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Show ' 11\ 11 ' \ 11EAST , . - 11 ! EAST EASTAnD AnD WEST WESTBY ' % BY TALBOT MUNDY . . . 0 o OTALBOT TAIBOT TALBOT MUNDY-WNU MUNDY WNU MUNDY - WNU SERVICE l--- l . - ldiffER A . , 1 cllAFTEK fILtpTER C diffER . MIContinued12 Mi-Continued Mi Continued 1JI-ContInued 1JI - - - . ; -12- 12 _ - 12- 12 - 12stared 12I1 - - , J , stared staredoUthiflkIC0Uld Do } > ou oUthiflkIC0Uld oUthiflkIC0Uldeft think I couldIII could RundhDa III Rundhla to toutryi try to prove proveI de I1 I1de I tK tI ; " Norwood Nor\\Ood Nor Ood \ s innocence- innocence innocence"lias Innocence InnocenceI - ? ' ' eft .ttfl ttfl . 1n I i-P i P - iPt dear l if ! Captam Captain Nor Noras Norbas ; lit "lias lias " \as as \ t bas Lynn Lynndear been guilty of taking takmg aj ainterrupted a ? ' . j interrupted I don t believek believea believe k , " ID a Noreood Nor\\ood Nor ood Norwood \ is guiltyCI guiltyG guilty guilty0s do know abouthharanee aboutt about CI G 0s ' si B'I BI gt , fthat IIbat bat you i9 i9lalnranee - t ) -hharanee hharanee Maharanee - ; deat denr what do you r your . . , about me ' How do you know knowa 4 tC crunmal criminal ? ? a not sat a 1.tDD- 1.tDD . - 1.tDD1.abaranee dear even if Captain Captam Captamwood CaptainIK t tulnas -lalnranee lalnranee 1.abaranee 1abaranee - . . ! , : wood : .noitrcoulddber noitrcoulddber un.noitrcoulddber could be gu guilty ty of an un mean thing hke tak ng aWlanl1 IK jr-.be jr.be jr .be be ngjr.be ! : - . ulnas it nas "as as " I Iho Iavhoibetrayed who \\ho ho \ betrayed himciliant him himc himI himd c d ! \I I ! \ I cant ant him hun to know it . It If he heaijiuity heeguJlty hee eguJlty- eguJlty e aijiuity t ! gmlty- gmlty gmltyits " - eguJltyiJIL gmltyL iJILIte im iJIL L Ite its ft , ioor door opened suddenly Runr Run ' J ii yialered enlered mitered follo\\ follo followed folloed \ \ ed by an attend attendidDi attenddm attendi I r gia idDi dm the Maharajah Maharaah ) s hvery livery hveryiJOQ liverya iJOQ 4 . 4Ta Ye Ta Tt > , . sa ma d the Maharanee thatyicaa that " yicaa a MB CaD be trusted Lynn dear IrHI IrI I Irl letters HerJ Herl He both him hun your rHI rl rI p e rJ rl find ( iii Captain Captam Norwood even ifn if l ! "I I " ' to 10 hunt au all over Kadur KaduriS Kadura Kadurr4 n a IfhS plus k las ! r4 Se ge : 5 : , ga\e ga e gage ( a\e a e \ the man emphat corders cordersjW c ordersi ordersla orders goA - iia jW ) la own language told him hlID hm to go goLace A i him wm along the ( Hatched niched watched cor corr cor4rand Lace ( ec Ice ! : Atsnd 4rand r 1 and led lcd Lynn through the brass6 brassr brass6fl brass r- r " rpy - fl pi py to the women s quartersS (4uarters 4uarters quarters quartersindb ( sa&i sai andb indb : ; & a waited standing When- When WhenJ When Whentear Whenitt " - J tear , itt heard rd the messengers messenger s footfallsIng footfall footfallanlnE anlnE Ding $ ; ! , sIng along the corridor hef hegeld he f ( : geld E d < i the door admitted him mm . ' 1 ud seed td the door held out his handn hand n ytivtd tllVed i ged both letters glanced at atand atJ atJa a D ) and returned to the messenIlhe messenthe messen that addressed toi togirding to /Ilhe Ilhe / ! : the one was - i : ' ? Earding Hardmg girding Earding'lt girding"t 'lt lt "t t 'ltMiver "tDeh4er " ' - De Miver Deer Deh4er \er er \ that one After that that , , .1i 1i . a atxpoutof 3 ioitot txpoutof It ! ! ( ? oUI ) of s ght for an hour Then ThentwTU ' " 2 itja tmI twTU and nd lay say that you have dewtd de de10m detired 10m tired the other letter to Captain CaptalD CaptalDl'TicOO Captainhreccd - tocod l'TicOO lTicOO hreccd ' Go GoR Golndh , R Imdh lndh db a opened the letter that , ii "U U v " addressed to Norwood He Hec.ed Hec Hecjd c.ed ced . c ei . There was no headIngY011r headingYour heading - lour Y011r Your un ! unLmdness ndness unkindness about . what v.hat vhat you youQilh youuethsmornmg younibs Qilh uethsmornmg s morning mornmg does not make me meaI mecis metsi aI cis ! to hurt burt