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SYNOP SIS
Kal/hly'l1 Hare believes her father,
Col. Hare to be in dire peril, in Ailnh is principallty of India. The King of Alilah has recently died, and homing, the colonel had once saved his life he names him us his successor. Umball- nh, protoiidcr to the throne of Allah, loves Kiathlyn and has forged ii message summoning her to her fath- er, whom he has thrown into prison, She leaves her hom: in California to go to him. On her arrival in Allah she is lh_ formed by Umballah th-at her futher is dead and that she is the queen. 'An elaborate durbhr is arranged, tha central figure of w.hich is }<'_u;th1yn_ protesting and grief stricken. when the CI`0W'l'l 15 Dlsced uponher head Umblailah announces that she ls to be married to him forthwith. Her re- fusal infuriates him, but as irathivhls beauty and spirit have made a strong sviiesl to the people he yields the joint for the time being. A priest un_ iiounces til-at no woman lmay rule un. married with the laws ol the stats she will be given seven days to i.
cide.
When Kathlyn reiterates at the ex.
plration of the week of grhos, her re. fusal to marry Umbnllah she receives sentence from the supreme tribunal that she is to undergo two ordeals with wild beasts. If she survives, silo is to be permitted to rule without hindrance. Through the pluck and resourceful- Iless of »John Bruce, an American and 'allow passenger on ilieboiit which brought Kathllyn to Allis.-h, and who has come to -her assistance, -shs es- CLIDBH llllllafmed from two ordeuls. With Bruce she flees ,from§Allah. The elephant which carries her becomes frightened and runs away, separating her from Bruce and the rest of thu party. ' After B, ride filled with peril she
takes refuge; in sruined temple. The holy .men and villagers, believing hei- to_he an ancient priestess_risen from the tomb, allow her to remain-,as tho Kliirdlan ol tho~~sacred fire. But Kethlyn's haven is also the sheds of ii lion. and she is forced to ily from it with the savage beast in pursuit.
1° °“°l\Df»'S and finds s retreat ln the iungle. only to fall into the hunds of a band of slave Urnders, who bring her to Allah to the public mart. She is sold to lmhii1lah,,who, llllding her still submissive, throws her into t-he dungeon with her fiithel
liriice and his friends effect the re-
lease of Kathlyn and the colonel, Umlbiillah, with a company ol gold- icrs. starts in pursuit. Shots are ex- changed when the opposing forces
lbneillht and Kathlyn is struck by a u e .
CHAPTER XI.
'THREE BAGS OF SILVER
(Copyright: 1914: By Harold Mc- Grath)
It was the shock of the bullet rath-
er than thc seriousness of the wound that had toppled Kathlyn into the river. In the confusion, the rattle of iiiusketry, the yelling of the panic stricken ack coolies who had fled
‘As f°" himllelf. hot irons could not hf*_V° _WNIYIE a tear from his eyes; but lkit, in the hands of that black devil :againl
.. i , i _ 9°l0n01.' said Bruce. "I'm going
to get some cartridges."
He realized thcn that Kathlyn's fu-
ltllre depended upon him alone. 'rhs
colonel was a broken man. So he struck the elephant, which lumhorefl aehorc. The moment Kathlyn was safe in the barge Umballah would probably give orders to- resume fir- ing. He could do so now with im-_. punity. ' 'l`ilc soldiers drew Kathlyn into tho
barge. Vmballah saw that shc was wounded* in the fleshy part of thc arm. Quickly hc snatched off the turban of one of the. soldiers, un- wound it, and began to bandage Kathlyn’s arm.
The ninn, for all his oriental craft- iness, was still guilcless enough to expect some sign of gratitude from
'thing she coilld have done. Most of
By HAROLD 1VIacGRATH
beasts were blundering across the river between her and thc barges. Brucc_witncssed Kathlyn’s brave at- tempt and dashed into the water af- iier. It took him hilt a moment to bring her to land, where her father clasped her in his arms and broke down again. - -
"Dad, dad!" shc whispered. "Don't you see our (lod is powerfnlest? I believed I was going to be trampled to death, and here I ani with you once more."
