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felt thankful that the advantages of the Mahomedam injunctions of cleanliness had been

of Mushim Khan as he listened, and his eyes tended to him, a prisoner. fairly biased with westh.

"Am I a vile Hindu trader to be approached with such an offer?" he said. "Is the bload of my brother-the ignominy of his death-amera question of rupsea, of a laich more or lees? Tell this woman that all the rupees in the treasury of the Sirker for a hundred years would hat redeem the man whose father pul to death with ignominy one of our house. He dies at sunrise to-morrow. As for her she came alone, and trasting to my protection. Praised be Allah, it shall be extended to her, and to her attendant. Let roffschmont be given her, and with my safe conduct let her depart."

This Shere Dil Khan duly rendered. But Hilde did not more. Great tears rose to her eyes, and rolled down her cheeks,

"Sweetheart, God bless you for coming to "It was grand-- me at the last," he went os. Intrepid. Tell me, Hilda. You have known sil the time that I loved you?"

"Yes, I know," she saswered chokingly. Then with forced galety. "Yon did not on the voyage though."

"Was I not a born foel? Oh my darling, what happiness might have been cure. What might not our lives have been but för this P”

A thought of Cynthia Daintree cromad ber mind; of Cynthia Daintres amusing herself at Masaran-bilo claiming this man's bond. An impulse came upon her to ask about that affair, bat she forebore. Nothing of a disturbing

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INTERNATIONAL BANKING Then for a short mered half hour they talked INTERNORFORATION. He must not die, ah-he must not die," time was so short, so presions, she said. "Listen Birdar Sahib. Tell the Nawab I offer bina all I have in the world, live-ond their words, uttered on the brink of the lakhs of rupeas, in redemption of this life. grave of one of them, ware as deep, so uncred See, I have braved all and every danger, and as not to bear intrasien. And then Shere Dil travelled alous here to save it. He is brave, he Khan's voice was heard outside, proclaiming must be generous. Oh make him rulent."

Animation made all the differanon in the

world to Hilda Clive's appearance. When she was enimated to this extent she was beautiful moreover the Gulatzai dress became her well- Shors Dil Khan looked at her with pity and Eat the fagss of the other two r.. concorn. mained hard us granite.

"I have said, and I have no more to say," answered the Nawab, when' this had been translated to him. "He dies at sunrise. I have sworn it. And now, let her depart.”

Hilda stood for a few moments in silence, her great eyes tired spon the Nawab's face. Then ehu said,

"May I not see him? May I not hid bim farewell? That will not break the chief's oath."

Mushim Khan pondered for a moment and frowned. The terrible vendetta spirit had ontirely warped his nature, which was not naturally a harsh or cruel one, rendering him atterly merciless. But ho answered,

"She can see biu-until the boar of prayer. Then she must depart, as she came.”

Hilda thanked the Naw; then, having directed her Baluchi escort to wait for her thore, without the loss of a moment turned to follow Sher Dil Khan, who had boon chosen to accompany her. As they drew near the plass of Raynier's confuement he laid:

"I have been ordered to be present through. ent your interview, but I will not carry out that literally. You shall see your relation stone. This la the place.”

She entered the door he held open, then closed it behind her. She and Herbert Raynier were alone together.

"Grest Heavena!" cried the latter, sitting

"Grest Heavens! Hilda 1"

"Yes, Hilda," she answered, her eyes brim- ming again.

that the time had some for the interview to end.

"We bave found our happiness only to lose it," whispored Baynlar. "But that is boster than never having known it. Is it not?"

Yes, yes-a thousand times. God bless you, O my love, my lose!"

To the end of her life Hilda will never know. how abo tore herself from that last cless em- brace. And Heaven was deaf to the cry of her widowed soul, desf as the polite but impassive Oriental who conducted her forth from that chamber of heartbreak and despair.

(To be continued.)

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"Listen, Herbert. I have a plan. You shall put on my clothes, and pass ont instead of me. By stooping a little you can diminish your height. And the veil will do the rest.”

"And these?" he said, clicking his fetters. "Ab, I forgot. Heaven help me, I forgot," she cried.

Do you think in any can I would have greed to save my precious skin at the price of loving you in their power? Why, Hilda, I wonder you thought me worth stirring a finger for, at all."

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HEAD OFFIVE-New York.

LONDON OFFICE-33 & 35, Lombard St., E.C."

F. C. BISHOP, Manager, Eastern

Department. LONDON BAXHERS PAze's Bank, LD.

A

HONGKONG OFFICE-4, DES VEUX ROAD,

General Banking and Exchange business

transacted, INTEREST allowed at Current Rates.

E. F. GROS,

Acting Manager [1817 Hongkong, let December, 1902

THE

OKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

Yo

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED 1880.

CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL PAJDÚKUP CAPITAL UNCALLED M RESERYE FUED...

Yen £4,000,000

18,000,000

6,000,000

9,060,000

HEAD OFFICE-Yokonama.

BEANORES AND AGENCIES,

Kobe

Tokic Loudon

Shanghai

San Francisco

Lyons

Nagsaki -New York

Hoaciala Bombay

Tientsin

Peking.

Nowchwang

LONDON BANKERS.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE purchased and DRAFTS issued on all Branches of the Bank, THE LONDON JOINT BROOK BANE, LIMITED and on the principal cities of the world, by their Representatives in Hongkong:-

THE BANK OF SOUTH CHINA, TEMPORARY OFFICES

(WILLE NEW OFFICES ARE BEING BUILT) VICTORIA HOTEL BUILDINGS, Ice House Street. Hongkong, 30th March, 1903.

PARE'S BANK, LIMITED,

THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITHS BANK, LIMITED.

HONGKONG-INTEREST ALLOWED,

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the daily balance. On fixed depoalts for 12 months 51, per annum

27

+1

SE

17

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[1909]

TARD HODSUMÏ Manager. Hongkong, 11th March, 1903.

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