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IN LDVANUI

ADVANCE

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS Cl-IAP-

' runs, . ,

Kath-lyn Hare, believing her father

Co . Hafli. in peril has summoned her

leavers her homo in California to g to him in Allahu, India. Umnau,

pretendsr tothe tnrone of inns pl-in. clpality, has imprisoned the colonel, namdd by 'tho 18150 kmg as his heir,

because he fears the American ni

insist ou his royal rights. Upon ng

nrrival in `Allaha, Kathlyn is -inform;

by Umlyallah that her father being

dead, she is to b'e qlwell. and mon mnrry him forthwith. Because of no

refusal she is sentenced to undergo

two ordeals with wild tea-sts.

John Bruce, an American and fel

low passenger on the boat wh-ich brought Kathlyri to Allaha, saves her life. The clephnnt which oorrios her from the scene of hor trials -bo.

copies frightened and runs away, sep

arating her from llruee and the 1-one

of the .pai°ty. \. -

After n, ride filled with peril she

takes refuge in' F, ruinnd temple. The

holy men and villagers, hoiicving her to be an ancient prlcstess, risen from the tomb. allow her to remain as the guardian of the sacred fire. But Kathlyn's haven is also tho s.- bode of a lion, and sho is forced to flee from it, with the savage boast in pursuit. She escapes and finds a retreat in the lllllglli. only 'to fall i-n- to the hands of a linnd of slave traders, who bring har to Allahu to the public mart. She is sold to Um- ballah, who, finding her still unsub- miss;-ve, throws her into the dungeon with her father.

Bruce and his friends effect the re-

lease of Kathlyn and the colonel. Umbal.la'h’s attempt to recapture them is unsuccessful, . and the fugi- eives are given shelter in the palace of Bala Khan.

Supplied with camels and servants

by that hospitmblc prince, they stnrt on their journey to the coast. The party is overpowered and tal-Len in custody by b'ri'ga.nds. The leader, recognizing the cole-n\:»l. dispatches, Ramabal and Pundits to Allaha for ransom for the white king, his dau- ghter, und Bruce. Umballsh journeys to the lair of the bandits. The colo- nel is delivered to him and hu or- ders that Kathlynl and Bruce 'ue kill- Bdi ` ` (Copyright: 1914: By Harold Mac- Grath.)

CHAPTER XIII,

IN THE JACKAIJS LAIR.

The golden sands, the purple Cllflil.

the translucent blue of the heavens, und the group of picturesque rascals '."abb'crl'ng and gesticulatingand press- ing about their chief, mv-G6 8. Pl°¢\l1`° Kath-lyn was never to forget.

"Patience m little ones!" naid the chief, chewing his white. stwus teeth in what was more of n snarl than o. smile. "There is plenty of

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up'5h°";`;'““ll”;E§ brigands closed in

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mst back- e an ore own upon ‘ To the tiger with him!"

"Nowl" cried Bruce.

. H9 flung the rope from his hands °*‘~U'§l\t Kathlyn ‘hy the arm, und, mulling and stumbling. they gained the cave, either ignored or unobserv- cd by the victorious hrigands. They dragged the stunned lcnder tn, his feet and haled him to the cage, lashing him to a wheel. Next, they seized the rope which operated Ll e door and retired. to the mouth of tbol cave. Ib

"Rob rs, would he!" “Take the lion's snnre when we did all the workl” '

"Swine!" "'l will giv? it -all to yo'ul',’, whined

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at the two nemzst .gimlf 7° and lung” glygithulzhlch was lltgle l’l`°5d°" than PPOIDIBO that 110 harm shall befalli llamnbai to strike at once. But wait.|the palace _chambers,_ given a tub

-'Ti-eaohex-y|~ I _ ° "5 °l “ll °" l““"Y mal H0 YOU. N0\\. Und “S a P11166 V0 Sleep. |The colonel sahib understands. He fresh clothing. Outside in the corri- colonel, wheeling. Have I not yet :"1-Ial Pigs! Dogs! Conn, I’1l show :1a;te€aEg1o1;e ;?)w0;h:hi:':t‘(’)l;°5 V331* ‘ik Nevertheless, it wlzais hard Worx to knnws_thai if he signs anything itfdors igunrds patrolled, and there were

you who _is masterl.. hpusheh this bowldern It Eonyed Hug m§er;ntdhast“|1(;i;¢;mii1c;;at aldaaxgsxzgoimgly di':if-ixlltyi prtoyie his gietatii warg four wlho wnltcped Hue winldoiw. WI-lilo ` _. I _ _

