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OF THLY

i i u e By HAROLD MacGRATH

svuorsls or Pnmvrous

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Knthlyu Here believes her father,

_:oi Hare, to be 'ln dire beril in Al- inn, a princlpsiity of lndiu. The King of Allahu has recently dlled_nn¢1 because'tlie Colonel had once saved his life he names' him -as his success- or. Umibullah, prelender to the throne of Alisha’ loves Kathlyn and has forged a message summoning hor io her father, whom he has thrown into prison. She-leaves her home in California to go to him. - (ln her srrlvaldin Allaha nn., is in. formed by Umballah that her fnennr is :lead and that she is the que;-n_ An elaborate dnrbar is arranged,the central flgu~ro uf' which is Knth1yn_ protesting and grief stricken, when the crown is pluchd upon her bend Umbnlluh announces that she is to he married to him forwith. Hint ,-(,_ fnsnl infurlntes him, but ns Knth- lyn's beauty and spirit have mode n strong appeal to the people hu Yivlds llle point for the tri-me being. A priest announces that no woman

mnyhrule unml_;_rried with the laws of t 6 state S e will v days to decide. be gi en seven _When Ka-thlyn reiterntes at the ex- P“`¢*t|°11 Of the Week of grace, her r» fllsnl to marry Umbuuah she receives sentence from the supreme enibnnal tlmt Hhs ig to undo!-go.tW0» ordcals with Wild lleaits. ' If She' survives 2'; i1.z.z.:z.P°fm1iee =° Th'°“gh *UW Pluck and resourceful- "CHS °f J°h¥\.B1`U°B. un ~American and fellow passenger on the host 'wh1¢h brought Kathlyn to Allshn, ,md who has come to her assistafncn the escapes n ii , ' ` ii.';‘°“.:;::~ .::s.°li°““~

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'lhe elephant 'which _carries her.

comes frightened and runs nwa ee

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After n.fg~1d,.-“nod #ku 1~,eNl.__ ,she

tnkes ’°mB§_"in n' rlxine'd'fe`rrlple_:"l‘hfi-

"°1Y men an villesna hhllevln ner 2: be an angent priesteee' risengfnnm' c tomib, allow her tg rem-ai" as tin-

’f"Hl"‘llun 'of the sacred fire. But l<eithlvn's haven is also the ghode of "lv H0", and sho is forced en ny nm., “li “’_i_th *he Blivaitc llrhte in pursuit.

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\\*l1l2‘n~ Kathlyn came to the river She swervied .toward the broadest perl of it. Twice she stumbled over bowl. dere. hut, 1-use pinckily end, lnnlnnd and bT8&f»l\\Qi5- Plllllged into the wa- ivr- It 'was swift runnin-g and should- cr deep, and she was forced to sRlm "*U`0fl8`lY, '10 Hain the 0Dl>osite shore. She dragged -hersellllp to thebauk, and. once there, looked back: What She saw rather astonished her. She could not solve the riddle at til°st.!

The lion seemed to llc struygllng

with some .lllvisihle opponent. He stood knee deeiuln the sands, tuflilng

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She return to thshteclfnpggvgldfziilgaggfld not demand of her the ‘restoration E2; the lion? bile must gp on, whither 911° k`"e“’ Iwi- She regretted the peace of the temple in the daytime. She could see the dlome from- where she stood. Like 1s.hn~,ne1_ gm ,,,ust S10 on, forever and forever on. Was G05 Watching over her? Was it His band whim! St'-lyéd the onslaught of the beast and defeated the baser schemes of man? Was there to he n haven at the end? She smiled wanly. ‘l_Whet more was to beset her Path she knew not. norcared -just then, since there was to be ,L haven at the end. f V _

Perhaps prescience brought to her

mind's eye n, picture; she saw her father. and Bruce, an-d Winnie, and her sweetheart, and they seemed to be.toastlng h-er from the ond<of a long taihle, under the blue California sky. This vision renewed her streng- th- She proceeded onward. -l Hhs must have followed the river at least,a mile when she cspicd a raft

gr-r, for he is strong enough to UP <lV,rl`f.lln f’l1l'Bl" _ I Ncurly cvcry Village whichflics Clnse to .'i'strenn\ has its family c1'l><>ullilf>.‘ Ho is very sncrcd and thrives Cum' fortullly upon suicides and the dead which are often cn/st into thi! "lV"" in he purified. .

