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"I do"

U to the troopers to pass out He

framed the threshold and curiously eyed this unbendable man Presently

he would bend Umballa smiled

"Colonel Sahib, I am not yet at the end ofthe door

That smile troubled the colonel What deviltry was the scoundrel up to

now? What could he possibly do?

Later, as he paced wearily to and fro, he saw so white slip

under the door He stooped and picked up a note, folded European

fashion His heart thrilled as he read the stilted script: "Ahmed and I shall watch over you Be patient This ti to be your eneer

has arrived frohter and Bruce Sahib are alive,

and, ood cheer,

Ramabai"' And Umballa, as he lifted his fruit dish at supper, espied another of

those sinister warnings "Beware!" This time he summoned his entire

household and threatened death to each and all of them if they did not

immediately disclose to him the person who had placed this note under

the fruit dish They cringed and wept and wailed, but nothing could be

got out of theeneral principles