Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1894 — Page 11

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBllUAlt-V 28, 1 SO 1 TWELVE TAGES.

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CIIAPTEK I. The NapiT parade ground at Karachi Jay deserted under th srlowin:r rays C thf. mominsj sun, but a crescendo Mir. of tumultuous puisic, which came trom behind the echeloned iKirrack blocks, multiplied into .something very like disord by the echoes from the great buildings, gav potlc; of speedy occupation. s the band rounded th farthest Morl:. the cfhrs ceased, and the full melody of "The Campl-'lh Are omin'" ranp out clear and crisp. whV her majesty's OH" Hundred and Tenth regiment of t! e tne better known as ."The Qun"s Own Hamilton Highlanders" defiled In four?. .uto, tho parade round Sc strong. Thbattalion v. nr. returning from piacticing h new skirmishing drill wiih blank cartridge on the sardy srnih at I ho rear .f the barracks. When the last IHs were well clear of tlv M.rraks, the colonel turned bis horse asid"- from tho head of the. regiment; quarter nlu'n.i was tmiartly formed on the leading company, find the word was given to halt and ftand at ea". At a sign from thr chief, the officers fell out and grouped themselves round him: tho men were calbd ti attention, and tho parade, was dismissed. In a. ui'iiiKnt iho onl'-i Information was dissolved into a s warn hut mass of hungry soldiers hurrying " thoir respective barrack roo'ns int-tit on breakfast. Put the colon"! Mill at motionless on his horse In th" renter of th" parade ground, surrounded by hi? offl .ore. This was the tim at which, if anything had rvn -wrong vith tho drill, ho would improve th occasion ant administer a t-oldierly lecture t th" ir: r ' lM,t today aU tho lifst joined snha 't-rns had clear con- iercc? ho drill had ben performed without a Mni"lr, and )"! pocnit-d to bo p.. rra'-"'i why th" cu--tomary "( J.iod-piorpiT'. g.-nllmien." Fhould not h- rpok'n at on.-. Th-T was no cloud "n fho. c l.n Ts hardfeatured but kindly fa--.: h apper'-d only thoughtful, and as th- ugh Ii y r waiting. As a. ma! 'or of fact, that is just, -what l-.o was d"i:.c. . sm. in t'.o last lagcraid of lie- rank- and fil-- had passed bejotal th" pos-sibüi: v of In ning be looked down on th" r,- 1 fa.-es round him and ye;-. "i--ilv: ;- tlemen. I know ."i w i I ! 1"' rr: ' hoar what I hnvo i.. - y.m. T'vi.e this morn Ins: in the e.-nreo ,,f tli" pri'.-U'C I T as shot at with ball cirtri.'cc." Disfipllne prevailfi. and no sp-ke; Vur the littlo .r!"iij .mconci. .n-!;. prot.ed r.earr. and th' 'rolan.iti.'n v'.u-y-p.srd rtii'.tion yi--M-d a sur.d VK- a ! rp-dra.wn pl'.-'i. The .-.,..n: , keonly in toin-h with th-.s , ..nt'i ..ntitc iiio;. ideiitly felt, and wa-; jnoved by. tho ansry horror his arti"un ni ;i! had -alhd forth: he ft"i-'. o'.-v.n and Iiiharjrer's utI rf..o prooreiiiiis;: '-it is rot tho tind tinn-. on Ttw-sday I thought I h'-Hi-d a bill lot p;'ss I-.-- I.. iii'-: i.-u pot b'-inp: s'uii l i-ort iiii. 1 u-i i-b I. for tho tTf'iJit rd' Iho jri;ipie;.t, ,. -ny Jiothirifr. Today tin ro was im joom for loiilit. On., ball just chared my left .shoulder, within a 'eoiiplo ..f in. h -s of pay ear: tho tth-r. as on mad.- its liia.rk. ll.'th shots w.'i" liretl in nii. k Miocosfii.-ii when I w.is on l!-. - rmuli ground at tho roar of Hit- h .spiial." Ho held up his 1 rid!" arm. and, plainly isible to every ono was a !ii!h-t-holo through tho sleeve eufV. Tho sight was too niin-h for th" senior major comrade and trusty fii'-T.d .f t) cilonel's slut".' they fough sido by sido as boy ensigns at Alma. Th; ow ing parade-ground cti'iuetle to the winds, ho blurted mit: "Cood haven. Ma-le.d. you're not hit, are you?" while an exited murmur ff surr.iis.- and sucu-est ion began to be audible nmOK tho ihcr:-. The f-oloiie! ti-ld u hi: hand again for pUnee thif time. "I did not detain you. gentlemen." he a:d. "to diens the mutter her-, tint merely to inform you nf what has happened, so th.;t company offieers may endeavor to put their fmgor on the man who tired at me. At the same time, you j;re to take as :i j.opitive order not to let a ruspi. ioa of this leak out. Tell no on.