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THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1940 EAST AND WEST TALBOT MUNDY THE STORY CQPYRIGHT-by TALBOT MUNDY W.N.U. SERVICE CHAPTER I—Captain Carl Norwood has been sent from his native England to the Kadur River district In India, along with his indispensable manservant. Moses O’Leary, soldier of fortune. Norwood s job is to sur vey the district to determine whether a valu able secret diamond mine belongs to the temple priests or to the ruler, the Mahara jah of Kadur. CHAPTER II—Norwood calls on the Brit ish Residency to pay his initial respects. On his way he catches a glimpse of two women in a palace carriage, one of whom is young and beautiful. The other woman he knows to be the Maharanee of Kadur. O’Leary later tells him that the young woman is an American girl named Lynn Harding, who with her aunt, Mrs. Deborah Harding, is a guest at the palace. CHAPTER III—Mrs. Harding and Lynn, her niece, are guests at the Maharajah’s palace. On a sightseeing tour Mrs. Harding sprains an ankle, and sends to the palace for aid. Prince Rundhia, handsome, spoiled nephew of the rulers, comes to her rescue and takes her back to the palace where he meets Lynn for the first time. A Bengalese doctor attends Mrs. Harding, despite her protests. Mrs. Harding and Lynn are any thing but friendly, due to the former s ex acting demands. Mrs. Harding does not like the royal family, especially Prince Run dhia. but is forced by circumstances to accept their hospitality. "CHAPTER TV—AT a fianquet that night in the palace, attended by Captain Nor wood. Mrs. Harding takes one of the native doctor’s pills, and becomes violently ill. She is placed in bed and arrangements are made for Lynn to move out of the quarters with her aunt and stay with the Maharanee. CHAPTER V—That evening Prince Run dhia attempts to make love to Lynn. She is unwilling to listen to him. and at the crucial moment Norwood appears on the scene, much to Rundhia’s disgust. Norwood sees her home. CHAPTER VI—O’Leary has located the secret entrance to the diamond mine which Is being worked by the temple priests. He takes Norwood to the mine, where death is narrowly averted when a live cobra is thrown in Norwood’s face. Later Norwood visits the Brahmin priests, one of whom slyly slips a packet of diamonds In his pocket, unknown to Norwood. They are in tended as a bribe. CHAPTER VII—While Norwood is talking to Lynn the diamonds fall from his pocket. She notices them, and sees that he is sur prised. Later, when Rundhia tries to make love to her. she mentions the diamonds in order to divert his mind. She realizes it was a mistake. CHAPTER VHI—Rundhia. though cha grined by Lynn’s attitude, is elated to hear of the diamonds. He goes immediately to the British Residency, and tells the Resident of the diamonds, accusing Norwood of tak ing a bribe. He also reveals that Lynn told him. CHAPTER IX—The Maharanee knows of the ill-feeling between Lynn and her aunt, who has threatened to leave Lynn penni less. She offers Lynn, whom she has grown to love, a position ia the palace so she will be free from her aunt. During this time Norwood has called at the President’s office to tell him about the diamonds. The Resi dent. skeptical at first, has already heard the story from Rundhia. and thinks that Norwood may be trying to “cover up.“ CHAPTER X—O’Leary gets "further news. He hears in the market place that Norwood ha« been bribed, and reoorts his findings to his master. Norwood is anxious for Lynn and her aunt to leave the palace, knowing Rundhia’s intentions. He calls and sees Mrs. Harding and tells her she is far too httfh-handed in the treatment of her niece. CHAPTER XI—O’Leary again has star tling news. He tells Norwood that the na tive gamblers are betting that the Maharaja will be dead within 24 hours. Norwood tries an experiment. He has taken a sample of the food given Mrs. Harding and tries to feed it to a dog. who becomes extremely sick. CHAPTER XII—Lynn refuses to heed her aunt who wants to leave the palace. She writes a note to Norwood which is intercept ed by Rundhia. By mistake it goes to Mrs. Harding, who keeps it. CHAPTER XHI—Rundhia Informs tbje Bengali doctor that he may quit administer ing nis drugs to Mrs. Harding, but tells him that Norwood