Halsey enterprise., January 08, 1920, Image 2

r? " t I’ve sw eat blood to get fo r the
p u t five year». How do you f e t i
ibout trying?”
of the > raah.
“1 think you're plumb erggy to think
An Independent Newspaper
A alrdster Jet of flame spiraled up
«boni It," frankly re p lie d ,Scott. “I t
from l a tpllnii d fr .uents. The
was bad enough in Madera s in s u r re c -
trainm a w ere already hewing fran ­
flon. With him gone and H uerta in
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY tically a t th e debris, and presently a
power, w hat chance has a man got.
negro craw led painfully through the
Buck? Orozco, C arranza, and a dozen
orifice they made, dragging a broken
C H \ S . B A L L A R D , E d ito r
eth er self-made generate are roam ing
__________ leg.
_
around Chihuahua, murdering, robbing,
A nother followed, then another, hl»
Entered a second-class .natter October face pr!me(1 w l|h fhp sm(,ke o( , h
burning railroads and raising h------
generally. Now Moreno's bedeviling
I, 1912. at the post office at Ha sey. Ore-
rising fire w hich, in spi e of den
Sinaloa. Every one down country Is
ifoii. under the Act of March 3, 1879.
•erate efforts, seemed destined to con­
trying to get out. Believe me, 1
sume the demolished car.
wouldn’t try to get back the sam e way
But of Jiten d ra the mining man saw
Uvoted t« t in m aterial u p b u ild in g o f
I came out for a half-interest in El
no sign, and he sm othered an im pre­
lalaey and » u r r o u n d m f c o u n try a m 1
T igre itself."
cation nt the exasperating slowness of
ite r a li)
n lm c r ip lio r
“All right,” tersely retorted Wil­
the crew, us he wrenched an ax from
liams. “You take the train back to
m e of them and attack ed the p ile a t
Benson, drop down to Nogales and
m o th er point.
see if you can get through to Cullacan
t i ) •
Arrested in Shedt
by way of Guaymas along the w est
CHAPTER If.
for Grand Larceny.
coast. T rains a re still running through
toe K' ger». w h o is w a n te d in C one
to Maz8tlan on th at division. I’ll hit
Rescuing a Hindu.
it down the other way. T hat gives us
’ 1 n r, '
l i ' (o r g ra n d a ceu y, w ..1.
"Everybody's out, B u ck !” protesfed
two chances. If you reach Cullacan
lie >1 S und ay t i j by S lie rif. Conductor M artin, running over to
i ted
before I do, get the hoys together and
I- in th e I.in n c o u n ty ja i
Ken I
him.
sta rt fo r El T igre with every gun and
"N o!” shouted tlie fair-haired, blue­
K
.n iv a l to Id a h o
l i e iia
cartridge you can buy. beg or borrow,
eyed giant. "T h ere's a passenger
x r a ilitlo n
i f I get there first I'll leave Instruc-
stuck som ewhere beneath th is moss—
: w is l> m g llt ab 11
tions in case I w ant you to follow me
the
little
dark
chap
who
was
sitting
, i . , i h i .-diedd .o a tte n d '1 e
to the mine. If you can 't get through,
r a l <• in s b ro th e r, w h o was s h o t las,
shoot back to Nogales and w ait until
The varnished fragm ents of th e car
in V an. O li v e r l>> a p o lic e m a n , a-
you h ear from me.”
yielded
eagerly
to
tlie
darting
tongues
■g -rs was in tlie a c t o f m a k in g aw a.
D eaf to entreaty, expostulation, or
w ith a s lo t m a c h in e .
T h e p o lic e m a i o i .lame which ran along the ground
argum ent, Buck William« slipped out
under Ihe debris o r hissed against tlie
of the hotel before midnight and rode
-h o t tw ic e in t o th e a ir to w a rn h im to
pitifully inadequate w ater which was
to the northw est. H is long detour
n l R ogers k e p t g o in g a m i tlie
lutilely p o u n d on the wreckage from
carried him fa r beyond the regulars,
t h ir d s lio l la n d e d i l l Ins s h o u ld e r c a u s in g
ubove, as volunteers hurried back and
and he easily eluded th e American
ills de ath.
tortl. from th e engine with pails.
“line-riders.”