'crashed md b und d and be’ r it- d I th t h t (h_ , ~ . , s s V an 0 s ace o was a unz, u we' guar e _. e , in torturing me. t will neither op 'reached thle hairs; éathway' <;3l?“cu,§:;e1 rr>r§én’eTh:';i éslryulgalrescmrzmég!ligigxgllgalilyntiehh I.ils;e(i)1l.mted his ad' they had crowned him, put his hand en my lips nor compel mc to take a had started a. mate t it. Th-:l : chew li, K thi ’ dii , - f ' ' - . ~ _ » '

third followed. This cagstd n, ter;lflcil>:ne uve:-ated tlhe tyllligedy? mllgililigllg, lllllllgqhiidlnhiidllllfrllehd dutlhihtixmgrlctgil pliltfliyfiyiietlliz kg:¢;1eesstl?frliiIi)il1l1s;'a\;]l‘11osl)l3 hiistdeghdltlh gtadlirzzelx his-yogd eh); slide 1-l rocks and bowlders, and the with a good deal of reluctance Bala hunter were dead ' llc Umhallnh looked upon his entrance t th ' - :Y brigands turned lo thi Yves. - Kb hi d' h d ._ d - . . ‘_ I o e clutches. ou overreached yourself.

That will be abodt all lforlthe DNS- Sznlfrhlil/:fx adidwlggthlyn planned tol aTh¢?-ddldnel0:::dte'witli rage wus thlcylkngglleflgg mtllinotl :lily id ’ Hug Wm ‘hmught' her back it is

cnt,” said BFUU0. Wllilllg l1'l9l'0l`9l1'°&d. return to Allah. and it was thc'nhout tr- give Umballab the llc Dub“ixived me gilhlrlc llldlf)ll}li‘ihxI ldlifdltlidlxve surrend- “Now if we can make that viuase we'kh hi if h dei d in nh-'nl 14 ii ' H ` - - » ' . " ' shall he all right. Bala KI-ian's men 'odfm Tdxdmtwowygungvsdople eell11¢.°?uld'niiliyfteliv,wr:ln<le tl1ile`lvow!tll`i`xrlI1lilir:i‘c:l httllii l f<»rc¢<%zlld`l:l;d nqgifdthlltld gltivgllxtillllord Ee You lffns-e tgd-teu.,.:~hem the ml- Wllli "0t~l0B“€ With the 0Bm0lS ull stain their skins and don native fare of' Ahmed. Ahmed shook hislsurronndings his own state lhf mi:'gr‘c"l l)‘hs"M ls hl den. they learn whether we are dead or a- dress. Ido would give them two cam- head. Thr colonel’s shoulders drop- ery. Bruce was there. und Bruce was "You rr-[uso to exercise your pre- live. It will he n trek, Miss Kathlyn. els outright, only they .would be o- ped. In that sign he read danger. u man of action und resource llo o rtive 1; . ie tie do r f th mms Emir Hilda it gif than sured to mske the icurney without "They live." said Ahmed. '~'rn..t ' ` r g' ‘ ‘ °' “ ' U B ° °

y over ur . on’ -n we' servants. .

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“Bs.l:! You bluck fool!" replied the

convinced you that all you can do is to kill me" Don't waste your time

into the r0yl1l UBHBUPY- 59951109. character brush in my hand If my

would give n good account of him- treasury-I..

is enoilgh for the present. Let ns self before those bronze devils in the "1 <10"

see any more of those ruffians." “But if harm comes to you, and I begone to the house of Rnnuibai." desert made way with him. llc {~n;|n,iinu oponod tho door mot. ""'KB-lilllynf' she 'l?&'l(l- hcur ol' it. by the beard of the pro-I _“The _colonel sahib is safe for the fenrcd noi. for `Kuthlyn's death only inning to the troopers the door, mot Well-Kathlyn! phet, I ll throw 1nto'Allaha such a time bring. ' Inu fniurr. 1¢"or they doubtless lied Pe frnmed the threshold ,md cur. "Or, better still, ni; home they call 'swarm of stinging bees that nll| "And Will be B0 10112 as hc re- to l‘ml»:\llz\b. They would not kill iouely eyed this unbendnble man me Kit." Hind shall hear of it. Now go, and fuses tc open thc trcosury door to Kntblyn so long us they believed she Presently he would bend Umhoiinlf

They smiled smiled into each other's may Allnha watch over you, _infidels'Uml»nllah. There is n great deal to wus \\/ullh u single rupee. smiled, I

eyes, and no wordswerc needed. Thus Ithough you bel.” ‘smile about, Lal Singh. Here is u Umbnllnb camo in, followed by -#(7o1_ gnni|,_ 1 nm not yo; nt tho

cnd of n;y resources," and with this he went out, closing the door.

