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FARMER SECURES
WORLD'S PRIZE
FOR WHEAT
A nOSTHERN, 8A8K., FARMER
THE LUCKY WINNER.
Sir Thomaa Shaughnessy of tho Ca
nadian Pacific Railway offered $1,000
In gold as a prizo for tho best 100 lbs.
of wheat, grown on tho American con
tinent, to bo competed for at tho re
cent Land Show In Now York. In
making tho competition open, tho
donor of this handsome prizo showed
tils belief in tho superiority of Ca
nadian wheat lands, by throwing tho
contest opon to farmers of all Amer
ica, fceth United Slftl" and Canada.
Tho United States railways wero by
Bo means anxious to havo tho Ca
nadian railways represented at tho
how and a New York paper comment
ing on tho roBiilta of tho competitions
says that thoy wero not to bo blamed,
b tho Canadians captured tho most
Important prizo of tho show.
Tho winner of this big wheat prizo
was Mr. Sengor Wheeler of Itosthcrn,
Saskatchewan, and its winning has
brought a great deal of credit on tho
district. Tho winning wheat was tho
Marquis variety, and received no moro
attention from Mr. Wheeler than his
other grain, but ho is a very particu
lar farmer. His farm is ono of tho
cleanest and bost kept in tho Itos
thcrn district, and this year ho won
first prizo in a good farm competition
Which included every foaturo of fann
ing and every part of tho farm. Last
winter Wheeler was a prizo winner
at tho provincial seed fair In Itcglna.
Wheeler is a Arm boliovcr in sow
ing clean seed of tho best quality pro
curable, consequently his grain is
much Bought after by tho best far
mers for seed purposes.
Wheeler is an Englishman. Ho Is a
pioneer of Rosthorn, coming hero fif
teen years ago. In tho last six years
ho has donor much experimenting, par
ticularly in wheat varieties. His farm
resembles an experimental farm. A
long driveway, lined on both sides
with trees, leads to a modest houso,
tho homo of Wheeler, n modest, unas
Burning man with tho nppoaranco of a
tudent rather than a man ongaged in
commercial pursuits.
There arc now no frco homesteads
to bo had in this district, and farm
lands aro worth from $20 to $40 per
ere, which a fow years ago wero se
cured .by thoir jprcscnt owners, cither
b a frco gift or purchased ut uuui ?5
to $8 per aero.
It is not many miles from Rosthorn,
where tho farmer lives, who secured
tho first prize for wheat last year at
the National Corn Exposition at Co-
lumbu3ond .West of Rosthorn, about
1G0 miles, lives Messrs. llilf ana on,
who won tho Colorado Silver Trophy, J
valued at $1,500, for tho best pock of
oats, also awarded at tho National
Corn Show at Columbus in 1010.
Not contented with tho high honors
obtained in Its wheat, Canada again
topped forward into tho show ring,
nd carried off tho Stlllwoll trophy
and 1,000 for tho best potatoes on
tho continent This tlmo tho winner
was a British Columbia man, Mr.
Asahel Smith, tho "Potato King," of
that provinoo. Tho exhibit consisted
of ono hundred and ono varieties
drawn from all parts of tho provlnco
aggregating in weight ono and a half
tons.
At tho recent Dry Farming Con
gress, held nt Colorado Springs, and
at which tlmo It was decidod to hold
tho next Congress at Lctkbrtdge, in
1912, tho Provinco of Alberta mndo a
wonderful showing of grains, gnmsea
and vegetables.
"At tho Congress, Alborta got moro
prizes and trophies, ten to ono. than
any stnto of tho Union," said Mr.
Hotchklss to tho Edmonton Bullotin.