T h e tw o R oge rs b ro th e rs b o u g h t a ll
Hewing desperately W illiams at
Before daybreak he w as well p ast
a u to m o b ile in t o ile r D 'A a le n e on tim e Iasi cleared a small opening above
the monum ents in the first fringe of
a n d th e n J oe 's b ro th e r ran aw ay w ith i t which tlie w reckage [died Itself in
hills south of the Arizona boundary
to S pokane a n d sold i t fo r J6UU. I t is such shape as to form a trian g u lar ori­
line.
fice.
Buck
dropped
to
his
knees
and
fo r tin s th a t he is w a n te d in Id a h o o i
In a shallow arroyo he gathered a
Hie g ra n d la rc e n y c ha rge. Joe c la m s peered beneath. The fast increasing
few dry tw igs and lighted a sm okeless
tire volleyed fortli a g reat cloud of
lie had lieen in S hed d fo r s ix week
fire to boll his coffee. H is horse and
smoke through th e new hole, wtdeh i smash came?”
one burro, carrying the m eager sup­
h u t le s id e n ts say lie ju s t a r r iv e d t l e
only appeared to create a b etter d raft
ill'.-ndra
nodded.
plies necessary for the hazardous jo u r­
o th e r d a y fro m ea stern O re g o n .
li .
to r Its more rapid progress
Yes,
Sahib
Buck.
I
ou
w
ere
Inqilir-
ney, were picketed behind a knot o f
p a re n ts h a ve lie e n l i v i n g n e a r She
T he American wormed him self into ing of rue concerning < h i tain (towers
wntervvorn boulders, while ho crept
sin ce la st t b to ile r.
| o f m y |n-ople. I iu i V is h n u w ljle d th a t
It, tw isted, and w rithed torwnrd.
w arily down the defile to reconnolter
‘Come back B u ck !” cried M artin, I should not reply. Ko my lips were
th e valley below.
$100 R e w a rd . $100
grasping his leg. “He's only a guinea, 1 scaled, as you saw. li i iuv he tlmf
A solitary horseman, whose scat be­
T h e reader« o f th is pa p e r w ill b*
! I shall never reveal Io you. siiliih. Ilia
anyw ay—not w orth the risk.
trayed his unfam iliarity w ith th a t
pleased to le a rn th a t th e re 1« a t leas
I
tilings
of
w
hich
I
was
about
to
siieak,”
But the American obstinately jerked
one dreaded disease th a t science hae
mode of travel, popped around a bend
“ Why not?" demanded Williams
been a b le to cu re In a ll Its stages ano j him self free and disappeared into the
In the gully. W ith Incredible sw ift­
th a t is c a ta rrh .
C a ta r rh being g re a th
m ass ot ateel and splinters. A little eurlou-ly. H ie flnalily in the voice of
ness Williams whipped his ready rifle
Influenced by c o n s titu tio n a l conditions
way nhend. to the right of h i m , he the H indu In te re ste d and, oddly
requires c o n s titu tio n a l tre a tm e n t. H a ll's
to bis shoulder, then lowered it w ith
C a ta r rh M edicin e is ta k e n In te r n a lly and
could diweern u small, Inert, chocolate- enough, d isq u ieted him.
an amazed piclHiiiatioii.
acts th ru th e Blood on th e M ucous S u r­
“Sahih
Buck,
patiently
began
.11-
colored
body,
unc,
iiscious
of
the
reek­
fâ te s o f the System th e reb y destro ying
“You—you persistent little choco­
th e fo u n d a tio n o f the disease, g iv in g the
1
tendrn.
"Il
is
not
easy
for
me
to
ex-
ing smoke which nlready thinly en­
late-drop," he gasped, as the egprea-
p a tie n t s tre n g th by b u ild ing up the con­
I plain the powers which rule us In spile
shrouded his calm face.
s titu tio n and assisting n a tu re in doing itt
slonless face of Jiten d ra looked down
w o rk.
T h e prop rieto rs have so m uch
I of our compliicent self’confidenee. But
Buck grasped him.
Into his own, "W liat in hades are
fa ith In th e c u ra tiv e pow er o f H a il's
The body yielded easily, as If des­ I saw yon running for this train—
C a ta r rh M edicine th a t they offer One
you following tne for? D idn't J tell
H u n d re d D o lla rs fo r any cas«.* th a t it fa ils
tiny Itself had arched over it a pro­ which was late. Tell me if you can,
you thnt you were under no obliga­
to cure. Send fo r list o f te stim o n ia ls
tection. Very slowly he worked his did you m ake it late?”
Address F J. C H E N E Y A C O . Toledo
tion to me?"
