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J. H. Knox was a business visito
to Strong last Saturday.
E. E. Buchanan and wife ar<
visiting with relatives in Florida.
Miss “Cap” Mahony visited with
relatives at El Dorado several day1
this week.
Russell Moore of Washington
Ark., is here visiting his brother
W. H.. and family.
Train auditors have been put or
the Iron Mountain trains running
through here again.
For Sale Cheap A second hanc
refrigerator in fair condition.
C. B. Wood.
C. S. Watkins was at Monroe
Sunday viewing the high water ir
the Ouachita river at that place.
J. M Nevels of Strong was th'
uest of his daughter. Mrs. Roy
White, here the first of the week
J. W Taylor and family left
i.ursdas morning for Pine Bluff
where they will make „their future
home. _
Mrs. M. Y Blood and daughter.
Mrs. B. G. Tatum, left Wednesday
morning for Waldo where they will
make their future home.
John Benson of Bokoma, Okla.,
has succeeded E. T. Parker as
temporary planer foreman for the
Union Saw Mill company.
Milton Winham of Texarkana
was in Huttig this week on busi
ness. He is an official of the
Frost-Johnson Lumber Co.
T. G. Moore of Lapile was in
Huttig Monday erecting a monu
ment (Wer the grave of J. E. Nash
at Harper Springs cemetery.
A night shift has been put on
both sides at No. 2 mill with John
Harlan who formerly worked here
doing the sawing on the other side.
Judge E. 0. Mahony of E! Dora
do, the Democratic nominee for
prosecuting attorney of this dis
trict, was here Tuesday on business.
Mrs. J. H. Williams returned to
her home at Danville, La.. Tues
day after a two weeks visit with
relatives and friends here and at
Cecil.
We treat Piles successfully with
out knife or chloroform. Refer
ence and information on application.
Drs. McCall. &. Williams.
^ Lawson, Ark.
J. M. Kelso, jr., of Magnolia, one
of the defeated candidates for
prosecuting attorney in the recent
Democratic primary, has moved to
San Francisco, Cal.
Mrs. Geo. Dunn and children
who have been living at Licking,
Mo., arrived back in Huttig Friday
afternoon to join her husband and
again make this their home.
The railroad bridge across the
D'Loutre near Farmerville was
washed out again Tuesday morning
delaying traffic on the Farmerville
branch of the Iron Mountain sever
al hours._ _
English sparrows are making in
unpleasant for the ladies who are
trying to raise chrysanthemums
here this spring as they eat all the
leaves from the plants as soon as
they appear.
The official figures on the vote
for state auditor at the recent
Democratic primary give Jno. M.
Oathout of Booneville a majority
of 4,332 over his opponent Col. J.
C. Colquitt of Magnolia.
J. W. Dver was taken to El Do
rado last Friday morning by F. T.
• | Carroll where he was operated on
jfor appendicitis by Drs. Hilton and
; Thompson and at last accounts
■ was getting along nicely.
Miss Lucile Nipper was at El Do
i rado Thursday.
Dr. W. H. Reagan and family
who have been living in Monroe
have moved here.
Will Beck has moved his family
to Huttig on account of the high
water at Felsenthal.
John Raybourn and family of
Rayville, La., are here the guests
•of his daughter. Mrs. T. P. Mill
stead.
W. H. Wheler superintendent of
the Union Sunday school.leftThurs
day for Russellville to attend the
State Sunday School convention.
E. L. Howard, section foreman
of the L. &. P. B. Ry., left Thurs
day for St. Louis. Mo., to inspect
the loading out of four miles of
steel recently purchased there.
The dispatchers office as well as
all the offices of the Natchez divis
ion of the Iron Mountain railway lo
cated at Ferriday. La., have been
moved to El Dorado on account of
the high water.
From a bulletin issued by the
bureau of the census it is learned
that there were ginned in Union
county in 1909. 7.687 bales of
cotton: in 1910, 5.780 bales, and
in 1911,6.238 bales.
R. E. Fulenwider, water service
inspector for the Natchez division
of the St. Louis Iron Mountain &
Southern railway, who has been
living at Felsenthal. contemplates
moving to Gurdon in the near
future. _
The revival conducted by Rev.
O. E Bryan which closed Thurs
day night of last week, resulted in
the addition of 45 new members to
the Baptist church here, a majori
ty of whom were converted during
the meeting.