"Wo brought back all but tho build
ing with us, and thoy offered us that,
saying wo might as well tako all that
was going. Wo would havo brought
It along, too, if wo had had a fiat car
to put it on. Alberta captured nearly
CO first prizes, 20 seconds, 3 thirds, 9
cups, 40 medals, 50 ribbons and 2
weepstakes. The grand Bweopstnko
prize, for tho best exhibit by stato or
province, a magnificent llvor nupt
wae presented to ub with much core
mony at a rccoption to tho Canadians
4tn the Empress hotel. Tho presenta
tion was mado by Prof. Olin, chair
man of tho judging committee and
tho cup was received on bohalf of the
.province br tho Hon. Duncan Man
hall.
A Dorn Qulbblor.
"Didn't I toll you not to shoot any
quail on this place?"
"Ynssah," replied Undo Ilasborry.
"You done tolo mo mi' 1 dono heard
you. Dl hIh' no quail. DIs is n part
ridge." When you hoar two mon talking so
loudly that thoy can bo heard in the
next block, thoy aro talking about
aomothing they know nothing about.
Mrs. Wraslow's Boothtng Brup for Children
teething, Bonens the gums, reduces Inllamma
Xloa, allays ptn, curat wind colic, 25o a bottle.
"We aro apt to speak of a man as
being lucky when ho has succeeded
whero, wo buvo failed.
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SYNOPSIS.
David Amber, starting for a duck-shoot-Inir
visit with his friend, Qualn, comng up
on a young lady equestrian who lias been
dismounted by her horso bicomlriK fright
ened at tho sudden nppearanco In tho roan
of a burly Hindu. Ho declares ho Is
DcharJ Lai Cliattcrjl, "The appointed
moutlipleco of the Uuli,"' u2Jic-60s Arab-r
as a man of high rank and pressing a
mysterious little bronze box, "Tho To
ken," Into his hand, disappears In tho
wood. Tho girl culls Amber by name.
Ho In turn addresses hor n Miss Bophlo
I-arrcll, daughter of Col, Farroll of tho
Hrltiih diplomatic sorvlco In India and
visiting tho Qualns. Several nights lator
the Qualn homo Is burglarized and tho
bronzo box stolen. Amber and Qualn go
hunting on an Inland and bocomo lost and
Amber Is left marooned. Ho wanders
nitout. nnally renches a cabin and roc
ognlres as Its occupant an old friend
named riutton, whom ho last mot In nng
Iand, and who appears to bo in hiding.
Vhon Miss Farroll Is mentioned Ilutton is
strangely agitated. ChattcrJI appears
and summons Ilutton to a meeting of a
mysterious body. Tinttnn seizes a revol
ver and dashes after ChattcrJI. Ho m
jurns wildly excited, says ho has killed
the Hindu, takes poison, and when dying
asks Amber to go to India on a mysteri
ous errand. Amber decides to leave at
pneo for India, On tho wny ho sends a
letter to Mr. Laburtouchc, a scientific
friend In Calcutta, by a quicker roulo.
Upon nrrlvlng ho finds a noto awaiting
mm. It directs Amber to meet his friend
at a certain placo. The latter tolls him
no knows his mission Is to got Miss Far
rell put of tho country. Amber attempts
to dlsposo of tho Token to a money-lender,
Is mistaken for Ilutton and barely
escapes being mobbed. A mesoago from
Labertoucho causes him to Btart for Dar
jecllncj on the way he meets Miss
Jiirroll, and at their Journey's end asks
her to become his wife. A Hindu con
ducts Amber to a secret place, and In tho
presenco of a beautiful woman who mis
takes him for Ilutton. Later Amber li
drugged. Tho Hindus plot rebolllon, and
at 1ibcrtouclio'fl Instigation Ambor re
turns to the woman Naralnl to dlscovor
tho socrot of tho conspiracy. Ho learns
they would jnnko him their king.
CHAPTER XVIII. (Continued).
Again ho failed to answer. Somo
whero near him ho heard a slight
lioluo us of a man moving impatiently)
uud then a whisper: "Respond, thou
fool!"
"Art thou como, O choson of tho
Gateway ?" tho boll-volco rang.
