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DVE     ES OF. A TI-ILY
SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAP-
TERS, ‘_
Kathlyn Hare, believing her futher
Cn ,‘Hare, in peril has summoned- her
leave: her home in California to go
to him in Allnha, India. Umhlllluh
pretender to the tnronc of that Prin-
cipality, has imprisoned the colonel,
ngmod by tlld lflttl k'l'llg as his heir,
because he fears the American may
insist oli- his royal rights. Upon her
arrival fn Alisha, Kathlyn is informed
hy Umballuh that her father being
dead, nhc is to be queen, and must
marry him forthwith. Because of hsr
refusal she is sentenced to undergo
two ordeals with wild Lcuists.
John Bruce, an American and ful-
|Qw passenger on the boat which
brought Kathlyn to Allahu, saves
her |i|e_ Tho elepliunt which carries
mr from the scene of her trials be-
comes frightened and runs away, sep-
arating her from liruce and the rest
of th'¢i~~psrt_v ‘
After n ride filled with peril she
takes refuge in ,, ruinild temple. 'l_he
lmly nicu and villagers, believing
hm- tr, be an ancient prleatcss, risen
from the tomb, allow her to rcinalu
as the guardian ol the sacred fire-
But Y.athlyn's haven is nlso file u-
hode of a lion. Hml elle lil l0"CEil Ui
use from it, with the rlavurc beast
in pursuit. Sho escapls und finds n
retreat lri on iunslv. only to full *"-
to tho hands ol o lmnd of slave
traders, who bring lier to Aliului t0
the public rr.:irt. She is sold tn Um-
lmlluh, who, finding her 'Still \\l\HU\>'
mlssgvu, throws her into the dU“E00"
with her father.
Bruce and h~is friends effect lhs re-
Nase or Kmthlyn and thu rolonel.
llniballnh’s attempt, to rccalltllrll
them -is unsuccessful, and the fugi-
eives n.l-ri given sliultcr in the 11111860
of Bala Kim"-
B\“,p|1m with camels und sarvlitrlits
by that liusnrtwblo prince, t ey
start on their lourncy to the C0118*
The party in overpnlvcrcd undl tr:l.cn
‘lin custody lil/ brlllmnilfl- 'N39 “E 
recognizing the wlon »_, i-inn c _
}{amnh,_\i und Pundits to Allahu lol
ransom for the white king, h.s dau-
d B uce Umluillah iouriieys
sglia; 1:2" 0; tht, bandits. The coio<
. , 1| t him and ho or-
dzlsilhllllllisdllilll? and l3"“°° U" "ll"
what the urlgnnds uuurfrl l0"{=]\‘mi§l“‘_’
division of the money wiilci V I
inn uns held to "Dials \‘"1‘°““*‘ L". °
the colonel, “rp during lliu i-,oiilusiull
tll visuliirs eccallli Und """""‘ '
J: Kalki.-,I ‘llrllr-o ond liullllr
lJi"aiaclllicuct (ul l1l'un 'to lltttctttllf °"l°`
nel out ol mnbunuhs emi lctrotliul
During the cereinoiiy u I
l inrds whicll l£\\i\"d ul” l""'““`
the e.0l e frcc and ciiteu thc tliwllll
“ry mclllllfiwilig tlic cntirs court ili-
mom' lid panic. 'l`l\ls nuikl-u it pos-
to \ll'X,|- llruoe lilid lilllrilllilii to rl"
ll:l`>“;» Hntmyn um] pl-r flitlicr, and the
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f gfenls nwliy from Allnhu.
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when the Beapult town, irolii uh ri
i for lloiiio, is
lssghedlvtllg colalljneiluiicniivcs by culilili
the news that Winnie, his yollugifx
daughter, had'~stul‘ted for India solid,
time nolore. and is nlivlliflus’ “_” .“‘
rivo iii idilaha. .Her father s suspicion
that llnibnlilah had llllllfed Uf‘ w";`
"nys ears for his and ltuililyn s sav-
aty in order to get her ilito his pou-
er, proves to. bc well founded.