O hio. Sold by a ll D ru ggists. 75c.
"No.”
way back through the dense, stifling
"You did. Sahib Buck.”
atm osphere. A shower of spark«
“Nor did I,” affirmed the Oriental.
"W ell—oh, fo r the love of Mike—
sw ept down his neck, burning him bit­ “Nor did eith er you or I check its
beat it back to El Paso, will you?
Game ComnuMtion Must Go.
te rly ; but Buck was heedless of it.
mad rush tow ard the (ilapes w hither
You'll look like a Rleve if K osterllzt-
O bstinately propping him self now we are traveling. Therefore, how
k r g t r t l ' e s o i w h e th e r th e le g is la tu re ,
ky’s rurales ever see th at snow-white,
shall I nialte clear to you thnt w hat
at its ’ p e d a l session in J an uary c re a ti s on one hand and knees, and again
cinnamon-bun headpiece of yours. See
pushing him self backw ard ns he flat­ I may call fate hears rule over all?
here, you loyal little devil—you don’t
tw o c o m m is s io n s to h a n d le th e g a m e a m i
tened out, he never relaxed his grip It is not well that men should know
qwe me a thing—do you get me?— not
ft h a f f a i s of th e state, th e prest n t m e t i t -
on the unconscious dim inutive figure. too much of sueli things, sahib, else
ft th in g I You’l l only bother me.
l»ets o l tl e c lu n iis tio n are <loome«l to
Eager hands dragged them both from they would lay the blame for th eir
“I can’t guarantee you any protect
re m o v a l, a i c o 'i l i n g to a le n g th ) state
evil
deeds
on
destiny
or
fate.
So
Is
tlie opening.
tion, and I won’t have yon dogging
m e n t issued by (» >v O ’co't
As the A m erican emerged and ihe It hot w iser to deal warily with such
»long to halt some one else a fte r me. I
In m aking his decision Governor O l­ o thers caught sight of tlie limp body 1 m atters, that, being In Ignorance, men
appreciate how you feel, and I adm lr«
cott ‘.»id Ins contem plated action was he had rescued, the passengers broke I shall have the more fear of that which
you for It. Hut thia Isn’t In d ia- it’s
Is bidden ami kept secret?“
solely in the interest of game and fish Into » cheer.
CHAPTER III.
M e x ic o — a synonym for hell. I don't
“Perhaps,"
hieoniinlly
adm itted
"C rlp e a t" gasped Williams, beating
propagation, which under tli • p re s e n t
w ant to be rude to you, but I simply
W lllla iiis .
nt
his
scorched
neck
until
the
sm
older­
regime, he declares, is endangered l»y
Jitendra Return«,
can't and w on't stan d fo r any non­
“This morning,“ ImpcrlurliaMy went
squabbling» and bickerings which h iv e ing around tlie collar of his coat was
F onr hundred nnd fifty miles on sense—because I refuse to take any
on J ite m lr a , "I did uot know that such
extinguished.
"Somebody
get
me
some
caused dissatisfaction, distrust, and lack
n mun as you lived, nor did you know horseback through a country devoid blam e If artythlng happens to you."
vaseline or engine o il!”
of law, bristling with ragged, seinl-
ol c on fidence .
“Will Sahib Buck jjra n t me leave
H e laved his burns eagerly, then me. I ' ilc « ills (hat we meet uml jo u r­ cl'-llized peons lusting for loot—Ignor­ to speak?”
As explained by the executive, if the knelt to examine tlie m otionle-s body ney cn together.”
“It won't do any good," olidnriilely
“To l.l I'eso?" interloped the other. ant, ungovernahle, and virulently
legislature follows his recm nuiemlaticns he had dragged to safety.
despising “gringoeT’—Is a journey averred Williams, shaking Ills head
“
xo
(.uiiiici
tin
sam
e
fate
shall
de­
and creates two com missions—one to
“Qlve me some water, will you?“
some men would h esitate before taking angrily. “If you hadn’t been padding
handle the commercial fishing interests ne commanded, reaching for his hip- cide th at hade you drag me from the even to b attle for a five-million dollar
along behind me all night I'd have been
and tl.e other to adm inister the affairs pocket with th e words. With Ids own j burning ear. I did not ask It, for gold mine.
a mile fu rth e r up In those hills already.
\ I s l i n i i had sealed not only my lips,
hands
he
w
ashed
the
Mood
front
the
I
of hunters and angler»—th? term s ol the
Buck William« thought It all over As it Is, I suppose my coffee is s|ioi!ed.
luit
»mothered
my
thoughts.
