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Updated: May 22, 2025
I spelled out the first strange word. It had an ominous sound "Gadhr." Suddenly there flashed through my mind the letters Shirley had tried to print but had not finished, "G A D." Kennedy looked at the paper a moment. "Gadhr!" he exclaimed, in a low, tense tone. "Revolt the native word for unrest in India, the revolution!" We stared at each other blankly.
Neither could have known that the other was on the case. She found out, first, that the package with the prayer-bean and the word 'Gadhr' was an attempt to warn and save Shirley, whom she had known in Calcutta and still loved, but feared to compromise. She must have tried to see him, but failed. She hesitated to write, but finally did. Then some one must have seen that she was dangerous.
It seemed to be nothing but a little scarlet bead with a black spot on it. In his surprise, he dropped a piece of paper from the envelope in which the bead had been wrapped up. I thought it was strange, and, as he hurried over to the elevator, I picked it up. Here it is." The clerk handed over a crumpled piece of notepaper. On it was scrawled the word "Gadhr," and underneath, "Beware!"
There was no doubt now that Shirley had known her in Calcutta intimately, also. Perhaps the necklace had some significance. At least, he must have remembered it, as his agitation over the single bean and the word "Gadhr" seemed to indicate. If she had sent it to him, was it as a threat?
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