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apple pie order.
Lots of men are short-sighted who
don’t wear eyeglasses.
' It isn’t always the best tasting medi-
cine that produces the best results.
Another victim of aviation has been
added to the list and he didn’t even
draw a big headline.
While the local theatrical season has
come to a close, we still have the news
from Mexico and the baseball dope to
interest us.
in
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city will not be for the few hours they
remain among us, and as our business
institutions and business methods have
in times of financial crises withstood
assaults that crushed hundreds of com-
mercial establishments throughout the
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country, we have no reason to shrink
from the scrutiny of these keen-scent-
ed captains of commerce, who visit ns
with a view of mutual benefit.
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I shan’t enjoy it.
hang back where
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So Tm off to the resi-
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Room 628, New York City.
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know who.”
“One of us is mad,” said Farrell
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Haven’t seen very much praise of the
sweet girl graduate as yet, but she is
certain to be just as sweet as any of
her predecessors.
Any erroneous reflections upon the stand-
ing, character or reputation of any person,
firm or corporation, which nfay appear in
the columns of The Tribune, will be gladly
corrected upon its being brought to the
attention of the management.
loyal to the scheme. Inevitably, then,
the man who passes through the Gate-
way in his name is to be quietly elim-
inated before he can betray anything
j—in other words, as soon as Ae has
been put through the ‘ordeal,’ as they
call it, for the sake of appearances
and the moral effect (upon the Hindu
Now I think you un-
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Texas will be able to be proud
herself if the coming campaign goes
through without undue bitterness and
acrimony.
WALVESTON TRTBUKBt WEDNESDAY,
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C»»c tills btory Out ait- Keep it. You’ii.
W'iUit tc Kead It Later if Not Now.
"inat this internal conspiracy is
scheduled to come to a head tonight—
as you must have inferred, my dear
fellow; this is the last night of your
probation. The cutting off of Khanda-
war from all British India is a bold
and shows Salig Singh’s confi-
‘Govern-
desired.
Th® cry ‘fang bell-clear fn’the still-
ness, and its silver echo had not died
before it was answered by one who
stepped out of the black shadow of a
spreading banian, some distance away,
ind came toward them, leading three
Worses. As the moonlight fell upon
Mm, Amber recognized the uniform i
the man wore as that of the imperial I
And today it doesn’t look so very
much like intervention in Mexico.
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speak, received a sign, and was silent,
the excuse for Labertouche’s sudden
bhaitge of attitude being sufficiently
apparent in an uproar which had been
raised without the least warning in
the compound. The advent of a run-
ning horse seemed to have been re-
sponsible for it, for the clatter of
noora as me ammai was enecKeu ab-
ruptly in mid-stride was followed by a
clamour of drunken criee, shrieks of
alarm, and protests on the part of the
sepoys disturbed in the midst of their
carouse. Over all this t»ere rang the
voice qf an Frsijshmau.
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Ing, Colonel'Farrell,’ who can’go where
I am going to look for your daughter
tonight.
Is—you
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with conviction. “I think you
“Or else I know what I’m talking
about. In either event you only hinder
me now. Please go.”
The Virginian followed him to the
doorway. Farrell’s horse, a docile, ■
well-trained animal, had come to the
edge of the veranda to wait for his
master. Otherwise the compound was i
as empty as the night was quiet.;
Mounting, the Political waved a silent';
farewell and spurred off toward the;
city. Amber passed back through the ]
bungalow to the bund.
He lifted his voice and called: ‘’Oh©,;
Dulla Dad!” ;
There came a soft shuffle of feet on;
the stones behind him, and the stunt- i
ed, white-clad figure of Dulla Dad j
stood at his side, making respectful'
obeisance. “Hazoor!”
“You damned spying
Amber cried, enraged,
waiting there by the window, listen-
ing!”
“Hazoor,” the native' quavered in]
fright, “it was cold upon the water!
and you kept me waiting overlong. I
landed, seeking shelter from the wind.
If your talk was not for mine ears,
remember that you used a tongue I
did not know.”
“So you were listening!” Amber;
calmed himself. “Never mind. Where’s
your boat?”
“I thought to hide it in the rashes.
If the hazoor will be patient for a lit-
tle moment . . .” The native
dropped down from the bund and dis-
appeared into the reedy tangle of the
lake shore. A minute or so later Am-
ber saw the boat shoot out from the -
shore and swing in a long, graceful
curve to the steps of the bund.
