The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1940-06-06
THE STORY

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CHAPTER Captain Carl Norwood has
been sent from his native England to the
Kadur River district in India. along with his
Indispensable lnas;Ip manservant. Moses {. .oLeary.
vey the district to determine whether valu-
able secret diamond mine belongs TO the
temple priests or to the ruler. the Mahara-
1ah of Kadur,
CHAPTER I-Norwood calls on the Brit
.sh Residency to pay his initial respects. On
his way he catches glimpse of two women
in palace carriage, one of whom is young
o be- he o Kad ne
later tells him that the young woman is an
American girl named Lynn Harding. who
with her aunt, Mrs. Deborah Harding, is a
guest at the palace.
CHAPTER III-Mrs. Harding and Lynn,
her niece, are guests at the Maharajah's s
palace. On sightseeing tour Mrs Harding
sprains an ankle, and sends to the palace
for aid. Prince Rundhia. handsome, spoiled
nephew of the rulers. comes to her rescue
and takes her back to the palace where he
meets Lynn for the first time. A Bengalese
doctor attends Mrs. Harding. despite her
protests. Mrs Harding and Lynn are any,
thing but friendly. due to the formers ex-
acting demands. Mrs. Harding does not
like the royal family, especially Prince Run
dhia. but is forced by circumstances to
accept their hospitality.
CHAPTER Iv-At a banquet that night
In the palace attended by Captain Nor
wood, Mrs. Harding takes one of the native
doctors pills, and becomes violently i'll. She
Ii placed in bed and arrangements are
made for Lynn to move out OF the quarters
with her aunt and stay with the Maharanee.
CHAPTER What evening Prince Run
dhia attempts to make love to Lynn. She is
unwilling to listen to him. and at the crucial
moment Norwood appears on the scene.
much to Rundhia's disgust. Norwood sees
her home.
CHAPTER vI-oLeary has located the
secret entrance to the diamond mine which
Is being worked by, the temple priests. He
narrowly averted when live cobra is
thrown in Norwoods face. Later Norwood
visits visits the the Brahmin priests, one & Of whom
pocket, unknown to Norwood. They are In
tended as q bribe.
CHAPTER vII-while Norwood Is talking
to Lynn the diamonds fan from his pocket
She notices them. and sees that he Is sur
love 70 her. she mentions the diamonds In
order 10 divert his mind. She realizes It
was mistake.
CHAPTER vIII-Rundhia. though cha
grined by Lynn's attitude. is elated to hear
the British Residency. and tells the Resident
OF the diamonds, accusing Norwood of taxi
ing. a. bribe. He also reveals that Lynn
CHAPTER Ix-The Maharanee knows Of
who has threatened to leave Lynn penni-
less. She offers Lynn, whom she has grown
to love. position in the palace so she viii
Norwood has called at the Residents Office
to tell him about the diamonds. The Resi-.
se sEs fso At has snd tanks ba
Norwood may be trying to cover up"
CHAPTER x-O'Leary gets further news
he hears In the market place that Norwood
has been bribed. and reports his findings to
and her aunt to leave the palace. knowing
Rundhia's intentions. He calls and sees
MS MIS-. HARDING and tells ner sne ne IS Is lar too
Ting news. He tells Norwood that the ma
tive gamblers are betting that the Maharaja
win be dead. within "a hours. Norwood
of the food given Mrs. Harding and tries to
feed 1t to dog, who becomes extremely
sick.
CHAPTER xH-Lynn refuses to heed her
aunt who wants. to leave the palace. She
writes note to Norwood which is intercept
ed by Rundhia. BY mistake it goes to Mrs.
Harding, who keeps 1t.
CHAPTER XIII-Rundhia informs the
Bengali doctor that he may quit administer
ing his drugs to Mrs. Harding. but tells him
has also been administering slow poison
TO the Maharajah. under Rundhia's orders.
Rundhia will rule Kadur upon the death Of
Rundhia will save Captain Norwood provid-
ing she will marry him. Lynn accepts.
CHAPTER xIv-Norwood finds that ma.
tive scoundrel named Gulbaz is in Kadur
City, and is planning some kind OF shady
coup. He refuses O'Leary permission to
harm Gulbaz. but allows him to call at
his headquarters.
CHAPTER Xv-oLeary calls on Gulbaz.
telling him he has information to SELL Gul.
bag Is not interested. so O,Leary knows
Gbaa ppoad haVe to bSS the @
take steps to protect his master.
CHAPTER xvI-Rundhia and Lynn are
together. She hears the sound OF guns
abou ae maes eb o
them. Then he tells her that Norwood has
torn up her letter. She does not know the
Captain never received 1t.
CHAPTER xvII-The Resident calls on
Mrs. Harding. finds that she has. by mis-
take, been handed Lynn's note to Norwood.
She has not passed it on to the captain. and
the Resident warns her that she cannot
leave Kadur until she helps Norwood out of
his difficulties.
CHAPTER XvIIr-Night raiders fire on
he has been fatally hit to throw his ene-
mics off the trail. When they have gone he
summons oLeary Ole and md. rides to the Palace a
Rundhia. knocking him out.
CHAPTER XIX-Norwood gets Lynn's
note from Mrs. Harding While talking to
her, Prince Rundhia goes to the Bengali
doctor. commands him to make sure the
Maharajah dies that night.
CHAPTER XX-Lynn meets Rundhia, and
tells him she knows that he has lied to her,
but that she will marry him, though she
doesn't love him. If he will sign retraction
clearing Norwood. He promises to do this,
and writes out the retraction.
CHAPTER XII
Norwood stood stock-still, beneath
a Tibetan devil-mask, between two
suits of ancient Indian armor. He
had sent up his card to the Maha-
rance with request for an imme-
diate interview. It was an outra-
geous request, and he knew it. The
palace chamberlain approached
him c4,rad-ct1rad barGer-hocifaf-