TALES OF
DESTINY

By
EDMUND MITCHELL

LONDON
CONSTABLE AND COMPANY LTD
1913

COPYRIGHT, 1912,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
BY
EDMUND MITCHELL

CONTENTS

Introduction 1
Chap. I. The Maid of Jhalnagor. Told by the Rajput Chief 5
II. The Hollow Column. Told by the Tax-Collector 19
III. What the Stars ordained. Told by the Astrologer 35
IV. The Spirit Wail. Told by the Merchant 60
V. The Blue Diamonds. Told by the Fakir 101
VI. The Tiger of the Pathans. Told by the Afghan General 128
VII. Her Mother Love. Told by the Physician 146
VIII. The Sacred Pickaxe. Told by the Magistrate. 170

TALES OF DESTINY