The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-05
CHAPTER v

CHAPTER v
Seen herr" asked the general, with
his hands behind him.
NO" said King. looking sidewise at
him and walking stride for stride.
His hands were behind him, too. and
one of them covered the gold bracelet
on his other wrist.
The general looked equally sharply
sidewise.
"Nor've l." he said "She called me
up over the phone yesterday to ask for
facilities for her man Rewa Gunga,
and he was in here later. He's wait
ing for you at the foot Of the Pass
campcd near the fort at Jamrud with
your bandobast all ready. She's on
ahead-wouldn't wait" -
King listened in silence. and his
prisoners, watching him through the
barred compartment windows, formed
new and golden opinions of him. for it
is common knowledge in the Hills"
chota sahib, the chota sahib ought to
say, Yes, sir. oh, yes!" at very short
intervals. Therefore King could not
be chota sahib after all. So much
the better. The Hills" ever loved to
deal with men in authority, just as
they ever despised underlings.
What made you go back for the
prisoners?" the general asked. Who
gave you that cue?"
Its a safe rule never to do what
the other man expects, sir, and Rewa
Gunga expected me to travel by his
train"
WAS that your only reason?"
NO, sir. ] had general reasons.
None of EN- specific. Where natives
have finger in the pie there's always
something undone at the last minute"
But what made you investigate
those prisoners?' -.ss @
Couldn't imagine why thirty men
should be singled out for special treat
ment. Rewa Gunga told me they
were still at large in Delhi. Couldn't
guess why. Had 'em arrested SOS to
be able to question EN-. That's all,
sir
Not nearly ALL" said the general
"Youtrealize by now. ! suppose, that
they're her special men-special per-
sonal following?"
Guessed something of that sort"
"Well-she's clever. 1t occurred to
her that the safest way to get 'em up
North was to have 'em arrested and
| deported. That would avoid interior
ence and delay and would give her a
chance to act deliverer at this end,
and so make 'em grateful to her
tyou see? Rewa Gunga told me all
this. you understand. He seems to
think she's semi-divine. He was full
of her cleverness In having thought of
letting 'em all get into debt at a house
of Ill repute, SO as to have EN- at
hand when she wanted EN-"
"She must have learned that trick
from our merchant marine" said King.
Maybe She's clever. She asked
me over the phone whether her thirty
| men had started North. sent tele-
gram in CIPHER to And out. The ans
wer was that you had found 'em and
rounded 'em up and were bringing
'em with you. When she called me up
on the phone the second time told
her so, and I heard her chuckle with
delight. So emphasized the point of
your having discovered 'em and saved
'em every whit whole and all that kind
OF thing. asked her to come and
see me. but she wouldn't-said she
was disguised and particularly did not
want to be recognized, which was rea-
sonable enough. She sent Rewa Gun
ga instead Now, this seems import
ant Before sent you down to Del
hi-before sent for you at ALL told
her what l meant to do. and l never
in my life knew q woman raise such
terrific objections to working with q
man. As it happened her objections
only confirmed my determination to
send for you. and before she went
down to Delhi to clean up told her