They hurried
lyn’s weakness
back as fast as Kath- would permit to where
they had left their elephants, doubt-l ing that they should find them, con-, sidering that it was quite probable that they had joined their wild brethren. But no; they were stand-
ing shoulder to shoulder, flapping their ears and curling their trunks. So many years
the barges were upset and the greatl
clothes." being led into the city gates."
"Let us go on," said the colonel. The colonel peered eagerly th,-.,u,z|, ‘I doii’t care where". I am dead for the glasses. "The sun is shining lin want of food and elses" him. _ _ Noi he is _ . _ wliuei A whim
_“And I, too," confessed Kathlyn. elephant! I'll give ten thousand this "My arm pains me badly." lmiiiute to own il. There, ho’s entered
"My poor Kit,” murmured llcr-the ga'tc. Wcll, well, well! And I'vo
rather gloomily_ “_-ind all this be-lllved to see it! Poor old Barnum, to cause in play I triell to make a .ir.ys- have carrii-d urolind ii tinted plichy- tery out of 9, few plain facts. I ii-erm! He's white ns uiiy elephant Bl10'Uld have li0lll YOU '3V9l`Yf`lli"iZ. flesh could lic. 'l`llose dancing clinps Warnell youinigainst following in cuss are going iii, too. What casio would
I failed to turn up." ,those dancers lie, Rniiinlilii‘:"’
“I should have followed you just, ‘I-`*arlahs, quite possibly; prol:nl‘.‘y
the same.” irrigiinds."
l "Shui-l I rcbind the urn‘.?" asked The rim of the sun wus sinking
Brurc, turning. rapidly as Bruce drew his clcplizint
"No, thanks.” She smiled down ut to H halt before thc unto of tlic
him. “This bandage wil‘i serve till \ve whitc walled city. The guard ran out rclich Bala Khan’s.” lbarring the w:i_\'.
l "By ,the way. cololicl, is there :il “I iiiii l-lumaluii, ll frcnd of Biilzi
pair of biiioclilars in the i\owdnli'?" Khan, l um como to puy ,, visit,
“Yes. Do you want them?" Direct m to his house or his piillicc.
l "No. Just to bc sure they were The auli`iiority in Rair.nliai‘s voice
had they been trained there. We may have occasion to use ;wns sufficient for the guard, who
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her; but as he touched her she shrank in loathing. His anger flam-
seat. '
"Slider, then, little fooll" Meantimo the colonel and Bruce
dismounted and tried to stem the tidc of fleeing coolies; bllt it was
'no more effective than blowing
against tho wind. 'l`hey found, bow- cver, an' abandoned pack containing cartridge cases, and they filled their pockets, calling to lialriabai and Pundits. to follow them along the river in pursuit of Uniballah’s barge, which was now being rapidly poled upstream. They might be able to pick off enough soldiers, sharp- shooting, to make it impossible to man the bargc. They were both dead snots, and the least they could do would be to put the iight on a basis oi equality so far as numbers were concerned. ‘
'l`he colonel forgot all about how
weak he was. The rage and dl-spair in his heart had once more given .him a fictitious strength.
"The curse, the curse, always the
curse!"
"Don’t you believe that, coicncl.
