Crittenden record-press., 1917-10-18

I train. He made sign that brought
the man to him on the run.
"Did you see that runawayf he
asked.
"Ha. sahlb. saw one running. Shall
l follow"
"No. This piece Of his shirt Will
identify him. Take II. Hide II When
n man wItk torn shirt, into which
that piece fits, makes for the telegraph
office after this train has gone on, see
| thnt he Is allowed to send any tele-
grams he wants to, Only, have copies
OF every one of them wired to Captain
King. cure OF the statioEmaster. Delhi.
Have you understood?'
Ella sahlb."
Grab him, aud lock him up tight
ufterwurd-but not until he has sent
his kilograms y
"Atcha, Sahlb."
"Make yourself scarce. them"
Major Hydewas dressed, having per
formed that military evolution In some
| thing less than record time.
"Who was that you were talking
top" he demanded. But King did not
seem to understand until the native
sergeant had quite vanished into the
shadows
/ The engine shrlekcd NJ death and
torment; the heat relaxed rs the en-
/ cine ved-looseued---let go--lifted
AZ last. aud n trnlnlond Of hot pasSen.
gers sighed thanks.
what are you looking at1" Hyde
demanded at last, sitting on Kings
| berth.
"Ouly n knife" said King. lie was
/ standing under the dim gus lamp that
helped make the darkness more ua-
h"H~rh'r. He slowed the knl'r away
r ~, hJsnm, nui tie mnjor CROSSED TO
.nS own side
W.h'u ten minutes HYDE was asleep
,hor,ue prodlgtously. Then King pulled
u., ti.r anife again and studied II for
/ Ga al hour. The blade wRS NJ bronze,
with az edge han '"rrrd to tho keen.
ness Of n razor. Tie h'i was ~ near
| ly pure gold. In N" turm ol II woman
| dancing. The whole thing wu- ,o ex.
Gulsltcly wrongly 'hnt ao' had only
softcncd the lines. ,ithnut In IN. least
i lmpnring them. II looked ike one of
those Grecinn toys with which Roman
women ~ Ne-o's day stabbed their
: vega, naR that WAS nu, why he be-
lln 60 whistle very softly to himself
Presently hc drew out the generals
package of IOper~. with the photograph
on the top. lie stood up, TO hold both
Knife uui p0pc.- close TO the light In
the roof.
II Lrpdrd No great stretch Of lmegi'
nation To suggest likeness between
the woman of the photograph and the
other OF the golden knIfehllt. And
robojy. looking at him then. would
have dared suggest he lacked imngina.
ion.
f II the knife had not been 80 ancient
they ul-ht have been portraits Of the
same woman. In the same disguise,
| taken at the same time.
"She knew had been chosen 10
| work with her. The general sent her
word that nm coming" he muttcred
. 10 himself There must have been
/ spy watching Ut reshnwur, who wired
7 to Eawnl-rindi for this man TO jump
,hc train aud gn ON w.a the job. Why
should size give lie R-n knife with
ho- owa portrn,t on ~ Is she queen
/ e. secret society," W'Il-Nc shall
scr'"
flr lay back With lls hcni on the
! pillow. aud before i've minutes more
/ hp! gone he was asleep Ills mobile
/ face In r'rosc looked Roman, for the
, sun had tanned his -kIn aul his n0s,'
vns aqullIn.. In museums. where
,.r,.i.rcl heads " Roman generals
f11 ,mprrors stand around the wall
/ on pclcslals. II would No, be- dif'icnlt
,u pick several that bore more than n
| 'aint resemblance tu him. lie hei
breadth and depth ~ forehead aud u
lrwl that lent Itself to smiles as well
rs strruurss, aud throat that cx.
. pressed manly determination In every
nodded lire.
H. Slept Ike boy until dawn: and
ic and Hyde had scarcely exchanged
gnnihrr dozen words when the train
screamed ncx' G.y iu'o Delhi station.
Then hc salutcd stltlly and was gone.