"I ... I am como," Amber man
aged to reply.
"Hear yo!" rang tho bell. "Hear
yo. O lords and rulers in Modhyama!
O children or my Uatowny, "nutu" yo
well! Ho Is como I Ho stands upon
tho threshold of tho Gateway."
A great drum roared llko tho crack
of doom; and Ainber'B Jaw dropped.
For in tho high roof of tho tomplo n
six-foot slnb hnd been noiselessly
withdrawn, and through It a cold shaft
of moonlight fell, cutting tho gloom
llko a gigantic rapier, and smoto with
Its Immaculate radlanco tho truo
Gateway of Swords. '
Not bIx paces from him it leaped
out of tho darkness In an iridescent
shoen; nn arch n scant ten feet in
height, and in span double tho width
of a big man's shouldors, woven across
llko a weaver's frnmo with ribbons of
pale Are. But the ribbons wero of
stcol stool blndcs, sharp, bright,
gleaming. With thoir pommels cun
ningly nfllxed so that their points
touched and Interlaced, yot swung
frco, thoy lined tho plors of tho nrch
from baso to span and all tho grace
ful swoop of tho Intrados, a curtain of
shlmmoring, trembling stcol, barring
the way to the myntory beyond. Which
was darkness, C
-"O yo Bwordsl" belled tho voice.
. . . "O yo swords that havo known
no dishonor! O yo swords that havo
sung In tho grasp of my greatest!
Swords of Jchnngar, Akbar, Alamglr!
Swords of Alludln, Humnyun; Hhnh
Jehan! Swords of Tlmur-Long. Arung-
eoh, lino Ituttont . . ."
Tho Invocation Boomed Intermina
ble. Ambor recognized almost ovory
namo noted in the annals and logonds
of Hindustan. . . ,
"Hearkon, O my swords! Ho, thy
chosen, prayulli for entry! What is
thy wolcomo?"
Ono by ono the blwlon began to
shiver, clashing thoir neighbors, until
the curtain of Btool Klimmered and
gllstonod llko pliosphorcscunco In a
summer sea, and tho placo was filled
with tho music of their contact; and
through their clamor boomed tho boll:
"O my chosen!" Ambor started and
hold hlmBolf nrmly in hand. "Look
well, look well! Hero Is thy portal to
kingship and glory!"
Ho frowned nnrt took a Rton forward
as if he would throw himself through
tho archway; for ho had suddouly ro
moniborod with compelling vividness
that Sophia Farroll was to bo won
only by thnt passage nut as ho
moved tho awurds olattorod afresh and
swung outwards, presenting a bristle
of points, And ho stoppod, whllo tho
volco, lndifforont and romoto ns al
ways, continued to haranguo him.
"If thy heart, O my choson, bo clean,
unsullied with fear and gullo; If thy
faith bo tho faith of thy fathers and
thy honor rooted In lovo of thy land;
if thou hast faith In tho Btrength of
thy hands to hold tho reins of omplro
. . . enter, having no fear."
"Trick-work," ho told hlmBolf. Ho
sot his tooth with determination.
"Hopo thoy don't sco fit to cut mo to
pieces on suspicion. Horo goes." Ho
moved forward with a Arm stop until
his bosom all but touched tho points.
Instantaneously, with another clash
ns of cymbals, tho blados wero de
flected and roturned to their first po
sition, closing tho way. Ho hesitated.
Thon, "That shan't stop mo!" ho said
through his teeth, and pushed forward,
hoart in mouth. Ho breasted tho cur
tain and felt it givo; tho blados ylold-
Queer Blunders in Courts
(French Judge Divorces Petitioner
Lawyer Similar Error Mado by
Magistrate In England.
