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I By HAROLD MacGRATH
1 I" I
'l`his is the opening in-
stallment ofa serial story hy I-larold lVlacGrath, en- titled “The Adventures of Kathlyn.” One chap- ter will be printed in thjs paper leach week ‘for twenty-six weeks.
livery two weeks at the
Peoples Theatre a photo-
play based on this iiovel will be presented-. fach illni will C,0V€r.two Chap' ieizs of the story. _'l`he pliotographs which will be used as illustrations in this paper are still pictures of scenes fi'o`ni
"'how many ti-mes have I told you never totake that dog- about when Kits leopard is on ins iessiir' "I didn't thi-nk," she said. "N0, Kit here and I 'must always o your thinking for hon. Ahe-medi!" "YES, Habib," answered the - head
keeper.
"Hes if you can stop that racket
over there. Sadie mnv lodge her lll',1.('f` if it keeps im,"
The lc-nn, bro u Moheinmedan
trotted away ln obedience to hls or. dere. I-lc knew how i;ci‘stop captive lions from roaring. He know how tn send terror to their hearts. /ln hir ran he began to hiss softly.
(lol. Iiurc, with his firm nivqgt Win.
nic, wiilkcri toward the bungalow.
The livlni: room of the liiiiiigiilnw
WHS lurize and <:orr.ifoi~t;i'l»le. 'rlin wnlh. were n.do1'ned with the liciuln of wilil beasts und their vreiit fui'r_v llidos sliared iionors with thi: l’crsh\ii riigu ou the iloiir. I-lcre will-i ii innli who Willim llllffk lllfilt it -m0ine|it'H i\oi,iv.ii
d
the play. `
(('..|._vi-ii,<lit, 1914: By' Hllriild Mne-
Grath.i
(‘-HAPTER I.
lliiiier ii cimopied platform stood H
young girl, modeling in clay. The glare of the Californln siinsf.-.ne, filt- isrinp tlirough the canvas, hecam-e ini-llnwml, warm, hn.1 golden. Above lhp g1ri's head-yellow like the stalk ni wliliit-there hovered a kin-d of ,niri-old, as it there had risen above li, ii hu'/.0 of lmipa-lD1\blB gOld (lust. A poet l know might havercried out' tliiii here riided his quest of the Gold- en ilirl. Straight she stood »at this iiionieiit, lovely of f-ace, round-ed of ini-ni, with an indescribable susrres- iinn of latent physical power or niignrtim. on her temples there were little dauhs of clay, caused doubtless by impatient finger s\voe'p- ini; buck occasional wi-nd blown looks
Hi-i hand, still filled with clay rlropiisd to her side, and h tableau i-iiduriifl for a minute or two suggest- ini; ii remote period, a Fersinn idyl, nnivliiip. With`a smile on her lips she stiimd nt the living model. The chntoyiiiii. eyes of the le0Pardi stared liiirk, n illcker of restlessness in their liriliiiiut yellow decps. ’l"hc tip of the iiiil t\vi<‘hed. .
"You beautiful thing!" she said. Shi- boron kneading the clsv again nnil uith deft fingers added bits here 'uid ilicrr to the creature which had vi'<.\\'ii un under her strong, supple illiuers. _
“Kiitlilyni Oh, Kit!" 'l`hr- sci-uptress paused, the pucker lui in-r lirow, and sho turned, her hire liramiii-» for her sister Winnie wus the npple of bar eye, and she liroorlvil over her like the mother would have ‘done had the mother lived. For Minnie, dark as Kathlyn was light, wus as carel-essiand 'aimless ns fliistlnflown in the wind. A coliie leaped upon the platform and began pawing Kathlyn, and nliortly nfter the youn~g~er sister fol- loived. Nrifher of the girls noted the siiiileiiiug inustaches of the leopard. 