The jury in case of the state
against Garland Grace charged
with killing Alvis Cullins at El Do
rado last year while he was acting
as marshal, returned a verdict of
acquital last Saturday morning af
ter 20 minutes deliberation.
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At a mass meeting of the Re
publicans held at the city hall Mon
day night the following were
chosen as delgates to the county
convention to be held at El Dorado
Tuesday. April 23: L. G. Gibson.
F. 1. Dupois. W. G. Boyer, E. N.
and D. F. Collett.
The Womans' Home Mission so
ciety held its regular monthly oper
meeting with Mrs. D. A. Keasle>
iast Monday afternoon and a num
ber of members and visitors were
present. Light refreshments were
served by the hostess and an en
joyable and profitable afternoon
spent by all who attended.
Miss Aline Thompson enter
' tained a number of her little friends
1 at the home of her oarents last
Saturday afternoon from 3 to 5
o'clock in honor of her eighth
birthday. Games and refresh
ments were enjoyed by all present
and it is hoped that Aline will cele
brate many more like happy anni
versaries.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to extend our heart
felt thanks to the good people of
Strong and especially the members
of the Woodmen of the World
lodge for the many kindnesses
shown us during the illness and
death of our husband and father
| and brother.
Mrs. Minnie Terrell and Children
W. T. Terrell.
SYNOPSIS.
CHAPTER l—The story opens with a
, ■cream from Dorothy Man he, a charm
| debutante, in die opera box of the
wealthy widow, Mrs. Doris M ssioner, at
1 the Metropolitan Opera House in New
\ ork City. It is occasioned by Mrs. Mis
sioner's diamond necklace breaking and
scattering the string of rare and costly
gems all over the floor. Curtis Griswold
and Bruxton Sands, two society men.
both of whom love Mrs. Missioner. gathei
up some of the diamonds, but the gein
of the collection, the celebrated Mahar
anep, is missing Griswold steps on the
apparent m ssing diamond and it crushes
under his heel. A Hindoo comes from an
adjoining box. and p oking up a flake of
the crushed gem pronounces it a fraud,
not the genuine Maharanee, but—paste.
CHAPTER II The entire party proceed
to the elegant mansion of Mrs. Missioner
where she lakes them to a room having
a sab containing other diamonds. Sin
afterwards sends for a Mr. Rascome, an
i ( xpt rt. who pronounces the stones al!
I cop.es. substitutions, of the orig.nal gems
CHAPTER III - Bruxton Sands tele
phones police headquarters and two de
tectives, Donnelly and Carson, arrive on
the scene. They examine the safe and
decide that the theft of the original d«a
moods was accomplished by some one in
i Jbe house. The servants arc questioned,
] hut without result. Then they learn that
Miss Elinor Holcomb, the confident la
j companion of Mrs. Missioner. has a dupii
' <'*1* key to the safe and they send fui
her.
CHAPTER IV—The detectives incline to
the bi lief that Miss Holcomb is Involved
in the robbery. They search her room
and in a cabinet, wraoped in tissue pi- j
| per, they find one of* the original dia !
monds. Mrs. Missioner protests that
j Elinor is guiltless, but the delicate girl
• Is marched off to prison.
CHAITKH V Meantime, In an up town
mansion, tii♦-* Hindoo of the theater episode
who is known as the Sw.imi. and a Hin io -
prince. Kai.anda. discuss the arrest. They
are in the t’niled States to recover the
Maharanee, which is a sacred relic of
India, and are puzzled at the discover*
of the imitation
CHAPTER VI—Detective Britz. an ex
pert of the police force, now takes up the
case He interviews Elinor who is pros- !
trated by the cloud resting on her. The
detective evidently believes the girl inno
♦ II—Dr. Lawrence Fitch,
the nan- e of Elinor, visits her in prison
£n,e is remanded for trial on suspicion of
being the thief. Britz talks encouragingly
to inch and asks his co-operation in
running down the real criminal.
.CHAPTER VIII—'The detective advises
that Elinor does not seek bail until they
have located the real culprit. He makes
a close investigation of affairs at the
home of Mrs. Missloner.
CIUPTER IX Britz learns that Mrs
Missloner while visiting Paris had the
d.amonds with her. He cables tile police
1 here and t hey ascertain that the dupli
cates were made from drawings of the
original stones Tile person ordering the
substitutes gave tile name of Elinor Hol
comb.