It is only misfortune. Now l'm go- ing to pot llmbailah. lliat will simplify everything. Without a hc-ad
nd and he flung ,har roughly into a
'Somcwlicre betrvacn uc ani yo:::Ici' Iiiils is n wzllcd cl'.’_y llolongfilg to Bala KIi:m.‘
to hunt elephant that they did not seem to know what to do without some one 'to guide them. ,
Bruce ordered one of them to
them later, in case this place Raniu- gave the necessary directions. The hai is taking us to, should turn out party continued on into town. lt was -hostile. I hike to il.now what is going an odd place for “_ walled city. There on ahead of me.” wnsn't ii tree aboul, not a sigh of ,,
kneel, doubtfully; bllt the big fel-l "Poor Kit?" reiterated the co10ne1_llioscage, except ,come miles away
|_D“. obeyed the command docileylandl “Never mind, dad; you meant it ull me colonel and Bruce helped the ex- lvl” the be-'t; and you must not let boasted girl into the liowdali. The our present misfortune wnvince you colonel followed, while Bruce took that that vuizl or sure cast ii spell upon his own shoulders the duties of Uf ‘Wil 0V01` l’0l'~ THB-l¢.iB all "Oll-
Wlwre the hills begun to s`i>pe np- wards. llruce wondered what the iii- hahitants fed upon. It was more likc an Egypti-im village tliuii nliythii.; he had ever seen in India. Bruce uskuil
mahoul'._ Pundits. got into_tho other sense.” lior his rifle, which he laid carefully howilah and lgamuhsi imithted`|;rh¢e_' "My chield, this is the orient, Asia in the crook of his nirin. Une never The elephants shllfllsd off, away from Tl\'i'ngs happen here thut ure outside Could toil. the river. For the time being neith- the Dale of logic- llI`U€0i '"1" I “Oil Presently they flume upon a l=!‘l"‘\liJ er llrucc nor Rambai gave mind to l`il£lll~'-”’ in the center of which were me dunc- ths compass, To make pursuit im-] "‘I have seen ntany unbelievable crs_iit their viiclitloii. 'l`licy ccliscd
plpssiblc was the main business just thlmgts htelre lnTtl'ndllu,’; relglircél Brucg gllelihsvnadl wlliirltlngsrha: :nc sight of
ah, lre uc an _\'. " in o yrs c ny un e o c epian s. ere were ninc of Later limballah, dulled and stupi- today. Miss Kathl_\'n," these mvll. fierce of eye and lniilt
hed from his cms;-sion stood oh thel “Yes but thc curse of 8 priest who miiscularly. No effcmiinate Hindu here
soldiers will be without acause
‘1.hore, with but nine of thc twenty soldiers he had brought with h ln. Evidently his star had faltcred. -Very well; he would~send for the other sis- ter. She was the Colonel Bahib's daughter, and young; she would be as wax in his hands. A passion re- mained in l’nibal1lnh’s heart, but it inns now tho passion of revenge.
When he had recovered sufficiently
he gave orders to one of the soldiers to return to the city, to bring back nt once servants elephants, and all that would be required for a long pursuit. The messenger was also to
l.cl'i-evcs in different gods, who kow- mused liruce, who did not like thc tows before H plainted i-doll I just looks of them- at all. The surrounding simply can‘t believe anything so fool- natives starediwith variant emotions ish. Dad, put the thought out of your Many of them had ‘never seen ii mind for my sake. So lolig as we white man before. Their gaze center- have the will to try we'll see Culiiur- cd upon the colonel. Kathlyn wiis al- nilu again before many weeks.” 'rIl0Sl2'aB dark ns Pllnlfiitn, and as for
HDD ym, fem lim, thu¢_?-- cu,.i0Siy_ lBrucc, only his European dress dis-
l “In my soul. dull. in mil' soul.” .tm.g1'ls`h°d him fmm R‘a`m“`l‘l`*i» for She shared drenmm. toward the em_ 'there was scarcely a shade difference I,,,,~p|,i,,g hi11s_ -11 mnft ¢_\l,1,,i,,, but in color. But the colonel. liu\'in,_; been that-B the way 1 fe,.1_ Hume day wc weeks in prison, was as pale ns ain- shan .m free ,,g,,i,,; re_e,,mr the me buster and his hair shone like threads we have iknown; nnll all this will rc- Of 5ll"9"-
ncted us interpreter. llo tlicn ushered
,them into his house, spread rugs and ,cushions for tlicni to sit upon, and niildiy inquired miilit had lirollght the son of his olillfrienil so far. V Col. Hare spoke several dialects ,fiuently, and briefly told (between slps of tea und bites of ,cake which ,had been set out for the guests) his experience in Allahu.
"The rulers of Allahu,” observed
Bala Khan, “have always been half mild."
