The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-01

"Then. censl" ordered King. turn
ING hin back Confidently On thirty sev.
eSss whom Saunders. for instance,
would have preferred to DIVE In front
a him. after first seeing them hand
mned But when he is not pressed
Tor time neither pistols. nor yet hand
CONS, are included in Kings method.
Each lock has key, but some
hauU At al locks" says the Eastern
pxuvGb. King has been chosen for
many nck1ish errands in his time.
but Saunders IL sdn In Delhi.
Through the great iron door into
dim outer darkness King led them,
and presently made them squat In q
clo0e-huddlad semicircle on the paw
Ing stones, like night-birds waiting
for q meal.
II want BLANKETS for thertwo
good ones apiece-and food for a
weeks journey" he told the astonish-
ed Saunders; and he spoke SO decid-
ed1y that tho other mans questions
and arguments died stiliborn. while
yOu attend to that for me, III be see
ing his dibs and making explanations.
You look full Of news. What do you
nUw?"
eve teleponsd all the other sta
TINS, and my men swear Yasmin1 has
not left Delhf BY train"
King amiled at him.
III / leave by train d'you suppose
she'll hear OF IT,"
"You bet! Bet your boots! Man
altve-if she's interested In you SO
uch,"-he measured on q fraction
Of his little finger end-"she knows
your next two moves ahead, to say
nOthing Of your past halfdozen.
crossed her bows once and thought I
I'D her at q disadvantage. She
laughed at me. On my honor, my
spine dngies yet at the mere thought
ol It! You've never met her? Never
heard her laugh? Never seen her
eyes? You've a treat in store for
yUu-And a m2uvais Quat' d'heure!
rWhAt1l you bet me she doesn't laugh
you out of countenance the very first
ptime you meet? Come now-whatll
you betr'
2. mot in tho habit" King answered,
glancing at his watch. will you see
about their rations, please, and the
blankets? Thanks!"
They went then in opposite direc-
tons and the prisoners were left
squatting under the eyes and bayonets
of very suspicious prison guard. who
made no secret Of being ready for all
conceivable emergencies. One enthu-
siast drew the cartridge out OF his
ibreech-chamber and licked it at in
.tervals of minute of two. to the very
- hA
,memori1ed every detail that by any
stretch Of Imagination might be ex-
pected to improve their own shooting
when they should get home again.
King found his way on foot through
a maze Of streets to a palace where
he was admitted through ono door
after another by sentries who saluted
when he had whispered to them. He
ended by sitting on the end OF the
bed of a gray-headed man who owns
three titles and whose word is law
between the borders of province.
To him he talked as one schoolboy to
a bigger one, because the gray.haired
man had understanding, and hence
sympathy.
81 don't envy you!" said he under
the sheet. There was an American
here not long ago-most amusing man
I ever talked to. He had the right
expression. I do not desiderate that
pie!' was his way Of putting it. Good,
don't you think?"
All the while he talked the older
man was writing on pad that he
held propped up by his knees beneath
the bedclothes. holding the paper
flight to keep it from huttering in the
breeze Of a big electric fan.
There's the release for your pris-
oners. Take it-and take them!