Somo years ago, it Is said, a legal
blundor of a most extraordinary char
actor was committed in ono of tho dl
vorco courts in Pars. 'By somo mis
apprehonslon on tho part of tho presid
ing imiiro. whoso nnuers and mind had
I jot confucad, he actually mistook tfa
Bmfp ly7- Vk
cd Jealously, closing round his body
llko cold, caressing arms; ho folt their
chill kisses on his checks and hands,
ovon through his clothing ho was con
scious of their clinging, deadly touch.
Abruptly thoy swung ontlroly free,
leaving tho cntrnnco clear, and ho was
drawing a frco breath when tho moon
glnro showed him tho swords reluruvu
to position with tho speed of light.
Ho Jumped for IiIb llfo nnd escaped
being slashed to pieces by tho barest
inch. They swung to behind him;
nnd ngnln tho drum roared, while afar
there nroso a furious, eldritch walling
of conches. Overhead tho opening
disappeared and tho light was shut
out. In darkness ns of tho Hall of
Eblls tho conches wero stilled nnd
tho echoes ebbed into n silence that
hold sway for mnny minutes ero ngnln
tho boll spoko.
"Stretch forth thy hand."
Somewhat shaken, Amber held out
an opon palm beforo him. Then out
of nothingness something plopped into
Amber's hand and his fingers closed
convulsivoly about it, It was a hand,
very small, smnll ns a child's, gnarled
and hard as steel nnd cold as Ice.
Without any forewarning two heavy
hands gripped him, ono on either
shoulder, nnd ho was forced to his
knees. At tho samo instant, with a
snnpplng crackle a spurt of blue flamo
shot down from tho zenith, nnd whero
it fell with a thundeiclnp a dazzling
glaro of emerald light shot up breast
high. To his half-blinded eyes it seemed,
for a time, to danco suspended in tho
air beforo him. A vapor swirled up
from It, a thin cloud, luminous. Uy
degrees ho mado out Its source, a
small, brazen bowl on a tripod.
In front of him ho could seo noth
ing beyond tho noiselessly wavering
flame. But presontly a hand appeared,
as if by magic, above tho bowl a
hand, bony, brown and long of finger,
that scorned attached to nothing nnd
cast something like a powder into tho
fire. There followed a fizz and puff of
vapor, nnd a Btrong and heavy gust of
incense whs wafted into Amber's face,
Again and ngaln tho hand appeared,
sprinkling powder In tho brazier, un
til tho smoko clouded tho ntmosphero
with its fluent, eddying colls,
Tho gooscflcsh that had pricked out
on Amber's Bkin HubBlded, and his
qualms went witli it. "Greek f.rc burn
ing in the bowl," ho explained tho phe
nomenon; "and a nativo with his arm
wrapped to tho wrist in black is feed
ing it. Not a bad offect, though."
It was, perhaps, ae well that ho had
not been deceived, for thero was a
horror to como that required all his
strength to faco. Ho becamo con
scious that something was moving bo
tweon him and tho brazier somothing
which ho had incuriously assumed to
bo n ploco of dirty cloth left there
carolessly. But now ho saw It stir,
squirm, and upend, unfolding itself
and lifting its head to tho leaping
flamo; nn lmmenso cobra, slcok and
whito as ivory, its swelling hood aa
largo as a man's two hands, with a
blnoculnr mark on It as yellow as topaz
and with vicious eyes glowing llko
twin rubles in its vilo Httlo head.
Amber's breath clicked in his throat
and he shrank back, rising; but this
instinctive movo had boon provided
ngnlnst nnd beforo his knees wero
fnlrly off tho rocky floor ho was forced
down agniu by the hands on hin shoul
ders. Ho wn3 unnblo to tako his eyes
from tho monster, and though torror
such n3 man is hoir to lay cold upon
his heart, ho did not ngaln attempt to
stir.
Thero was no sound. Alono and un
disturbed tho blenched vipor warmod
to its dance with the pulsing flamo,
turning and twisting, weaving and
writhing in its infornnl glare . , .
"Hoar yo, O my peoples 1"
Ambor Jumped. Tho volco had
seemed to ring out from a point di
rectly overhead.
