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CHAPTER XXVI
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severely, and more reinforc mants were moring up to reduce him. He had entered upon it mainly as no opportunity of wreaking his vengeance upon aynier, moly to find that the latter had saved the life of his son and successor. Shero Dil Khan, too. had cast doubts on the genuineness of the document used by the mallah to sponce the adherence of the Gulazazai, in fact believed it to a downright forgery,
sheer per qua? intrepidity and weight of infla once the calm, strong, cool-headed official, te whom all locked up.
"Tell me about Cynthia Daintree," she caul. "Just the very thing I've wanted to do, By the way, incids tally, she has hooked that young ass, Boncher. Whether she'll land him is aa-
other matter." "I know
I know, too, what you wanted to tell me that day we went to visit Sarbaland Khao. Well, we met with a very ancommon interruption then."
Hildo, Hilde. What a witch you are. Is there anything you don't know "
"Yes, plaaty. But I won't bother you to ga over all that again, bacuse I know it already. In fact I knew it on that very day, though not through you. Remember the dak may bring me momentsus communications as well as you Ob, by the way, I have a little presont hero for
you fakes it P you. Will
Will IP Will & raine anything from you! Darling, how can you mal: ?"
Raynier was an important tpersonaga at that juncture, and in truth be deserved any prestige he may bere earned. For again, trusting to Mushim Khan's safe conduct, hn had placed bimealf alone in the power of the Galarzai chief, with the result that he returned having obtained the Nawab's wabmission. The Gularzai had taken no vory active part as yet in the rising. and the Government were only too glad to erosive tlio submission of so important and DOR powerful n chief as Mashin Khan, whorefore
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and Raynier was marked out toewens pition, albeit the military domont cursed his roudly among themselves, as one cursed
She did not return his kias. Hor manner of these inferual moddling Politicals who had
was constrained-almost awkward. Turning don them out of a nice little campaign.
Hilda Clive esemed to hare become quieter to the tabl she placed in his hands a document and more retiring that evar, and the station-large parchmenty, legal-lanking. Then she whoso attempt
mpt to lioniss hor she had resolutely turned away. ovaded-soided that anxioty about Raynier was her motire, for it was anirosully opined that that would be a bundobust" open the
border trouble was eror.
But Hilda dosta ed emphatically that she had dous nothing of the kind-on the contrary, ber orrand and failed signally. He had been re- leased by a different and ubezpreted agency Cuo day she said to the Tarletons: altogether, and it was only by accident that they
"Do you remember how scared you all were mil travelled back together. To this side of the
with Mr. story not much attention was given. The fact fear I should go through the Speed's tangi
Raynier P "Rather," said Haslam, who was them, help- romainel that she had set out to eft at his re- lease, and had returned with him, and noting Tarleton to reduce Muslim Khan-io
And now the station metaphori without him.
theory. eally winked, and prononuced Raynier a lucky follow indent.
Yes-but what about that other time when it had so pronounced him, and the reason thereof t Well, on that head it had seen eauso te cusage its mind. For Cynthis Daintree had not bee careful to keep up her part. She had dirted outrageously with Captain Beacher what time the man to whom she declared herself engaged was in daily peril of his life, and had inoffent ally offended more than one whese good word was worth hasing. Yet--how would Reynier dispose of her, she having como all the way out from, home: morcover she would be rather difficult subject to negotiate? Clearly there were complications ahead, and the station looked for- ward to no end of fun.
for
"How long ago was that?"
They fell to discussion; deciding that it was
months. quito
Well, then, I ought to be dead by, now. The tradition says before the end of the second moon Aud oven when we were talking about the place, I had already been through it once. I have boon through it twice since. The third time it saved our lives, as you know."
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"Why, what on earth is this?" he said as he read through it, ant at length mastered how it set forth, amid infinite legal terminology, how LAMBERT & BUTLER'S shares and property and cash to the amount of thirty-seven thousand pounds was conveyed to
the said Herbert, Ragnier by his aid cousin, the said Hilda Give.
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What it says, dear," she stared, still somewhat constrained. Islways thought you hul been bardly treated in Cousin Jervis will. You were much nearer to him then I was, and a Haynier to boot. So I made up my mind to go halves with you-until-until-well lately Then I thought you ought to have the whide.A GENTLEMAN'S SMOKE. I was always reckoned rather sccentric you know. But I kopt a little, just a little for myself. You won't mind that, will you ?"
He was staring bloukly at her, then at the document,
thing
The story of this latter event in its complete. I don't quite moderstand. What is this ness they had agreed to keep to themselves, only giving out that the Galarzai bad shrink Well, ife a restoration of what ought to from following them into the tangi from super-bava gone to you. This lawyers call it a deed of allons motives.
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It was disappointed, bowover. Raynier, with 4 promptitude and decision for which she had not given him credit, gave Crathia to under- stand that he did not consider himself in the very least bound to her, nor had him since that last interview in the Vicarage garden.