'Flin niiiiiinl rose, and his nostrils luilpiiiitcfl, He hated the dog with n liutrcd not unmixed with fear. Tren- "hPf`.V is in thc marrow of all cst3.'1`o ln-iiwl them ln, captivity does not "\uil"I'. Sooner or later they will H|.riki~. Ni-vi-r before had the leopard llcvu no close to tho enemy, free of ilu* lrzuili. "Nil, ii. is _illnt womlerfiil. [low- nvvr run you do it". Some duy we`ll fluke dad take us to l"‘ai'is, Where von rnn mhiblt them." /\ siinrl from the leopard, answered hi' ii growl from the collle, broumht iinthlvn's head about. The cut laun- ed. but toward Wfnnin, n-ot the collle. Wm* n crv of terror* Winnie turned und rnii in the direction of the hung-' nlow Kntlllyfl. EBl2i\’l‘§ the leash, followed like the Wind, hamlperlld Ulullkli she was bv the apron. The cnt lopcd- after the fleeing girl, gain- illf: oi nnch bound. The yelping oi; the rollle brought forth from various. nohits low rimi-blh-iv pounds, which prrseiillv developed into roars. ; Winnie turned sharply around the °°"1°l' of the bungalow toward the :fupiv animals cages, to attract ber, nther and at the nano tin!! rousél :gmc or the keepers. seein: the door
"f\ 'fmptv cam open, and that. ft
WM approached bv ii board runway. "W ip, if-. ohtvrld, md slammed ,mi “cor and midi it. :'rb¢ est. - M" ” U' the lust its-kill, threw sim
__mt;‘n2_;l_l"»t the bhrs, liiarli-ng
'<fiuii.vii oniui
and 'i-irlcii)l--
hslran talking in
cnrs wgnl “M he mihmittsd invariably lg
giolin he
WM' w
she henevgr
imu il, ull! mg] 400|' and "Winnie, It me
of hair, .-TP, re w 9 Alp tha..ex.pcditi0'n? He
“lin-"nif¢*I~’r . twin ‘ -' “ ~ ' i
nose. . , "
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c
lim
£0 flllll it lHu'focl, black paiitli1\.l', n vinfetiili with ii litter, or ii irrcnt, hm-. ned l'liiiio('ei'0l.. Po was tiili unil lu‘0ud _und omaziuizlv active, fm- all that his hfllr und niustiiche were al- most white. For thirty years or more hc had goile aliout the hazard- nus enterprise of supplying Zoologic- al gardens nn-il circuses with wild beasts, i-In Was known from ` Hum. bill? '10 3i\\8`i1l>0I`€. from Morrfihssa to Rio Jnnerin. 'The Niimiiaian ii0n_ tm Riljput tiger, and thc Malayan pun- tlier had caused to fear Hare Slahib. He wns even now preparing to return to (`l‘Yliin for an elephant hunt. T110 UNO liflilizliters went over to
the tea tzibziret, where n ii-,itronlv multi wus busy with thc service. The fragrant. odor of ten neriiieiiteil the room. Haro paused at his desk. Lines suddenly appeared on his b,ron; zed face. Hr- gazed -for n spsqg at the calendar. The day was the 15th of JUN- Shllllill he go hack there, or
null go to the_ fur curl of the \voi‘|il lr
ig nelver re urn. 'India and the
border countries! What a land, full Ol bB£\\lfV Illld I`Ol'X|;,u(;g and .tgrror
lid R€lllHlf‘l at ones barbarl a
and sonetimes lfcared-it. he ho hwd fnccd on f0ot many n, woun-dsl tiger,
Hr- shuddered, reached into the
desk for d box of Jaipur brass unam- el and t0ok from it ii. medal attached to ufrihboii. The golden disk was entrusted with uncut rubles had enr- ernlds. '
"Girls," he called. (lome here. a aiment. “Lock your pet up, Kit," he nailed
over his shoulder, “and com-e in to ten."
Katiilyn spoke soothingly to the
leopard, scratched his head behind t-he ears. and-shortly n low, satisfied rumble stirred his throat, and his tail no longer slashed about, Sh.; _led him to his own cage, never ceas- "K to talk, locked the door, then
fl
i turned and walked thoughtfully ,to- wards the bungalow.
She was wondering. what this gif;
was that put awe into the eyes ol the native keepers on her fatheifis wild nniincils farm and temporary Deuce in the lniirts of the savage busts, Sho realized that she 51555,.. sed it, but it was beyond analysis. Often some wild eyed keeper would burst in upon he`r_ Home newly cnp. tive lion or tiger was killing itself from mere pasaihn, and wouldn't, the memsnhib come ut once and talk to it? 'There was n kin`d_of pity ln hoi- lienri. for these poor wild things, and perlinlis they perceived this pity," which was fearless.
