
cial, see. is much respected by the
other natives in the Storage. To des.
ecrate his image would simply mean
an uproar that we could never explain
TO the satisfaction Of the captain and
his officers. IN fact, we should ali get
into the most serious trouble"
"Then your advice is 10 waltz she
murmured
Most decidedly" said the oaronet.
"And the waiting isn't so bad, is itF'
The steamer was slipping easily
along across 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 mems
thoughts.
She was not in love, but she was
ready to be- The experienced man be.
side her surmiscd this His own heart
was beating new tune. lie had lived
much, and women had not been alOOi
from his life.
But this fair. proud inexperienced
yet self contained girl Weakened in hin
a 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 as a possible rival when
he allowed himself to go so far as con
templating marriage with Ruth.
He liked the young American, and
none knew better than he the effect
that constant association with Dorl
must have upon young and very i'm
questionable girl. Johns own senti
ments were unmistakable-he wa:
deeply in love.
From Hongkong they transshippet
to a Z. and o. steamer for Bombay
9 and under Sir Donald's expert guild
3 ance they shortly found themselves i
{ India and installed in a very good he
I tel.
r "We must wait here till ! discov6
I through natives just where that fello'
l. is bound for"
"Why not simply trace him. d,
p manded Dorr. impatient 10 be abor
his errand.
y THAT would lie out of the question,
Faversham explained. In the frs
r place. you don't understand any uativ
V tongue, and in the second place m
Y British government doesn't look wit
favor on strange and unattached ~
n ropcans stumbling about among III
II natives.
4 IF you leave it to me | think
q not only can ascertain the exact pIac
where this fellow comes from, but IN
temple where the idol belongs
q Several days passed. during whic
o Sir Donald was busy among old at
,, uuaintauces, leaving John and Ruth t
, their own devices.
n They occupied their time in sight
seeing. At last Faversham came int
dinner one evening with a smile on hi
face.
. "Tve found your man and learne
something of the history Of the image,
I he said.
: And we can get 1t back?' Ruth IL
q quired promptly.
: Sir Donald shook his head gent!
\ Not so fast, young ladyr
But that is what we came for" oh
. went on.
''The fact Of the matter is this sal
:, the baronet-"that image was stole
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