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Show -- 4 FOR. THE SPANISH FORK PRESS SPANISH UTAH WELL CLEANED VERDUN SHATTERED, BUT yv , . -- " . tmm A ,LI" UP : THE IMPOSTOR By FRANK L. PACKARD flH iV;W rl$ V''V'oV'',Uvs ' !" fV t D I G v Vl I W V (CopyintiiL) ", ' CHAPTER VI Continued." ! It Is ns I lie Kanaka !l, Gunga nodded. "Sahib, n question : I low did yon know of those Ulunumcn und Drlnk-llotn-Sain?" "One of lliem told me iih lie was dying," Wallen replied, "because, 1 suppose, I IiikI nursed him us beet 1 could through the nig! t." "Yes," Gungn nodded Ids head again. "Rut I will end first the Kanaka's lulo eo that the saliili will understand all clue the hotter. The Kanaka had heoii u long time a niemher of the crew, long lx fore the ship came to Honolulu. "It was In Honolulu that for much money he was hired hy one of ltaiu Gulub Slnglia agents pi kill the master. "If he fulled In that he was to nlir up the crew to dream of the (reus, tire hunt, sahib, which, with so Mringe a voyage ns was theirs, would readily ho believed, so that It might mne lihout that the crew and ollleera would take things Into their own hands, and would take the ship to the place I la in tJulah Singh had net down upon the paper, and where Itum Gulub St.igli would lie In wait to work his will upon the master and upon them all, sahib, for dead men tell no tales. Hut for that poper, salilb, It so fell out, he hud no need until you, by Alhtli's will, came nlso to the ship, ns I have related. All this, saldh, I learned tonight while I lay hidden." "Go on!" urged Wallen tensely. "I begin to see a little. My father. Gun ga and this Hum Gulnb Singh?" The young sahib is twenly-fouBald Gungn. "It begun two years before you were born. The mastei was a great merchant here, owning schooners by meuns of which he truded with the natives. Itum Guhib Singh was the native governor over a group of these Islands, "He was very powerful, and his wealth was beyond reckoning, "Also, sahib, he was a murderer and a thief, whereby he Imd his wealth; and he hid his face behind the Hrltish government, whom he deceived. Your father lost one schooner and then another and ninny goods; and knowing In his heart thnt It was limn Gulnb Singh, he complained to the government. Hut because he eoidd prove nothing, nothing was done, sahib; only that It came to the ears of limn Gulnb Singh, and he mocked your father, my muster, by messengers in private. "Sahib, my master was a brave man, and of great cunning. He loaded a schooner with such richness of goods that it was common talk ; but also, in secret, he placed abundance of arms upon the vessel ; nnd ut night, as she sailed, he himself came aboard In the darkness with many mea to Join the crew, nnd of these I was one, salilb. "It rnme about as the muster had foreseen. "He sailed to the Islands where Ram Gulnb Singh was; and Item Gulnb Singh, knowing that It was your father's schooner, and thinking It a prize of great value, fell Into the snare. Sahib, he came upon us with four proas, and our men lay hidden below the decks, that they might not be seen until the pirates, led by Itnm Gulnb Singh himself, boarded us from the proas. "It was a fight, sahib, thnt I would to Allah I might see ugnln before I die, for my arm Is still strong and my blood is the blood of youth, nnd the years count not They fought as reptiles fight who must either fight or die. But half escaped, and those by swimming to the proas whleh, In their first onslaught, after all hnd come on hoard of us, we had cut adrift from the schooner's sides. "Mnny times In the melee my mas-te- r tried to single out Ram Gulab Singh, that they might meet face to face, but it was only at the last the master came upon the other as ltnm Gulab Singh was climbing oer the rail to escape, nnd bis band was on the rail, but before be h.id dropped Into the water the master's cutlass Imd severed three fingers from the Imiul of Iinr.i Gulab Singh such, sahib, is the reading of the paper with the one lingered hand. ",Salilh, this time the government took heed, for we had prisoners who confessed; but ugulnst these Ram Gulab Singh sent many to take the oath that he had been elsewhere at the time. And so again there was not the full measure of proof, but my master pressed the mutter und asked thnt nil armed force be sent against Itum Gulab Singh. Sahib, If thnt had been done, all would have been well. "Instead, he government deemed It wise to brink only great dishonor upon Ram Gulub sjlngh, and they stripped Ram Gulab fllngh of all rank urn! authority, and for several years patrolled the waters of the Island closely. Gunga paused. The muscles of hts face were twitching again and the bard, flintlike gleam was back once k more In the eyes that always swept the water, thut never looked at Wallen. "Kuhib, It was because of your mother, before you were born, that the muster left the East. The heart of Rum o 4 ') r, Ml Coul-bluc- Gulab Singh was black with hate and revenge tilled his soul. It is too long a story to tell