The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-12-11

the DOX, received q terrlDic snOck anu
remember no more" Ethel passed
her hands across her brow.
"And had a terrible dream. 1 saw
horrible old face. brown and flend-
ish and 1t was calling me. had to
obey" Rainface. bringing them what
was left of the box, held it out with
out speaking.
Storage battery" said John with
faint grin.
Back in the inner temple of Ram
Chunder's shop, Morgan and the Spi-
der were engaged in heated discus
sion with the old fakir, who was de-
Tending himself vigorously. The dis
pute ended by the Hawk saying:
"All right. We will get him here
in the morning." Ram Chunder bowed
to the god silva.
1.-THE god will bring him here with
the rising sum-"
He'd better" growled the other.
The fakir pointed to a couch.
"Will the sahibs sleep under Siva's
protectionw Morgan shook his head.
1.-THE sahibs will not. 1t is safer
to keep awake when dealing with
you and your gods" Hating both.
the Hawk and Spider venomously fon
their blasphemy of his gods, Ram
Chunder bowed ironically to the other.
IT go to avert their wrath from the
sahibs." saying which he left the
room.
Seating himself at desk in the
next room. Ram Chunder began Ia
boriously writing. Having finished his
note, he sprinkled incense over 1t
and addressed It. '@To Sahib Davis. at
the Mackenzie Hotel" then leaning
back looked at 1t malevolently.
''The gods will bring him here with
this" he murmured.
He tapped gong, and the next mo-
ment( Shallum accompanied by big
Hindu in native costume appeared.
The fakir handed the packet to the
second Hindu.
"Deliver this, Joost Singh" he COM
manded.
John, having retired to his own
room after his rescue by Rainface,
found himself unable to sleep. Get
ting up he put on his slippers and
dressing robe and entered the room
across the hall. Once there he began
to make a careful exploration Of the
place and its contents. Next seeing a
paper rolled up. he noticed its water
mark, then holding It to the light, read !:
"-dar Hyderab-"
Noting that the label on the bat
teries was "San Francisco Electrical
Supply Co. he returned to his own
room and sat down to think 1t all
over. With the FIRST break Of morn
ing he dressed himself for the day
and went to the place Of business OF
the electrical company, arriving there
Just as it was being opened. APP
preaching a clerk he showed him The
battery and asked II 1t would be pos
sible to trace 1t to Its original pur'
chaser. The clerk smiled.
"No. We sell hundreds Of these.
Any particular one could not be iden-
tifed"
But do you remember having sold
one to anybody from Indiaf" pursued
the visitor. The salesman thought.
II sold a dozen Of them last week
to a wrinkled old Hindu. But never
| saw him before and don't know his
name"
"rhanks," replied Davis. Leavina
tho store he stepped into a Hinds
restaurant and ordered his breakfast
engaging the native servant In con
| versation a. he did 20.
.Do Won know any Hindu fortune
tellersf have a fancy for tryins
ope,~ The attendant bowed
.Many, sahIb. will try to tell youl
future. There arc Holkar and others
but the greatest Of all 10 Ram Cnun
der, the Holy Yogi"
sWhere did he come fromT pur
sued the listener.
"From Hyderabad. I think, mos
worshiped sir"
Dismissing the other by paying him
John drew the paper from his pocket
and looked at the watermark again.
"-dar Hyderab-" he unused
ThrustinE the paper back into hii
pocket he left the place. and soini
to the nearest drug store consulted
the city directory.
Ethel, meanwhile. had finished hel
| toilet for the day. Going into theil
living room she asked Rainface wher'
John waa yheredpon the old Indiar
handed hi : note. IA, isl'-.ss 7'.-i
"Him gone. He leave this talkini
leaf" Quickly she ran her eye
over 1t.
II am going to solve last night'i
mystery" It read. II have q goot
clew, and do not worry, for vii
be In no danger. Enjoy the day.
may return at any time, Devoted,
yours, John"
Still a trifie uneasy Notwithstanding