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nEAo .rUnEorKATHLYN

By HARQLD 1vlooGRAT1-1 i

svNOPSIs _OF PP.¢EV_I_QUS : “went hack over the wall. rro-be-an I llrnce's camp. liunmllui and Pundiizs 01° C014 ‘”Q“1d awake" her. and sue rsurelyl 1 kent iorscteln-,g that ics they had neon adjusted around tluvend, and if long, plowed field opened

CI-iA'P'I`ERS ly to Wlifll -’\‘h"led2 ¥llHY_l-l° §C'll€ dl” glaefild Kfllllllyll With dellglll- All would Gnd that Bruce had been hrac- ten to one you know more about huge barrel. |l"'~0 Vifwf- BeY0Dd this field rose a

,.|;i "ll-_» _'|'l"-_ ‘ l Hare believes her father. Cgatlklga, to he in dire Peril in _TU- ,,,,,,` ,, prlnoipdllwof Indie- '1`-he

King of Allahu has recentlydied.

and because -he Colonel had once saved his life he names him as his

,u¢eessor_ Umiballah, prstender to

the throne of Allahs, loves Ksrthlyn and img forged a message summon-

her father, whom he hns

3',§0i;i,relrf€o prison. She leaves her' hom, in California to 'sb to him . on her arrival in Alisha she is in formed by Umballah that her father

d and that she is the queen

i den ' ' _:li elaborate durbar is arranged. the

central figure of which is Kathlyn,

protesting "nd grief stricken. When un crown is vlucsd “von ll" “Wi

llah announces that she is to

limba _ he married to him forwihh. Her re- fusal inful-lates him, but ns Kllth- 1yn's beauty and sllirit have mode s strong appeal to the Pll0'Dle he yields

e lint for the time ‘reing ‘ A

th_~p; . _ - . priest .nnllollllces that no Wom-an mal' rule unlnul'l‘icd \\'if.h the laws of the

sinie she will he given seven days to decide. _ when liathl reiterates nt the ex-

Yn f ' plnnlon of the weclf of grlwe. her rc- fueal to lnurry Ull'\l>1lll‘nh she receives

,,,,t,,,,,.,, f»,-,.n- the supreme tribunal

out nn-_ is to ur-drrgo two ordculs

with wild lzcusts. If sho survives, she is tn iw permitted to l‘\llc witll- out llilllll'crlCé'.. Jul," Bruce, ,m American and fel- low passenger on the boat _ which brought Knthlyn to Allahu, is hunt- ing ncar Allahu. She sends Iialnhni. her body guard, to find h-im and tilll him nf he/I' Peril. - The first ordeal is arranged, und linthlyn is placed in n CBN ln til” Jingle, A tiger is loosed, and as ilu is about to spring on _his victim Bruce, who has reached the scene, fires on him. The first ordeal is ov- er. - _ . ilruee learns that in the second.. nf- flenl Kethlyn is to he pl-need in the erenn, the prey of hunzfy lions- Wifi* }l,,,,,nl,,,, ,md Ahmad he makes his llldns. _lllnes are laid in the arena. nnd when Kathiyn enters it rind fnclls the lions Brllcejsprinlgs th-em, Durinl! the excitement following the explo- slon nd while l`n'il allah the coun

re-:tiy off towards camp. Anyhow, he has faith in me." `

“And‘, 0! so have I, so have Il" Bruce bore his weight savagely

against the door-once, twice. thrice, and pitched forward on his knees, outside. He was up instantly. He caught Kat-hlyn hy the hand and hurried her along; and all she could think of was Winnie rompi-ni; toward the canollied studio, her father half

but to mount the elephants and ride the howdah 'and-gripping the rail.

the erlmrri and come with \ls." in the morning.”