The I-Iinllus are a suicidnl rnce;_

the reverse of the gccldcntwl con ception, suicide is a quick and glori- ous route to heaven. ‘ i The current of the stream carried Kuthlyn along nt a fair pace; nllshei hud'to do was tcv pole along from the 'numdrous sandbhrs and such bowlders as lifted their rugged hcads‘ abovethe water. ~ ,

Round a bend the river widened undfgrew correspondingly sluggish. She- so\l`nded`with"her ole 'Some-

thinghfdeolls beyond words .arose- to Alllllls to pray ln tllull temple

n fatf aged'cro`codi1e._;His corrugated' snollt wnslthrust .quickly ever' the edge,-'offthe raft. She struck at him

,wildly with the pole,.und In uf furyl

hp-rllshed the craft, upsett-lr/g. Kuithlyn

The crocodile sank and for n mo-

ment lost sight of Knthlyn, who wadio m' B nr ,D gr mag” are “Ri

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she scrambled. '~ turned in time to see the crocodlle’s tearful eyes starlngwip at her from the water’s edge- He presently slid .hack into his 'lfmy_ bed; a few yellow hobbies, and he was

ell.-frantically to gs; bank, up which

became suddenly I

stooped sud. picked ' up which' lhs hurled into The 7fnstluet,l_10 into strongly in hu uno 5 un] clv,-lllla ion Till two; lllile*

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'around this she was there; with he leaned to 111° fm’ “<1 '“‘“P9d .md hgnlh at the river. The stone

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Ttheir own eyes they saw her. There ha'=_i_<__ ___ ______d___ __ med “TO dropped with 1. thou nt her feet, might be something in Hinduism ai- " 6 B“_c “S ‘ - 0 ' 'The savage in her had not nhutedl sn 8_\]_ the Hilti' “_ck_'in the least; only her body' w- » ,lvnen the hniigers an-iv¢d»ag the They SkiTl'fEd the dl1“!l39"°“§ qklt terribly worn and weariccl und the Purtico of the tem1Jle‘they found two sgnds and dashed a1‘m`g___th°_b“n gmc’ robe, muddled and torn, enveloped greatly terrified holy men shriding dl5°0V°I` that Lheiff 1'” “asf-5 _ l her like a veil of ice. Above her the their "Al!‘ A !" in lamcntation and Vishnu. H1011. as r81llCH'f“9~t0d- ’°'°»‘;_:` lonely yellow sky; 'below her the ,mating their fomhwds mgainst tl", ed solid t_l‘a-_r_1SP0f_l_3Uf§»_1_;J_F_‘_»g____*1ft_‘i_fh__y hc‘f,sickly ri_ver; all about her silence arm; , manner o uma - _ which leld a thousand menaccs. Dirge] ,~ n what 'S wi-on 9" glwdi 08019 angry- A “ft was fl Nm' “uh \Which way should she go” Wherc

Y nc . l f§~ H _ - 1; 1 s rv; d`there was no _ _ ' ,_

,one of the huntcl°s_, respectfully. ' Bhmoia Qgeccs "oh “mln had ten t_h_)“_ could_she possibly find g, shelter for

l_ .. \ ' S. !‘cl1B n Y a E _ the night? _ itheqgfcrggnlilzzsn:::xeddi(;u;g,§`31(aEtXEhf‘sand t"-nlliles for his own rho\ll_d| '|`hc chill roused ber finally and AW- sf.<10D fu* F0" fl l’"°"_ “‘““ "f hm sllc swunz her arms to renew the 'iwhere is the lion?" “’l“""“""ith”-\ £0 *""“"‘1 ‘ll Smety" = ircnlation. Near hy Elle Saw u? trcc, _“The "cd toward tho river ,md "'l".|m lmlgg':r!" exclaimed one. “let in the crotch of which reposcd it plut~

