Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-10
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which they had come remsi.-.s =
the middle Of the road. It's -
doing dreamiIy on his seat ana n,
bullocks perfectly content n cs w
the cud. At the sound Of the boot,
behind him, the driver sudSsris
awoke and began to belabor 49,
kick his animals; he seemed oblt-
ious of another cart that eams ;.
ward him. and Of third that ~.
ried after him from undernas.,.
the gate.
In less than sixty seconds .r
three carts we're neatly interloekss
and their respective drivers va
engaged in war Of words ina,
beggared Babel
The advance guard halted ana
added words to the torrent Cal
onel Kirby caught up the advance
guard and halted too.
Does he look like a man vbo
commands a loyal regiment?" asksS
Ranjoor Singh; and the Cermss
studied the bowed head ana
thoughtful angle of a man who ~
that minute was regretting his goo8
LIltnu tiG lSd AAdI -iidIOI.
You will note that he looks
chastened,
The German nodded.
In his own good time RanIoor
Singh ran out and helped with that
long stick of his to straighten am
the mess; then in less than thirtv
seconds the wheels we're unlocked
again and the carts moving in
hurry to the roadside. The advance
guard moved on, and Kirby follow
ed. Then, troop by troop, the whole
of Outram's Own rode by, and The
German began to wonder. Il seem.
ed to him that the rest of the Off.
GERS were not demure enough, al
though he admitted to himself thar
the enigmatic eastern faces in the
ranks might mean anything at all
He noted that there was almost no
talking, and he took that for good
sign for Germany.
d Squadron came last OF all. and
convinced him. They rode regret.
fully, as men who missed their
squadron leader, and who, in spite
of a message from him. would have
better loved to see him riding on
their flank.
But Ranjoor Singh stepped out
into the road. and the right-end
man of the front four recognized
him. Not a word was said that the
German could head, but he could
see the recognition run from rank
to rank and troop to troop, until
the squadron knew TO a man; he
saw them glance at Ranjoor Singh,
and from him to one anotL%F, and
ride on with a new stiffening and
new air of now we'll see what
comes of it,"
1t was as evident, to his prac-
ticed eye, that they we're glad 10
have seen Ranjoor Singh, and look
ed forward to seeing him again
very shortly, as that they were in
a mood for trouble, and he decided
to believe the whole Of what the
Sigh had said on tire strength of the
obvious TRUTH of part of it.
Watch now the supply train!"
growled Ranjoor Singh, as the
wagons began to rumble by.
The German had no means OF
knowing that the greater part Of
the regiments war provisions had
gone away by train from a Delhi
station. The wagons that followed
the regiment on the march were a
generous allowance for a regiment
going into camp, but not more than
that The spies whose duty it was
to watch the railway sidings re-
ported to somebody else and not to
him.
Ranjoor Singh beckoned him aft
er a while, and they came out into
the road, to stand between two Of
the bullock-wagons and gazed after
the regiment. The shattered car
riage that Ranjoor Singh had sus-
pected to be Yasmini's passed them
aagin. and the man beside the driv-
er said something to Ranjoor Singh
in an undertone, but the German
did not hear; he was watching the
colonel and another officer talking
together beside the road in the dis
lance. The shattered carriage pass
ed on, but stopped in the shadow OF
the gate.
Look" said the German. II
thought that officer-the adjutant
isn't he-recognized you. Now he
is pointing you out to the colonel
Look"