Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-05-06
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Game" For the night, and n. iae
place, the general was tbat 'y ga th9
sentative, and however ronch' p,s-
might disaDprove. he had no an, ne
of her. ~ uoaoI
Ranjoor Singh stood agb.-.
sight OF him, and the trooper ss,rt
ed like an automaton. since S ~@.s
ing save obedience was any an AVN,
of his. @Isif
Evening, Observation-Disclosures s,n
ed the general. ''i''l-
"Salaam, General sahlb,"
ITO save time, I viii tell vor 80.
here" 'ou 60.
Ranjoor Singh looked susp,oior.
For fve-and-twenty years he 5as
watched British justice work ssS
British Justice gives both SIDE
hearing; he had not told his ove
version yet.
II know that you have had vo.,
in another part Of this house vita
German, who pretends TO be a mer'
chant but who is really a spy"
Ran1oor Singh looked even nor.
suspicious. The charge was r.
though, so he did not answer.
Your being brought to mi,
house was part of q plan-part ~
the same plan that leaves the Ger
man still at liberty. You are want.
ed to take further part ip it,"
General sahib, am I an oficer a,
the Raj or am I dreaming?"
Ranjoor Singh had found M.
tongue at last and tn general noted
with keen pleasure that eve. yojce
and manner were angry and IN
afraid.
Il Command a squadron, sahib. m
less l have been stricken mad
Since when is a squadron comman.
der brought face-down- ward In a
carriage out OF rat-traps by a wom-
an to do a generals bidding? That
has been my fate tonight. Now am
wanted TO take further partl Ia
my honor not yet dirtied enough.
General sahib? l will take no fur
Their part. refuse to obey! Or
der this trooper not to obey, I.
demand court MARTIAL
Il see I'd better begin with an
apology" smiled the general! He
was not trying to pretend he felt
uncomfortable.
NAY, sahib. would accept no
apology. 1t must first be proved
to me that he, who tells me I am
wanted TO take further part in this
treachery, is not a traitor
to the Raj! / have read Of gen,
erals turning traitors! l have read
about Napoleon; 1 know how his
generals behaved when the sand in
his glass seemed run. / am for the
Raj in this and in any other hour!
l refuse to obey or TO accept apol-
ogy! Let the explanation be made
me at court martial. with Colonel
Kirby sahib present to bear wit
ness to my characterl"
AS you were!"
The generals eyes met those OF
the Sikh officer, and neither could
have told then. or at any other time,
what exactly it was that eacn MAJ
recognized.
"Ranjoor Singh, when I entered
this house ten minutes ago / had
no notion | should find you here. |
have served the same Salt with
you, on the same campaigns. even
wear the same medals. In the same
house I am entitled to the same
credit.
81 am here on urgent business FOR
the Raj, and you are here owing TO
a grave mistake, which l admit and
for which l tender you the most
sincere apology on behalf of the
but which / can not
alter. l expected to find aNtrooper
here, not necessarily Of your regi-
ment, who should have been way
laid and tempted beyond any doubt
as to his trustWorthiness.
81 received a message that Vas
mini had two absolutely honest men
ready, and l came at once 10 give
them their instructions. / ask you
to sacrifice your pride, as we all OF
us must on occasion, and your
rights, as is a soldiers privilege,
and see this bushes through 10
finish. 1t is too late to make other
Ranjoor Singh"
'Sahib, squadron-leading is my
trade! I am not cut out for rat
run soldering! l am willing TO
leave this house and hold my
tongue, and to take this trooper
with me and see that he holds his
tongue. BY tomorrow morning
will have satisfied myself that you
are for and not against the RAJ,
And having satisfied myself, l ana
this trooper here will hold cur
tongues forever. Bass"
fCop+inued tomprrOw.)