The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-02-14
Swami
Rams
Reincarnation
, ByFRANx sLrcHToN
Copyright.
SYNOPSIS.

man, evidently "A foreigner -hnd investi.
gates. What he discovers sends him
back TO his cab In hurry, Buchanan
Williams, mining man, boards the train
and makes the acqunintaifce OF the
stranger, Jallrirgrao Jltesdrp. who
proves 70 be an East Indian, lrhe limited
CHAPTER williams. Enough pain
fully burned, saves Jitcndin who had
Se@s osm p"ssn eternal 1"psr sra,tuSe @ vIlIamS ~
\ ceives a message telling ifm Mexican
revolutionists have seized his mine,
known as "El Tigre." and kind or driven
CHAPTER uI--on his way'to his mine.
alone. Williams discovers thati Jitendra 10
back. The Hindu apparently acauiesces.
but when Williams reaches the mine hr
0nds Jitendra there
CHAPTER Iv-The Hindu declares
Fate has bound him and Williams to-
ecther, and asserts mysieriously that the
rods vishnu aud silva are with him. VII.
Dafns. somewhat touched allows him TO
ae2y. While In a sleep OF exhaustion VIII
nohs IL made prisoner by Mexican
ssece headed by Manuel Paehcco. his for
. prisoner. the party sets out for zapa-
s9lo. ON the way Pacheco brutaliy strikes
Williams and almost Immediately falls
from his horse dead. apparently without
cause.
CHAPTER v.-Arrivine at ZaratilIo WILL
INNS and Jitendra are placed In a nthy
"as y,s,'ee q, 's Hrsra minins
company, He offers Williams bis liberty
n he will abandon El Tigre and agree
TO leave tho country. Williams indig-
The world OF strife and struggle. Of
bitter hate anc burning discord. of
which he had been "a part was blotted
out. and. instead. there WIS only
superlntive sense of contentment.
divine peace, sweet oblivion.
-
"Sahib Buck Snhib Buck !"
Williams struggled In dazed fashion
to his knees.
Between his dream and the dark.
ness he was 80 confused that he did
not realize where he was--or why
Something cold. metallic. slender. was
fsrcing itself into his hands.
''Tbere is little time. sahib." Kissed
the voice. "See--the door is open and
the gods granted thy request. Make
haste. ] pray thee. and depart. Be
ware of the other who sits asleep just
within the gate ~ this place"
"W-w-who-what the devil are you
talking about? Oh. I remember now
It's you, Jitendra. isn't III"
Eyes. sahib. but delay not. The
night is yet young-by dawn thou must
b. far from here"
Unbelievingly the mine owner stag.
gered 10 his feet. He tried to look
around the obscure interior Of the cell.
Then he saw that the iron-bound oaken
door leading into the corridor was
open. as a draft Of air came through.
Near II two flaming points OF light.
swaying rhythmically In the corner,
blaxed back ut him. Buck stumbled to-
ward them, cropping blindly.
Jitendra's hand was on his arm
the Hindu's slender fingers bit down
on his bieeps like steel tongs.
"Sahib. beware the vengeance OF
vishnu! Not that wayl"
He felt himself drawn forcibly aside
and thrust into the corridor. He
turned 10 glance at his friend. Two
other crimson. glaring points of light
blaxed back into his startled eyes, but
these seemed suspended Just above the
white turban which the Oriental wore.
Like those the mine owner had seen In
the cell corner, they might have been
the angry orbs Of the gods at whom
he had scofYed.
Buck trembled.
A cold sweat streamed out on his
forehead. He at last realized that he
was In the passage leading TO the gate
Of the carcel. ana In his hands was
rlfle-the thing he had jesttngly COM
manded the patient, little brown man
to secure for him through the exercise
Of his occult powers.
"Hurry. Sahib Buck" whispered
"tarry not for me. for vishnu
and silva have me In their b6ly keep
Ing. Go thou--and quickly
The cool. satiny rife barrel sent a
thrill of madly intoxicating ecstasy |
rioting through the Americans brain.
Like the tiger, from whom he had been
named. he padded stealthily along the
short passage leading 10 the gate Of |
the prison. filed with an angry ven-
geance.
The sleeping sentinel was loliing In
his chair. His weapon tbudded down !
upon the head of the somnolent SOL
der, who rolled to the ground!
Williams seized the ringed key from
the guards inert fingers and thrust II
into the lock. The last barrier swung
Inward. the soft breeze Of the reful-
gent night kissed his feverish face,
and he was blotted out by its protect
Ing curtain.
Jalisingrao Jitendra squatted In the
corner Of the cell from which the |
had so miraculously been re-
leased. and bent over the PROSTATE fig-
nre Of the Mexican who had been on
guard In the corridor.
Back and forth on the breast Of the
soldier, who lay rigidly upon his back,
swayed two sinister, menacing points
)f crimson. and in perfect unison
'wayed also two others upon the head
)f the Hindu.
"WOuldsf thou hava Hfe9n starnly