“Let ns be of’f;" cried Bruce. “We "You might fall out."

have sixty miles to put hetwecn us “Then I shan't .go to sleep “gain and freedom in fact. We cannot make fill the journey ends. You have been the railway. Ali, pack! Go to the'So good and kind to mel”

bungalow and remain there. You! "Nonscnsel" will be questioned. Tell the truth. They came oui into the seruh jungle

their tlonhlrs were over. Tlwi’ had ing her.by extending his arm across game than I do." . Bruce stood up, appalled. For A

Silence fi-ll upon then: again. On, time he wu-\ incupnhlf- of movnlnent

away. “\`o'u IIlllStI1’t do thai," she pro- UH. without pausing. Bruce was get- Short as the time wus, 'ft was enough "Ahmed," urged Kcthlyn: “Leave tested feebly, “iron will he deufl -in ting sleepy himself, so he began to l_-ive ltnjnh Emi, hendirny as ho

munching biscuits. Lighter and needed. He disallpenrcd from siltht. lighter grew the east; the lnoou dim- Bruce saw the futiliry of shooting med, and hy and by everything grew at the henst. 'l`lu\ only th'lng h ,';l‘a_v and the chill in 'thc air seemed could do was to mount up bcuid sharpest _vct. ` Ramiallai and Pundits and give They were hofh awake, chase; and this he did in short ord Sllll-‘Jil they stopped by B, stream er, dragging up the bruised and shak-

rulned wall, broken hy n crumbling igute, and lounging; in the gateway were soldiers. Nearby were two ele- phants employed in piling logs.

liajah, perfnrce, slnckened his gait.

The soldiers became animated. Im- mediately the two mnhouts charged ,their brutes toward liajah, who stopped- He had had his sport. no .swayed to my fro. (ine of the mah-

0llt‘s reached for-ward ,md clonted

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¢-ii¢~,|-o_ and +h,i_ terrified populace are z.:....‘._. _-...,~‘.4‘ .-_....._,.f ...l.;»_ ..... - .... ...- .'..i_. .f.u..,,.a.~:.4 l.; uosluc nci°._

fleeing for their lives, he hllrries to lifnluyws sine.

fflopyrilzht. 1914: By l-Inrnld n|`ac(`.irnth.)

CIIAPTER V-

'|`illd TEMPLE OF _THE LION

Till i’-ruce. dropped down into the

llrrnn to Katl1lYu's side he had. never

iiillen n thought to the l>0SBi\*l\l_W of the key not being the right Ullc. 'I’rupped!-and Ahmed but 3 few yards ,,-way. wit-h 8 zenana gharri. ready to convey them to the cami?- freedoml It took the heart out Of

him for _-, moment. The confusion all ul out, the pall of dust. the l‘0l=ll'lllS of the frightened lions which had

escaped destruction, the shrill cries of the pnnle stricken populace. who now looked upon the white lllemsa-

lilh no the dau hm of slnnedu. 'blweu

dull his inventive faculties lor the

noncc. llers was the confusion. Wo-

llerly planned, and he’ couldmot make use of ft. Possibly, when no further explosion shook the air. lille n-oh and the soldiers Wbllld l‘¢t“f“ lllli- of curiosity. And then, g00d' by! nut the sight of a ion emulsilllr from the murk i;he'wrong side of the

crevaess roused- him thoroughly- »

"Save yourself!" said Ksthlyll ill despair: "there is no Possible wav 0' roving me. I ha-ve never in all mv life injured anyone. and Wil G05 "inked me gf, through all this. . - l nm mod, you are. the whole WWW ii! _ _ , Run!" - nruce lcuphed; it was that kind nl laughter with which men eater bei-llc He drew Lei Hfngh'l revolvers and thrust one into her ~he»nd. I "Flhoot at the keyhole. leave the lion io me. with the nendemonium no one~wlll noi# tho lll0f9» 0’ lf hh” flu. will thinlr`_tl»»r. _moretuvlwlwi um on on \v¢¥,`:]I'll lm you out ul this unch-emnrb: that/s what I WM born for," ‘ ` ’ " "Niglumarol" \ "There, K thlyll ieslltil

diillily

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sue heard -mil env-

ther; uhout was

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R"~“h On the knee. He slowly kneel. 951' The Soldiers ran forward to help hathlyn out of the howdeh. At rl... Sight of her slrin their astonishment

`\\’as great.