- but the ru..rpergenats, and impress It upon tre-m that they are only ttkeu into eonfiile;ie. in order to assist your inquiries. If I find that so mm h as a rumor gets about amount? the men or outside. I'll b-vak "very eolor-sergonat in the regiment. For the hoii'.'r of the orjs we must discover the d-?lir,qu--nt without any fus-". and tliat being so. directly you have a clue you'll report to me "before making an a.rrest. In the meanwhile this is not to b referred to at nss or anywhere, in public 1 think that is all. gentlemen: I thank you for your vmpathy, and bid you good morning." Col. Ma. lend turned his horse toward the officers' line and rode off slowly, accompanied by the two majors and ihadjutant. The unmounted oüuers drolled after in twos and threes in the name direction, and it was sl relief to them to hear the chief, now that the stiffness of "duty" etiquette was relaxed, explaining to his companions that he was quite unhurt. For Col. Mucleod was adored by oRlcers and men alike. Stem and unbending enough on duty and in tho held. In private he was the guide, counsellor and friend of every one. To all ranks the colonel's person and the honor of the Hamilton lliKhlanders were tho two most sacred things on earth. And now both these cherished possessions had been threatened with startling suddenness by the foul deed of the morning. Small wonder was it that those to whose astonished ears the secret had been Intrusted should he agitated and anxious as they sought their quarters. The chief point in the minds of all was the utter absence of motive, for "crime," In the military sense, was almost nonexistent in the happy and ..minted lanks of the regiment, and punishment, with its consequent heart-burnings, was therefore a rarity. The colonel had not even had occasion to confine a man Vj Larracks for nearly a year. "It is the act of a madman; une of the men must have K'ne suddenly mad." sai l Stuart Dalzell. the- only Mihalfern of ; company present with the battalion, as he paced by the ?ide Clf Fr.izer,' his iaptain. "That i.s the only explanation T can see which would not involve disgrace," replied the other inoughtfuliy. "Is there not the alternative of accident?" asked Dalzell. "Jt Is not unknown in other regiments for ball cartridges to get mixed with the blank ammunition." "That mii3t be left out of th- question In this case." said Frazer. "The fact of the colonel having b?en narrowly misaed on Tuesday, and again twice today, bars such a supposition, if there had been any mistake in tho ammunition, the odds are a hundred to one that porno one els? besides the chief would have heard, or felt the bullets There Is om? influence at work more dangerous than error, I fear: and if I am right In my judgment, it concerns you and m rather mori closely than the other fellows. Here yve.are'at my bungalow. Com in. Dalzell, and I will tell you what I mean." C.'apt. l'mipr led the xuy on to the veranda, where several .Bombay chairs wer set out ready for guests, nfie, tho hospitable, fashion of the Kaft. MotionJng his companion to rv seated, before Joining: him h called his Hindu servant r.d told him to run over to the ba.rraks und tell Sergt. Ker-i.on to come, to the; un?alow as rxn us he had finished, breakfast. Then he. sat down by his friend and subaltern snd put Into words suspicion which was already half formed in th minds of both. "I f by your face thit yoi have messed ths drift of my hint. Dalzell." hfl began. "The scoundrel or lunatic who ir &t ths bottom cf this .cut rase belongs

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to G company as sure as you a.id I sit here. On us two and on Ferguson for he must' help v.s lies the onus of saving dear old Maclood from the danger that threatens him. The worst of it is that our success in that direction, wdilch we unist move heaven and earth to attain, will most likely mean everlasting ignominy to the regiment, and our own company in iartieul;'r." "You arrive at thi.s conclusion front the position of G company at the tlmei the shots were fired that is to say, when the colnnel was amen? th 1oulders at the back of the hoppital?" said Dalztfl. "Quite so." replied Frazcr. "As you doubtlc?s remember, our company at right angles to the boulders sonic .V)' yards away, and was firing hard during I lie few minutes the colonel pulh-d up there. It i.s true other companies, in our half-battalion were tiring also; but they wer; extended much farther out on the plain, and ;i shot from them would not hae pierced Madeods cuiT laterally in a neat hol, like that. Had the ball com from either exltcin:ty of the line, the ; e.. would have been ripped lengthwise." Th-- lieutenant made no reply for a few