Raiiiziluii noddcll in agreement. “You slioulil never ilare gone hack,'
wclit on llalii Kliaii. lighting 5 cigar- ct und eyeing Kathlyn with \vonder and interest. "Ali, that Dnr;.',‘li Ram whom they cull U-mballnh! 1 have lirarll of liini, hilt unfortunately for, liint, our paths lllivc not crossed in any wily." lie blew ii cloud of smoke' libovc his hcull. "Well, he has shown wisdoiii in iivoidilig mc. In front of me, ii desert; behind me, verdant
l = ii- LQ`o.'o:l:i`, Bruce and Ram.4b.'1i_set
ol-.‘ ct once.
hills and many sheep liud cattle, well guardoll. I am too fur away for tllem to bother. Sometimes the desert thieves cause h fllirry, blit that is nothing. It keeps the tuiwar froiii urowiiig rusty," patting the great linifc nt his side. ‘ Bula Khan was muscular; his lean hands dcnolod work; his clear CYU5. thc sun and wind. llc was iii lieiuht and build something lifter the pattern of the colonel. | "And to iorcc n crown on nie!" said the Colonel. \ “You could linvc given it to this Ulnbilllal1,” wisely.
| "Thai, 'l would not do. 1 “ln ouch case you showed foretho- ught. The Durga Ram, when he had you where he wanted you---” Bala linen drew ii linger suggestively a-
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wciiry aching linilis upgh the mp, bed. Alinnst. immediately he awk ln. to slumber as deep and silent as the sen.
Katlilyn and Bruce, however, went
ull to thc hanging gardens and re. 'muined there till 9, inarvelling Qvei- tlllc beauty of the nigh-t. '|`l1s Paihan city law under their gaze, with a likeness to one of those magic citica one reads about in the chronicles gl Sinbah the Sailor. liut they spoke no word of love. When alone with this remarkable young woman Bruce found himself invariably tongue-tied.
_it the same hour. less than fifty
miles away, llrniiullah “ood .bdoro the opening of his elaborate teht_ crvcted ut sulldown hy the hive;-'s brink. -and scrowlcd at the moon. H, BBW no h`0af‘-ity in the translucent. sky, in the sivery paleness of the world below. lle wanted revenge, and the word hissed in his brain as 8, vapor hisses in theulark of its cave, DUUK HWS twin-kled and soldiers
lounged about them, smoking and f-I0BdlPlT1f§- They had been given an onrnest against their being dellqusht Wui;0S. and they were in a happy frame of mind. Their dead com;-gl-leg “'¢f'-’ dead and mourning was for wid- ows; for them would be the pleasur- es of swift reprisals. The fugitivee had gone toward the desert, and in that bleak stretch of ti-soles; land, it would hot be difficult to *id them Oucc thev started in pursuit. '
Midnight. lu lhc compound the moonlight lay lipoii every tlllniéi “DOH the fats ides :find back of the sacred white ele- phant, upoii the three low casts keepers. new free of the vilig-ant sys of their Brahmin chief. The gates wereibarred and closed; \ll -inside the llollsc Of Bala Khan were asleep. Far “Way - BCUUY d0Z8d on his rifle, on the Wall. The three keepers whflsper- od and chuckled among themselves,
“Who will know?" said be. “The moon will not speak," had
another. ' "Then let “B Ro and smoked’
I The three approached the elephant, .A bit of gymnastics apd -one Of them “vs boosted to the back of nie fie- Dhilnt, to whom this episode was more or less familiar. Another lol- lowrd; the third was pulled up, and ,from the elephnnt's hack they made thc top of the wall and disappeared down into the street. llerc they paused cautiously. for two guards always patrolled the front of the compound during the night. Present- ly the three truants stole away to wards the hazaars, which in this do sert town occupied hut B single streci. Down they went into cellar way and the guru's curse stalked bc~ ,ride them. For opium is the hand maiden of all curses. l Perhaps twenty minutes later alight
cross his throat. "Ramabal, sou Ol sounds came from the front of the my friend, I will have many sheep compound wall, A pills ‘bun-el hiatt. for you this autllmn. What is it to erell upon the cobbles. Then, over me whether you I-l'indus eat beef or the wall, near the elephant, h head not? lie lnuglled. luppeared, then a body. This was rc- | “I am not H Hindu in that sense,” lpeatcd follr times, und four light rctllrni-d Rams-hai. “l haw but one looted nomadcs of thc desert lower- f:oli." 'ed themselves into the compound. l “And illahoinct is his prophet," 'They ran quickly to the gate and sniil the host piously. ‘noiselessly unirarred it. Outside were “l’crhnI»s. 1 am a Chfistlnn-" lllvc more deserts noniades, gut-hered Bruce stirred uneasily. but his about the insensible bodies of the
solve itself into an idle dream. Ah-
P
hciter~skeiter for the jungle, the squealing of the elephants, she had forgotten to crouch lou-. in ths how- llah. .There had come a staggering
the . and they'll desert Kathlyn ns quick- ly as our coolles deserted us." '
"Where is Ahmed?"
make known these preparations to med has said it." :i -the Council, who would undertake to “No; lie is alive somcwlicre buck forward the cable submitted to there.”