you in m return . . There Therel.omelhmg Theree Therei.ontthmg Thereiontthmg l.omelhmg lomelhmg onethmg e . . I wish to tell you YOIL . Iti It & i Important Ilmportant I ) b portant . I hate myselt mysel myself ! tor for forJ fora J a ' nilhmg .lung lung dung . that I said unmtentIonalt unintentionalI unintentional unmtentIonal . t I i under III1der order great strain stralD I 1 can ex.n ex I , . : , < .n n . a it it . . Won t you see me ? Lynn ' . CHAPTER CRAPTER XIIIlie XU1 xm XIII XU1lit : lit lIe Bengali Bengah doctor entered Runa Run a iai aI J tuite swle suite at the palace with the theL " Lot L ol oJ a crook who is atra afra d of a ao aa o ' " . Lisltr .JJltr JJltr uter crook . . . He assumed an airs air s * ' " 1 f < id idl lei ! ! Importance that he didn dldn drdn tii t 3 3fc ii fc II . of o ( confidence ! that tlat d dn do t eXIst exists existSddnt . 2 s d do t wa wat t for Rundhia Rundhla Rundhra to tellb tellto tell - ta b to 10 be seated and he began totA to " . W : ( ( ri tA in Bengali . . rRlldh iodha Rlldh lath : ! a interrupted mterrupted him You YouI Youet I et r Hard3 etny Eay I ny ! : discontinue dlsconhnue dosing dosmg Mrs Hard Hardtt Hard3V 31 31tI V tI tt . Miss ' Iis lSB ! Lynn Hard ng rig has acW ac acIi acoGmd Ii ! oGmd an invitation mVltatIon to remain remam here1 hered here d M oIle me palace so the sooner the theI thet thet I t : . betterIf betteril clears out of Kadur the better better't bettert If il " ' ber hr " get wellt wellg well t g hadi hady 'a a 5h ' ' . has refused medicine I 1 had i y 'ml ml ' VJt put it on her breakfast food ? M La ld foodLa foodld Lanow cow now she wont ft \ on t eat She willmiter will tffr miter u ( qwc quickly y enough ' There IStU1ng isluiog is - "MB MB tU1ng luiog " much the matter with her 1Q In I 1 Iortheved Q n doth ortheved re reheved eved . . I do not like to doJ dorth do J 1 th rth . : a Bungs lungs things ! to western people peopleSJtould 1runld people'tould ' Norriod 'tould tould runld you get at Captain Nor NorKCQ SJtould KCQ riod KCQKo riod"ii Ko "ii ii 'Ho Ho ' " . . I ItMnk ' ! think you d better Last night mght mghtUpper nighttNpper tNpper " "Pper Pper /Upper Upper " / Norwood \ watched a tched your your,1 your1 youri i , , csy SY by byplay play when you gave that thatJ thatII J ! ltlet " t ' to 1 Mrs Hardicg Harclil1g Harding The way /.Ii .Ii / ' . way.Ii waythi thi way"Wtchedthe " "Wtchedthe Wtchedthe IIV tched tehed the clevg pellets wasn t clev 11 g I : ' . - 1I0rMod horwood l > oraood suspects you YOIL . , .Ciplain Ciplain . 'CaPlaln CaPlaln Captain ' \ Norwood l\orwood l orwood Aorwood is himself himsel ! unIl1p unRQed un RQed RQedP y Il1p . ! P clan " the Beneall BengalI anHe an " /lEd lEd anlEd / " . I- I IHe : , " - He stands accused acrii does rinac rinaci"1 4 1Ii ! R Rof of having accepted a bribe ? ! laitold " N told me to say so to Mrs Hard1tAndIdid Hard 1-tAndIdid 1 tAndIdid 4 - And I did"Yes did i"1 i1 ' " ; : "Yes Yes thatdhia tl es I 1 was coming to thati'2 thati2 L'lat Llat that ' ' dhia " " a ' interruntort Interrupted I T th thought , . .1- .1 the . .1"Mght , - tat 1 IuOOd : keepwod . "Mght Mght " rnIght mlght Influence her to keep IuOOdaway ODd ODdaway away Now ow look here hereBFl hereCtrB . _ . . CtrB [ BFl a nniLi caught tak ng bnbes bribes espe espeIt If It they ley re ro popular popwar and well wellia cot ! : cotIf erected wellerected erectedvery cted ctedvery very often commit SUI sun i-a i a - e : benate beopiate . , l\Orwood l Orwood Aorwood \ lwood s * suicide would beI beI be I opiate nate ate convenient and In m the ENmitances tances c " not suspicious How . " we Howwe * e " to gO about if it ' > I Itt Itte "We We led e don donti II ti the Bengali an without a second seconds s hcsita heslta hesita 5wdhia scornfullyeII scornfullyhe dhla ' " stared ' "ed ed " at him hlID scornfully scornfullyA.T eII , it | A.T AT . "e e he " "marked marked remarked " at last itItm It I t tbe be andl . ' "nterous nterous dangerous " to do You and andthe