Moments. He sat abstractedly stating at the ra inly plain, and then he .said: "All that you suggest is terribly true, Frazcr. and yet, somehow, i. seems incomprehensible. All the men in our company are such giMjd fellows; even tho last batch of rcruiis are as nice a lot of lads as ever joined us. Tteforc iarade this morning. I would have trusted my life to any one of tlp m. and I'm not ;. a'! sure that I would not tlo it s-MU. Is it not Just i n the carcLs that there may be some native deviltrv at the bottom of hi?" "That is h little too f Hr-fetc.hrd. I am arrai'l." retuni"d Frar. "The country all round is as flat as a billiard table, and we used every available inch of cover ourselves. A murderously inclined pat Ivo, - en did mi.-'i a one exist, could not hie pa?.sr-d unnoticed. Hut here e ne?s f'eririison ; let us here whether ho CHI help US." The -"lor-v.rire;i nt of i -ompany was a v-phiidid s;ecim.-n of the Highland F'ldiT a seat l'iack-beai ded man. from Mhsc n feet two of stately growth the T'ills of twenty year? bad failed to k'.'H k quite all the loot-e-limbed lissinei ess of mountaineering youth. There '.vol.. many veterans in the r-m-p who bad foiighi in Afghanistan and in Kgypl. but for personal prowess in the Held, the teeord of this slei ti-visag d warrior onidisia.nci"l t!iofe .f all his comrades. Was it not written in the chronicles of te regiment that his strong ritrht arm bad saved the colors ar Alaiwar.d? and w not the ribbon ot" the Y. l op his 1 ast in token that he had snatched '.I. .Male..d. sofly wounded, fron; among the Arab :q-ars at Ft Tcb'.' Fni::er and Dalzell, watching him step cito the veranda and stiffening visibly as he aj'j'ioa'.hed his officers, could m help thinkinvr that but for the colon ls injur..-tio;i. if lYrguson ever had the handling of him. It would go hard with the miscreant who had tried to undo that bravo rescue. Th' col. . i -sergeant halted with a salute in front of th'- Jfombay chairs, and stood w;-.itinir. t'apt. Fraxor kii'-w his man loo well to boat al)i'i the bush and try to break tin- liens to him gently. The soldierly qualities of the veteran required soldi. tly treatment, and his officer was aware J ha I wh'-th'-r he got it lirst or last. th shock would be the same, and its effect equally well concealed. "Fcrtrusoa." said Frazcr, "the coloie l was shot at this morning on parade with ball I trid'-ro. you understand and from the position he oecllped at the time. 1 am inclined to think the ball -ts (ame from ; company, fan you suggest and clew which may help to trace tl-.e scoundrel or madman who tired them?" The angry glare in the sergeant's eyes and a quiver of tho nostrils were the only sign he gave, except that there was. a sear, e perceptible tremor in his voice as he mad.- answer: "It must have been Ol accident, sir; there's nae lad in G company ay. nor in a' the regiment won lr I willingly put his hand to sic a dastardly deed." Frazer hastened to inform Ferguson of the previous attempt on the preceding Tuesday, which hud put the idea of accident beyond the bounds of reasonable con .jecture. "It's nae matter." said the colorsergeant. "Hie an accident as that wad Im waur than a crime. I'm glad to ken that it is neither, by your honor's showing. Some puir body among the lads habeen stricken daft, and done this thing; but I cunna sav who before tomorrow night." F.oth the officer? started in surprise. "You suspect Koine one, then?" exclaimed Dalzell. "You have noticed a strangeness in the manner of one of the men, and wish to verify your suspicions?" "In that case, sergeant," added Ftazer. "it Is your duty to confide your suspicions to us. This is a serious affair, in which we have the colonel's positive orders not to act definitely without informing him. It is my belief that if he can see his way to preventing a repetition of the attempt he will move heaven and earth to hush the whole thing up." "I wadna tak' upon mysel' to act in the matter except under orders, sir." replied the color-sergeant, "the mair esIecially as I h.ie nae mair suspicion than a bairn. It is just that suspicion I'm after getting, and by your honor's leave 111 get it tomorrow night." "How do you mean to go to work?" asked the captain. "I ken nae giud it will do tellin' ye. sir. Seem that I'll e'en tak the lisk 't mysel', ye maun let me hae my ain way, and no speak ae word," rc-plc-vl Ferguson.. Now, the cow-sergeant was a privileged old soldier, and might