“Make haste,” he ordered, as
jumped in and took his place,
have kept you waiting, as you say,
then I am late.”
“Nay, there is time to spare.” Dulla j
Dad spun the boat round and away.;
“I did but think to anticipate your im-i
patience, knowing that you would as-j
suredly come.”
“Ah, you knew that, Dulla Dad?;
How did you know?”
“I, hazoor? Who am I to know;
aught? . . . Nay, this have 11
heard”—he paused cunningly: “ ‘You
shall find but one way to Kathiapur.’ ” |
Amber, realizing that he had invited;
this insolence, was fair enough not to
resent it, , and held his peace until he
could no longer be blind to the fact
that the native was shaping a course
almost exactly away from the Raj
Mahal. “What treachery is this, dog?”
he demanded. “This is not the
way—”
“Be- not mistrustful of your slave,;
hazoor,” whined the native. “I do the;
bidding of those before whose will Ij
am as a leaf in the wind. It is an;
order that I land you on the bund of j
the royal summer pavilion, by the;
northern shore of the lake. There will!
you find one waiting for you, my]
lord.”
He landed on the steps of the bund
and waited for Dulla Dad to join him;
but when, hearing a splash, of the pad-
dle, he looked round, it was to find
that the native had already put a con-
siderable distance between himself
and the shore. Amber called after
him angrily, and Dulla Dad rested;
upon his paddle.
“Nay, heaven-born!” be replied.
“Here doth my responsibility end. An-!
other will presently appear to be your
guide. Go you up to the jungly path
leading from the bund;”
The Virginian lifted his shoulders
indifferently, and ascended to discover]
a wide footpath running inland be-
tween dark walls - of shrubbery, but
quite deserted. He stopped with a.
whistle of vexation, peering to right
and left. “What the deuce!” he said
aloud. “Is this another of their con-
founded tricks?”
A low and marvelously sweet laugh
sounded at his elbow, and he turned
with a start and a flutter of his pulses,.
“Naraini!” he cried.
“Tell me not thou art disappointed,
10 my king?” she said, placing a soft
hand firmly upon his arm. “Didst
thou hope to meet another here?”
“Nay, how should I expect thee-?”'
His voice was gentle though ha
steeled his heart against her fascina-
tions; for now he had use for her.
“Had Dulla Dad conveyed me to the
palace, then I should have remember-
ed thy promise to ride with me to
Kathiapur. But, being brought to this
place . . .”
“Then thou didst wish to ride with;
me?” She nodded approval and satis-
faction. “That is altogether as I would
have it be, Lord of my Heart. By this
have I proven thee, for thou hast con-j
sen ted to approach the Gateway, not]
altogether because th® Voice hath
summoned thee, but likewise, I think,]
because thine own heart urged thee.'
Nay, but tell me, King of my Soul,
did it not leap a little at the thought
of meeting me?”
With a quick gesture she threw her]
veil aside and lifted her incomparably i
fair face to his, and he was conscious]
that he trembled a little, and that his]
voice shook as he answered evasive-
ly: “Thou shotildst know, Ranee.”
“Thou wilt not draw back in th®
end?” Her arms clipped him Softly
about the neck and drew his head
down gp thxst her breath was fragrant
in his face, her lips a sweet peril b&-
neath his own. “Thou wilt
whatever may be prepared
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TEXAS LEADS IN COAL.
El Paso Times.
While it detracts, naturally, some-
what from the gratification and the
pride that all Texas must feel in the
result, to reflect that the information
comes from national official reports,
instead of from state officials, that
Texas has a greater coal deposit than
any other state, with oil and phosphate
deposits equal to any, must be pleasing-
to all. These facts were not ascer-
tained by a geological survey made by
the state, but by that made by the na-
tional government. When the Hudspeth
mining bill becomes a law the pros-
pecting that will Immediately follow
will also show that Texas, and espe-
cially West Texas, is rich beyond com-
putation in precious metals. So, won-
derful as Texas is in natural wealth al-
ready ascertained, the discoveries of
coming years will astonish the world
with revealments as to the undreamed-
of riches that li-e buried in her soil.
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Horses.
raini.”
“For the sake of the reward
raini offers thee?” she persisted daa<
gerously. j
“I don’t mind telling you that you’d
turn ’most any man’s head, my dear,";
"AM thou wilt "go on? Thou artf
not mind to withdraw thy hand?”