tilll anrer0L5 t ; be beanrer0L5 careful . . the " " _ BengalI Bengal Ben.il Benil . , - , , , , . wit folded hIS hands .bls bls . his stomach Very careful , : lIIlIga .ald ald . d dmustn toRundhia rnUS mustn 'l l ' t be traced back to nothto Rundhla Rundhia There is noth nothb S nothS 10 to far b rr.e rre . backBut that can be traced back back1j 1jrr.e But I have the goods /1j 1j ' / , " on onand "tOdy tOdy on"tOdy and bit I by God oyou U 11 you don t do o lieU tell re rein Pe.r Per ! mat troublemat . looked youoyou you you re in trouble troubleKn troubleo Wit forth from the Ben I Hee eYes but he saId nothIng He e hi Heknees uuu'wood uuuwood kneesuuu'wood . Kn knees and nd waited ekilled ekilledd . . ' otand JorwOOd has got to be beekilled killed d I Rnndlda undhia He is in love with withSt with1miLynn St StI 1miLynn LYnn lIardIng Harding He hates me " 11C sUspicious susplcious mesusplcious by nature He Is isi e defensive And he is the theL + i ! L i Of tae ( ( i iPtr person Ptr erson on whose Idea of sel self elf ! Ce e la Is to toattack C r ! < attack with every scrap scraps scrapmuch rl.rgy l.rgy lrgy . ! s he has h scraph That kind 01 of ofYper per I . rnuch much " ' "ch ch " too dangerousof dangerous Yper Yperou You You"t ou Ican Icant can cant "t t " t afford to let him live It If we can blame his deith de.th deth delth . on the theI thepnests thepriests thepriests I pnests priests that could be " ' iiade "Ilade Ilade 'nade nade to hold holdwater holdwater holdwater water The priests pncsts bribed him By Bythis thatthe this time they probably know that the news of the bribe is out . Itwould It Itv Itw v w . ould be natural tor lor for them to murder murderNorwood murderNortvood Norwood Nortvood to stop his mouthI mouthWell mouthWell mouth mouthWell I Wellwhy Well why not let them theml ! Why not leave notleave it to them ? the Bengali re retorted retorted retorted retortedBecause torted tortedBecause Because they won t do it if It , , you fool youfool todo ! ! Did y > ou ever know a priest to do a thing thmg at the right time tlIDe to SUIt SUItsomeone suitsomeone suitsomeone someone e\se e se else \ ? ' > It will have to be bedone bedone bedone done for them Now here s the Idea Ideathey ideathey ideathey they keep kecp a hosp ce cc where mendi mendicants mendicants mendicants cants may 1 Ive ve ye as long as they theyplease theyplease theyplease please for no payment There arethree are areI arethree arethree I three men in that hospice whowould who whowould whowould would kill their mothers and anyone any anyone anyone one else for an ounce of opium For Fortwo Fortwo two ounces they would murder ten tenchildren tenchildren children apiece apieceou \ou ou 10u lou \ know my man manGulbaz manGulbaz manGulbaz Gulbaz ? Tooell Too \ well \\ell ell Some day that bad badmash badmash badmash mash will turn on y > sou souRundhia ou ouRundhla ouRundhra Rundhia Rundhla Rundhra smiled Long before beforethat beforethat beforethat that dear doctor he shall swallow swallowone swallowone swallowone one of your prescriptions prescnptIons ' Summon SummonGulbaz SummonGulbaz SummonGulbaz Gulbaz Give him money I 1 will willI willz L ( . ' z 3 3S S - , . / / \ 4 4ho a _ I lIoo ho o be bc didn dldn drdn t ask me topromise topromisegive to topromise topromise promise promisegive give you three hundred rupees and andyou andyou andyou you may keep the change Tell TellGulbaz TellGulbaz TellGulbaz Gulbaz he Is to hire those three threemen threemen threemen men to assassinate assassmate Norwood tOnIght tonightI I don t care how they do It it . . , and I Ihope Ihope Ihope hope they get caught They have havebeen havebeen havebeen been living hvmg for months in ill the temple templehospice templehospice templehospice hospice Everyone will believe they theyare theyare theyare are in ill the pay of the priests Do Doyou Doyou Doyou you understand7 understand understand7I ? ' I understand you YOIL . I won t do itI It ItI itI I have done what v.hat vhat . I have done