there hh has doubtless destroyed llcr Um hi'-'ll llfiffifiess beware of the mufr- form :ind upon this platform not n

hrine. A few withered flowers lluln:

lnull thllngross neck of the i<lol_ and withered owiers lay sciuttcred nt the use of the tree. There was also ll llmllc of dry rushes which some devotees had forgotten. At. least, yonder platform would afford snfefy thrnllgh the night. So, with the last. bit oi' strength at her colnmnnd, one aihered up the rushes und clinfaell to the platform, arranging her’ hell

hellind the idol. She covered her

shoulders with the rushes and ‘drew cr knee up to , her chin. She hnd orgotten her father, Brlace, the |mp» py days in 5 far country; she had

but in single thought, to sleep. W-hint.

the wnnt'of "sleep could not 'per- form exhaustion cnuld; and presently she lay still.

Thus. she .\neither_saw nor heard the

pious pilgrims who were on their wav

known to offer protection aguinst the beasts. Fortunately, they did not observe her. ' -

The pilgrim is always n pilgrim in

India;‘lt becomes,-one might‘ say, n fascinating kind of sport. To most f the h t il i tame as rnlvhlts would be to the hunter of lions. They will walk from Bombay to Benares, from lllndrns to Llassn, begging and bragging all the way. Eventllslly they become

semi holy, distinguished eltizfns ln:

a clutter of mud buts.

They deposited some corn andrrnit t the foot. of the tree und departed

`"'°n”“ Wm’ leaving Kuthlyn in peace Bul lnt'~

tab_°y_°‘_;_;“°_'1_!§_’__"t”**;‘g_|_‘*|3 mag? or, when the moon poured lie. white,

cold radiance over her face it awak ned her, and it took her some time to realise where she was. Uelow, hallydsep 'ln the. rivenetcod

evsralsvstsr `buRsloe|,- thetr sweep- ‘

in norhs llstenih like old ivory

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the mu. sud fern _ng ln_xehe'moon%hlhe. Presently s leop-

simnriwhlch' aku anaemia sown to the hrihh nhl'

_us'sll)'rf3ie_d hor. she _lapped the water greedily, from live, 1199,. the would time to time throwing shanty, ap~ __ ' - r _' r'

this orienhl lnferno\Drehensive slams ovel'_ his sleek K°"‘|Y"'e"*'4 IW* °°f“P|°¢°°-l f°" Mf-

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and shuddered- Bild then the ter 1 '~,af_tlioroug~hg0ing Mohanmedan, audwas U, different matter. , ,through which sllc wus pnssing,

who held' in contempt li-induism and Arriving at the river brink, thcyl She ron toward thc jungle, all un-_ _ y lill_its amazing ramrlllc tlqns. Sow thc fo0lS~Drir\ts Of tlls, lion on thc' conscioils of the stmle one still llclll}Ac1‘0ss the rlvlr ii b='.1l|\y shllllbw 'fha white pi-ingress nag indeed n\\'ct S-'md WhlCh Pun ¢l0Wu to l1l1»0““"Hf»- in hcr hand. She lost nil sense of 'I‘,“zz|E;_|cr_ whué the _hBnd.[n1 of M0.tur. To leap from this spot to lih-<2 time and corupnsil; and so rnn in at he-xnmedhns in the village was-Iaml-w'.lter was not possible lvl' =lI\Y\>€HSf half circle, coming out ni the river

rJcal'in their belief in the true pro-Of tlw llll|l=T|“» \<'ff» th? lm” ‘Wd "lm" uitflilh