Knthlyn, her futher lilid llrllcc
journey once more to Alluliu. Wilinlc
arrives helm-o they reucli there and
walks into the trap which lllilbullall
has set. Another mirlrlilltioli cerelnolly
jg ur-ranged, with Wilinie ill-\ till!
queen, Kathlyn und thc colonel at-
tend in disguise, iiuihling tlielr l1\`€“=‘
ence known to the terrified child-
(Co,»yulght:l914;sy Harold 1\ls0GfMl1l
oHAi»'rsR XVII.
nmluilliili logon to so ebmlt Cher"
fully. He no longer doubted his star.
Gutter born, wus lic? A rutffroni thc
streets? Very well; flier” “’”‘°“ mt"
and rats, und some bit 90 deal’ that
people died of lt. He sometimes
doubted the ouvisrliillty of i>°r"\i“-
ing Colonel I-Iare's headmall. Ahmed
to roam about; therascul might ill
the and pro", gm, ghnrp. Still it was
not a had idea to let Ahmed believe
that he walked in security. All UT-
hhllah wanted was the colonel, Kat -
lyngnnd thu young hur\¢e\'» "'“°°- It
would he Ahmed, grown' ¢'\"°l°"' “'h°
qguld 6vgntuA}li{ lQ?dcehllll Ol' hi!
spies to the hi ng D B ~
That the trio were in the city Um
hullah did not doubt in the least,
nor that they were already scheming
to liberate the yollllitel' ¢l’t°" Mg
his enemies were where he 601110 P"
his hand on thcml h. ,
,The crust of elvllixtllaciluggsglugé
the true aavsgli W _
through lt. In the days of the Mutiny
-Umimllah would have been the Nunn
siililln right hind. Hy w°“\° l'“"§
given the tragedf l1¢ ‘*“"“’°"° °
extra touch.
,Tell thousand ruD°°l did “°° g°,§:§
among soldiers whose arrears cs ’
for te-n times that sum. B0 h° Diggs
.4 “_ wh,” lt promised to ilomm
melt vcd- 1* *U ° °°.°m`¢hros£
this of éuttinl R°'““\’“‘ ' I , °\,_
with lil-' own mom- 'fb' 1" °' '
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ment llmllng the troops was his, Um-
lbnnalfsi at least his long enough
.f°{‘/*the purpose no _had in mind.
| wil the multitude mum] the
Dliltforiii dlssolvtd and Winnie was
llgfd F0 her chamber iii the zennniiu,
mbnllali trcated himself to n puvm-_
DEG known as the kingu; pogwu mn.,
By HAROLD 1vlooGRA'r
ol'li liilngiiloiv, and with Ahnlml's liclp this idea, The wheels, six iii liulnbcizl ily and hy the native girl pretclillod
they llil‘ll::,llnli out ilio plan to rrscllo two in front :ind i\vo on ozloh side, to [ce-l drowsy iii thc neat ol' the Sun,
Willliio. iilono, thu little slisirr \volilil`wcre solid, brozul, ziud hcavy,l'up- :ind her licud lull forward ai triilo, lt
lloi. ho :ihlo to filnl llvr wny out oi’ ubio oi` sliiootlllilg nut a coi'i'\ll§ui<~ll|\vu.~l then that Winnie llourd li low
illo lqnriloli oi` lirldcs. It was Kfitli-livililol' roud. ’l`llL‘ slips-l‘:ltl~u<:il.rv wus whistle, lin old f`uliiilllir\vliisilvsuchas
l_\'li'sillc:ilri li:ivr~ Wlilnloprolelid sllolnll orlililc slirino, which oolituiln~dl,lio sho :ind liit had llsoli oiico upon rl.
in-1-lil-il nil' und slllllsllilio and li walk idol oil its p1~l‘Ol;l'lll;iiiolls to llio iiinc- ili plliyilil: "al spy." Sho uni up
iii lilo grirdvll :li`i.or the dootor’s visli. river.