because be because because cause you knew of former mdiscretions mdlscre indrscre mdlscretIons indrscretions tIons for which you could have be betrayed befrayed betrayed trayed frayed me to the law And I wl11 will wl11do willdo willdo do what I will do because I 1 need needthe needthe needthe the money There it ends I WIsh WIshyou wishyou wishyou you wouldn t keep me waiting waltmg I Iam Iam Iam am becoming becommg nervous I have havedrugged havedrugged havedrugged drugged his medicine medlcme unt until he needs needsIt needsit It five times daily dally Now he is 15 de demandIng demandrng demanding mandIng mandrng one at bedtime Why Whywalt Whywait Whywait7 Whywait7Are walt wait ? ' Are you sure of o1 the pOison poison7Quite ? ' QUite sure It is the same thatI that 1 I gave you to test on the monkeythat monkey monkeythat monkeythat that you packed in ice and sent toDelhi to toDelhI toDelhi DelhI to be autopsied It is a vege vegetable vegetable vegetable table poison pOlSOn . . It escapes analysIs analysIsby analysisby analysisby by all known methods It is one oneo1 oneof , of o1 five poisons that baffle baffie analysIs analysIsonce analysisonce analysisonce once it has become absorbed by the theblood theblood theblood blood They v/ill v ill vnll will / find m in your uncle s sstomach sstomach sstomach stomach if they look some traces tracesof tracesof tracesof of mariuana manJuana ] ) which it can be proved provedtbat provedthat provedthat tbat that he himself hlmsel ! bought and whlcb which whichI 1 I added to his tonic tomc at his own wnt writ wntten written written ten request I 1 advise you to act actqUickly actquickly actquickly actquicklyRundhia qUickly qUicklyRundhla quicklyRundhra Rundhia Rundhla Rundhra nodded It If Ii you will attend at attend attend tend to the killing k11lmg of Norwood , , Iwill 1 I 1wIll Iwill wIll let you do the other job lob tonightBut tODlght tonight tODlghtBut tonightBut But I want Norwood out of the wayThere way wayThere There was a chill at Lynn s heart heartAs heartAs . As she walked beside the Mahara Maharanee Maharanee Maharanee nee into the room that was called calledthe calledthe calledthe the boudoir but retained retamed the sump sumptuous sumptuous sumptuous tuous old fashioned fasluoned splendors of aroyal aroyal a , royal bibl blbl bibs kana the she felt more sel self selfcritical telfcritical ! cntIcal critical than ever before in her life lifeNot lifeNot lifeNot Not even Aunty Harding i s cruelest cruelestaccusations cruelestaccusations crudestaccusations accusations bad had made her feel as asguilty asguilty sguilty guilty and a as * impotent to undo wrong wrongLynn Lynn darling why wby are you sllenf sl si sllent silent lent ? ' I 1 can almost always count COllDt onyou on onyou onyou you for chatter when wben , I feel despond despondent despondent despondent despondentMaharanee ent entMaharanee entMaharanee Maharanee did you ever betray betrayanyone betrayanyone betrayanyone7 betrayanyone7Let anyone ? ' Let us sit here by the window windowsaId windowsaid windowsaid saId the Maharanee TeU Tell me how howit howit bowit , it feels Perhaps I can help you to tofeel tofeel tofeel , feel differently You have helped helpedme helpedme helpedme me in so many ways There is l * a alaw alaw alaw law of compensation Perhaps Perhapscomes Perhapscomes Perhapscomes comes now my opportunity opportllDlty to do toryou for foryou foryou you what you have done for me meI meI meI I hate myself Lynn answered.You answeredYou answered . . You can t change that I don twant t twant twant want it changed If I didn dldn t hate hatemyself hatemyself hatemyself myself for what I Ive ve ye done I Ishouldn Ishouldn Ishouldn shouldn t be fit At to live The dread dreadful dreadful dreadtul ful part is that lean I can t undo what I IdId Idid Idid dId Oh my God- God Godshe God - she put her herhead herhead herhead head between her bandsI handsI hands bands -I I - I didn dJdn drdn t - mean to do it It If I1 I could cut out my |