“Not so that you’d notice it Na*
Spring headgear for charming fem-
inity ranges in size from the little fel-
lows to sure enough whoppers—and
the price of all is of thff whopper va-
riety.
race at large.
der stand.”
“I think I do, thanks,” Amber re-
turned dryly.
I said before.
dency. But bow to get through that
guard out there?”
He received go response. In as lit-
rtle time as it took him, to step back-
wards from Amber Labertouche had
resumed his temporarily discarded
masquerade. Instantaneously it was
th® khansamah who confronted the
Virginian—the native with head and
shoulders submissively bended, as one
who awaits ah order.
Amber, surprised, stared, started to
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The insurrecto leaders who surren-
dered to the Americans knew their
business. They didn’t want to take
chances on getting shot by the fed-
erals.
, ] he said, cheerfully, and let her Intel*.
I pret the words as she pleased.
She was not pleased, for her
quaintance with English was more int.
timate than she had chosen to admits
but if she felt any chagrin she di?/
simulated with her never-failing art.
“Then bld me farewell, O nay soul?
and goI” j
“Up there?” h© inquired, lifting hia
brows. V
“Aye, up the causeway and ©ver th*
bridge, into the city of death.”
“Alone?” f
“Aye, alone and afoot, my king.’
"Pleasant prospect, thanks.” Am-]
ber whistled, a trifled dashed,
then, when I get up there—?”
"One will meet thee. Go with himt
fearing naught.” • ' Y
“And what wiH you do, meanwhile?”;
“When thou shalt have passed thej
Gateway, my lord, Naraini will bat
waiting for thee.”
"Very well.” Amber threw a leg)
over the crupper, handed the stallion's t
reins to the sowar, who had dismount-]
ed and drawn near and dropped to hiaj
feet. -f
Naraini nodded to the sowar, wht
led the animal away. When he was
out of earshot the woman leaned from?'
the saddle, her glorious eyes to A-mJ
ber’s. “My king!” she breathed in-]
tensely.
But the thought of Sophia Farrell
and what she might be suffering at
that very moment was uppermost—]
obtruded Itself like a wall between
himself and the woman.
“Goodnight, my dear," he said amia>
bly; and, turning, u^ade off toward thg]
foot of the causeway.
When he had gained itt he looked
back to see her ridtng off at a wide
angle from the causeway, heading out
into the plain. When he Iboked again,
some two or three minutes later. Na
raini, th® sowar, and the hprses had
vanished as completely =as if the earth
had opened to receHb tjteni. Ha
rubbed his eyes, stored and gave i*
up.
So he was alone! •
shrug, he plodded on.
down on a boulder to think it aver. |
“Clever invention” he milled;;
“one’d think that, after -taking all this(
trouble to get me bare, th&y’d changed
their minds about wanting me. i’ve*
a notion to change mine."
There seemed to be no possibility;
of turning back at that stage, how*
ever. Kuttarpur was rather far away;
and, moreover, h© doubted if he would
be permitted to return. Having' come
thus far, he must go on. Moreover;
Sophia Farrell was on the other sidai
ot that Swordwide bridge, and such,
being the ease, cross it he would
though he were to find the next world
at its end, Anally he considered that;
'be was presently to undergo an ordeal
of some unknown nature, probably ex«i
tremely unpleasant, and that this mat-]
iter of the vanishing bridge must hav«
been arranged in order to put him in]
a properly subdued and tractable
frame of mind.
~ ' (To Be Continued.)
HONEST BY LEGISLATION.
League City Herald.
Perhaps it is true that men cah not
be made honest by legislation. But
proper legislation rightly enforced can
make it decidedly unpleasant and un-
profitable for a man to be dishonest,
and that would be no small gain. Al- x
really this is done to some extent, but
something more is needed to reaoli
business defaulters and political bood<
lers who escape through the'meshes
legal technicalities,
move i
dence. It means simply:
mfental interference not
Hands off.’ He knows well that we’ve]
spies here, that enough has leaked out,
unavoidably, to bring an army corps
down on his back within twenty-four
hours, if he permitted even the most;
innocent-seeming message to get out ofl
th® city.”
Amber whistled with dismay,
you—”
“I’m going to find out for myselfi
what’s towards Kathiapur.”
“You’re going there—alone?”
“Not exactly; I shall have company.