Phat and his l\;oran, sind put little iSllBfl C0111Dlc$l‘lY» 0_6 \`~l1U"[~¥i\ llc had; The Indian tlvilipilt was ri.-ing in faith in niiracles, and still less lnllmn Elven “"“¥!f*~ they Stow ‘ll “W” the east when she found herself again holy men who performed tliem, the till one of'-fuc~0l'lcl`_h\1UW`B k\f‘“1*'» look-lug out upon the water, the advent ef the white Priestess deeulyreecheu Oni, u"<l“{l"2 his “wld 1"*'° smile still clutched tightly. sm- mystified them. 'Phare was no getting the innocent l00klnZ Sand- Instantly razed at the river than at the st ne

shoulders. 'The bilfililoes ncvcr still- cd‘ where the wire it was sale

moved into thc light. null u lull. brown bear took his tithe oi the

Iwater. The leopard sum-led uni

sluuk oil. Tile benr washed his face

possibly sticky with purloii-ed wild, honey, and bctook himself back te

Knthlyn suddenly became awal

of the fact thot she was a spectu or

llcight. limi his stripes were almost ii.-s Imniil as her hnud. Ho drank, doubtless eyeing the buffalo speculn- I-i‘/l’l,V: suil.» other time. Then he U10. Hut on his haunches and washed ll H ffwc. hut.. .wich infinite, _graceful- iulness. It.occurred to the watcher lllnt, familial' as she was with the hnhits of wild lleasts, never had she ‘V‘t"¢‘-SH$“1 H User or n lion enact this domestic scene, liithel' they were nl- walys lmcilll; their cages, gazing far over' the heads of those who watched f_l\<§lu. ur they Slept. Even,whch they finished n meal of raw meat, they ini-rcly lichcd their chops; there was

no' toilet. I Hvfv. lwwev-er, was an elnhoratn toilet. The great cat licked his l'_ilWs. |ll_'cw them across his facegthen llcl».cd_ his henutlful sides, purring; for 'UW Ulgllt was so still and the beast was so near that she could see him unite plninly_ He stretched himself, look another drink, and trotted off

to the jllllule.

'fllru came li herd of elephants, for

unch species seemed to have nn np. Pointed time. The buffalo emerged nnd filed away into the dark, The clepllnnts plunged into the water, lnquculing, making, sport squirting water ovcl' their backs, and rol1ing_ llenrl under; and they bulleted one "‘"0th'?l` Hmiilllly, and there was a

Ehahy who secnzed to get in every- ,l»0<ly_'S “ny and me grow-ups nent irr him sllal1hily_ By and by they, -_too, trooped od. Then came wild ,Piss and furtive ontelope and foolish '-chattering apes,

` At lest the truce water became de- serted alld lvathlyn lay down ngaiu, only to lie surprised by n huge ape “ho stuck his head up over the edge of the platform. The surprise was mutual. Kathlyn pushed the idol te- wnrd him. The splash of it in the water scared od the unwelcome guest

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the temple. Day after d-ay hfe had _hung tg the trail, plcklnglit up here and losing it there. 'He found Raiah |thc elephant, the howdah gone, and ` only the ornamental headpiece dis- ' closed to llruce that he had found

his rogue. Rlliah was docile enough; he had been domesticated so long

_ that his freedom rather irked him.

Bruce elecitcd from the nlourninii

holy men thc amnzinl: adventure in all -its details. liathlyn had disall- 'Denred in the jungle and not even

8 the triml hunt:-rs could find h . Sho

was lost. Bruce, th0UlZh in hg h€8\`t

to n scene such ns few human bclngs of hearts he believed her dead, took

are permitted to see; truce water,

up the trail again, But many weary

where the wild beasts do not kill Weeks were to pass ere he learned

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each other, she grew so interests that she forgo‘t her own plight. The tree stood only a few feet from the wnter, so she saw everything dls~ tinctly.

Later, when .his majesty the tiger nada his nppeerallce dramatically,tl1c uhnlc, _simply moved closer together, esenting n formidable frontage 0! DYHH. Never had Knthlyn seen such un normous' beast. From his great :lllded paws to the sloping sho\llll<

that she livedi. _ i Hg shggk his fist toward Allahu. 0. Burns. Ram one of film-ls days on a-nd I shall square accountsl" e n e o o 0 l 0 ° °

Knfhlyn had iusi completed for

'herself ,, dress of grass. Three years before she had learned the trick fl`0"\ ,the natives fn Hawaii. The many days of hardship had made her thin- ner, hilt never had she been so hardy

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