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  OF THLY
 i i u e By HAROLD MacGRATH
svuorsls or Pnmvrous
" cnarruns '
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 , ' `
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~ aha
'lhe elephant 'which _carries her. 
comes frightened and runs nwa ee
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amz; l°x‘€fr~B“°°  'fe
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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MucGrHth)
(funeral: vu.
"'1‘RUoE wA'rl~1n."
\\*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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blanlmess of sa.nd_ - e lm
She was not, i ` 
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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__ _ f7f"[<f;;'£i'l.';f:l <.:5.:~;;:."..~_ J in the 5511.5.: .z:z:.l' Laurier! for msiz .ini also/larafs to .-:.iic:~ t/lr: s£o:[c:z:lc.."
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
_and then Kiathiyn lay down and slept
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.»\ dny or so later flruce arrived at
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
his lair. I
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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!
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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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