"Ellie gots a little from nu, l sup-
l>0H0." Cul. Haro had once answerer! to a query, “for I‘ve always had n wily with four looted things, But I think nhenied is rlsht. i<uthiyn is heaven burn. -I’ve seein thc ,night when Bracken would be tairnis besi-de the vnndemonlum round shout. Yet half an hour ‘after Kit starts the rounds everything quietg down. 'Pho gods are in lt."
Cof..Hsre held out the jewel. iv‘i.,,,».
thu. that "will its -sn," with ,l mi toward 'the door. "I never showed You this before." . "G0°dh°~s in-eciousi" cried winhin reaching her hand. . ' 1 "Xhy,; if |°f{kB tiki? -A decorntion,, stil-fiiie‘;`i lim K<KibiTyn` kuwhm l°v§lv' pendant.” ' . ma e,“ bvliutl "1
'\'V"`"l¢Yr vllllifv, all is vanity," #gill wlonsl. sminns down into their
(2 Af‘f‘hil11 Innes, __ AD I
hd?" 0 von ove your
exclaiinodhfii ,uni-
i c t ' _
W" s n o
if ft~ cook,
prssihd about him. sn about
- _ . . c nd
ivlllzedl I-ie loved ‘it and hated it/
of the fact. f
make u. stab at grand opera."
Winnie ,gtlrgled her delight, hut' her
sister searched her fiither's eyes. She did not quits like the way he said those words. His voice lacked its usual heartiness and spontaneity.
"Where did you get this modal,
frii.her‘.P" she asked.
"'I‘lint’s what I stai-ii\,il.oiit to tell
you." _
;‘Wero you afraid wc might wish
to wi-ur' it or have it iiiadc over?"
slumlirous orieiitul nay of accoin-;kinl.:'s fancy, and he broug-ht up the Trek? There was something more w plishing his ends, despite all ohstnc~illoy, clothed, fed hin., and sent him than this glittering iierlnl, something 'l‘ les. lnderneath this apparent sim- away down to l`mballa to school.'more than simple tale of bravery. c
Ti§i, , RES0 THLYV
as treated with tolerant contempt. hese brown fellows were forever oming and going, to and fro, from
plicity I discovered ii grim sai'doniclWhcn the h`oy re-tu_riie:l he talked Um-,What'.’ Well, if he declined to take the eolonel’s celebrated farm. ` humor. Trust thc oriental for al- lmlla inornimgi, noon, and night, till her lnbo his confiilenge he must , have
ways liavini.: that pnckml away uuder th s ldlers.be ant t call b‘ th t |
l' lcwild-rin d`>liii~.iac . He w s
of those mio f-,ni-tern poteiitatns who up stnrt. Hanged if I can recall his wiisu’i. liamlicreil by piwasitical rela- real name. He was ugly and hand- iivcs. |’.y (icoi'go, thc old boy could i-mule niwtlie some time; suave, pat- filled hig cnet and walked to and fro
, v
llflvu srivlfii his l<\u»1U0"\. luck. stuck. icnt, co\u'i19CuS;~yet somehow or otlifu' in the moonlight, with his head bent
for India recalled it .to mind. It rs~ presents n royal title conferred on me by the king of Allahu. You have never been in ~Iudin-, Kiti Alisha is the name wohunters give that bor- der kinigdoin., Sonic day England will
good excuse." _ ` ,
"What big thing did you d0?" UB-
mnnded Katlilyxi her eyes still llllell with scrutiiiy. _. ` `
"What makes you think it was
big?" iestiiuzls- ` _. f
ri|lecnuBe_" she answered seriously.
"you novel' (lo anything but- big things. As the lion is among liceitfli you are muoiig iiicii." _
"Good lord!" The colonel rcached
ciiiliarrassedly for his lliD0. lit Wi puma a iw, n-Jnutcs, then lnid down the pipe, “India is. full of strange tongues and strange k iigdoms and |,,-lngipalltlgd Most o_f them are dominated by the British ral. some are only rpmtnctod, while others do about as tlwy Please- "The State
~-touching the order-"docs about? as it did since the days ofthe mi white rover who touched the shores or ll-ind. -it nrsmull. but ¢h“f_Bi§‘2" tics nothing; for yOu can bl.‘c\\__w _{i.| mighty poison in ii Small D0t~ ° '
knew' thfht his sli- ha‘ im duly fmur-_ in their chronolo-
K would be sdiusthl g like' "“Hid Ksthlyn. "Go Tell.