That smile troubled the colonel. What deviltry wus the scoundrel up to now” Wbnt could he possibly do?

Ilaicr, as he paced wearlly to and

fro, be saw something white slip under the door. He stooped and picked up a note, folded European fnshion. His heart thrilled as he rcnd the stilted script: "Ahmed and I shall watch over you. Be patient. This time I nm pretending to be your enemy, and you must 'act ac- cordinrly. A messenger has arrived from. Bula Khan. Your daughter and llruce finhib arc alive, and more, on the way to Allahu in native guise. Be of good cheer, Rnmahai.

And lflnbnllnh, as he lifted his

fruit dish at supper, cspied another of those sinsters warnings. "Be- ware!" This time llc summoned his cntirc household and threatened

. death to cnch and ull of them il

,ml they uid not imn-.eaisteiy disclose to him the person who had plnced this

i note under the fruit dish. They

cringcri and wept and walled, but nothing could bc got out of them. He had several flogged on general principles. ' _

Kothlyu and Bruce returned to 'Al-

lahu without mishap. Neither anim- al nor vazabond molested them. When tbcy nrrivcd they immediately found mcnns to acquaint Ramabai, who with Punditn set out to meet thorn

In their picturesque disguise Kath-

lyn and Bruce made a handsome pair of high caste natives. The blue eyes alone might hnve caused re- marks, but this was n negligible dnn;rcv~. since color and costume dc~ frnctcrl. Kuthlyn's hnir, however, was scuucly hidden, and must be kept su. A bit of carelessness on her pnrt, n sportivc wind, and she

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time."

Bruce leaned towards Knihlyn. "Stand perfectly still, just as Y0\1|

ere. I believe I can reach the knot back of your hands. This sqfuabblng- is the very thing needed. Thsy Wl‘l, not psy any attention to us for a fcwminntes, and if I ten rowd Signs. th-ey’ll all ‘be at each otlrcr’s throats shortly." _ "Bue.oven if we get free what can we do?"

the whllom chief, mad with terror. iquickly l'0“l»ll ‘llB°B"3@ its burdens!

"|And knife us ‘in the back whonl That hc did not take her into his

we sleep! No, no! You have kickedffms at 01168 Dl‘0V€4l lille Calibre Ui and cuffed us for the last time!" 'the man. And Kathi?" resi>0Cf0d him

Bruce picked up one of the rifles none the less for his control. Sue and drew Knchlyn further into the knew now. and She was Carla!" that cave. her oycs had told him Hs ffunkly as

"Get behind me and crouch low;lBl\.V W0l`dB W0“lll hlw” d°”°3 "nd “he They'll come around to us presently.’ . l°ll l“t° his Stride. Strangely 0f\\l>H!'l'-

The rsscals gave the rope u savage`&5B9d and “Ot B'1lt'tl° frightened' Th”

pull, and from where he storod liruce firm KTBSP Of NB hand HH lien? and

b th 1 U, 1 Btn ed ,b d 1 th there .ha stead-led her, sent a thrill

isixtiltillhldn ixazgtbegidhhniightlosgl her ,lgsigugezi if 1?" t h-eeaol:n.y 0 0 'cl eruuisitc pleasure through her

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fsflher 'being led buck to Allahu by DingaRa'm, after all the IniB¢l`Y YO which he had been subivctwb s\1°°kl

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"Keep your eygg gh 1; :It will nbfml LOW!! S118 laughed S0ll.l_V; and he

stopped ymd eyed her in astonish-

he 'a pleasant thing ,to look at," be

~ment.

warned the girl.

en.. ooornga. which had held her up But Ksthlyn could not have closed

th' n weeks. For sho her eyes if she had tried. /She saw‘

ese lo g, unhappy

1-ealizod th” hor [other was still the brute pause, turn, and strike nt Wong and that any ndditional suffer- the helpless man nt the wheel, 'then ing would km him, llope off, doubtless having in mind to

"Yon musn't talk like that," said, test his freedom before he fed.

px-u¢e_ -fyouvvo hem in tighter Discos, The remaining'-‘¢ri'g;ands rushed out than uns. Ii we can get free. 1<»\\'° and zethvred uv the bas” °f f“P°°'*~ the not to mo, Bo long ns one cnn| This was the opportunity for which see and -henr und move, there's hope." Bruce had waited.