now, sahib. Great wealth was bis; those in his pay were everywhere, "Twice he tried to bring worse than ilcnlli upon the master hy nil neks upon your mother. And the set mid lime, salilh" (iunga's hands around tin oars tightened until the knuckles were as white knohs protruding from tin It was r.ntv hv a swarthy skin Unit she was sums). But, suli'h, It killed her. even If It were months afterward when your father hud hid tlen her in (lie gray iioiim the salilh knows, for she was with child then, and when you were horn 'he died. "And then, salilh, Hit master stayed on there to protect you, as he li.nl promised your mot In r lie would tin. I.ut even there It wns not lurlier than tli arm of Itum Gut.ib Singh could reach. lines the salilh rcnionthor the night as a ihlld lie crawled front hed and eanie down the stubs, and tnere was a nmn dead npou the Ilnur?" "I remember," said Wallen In a voice he did not recognize as his own. And then, Gnngu?" "And then," said Gunga, "the young salilb went away; anil the master Imd no longer any heart for any tiling hut to stay mi In the gray house. When next the master learned of you you were ut sen. sahib; and after that In Watched your comings and ymir goings always. "And all tills time Ram Gulab Singh gave no sign. Then (nine the time that word reached the mas'er (hat you Imd taken berth upon the I'polo, to trade among the Islands of Ram Gulab Singh und upon the master fell again Hie old fire, for he knew that It was the hand of ltnm Gulub Singh that struck. I salilh, he sent here Immediately to spy upon them, nnd this I learned: Drink-Hous- e Sam, taking with him the Chinese of whom the salilb knows, was sent to Shanghai to wait the coming of the Toknmnru, the sahib's ship; and there at the time the Ujiolo was lit port. He bribed the man who was mate to leave the vessel, and also some of the crew, that there might be room for llie men be Imd brought ; avl then, inlr-nol- o rloud old in ed the nioon, nnd He rldltig llglils of the ves-e- l gleaned a d i winkled brighter in the greater d ik ness, and until the moonlight si mg gled foiih again In a silver, waving path until there dime a little spheh in the di'tniicc, us though a fish hud Jumped. Then Wallen raised Ills bead, Al he sound Gunga too had slim I. for now lie dipped his oars and row id on toward ihe Monlolgh. And tlui he spoke again : lie Mid Wash your lintels, in low tones, for they are red. At tie gangway Giing.i sent the ho it adrift with a pti'h toward the Mon lelghs stern: and W.illcu, with tic other lichind him. nioiiliNd In. the bout le k. Them was no one on tie In oLc : t atcl if t hero v.,i' an anchor-watch d was man the for all, asleep, they come aNiiigsiilo unnoticed. In the doorway of Ihe nipt, lins e.ilon Wallen hailed with Glinglt heshle li t i Tie re were empty glasses pn the ha I, cr and an empty Imitle. Captain l..tvn-tofully dres? d, was snoring In Ins hunk. He sat up will) a start ut Wallen's second knock. Hello!" he blinked. "Oh, you. Mr. Wnllon! A ml" lie blinked again at Gunga "who's tills youve got line?" "My father's servant Gungn, Wallen answeied. You remember, I you about him. Gunga, this Is Captain Imytilon." The Hast Indian salaamed grave!) ami profoundly and stepped respectfully back out onto the deck, away from the cabin. Captain I.nynton stared at Wallen. Then lie rubbed his eyes and stared again. Bi I ..iuu im i.i 111 II uni ,1) t. to tie a iimI w.ii ll.XI belli t iry i But w In Id hv '..nil. N not a h.t i i 111.1 ut- - lux been I left on ahother. town with not on si. atud up hy Ihe thrifty i reach, who N But m nest iiitcniy teres LEADERS VISITING SWEDISH IAGOR gw s we n W' ttowrmm inti AMERICA qua li r n word!" "My he You ejaculated. look us though you'd been in a bally ' ,lA'Y 44 fight." "Io I?" smiled Wallen. "A few '1'lu e lenders of organized labor in Sweden have conic to the United States to study labor and econ.m wharf-ratthat's all, captain. We'll conditions here. Left to right they an: II. von Kock, lljnlmnr von S.vdovv, Charles O. Johansson, Gtinn.ir lb get under way nmv. If youre ready." Mi" Kefstin Hii"tjgren, Slgfrhl BiNtrom and Herman I.inquM, Ihe speaker of the Swedish Second cniign Aye, I'm ready," Lnynton replied; lie was still staring, only more fixedly nmv at Wallen's eloth.es. EGYPT DANNUNZIO GETTING RECRUITS IN FIUME . Wallen, following the direction of the others eyes, glanced down and Ft his own eyes fixed on an ugly red I for. smenr across Ills pocket. He hud gotten thnt! It wus when he hud felt for a match. Aye, I'm ready," said Lnynton A "I was sitting up for you. again. Reckon finding that elmp was your 'a V Ifxj' For Gods business, eh? Well, I sake, w lints that?" It came suddeu. quick as the ernMf of doom two revolver shots In rapid succession from without and then silence. Wallen whirled nnd rushed on deck, with I.nynton stumbling madly behind hint. There was no one in sight save Gunga, who enme running to meet them from the rail though now front forward, the rrew evidently aroused, enme commotion. What was it?" shouted