Ho looked up nnd discovered above
him, vnguo in tho obscurity, tho out
lines of n gigantic boll, hanging mo
tionless. Tho green glare, shining on
its rim and partly illuminating its
empty hollow (he saw no clapper) re
voalcd tho sheen of bronzo of which
It was fashioned.
Out of Its lmmenso bowl, tho volco
rolled llko thunder:
"Hear yo, O my peoples!"
A rcsponstvo murmur ascended from
tho company round tho walls:
"Wo hear! Wo hoar, O Modhyama!"
"Mark well this man, O children of
my Untowny. Mark well! Out of yo
all I havo choson him to lead theo in
tho work of healing; for I thy mother,
I Medhyaraa, I nharuta, I tho body
from which yo nro sprung, call mo by
whatever namo yo know me I am laid
low with a great sickness. . . .,
Yea, I am stricken nnd laid low with'
a sickness."
In tho brnzior tho flame leaped high
and subsldod, and with It tho cobra
lenped nnd sank low upon itn coIIb.
"I, thino old mother, havo called yo
togothor to holp in my healing. From
my foot to my bond I am oaten with
pestilence; yea, I nm dovourod and
possessed by tho ovil. Evon of old
was it thus with thy mother; long
slnco sho complnlnod of tho Plnguo
thnt is Scarlot moaned and cried out
nnd turned in hor misery. . . . But
yo failed mo. Then my pooples woro
weaklings and thoir hearts nil woro
a-
namo of nn ndvocnto who had been
arguing a petition for Uio namo of tho
potltlonor himself, nnd in granting and
signing tho decreo of dissolution of
mnrrlago of tho potltlonor unwittingly
substituted tho advocate's namo for
tho petitioner's, and thus divorced tho
lawyer from his wlfo instead of grant
ing tho prayed-for rolonso of tho advo
cator client As tho lawyer had no
desire for separation from his wife.
craven; tho Bcnrlct Evil dismayed
them; thoy fled from its power and
left It to batten on me in my sick
ness." A dcop groan welled in uncounted
throats and resounded through tho
cavern.
"Will yo fall mo again, O my chil
dren?" "Nny, nay, O our mother!"
"Too long havo 1 suffered and bean
patient In silence. Now I must bo
cleansed and mado whole as of old
tlmo; yea, I must bo purged altogeth
er and tho ovil cast out from me. It
is tlmo. . . . Yo havo heard, yo
havo answered; mnko ready, for tho
day of tho cleansing approachoth.
Whet thy swords for tho days oi tho
healing, for my cleansing can bo but
by stool. Yoo, thy swords shall do
away with tho evil, and tho land shall
run red with tho blood of Bharuta, tho
blood of thy mother; it shall run to
ihn r,na aa a river, bearing with it tho
Rod Evil. So and no otherwise shall
I, till no old mother, bo healed and mado
whole again."
Amber was watching tho serpent
dazed and weary as if with a great
need of sloop. Evon tho salvos of
shoutu enmo to him ns from a great
distance. To tho clangor of tho boll
alono ho had become abnormally son
sitlvo; overy fiber of his being .shud
dered, responslvo to its weird nuances.
It returned to its solemn and stately
intoning.
"Out of yo all havo I chosen nnd
fixed upon ono who shall load ye.
Through his shall my strength bo
mado manifest, my will bo mado
known to my peoples. His must yo
servo and obey; to him muBt yo bow
down and bo humble. Say, arc yo
pleased? Will yo havo him, my chil
dren?" Without an instant's dolny a cry
of ratification rang to tho roof. "Yea,
O our mother! him wo will servo and
obey, to him bow down and bo
humble."
Tha voice addressed Itself directly
to tho kneeling man. Ho stiffened and
roused.
"Thou hast heard of tho honor wo
confer upon thee I Modhyama, thy
"O My
mother, and theso my children, thy
brothors. Ye shall lead and rulo in
Bharutn. Aro yo ready?"