A gentleman of the Mohammedan per-1
suasion is going to change places with]
me for the night. No; he doesn’t
know it yet, but I have reason to be-]
lieve that he got an R. S. V. P. for the;
festive occasion and intends to put in
a midnight appearance. So I purpose,
saving him the trouble. It’s only a;
two-hour ride.” ,
“But the risk!”
Labertouche chuckled grimly. "It’s
the day’s work, my boy. flm not sure
Besides, I mustn’t1
my subordinates
have not feared to go. We’ve had a
man in Kathiapur since day before,
yesterday.”
“And I? What am I to do?”
“Your place is at Miss Farrell’s sida.
No; you’d be only a hindrance to me.
Get that out of your thoughts. Three
years ago I found time to make a.
pretty thorough exploration of Kath-
iapur, and, being blessed with an ex-^
cellent memory, I shat! be quite at;
home.”
Amber made a gesture of surrender.
“Of course you’re right,” he said.
“You’re always right, confound you!”1
"Exactly,” agreed Labertouche,
smiling. “I’m only here to help you
escape to the residency. Raikes and
Colonel Farrell have already been ad-
vised to make preparations for a siege
or for instant flight, if I give the
word. They need you far more than
I shall. It would be simple madness
for you to venture to Kathiapur to-
night. The case is clear enough for
you to see the folly of doing anything
of the sort.”
"It may be clear to you . . .”
“See here,” said Labertouche, with
pardonable impatience; “I’m pre-
suming that you know enough of In-
dian history to be aware that th®
Rutton dynasty in Khandawar is th®
proudest and noblest in India; it has
descended tn right line from the sun.
There’s not a living Hindu but will
acknowledge its supremacy, be h®
however ambitious. That makes it
plain, or ought to, why Har Dy al RuV
ton, the last maid of his line, was—
and is—considered the natural, the in^ ; ------
evitable, leader of the second mutiny.4trouble from the natlve sldG-
It devolved upon Salig Singh to pro-
duce him; Salig Singh promised and
—is on the point of failure. I can’t
say, precisely,, what penalty lie*!! be
called upon to pay, but it’s safe to as-
sume that it,Ii"be something everlast-
ingly unpleasant. So he’s desperate.
I c^n’t believe he has deceived him-
self into taking you for Rutton, but
whether or no, he intends by hook or
crook to get you through this Gateway
affair tonight. He’s got to. Now you
are-^or Rutton is—known to be dis-
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The Hooded Death, \
The causeway down which th«>
horsemen ofl forgotten kings of Khan-
dawar had clattered forth to war, in
its age-old desuetude h^ad com© to de- 1
cay. Between its great patfehg blocks
grass sprouted, and here and there
creepers and even trees had taken
root and in the slow immutable proc-
ess of their growth had displaced con;
siderable masses of stone; so that
there were pitfalls to be avoided
Otherwise a litter of rubble made th©
walking anything btt good, ^.mbeij
picked his way with caution, grumW
ling.
After some three»Jq>uarters of at
hour hard climbing fee came to th^
wooddn bridge, and baited, surveying
it with mistrust. Doubtless in the old)
en time a substantial but movable
structure, strong enough to sustain <
troop of warriors but light enough td
fbe easily drawn up, had extended
across the chasm, rendering the city
i impregnable from capture by assault, d
IT so, it had long since been replaced
by an airy and well-ventilated latticed
’work of boards and timbers, none ol
which seemed to the wary eye any tocj
sound. Amber selected the most solidi
looking of the lot and gingerly ad«]
vanced a pace or two along it With
a soft crackling a portion of the tim<
her crumbled to dust beneath his feetJ
He retreated hastily to the causeway]
and swore, and noticed that the Ey«^
was watching him with malevolent in-
terest, and swore solne mor®. Em
tirely on Impulse he heaved a bit of
rock, possibly twenty pounds in
weight, to the middle of the structure^
There followed a splintering crash)
and the contraption dissolved like a]
magic-lantern effect, leaving a solitary,
beam about a foot in width and six
or eight inches thtek, spanning u ?
flight of twenty and a drop of sixty]
feet. The river received the rubbish]
with several successive splashes, dls<
| household guard of Khandawar, while
the horses seemed to be stallions he
’ had seen in the palace yard, with an-
other but little their inferior in mettle,
or beauty.
“Now,” announced the woman ini
tones of deep contentment, “we will|
ride!”
