Let no one know
of your movements. Leave your rooms and baggage just as they are. I will
now move in there, and put one of my servants in charge while you are
gone. I have made my will and named your father as my executor and the
guardian of my daughter, and you are to succeed, in case of his death!
There will be a small fortune for you both in the fees, and neither of
you are forgotten in the will! I have drawn two thousand pounds in notes
for you, and here is a bank draft on London for three thousand more!"
The young man was sitting in open-mouthed wonder, when the nabob sharply
said: "Now! Have your wits about you! I bear all the expenses here,
and your office pay goes on. You will be promoted on your return. The
manager of the P. and O. is my lifelong friend."

"What am I to do?" gasped the young man, fearing his uncle was losing
his wits.

"You are to disappear from Calcutta to-night. Go without a word to a
living soul! You are neither to write to a soul in India, nor open your
mouth to a human being, in transit. You are to go by Madras, take
the first steamer to Brindisi, and then hurry by rail to Paris and
Granville, and to St. Heliers. You will find your detailed orders
there with your father. Then stay there, await my orders from here, not
leaving your father's side, a moment. Now, I tell you again, your future
fortunes depend upon your exact obedience! I will give you my private
wishes after we have had luncheon. The only thing that you will have in
writing is an address to which I wish you to cable each day after you
land at Brindisi, until you turn over your business to your father. You
may cable also from Aden and Port Said."

The luncheon was "a short horse and soon curried." For a half an hour
Hugh Johnstone earnestly whispered to his nephew, whose face was grave
and ashen. At last the old man concluded, "Here is a letter to use at
Delhi. There will be a telegram already in the hands of the two parties
intended.

"'Remember! You are to go, but once, from here to your lodgings. Then
simply disappear! Take nothing but a mackintosh, an umbrella, and your
traveling bag. Buy at Madras what you want. Here's a couple of hundred
pounds. You will find the engine at the station now in waiting for you.
The whole line is open for you. Do your Delhi work at night. The train
will be made up for you the very moment you arrive at Delhi. I give you
just one day to connect with the Rangoon at Madras. You are not for o