CHAPTER X The detective has an In
terview with Miss Marche. He learns
who of Elinor's friends can draw H“
clumsily draws a picture of the safe
CLriswold offers to assist him, showing
skill as an artist. Hater as the detective
is walking through Central Park he Is
suddently seized and thrown into a closed
automobile.
CHAPTER XI—A wild ride ensues and
Britz finds he has been made captive bi
three Hindoos. He endeavors to escapi
but Is bound and drugged.
CHAPTER XII—His captors imprison
Britz in a deserted house He finally
] manages to get free from his bonds, es
j < ap'*s and reports at headquarters now
j convinced that the Hindoos are materially
nterested in the case.
CHAPTER XIII Pretending to be a
I newspaper reporter. Briiz interviews th<
Swami as to the rare diamonds of India
| After he leaves the Swami informs
Prince Kananda that he has penetrated
the disguise of the detective
CHAPTER XIV Airs Missloner visits
Elinor in prison hut Is dissuaded frnn,
hailing tier nut until her Innocence is
proven. Britz learns of an insane dia
mond expert on Ward's Island and asks
Ell'll to go with him and Interview tlie
man.
< MAI I KK \\ The Insane diamond e\ I
perl tells enough to lead the detective t.
believe that either Griswold or Sands em
ployed him to make counterfeits of the
Mlssioner gems.
CHAPTER XVI—Griswold. Interviewed
by Hritz. intimates that Sands Is on the
verge of failure He evidently wishes the
detective to he]|e\e that his rival In love
may have something to do with the dia
I mond robbery.
i HAPT HR XV II Two Hindoos hnrg’ar
Ire the home of Sands, evidently thinking
that he may have the Maharanee dia
mond. Brit* captures them and on one
discovers a note addressed to “Curtis'*
and Signed “Miliicenl" which they have
found somewhere in their wandering
search for the gents.
CHAPTER XVIII—The Swamt visits
Mrs. Mlssioner and tries to solve the mys
tery of the diamonds. later at his
own house he directs his Hindoo allies to
continue their search for the mysterious
ly missing gem.
* HAPT HR XIX Rritz locates a woman
named Mlllieent Pelaroohe lie learns
that secretly she Is affianced to Curtis
Griswold.
'Tve had my eyes on that young
man for some time," Rritz sajd.
"There were two or three things con
nected with the arrest of Miss Hol
comb that didn’t please me a little bit.
I didn’t like thp satisfaction he show
ed when suspicion was directed to
ward her.”
"Did he seem pleased?" Inquired
Fitch.
"More than pleased he sec-rped re
lieved,” answered the detective.
"Maybe Donnelly and Carson did
some real work, after all. without
knowing It. If they hadn’t arrested
Miss Holcomb, Griswold mightn’t have
shown his hand so easily.”
"Have you any other evidence?"
asked the doctor. He appeared to be
gratified by the trend of the detect
ive’s thoughts.
“Several things." said Rritz. "One
of our Wall Street men tells me half
a tlozen inquiries about Griswold have
been sent to the financial agencies
lately. I had that end worked up, and
1 found out Griswold had been hump
ed by a hear raid.”
"Hurt much?”
"Pretty badly. He tried hard to
sell a block of suburban real estate
soon after that."
"These things are only straws, how
ever," said the doctor. "Of course,
[ we’ll have to have much more sub
stantlal evidence before we can do
anything ’’
I "Well* for one__ thin^’’ returned
Rrltz, "I expect to know in a few
hours just where the diamonds are
At any rate, how they were taken out
of the city, if they are not in New
^< rk. I've pot a hundred men work
Ing the hotels to find out, and if you'll
come down to Headquarters with nte
l'l a little whi’e you can see the re
sult."
The detective stopped short In his
words*as Curtis Griswold entered he
bar. The clubman went to the cigar
counter, lighted a cigarette, and by
the impatient gesture with which he
snatched it from his lips and threw
It to the floor, he betrayed the fact
that he had applied the flame to the
cork tip. His manner was nervous,
his face slightly drawn, and his hand
trembled as he took another c;garette
from the case and once more puffed
at it in his staccato fashion. He did
tot see Brltz and Fitch, as they were
at the other end of the bar. The de
tective's back was turned toward him,
while the doctor’s face was partly h’d
den by the Headquarters man's head.
Fitch looked over Blitz's shoulder at
Griswold, and Britz ffimse f watched
the clubman's reflection in a mirror.
