See--he is disguised like a fool.

Are the police asleep," said he, "that such thieves dare sun themselves ?" It was true enough, sahib.

The man in disguise was German, and we remembered again that Ranjoor Singh knew German.

From that moment we rode like new men--I, too, although I because I trusted Ranjoor Singh now more than ever; they, because they trusted no longer at all, and he can shoulder what seem certainties whom doubt unmans.

No word, but a thought that a man could feel passed all down the line, that whatever our officer might descend to being, the rank and file would prove themselves faithful to the salt.