She WDB Very weak und faint’

nnd tne increasing bnhei of Yoheucs was like little trlphommors mmttlng "POD llilf nchiulg fiend. One v he F“I‘l'*‘fl‘ Znvc her rl drink nf Wstcr. llc held his`cunteen high, an flint thc water trickled into he, mouth! no lllls but his own mllst touch the nozzle. otherwise, in-ing n Vmllhvuln, he would he flesh-u. Nu- tivcs instantly flocked “loaf ]f,l,r,,r ,_ _ . ., _ - :Jill lil, Wflndcr. Some of tile bolder .ollcltd her bare nrms._ The soldiers fllovc them hack angrily, Through Ui” "l`l'»‘l9 n llorsemnnn pushed for. word. The rider stlllrted nt this sfrancc captive, started, ,md “tim-e,1

an nstonlsheil ery.

"The white flllcrn of Allahu wh,-,m

mille DWI] Uycfl BIIW (lI`0Wn<|'5d nt the Ilurlmr tllr-rc!" he rrurn|urell_ -"ny *"0 Bllmllil of the prophet what can illis llnlan? Stop!" he mil,-.,] to ,hp soldirrs. I\uf_]||y,, looked dn "f 0"V¢’.l/ llor to his higllllens the l\umor!" 'idle prince should decide

~ “hit should he done with her.

. The Kulnor was mg and lazy and

sensual. lic gazed upon Knthlyn ,with ,eyes which upnrkled evilly, like a cat s.

ml“\\lu_~ is this woman?" he delnss-ld.

"Hl£lllli€‘Hs. she is the wlliis queen

of Allahu, hut who may my that Bn, in here?" with ,, smile osevli as his masters.

"fini, how came she here?" The horsemnn briefly rocoilnted the 4-‘\'0lllS ns he had seen them in the Uupltal of Allahu. 1

"Who are you, maiden?" me l{um_ or asked in iingnoh, for. like all po. t0lll5ilf/es, little or great, in Ind-io, he

_ SP0k»e“|'mg1lsh. It ‘ presented the de- ' ' lvctllble DHS*-'i"`-B of consilfrillg n two

a'sleeD on the Verona-da, and the leo- There is not an elephant in the royal WWII Cllli Hl’l‘flWl9il On tho divan!" stables _that can beat Iiajuh. All "Bn.hib! liuzorl" U voice called board! No _stopsl*‘~sm|iling as he "This way!" -helped lulthlyn into the howdah. .'Ahmedl Ahme<n"~ cried Kechlyrn *we shall he forced to use nll "lei, heaven born; but hurry, hur- night." ryl Umbslluh wil1‘w¢\lrn tuseurch ’ 'lhe olonhonrs szdrfetl forward,tlnfc H5 90°" B9 he W1" Efit the better Of ridden hy Bruce and Katlllyn in thc

'his legs- Siva talks t-h-at h‘attery'lead. Ramnllni and Punditn follow

that was worn olltl ‘ Heaven born. im: B few yards in the rr-nr, YOU cl`B DOW a qllern in fallt- - -" “.\ir. Bruce, I nm sure Ahmed has "T ‘Valli '10 E0 h0"l0. Ahmed. some. infrrnlntion regarding father. h0"lel" T rlo‘.l't know what. Who knows? "‘liere’s _thc ghllrfi- Ueml Sllllillfi Thcv way have lied to me. Ho. may He held out B handful of catridges le ,`1'v8_ ,,l;\@~" toward Bruce. "These fit l.al Singh's cpu Umm and find out, once I’ve PiSf01S- Hll!`l"Y. HUFYYY got you safe. l don`t blame WU ffl"