in ~ _~ _ -.uplnnolz-'jind recourse to his- ¢§¢'|pi Hewsynoked on till_ the
yet illre , and with thatl
golible it up; only waiting for a~
' lla!/ilyri's bisfcr lil iimie Leconics /-i-i‘ghfci;cd by a Leopard
and his hand-s clasped behind his W
i» ' ' Z" in b
e o g 0 im a , good reason. H
iis i e g il y a ‘and from them it passed on to the _i After (llnner time nigh; the colonel II iill zilruii-. in the world. He was one natives, ull of whom disliked the`|weiit the rounds, ns wins his habit F
` ' ' ' nighty. By and by he returned to 1
the bungalow, but did not enter. Ile
back. There was n restlessness ‘ his stride not unlike tlint of the cap- tive beasts in the cages nearby. Oc- casionally he paused at the clink olink of the elephant irons or at the "whuf‘l" as the uneasy piicliyderin poured dust on his head. ' Bali! It was iiilzidness. A parall- iucnt iii I-liniliist,1in,’lgiV9ii jestiugily OV iron cnlly hy n huiiinrous old chnp iii orders and white linen und rhiiio¢‘.ero1 sunliuls. ° ‘ * A tliruiic' Psliaw! It wus bully iicniseiisv. As if ll white msii could rulii over n brown one by
that iuaii [l|ubulla's face, when 'lie had shown the king poi-traits of his two lovely dniightersl He would Bend Ahmed. Ahmed knew the business ns well as he did. llo would send his alidicatimi to the council, giving them the right to choose his succes- nnr. lie hiir-sell’ would remain home, with the girls. Then he gazed up nt the moon find smiled grimly.
“Hukuiii hai!" he murmured in
Hindustan. “lt is the orders, I've simply got to go. When I recall those rubies and emeralds and pearls. ’ ’ * \\'ell, it's not cupidityi for myself it's for the girls. B sides, t.liere`s the call, the adventure. I`ve simply got to go. ‘I cant es- cape it. I must he always on the go * ’ since she died.”
A few days ister he stocd again \\e- fore the desk in the living room. He
- Sfudio in California. ~ was dressed ior travel. He set down
flue c0ll@‘fti0Ii» There HFC f1i!€I`B Mid] “While we were salaaiiiin and B H gm en 9 ape. e Du e sea
g d 1 i 12 , th
lwllafdn an-d bears and fat Old P191' genuflectliig and using gran-diloqusnt aroetlvgslgf it;nd1.?es’w(;:nb1r:,2t€ng it ,ig
ons forty foot long. Of course, it is- Phrases thu bally leopard get 1CoBe_ his daughter8'entex_ed
uri; .the tiger country that Csntral_s0meh0w_ Maybe some one let him “Come here my prééty c__bs__, Hn
India is, but the brutes you fi-nd are bigger. I :have about sixty beasts they-e now, auu.tha't's _mainly why I’m goingiliack. ‘ Want to clea-nit _“D and, ship. 'ein 10 llninlbiuyrg, where Ifve a large standing 0l`<191`~ Fm Som! 5,-gt to Ceylon, for some elephants. '
The colonel knocked the ashes fi‘0m
his Dille-
“’l`lie old boy used to do some trafi-
plhg himself, and whenever hed ehbeh ii, fine specimen lie’d turn it Ove, tn ms, llc hnd, h hunting lodge not far fron: my quarters. One dui' Ahmed coiiic to me Wiffh 8 message saying that the killk “0“"“““`ded "HY presence nt thc lo<li!°» “'he"° his slaves had trni>Dcd s flue l°_°i*““- Yes, my dcnrs, slaves. 'l`heI‘t iS W0” n`slave uiurt nt thu Capital 7-l_“5 day'
A liarburic fi\iEl`Y liiild. \\'_l'f-lil” 20nd,
gnnii niid its hnii illiunifi ,
“Tile Arabciiii Nillllfi." "‘“l"'““'9‘l V`ilinie, siillgillililr C1090 *dl K"t\“V“'
Opegfng the Sealed Letter. .
"ine ,glrl_¢.whn,¢¢l ~ "The oriental loves pomp," went
on the colonel. "I-In éan't give you a ehupattl---"
~, "Whut’n that'/" sailed Winnihs.