She turned to Amber, who took her;
i up in his arms and set her in the sad-j
die of one of the stallions.
The sowar surrendered to Amber
the reins of the other stallion and
stepped hastily aside. The Virginian
took the saddle with a flying leap, and ■
a thought later was digging his knees
into the brute’s sleek flanks and saw-
ing on the bits, while the path flowed
beneath him, dappled with moonlight]
and shadow, like a ribbon of gray-
green silk, and trees and shrubbery
streaked back on either hund in a.
rush of melting blacks and grays.
Swerving acutely, the path ran into
the dusty high road. Amber heard a
rush of hoofs behind him, and then
slowly the gauze-wrapped figure of th®
queen drew alongside.
"Maro! Let hiin run, my king!
The way is not far flor such as he.
Have no fear lest he tire!"
But Amber set his teeth and1
wrought with the reins until his
mount comprehended the fact that he
had met a master and, moderating his
first furious burst of speed, settled
down into a league-devouring stride,
1 crest low, limbs gathering and stretch-
ing, with the elegant precision of
clockwork. His rider, regaining his
poise, found time to look about him
and began to enjoy, for all his cares,
this wild race through the blue-white
night
They circled finally a great, round,
grasslees hillside, and pulled reta. in
the notch of a gigantic V formed by
two long, prow-like spurs running out
upon a plain whose sole, vague bound-
ary was the vast arc of the horizon.
Before them loomed dead Kathiapur,
an island of stone girdled by the shal-
low silver river. Like the rugged
pedestal of some mammoth column, Its
cliffs rose sheer threescore feet from
brave
whatever may be prepared for thy
testing, for the sake of Naraini, whb
awaits the® beyond the Gateway. O
my Beloved?”
“I shall not be found wanting.”
Liihe as a snake, she slipped from
ns arms. “Nay, I trust thee not!”
Bh© laughed, a qujver of tenderness in
ter merriment. “Let my lips be mine
alone until thou hast proven thyself
worthy of them.” She raised her
toice. eailitiff ; “Otm..Emailj
CRAZY S.I^Y PIECES.
Cuero Star.
In the south especially men protect
the honor and rights of women, but we
can’t see the propriety, we like to have
said sense, in her setting down in
church with a three stories and a base-
ment hat on that spreads out over her
neighbor on each side, ■ so that the
party in the rear can’t see the preach-
er, pulpit, not even her pretty face,
which is in the basement of that hat.
Hats off in churph.
All things being equal, a man trades
where he is acquainted, and the coun-
try merchant sends his orders to the
city distributor whom he knows. And
this is one of the reasons stated by a
member of the party of visiting Chi-
cago business men who are touring
Texas in a private train and observing
cur possibilities and opportunities.
It has so often been said that busi-
ness has not even a bowing acquaint-
ance with sentiment that a great many
believe it, but the people who believe it
least are the men who have grown
gray in business and have obtained
much of the experience that makes
them authority with younger men, by
having been up against certain propo-
sitions where quite often sentiment
was the one thing that solved a knotty
problem. Some men of this class are
among those who are spending a few
days in Texas.
Business men are not given to the
exhibition of emotion, and therefore no
one need expect to hear these visitors
speak volubly about the big things
they have seen in this state, but this
need not cause the least uneasiness.
They will see what we have to show;
will form their own opinions, and in
the months to come some of the pur-
poses of their visit will probably de-
velop. It may be set down as a truth
that while some of these gentlemen are
on pleasure bent, they expect to “make
expenses,” and will no doubt realize
their expectations in the near future.
One thing we should see to carefully,
and that is that these business men
from the VKestern metropolis are of-
fered every opportunity for learning
all about our land, our transportation
facilities, our harbors, and don’t for-
get our climate. It is merely sug-
gested that we are rapidly drawing
near the time when the Panama canal
will be opened for traffic, and Texas In
general and Galveston in particular are
to loom large in the eyes of the world
as^being the nearest American terri-
tory and best deep-water gulf port to
one end of that waterway. It is an
axiom that the Chicago business men
look farther into th© future than al-
most any other commercial people in
America, and as the port of Galveston
Is one of the black-letter stopping
places on their itinerary, there may be
much more in this visit than their very
commendable desire to shake hands
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with our people.