"Get me a messenger!” Griswold
said to the bartender, and as the man
pulled the crank of a call box, the
clubman look a card from his pocket
and wrote a few lines hastily upon it
Then he called for an envelope and
when the messenger came, he handed
It to him with a hank note, with a few
words spoken in a low tone. The
messenger gone, Griswold called for a
brandy-and-soda. griped it down in a
way that showed his state of nervous
excitement and, still without seeing
the doctor or the detective, hurried
cut of the barroom.
Britz gripped the doctor’s arm
"Go after that boy!” he said. Find
out where he Is going, and join me at
Headquarters. Make it quick, doc!"
Filch hastened In pursuit of the
messenger boy. Britz walked with
quick strides to the subway, where he
boarded a local for Bleeker street.
The physician’s pursuit of the dis
trict messenger who bad carried the
note from Griswold ended at the
Thirty-third Street stalion of the Sixth
avenue elevated railway. All Fitch
wanted to know was the destination
' ‘*'a "c»o tHtch. though an ama
teur, had acquired so much skill from
association with the tamous Head
quarters man In efforts to free his
sweetheart that if required nc
prompting to look over the toy’s
shoulder as he stopped to buy a
ticket. While fishing In his pocket
for a grubby nickel, the messenger
momentarily held the enve’ope In such
a position ihat Fitch was able to read
both name and address. The doctor
hastily jotted both on the margin ol
a newspaper, and then he crossed to
the downtown station, and in 20 min
utes ktiocked at the door of ihe de
tectlve’s room in Po ice Headquarters.
"This must be the woman," he
heard Britz say to Kawson. as he en
tered after a sharp "Come in!" The
detective's finger rested on a name in
a list of a do/.pn or more Raw*on had
submitted.
"Hello, doc!" said Britz. "I guess
we've found her. These are the lull
names of all the Millicents regi-tered
In New York hotels, and my man re
n
Was Atls to Pead Both Name and
Address.
ports this signature Is exactly litre
Hip name attached to the nnie I found
In the Indian s clothes."
“What's the uatne?" asked Pitch.
"Millleent De.aroche,” answered the
detect ive.
"That’s the lady." answered the
physician. "The same name Is on that
envelope Griswold gave the messen
ger. She lives in the—”
"Hotel Renaissance," said Fritz de
cisively. 'Doctor, I tell yon wp're get
ting warm. As the kids say, 'Were
burning up!'”
A conlerence followed, in the course
of which Fritz, Pitch and Rawson
elaborated a plan to ascertain whether
the jewels Millleent Delaroche men
tioned in her note to Griswold were
the original Ml sinner diamonds, or
merely gems the clubman had bought
for her To letrn that fact was not
so easy as It sounded. With weeks
at his command, Fr tz could have
gained the knowledge In a rounds'out
way, but he had no such time. The.e
I
I were not even days to .spare; there
were not ev.-n hours to waste. Pritz
knew as well as if he saw it in black
and white that the Orientals, loth of
iiigh and low caste, we e centering all j
their subtlety, skill and ingenuity
upon the possession of Mrs. Mlssion
er’s jewels anyway, the Maharanee
diamond and he sensed the impor
tance of anticipating them before the
night was over. That realization was
based on the assumption that the
contents of the Millicent note as yet
were unknown to the more important
of the Hindoos Brltz knew the men
he had caught in Rruxton Sands' room
could not get word to the Swaml noi
to Prince Kananda before the morn
ing He had taken care to prevent
that by rushing a note to the captain
i of the Tenderloin precinct, reque.-tlng
that the prisoners. Instead of being
taken to the night court, should he
held at least for the morning se s on
in Jefferson Market. His zeal ted hint
to lose no time in heading off the Orl
entais. even with the burglars hottleri
up ior twelve pours nr so. Han ho ;
guessed ho htmse'f had holpod to ran
j vey rho iettor from tho Hindoo cap ;
tiro-; to tholr Brahmin niasti r. ho
non'd ha vo h'on twice as zea’ntis j
though it is doubtful ho could have j
worked morp rapidly than ho did after
his talk with Fitoh and Rawson in 1
tho seclusion of his ow n office
In pursuance of the plan arra-g'd i
in that conference, Rawson went to
trie Renaissance and got from tho
management all that was known thpre
i concerning Millioent Delaroehe. Shi
was Mrs. Delaroehe. whether wile,
widow or divorcee the management
! 'muld not tell. She had boon in tho
ho el several months: she had one ol
! the most luxurious suites in the htg
nuilding. and she seemed to hp hottn
'ifttHy suppMed with money. Her
scowns were gorgeous, and when she
went out. It was In an electric brongb
am she kept in the hotel’s garage
Mrs. De'aroche had few visitors
The most frequent was a man about
town who sent many roses and huge
boxes of bonbons to Madam's apart
ment. Did the management know
him? Oh. ves If his name was of I
any real Importance to the interro
gator, the manager did not mind tell
ing it. What was It? Why, it was
Mr Griswold—Curtis Griswold, secre
tary of the Iroquois Trust company,
and a leading member of the Stuyves
ant club.
