The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1916-12-02
FIRST EPISODE
tConoIudodl
"The Higher Power"
CHAPTER III.
All Singh All Powerful.


raced In the veins and the devil
ish glamour of war tinted the
most commonplace incidents with Its
uncanny sheen, Il was borne I'm on ev-
cry observer that all the while All Singh
treated his own followers or dupes as
though they were so many sheep, his
attitude toward the whites was rather
that of conqueror who saw his plans
baked than Of one who really regret
ted so much lamentable bloodshed. He
used words Of smooth apology, 1t Is
true, speaking in excellent English and
with grave courtesy, but his mir Of ma
jestic aloofness was repellant.
After contemplative glance Mt Ma
jor Cameron, his eyes sought Mr..
Clark. oddly enough, he picked out
the consul unerringly. Yet the two
had never met previously, and Mr..
Clark. like every other civilian pres
ent, was disheyeled and )bloodstained,
his clothes were torn md soiled ana
his usually good humored face was
disngurcd by n CRIME of dust and per-
SEPARATION.
Il dcplore this outrage" said All
Singh slowly, addressing the consul and
Indicating the corpse laden battlefield
and distant bazaar by sweeping ges-
turc Of his left hand. IL am sorry that
these fools have been led away by a
mailman. You have punished them sc.
verely already, but that Is only what
they deserve. You will, OF course, rep
resent the matter fully to the imperial
government, which will order the prov
incc to pay ample compensation for the
deaths, personal injuries and loss Of
property caused by the riot. The ring
leaders, too, will be dealt with by
Picking, but / shall now make an ex-
ample of the imbecile mainly RESPONSE
BILE"
Without waiting n word OF acknowl-
edgemcnt from the consul. he turned
and shouted I'm mighty voice:
Come hitler, Wong Ii"
The Buddhist priest rose from the
ground and crept forward. All the fire
and fury of fanaticism had gone out
of the man. He was now whining.
crawling fear stricken object. His
eyes no longer darted flame. but lifted
themselves despairingly to Ali Singh
with the abiect surrender of an animal.
All Singh. gazing on the cringing
wretch with the cold and mercilcss
eyes of snake about to strike some
Quivering rabbit, disdaiDcvi' even TO ut
ter command. He incrgy made a
curious scmicrcnlar sign in the air
with one hand. sign which Mr.. Clark
alone among the white men interpret.
ed correctly as indicating the crescent.
The priest, covering In manifest ter.
ror, spread wide his arms, as though
to show that he carried no weapon,
whcreupon Ali Singh drew forth
flashing scimitar and thrust its jew
eled handle toward Wong Ii, who took
1t in half palsied grip, yet seemed to
faltcr and once more dared to look at
this implacable judge in .piteous sup.
plication.
Ali Singh's lips curved In disdain-
full smile, n smile which conveyed a
greater threat than many an cmperors
frown, and again he made that my;.
terious sign.
Wong Ii hcsitated no longer With
queer animnl-likc yelp, he seized the
hilt OF the sword I'm both hands,
placed the point against his heart and
drove T. home with force which
actually sent the keen blade clean
through his body. All Singh stooped
over tho fallen man, placed foot on
his breast and withdrew the scimitar,
which he wiped on his victims clothes
before returning II to the scabbard.
Then lie growled deep throated or
der:
"Back TO your kennels, dogs, and see
that you stop therer'
Every man who could move his
limbs FASTENED to obey. Though their
prophet spoke now In Chinese. all
seemed to understand They skunk
off--stolid Manchu. naughty Pathan,
alert Jap and savage Dyak alike.
Here was their master. and they knew
1t. Within sixty seconds of All Slngh's
arrival on the scene Of all those thou
sands OF natives there was not one
left In the vicinity Of the consulate.
except the hundreds of dead and tho
even greater number so seriously
wounded that fight was impossible.
Mr.. Clark hustled forward. In the
exuberance Of his relief he forgot for
the moment that he knew or suspected
some dark and deadly things concern
ing this very man. Just then he gave
heed only TO the great outstanding
fact that All Slngh's Intervention had
been simply provldential.