F
ate
present cotnm issioners w ill a u to m a tic a l- little m an's head and bound It round !
spuke, sahib, ami you obeyed. And ns he puffed m editatively at un after- Now, see here, Jite n d ra —If you've g o t
1y expire
If. on the other hand, the with his handkerchief, a fte r tearing it ' now ihe same fate whisper« to mq sup; . r cigar in the Klieldon, while anything up your sleeve w orth while
in tw ain and knotting the ends to- I
Billy Scott fidgeted on the »cat beside Just you sit flown here on the ground
le g is la tu re rejects the recommendations
bidding me turn aside from my Joun
gel her.
him or nervously paced the lobby.
and fade away.
ol the governor» he v. ill rem ote die
ney anil go on with you until It p e r
“Only a »cratch,” he m uttered.
But the c. Im-eyed Hindu, squatting
“T hat'« the way you can be of some
present comm issioners at ihe te’iui a-
He forced the neck of Ids flask be mils me to pre.-erve you as you h in t
taih r fashion on the fa rth e r end of real service to me—Just vanish—down
tion of the special session.
this
day
preserved
me.”
tween the lips of the uneor-
j doll
"Oh, I say, Mr. Jiten d ra. I can't let the one divan, wns ns motionless ns ini« the ground or up Into the a i r -
like figure. The fire »a« nearly out
you Interrupt j'- u r trip to bother about an ' ' I In tl <■ great tem ple nt Benares. coy way that suit« you, Come out at
and
the
section
men
from
Si
p
ar
w
en
IS
»■illy his adoring eygs, like thnee of a El T igre mine If you w ant to— I won't
already over the edge of the steep I me o r my affairs,'’ p rotested Williams,
dog whose m aster refuses him a ca­ kick If I find you there—but if I catch
I.
a
lly
,
It's
v
e
ry
I h o t i g l i ful of you,
bank. A w histle was sounding fain ll' i
ress. betrayed Ihe ferm ent beneath the sight of you again in the m eantim e
hut Ils wholly unneces-ary."
down the road In front.
He - ilglitem J his strong, young folds of ihe soft snow-white turban, I'll shoot you myself, so help me Bob I”
Tlie head hrnkenian cam e w carilj
which he donned shortly a fte r his a r­
Jiten d ra regarded him solemnly.
luiek to tlie group around the dead laxly mid leaned buck in tlie Pullm an rival.
“As Sahih Buck wills, so be it," he
ut
tills
ty
p
a
a
l
oriental
m
iib.nl
o f up-
and injured and handed a telegram Io
' Scotty," blurted Williams, tossing quietly replied.
prei
iation.
Due
touch
of
nature
m
akes
Conductor Martin.
aw ay a half-consumed c ig a r; "did
W ithout another word W illiam s
"E xira
twenty-seven
aixty-nlne's tlie whole world akin, and Buck Wil­ Friday T hornton and tqe rest of the
w hirled on his heel and hurried back
engine and a w recking crew have lieen liams vaguely grii-pixl the spirit of re­ boys dow n inC nliacan elect to vamoose
ill ||ls coffee pot. An hour afterw ard
gions gratitude th at burned In the
sent back from D em ing; th a t's her
>r stick around a while?”
be stopped bis horse a t th e fringe of
frail figure before him.
w histling now," explained the train
"They
stuck—at
least
most
of
them
I
•>»»
tim ber line of the C hlrachaua
"N
’
o
b
l.
se
o
b
lig
e
''
It
enunciated
a»
man.
By FRANK BL1GHTON
lid the la-t I heard of them ,” replied
loudly as if apoken In actual words
Jiten d ra stirred.
r
lie superintendent. ‘'H ank Gregory,
iiid .b le a b o v e t lie r o a r of Ihe train,
Never In fore in nil his life had a
[n j - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- » » -[« ’
Tommy W'iekware. and a dozen more
iow racing again tow ard FI Paso.
T here was no sign of the Hindu nor
fiery,
potent
liquid
like
liie
one
n
•«
C o p y rig h t
you know are still in tou-n. They ex­ of any other living human being. With
“W ho shall say?" cryptically r e
trickling down his throat passed his
” A a i Rave K n e lt n e t ore tne anrine
pect Intervention by th e United a grunt of relief he spurred up th e
d
Jiten
d
ra.