Bruce helped Kathlyu into the'tllinlrln'g all this a nlchtnlure. God vehicle and jumped in beside l\er,anci knows `it is nightmarish: D0 YOU Ahmed struck the horse. 'rize gharrl know, .l-ve bornwhillking ii over. It wss’s rickety old _contrivance, every' npllenrs to _me that ihc king latterly hinge creaking like some lost soal;l *Unk B dlf‘11"" *U mf* P"°l'°9°» lm'

out Amed had reasoned elm.; the bullah, and turned this little trlcxk more deiapitedated the vehicle, the lil "lil ke him ““h“WV~_ I “"°'““7 0

sumwrtl- °

me she. revolver '

me audi iylaivgl' l

urged the horse. He wanted thc fly- ink, mob to think that he was flying ton whichfindeed, he was. ’|`he gharri rolled and careened lille a dory in a squnll. A dozen times Bruce and Kathlyn were flung to- gether, und quite unconsciousiv sho 'caught hold of his lean,strong,-‘lirown hand. It would not be true to soy that he was unconscious of the uct. Presently they entered ihe phvcd

streets of the buvadirs, r-nd the' zoimg irrmroved. Faiblyn leaned l\n"l<~ "'I sm Knthlyn flare, and this is the year. .

"Come now, Miss Ksthlyn, no

thinking; leave the whole' business to me, the worry und the planning. If ‘we can reach my elephants, all light; ws'li be in Delhi within seven days, The rest of the going will he as simple as falling off a log."

nncas. ` ~ »

From time to time 'Bruce

i./iirough the curtwfned

Strsgjlers

_ Thai; Yankee phrase did more fo ro- hsifllftnte her than all his sssur-'

less consllicuous it would be. He" lh°““m ’“r mth" wwe "Bough to*

_ v- _

remain away. Lmhnilah hangs be tween wind and water; he can go neither forward nor backward. But' poor Famubni hack there willi 1080 his gold for this.” - "Ramabni has alwllys ‘-l€¢l_1 VGYY kindly to the poor, and the poor man generally defends his hrnefuctnr whenl the right time comes. To Umhnllnhi I was only u means to _the end. lf! he decltwed himself kinlzl thai “'”“1di Upon up th-o volcano upon which l‘o` stands; hilt ns mY Prince consort. that would leave him fairly secure.

"Only a' means," mused Bruco in-

'wnrdly,.stcsling a glance at her end yet lovely. profile. Umhulluh was li, mum, for all his color; he Was humsup and to see the girl it was only "nu- mun to-‘wunt her. "Your father was one gf, th? heat friends I hnfl. But, o‘dd1y_ onnuglh, I never saw- a photo-j gmph_`°['ynn_V He might have -been ,\n~u_l¢i‘, `we yonng_ cheps...........” Hs paused embsrrsssedly. “‘1f only you nad' `¢l5\¥¢'n Y0"l' ¢0Uad5“°° lm ‘

offer, me ' the '

_-,WB

und the moonlight lay- musically Ov'-| Bruce dismounted without having the er all ‘tl-l llQB~ 30m¢tlm’e9 a Shfl‘d0W' elenhnnt kneel and went to the wut- crossed the Whibenedy sands; scllrrictl er to fl1l'his canteen; The hunter in rather; and quietly liruce u~ou1d_ tell him llecame interested in tho tracks' her what the animals were-jsckah, along the hunks. A tiger, a leopard, withan occasional prowlihg red wolf. some apes, linda _herd of an-telooe. They were not disturbed by 'any oi had been down to drink during the the cnt family. ilut therewas one nigllt. Even us he looked a huge interval of suspense. Bruce spied ‘fn gruv one cnmc bounding out, _head the distance n small herd of wild on toward Rajah, who despised these elephants. ‘So did Ra-ah, who mis- foolish beasts. Perhaps the old slo- ed his trunk and trumpetcd into tho phant mzssed Ali, perhaps he was night. The mnhoui, fully nv-.ako to still somewhat upset by his failurn the danger, heat. the rascal to join the wild ".;rot»hnrs the nightly- nuzhmy with his mood. vet that fore at any mic \\'llh"\1l \\'arulnz.he would lmve failed to hold Rajnh, set_ofl with that sh\1ffiing_ gait Bruce ave,.t,,,1 the .;',mg,.,~ by omni. _which sometimes carried him as ine his ,.,.v,,]v,,m into the any .Titel swftly as a hors--. An elephant mr- wnd elev-uf-his stonn>eu~1, one anlnh,| er trois uqr`rEul1v runs according to disgruntled, uns brought io the com- "ill Cilllf-‘ie-lltlnn of the terms; he shuf- p,,,,§_ . flos, scarcely lifting his fcot oil the