Half hypnotized, Amber oponed his
mouth, but no words came. His chin
dropped to his breast.
"Thy strongth must bo known to my
peoples; they must aeo theo put to the
proof thy courago, that thoy may know
theo to bo the mnn for their. . . .
Yo aro rendy?"
Ho was unable to move a flngor.
"Stretch out thlno arms!"
He shuddered and trlod to obey.
The volco rang imperative
"Stretch forth thlno arms for the
testing!"
Somehow, mechanically, ho succeed
ed in raisins his arms and holding
lliuiu rigid before Mm. Alarmed by
tho movomuul, tho cobra turned with
a hiss, waving his poisonous head. But
tho Virginian mado no offer to with
draw his hands. His oyes wero wido
and staring and his faco- livid.
A subdued murmur camo from tho
men clustered round the Idols, in
somi-darknesB.
Tho bell boomed forth llko an organ.
"O hooded death. . . . O death,
who art trained to my service! Thou
beforo whom all mon stand affrighted!
Thou who canst look Into thoir hearts
and read them as a scroll that Is un
rolled. . . . I-iook deep Into tho
heart of my choson! Judgo If ho bo
worthy or wanting, Judgo if ho bo falso
or true. . . . Judgo him, O death!"
ncforo Ambor tho groat serpent was
oscillating llko a pendulum, its Httlo
tonguo playing llko forked red light
ning, Ita loathsomo red oyes holding
his own.
"Look well, O death, and Judgo
him!"
Tho danco of tho hooded death
changed in character, grow moro fren
zied; tho whito writhing colls molted
Into ono another in dizzying confusion;
llguro morgod into flguro llko Bmoke
and as thero was no process for on
nulling an absolute docroo for divorce,
oven to inert such a remarkable case,
it becamo noccsaary, through Uio Ju
dicial error, for tho man of law to re
marry his spouso without delay, and
this ho did.
A somewhat Blmllnr error was com
mitted in tho English Court of Chan
cery. Thero had been a UtlgaUon
ovor some property, which was hold
by ono man and claimed by anothor
of tho samo namo. In ovading some
order of tho court tho bolder of tht
N
. . . The suspense grow Intoler
able, "Hast thou Judged him, O death?"
Instantly tho whito cobra reared up
to its utmost and remained poised over
Amber, barely moving savo for tho al
most Imperceptible throbbing of tho
hood and tho incessant darting of tho
forked tonguo.
"If ho bo loyal, then sparo him."
The hood did not, movo. Amber's
flesh crawled with unspeakable dread.
"If ho bo faithless, then . . .
Btriko!"
For another moment tho cobra
maintained tho tensity. Then slowly,
cruol head waving, hood shrinking,
eyes losing thoir deathly luster, coll
by coll it sank.
A thick murmur ran tho round of tho
walls, swelling into an inarticulate
cry, which beat upon Amber's ears
llko tho raving of a far-off surf. From
his lips a strangled sob broko, and,
wvory muscle relaxing, ho lurched for
ward. Alarmed, in a trico tho cobra was up
again, hood distended to tho bursting
point, head swinging so swiftly thnt
tho oyo could not follow It In another
breath would como tho final thrust.
A firearm oxplodod behind Amber,
singeing his cheek with Its flamo. Ho
fell over sldoways, barely escaping
tho head of tho cobrn, which, with its
hood blown to tatters, writhed in con
vulsions, Its malignant tonguo strain
ing forth as if in one last attempt to
reach his hand.
A second shot followed tho first and
then a brisk, confused fusillade Am
ber heard a man scream out In mortal
agony, and tho dull sound of a heavy
body falling near him; but, coincident
with tho second roport, tho brazier had
been overturned and Its light extin
guished as if sucked up into tho air.
CHAPTER XIX.
Rutton's Daughter.