"K
ihlh,
I
have
said
lt|>s. The thud of the wrecked ear a's
of th» H itt» Buddha. I have learned
hat th e ways of your people are not States."
trail.
It toppled at last Into the ditch teem ed
th» meaning of such devotion «» to aid In his awakening.
■ wav of n iic B nt I have also
“The only intervention so fa r seems
Nine days later, unntteraM v w eary,
you ra, come. therefore, to me mid
aid that fate or destiny bears rule to I . mi th is side of the line," grimly »«tilde a horse whose painful am ble
He sat suddenly erect, lookvxl stu ­
speedily. I « rite in English that you
over
u ll p e o p le * And I may not Jour­ r e i t c l
the m agnate. "W hat I'm and em aciated rib« signified an exhans-
pidly around. Friendly hands helped
may aee how I have Improved.
ney fa r npun tlie Seven P aths if I try
i. mi is H ite : We can get across tion proportionate to thnt of hl« rider
him Into the Pullman.
to ai. p aside fruie the K a m a which
“ IN D IR A .”
ill right- i hundred thousand soldier» Buchanan William» drew rein In the
"Feeling b e tte r? ” Buck Williams
fate I.'i s iqion me. tvnlv by obedience "'U l'ln’t g u n d th» boundary between thick group of pines overlooking El
Buck thru«» the mlaalve Into h'
had already fe:g o tten his own trivial
may I pr. .-rcss. O therw ise I am In h e r - and Agua I’ricta a l.m e - to say Tigre ram p, « h e re It clung to the side
pocket and turned to the tw isted
Injuries In th e solicitude he felt for
t u ts im ’ il air ft e r Incarnation of
tangle of the » rw k rd diner He re­ this tim orous little alien peering up
n . h i,g of reaching as fa r a» the Colo, of . precipitous ravine In the majea-
s o rro w a m i (M 'n ha s set m e fre e ."
g retted that he had read the note
ra d o river. Once In. « e n,q-ht to be tic mountain» of the coast range
at him with apologetic eyes.
The quirk grind o f th e b ra k e « d i­ Uhl,, to d „.hie hack « .a t until we strike
through <>n the impulse of the mo-
The pack b u rn , had long since been
"Yes, sahib.' breathed the brown
v e rte d l i n k W ill!.-m s fro n t a re p ly .
m ent. for the intim ate affairs of a man. “*1 do not u n derstand—”
Kan 11 dro. then skirt the west branch an abandoned luxury.
T h e h e lm e d lim ite d cam e to a atop.
chance traveling eompanlou « » re sure-
>f the railroad as fu r as Sanchez, and
"Oh. It s all over.“ cheerfully Inter­
A few hun Ir»d feet below w as th e
ly no business of Ma.
V hov leu,>ed up the steps of the Pull-
r in there across country to Cullacan.
rupted
Williams.
“
We
had
a
break­
treasu
re which had been hidden In
The feature reaetnMed thut of the
"However, even if wg can do that,
down on the locomotive and cutr.e to
n atu re's safr-depneit vault since the
paper which Jiten d ra had been end-
»li it then? If Manuel i'ucheen and
-h «tiled C o n d u c to r
dawn of creation—undream ed of. until
Ing at the beginning of th eir conversa- a quick atop. The old »ovdeu diner
mg imiu hurried to the bis friends are a fte r El T igre mine his suprem e engineering knowledge
ra c e lrs e t th e t » « . ~ i~ i
tlon. The peculiar style and idiom of
two of us can't stop them. But ifa up
and aup*rb energy had reached down
» me to ston them If I e z n e c t to b o ld
th« conunualcaUoa iaft UtUa doubt
The Halsey Enterprise Low
tne same ana naa some-
from him at the instant
cru r-i led op—th a t's all. L
lu't ex­
pect anything else, hitting th e hill the
way we were, w ith a big h o / like th a t
in front and th e steel Pullmxn behind.
A c o u p le
1 m g,
killed end you
got th e w orst de a i o f any 01 the pas­
sengers, 1 guess.’
The som ber look In the eyes deep­
ened as Jite n d ra scanned his face with
a q u aint intentness which was alto ­
g eth er new and a little uncanny. W il­
liams shifted uneasily ns he w ent o n :
“ W recking crew s got the engine on
the track a g a in ; we 11 only be a few
hours late into El Paso. Do you think
y o u d b etter get oft a t Deming and let
a doctor look you over?”