‘*,\hmed'? I had forgotten all stout
blow, after which sky and earth car- eened for a. moment and became black; then the chill of water and
ihiml But we can't wait iiow. I-le'll
have to look out for himself. I-lark!"
them. All these things off his mind, Ilmballab sat down and shivered out~ wardl while he boiled within l-lc
Bruce turned to look at her again, but Kathly-n vias still gazing at the hills a aln without see-ing them
Squealing and trumpeting and thun- derods clashing in the distance.
Wild ele bautl" cried the colonel
strangulatlon, and she found herself struggling in the deepest part of the, ford, a strange 'dssdness in one arm.`
' Y. - was implncabie: be would blot outl his enemy, kith and kin. Col. Hare should never dip his lingers into che_ filigree basket--never while he Durga
g i "A white elephant." mused the C01-
onel. "Do you lklnow it for a lust that this Bain. Khan hlas ii w-bite eleplinnt?” he called across to iinrna-
rllie had no dlltlnct recollection of what took place; her one thought was to keep her head above water.
Instantly the flring ceased; on one
side because there were no more car- tridges, on the other for fear of hit- ting the one person who had made this pursliit necessary. Ksthlyn struggled between the ele-
the old imiinlse wheeling him round. 'lint the younger man caught lic.-ld_ol’ lliis arm significantly.
The soldiers poled diligently: but
against the stream, together with the clumsiness of the barse. they Could not make headway with any degree |01 speed. It was not long before ‘Bruce could see them. He raised his 'nas ana let go; and in the boat Um-
bni- , ‘
"I have never seen li, Sahib. It is
what they say." "'A pair of mottled ears 1s the nearest I ever cami:-> to seeing ii white elephant, and I’ve hunted their. for thirty years, here. in l'e_\'l0h. ill H\lr~ ma, in Africa. There was once a tlg~ er near Mudrns that hudn’t ‘_-iny
Ram, lived. - _
Quite unknown, quite unsuspected
by him, for all the activity of his spies, a volcano was beginning to grlllnble under his feet. All tyrants, the petty and the great, have heard it; the muttering of the oppressed.
Perhaps the fugitives had gone
thirt miles when suddenly the jun
piiant which carried Ramobai and Pundits and the boat or barge which I ballah felt his tllrbe-ll SUI' F-`;Y9' Iiold the eager Umhailah and his sol-fteriously. lhe l'el>0!‘t Wl1l°ll lnllliliillt' diers. The mahout, terrorized, had‘ly iollolzcg ;VB\;,a°‘_‘;‘i>t;l§l;rt?vB‘;°“‘:e;“f;
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slid od and taken to his heels in ,him the t H ‘_ “chad behind
gloriously. Thus llamaba.i;co\lld do made a t8r§¢ - ° ° ° , . nothing to am Kgthlyn, l\or could Kathlyn, while two or hthtree Siu tl; l-he elephant ridden by the colonel soldiers returned the s o , a 118
' d the clump of scrub.froin which a lllm
mul Bruce be mousse - Umbslleb was quick to see his ad- ol pale blue usm0l;;lmtiSBl\)1\:;1-. :gg
vantsge,,ana, laughing. he. \1fB°<\ W' men towsrd thu,-iinipiess girl- The colonel rsisedh B rifle and aimed lt Untbnlloh, but there was no r0P0\‘t» only s click which to U10 "alll" mann ears -sounded like the sul" 01 hell cloli 3 in -B¢_hi‘nil_ him..