on ordinary occasions have presumed a good deal more; but under the circumstances, his answer was a little more than the captain cf hU company could stand. "Nonsense. Ferguson." said the latter sharply. "You will either inform me at once what steps you mean to take, or take no steps at all. That is an order, mind; and please remember that the colonel's life may depend ujon your decision. There will be another blankfiring parade day after tomorrow, and lie is not the man to absent himself because of what happened today." The color-sergeant was still standing at attention, and his flngei"s clawed convulsively at the seams of his trews as he listened to the alternatives thus plainly planed before him; but he chose the one Frazer had expected, prefacing Ids explanation with: "Y may ca' mo a fule. sir; but I ken better than that." And then ho told how he had scraped acquaintance with one Rajab Ali, a native of Surat, who had recently established himself in the Sudder Bazaar, ostensibly as an astrologer, but who, to justify the sergeant's evident belief in him, must have been a past master of tJie black art as well. According to Ferguson, Kajab All had the means, either by the cards or by the diviningrod, of unveilng what wa hidden in the past, the present, or the future. He, the sergeant, had been privileged to test the astrologer's marvelous powers, and he had little doubt but that the latter would bo able to cope with the mystery which wai puzzling them. He was to meet Rajah by appointment at the rear of the 'barracks on the following night, when he wa to be favored with a further demonstration, and he would take the opportunity -f g-ettins this matter cleared up once for all. Frarer smiWl incredulously, and then hi.s face wh clouded with a Finnic of di.4appolntnient. jje had bn pinning hli faith to the practical assistance of his shrewd old sulrdinate. and now .t lie latter had nothing to offer but a rather out-of-date sample of Highland superstition. What was worse, the captain was half Inclined to think that Rajab All and hin divining rol were only beirtp exploited as a substitute for more sensible methods of detection, because Ferguson obstinately refused to bllve In the posblble guilt of any member of his company. 'Com?. Ferguxon." said Frazer, - "this

is no time for tomfoolery of that kind. Besides, you forget tho colonel's ordere not to blab the affair to any one. You will best show your zeal by going back to barracks and checking the amount of ball cartridge in your charge. F.y comparing the result with the musketry sergeant's register of every shot tired on the ranges it may be possible to trace the cartridges that were used. There must, be at least three short somewhere. At any rate, that will be a more sensible way of going to work than questioning a native impostor, wliose first task will be; to bandy a garbled account of the cas about the bazaars." "I didna mean heckling the body, or eonfldin' onything to him. sir," replied Ferguson ruefully. "I should only ask him to show me what 1 most desire to see same a.s he showed me ray aidd mlther's face in a pool of Ink in his hand

a while agnno. Mayhap this time j should behold the daftie who did this Ue'il'.s vunk. I will make a return of receipts from magazine and amuntnltioa in stock and bring them with the musketry registers, sir." added the sergeant quickly, noting the growing impatience on his oflicer's face. "Det me have them by noon," sail Frazer s-hortly; and Ferguson, seeing that the interview was at an end, saluted and retired with knitted brows. The captain and lieutenant watched him striding away- across the parade ground, and it was not till h h Pi passed far beyond hearing that Dalzell broke silence. "I rupposo you were right." he said, "lo put a daintier on his ardor in that direction: but, do you know, I hav have a sort of feeling I won t go to (he length of calling it a presentiment that perhaps this fellow Kajab might after all put us on the tight scent?" I'ra.er stared t his subaltern in astonishment. "You don't mean to inc. Stuart, that you beliee in magi . and such like?" he exclaimed. "Xo." safd the other. "I do not; an I yet the motive -not the reason - whi'-ii sets me hankering after Ibis Surati ast rolog-r-r's aequajutanee js pretty nearly the same. I expect, as that whl h makes the sergeant so keep on consult line him. 1 mean that Ferguson has absolute faitii in the 'ads of G company, and will einten at an straw rather than try of his own initiative i. fasten suspicion op any ope of them. Thit Is precisely my f suggested just now that, native mls.