must be killed. The doctor has also been administering a slow poison to the Maharajah, unckr Rundhia’s orders. Rundhia will rule Kadur upon the death of his uncle. The Maharanee tells Lynn that Rundhia will save Captain Norwood provid ing she will marry him. Lynn accepts. CHAPTER XIV—Norwood finds that a na tive scoundrel named Gulbaz is in Kadur City, and is planning some kind of a shady coup. He refuses O’Leary permission to harm Gulbaz. but allows him to call at his headquarters. Through the door, down the alley and straight to the truck, without glancing aside, without a moment’s hesitation, came a man of medium height and middle weight, who walked like a young god, though he was middle-aged. He was dressed in a tight-fitting turban, white singlet and loin-cloth and a striped silk semi-European jacket. He came to the tail of the truck, gave one glance at Stoddart and stared straight at Moses. His smile changed, outward ly only a little, but something hap pened at the corners of his lips. It had changed to a fighting smile, merciless, malicious. “You’re a dog,” he remarked in plain English. “Fancy you giving away secrets,” Moses answered. “I’m here to sell ’em for cash on the nose. Me and this Sergeant know something. It’s hot. We’re splitting fifty-fifty. How much?” “I will listen. You may tell your secret." “Cash on the nose,” said Moses. “Money down or nothing doing.” Gulbaz’ smile changed again. It conveyed a suggestion of vanity be yond the utmost reach of ordinary mortals. He glanced at Stoddart then back at Moses. “Are you satisfied?” he asked. “You have recognized me? You can truly report that you have seen me in Kadur? You saw the door I came from? Very well, you may watch me return. After that, you may go to the devil.” “I’m staying here until my mes senger comes out into the street alive,” said Moses. “I will send him to you,” Gulbaz answered. “He is lucky. Luckier than you are. Wait and See.” Gulbaz strode back down the alley and entered the door. A moment later the messenger came out, look ing scared, as if he felt murder be hind him. He ran and crawled in under the truck. Moses spoke to the driver. The fruck started, for ward, because the street was too narrow to turn around in. “V’hcrc Howl" asked Stoddart. “Back to camp,” said Moses. “Well, you drew blank that time. If you feel as foolish as you look you’ll think twice before you call me a fathead again. You’ve spent a rupee eight annas for nothing, and you’re not a cent the wiser.” “Plus having learned that you’re stupider than any other blasted Brit isher I ever met,” said Moses, “I’ve learned all I came for. Gulbaz isn’t as smart as he thinks. In some ways he’s near as stupid as you, all along of his pride.” “Oh. that’s easy to say but it’s just talk,” said Stoddart. “If you ask me, you’re a liar. You haven’t learned anything. To the extent that a white man can condescend to a half breed without losing caste, we’ve been fair to middling friends, you and I. But if you use my name again promiscuous like that, I’ll knock your block off.” “Fathead,” said Moses. “He knows me. He doesn’t know you. He came out because he was cu rious." “And he told you to go to the devil. That’s all you learned." “Fathead! You mean that’s all you learned. I learned that he’s ready. He’s red-hot ready.” “Ready for what?" “To get Norwood. He’s trigger ready. If he weren’t, he’d be play ing for time, and we’d be arguing this minute about the price o’ what we’ll tell him if he’ll pay.” “You mean he’d have bribed us?" “I do not. Gulbaz makes prom ises. And he sometimes keeps his promises, unless.” "Unless what?" “Unless someone else can keep ’em for him with a long knife. He can hire that done for five rupees a head. So why pay us a thousand? Can your intellect answer that con undrum? Figure it out on a board when you get home." CHAPTER XVI The Maharanee was scrupulously fair. Rather than disguise her mo tive, she revealed it. She stripped objections to it naked. She didn’t pretend that Rundhia was a prince of virtue or a man of his word, except when it suited him, or when compelled to keep a promise. The Maharanee believed every word she said. But she used arguments that sounded curious, even to Lynn, who The Maharanee believed every word she said. was under the spell of the eastern environment. Lynn