CHAPTER XX.
Kananda's Mission.
Kananda and the Swam!, In the up
town bache'or apartment whither they
sped from the Fifth avenue ballroom,
bent about a tab'e on which were
spread various diagrams. Ail. Mrs.
Mtssioner's servant, stood at a re
spectful distance. He wore a con
I -erred look that intimated he h&Q
i been subject e.l to so me pretty su
I questioning by his masters. The h'gh
| caste Orientals paid little attention u
; him. They leaned over the table ui,
! 'ii their loads almost touched, study
I ing diligent y Hip papers that lay upo:
' it, occasionally lot owing the line,
with pencils, anti pausing to make
hurried ca.dilations on the margins o
the sheets. At length the Swan,
leaned back and gaz.d iixyd!> at th
prince.
"It is evident we're on the right
track at last." lie said “Chunda anti
Gazim could nc have done theii
work thorough.y.”
"They didn't do It at all, wI ,• n It
comes to that." answered the ptince
Instead of finding only a loo e end
of the thread, the} ought to have tin
tangled the whole skein."
"However," said the Swami. “thi'
note shows my original suppositions j
were accurate 'I hp jewels w ere ta 1
ken by the m:in who trod on the talse !
diamond In the opera box."
"It looks as if it were so." Kananda
repited. ’The question is, where are i
thev now?"
‘The woman has them," returned
the scholar.
I n ess," snetred Nandy, "she |s
heating our enterprising clubman a
his own game. How do >ou know
she h isn't sold them?"
"This note—"
"Oh. 1 know all about th t," laughed
the p-litre "It Is piarn .ion have noi
given sufficient thought to the ways
nt the e western women If nnl> you
would take your head out of tho.-e
esoteric clouds once in a while, and
come to earth for a look around, you
wourin't he quite so ingenuous."
"But she says in this no e she will |
have to sell some o! the jewels." 'he
Swami persisted "That certainly in 1
d'cates they are still in her posses
sion."
"On the surface it does,” said
Nandy.
"Putt the woman wh«n she \>ro‘p
it could not have supposed it was to
be read hv anyone save Orif-wnld."
"How do you know she didn’t in
tend to deceive him?" asked Knanda
It's a good thing you chose the schol
ar’s life In early youth my friend.
As a society man, you'd make an ex
ceedingly interesting, but distressing
ly hope'ess "Innocent abroad.' "
Nandy had learned his pbl'o ophy
of femininity in one of the swiftest 1
sets of Cambridge town: In the most
exclusive London clubs: in the Olymp
ian gatherings of Heidelberg stu
dents. and in the most tin de-siec e
circles of the gay capital. Whatever
his theory, there was nnth ng h<si
iant al out it. He he'd in regard io
the sex only the most settled opin
ions
"It seems to me," said the Swami,
"that your conclusions are pretty tar
fetched But I bow to you, prince, in
the matter of social law. Perhaps I
know a little more about the higher
mysteries, but w hen it comes to co il
Ions, you take tiie baccalaureate de
gree."'
There may have been a shade of
Irony in his words If so. Kananda.
for al! his subtlety, failed to notice it.
"I think you are clouding the ques
tion needlessly when you take it tor
granted the woman who wrote this
note is not true to Curtis Ortswods
interests.” And the Swanii tapped
the table meditatively with the scrap
of paper the man with the glistening
eyes had fllehed from the camera
hoard in Burlen's workshop.
"Wouldn’t it be a good deal n ore di
rect." said the Swanii, "to continue to
take it for granted she Is since e that
she receiv'd the jewels from Gris
wold. that she- still has thPin. and that
she will not part with any of then
until the clubman has refused to com
ply with her request for money?"