.Tm ,beooming n coward. -Do what! "Como There may be some _ou_t‘.et

you con. I promise to obey you in to this cave. llere is another rifle. an ¢b1|\,s._~» lLet us cuf. for it! When thieves, fall lirnce bent al far as he coulfl. Mid out! .V011 lU1°W tl” 015 °°V`|“`¥~' went desperately to work at the knot’ They ran beck several yards and with his heath. Buccess or failure d'ld|dfscovered ykind of chasm leadil'lE not nelly matter; \simply,' he din not diagonally upward- propos.. eo nu' without mann; s] ~'1‘nenk_cmu _we can get out or mighty struggle to avoid death. 'rhe»uns steer sn. . 1 9,." punt bwgmo ioso, than another, Are you strong enough for n stiff Kathie" gm-pgs. hor hands cautiously climb?" . , ' .

.nNo*|u ha ”h‘.p°r°d_ ... "I'vg gOt £0 b0“J0hl\|' S/no ewiseqi her hands two or three "Trust me, Katli1yn.'.' he replied

tim” Bm'-fog' ebom free. simply. He had but one life, but he

"Ming 'nowliv “id Bruce. "linrryl" determined than and 'there to make it Ie 'ng' , simple matter for her to,equal or outlast ithe six lives which role' Bruce. stood between him and liberty.

.,821 M," th", funnel" he mer- The brlgsnds, having succeeded in nmea. " 'lifts o lint wi' in ° =:ninum.ill%?iin~l9,°¢lY. 'liillf “il *lm u».»m°mm su renew as fin# fl”

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prisoners. o:lzy to dad Mint' had vanish . Familial' with the

‘mutin , betho ht themselves of;

"What is it?"

"Nothing," she answered. But sbs- went on with thc ibuught

which bad provoked hor laughter. Love' Danger ull about, unseen hid- den; misery in the foreground, and perhaps death beyond; hcr father hack in chains, to face she knew not what horrors, and yet she could pause by thc wayside and think of love! -

"There was something," he insist-

ed. “That wasn't happy laughter. What caused it?" _ "Some day I will tell you-if wc

live." , _

"Live'f',' Then he laughed. And she was not slow to recognise theil-!‘omeric quality of bis laughter, "Kit, I sm going to get youeand

your father one oieu this, if but for one thing." ~ .

"And what is that?" curious in her

turn.

"I’l1 later." And there the

mlytter

he .to the village proved

The two were

they reached

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and its outlet they stirtsde wag- in pursuit. ‘They Nslolled 'tbi\t»

an old msn was worth three he ,a

two young people alight be worth 'twice as much.

bein; tigers, 'they had

' O'

caused raised

Umbuilsh sent _a messenger on he~

fore, for hc loved the theatrical, which is innate in all Orientals. Hs desired to enter the city to the shrilling of reeds and the booming of

tom-toms; to iinpress upon his un-I ruly populace that he, Dinga F_am,, was a.' mac of his word, that when he set out to accomplish a thing it was’ :ls good as done. His arrival was greeted with cheers, but there v-is an undertone of groans that was not pleasant to his keen ears. Deep in his heart hc cursed, for hy these sounds ho knew that only the froth was his, the froth and scum of the town. 'fha iron heel; so they would have it in preference to his friend- ship. 0, for soma way to trap Rane- nhni, to hold him up in ridicule, to smash him down from his pcdcstal, known his as yet unscen! ‘

He wandered if he would find any

more of those nnonymous notes rc- luting to the inviolnhle person of liamabni. Woe _to him who laid them about, could he but put his hand upon hfml Dlnga Ram, held Ailaha in the hollow of his hand,

ar-cl this day he would prove it.

Sn he put a rope about the wrist

of Col. Hare and led him through the streets, as the ancient Romans he had read about did to the van- quished. Hc himself recognized the absurdity of all these things, but his safety lay in the fact that the popu- lace at large were incapable or reas- oning for themselves; they saw only

that which was visible to the eye.

