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In the year 1717 Gulemat was removed from the throne by an assembly of the chiefs styling themselves the mantris of Lima-kota and proattins of Anak-sungei, who set up a person named Raja Kechil-besar in his room, appointing at the same time, as his minister and successor, Raja Gandam Shah, by whom, upon his accession in 1728, the seat of government was removed from Manjuta to Moco-moco.
Starmidge and, I should say, about thirty-five to forty. Dark hair, dark eyes taking expression." "Mrs. Carswell, for a fiver!" thought Starmidge. "Well?" he said aloud. "You say she went straight over to him?" "Straight to him and began talking at once," answered Gandam.
But he had scarcely put on his slippers, lighted his pipe, mixed a whisky-and-soda, and picked up a book, when a knock at his outer door sent him to open it and to find Gandam standing in the lobby. Gandam glanced at him with a smile which was half apologetic and half triumphant. "I've been to the office after you, Mr. Starmidge," he said. "They gave me your address, so I came on here."
And at last perhaps ten minutes after he'd got in a woman came down the stairs, looked round, and went straight over to where he was sitting." "Describe her," said Starmidge. "Tallish, very good figure, very good-looking, well-dressed, but quietly," replied Gandam. "Had a veil on when she came in, but lifted it when she sat down by Chestermarke. What I should call a handsome woman, Mr.
This friendly sheet of paper is brought from the two sultans above named, by their bird anggas, unto their son, sultan Gandam Shah, to acquaint him with their intention under this great seal, which is that they order their son sultan Gandam Shah to oblige the English Company to settle in the district called Biangnur, at a place called the field of sheep, that they may not have occasion to be ashamed at their frequent refusal of our goodness in permitting them to trade with us and with our subjects; and that in case he cannot succeed in this affair we hereby advise him that the ties of friendship subsisting between us and our son is broken; and we direct that he send us an answer immediately, that we may know the result for all this island is our own."
"You don't mean to say he slipped you!" he exclaimed. "I don't know about slipped," muttered Gandam. "I lost him, anyway, Mr. Starmidge, and I don't see how I can be blamed, either. Perhaps you might have done differently, but " "Tell about it!" interrupted Starmidge. "What happened?" "I spotted him, of course, from your description, as soon as he got out of the train," replied Gandam.
"Yes? go on." "They were there about three-quarters of an hour," continued Gandam. "Of course, I ate my dinner while they ate theirs, and I took good care not to let them see that I was watching them. As soon as I saw signs of a move on their part when she began putting on her gloves I paid my waiter and slipped out upstairs to the front entrance.
"I'd give a lot to get hold of that woman. She's probably the housekeeper who disappeared from the bank, you know." "So I guessed, Mr. Starmidge, but what could I do?" said Gandam. "I couldn't follow both, and it was the man you'd put me on to. I decided, of course, for him.
Do you know that downstairs saloon there?" "I know it," assented Starmidge. "He went straight down to it," continued Gandam. "And as I knew that he didn't know me, I presently followed. When I'd got down he'd taken a seat at a table in a quiet corner, and the waiter was bringing him a glass of sherry.
"Did you manage to find out where he booked for!" demanded Starmidge. "Ecclesborough," answered Gandam. "Heard him! I was close behind." "He was alone, I suppose?" asked Starmidge. "Alone all the time, Mr. Starmidge," assented Gandam. "Never saw a sign of the other party." Starmidge rejoined Easleby.
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