The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-02-07
Swami
Rams
Reincarnation
nv FRANK BLICHrON
Copyright.
SYNOPSIS.
By FRANK BLlCHroN

ruApTTR f.--while his train In held
siding Tom Davenport. engineer of
n pacifr Limited. becomes interested In
nrtiye movements OF n small brown
AN evidently foreigner. and lnvesti-
s,as What he discovers sends him
sck tn his cab in n hurry. buchanan
k1nlans M ning man. boards the train
ID INA meN' l,iIslnsrao yi,endra. who
rove owe 10 b, ,n East Indian The limited
wrecked
ruApTER Williams. though pain.
sliv burned. saves Jitendra. who hnt
ssn pinned under the wreck, Tho Hindt
ews eternal gratitude. Williams re'
sIyes q maraare telling him Mexican
eyoludcnisis nave seized HE mtne,
II the Anne
pachco. of himself. would not have
hsred 10 presume TO lay hands upon
Nm. nor I'D the INCIDENT Mexican
oreman POSSESS sufficient initiative to
kelze on a mining property of the mag
bltude of III Tigre unless with lnspira-
Mon from bigger minds thnn his. Hut
Pacheco was dead--a bloated purple
torpse--struck down almost at the In
Stant OF his atrocious blow and hurled
INTO the great unknown. ~.
Pacheco's death was. aud forever
vould be, utterly bail,ng, Buck VII
hams knew--unless Jitcndra could ana
sould explain II.
He turned 10 glance Mt the ll'.le Hin
bu with growing feeling of respect.
hor,erlny cn awe. lie noticed that.
shIie surrounding them. the soldiers
we're riding wei, away from Jitendra
nd himself.
The mysterious demise of their cap
ain had evidently not been without Its
fleet. Buck wondered why Jitendra
nd himself had not been shot down.
Il must be because definite orders
had been sent out both for his capture
Ind observation-disclosures The rifles
III the bandit command would. ere this,
have visited death ms sudden. but by
DO means rs mysterious. upon both.
-JItendra." whispered Williams.
The Hindu turned.
"what was II that killed Pacheco"
.The vengeance Of vishnu. sahib."
answered the other.
II do not understand" replied the
mine owner. He was a little irritated
10 think that he. a strong. lusty Ameri-
can. was inferior In resources for re-
sIstance 10 his enemies. while a gnunt.
emaclated. undersixed atom bound as
securely as himself TO another horse.
invoked apparently occult powers with
such startling results.
Jitendra's hands were tied ~ were
his own-he could see the flesh swell
Ing on the bony wrists where the taut
rawhide was shrinking In the heat Of
the sun.
The vengeance OF vishnu." nj last
he mechanically repeated. when the
Hindu had apparently failed to notice
his remark.
'Yes. Sahib Buck"
The squalid adobe structures Of
Zapatlllo were now clearly In view.
The soldiers sat a little more erect.
closed their ragged ranks into slightly
straighter lines. and the horses. sens
Ing delayed meal moved forward
at q swlfter pace.
still Jitendra did not vouchsafe any
explanation. Only at the gate OF the
carcel itself, few minutes later. did
Buck Williams catch u low murinur of
words. He listened eagerly.
The Hindu seemed 10 be chanting.
but the words were English:
They reckon IN who leave me out:
When IHe they ny-i am the wings.
] am the doubter and the doubt.
And ths hymn the Brahmin sings.