, .._. - - 1, l_ "Something like hardtsek. Weil, he
» ; ‘ kmdi ' 14 ‘nh ,_ _nnwt give you that ,without feersmo- lmbfvn tbl ‘dia lsln='s,,u1ei. .when I arrived si the lodge.
with Ahmed the old boy--he had t e c plelxlon of at prime donno-the old" boy est on his portable throne, glittering with orders- Standing be- !lde'hf1n‘ was"i§ ehnp' we called lim- lyhllhf _.lin had been n street rats A bit - of impudeuce hadcuught tho,
lloose; I don’t know. Anyhcw, he
l 1 < y i lmade ff" the l<f“_B» Wh? WM tw Kit, to open this on 'neu ai. st thun;_1_ers{trucl§_ to dodge, ihe Wit 01 midnight. Girls like mysteries, and °m 0° *O *wif l*°°1°» Y°“'m¢\y IW ii you opened it any time but mid-
night it wouldn't be mysterious. In-
odds on tl1a.t.i Now, Izllbid an honest _liking for thaking. Seeing the brute
make for him, I gushed forward. You see, at cerem _' _ls‘yo,u're' not- .permltted to curry arms. -It -bad' to be with my -hands; .'I‘lfh-tleoilard knocked the old boy, flat audi began to maui 'hlm. I kicked the brute r in the face, swept thowkihfs turbsn of! his head and flung it ‘aibciut'the head of the leopard. Somehow or ,ot-her. I got hirr. down. Some of the frighten- ed natives came up. and with the help of Ahmed we got the brute tied iip securely. When the king camo around he silently shook hsliids with me nn-d smiled peculiarly at Um't\\l['a, who now came running up." l “And tliat’s how you got 'those ponr hnudsi" exclaimed l\at‘hly=n, kissing the scars which ‘stood out white against the tan.
"'|`hat's how," raising the hands
iinil putting them on Kathlyn‘s head in ,l kind of hen(-diction, .
“is that ull?" asked Winnie,
Iii-entlilfssly. _
“Isii't flint cluuigli?" hc retorted.
,"Well, what is it, i\laijtl\u? Dinner?
out of your ten."
“'l‘0~ii!" snlilled Winnie di9tluinfullY.
"Do gon know, dad, you’re nwfully n.enn to Kit and me. If you’il take, the trouble you could lie more inter- esting than any hook I- over f°c<l-"/ _ "llc doesn't believe his stories would be interest vain young ladies," said Knthlyn, gravely. _
Ifnr fnthcr eyed her sharply. , Of what who she. thinking? In those onlin unwavering eyes_of her he saw ii question, und, he fcurcd ln his soul she might volts it. He could evade the question of the volatile Winnle,» lint there was no getting by Khfmyn with evssionni. Frowninig, he replacedi the order in the box, which hi PM nwny in A drawer. It was all errant nonsense, anyhow; nothing Could possibly lisppén; if there did. _he
would feel certain that he no longer illwelt in B, real workdlv WWW- he idle whim nf a sardonlc old man; nothing more than that.
“Fnther, is the kin-g dead?" "'DeMli.Whnt makes you nsk that, Kit?"
“The 'past tense; you said he WGS.
not la."_ -
"Yes, be's delfd, and the news some
this morning. Hence, the yarn."
"Will there be any danger in re-_
turning?"
"My girl, whenever I pack my lug-
gage there is danger. A cart- ridge may stick; n man may stung- ble; n man you rely on mov fail`yo\\. As for that. there’s always danlrcr.
It's the penalty of being alive."
On the way to the dining room Kiitlilyn thought deeply. Why had her father asked them if the loved
him? Why did hc Speak of the Bi!
Well, li I linveii`t clicnteil you girls
held out the env-slope "I Want you
deed. I shall probably have you both on the nrms of my ch-air when you open' it."~ - , "_ "It is about _the medal?" demand- 'ed .Wfnnfe. ; ,“By George. Kit, the en1iu,is.beiifu
ninqto reason out things," he lest- ed. - ‘ _
Winnie laughed, and so did Kath-
lyn, but she did 'so because she felt that her father expected heir to laugh. She was positively uncanny sometlmed in her perspioacity.