later found Rundhia stand ing in moonlight, in a golden tur ban and European dinner clothes. As a palace door closed behind Lynn, she, too, stepped into the moonlight, with her face half veiled under the sequined sari. It was she who looked oriental, dressed accord ing to the Maharanee’s wishes. Run dhia looked like a western athlete, in more or less fancy dress. And he called Lynn a goddess in west ern terms that any polo-playing American gallant might have used: “You look like Miss India! You almost give me religion! Pull away that curtain! Show your golden hair, and let’s give all the other goddesses a sight to make them green with envy!” Lynn uncovered her head and walked beside him in silence. “I feel like a god tonight,” said Rundhia. “Have you been drinking?” Lynn asked. “You golden-haired iconoclast! Your arrow aimed into the heart of my ballooning self-esteem! You de licious archer! I have had five cock tails. Do I seem drunk?” “What sized cocktails?” “Measured to my mood, exactly.” “Then you seem astonishingly so ber. What have you done about Captain Norwood?” “Lynn, let’s forget Norwood. I want to talk to you.” “I can’t forget him. You and I have wronged him.” “Has he answered your letter?” Rundhia retorted. “No. But have you forgotten your premise?” “Didn’t the Maharanee tell you? Don’t trouble yourself about Nor wood. Forget him. Talk to me.” “I wish to talk about Captain Nor wood.” “He has talked about you, I don’t mind telling you. According to one of the palace servants, he told your aunt this afternoon that he’s dis gusted with you.” “I can believe he is disgusted,” Lynn answered. “But I can’t imag ine him saying so to Aunty, or to anyone else.” “Let us talk about you,” said Run dhia. “Very well, what about me?” “Now you have made me speech less!” “Have I? Then perhaps you will listen to me.” “Beloved, I will glady listen to you, in an ecstasy of patience and devotion, during years which shall flow so fast that we’ll be old before we know it!” “Did you get that from a book?” “I never read books. When I talk to you, my tongue can only stutter miserable hints of how I feel. You make me delirious. Be good enough to notice that these arms resist im pulse!” He extended his arms to ward the moon, then dropped them to his sides. “Oh, Lynn, I love you.” “Good job I don’t love you,” she answered. “There’d be—” “A new golden age in Kadur!” Rundhia interrupted. “Lynn: philos ophy, religion, economics and the other muck they made me listen to at school and college left me, until you came, dry of faith in anything but evil—and even evil dying! You are my first glimpse of goodness.” “Don’t you love the Maharanee? Isn’t she good?” “Oh, yes. She is good past his tory. Lynn, you are the present and the future! One straight look into your blue eyes, and I knew what hope means and the higher vision. I had never seen it, until I saw you.” “Sounds good,” Lynn answered. “What was in the cocktails?” “Don’t joke! Lynn, I’m in love. I mean every word I’m saying to you.” “I mean what I say, too,” Lynn answered. “I don’t love you—What was that noise? In the distance. It sounded like shooting.” “I didn’t hear it,” said Rundhia. They had reached the steps that led to the kiosk on the garden wall. It was dark in the wall’s shadow. He was justified in offering his arm to guide her up the steps, but he put it around her. She could feel his vibrance. She escaped him—ran up the steps ahead of him, then waited on the wall in full moonlight, facing him, unafraid. “There! Did you hear that? Wasn’t that a rifle-shot, Rundhia?” “Might have been,” he answered. “Not so easy to tell.” “Isn’t Captain Norwood’s camp in that direction?” Lynn asked. “Somewhere over there, yes. Pos sibly a jackall or a stray dog scared his sentries. Never mind Norwood. Lynn, you say you don’t love me. I don’t believe you.” “Why not? I told you the plain truth—Do you think sentries would fire at a dog?” “His would! He’s crazy. Lynn, I don’t believe you because you for gave what I did in the treasure room. And because when you hurt me, you were sorry. Also because you are not afraid to be alone with me now. Lynn, you don’t know yourself. You’re—” “Do you know yourself?” she re torted. “Don’t you think it strange that they should be shooting at night?” “No. Most soldiers live in a con