-hier might somehow be at the bottom of the attempt on Maeleod. 1 do not believe in T'a.iab Alt's magic, but. I know that If he is as tunning and omniscient as the majority of the rascals of his profession, il is jus! n the cards that he may hold the key of the situation. The mere fa- t, too. of finding a native nf that i lass on a friendly footing in the barracks seems l.i me. under Hie i renin st a noes, to 1 itself worthy of investigation." "What do rou pn-pos-.-, then?" asked Frazer. "With your leave." replied lal7.oll. "I should like to be with l-Vrgnsoii at the interview which it is vciy plain our obstinate old friend means haying with IJaj-4.li tomorrow night. If I can work K so as t be myself unseen by the native, so much the bettor, and at any rate my presence would be a guarantee that the colonel's yish f ".' secrecy was respect". J." "Have it. your own way." said Frazer. "I think you yvill waste your time; but I cannot see any harm in the idea. And now we had l tter tub. and go and get some breakfast at ncss." CJIAVTKIi u. The five great stone barrack blocks siood out gaunt and clear in the silver beams of an Indian full moon. In front, on the parade-ground side, there was bustle and life in plenty; for, though the sun had set two hours a.go, it was not yet late, and th-' canteen and recreation rooms were still open. Hut in the rear. wher the sandy wilderness stretched light up to the barrack walls, all was deserted and silent, save for the cries of the jackals in the distant scrub waiting for the "light-out" bti"le to entourage them for their nightly prowl round the c..k-houses. Th-se prcessai" offices consisted of small "detached buildings placed lvehind. and some little v.-iy from the main blocks, so that the smells and the refus. should i "t In- a danger and an annoyance to the soldiqs. At this time in the evening the Portuguese (inks had long- since gone to their honi?S) in the bazaar: and in the ordinary course the cook-houses would have been l'K-kf'd up and left to themselves till it was tim? to prepare the men's breakfast in the morning. Tonight, however, it appeared that the bobaji khana belonging to ; company was to be In request for a rendezvous. The gong at the quarter guard had just struck 8. when two men came round the corner of the block and entered the cook house. Dalzell had found the sergenat quite willing to allow him to witness his interview with the astrologer, and even eager lo adopt a course which he evidently regarded a.s certain to obtain another convert to the mystic art. Fur Ferguson placed more relianee than ever on his preceptor Rajab. seeing ihat the scrutiny of the ammunition and of the registers had failed to yield further information than that lour ball cartridges weiv missing from the company chest, but that every man had properly accounted for each round served out to him. The color-sergeant ushered his officer into the cook-house and pointed out how he could see and hear everything that passed hy stationing himself at an unglazed window at th back. "The chiel has eyes like search-lights, sir," he said as h" prepared to go outside: "sue ye must e'en keep yoursei in the shadow. Mayhap he would refuse to display his quality, if .so be as he thocht he was o'erlookii." "How did you first pick this chap up. Ferguson'."'- asked Dalzell, settling himself in his hiding-place. The sergeant paused on the threshold, and for a moment seemed puzzled to find an ansyver. "It was he that picked me lip, sir, I suppose when I come to think of it." he replied at last. "B was walking in the bazaar a month back, and he came up and said in Hindustani he should be pleased to read me the oke of the .stars. They a ken in barracks that I am iartial to speerin' after splints and sic things. Mayhap lie had heard it frae some of the lads. Hut whisht! here lie comes." Ferguson stepped into the open, shutting the door behind him, and Dalzell crouched by the window to watch for the upsjiot of events. He had not long to wait. Half a minute later the olorsergeant tame into view, conversing" in Hindustani with a tall, lithe native, whose white garments and carefully arranged turban proclaimed him to be f letter substance than the usuAl run of mendicant jugRlei-s. As they came into lino with the. window Ferguson