Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-11-29
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tAins ut the door. the great savaGs
| =. AIN With Il nlnrmur of conyen-
| tionA apology King tore the envelope
and in second his eyes were ablaze
! with something more than wonder. A
mystery. added to mystery, stirred
all the zeal in him. But in second he
had sweated his excitement down.
"Read that, will your" he said. pass
ing 1t to Rewa Gunga. 1t was not In
cypher, but in plain everyday Eng
ush.
She has not gone North. She IS still
n Delhi Suit your own movements to
| POUR plans
"Can you explainT' asked King in
level voice. He was watching the
Hangar narrowly. yet he could not
detect the slightest symptom of emo
ton.
"Explain" said the Hangar. "Who
can explain foolishness7 It means
that another fat general has made an
| other fat mistaken
| "Ah!" said King. "You are positive
SuC nus SluISCu 1OI lHC &NOI III
"'Sahib, when she speaks it is best to
believe! She told me she will 60.
Therefore I am ready to lead King
sahib up the Khyber to her!"
"There's train leaves for the
North tonight" said King.
The Hangar nodded.
| "You'll want a pass up the line.
How many servants7 Three-four-
how manyr
"One," said the Hangar, and King
was instantly suspicious Of the mod
esty of that allowance; however he
wrote out pass for Rewa Gunga and
one servant and gave 1t to him.
"Be there on time and see about
you- own reservation" he said. "Ill
attend to Ismail's pass myself"
He folded the list of names that the
Hangar had marked and wrote some
| thing on the back. Then he begged
an envelope. and Rewa Gunga had one
brought to him. He sealed the list in
the envelope. addressed it and beck
oned Ismail again.
'Take this to Saunders sahib I" he
ordered. go first to the telegraph Of
Gee, where you were before, the babu
there will tell you where Saunders
sahib may be found. Deliver the letter
to him. Then come and find me at the
Star Of India hotel and help me to
bathe and change my clothes"
ITO hear Is to obey! !" doomed Ismail,
bowling; but his last glance was for
Rewa Gunga, and he did not turn to 60
until he had met the Rangers eyes.
When Ismail had gone striding down
the room King looked into the Rangers
eyes with that engaging frankness Of
his that disarms so many people.
"Then you'll be on the train to-
nightr he asked.
ITO hear Is to obeyi With pleas
ure sahib!"
'"Then good-by until this evening""
King bowed very civilly and walked
out. rather unsteadily because his
head acheti. Probably nobody else. ex-
cept the Hangar, could have guessed
what an ordeal he had passed through
or how near he had been to losing self
command.
In the street he found gharry after
a while and drove to his hotel. And
before Ismail came he took stroll
through bazaar, where he made a
few strange purchases. In the hotel
lobby he invested in q leather bag
with good lock, in which to put them.
Later on Ismail came and proved him
self an efficient body-servant.
That evening Ismail carried the
leather bag and found his place on the
train. and that was not so difficult, be-
cause the trains running North were
nearly empty. although the platforms
were all crowded. As he stood at the
carriage door with Ismail near him, a
man named Saunders slipped through
the crowd and sought him out.
ARRESTED 'em all !" he grinned.
King did not answer. He was watch
Ing Rewa Gunga, followed by serv-
ant, hurrying to a reserved compart-
ment at the front end of the train. The
Hangar waved to him and he waved
back.
The engine gave preliminary shrek
and the giant Ismail nudged Kings
elbow In impatient warning. There
was no more sign Of Rewa Gunga, who
had evidently settled down in his COM
partment for the night.
"Get my bag out again!" King or
dered. and Ismail stared.
"Get out my bag. said!"
ITO hear Is to obey!" Ismail grum.
bled. reaching with his long arm
through the window.
The engine shrieked again. some
body whistled. and the train began
to move.
"You've missed i'll" said Saunders
| amused at Ismail's frantic diSapDOint