Jiten d ra shook h head. “I am not
I much hu rt Sahib Buck,’’ he gravely
I replied. “But how cam e 1 to escape
m e h ie? Was 1 not overwhelmed by
i the d isaster? ’
“Oh, you w ere penned in under that
old hulk of a diner until we dragged
you out. laughed the mining man
But th at s done l ev. You'll lie in
Chicago alm ost the sam e ns If nothing
find happened, in »wo days, it was
lucky for both of n- th at we w ere to­
w ard the hack end of the ear.’’
“It was f a te " affirmed Jitendra,
with an e m p h a tic js is itiv e tie s s c o n ­
trastin g strangely with his wee figure.
“But you. Sahib Buck—were you, too,
Immersed in th e shutterings?”
"Nix, ’ grinned Williams. “ 1 back-
pedaled right over tables and chairs
I m l i landed in th e vestibule. ’
“I seemed to he looking down upon
j you tlie last 1 rem ember mused tlie
• O riental, fastening liis ey .-s seurching-
ly upon file other man s.
“I missed you. adm itted Buck nn-
aesitafingly. “and grabbed an ux and
i chopped down to where you lay. B ut
j l am sure that you would have done
I is much for me. Do you rem em ber
vnnt we were t.iik ln ;; about vvlieu the
and the train picked up again as he
tore it open to read :
"Cullacan Mexico, Ju n e 15, 1913.
•"Buchanan Williams,
"Clifton. Arizona.
“Forw ard T rain No. 6. East-bound.
“Manuel Pacheco and wine crew
take to the hills a fte r plundering com­
pany store. Meet me Sheldon hotel,
Rl Paso quick. More trouble brew­
ing around El Tigre.
“WILLIAM SCOTT.”
F our and a half hours late the llm-
the l':.:" ii sia tio n at
III Pi - o . Buck Williams had forgot­
te n i lie wreck, Jitendra. and everything
else in the chans of new thoughts re­
garding the peril to his mine.
H e climbed into a taxicab and was
w hirled to the hotel. Scott leaped
acro-s the lobby with extended hand.
"B uck!”
he
cried,
delightedly.
“G reat guns, man, hut I'm glad to see
you! Tlie whole province of Sinaloa
Is shot to h----- again—another revolu­
tion started. Pacheqo and those lazy
Mexicans have robbed you of nearly
co. rythl r you own on top of the
gro id. From the looks of things,
they're planning to cop the El Tlgr«
itself. '
?” draw led Buck, stiffening a
l Itl
ihe light of battle flaming In hl«
blue eyes, suddenly grown cold. “I
pick’ d up a rum or of this at Clifton
yes; erday. One of the mine txissea
o v i i heard some Mexicans discussing
El I I.-re. Tie told the superintendent,
who repeated It to me. I had Jusl
time to pack my bag, and by sheer luck
J caught No. 0 east-bound at Lords­
burg."
“ We can’t do much w ithout an
•
'' "l-i'iined Scott, kicking In a
luliious fashion nt the tiled floor,
k id a mighty bard two days getting
through—came liy way of Chihuahua
aflc. striking overland from (he coast
—and got the last train out. Ameri­
cans are thick enough along this side
of tlie border; but a mosquito with a
p|m ,
W()Uid fit him couldn't pack
It aero s into Ju arez—no, sir! The
rom mandcr a t F ort Bliss says we
aught to stay at home.
“ilc hasn’t a five-mlllion-dollar mine
to lose
sententiously observed Wil­
li;!» s. tu t » d ig to the register. Ile stu m -
. gainst a dim inutive figure, whose
b< d Just topped the onyx-fram«d deslf.
“W hat— you here?” he cried, "i
told you that I didn’t w ant you to
•eciproeate my «mull assistance this
aficrnoun, Mr. Jiten d ra.”
Tlie brown man salaam ed low.
“W hat say« the Ancient Wisdom,
Sahih Buck? ’The longest way round
h oft the shortest way home.’ ”
W illiams threw back his head and
hughed long uud loud.
“Scotty, look a t th is !”
He jerked a derisive thum b tow ard
bo chocolate huefl, undersized atom of
u iH id iify s ta n d in g humbly but firmly
at his side,
“I pulled him out from ynder «
wrecked diner this afternoon, bow
li» insists on trailing me until he has
I» Id the score by doing us much for
me. Do you think he'd mnke one bite
for Manuel Pnchoeo uml his regim ent
of thieves?”
Swami
Ram’s
Reincarnation
to draa It ta the lig h t o f day.