It need not be for a moment pre-
sumed that Galvestonians only have
taken note of the increasing import
business finding a gateway through
this port; the immense enlargement of
the banana business, the bringing of
raw Cuban sugar through here for re-
fining in Texas, the proposed opening
of a coffee trade through Galveston—
all of these have been noted elsewhere
by the keen seekers after new lines of
trade, and it may be expected that
while here these Chicago visitors will
investigate all of these matters,
acauaintances they $orm while in this
Cood, round, honest British oaths.
“Stand aside, yot’ hounds!”
fiirnod ‘“That’c Klar-
tell’s voice!” he cried, guessing at the
tWth.
Labertouche made no answer, but
edged toward the khansamah’s quar-
ters.
The din subsided as Farrell gained
the veranda. His feet rang heavily on
the boards, and a second later he
thrust the door violently open and
slammed breathlessly into the room,
booted, spurred, his keen old face
livid, a riding whip dangling from one
wribt, a revolver in the other hand.
He wheeled on the threshold and
lifted his weapon, then, with a gasp of
amazement, dropped it. “By heaven,
sir!” he cried, “that’s odd! Those
damned sepoys tried to prevent my
seeing you and now they’ve cleared
out, every mother’s son of them!”
Amber stepped to his side; to his
own bewilderment, the compound was;
deserted; there was not a sepoy in]
sight.
“So much the better,” he said, quick-
ly, the first to recover. “What’s wrong,
sir?”
“Wrong!” Farrell stumbled over to1
the table and into a chair, panting.
“Everything’s wrong! What’s gone
wrong with you, that we haven’t been
able to find you all day?”
“I’ve been lying there,” Amber told,
him, nodding to the charpoy, “drugged.
What’s happened? Is Miss Farrell—”
“Sophia!” The Political lifted his
hand to his eyes and let it fall, with
an effect of confusion. “In the name
of charity tell me you know where she
is!”
“You don’t mean—”
“She’s gone, Amber—gone. She’s
disappeared, vanished, been spirited
away! Don’t you understand me?
She’s been kidnaped!”
In dumb torment, Amber heard a
swift, sharp hiss of breath as preg-
nant with meaning as a spoken word,
and turned to meet Labertouche’s
eyes, and to see that the same thought,
was in both their minds. Salig]
Singh had found the way to lure' Am-
ber to Kathiapur.
No spoken word was needed; their
Understanding was implicit on the in-|
stant. Indeed, the secret agent dared
not speak, lest he be overheard by an
eavesdropper and so be the cause of
his own betrayal. With a flutter of
white garments he slipped noiselessly
from the room, and Amber knew in-
stinctively that if they were to meet
again that night it would be upon th©
farther side of the Gateway of Swords.
For himself, his path of duty lay clear
to the Virginian’s vision; like Laber-
touche’s, it was the road to Kathpia-
pur. He had no more doubt that So-
phia had been conveyed thither than
he had of Farrell’s presence before
him. • :
He thought swiftly of Dulla Dad’s
parting admonition: “You shall find
but one way to Kathiapur.”
“Well, sir? Well?” Exasperated by
his silence the Political sprang to his
feet and brought the riding’-crop
against his leg with a smack like a
gun-shot. “Have you nothing to say?
Don’t you realize what it means when
a white woman disappears in this land
©f devils? Good God! you stand there,
doing nothing, saying nothing, like a
man with a heart of stone!”
“Speak French,” Amber interposed
quietly. He continued in that tongue,
his tone so steady and Imperative that
it brought the half-frantic Englishman
to his senses. “Speak French. You
must know that we’re spied upon
'every Instant; every word we speak
is overheard, probably. Tell me what
happened—how it happened—and keep
cool!”
“You’re right; I beg your pardon.”
Farrell collected himself. “There’s lit-
tle enough to go on. . . . You dis-
appointed us this morning. During the
day we got word from a secret but
trustworthy source to look out for
- Never-
theless, Raikes and I were obliged,
by reason of our position, represent-
ing Government, to attend the banquet
In honor of the coronation tomorrow.
We called in young Clarkson—the mis-
sionary, you know—to stay in the
house during our absence. When we
returned the Residency was deserted
-—only we found Clarkson bound,
gagged, and nearly dead of suffocation
!n a <closet. He could tell us nothing
—had been set upon from behind. Not
a servant remained. . . . But, by
the way, your man Doggott came in
by the evening dak-tonga.”
“Where’s Raikes?”
“Gone to the palace to threaten Sa-
lig S4ngh with an army corps.”