"Siranze thing' about a gunshot," i;l`0“-'li1»

sam |¢,.,,c,,_ -lTl,,,y may n,.\-Er have The mehout yelled and belaboreil heard one before; but instinct' tells the elephant on the skull. Hsieh did.

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' _ The Elepflanm Started Foriiiqrd, That _ _ Rfddon by Bruce and Kathlyn ~ in fha Loud. " _ _

en mahout with him. The pursuing elephant, with’ this extra handicap, fever broilg-ht Rojah into sight. But the trnil was clear, and they follow- ed. ' _

Surely that poor girl was marked

for misfortune. 'In all tho six years Bruce had possessed Rsjah he had neverexhihitcd smuck, though he might eventually work himself into the blind, un-governable rage. Oil like that, without the slightest warn- _ ihg! If Kat,-hlyn could only keep him clear of the trees, for the rogue would do his best to scrape off the irlcsome hon-duh. _Ksthlyn hoard the shouts from li?- nind, but she could not understand whether those were warnings or sd- vice. Could they overt-alfe her before she was flung off? She tried to re.. call the "elephant talk" Ahmed had taught her ill the old days at the farln, but just now she was too dar.-I ed. _-it the one of an hour all sounds from the rear ceased; no more pistol!

' lllflfilllli-208: for, -from Bomlboy in two

Calcutta, from Peshawar to Madras, ,India Helfthesr consilires, and taken all 0°C*l910"lll Dot shot nt some nobr dllvil of u commiss'ioner'whos~e only desire is to have them combine reli- c on and sanitation. .

"I nn. an American. Please take

me to the English commissioner." Somehow fnst uct told hertthng elm might not expect succor from this

mall; with the Pmlrls about his gross nec _

I "I regret that his excellency the

commissioner has gone to Bomb-nv. Besides, I _do not know that you tell the truth. Still, I Can offer you what pearls and emerelds you may find to your liking."

"Your hlghness, there are those

whose coming shortly will cause you much annoyance if you refuse to give me proper aid. ffhere is no possible way for you to cover up my appear- ance here. Send me to the commis- sionel-’s l,unli‘alo\v, where I may wait

shots to encourage her with the mf °°“""§_,0f_‘“Y 3491159- ' knowledge that friendh were near.` ‘J-“d"'~"1~ 'UW hum" sm” here “ R,,j,,h` m,,s,, have Oubstl-ipp£,d the-m conflict not altogether to his likillii~ two or three mi1eB_ A He was lazy, and there was tho dam-

At length me came into R “man uulcle, unrelenting hand cf the Brit-

clcnring amid the tall .lllngle 5:1'-HBS. n. iish H-“JI l“°m‘"lZ in the dlstnnce' H” dnud nad brittle lust year's growtll, ‘Eill`\1g‘K€d- "A°lll“€f, Call ihe cull' Hhs saw two natives in tho act of till" Of the lfllflfil and MV” mm °"“‘

