Gone over night--both the women--God knows where, but they left secretly, by the Master's orders!" And then Hardwicke sank back into his chair with a groan.

But, at Allahabad, Major Alan Hawke was raving alone in a helpless rage.

There was no Johnstone there, and Ram Lal Singh had telegraphed him: "The daughter and governess went away in the night by the railroad--special train.

A man from Calcutta took them away." "You shall pay for this, you old hound!" he yelled, "Yes, with your heart's blood.'".