Lnynton excitedly. "Who fired those shots? "They seemed to come from tbre, Captain Sahib." Gunga answered Impassively and pointed forward. With an oath Captain Lnynton Jumped for the lad ler and swung himself down to the foredeck. Wallen's eyes met Gunga's. Salilh," said Gunga softly, shall ""'v-'- t w-- . jw s V 4 a viper sting twice? I was watching Guhrlele D Atiiitiu.io standing In his automobile In Flume addie-sin- g in the boat, for I knew we were ahead of him. He swims well, but once be troops that Imd been ordered to expel him from the city uud wimvtig tie ovei to his side. It was Kanaka. He will splashed. swim no more, sahib." iTiiVi 4Ti s, nationalist leader sai ; VC K i tUB It M roi V 'fjfpw - K- v i "It Is Too Long a Story to Tell Now, CHAPTER VII. Sahib," through the Influence of others of Kaiu Gulab Singh's agents In higher quarters, the captain, who was un honest man, sahib, was led to Induce you to sail with hint In the other's place. "Hut sahib, all this I did not learti at once; nnd meanwhile your father, knowing well wlmt threatened, had stopped at Honolulu and chartered the Monlolgh, ns the sahib knows, to fellow the I'polo in the hope that he might reach you in tiuio before the work was done. "Sahib, there is hut of the murder of Ihink-ltousSam to toil. Here in Slngt pore I have crept Into the house of the hanker Lon, an eld and crafty Chinese fov, who is the chief agent of Ram Gulab Singh. Amt It was thorn I learned of Prltik-- I louse Sam, who. though he was one of them, was hated by them because Ills demands for money were ever Insistent, and because, salilh, with the years he knew too much to he refused. "And there to that house enme the Kanaka tonight; nnd there, too, came word that you had made trouble ut Drink-Hous- e Sams. And, sahib, as wolves thut feed upon themselves, nnd because it would seem that the guilt would fall upon the stranger, uxm you, sahib, who had come and fought alMam tonight, ready with Drink-Hous- e they went, salilh, nnd did even ns you have seen. Would the sahib, too, have paid with blood for his fathers blood? I meant to do thnt thing myself; but because I could not escape from where I was hidden in the house until all were gone, I was too 'ute. Suhlb, II e tile Is told." No word enme from Wallen, For a long time he sut liutuovuble while a e CAPITAL AND LABOR CONFERRING The Wireless Message. Wallen stretched out his arms in a sot t of glad relief as he ante on deck next morning. He had breakfasted late and alone, boeaii'c lie bail slept hi t o blit lie had slept well, once he had got to hed. For the time being. If he wished .and lie did wish It he could be care-Ire- e mid luugli with put happiness, Prick-HousSain no longer lived Ins fore him day and iileht, threatening, s'nister; the ship Itself, with the Kanaka gone, was purged of its menace; at.il he knew all now and Ihe knowledge, (otniete, htmite, tangible, robbed tie pet it that still existed of that sense of Impotent dread, which Is Ihe attribute of the mysterious and the unknown. How cloudless and blue the sky was; and the frsh. dean breeze tilled the lungs as with a magical elixir! Life was good! He had paused just outside the lounging room, tiLdnow n crackle from the wireless house unight his ear. Thnt accounted for no sight of Iter upon the deck I "Good morning, Miss MueKnyl" he sung out cheerily as he hurried forward. "Found some one to gossip with this morning? I He wns standing In the doorway of the wireless room now, and the words died on his lips. Brown eyes, staring out from a very white fare brown eyes that seemed. to hold a shudder of contempt nnd loathing met his and she turned away her bend. (TO BB COFTINUED) '' ' w c e Optlmlstlo Thought To the wise there is plousurq ltutle. ,JrMohammed Iushu. leader of the Kgyptlan revolutionary party, who Is now hi the fluted Mates seeking aid for his cause. Air Liner With All Trade Commissioner ; & ' - ' it ffl ! 2V V Comforts. II G B.iml;, London, reports tlmt upholstered arm v, e ehnlrs on aluniltiuia frames ami i port hole beside each seat ate featuies of it' x the newest type of airplane liner turn ed our. The mamifaeturers claim that It Is the first of Its kind. The newer W-iiWA;liner can tarry ten passengers in addition to two pilots The fuselage s A water tight ami will tlout In uise of descent Into water. The nmthlnc Is a tractor biplane, with two Rolls Itoyce Eagle 8 engines of 3otl horsepower each: It has a cruising speed of !:, isTvifvinf t miles an Imttr ami a gasoline capacity 11 ' ,!f some t ,t1oou'l!'T',Jr-Morrhson Frank of 2B0 gallons, nnd can rise readily to problems r coi ,n the Washington. The sceuo Is a height of 14,000 feet. feretue room of the Iliti Ame-lea-,lllf,'r,',lu n building. Accounting for Ancient Eggi. Mrs. Newlywed Our cook nays BRIEF FACTS Arrests for drunkenness In Minneapthose eggs you sent yesterday were oils In June (wet) numbered W7. In n new comb for quite old. drying the hair July (dry) the number was 132. 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