kicking ,M H dung me llnjah head. Ivey this 'runaway queen to Allahu. cd directly toward them, tho flrcfevi-|S““lY» I "TOY nm "“3(“'““__“'|t,h ““" dcntlv being in thc line of path he flnfilfl Of a "`i°“iUY State- “lm ll had chn-sen. This rare and unexpect- WING ill! mt. l'l9l€“'0lNl hflllil he nil* N] fre¢~f10m_ fhig ,_,f,p‘,~;f_\mii;y to go neared to dismiss the matter from whither ln-_ usted, was as the giant his 'rind _ fern he used to eat in the days wheu`\ l\BthlYn was lefl nWllY» 'H10 lllllmill he was free and wild in (`oylon. "lllld |5811 Sfilld 0“\Y 90 ll"'*“Y “h°°k°- linthlyn oslleu our to are mon, nur' 0“"l<l° ill' Palm °°“"tY‘“"l “°°‘l

they tllrnm ,md een 5,, tm-,,,~_ To Rafah, the howdoh securely attached fhem lluinh was amuck. 'Rleelephant 0"” more- l‘5tm'7“ “ml l’idd°“ tn Passed the flrc sn closely that the m°““t~ A "Bt" l°ttl° “nd “mn” wgpd nf me m,_s,|n.z stirred the .me cakes were placed in the howdah he- intn nfs Again; .ind one euro lt crept vide her- Thw e <ll‘“n\‘°\1 '““l1,°“¢ toward the highly inflfimmahle zfnss. '“°U|'|l-9d behind R°~l“h1_¢*“`°- me A few .imndt-¢d`y,~,,-ds beyond KRW. elephant did notllike the feel of the lyn turned to see the names leaning man's less. ond he lwzun to my ,,l,-ng tho gm", }'_1¢,;iah_ getting B ominonsly. Neverf.heless,.her permitt- whiff of the ncrid smoke, lquicllcned ll U10 ""\h°“f *-0 ¢“"°°t “lm W “"9 his so-ide. The are followed with of the city :sive thv-“soldiers troop- nuiazfng rapidity and stopped only in! alcllg 0l¢l°~ when it reached me ned or a n-loin-_ a.rmr°°l'°d *hut there was n much ing str-carr, rm doubt ft torrent dur- Fhofl" l`0\l*4‘» t0 ‘\“”"‘- Tim b°l“¢ ing gh, biz |~M»n_ A gg-me pall 0| essential. Bruce ivnd had to mole for smoke lllomd out everything ln the the frontier blindly. os it were 'l`l\¢ rear; blotted out hope, for Bruce l’°¢“lM` lll¢ll"°Y "‘"' ° ““"\°"°""Y could never pick up the trail now. decent road which led nlmlll *~l‘°

them quickly 'of the_menace.' _'Years not mlnr1_his beating at all. What- ege at hoine. I used t.o~nshi°r ever his idea was,»_»ha evidently pro hails lesson I‘d see. posld .to see it fulfilled. Cunnlngly

354 ,-goes, and he dashed under some hrsn¢hes,sweop

.milslof them," letry struck the hm-.~»dsh, hut it held,

I have 'fighgd ,md ihsnks to tho stoiitnens of the

|-belly bands and the care with which

u r _ _1 th nuxhot onli; ir, 'ln' _

and 511;' nr:\‘i"e:°vhencouhl‘d liizloznchea evdlth nuereah' he Tic musk- fancies flitted through her mind dia- lifrlltnllv cllmh llllhfl-1- N\0N\ DYN-

lrsthl-vn's rm were feverishly dry _lwnlll nl 0“°'°l WW °"°°“l° “M9”

me \,r1¢l\i;_ It W" only n n_,,¢_¢_¢|- 0|' ventunlly join the sacred Jumma. time when the howdah would slip 'Fill 0' °0lll'_l9. was also sl¢l‘0il~ down gm |,f||¢_¢'5 ,mt gh, m-5”,-1 ,llllinlvlfinrlvln were bathing in the hat she might die instantly. Strnnm rllau. They lllliod DY l-H080 nflil

'ordered hy all these days of suspense Sonerimee one elceilf 'Wil ON" and terror. _ -~-- ~---~--~-~- y

| And suddenly the jungle came to su (Continued lun paid' three.)

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