In darkness the blacker for tho sud
den dlsappearanco of tho light, some
body stumbled over Amber stumbled
and swore in good English. Tho Vir
ginian sat up, crying out aa weakly as
a child: "Labertoucho!" A volco said:
Chosen!"
"Thank God!" Ho folt strong hands
lift him to his feet. Ho clung to him
who bad helped him, swaying like a
drunkard, wits a-swirl in tho brain
thus roughly awakened from semi
hypnosis. "Hero," said Labertoucho's volco,
"tako my hand and follow. Wo'ro in
for it now!"
Ho caught Amber's hand and
dragged him, yielding nnd unquestion
ing, rapidly through a chaotic rush of
unROfn bodies.
Tho firing had oleetrifled tho tense
strung audience With a pandemo
nium of shrieks, oaths, shouts, orders
unheard and commands unheeded, a
concerted rush was mado from ovory
quarter to tho spot whero tho doomed
man had been kneeling. No man could
havo said where ho stood or wjiltJmr
ho ranauve oUe, perhaps. That ono
was at Amber's Bldo and had laid his
courso beforehand and know that both
their lives doponded upon his stick
ing to it without dovlation. To him a
rush of a hundred foot In a direct
lino meant salvation, tho least dovla
tion from It, death.
Ho was now recovering rapidly and
able to appreciate that thoy stood a
good chanco of winning away; for the
natives wero all converging toward tho
center of tho cavern, and apparently
nono hooded them. Nevertheless La
bertoucho, roleaalng him, put a revol
ver in his hand.
"Don't hesltato to shoot if anyono
comes this way!" ho said. "I've got to
get this door opon nnd ..."
Ho broko off with an ejaculation of
gratltudo; for whllo ho had been speak
ing his fingers busily groping in the
convolutions of tho sculptured pedes
tal had oncountered what ho sought,
nnd now he pulled out nn iron bar two
feet or so in length and as thick as
a woman's wrist. Inserting this In
a socket, aa one familiar with the
trick, ho put his weight upon It; a
enrved sandstono slab slid back silent
property had committed a contempt,
and on this being called to tho at
tention of tho judgo an order issued
for tho summoning, not of tho guilty
party, but of the claimant of tho samo
surnamo, and the order, a very se
vere one, was actually in execution
beforo tho error was discovered.
Old Custom Maintained.
One of tho peculiarities of tho aver
ago Englishman is that ho loves to
perpetuate tho quaint customo of bis
forefathers. The will has just been
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ly, disclosing a black cavernous .open
ing. "In with you," panted Labortouchoy
romoving tho lever. "Don't dolay." "
Amber did not. Ho took with him a
hazy impression of a vast, vaulted hall
filled with, a ruddy glnro of torchlight,
a raving rabblo of gorgeously attired
natives In its center. Thon tho opon
Ing receive'd him nnd ho found himself
in a black hole of an underground
gallery a placo that reeked with Ihe
dank odors of the tomb.
Labertoucho followed and with tho
aid of a small electric pockot lamp dis
covered anothor socket for tho lover.
A moment later tho slab moved back
into placo. Labertoucho chuckled.
"Como along," ho said, and drew ahead
at a dog-trot.
They sped down a passago that
dolvcd at a Bharp grade through solid
rock. Now and again it turned and
struck away In another direction.
Onco they descended or rather fell
duwn a nhort, ntccp Sight of stepm
At tho bottom Amber stopped.
"Hold on!" ho cried.
Labertoucho pulled up impatiently.
"What's tho matter?"
"Sophia 1"
"Trust me, dear boy, and como
along."
