Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-07-29

e,o,,, ,srgsar the couch Il siFewy brsosshE'
tar6 s.ra,,t. clntclaeti mis- mike as In
80. ! rIaa before me vicSsn realised
MAI vas happening his legs were
saree,, fror,, under him and he fell like
log. his head crashing AGAINST an
Iron radiator and fractsrinG bis skull.
rs fhe covered truck below Shallnnl
/ was waiting the coming CT Joost singh
with ever increasing ilnpatierace a
Hindu whom ne had left on guard.
came running up 10 him.
at)facers are coming, Z was his report.
Shalluna seized the wheel of the ma
chine,
awe can walt no longer for Joost-
singh. Stya win protect him. Start
Inc the engine, they drove swiftly into
the night.
Rainface crawIei out from beneath
the couch, and with 4 single glance at
his fallen foe ran swiftly from room 70
NON. AN were vacant. His senses
half hewiidered By the fumes OF the
balls. and lying as he had been hene th
ma low couch. he had not seen what
had passed, and on all had been done
/ silently and without words the dIsap.
spearance Of his companions was q
| orofound mystery to him. Now as his
i head cleared in the fresh air ct the
onen window ne bent ever the pros
rare form of Joost-Singh and shook
aim. No signs Of life appearing, he
secured glass Of cold water and
/ dashed 1t In the others face. Slowly
/ the eyes az the Hindu opened.
Driving his knife the Indian put
IFS point against the throat OF the
fallen one.
ayhat have you done with theni7
Where are ffey2 Speak or you die
he said flercely. Jo0st- Singh gasped
.syyhen the first snn rays mingle
VIII, tho fire In the woodland altar Of
Holy silva, the god will demand his
| sacrifice. die. My curse will lay
heavy upon y0u and them
His eyes rolled wildly and a low rat-
tie came to his throat. He half raised
+ himself to a sitting posture and stared
/ horribly at the man who had given
aim the fall which had fractured his
skull, then with gasping shudder fell
back to arise no more.
Sorely puzzled and Greatly alarmed
nj the mysterious words of the now
dead man, Rainface aroee and began d
! close inspection Of the room. A mo-
nent later he found the rome dangling
( from the window and peered down into
the alley. Wondering whether he had
/ not best 20 to the Office and report the
i mysterious affair to the hotel authori-
ties, ne stood for moment debating,
then his Indian instinct OF secrecy and
personal action prevailed Haying first
made q hurried exploration Of the hall
/ and all the rooms to which he could
secure access and finding no one there.
1 he returned to the apartment, and once
more peered from the window. Below
| him ne saw two officers IN uniform
passing, and waiting until they had
/ gone a short distance past the rope
ana their backs were turned TO Ii, he
/ grasped ii and slid swiftly 10 the
ground. A few steps brought him up
/ 10 the sauneering policemen.
..You see some white men and white
woman 20 ont Of here pretty quick
ago?'' ne demanded as the bIue-cOafed
1 guardians scanned him MP and down
i In curiosity. The pair laughed at the
queerIy pronounced words OF the an
Client one.
s.Hello, Tnjunl What ARE you doing
here2 Are you lost r. Al heavy sc0wI
settled over the questioned ones face,
mo, me no lost. NE here. White
folks lost. You see nm. mebbyso7s'
One Of the officers pointed up the alley.
mo, Injun, we didn't see anybody,
but we did see i yellow covered auto.
mobile truck 90 mp the alley and drive
down the street. Some kind Of for.
! eign iag0 was at the wheel. They
turned to the right when they hit the
street. With the dart Of a wolf the
red MN was upon the trail. leaving the
uniformed pair staring after him n
/ wonderment.
] AS he ran swiftly down the middle
/ Of the deserted street. in the dim light
of d curb lamp he saw an object lying
! on the pavement and stopped To pick
ii up. It was a handkerchief which he
recognized as having belonged TO Davis
| and thrusting II into his pocket he re-
/ duced his pace to dog trot. carefully
scanning the road as he passed. Some.
what further on he saw where d ma
chine had passed through q small bed
Of mud but d few moments before. md
~ quick inspection of the wheel tracks
fxed their pecnliaritiea In his mind.
] For one who could track d soft footed
beast through the forest mile after
mile, the following Of the wet-tireo
automobile from now on was as simple
oil though It had run upon rails.
Far ahead Of the pursuing Indian
the van drew up before IS shack In D