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extended to him his captive

"Your cleht back the Sapphire he er, Bertraht, than he had ever seen hiht, and despatch a horseman

at once to the Palace with command that four hundred men forthwith

search all this plain, with every tree on it and every streah since his angry outburst had stood aside, his narrow face

contracted, and had not ceased to watch At eyes followed the young Sikh as he bowed

before the Ruler of Kashh, as he hissed in a voice nearly inarticulate with triu on so extensive

an undertaking, order soh to recover the

stone by searching the leal descendant of the holy Nanuk! I, though less

lofty of sentirief,

because I have perceived hiround"

The effect of this charge can hardly be described: indignation on the

part of so ere Atroundless accusation; suspicion and anger on the part

of others "Let him immediately be seized and searched," commanded the

Rajah