It was somo time later that Labor
toucho extinguished his lamp and
throw a low word of warning ovor
his shouldor. Synchronously Ambor
discerned, far ahead, a faint glow of
yellow light . As they boro down upon
it with unmoderated speed ho could
eo that it emanated from a rough
hown doorway, opening off tho pas
sage. Labertoucho pushed Amber on
ahead. Stooping, tho Virginian on
tcred a small, rude chamber hollowed
out of tho rock of Katlapur. A crudo
lamp In a bracket furnished all its Illu
mination, filling it with a reek of hot
oil. Amber was vaguoly awaro of tho
figures of two women ono standing
in a corner, tho other seated dejected
ly upon a charpoy, her head against
tho wall.. As ho lifted his head after
passing under tho low lintel, tho wom
an In tho corner fired at him point
blank. Tho Virginian saw tho Jet of flamo
spurt from hor hand and felt tho bul
let's impact upon tho wall behind his
head. Ho flung himself upon her In
stantly. Thero was a moment of furi
ous struggle, whilo tho coll echoed
with tho reverberations of tho shot
and tho screaming of tho woman on
tho charpoy. The pistol exploded again
as ho grappled with tho would-bo mur
deress; the bullet, passing up his
slcove, creased his left arm as with a
white-hot iron, and tore out through
tho cloth on his shoulder. He twisted
brutally tho wrist that held the weap
on, and tho woman dropped it willr
cry of pain.
"You would!" ho cried, and throw
hor from him, putting a foot upon tho
pistol.
Sho reeled back against tho wall and
crouched Miwn, trembllnc. her cheeks
on fire, her oyes aflamo with rage
"You dog!" Bho shrilled in Hindi and
spat at him llko a maddened cat. Then
ho recognized her.
"Naraini!" Ho stopped back in his
surprise, his right hand seeking In
stinctively tho wrist of his loft, which
was numb with pain.
His change of position loft tho pistol
unguarded, and the woman swooped
down upon it llko a bird of prey; but
beforo sho could get her fingers on Its
grip, Labertoucho stopped between
them, fended, her off, and quietly pos
sessed himself of the weapon.
"Your pardon, madam," ho said,
gravely.
Naralnl retreated, shaking with fury,
and Amber employed tho respito to
reeognizo Sophia Farroll in tho woman
on tho charpoy. Sho was still seated,
provented from rising by bonds about
hor wrists and ankles, and though un
naturally pale, her anguish of fear and
despair had set its marks upon her
faco without one whit detracting from
tho appeal of her beauty. Ho went to
her immediately, and as their eyes
met, hers flamed with Joy, relief and
ho, dared bollovo a stronger emotion,
"You you'ro not hurt, Mr. Ambor?"
"Not at all. Tho bullet went out
through my sleeve And you?" Ho
dropped on his knees, with his pocket
knife severing tho ends of rope that
bound her.
"I'm all right" Sho took his hands,
helping herself to rise 'Thank you."
sho said, her oyes Bhlning, a flush of
color suffusing her faco with glory.
"Did you cut thoso ropes, Amber?"
Labertoucho interposed curtly.
"Yes. Why?"
Tho Englishman explained without
turning from his sombro and moroso
regard of Naraini. "Too bad we'll
have to tlo this woman up, somehow.
She's a complication I hndn't foreseen.
. . . Here; you'd better leave m
to attend to her you and MIbb Farrell.
Go on down tho gallery to tho left.
I'll catch up with you."
Tho pistol which ho still held lent
to his demand a sinister significance
of which ho was, perhaps, thoughtless.
But Sophia Farrell hoard, saw and sur
mised. "No!" sho cried, going swiftly to tho
socret agent. "No!" Sho put a hand
upon his arm, but ho shook it off.
"Did you hear rao, Amber?" said La
bortoucho, still watching tho queon.
"What do you mean to do?" insist
ed Sophia. "You can't you mustn't "
"This is no tlmo for half-measures,
Miss Farrell," Labertoucho told her
brusquely. "Our lives hang in tho bal
ance Mr. Amber's, yours, mine
Please go."
(TO BK CONTINUED.)
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Ho Somo hotel clerk, I guess.
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Tho sick man had called his lawyer
"I wish to explain again to you," said
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ty." Tho attorney held up his hand reas
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