halted, and suggested that there, under cover of the cook-house they would be free from observation a projiosition to which Rajah, after a hasty glance round, gave his assent. The moonlight fell full on his face, and Dalzell. peering from his lair not six feet away, thought he had never seen such wonderful eyes before. There was nothing shifty or .snake-like alout them; they were calm and steadfast enough, but they glowed like two balls of liquid fire. "And what does the sergeant sahib order his slave to Show him tonight?" bebau Rajah, when they had finished their greeting. "The moon is in the ninth bouse and the period Is very favorable for seeing visions." "Show mo the countenance nf the man I most desire to nee." replied VerffUHon, tqcaking in the vernacular, with whl-h. his ten years' Indian service had familiarized him. Taking a phial from the folds of his garment. Ha jab poured ilv inky cooten's into thrt sergeant's outstretrhed palm, bidding him al the anie tinie in lix his eyes on bis own. Dalzell. n-.it hing closely, noticed a strange dreamy Jock spread over Ferguson's face, while his eyes began to wear a dazed, scared expression. ."The beggar is hypnotizing him!" thought the lieutenant to himself. "I wonder If Hut no: It cannot b." . His ttain of idcac was Interrupted by

the voice of the astrologer addressing the sergeant in tones cf low but peremptory command. "There is a colonel's parade tomorrow," began Kajab. "You wiP provide yourself with two' rounds of ball cartridge from the company chest. In the course of the drill you will aim at Macleod sahib's heart, taking tare that yoq are unobserved. If the fir;t bullet fails its mark, you will use the second. And you will dismiss from your mind all knowledge of what you are doing and v.hene.. you received these instructions. K.cept that you will carry out these behests, you will be Jn all respects as an innoeVnt man. You are to believe that the ball cartridges which you fire at the olonel sahib are blank, both before and after the deed. Will you do my bidding?" Dalzei. listening" horror-struck, heard Ferguson's voice make an answer in faroff sohnding tones: "I will do your biddins." ".Now look into-vour hand." said Rajah. The colnr-sergeant obeyed. "What do you behold'."' "1 behold my own face." "That will s-nve as well n? another." proceeded the juggler, removing his gaze for th' first, time. "You can return to tire lower world." Slowly and heavily. Frrguson blinked bis way back to sense and self-control again. When the juggler had given his victim time for recovry, he asked in his original servile tones: "And was a vision Youehsafcü to the sergeant sahib?" "No." was the reply, "at leaet not the one I sought. I beheid but my own fnc reflected in mv baud. You have faped tonight. lhi.h!." "Something you beard while you wer looking at the fluid may have distracted you." suggested the native. "It copidu't h:ie bee.) that." replied the serg.ant. "Why. I only gazed for a moment, and you did pot speak the while." "'Tis well." said Rajab. "The faihp-e is pot of man. but of the stars, and their or servant is not responsible. Perchance on the next occasion they will be more propitious. And now. fare on well, for it is getting late, and I

nave oiner worx to qo. .nrt witn a dcferoini.il salaam to the sergeant, ho turned and glieVd ward the native cit v. Ferguson waited till he had gepe some way, and then joined Ialzell at the door of the cook-house. The two walke towa.irl th 1-arraoks together. The lieutenant did not spe-ik; ho was thinking with all his might. "A failure tonight, sir." remarked the sergeant, after waiting" vainly for his superior's remment. "My ain face, too! Had h j::st teen pokm' fun at me. he cmld na. ' vveel hae jok il mnir reasonably." Th.ey had reached the point whete Dalzfll's way would lead to the mess, "tret back to your quarters." he said rap-id !y. "You must not be missed. I am sorry our errand has been fruitless; but I did n.t expect much from. it. io'-d-night ;" and in his hurry to rid himself of the man he wished to spare, lie almost pushed the other away. Ferguson disappeared into the barrack, womb-ring at his officer's hast to return to lip ss. The moment he vvas out of sight Dalzell chanced his course, and running back behind the barracks, started in pursuit of the vile wretch whose scheme lv meant to frustrate. His mind was made pp. lie must ovettake Rajab at all hazards, and compel hbn to tome before