"U11 Dec. 81. ‘at mi-dnig`l1t." she Pe"
peated. "A11 right, father. You
.must write to us ni, least once every
i’0l‘tnigh,t_”
"I‘ll cable from Singapore, from
Ceylon, un-d write n long letter from Allahu, Come on. We must. be ofl. Ahmed is waiting." , _ Home hours later the two girls saw, the Pacific Mail steamer move with cold and insolent mnlesty out 'to--' ward the Golden liste, i\'n'thlyn prov-i cd rather lincommimicaflve nu thc way horr-e. Dec. 31, kept running through her inind. lt held n poteiit of evil, Shri knew nrmetliing of the orient, though sho mid never visited Inllin. I-Ind her fiitlicr iniide un ini-_ plncqlile enemy? Was ho going into some unknown, unseen danger? Dec. 31, up midnight. éloulzl she hold her curiosity in check that long?
.lisny of the days that followed-I
drugged, many flew--the first. for Katblyn, the lust ior Winnie, who now had n beau, h young newspaper man from San Francisco. He came out regularly every Saturday nnd re- turned st night. Wininle became, if
anything, more Efghtly than ever.| liar fath-er never had young men about. The men he generally mth- ered round his bcard were old hifht- ers or sailors. |\athlyn watched this budding romuce . amuse-dl_v. ` The young ii-on was very nice. But her thoughts were always and eternally with hor father. ~ lluriulz the last week in December,
churn nrrivell nt the Palace hotel in San Francisco an East Indian, tell, well fouted. rather handsome. ‘Ex~_ cept for his brown turbun he would have passed unnoticed. For Hindus and .lanunese and Chinsmcn sud what nots from the southern seas were every day affairs. "1'he brown turbvin. however, and an enor-| moiis emerald on one of his lingers. nrrdiined an effect quits gratifying to] him. Vanity in the o_?ental is never conspicuous for its a sence. The re-| nm-ge-rs gnvn, him scant. attention.- bhgiirh, for thin wasnt n time when ‘ the Gaewer of Barodn wus unknown.l The ati-unter. after two or three Any; nf ldlinz. casually asked thel wny to the wild nnimnl farm of his. old friend, Col. Hare. It was eflly enough to find. At the village inn be
the clinics or the latter! and yer., E
e-I
. . " r » nd e ied te. Ilrom the box
laughed Winnie, who never .rent he- and barrel, to the British _govern-‘I4 sensed the rcal _ _uis._n- _below--the amch p_2;nta?nB:o_ the order he “_ __l_(_,l,,_i!LQ___ .\,,.‘_Q__,__;LP_‘- iC_\3§_,__,.E§___ ‘__W_______*_ ii_ieilté___niid no one_co\il_<l_-sny_ ‘_h\n1__n:,y. _ lnrtar blbod. 'I~_1;ook-a dislike., 1_0 tracwd a large envelope heaxuy nab
"No. 'lblle truth is, I had aliiiosthvrlhgl _“"1” 11 24004 “"1 “I ‘“"“I’_’-` he Qin", “mt °“' its the ainlmaliense' ed. This he balanced in his hand for
forgotten it. But the preparations' last time 1 “'"_"‘ iihem mf” W enum' 0" V; ggt lt-i_Kit~Tlgeh nihthe km! B nionzent, frowned, laughedfand
died iuiigluiid sou d step in nctua y. sat t e lounc _~of_ _ ree- ree wise SWG,” soft” He would abdLcate_ The old boy give ine_ lesvehtot c_oinc old ducks I w_ou1dn t trust with an but at a ,mug profit why not-i » “nd go “S I m°:`i`Sc‘i Eld un `;v;ftre|°m.“"tbrf1a' ° *Ile was an old fool. Into ‘ii and bow i woul . a e mg y, Winnie aughed. tml r _ V] h t th 1_
At 5 c’clur.i: in the afternoon of ie 31st day of December, this East id an peered cautiously into blle rench window nl the Hare bun-gn. OW- The Picture he saw. there sunt u thrill into his heart. She was asfwlr nd beautiful ns on houri of Sa’adl. he sat nt n desk holding h long. hlte envelope in her hand. By -an-rl v she put it away und he was par- ticular to note the drawer in which she placed it. That the dark haired girl at the tea twbret was equally charming did not stir the watcher. Dark haired women were plentiful in his native land. Yonder was the girl of the photograph the likeness off which had fired his heart for many a day. W th the pn-tionce of the ol'i0u‘t- ul he stood ln thc shallow and Wait- i-d_ Soon:-i~ or later they would leave the room, and sooner oi' later. with he dcftuesii of his breed, lie would iitcr. 'l‘lic leopard he had heard
nhout ivan iio-w.llei~u to he semi.