On the palace - steps'he hsranguad

the people. praising his deeds. Ile alone bed gone into the wilderness snrl faced death to ransom their law- ful king. Why these bonds? The king had shirked his duty; he had betrayed his trust; but in order that the people should he no, longer with- outs head, this man should he forc- ed to sign laws for their betterment. Without the royal ,signature the

treasury could not be paid in full.

From the soldiers about came wild

hunahs. »

Ahmed and _Lai Singh, packed' a-

way in the heart, of the crowd, ex; ehangsd gloomy looks. Once the Avgmy was Umhsliahw 'they readily hndontood what would follow: Um- _lmue would sensor. himself. sud

the would back him.

must. rumah-

a thohdridfilins and ten rounds . of ammunition," Lal Singh.

we had. beet prevail upon

treasury, guarded by scven leopnrds, savage as savage can_be. Only thc two keepers over dare approach them. and these keepers refuse to cage ibn leopards without a formal order from the king or queen. Sup- erstition forbids Umbollnh to nnke way with the brutcs. The people, your people and mine, Lal, Singh, believe that these leopards arc suc- red. and any who kills them com- mits sncrilege, nnd you know what that amounts to here. Su there bc dodders, to cowardly to fly in the fnce of superstition. I-lc must. tor- ture and humiliate the colonel suhib and his daughter. 'Ah, those white people! 'l"hey have heads and licarts of steel. 1 -know." _

"And lmhulliih has the heart uf 9.

flea hlttcn pnrinh dog: Whcu tho time comes hc vfill grovel nnd spuivrr. and whine."

"He will." agreed Abu-;d. "His

fcct ure even now itching for the trend' »ill. "

The coioncl was taken to one of

would bc lost. She had been dying ~ber hu r, but Bruce would not hear

. fin the zsolucz steps lu nuranguurl the poo,-.v.'.:. to tb-is ilesecrntion,

So they entered thc lion's den, or,

four troopers, who stationed them' rnthcr, the jacknl’s. selves on cuch side of the door. I At Ramnhnl's house Ahmed fell On . --\°(-,nr majesty-" ,his knees in thunkfulness; not that V "Wnit!” tbundcred the colorel. his mcmsnhib was in Allahu, but Suddenly hc turned to the trool’U`5~ that sho was alive. ..Am I your kin1:'."' , During the evening meal Ramabnl

“Yea ,,.5j€niy!” The four mon sal- louilined his plot to circumvent Um-

unmedf .l~.nllnl:_. Hr had heard from one of

"Then I order you to arrest this his fnltlllul followers that Umballah

mm, Ding” yum for U-onnon ogninse ‘intends-i to force the colonel into u th.. ,,,,,-no.. of your king!" ;nut|vc nrmringe; lntcr, to dispose of

The troopers stared, dumfounded, .the colnnr-I und marry the queen

fn-ni; nt the colonel. then nt Um\ha|l~ liinzsclf. Snttce had fnllen in dis- ,,h_ guise in 'Allnhn. He, Ramabai,

"I cnmn-.anll it!" would now nppnrcntly side with Um- llmbnllnh laughed. 'I‘lic troopers 'lN\ll“" ‘"5 nllainst (‘ol. llure, who

did not stir. r would understand perfectly

..Ah_»- “uid the c‘,l0m,l_ ..f|-hut is that ' the colonel would

nll I dcnirc to know. l am not' ri "el"“° U’ ’“""`Y- ll" Rnmmml- kink I um merely H' prisDne,._ .Fh,,,.c_ wotlli a:\1;:;_csf; that the colonel be [orc those papers which you bring to :_"“""""_'»l l'Y |“"‘xY-_ ll““`0V"l“ 9"BlllC' n._~ cunnot lnwfully be signed by loin- lml-nllnli :night be, he would nwl.. Th" ,,0,0n,,l t,,,.nc,] his ‘mek not be' nblc to find fnulf. with this to llmluillnh, souizlit thc lutticcd ll|“"§ NL" l"`U""l’“l “""“l‘l l-"kc Pl“°" mndow, ,md peered mrtlh Im nn»n.`. .1 fortnight. The mcmsnbib

“'l’Il1'i‘c nrc ways," luilzcd forth ~'"""* ' ' " ' " ` ' ` """v`”_

llmlmlluh. I (ilontinuod on page 3.)

' Ramahai outlined his piof' fo circumvent Umballah

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