“You know the telegraph wires are
cut?”
“Yes, but how—”
“Never mind how I know—the
story’s too long. The thing to do is to
get troops here without a day’s de-
lay.”
"But how?*’
“Take Raikes, Clarkson, and D^g-
gott and ride like hell to
Telegraph from there. The
four of you ought to be able to jight
your way through.”
“But, man, my daughter!”
“I know where to find her—or think
I do. No matter which, I’ll find her
and bring her back to you safely, ©r
die trying. You spoke just now of a
secret but trustworthy source of In-
formation: I work with it this flight
I can’t mention names—'You know
why; but that source was in this room
ten minutes ago. He's gone after
your daughter how. I follow. No-—f
go alohe. It’s the only way. I know
how you feel about it, but believ© me,
the thing for you to do is to find some
way to summon British troops. Now
the quicker you go, the quicker I’m
ME. I can’t—daren’t move while
you're here.”
Farrell eyed him strangely,
go,” he said after a pause. “But
. why can’t I—
as® Jugt,white, men. liv-
IMAGINE.
Corpus Christi Caller.
Imagination is a wonderfully bad
thing to keep around your premises,
and whenever you see It lurking
the dark places in your cranium
best thing you can do is to take a stick
and kill it. Don’t just imagine that a
man is a bold, bad man, or that he is
going to start something bad and bold.
Be the man you ought to be;, get ac-
quainted with him, and nine times out
of ten you will like him. Try this rem-
edy the next time you catch
criticising your neighbor.
TEXAS CITIES.
Morgan Mirror.
Texas cities are growing very rap-
For example, Texas now has four
cities over 50,000 inhabitants; in 1900
she had only one; nine with over 20,-
000. eleven others with over 10,000;
seventeen more over 5,000; sixty-six
others over 2,000 and 19 with over 1,-
000; at the time of the census last year
we had 211 cities over 1,000, while in
1900 we had 149, and in 1S90 only 95
We also now have 97
towns with less than 1,000 and the
ral districts are keeping pace with
towns in growth.
the water’s edge to the foot of th®
outermost of its triple walls. From
the notch in the hills a great stone
causeway climbed with a long and
easy grade to the level of the first
great gate, spanning the chasm over
the river by means of a crazy woodeu
bridge.
A gasp from the woman and an
oath from th® sowar startled Amber
out of somber apprehensions Into
which he had been plunged by contem-
plation of this Impregnable fortress
of desolation. Gone was his lust for
peril, gone his high, heedless joy of
adventure, gone the intoxication which
had been his who had drunk deep of
the cup of romance; there remained
only the knowledge that he, alone and
single-handed, was to pit his wits
against the invisible and mighty
forces that lurked in hiding within
those walls, to seem to submit to
their designs and so find his way to
the woman of Ms love, tear her from
the grasp of the unseen, and with her . tinctly disconcerting, and Amber sal
escap®. . . .
Naraini had, indeed, no need to cry
aloud or clutch his hand in order to
apprise him that the Eye was vigilant,
He himself had seen It break forth, a
^urid star of emerald light suspended
high above the dark heart of the city.
Slowly, while they watched th®
star descended, foot by foot, dropping
until the topmost pinnacle of a hidden
temple semed to support it; and
there ft rested, throbbing with light,
now bright, npw dull,
Amber shook himself impatiently.
“Silly charlantry!” he muttered, irri-
tated by his own susceptibility to its
sinister suggestion. . . . "Rd Hire,
‘to know how they manage ft, though;;
the light itself’s comprehensible
enough, but their control of it. , . .
frf there wefle ehottgh I‘a gpgpeet
a £ite. . .
"Thou ait not dismayed, my king?*
He laughed, not quite as Successful-
ly as he could hbye wished, and, “Not
I, N&rainl,1’ be returned in EngAsh.; a
tongue which Stembd somehow better
suited for service in combating the es-
oteric influenOes at work upon his
mind. “What’s the next turn, on the
program ?”
“I like not that tone, nor yet that
tongue." The woman shivered. “Even
as the Eye seeth, my lord, so doth
the Ear hear. Is it meet and wise to
speak with levity of that in whosj
power thou shalt shortly be?” j
“Perhaps not," he admitted, thought
telly. “ ‘in whose power I ghall short)
W tes’. a,.- a. -WelL Of es>U£g , J«
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