‘_‘Wlnnii=," snid Knthlyn, “I dread
it. '
Winnie set down the tencup, her
yes brimming.
"What can it nil mean? Not n line
from father since Colombo, five rronths gone." '
"Do you think---" -
"No, no!" replied l\»athlyn, hastily. Father sometimes forgeftsf He may be hunting miles from telegraph wir- es an-d railroads; it is only that he should forget ns sn long. Who know? le may have dropped down into ilorneo. lle wanted some pythons.
so I heard him say."
The elder sister did not care to in-
,still into the heart of her charge 'the fear which was in her own. -
“Who knows but there may be
good news in the envelope? Dad‘s always doing something like that. New Yeal"s!" - . ~
'I'he collle, released from the' kitch- GH. camis bounding in. In his oxubdr- ance he knocked over a clois0`il'i\'e` vase. Both girls were glad to wel; come this diversion. They 1-ogg sim. ultaneously and gave chase. The ‘ics needed for the outdoor studio, where they cs-ugrhi: him and made be- lieve they were punishing him.
thQuie_tly the watcher entered through;
e window, alert and tense. He flew
t0 U19 11093. found the settled enve- IDDU Silefifllefi it open at the kettle oxtricated the envelope sind Col, Hars's note. Hs smiled an he 1-,Fil the latter .sud changed his plans ¢°|1\P19f0lY. He would not #lay msgi- 5¢'flZ°'l‘; he would use ii lur¢_ ln¢¢¢1“!_ . Wlth 'his ear strained fm- jggmqg ‘- wrote and su-bsmutod ,facts ‘ lioiirl of So'adi would 4,5 noté the difference -in vitamins sirens' subnet. would 1 ‘li . ciisiurhcr thoughts; It iiuzfsii- ccmnlfnliod, in tus. spnb`ii“~df~g~ ¢'
mlhiites. Smiling, he ` " °|;4;~*"
to the fast mt1“'§m - They were shipping B ch; 5
Francisco. sud the rss:-l»h`¥a gmi‘ dxf’ fusion were all very sat-ill cturyiito the trespssser. ` _
Midnight. From afhr cams the
mellow notes of the bells in the ancient Spanish mission. The old Y‘€fH‘_ Was dead, the new year . wh! born, carrying with it the lrnchuglf- ing sound of happiness dhd misery, OF Promises made and promises brok-
en, of good and evil.
"The packet!" cried Wlnnlef _ linthlyn recognized in that cell
that Winnie was only n clilld‘_ All tha rcspoiisibllity lny upon her shoulders, She ripped thi-. cover from the prick- ct und read the note, `
linthlyuf lf not hcnrd from I'm
held captive in Allahu. Sealed doc- ument can snve me. firing it your- self to Allnhn hy first steamer.
. rather."
‘YI knew it.” sold Katbly-n, calmly.
The fear. in her heart had, as the brown man had anticipated, 'blinded her to the fact that this was not her- father‘s characteristic blunt
scrnwl.
"Oh, Kit, Kit!"
"Hush, Winnie! I must go, 'and [0
alone. Whef-e's the evening php"-7 Ah, there it ls. lrtt me lee Wilt boat leaves San Francisco tomorrow, ‘lhe lfmpress of India, 6 a. m. I must make that. Now, you’»re your fstbsr's daughter, too, Winnie. You must stay behind and be brave and Wait. I shall come hack. , I lhhll find futher, if I have to rouse all
India. Now, to pack." ,
When they an-lied at the station
the passenger train had just drawn out. For a while Kstbilyn felt ‘hent- en. She would be compelled to volt. another week. It was disheartening. "Why not iryxne ii-eight, urea?"
cried Winriie.
“You little angel! I nevsl bhougllg,
of that!"
Hut the crew would not hier of it. It was absolutely against the com- pany's rules Kathlyn could ha”
cried. "It lsn't money, miss, lt’| the rbi-
es," said the condnctor,'kif|l\ly. "I
can't do lt."
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