th" colonel, whose first feelimr, lit' fplt sure, would be sympathy for the imioc.nt instrument. I low: to punish the criminal without letting Ferguson know how nearly he had slain his beloved chief was a nut for Macleod to rack: but Dalzell knew he would move heaven and earth to manage it. for to a man of the color-sergeant's temperament a revelation of his unconscious act would mean madness or suicide. The your.g officer came up yvith the Hitting white figure just beyond the jail, where the road begins and the desert gives way gradually to the habitations of half-caste camp-followers." The man saw that he was pursued, and quickened his pice: but Dalzcll's long legs gave the quarry no chance. Two minutes after R'tiab knew that he was followed, the lieutenant's grip was on his should -r. "'Come back with me. IIa jab." said Dalzell quietly: "you are wanted at th' colonel's bungalow." The Stiratl was pantine: violently; but he app.ired in no way disconcerted, and tried hard to lix his captor with those fatal eyes. Dalzell. knowing his danger, kept his own averted: he thought it advisable, too. to show the revolver he had brought yvith him. Rajab bowed meekly and obeyed; but for hilf a second, unseen of tiie other, his hand yas plunged into the bosom of his white rohe. For some distance they walked In silence, and it was not until they were hearing the cantonments that Dalzell decided to put two questions to his prisoner. "Your only chance of life is to speak the truth," he said, "for your wickedness is known. What have you against our ec-lonel that you have done this thing?" Rajab caught, his f.n-it in a stone and staggered as he made reply, and his voice sounded wak and thin. "The colonel sahib was president ot the toi;rtmaillal -which sentenced my brother. Gholam Hux. of the Third Komoay cavalry, to penal servitude" he said. "I have sworn to avenge him. and 1 use my gift that is all." "And what," pursued Dal.eii, "will be the effect on the sergeant j your treatment of him? Now that he will be prevented from doing- your scoundrelly work tomorrow, will he always remain under th" spell, and make further attempts -n other occasions?" Rajah made no answer; and Dalzell, looking down at him. saw that lie was shivering as if ague-struck. "Nearly dead with funk." thought the young turner, and repeated the question. "Thö spell tally refers to tomorrow." replied Kajab very slowly. "You need have no fear. Allah has willed it that the colonel sahib shoultl live, and that I, Kajab. the son of Hyder, the juggler, should die.'" And even as he spoke, he ft.Ha heap of crumpled white linen on the sandy road. Dcjl.ell. stooping over him. caught a whiff of the deadly chur-nis-the concentratpd and strongly poisonous form f Indian hemp or hashish and knew that his prisoner had solved the difficulty he had foreseen. The question of vunihment would not arise. "for Rajab Ali, self-slain, had gone to his own place. Half an hour later Dalzell related his evening's expe-i.-nee to Frazer, and together they sought the colonel, who at once decided that Ferguson must never know his sh.nre in the dead man's misuVeds. Col. '.VlHclod went on the sick list, and w?. absent from jarade next day; while the finding of the dead body of a natlvQ Hi the cantonment road was a matter of very little moment to anyone excel. b the color-sergeant of G company, who to this day deplores the untimely end ot the seer, yvho would, sooner or later, he feels sure, have shown him the "daftie who fired at the colonel." Chamber's Journal. Remark" on Fgg. Fgg-s may lose their nourishment by cooki'ag. The yolk raw or very slightly bol'ei is exceedingly nutritious. Jt is, mopf-over, the only fool for those afflicted Tith jaundice. When an esrg has been exfosel to a long continuance of eulinacy heat, its nature is entirely changed. A slightly ladled egg. however, is more ejftsy to digest than a raw one. The best jwrompaniment for a hard egg is vinegar. Raw opgt bare a laxative effeci: hard bMbcl the contrary". There i ail idloyne.ra!y In fni" persons which fhows itself in the utter disgust which they xperlnee not only against th egg itself, but also aaralnst any preparation of which it forms an ingredient, however slight, iggs frhouM always be liberally accompanied by bnd. says Table Traits. A Mlr n Well tttrrfnl "Woman. "SJie's one of the most thoughtful women I evr knew.'f "'" Indeed?" 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