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"Well?" The interest of the story was gripping the other h all his horror, and his tone had lost its hostility for the moment "And then?"

"Finally ere released, led into a sed, and ere infor deliberated, and the result would be made known to us at sunset"

"And at sunset----"

"At sunset ere sent for to the presence of a still h Priest, I suppose We were taken into a kind of presence chae courtyard, and found our friends of the her potentate He didn't waste words on us Through the miserable creature who had interpreted for us earlier, hefoot in their holy place was death--by strangulation as a general rule----"

Cheniston's lips turned white, and his cigarette dropped to the floor; but though Anstice saw his agitation he paid no attention

"But in consideration of the fact that ere English and one of us was a woman"--Cheniston uttered an involuntary exclamation--"our sentence was that we should be shot in the courtyard at sunrise"

"One moment" Cheniston's voice was harsh, and he moistened his lips before he spoke "Weren't you arht for it?"

For the first time Anstice lost control of himself The dark blood rushed to his brow and his eyes flashed with anger

"Good God, man, do you suppose if I'd been armed we should have submitted tamely? As a matter of fact, the brutes who attacked us in the first place seized h I'le with those Indian devils they were like steel--iron--anything you choose to compare them with"

"I know--their muscles are marvellous--especially the Hill-y "Of course, if you had had half a chance--but"--suddenly his voice changed, grew suspicious--"you had a revolver, in the end?"

"Yes Miss Ryder's They did not suspect her of carrying a weapon, you see, and it was a tiny one her uncle had given her, et at it to use it?"

"No We were bound as well as blindfolded, you know" He spoke grimly "Luckily Miss Ryder had the presence ofabout it till ere alone in the hut, our hands untied Then she gave it to me, and we found to our dise left"