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380 any further pursuit of the idea. There was therefore, in this no conspiracy of any kind. A Proper Rejoinder But on the other hand, as a proper rejoinder to the charge, we on our part may mention one incident of which the communicant is no less a person than the well known writer, the late Qazi Abdul Haq. He did not in the beginning pledge his Bai‘at to me. He reported that after the death of Hadrat Khalifatul Masih I ra , Maulawi Sadruddin, Woking Missionary and Headmaster of the Muslim High School at Lahore, when he saw that Ahmadis were not disposed to go without a Khalifa, made up his mind that a Khalifa should be elected, and as Maulawi Muhammad Ali by the publication of his secret tract had given away his own case, he proposed that Sayyid Abid Ali Sahib should be elected to the office. It was therefore resolved to prepare 40 men who would agree to pledge their Bai‘at to Sayyid Abid Ali Sahib. For this purpose, says Qazi Abdul Haq, Maulawi Sadruddin, lantern in hand, went round the whole night visiting the 2000 Ahmadis who had assembled on the occasion. He was accompanied in those rounds by Qazi Abdul Haq himself and another person. His object was to find out at least 40 men who would