2°llui~w¢ dl" mousse ummlsli. 3|" M, again; he would have
of taking her from -
_never ialtered. - up in the howdah. but the colonel re-
ilisl My God. Not s bullet in
on all thus call ‘Quail hai-I Not 0 'nie colonel lll'|\‘chilC»
un ig
ani of har father sndltlie
i
waited for ano, cr .
cam mason was this; the herd wild elephants which Bruce
colonel had heard came
rectiy toward
trees ll'
brush. water
n
ol' the di-
young under-
the
Chl!
,sued up before them. Beyond stood, a purple line of rugged hills. Ram- abai raised his hand, and the ele- phants hsme to s halt;
"I believe I know where I am,"
said Rsmabai. "Somewhere between nl and yonderhills is a walled city, belonging to Bala Khan, a Pathan who- sometimes styles iiimsell as ii' rnisli. 'He has abody' of fierce iight- iiig msn; and he lives unmolested for , two reasons; looting would not bs
while, and his position is_ iso- and almost impregnsble. Now, ainright, we shall find shelter
for he was an old friend of
and I might call him li.,
since I fell asleep( for
remin-
y _
gls ended abruptly, and e. desert op-' st:-i no "'lu- natives would not Pefulll
\- _ . .
liim to be killed because they - he,d tliiit, being unique, he was sacred. A sacred white elephant! Poor simple minded fools-" The colonel felt in his pockets, then dropped his hands lllspirltcdly_ How long. since he had tasted tobacco? "Bruce have you got s clierot in your pocket? I think u srz.-olre would brace me up.” Bruce laughed rand P88926 “P B
broken cigar, which the colonel light- ed; carefully. ,The wearlness seemed to go out of his face magically. ~ "This Bala Khan shoufii be 'M0-
hwmmedsn " said Bruce. "The Path-'
i
an despises the Hindll-” =."'i\iei~e are Hindus in Wilder cltr. quits as many," sold Ramnbsl. "es there are Mohninmedans. Even the Psthsn respects that which he cannot
who" has
Rama-
sanrl hill? moment. city, all
uriderslzsiid."
"Isn't f/hpt t
he wall that
st
Some
say.’
Rnninbal.
then? By
l.b0l!. Thel‘e's :iii 0l¢l’h5lll-
l On through the narrow streets,
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sometimes the sides of the elephants scraping against lhc mud and plaster of the liuildlnirs, und one could easily look into the second stories. No ono seemed hostile; only a nnturiil curios- ity was evinced bv those stlindinig in doorways or leaning out of windows.
The house of llala Kliuiii was not
exactly li palace, but it wus of rc- spectable size. A high wall surround- ed the conipoiind. There was n gate- way, open at this monient. A servant ran oilt and lolldly dcnizindcd what was wanted.
"Say to your master, Bula Khan,
that Rumabni, son ol Muniio Siogh, his old friend, awaits hiini with friendly greetings." "'Kit," whispered Knthly|i's futher, "this chap Ra-“nbni wollldn’t make a bad king. Rnd look!" excitedly "Theres the sacred elephant, and if he isn't white I'll cat my hat!"
Kuthlyn sighed gratefully. That her
father could be interested in any- thing was ii good sign for the fufurc. A few du_\'s’.rest and wholesome food would put him half way on his legs. Her own vitality was un inheritance from her father. Thelmale line of the family was well.known for its recu- psrative powers. The servant ran hack into the com-
pound and spolre to li dliznlliod man, proved to be e. high caste llraiimln. having ln his charge the care of the white elephant. He disappeared and returned soon with the khan. 'lhc pleasant face, tiiough prouiiir mnldi-il together with the simplicity of his
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appearance, conveyed to l\athl,\ ii the fact that here was n man to he trusted,mt least for the present, Plc greeted Rnmabai cordially, struck his hands and ordered out the servants tn take charge of what luzizagc thorn was and to lend away the clcpliiints to be fed and watered. ('ourf,eously hc asked Kathlyn how
she had h'ecome in_uircd, ulill Raliinimi
“_\ (2lirist‘i-un,” mused Bala Khan.
