The Rajah of Agh Buthal

Written by R. T. M. Scott

Copyright 1922

Published in Maclean's Magazine, @1922. Reprinted in the collection Secret Service Smith.
The Rajah of Agh Buthal is a powerful and enigmatic ruler in the Himalayas. He plays host to three visitors, a Baron Stivenski from Germany and Colonel Marsden and Aurelius Smith from England. The Baron and the Colonel are each there to gain the allegiance of the Rajah. Smith has his own reason for being there.