tinual state of false alarm. Lynn, listen to me. Don’t I excite you?” “You did. But I saw you, and I heard you laugh at Captain Nor wood’s ruin.” “You dislike me?” “Oh, no.” “‘You admit I can stir your emo tions?” “Oh, yes. I admit that. Why tell lies about it? You’re magnetic. I almost fell in love with you.” “Lynn, you are thinking about East and West. That hoary old su perstition! It lingers, they tell me, in America more tenaciously than anywhere else, though even school books nowadays admit that we and you are of the same race. Do you know how many western women have become the wives of Indian princes?” “I don’t want to know. I don’t care.” "You are right, Lynn. Quite right. Why should you care? It is love, not what others have done, that crum bles superstitions. Lynn, I love you. I wouldn’t lie to you—” ». “Have you done your best for Cap tain Norwood? Have you really done it? What have you done?” “Never mind. I have done it.” “You swear?” “Yes.” “Then I will listen. You sayiftg—?” were train Rundhia had to recover the of his thought. He turned away from her a moment, paced the wall, and came back: “Lynn, my love for you may sound selfish. I always have been selfish, until I met you. I have no practice with words that a genuine lover should use. But I am genuine. For the first time in my life, I am un selfish. May I tell you—will you listen if I tell you—what my heart tells me?” “Yes, I will listen, Rundhia.” “Will you really listen?” “Yes, Rundhia. I would rather listen to almost anything than my own thought, at the moment.” “You are feeling deserted?” “Despised!” Lynn answered. “If Captain Norwood had answered my letter—” “You are lonely! So am I lonely! Lynn, diwaza kola hai! The door is open! Enter. It is that short step across the threshold that makes you hesitate. Leap!” “You mean into your arms?” “Yes.” “No.” “Come, Lynn!” “No.” “Lynn, you make me hate my self. Am I so unappealing to your—” Suddenly he changed his voice. _He THE BLUFFTON NEWS, BLUFFTON, OHIO sounueG angry: ’'Are you in love with Norwood?” "I hardly know him. How could I be? I only know that I never felt dirty before in all my life. I don’t like it, Rundhia And can’t for give you for haying crowed over Captain Norwood’s disgrace. You and I brought it on him.” “Lynn, is that all that’s the mat ter? If I give you my word of honor that I have solved the Norwood problem, will you listen to me?” “Have you solved it?” “If I prove to you, before mid night, that there is no longer any problem about Norwood, will you come into my arms?” "Speak plainly, Rundhia." “I will. Lynn, face it! Norwood has no use for you. Has he answered your letter? He has not! The mes senger reported that he tore up your don’t ___ what letter without reading it. know why you care a damn happens to him. what happens to you. Your doesn’t care. flat.” He doesn’t care „. aunt She is leaving you Lynn interrupted: “You say Cap tain Norwood tore up my letter? Why didn’t you tell me that before?” “To save your feelings. However, you know now. That’s how he feels. That’s Norwood. Lynn, you are merely hesitating on that damned old superstitious crumbling plat form of ‘East is East and West is West,’ that Kipling lied about. You and I are above all that nonsense. Lynn, beloved, come into my arms now! You are lonely. So am I lone- now! You are lone ly. See, I am wait here, Lynn. Come Be mine. Face t! side looking outward my wife, and I swear by my love for you, that Norwood—” “Oh. that’s only a promise,’’ interrupted. “I won’t believe about Captain Norwood, until prove it.” (To be continued) Pleasant Hill Mrs. Hattie Althauser and son Robert and Miss Sears of Upper Sandusky were Sunday evening din ner guests home. r. and Lima called Arthur Phillips homes Sunday after noon. in the Norval Scoles Mrs. Clem Phillips of at the NorVai Scoles and Monday evening callers at the Cl ate Scoles home were Norval Scoles and Walter Booth, Mr. and and Mrs. Ed Althauser, and Mr. Mrs. Gorge Huber and son. Mrs. Howard Smith and son Tuesday visitors of and Nellie Huber. were Fett Mrs. Lily at the Norval afternoon. Dow Scoles called Scoles home Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Willard Jennings and family were Sunday dinner guests at the Tom Fleming home. 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