,"Ah, wcll; halve no fear of ine. 'Ihero is ho _lliihin in these hills. There is ‘but one road to paradise, and argll- 'ment does not help UB on llle WHY-' l Low) hd quickly Pundits, trans-
'ihese nine men were the dancers
who had entered the town in ndvunce of Kathlyn.. For weeks thi-,y h;id'laln ill Wait for this moment. They had spied upon the three low caste keep- ers and upon learning of their noc~
alarm wus without foundation. hsentries.
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lated forl Kuthlyn so that sho might|tllrna l ts into the opium lieu
niiss none of the Conversation.
“Tho Colonel Sahili looks warm." "I nm." "Now in my travels Ihavc been to
lloiiibay, and lliere I dressed like you white people. I had the complcic dross. l‘erhhps tlie (`olnnel Sahih would he plclisud to sec if lic can wcnr lt? And also the use of iny biirlinr?" "l3ril;i
l‘yBll are ionic me like iiicrlirliie, Tlliiiiks, tlmiika!"
“It is wcll." "‘Yniil1,i\~i~,ii wonderful rlcphniii
lout thcrc in thc roiiipolind," snill lllrllce, who liu'l rlrninined n silciif listener to :ill that had gona llvforc.
"Ah! .Tliut is ,_ -rllriosity. H0
lworsliippcd by Hinllsl and i'cvcreiici'u .hy niy own people. I ani Illia ofliriul custodian. There is ii saylnir l\m0lli! the ppnplo that ill will lirrflill lrli
Kahn," cried the coloili-l,
li priuceindced! It will
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had cast the die this night. l With the utmost caution they up- broached the sacred elephant, took od his chains, und led him from the compound. Immediately six of the lri:iralllici's trottid far ahead toward the gate they knew to be the 19881 ,_-liiirdsd. Tile sacred elephant, pass- ing through the streets, attended by iiirci- nu-il, nrousc-:l no suspicions in any sti‘nl;i,'ler who saw. So remote nas the wlili city, so seemingly im~ pi~el,iin.ble, iiinl so little interferred with that it uns only hlllllall H181 its gliiirlliniis should eventually grow (`iil`clPB.v. . illicn the kccpcrs, staggering undcl' tliv innics of the drug, returned near iliiyln-oak, rirsl to find the gate opcn ne<~oiid'to find their sacred chargn griic, flicv llrli in terror; 'for it \\0uld lu- limth. liiigeriiig and pliinlul lor llicni to stiiy and explain how and lilly they had left thuir post.
should I lose. scil or liemlllfl lm" “W 'llic wild ling tialwlcss bvignndts bu stolmi." Lillian r-xoctly vi- a t cy were A ioli . ~/ind iiiiiny have offered to buy-’ "l'iir»re nirr- several agents of Europ-
-;hqlli`rcil the colonel. ,cu'n "nil ihniriiciiiileircussia aftfal this " .iiiii_v." wiltc esp an unc as i col no Whcli the colonel lii>ll¢"§""‘l "L ‘“l" ilfc ,ulirrliiiscd thcrc Wiis no l'e8B0l1
per, siinplc but substiintiiil, lic _min why it hmml he s¢_qleh_ l. i;cw lnun. H0 stuoll up stflllilhtl whrii the llrnhmlin arrived at sun- tholigh his i.nl~k still siiiiirtcd from ,we to find his vnmgioh soho amp the lush. liullllyu uns dclllllmd ill srt up ,, wailing which awakened the the chnili-<~. ilioiislihiilil. The Khuh was furious Alter fha iiiciiiluhiia iivrl'1al\td`lff>l;l]"“ and ordered h general search. He
was druhll. th" \ *ill "0Y\~ ““ U lf* vowed death to the foul hands which igiiralu ti, his iii'iiiol"_v. of which lin had done ‘his Eau-glaze; wus YNY ifr0\1<l- lfllfls of ull flrs-| Knthiyn and the others were gen- lriiil-l“ll>` ll“f"l ill" “'"ll‘°- *kim* ‘ll uinciy sorry when the Khan nullelllle- thcln lirlirp wolllll iinrc likl'-'l to 0‘”“- led whilt had taken place, to <lccorntc thc walls of his own` _ohm he; -ivomc' ynu um My skin.
nrniory, tiinlisands of niiics away. `ed h,,mem_ Find me elephant and
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