"Yes," Kananda admitted. "We'll
work along that line for the present.
Now, then, where's the woman?”
He turned to All with a piercing
look The servant salaamed.
"Excellency." said he. "we have
verified the address heading the see>
ond note. She Is there."
"It Is well,” said the prince curtlv.
“Go:"
He turned to the Swaml and, stand
ing wilh one foot on hfs chair, raj ed
his elhow to his knee and lowered h.s
chin to his hand.
"I believe we re close to the end of
onr quest." he mused. "I have a leel
ing we must get the Maharanee to
night. if we are to recover It at ail.
We have played a waiting game tor
many months, and it is time now to
act. Are you prepared?"
"I am prepared."
“You will not stay your hand when
it comes to the point?"
The Swami did not answer. He sat
with folded arms staring at the docu
ments on the fable. It was in an al
tered voice that at length he spoke:
"Prince." he said, "already the sa
cred gem should be ruby red with the
hlood that, has been spilled for It.
There Is something in the air of this
strange land that makes It distasle
ful to me—the thought of further
bloodshed Regain the jewel we must,
hut I would It coil’d be done without
new sacrifice of life."
An expression of demoniacal scorn
overspread Kanada's features until tie
confronted the sage with the face of
a gargoyle
“And the brethren?" he asked angri
ly. "Can it be you have a thought
for these western dogs when your
own brothers of the faith are suffer
lng the shame and pain in which we
left them? Has your heart turned
to water?"
The Swaml did not answer. Still
with folded arms, he kept his gaze
on the papers, his features set in quiet
determination.
"Are you afraid?" pursued the
prince. "Does your soul shrink, your
hand draw back, now that the ap
pointed hour Is nigb? Arm you g true
believer and master of the fai'h, nr—"
and he almost screamed. an apos
tate?”
The Siva mi's copper face turned a.
darker shade. A flash of lury seared
his eves as he raised them to this"
of the prince. He lowered them
again, however, and sa d. stolidly:
“I am unable to conquer the fee Ins
that It cannot be for the good of the
brothers to wade through hlood as
did otir fathers for ®osses ton of what,
atler all. is simply a sto"e I know
whit it means to the chosen ones -io>
have that stone taken lack to the
Temple. I feel mire keenly than
you can feet the yearning they semi
across the seas lor the success ot our
mission. Rut. prince, the Maharanee
diamond, in ils journey across the
world, has been purged perhaps of the
scarlet stains that were upon it. ('an
we not take it back In all its present
purity? Are we not skilled enough
in the ways of the Fast to recover our
own without hearing death to the
men of the West ?"
Ill*-* I 11 * 11
lx <1 11 rl 1111 rl I r** I
and, gripping the table with hothr
hands, leaned Inward the srhn ar.
"Listen In me. master!" he sa'd
savagely. "It was all these possibili
ties my father anticipated when he
sent ine as your companion in Ibis en
terprii.e. He knew I was experienced
in the wiles of the'-* Western dogs,
lie was aware that In the Kng I h uni
versity and thp British capital, as well
as in the cities of the Flurnpean conti
nent. I had mlng'cd with them in
their pastimes and In their homes —
that I had se> n and heard their puer
ile philosophy that I had studied
their womanish religions and that I
had experienced all the soul poGon
by which their so-called civilization
turns men to chBdrcn Can you gues
the orders the Maharajah laid upon
me when he hade me come w iih you?"
Th° Swami still maintained a d’g
nlfipd si em o
"! will tell you," continued the
prince. "My father said: The time
mat come, my son. when your friend,
the great teacher, quails front that
which is before him. If it comes, then
when it comes, strike as swilt.y and.
surely as you would strike to save
your throne.' And I will strike, my
master!" Kannada added grimly cs
o life. "If you flinch irotn any nece -
sity that arises in carrying out this
task of ours, I will warn you orce -
even as 1 ain warning yo t now a mil
ttn ii, if you still stay your hand or see*
to save the least of those who may
stand between us and the sacred
jewel, by God i’ll kill you!"
The scholar's impt r; trhablil y w as
proof against Kananda's violence of
word and manner. The oniy sign he
gave was a slight tightening oi his
fingers as they clasped his arms, and
a lightning look straight Into the eyes;
of the young man across the table, it.
was In a tone of perfect conttol that,
he replied;
tTo Bt Continued Next Week.)