As for
I told you I'd prove that superstition 107 sousical." shebeu on, her eyes dancing with fan. "Well, what have you got to say for yourselves p
You'd already been through it before that night, Miss Chiro" anid Haslam. Well, I'm jiggeted!"
she per-
Tes. But what about the rule sisted. "I'm not done yet."
Saupped TarletonWell, you can't expect there to be no exception to every rule, oan you?"
。
Hilda hul been giving barmolf over to busi- news of late, for each mail bronght hor enclosures, balky and bine, and of unequivocally legal as
Still Rayalor was staring at her, as though he had taken leave of his senses For there and- denly rashed in upon his mind a scrap of a cor- tain conversation with Mr. Daintree in the Vicarage garden. This, then, was the distant consin. Hilda Clive! He had not even known her name and then he remembered how he would have learned it then and there but for the younger girl's boisterous interruption. Ho remembered, too, the Vicar's rimork, "She's bound to marry, aud' then where do you come and his own answer, tightly, banteringly
and theù-- myself," given, "Nowhere, unless I were to marry her Thore saa a harsh, starento sound of tearing. The parchment lay upou the floor, crampled, and torn in several pieces. Bat she who had handed it to him seemed to share its violent
in
or action in coming out there to claim him, no- der the circumstances he preferred not to ex pressa opinion, for fear he might say too much. He had anticipated wild and stormy scene. To his surprise she neomed to soquiesce. The only thing was that if he repudiated hor after what she had given out, what sort of a figurs
past. With auch yuments she would shut would be ent? She had better let it be known
Lerself up
in Tarleton's don, which he had made that she had discovered they were not suited to each other, and so had better part, eho ang-over to her for the purpose, and she waAS SO genlox).
I here was something in this. He could hardly) *gged one morning, whup Raynior was treatment, for she was crashed to him in a close announced. He had returned to Mazaran be day before, and they had mat-in public; but this visit was one of arrangment of her arrangement.
He was in show her up-for every reasoD, tensely annoyed, but finally agreed; resolving, however, tust there was one person at any rate who should know the truth.]
But nor official business claimed Raynior's time and attention to the exclusion of all eles, Reinforcements arrived at Masaran field opera- tions were to be opened immediately against the Galarzai, and on the ove of these, Raynier had the grond fortune to captura, with the aid of Mehrab Khan and a few Levy Noears, the malinh Hadji Haroun, he having obtained suoret information that that pestilent agitator was traveling in disguise and almost unguarded This won a str. ke of lack indeed. There was no question at headquarters of superseding bin i now, the more so that immediately afterwards Le suceredad. through his friendship with Shero Dil Khan, in opening up communications with the Nawab. The Galarzai chief had been drawn into the war unvulingly, as we have seen. The tribes farther along the border had suffered
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Hilds looked up from the paper she had been Insy with as he entered, in fact made a guilty and trepidatious attempt at sweeping them out of sight, which suggested a weakness entirely foreign to her,
Well, how are things going?" she asked gaily.
Things are gotar quite right. Wo bave that pestiferons mallah, Hadji Haroun, safe by the heels, end Mushin Klan has cut out of aft further part in the jihad. That's good enough to begin with.**
"Yes-ned you? You know, you must got removed from here.
The blood feud will
overtake you sooner or later."
embrice.
"Hilla, darling. I wonder if you have any thing approbing a parallel in the world. I never heard of such an act of magnificent
away. I don't want that," pointing to the generosity. But, unfortunately, it is all throwa tattered dred "I want you. I would rather ba back in Mushira Khan's prison with all it in. volvad, and you as you were then, than inke what you wanted us to there--without you. The only dend of gift I will accept is yourself. Yourgolf. do you hear? Am I to have it?"
She was thinking, Alm at the spirit of hor clairvoyance was in the vivid picture of the dread prison in the Gularzai stronghold that rose before her mind. Then she had stood with lim
on the brink of his grave, and soal had met soul uudisguised. Then it was death-yow life Khan-life and such happiness! Her clock was Now ainst his, her lips at his var. She whispered,
"Yes, you know you ure."
[THE ESD-].
And
No. I think not, I believe Muhim was wound up by that sweep of a mullah. he only remembers what I did for his son. ho has dous nothing beyond what he did to me individuals, and Marad Afzal is dead, a the Government will not is
tim bard on him, and things will be as they wom."
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Darling. it was because I had every thought for you that I worried along at the officini busi. ness for all I knew how. I wanted to straighten out the mills they'd to sure to put down to me. And now I believe I have."
Yes, indeed you have."
"And the stir and work knocked me together again, and all that fever has cleared out of my system I can never forget what an abjest in- valid I was just when I ought to bato been laking care of yon."
Can't you? But I can, and have.”, She was standing beside him now, one hand toying badly with a button on his coat, a half absent, half serious expression to her large eyes Back to that was very swet. Her mind went the period to which he referred, when he was ill and favered and fainting on the cloud-swopt hill-side. What a contrast. She saw him now, dominant, restored in every way, having ended i the disturbanco here in his awa jurisdiction, by
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