14.    Melchisedec heard and Saw

        On ternoe ttily Meld ified t tled babled as    furtively and    caution to c was going on.

        ttic ill all ter Sara    it in tillering of tes and t. Melc, found it rato patter and perfect silence reigned, o e out and reoiter, taug Sara    return for some time. , and    found a totally ued and unexplained crumb left from    meal, ion tracted by a sound on topped to listen ating . ted t somet    reac. t eriously opened. A dark face peered into ttic; t, and botion and i. tside on t preparations to e itself. One lemaary; but of course Melo ttid as t ure ness aerity t    make test sound, Meled tail and fled precipitately back to eo deato be timid    crumbs, and , le men o remain near.    rananaging to peep t, alarmed eye. ood of talk    in t able to say; but, even if ood it all, ly mystified.

        tary,    as noiselessly as Ram Dass    a last glimpse of Melcail.

        "as t a rat?" he asked Ram Dass in a whisper.

        "Yes; a rat, Sa; ans;

        "Ug; exclaimed t;It is a    terrified of t;

        Ram Dass made a gesture fully. imate expo of Sara, to him once.

        "ttle friend of all t; ;S as ot see me. I slip across tes and look at s to see t soable t at t spoke to     samed in o . ttle co ; ten to . t across tress of treated like a paria s;

        "You seem to kno deal about ; tary said.

        "All ; ans; I ko    of poverty--because talk    mig;

        "You are sure no one es     s return and surprise us. Sened if s;

        Ram Dass crossed noiselessly to tood close to it.

        "None mount    ; ;S    and may be gone for and ep before it reac fligairs."

        tary took a pencil and a tablet from    pocket.

        "Keep your ears open," o ly round ttle room, making rapid notes on ablet as    things.

        First    to ttress and uttered an exclamation.

        "As one," ;t ered some day    it across. It ot be doonig; ed thin pillow.

        "Coverlet dingy and    ts patc; ; a bed for a co sleep in--and in a self respectable! t been a fire in t grate for many a day," glang at ty fireplace.

        "Never since I ," said Ram Dass. "tress of t one ;

        tary ing quickly on ablet.    as ore off a leaf and slipped it into    pocket.

        "It is a strange ; ;?"

        Ram Dass made a modestly apologetic obeisance.

        "It is true t t t     is o relate o    friends. Being sad one nigo t and listeed told    be if it s in it. So see it as salked, and so t day, tcold o amuse    seemed t a dream, but it pleased to ertai. erested in ions. At last o please    of making ;

        "You t it    be doary; and it    t o     and pleased he Sahib Carrisfords.

        "I    move as if my feet ," Ram Dass replied; "and cered t many times, and    causing o turn upon o me t stir. ;

        ary smiled back at him.

        "It ory from ts," ;Only an Oriental could . It does not belong to London fogs."

        t remain very long, to t relief of Melpreios aed ie do tstool, table, t ouumber of old nails had been driven in various places.

        "You    ; he said.

        Ram Dass smiled mysteriously.

        "Yesterday, ; ;I entered, bringing o t blows from a er w;

        tlemaary stood still and looked round    ablets bato .

        "I tes enoug; ;t. It is a ties t    found t c;

        "If rengtored to ; said Ram Dass. "o ."

        t as noiselessly as tered it. And, after e sure tly relieved, and in tes felt it safe to emerge from    in t even suc o carry crumbs in ts and drop one or them.
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