The Washington times., 1916-08-27

At one side OF the room there was
great vault. The man for whom they
were waiting came from beyond the
inner doors. He reached up and pushed
the levers which held them. Then he
came out toward the room where All.
the avenger. was crouched. But his
hands were empty-the Buddha was
hidden away.
Before ne could close the onier doors.
which the East Indian knew might be
sealed TO the world forever II the only
man who possessed the secret como.na-
tion which opened them were dead. the
curtains at the window parted and All
leaped across the room.
In his hand was the knife which the
young priest OF Buddha had conse-
Grated to revenge twenty-five wears be-
fore The knife lifted. flashed. and fell.
Christopher McRay reeled and staggered
to a chair. And then the priest OF
Buddha spoke In voice which held the
pent-up hatred of twenty-five wears.
do YOU remember me-" asked All.
Gasping In agony. McRay looked at
his enemy.
CHRISTOPHER McRay knew the East.
He had never forgotten that he was a
man marked out from his fellows. He
had left India and the service when hts
child was born. and had come to the
West.
And now Buddha's vengeance was
completed d-Christopher McRay knew
had waited through long years. 1t had
given him a horror OF being alone. and
because Of 1t he had been unwilling TO
let oorSay Dorothy marty, ,.,r,,rv ,..r-,,.
tribute to dead love-he had denied Dor
othy living love. Some OF the fear and
terror the man felt. had been evident to
Mahmud waiting outside for his master
Ali.
Danger for the Hiders.
THE dog Of an Englishman-inhde
and unbeliever that he was. one could
see on his face that he had known-tha'
the fear of Buddha had come down the
years with him." sneered Nahmud.
l shivered a little there In the back
hallway. l wondered what treatment
and unbelievers. too. II he were to finc
us listening to the secret conclave OF
| his people,
Jimmy's hand sought and found min'
| in the darkness. I clung to II for mo
The Indian Mahmud spoke again. ant
at the bitterness OF his tone / crep
closer to the door.
but Buddha-where Is Buddha?'
cried the other Indians.
you do not ask Where Is All Jaibel
Do you forget your master? II was h
| who went In search OF the god salt
Mahmud and his smile became NOR
evil.
where. then. is All Jaibel?" As tn
Indians moaned the words they sounde'
like a chant-a dirge OF evil.
Where Was Ali Jaibel?
There was a moment of breathles
stiffness while I waited for the answer
Where was All Jaibel? Perhaps ever
now he was creeping up through tn
dark house with the figure Of the Ston
God held above him as talisman. VIII
knew what his fanatical belief Nigh
not make him do? And ! realized tina
Jimmy and ] were the only witnesse
who could prove that Donald Jordal
was not q murderer-that even II Dor
othy mad lost father she had not by
hideous stroke Of cruelty lost a lover
too. since that lover was her father
murderer-and branded with the mar
OF Cain.
Where. then, is Ali Jaibel7" spok
Mahmud bitterly. Remember that
stood outside the window. helpless I
happened quickly. He spurned the dy
ing man with his foot and opened tn
doors of the vault-first the outer ones
Then he swung open the inner ones.
looked and there on an altar stoo
Buddha, Even that, cursed Ens1isnma
must build an altar to Buddha
And then, In flash. as he pulle
open wide those inner doors. ] saw
heavy service revolver such as the dog
of English use. 1t was caught bac
upon the framework on the altar Wner
Buddha stood. When the doors 'weT
opened wide a wire fastened to 1t woul
pull back the trigger. ] screamed, bu
It was too late. Our master All fe
dead"
There was a moment of silence.
And then shout went up. "Bu
Ruddha! Our God! is still In the keer
, ing OF those accursed English. There
, a daughter. Buddha must be avenged
Buddha was still In the possession {
Dorothy McRay-and the Indians di
not propose that their god should
kept longer from the affairs OF his cour
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