"i‘ll(- inslilu wolllll he .itteli\ptl‘lll`rcii About the our \vf»rl» tho ilcvolcrs
¢0"\l>osed oi brandy and clianipagncj V ’ ' ' ' ' 'A ‘ ” - _ ' , 'ij_,'
'Phat he drank to stupefaction was
the wnllll.
some holdllll: llil- lopns., riillc-..i
- _ . _ - .lin:|;eril:illt, or .lsgiiniix-illit in Iflili-.waitchilis the clitrnmzv io tin-, tnnipli-.
Gsdi: metléodhllf pmte°t‘,"5_l-hilt "'ghl5'lll|sl.:illi (lllounllig thu Loral oi' tho prrsvlltiy i'l-om ilit- lvniplo l-.fiiilv thu
'N'  mme” c "l‘l_f‘"` Wnmfe “`H'H“’t“\Vorld), was lin idol so hiileollslydoilo-;:llrll§o1‘prlrlrtsri1crrriii1: lilo idol willi-
much more than thut. |ili wood that the Prince ol’ liell would in ilu: shrine, ilio piluriiiio look hold
| M0119. 1182611 and terrified she lillvo iulwll ii to bn the prwsoniliusiioli I llrlilly ol' tho i'opv.fi, und lilo cal' rai.~
‘ll`0PPl¢d down lliioli the ousliiourl nndl
cried herself to sleep--exactly no linihx
lyll had done. In the iiiorliiiii; she ll-
'woke to find tea and food, Sho had
llieurd no one enter or lcuve. Glanc-
illg c\\l`iU\\SlY round hor prison of
lnurlile and jasper, lilill porpllyry,
she discovered n slip of wliito papal-
lprotrlldilll; through li sqlllire in thc
lnttlced irilidow, wliich Upolll-.ll out
toward thc garden of brides.
llopc roused her into nctivlty. She
run to the window and slilitclicd tho
paper eagerly. it wus from Kutlilyii,
dnrling Kit. The risk with whil-.h) it
[had been plaecll in the lal.ti¢~id win-
'dow never occiiircd to Wililiiu,
The not.: inforlucll hcl' that the wr,-
nilln doctor of the Zulllliill hull liunir
sullicielitly hlincd to permit liutliiyn
to make up like hor :ind gain :ulir-it.-
tnlico to the zcmiliu. Williilli irillul;
conipialli of illness :ind url! for tht
doctor, but not bcloru the mor|iing_;
of tlic followlui; day. rio for :is she,
Kiitlilyn, could lcurn, \\innic ivollld
be icit in pcacc till the fr.1i.lv:il of
the cur of Juggcrusllt. Ill, nun wolilll
not lic forced to litt|n~l the crrwiinn-I
ies, the plllace would lin practically
desortell, and thon lilitlllyn would fill'
pear. li/ _
This news pluclcod up \Viiiui<\‘s
spirits ronslrlcrzllily. Sllroly li<erl`;ii.li~
or und Kit \vvr<\. hrzivc <\llu|lr,ii :ind
cunning nilolll-Ili io r~lrr-llnlvfilii. l`.\l
hllllull. Wlllii. xi i`ril:liti`ul willtllryl
What drcr.lli`ul proplo! Shi- v.".i:4 our
ornhlo ovor ilio iol~iui‘cs llur l-.1l,lil‘;'
'hail slli`I'oi'o<l, hui nvvr-l'iil~~lif.s who
hold lillii r-.lllpiiiilo for not li-lliiil:
liotil her and Kit all :ilnl lloi hull'
the truth. A hnskct of gr-ins! Shri
null Kit did not wish in in- ril-li, only
frcc and happy. Anil now in-r own
folly in coming would hui. add to thc
inlscrios` or hor loved onus.
l Ahmed lilul told her oi lilo two
ordvnls, thc black lliiiilzenll. lllc
whippililz; lic lirul dolic _so io r on-
villrv hcl' tlnit silo iiillsi or r~ir\rll;ill_v
on leur rzllaird. :u\:irr.li <:'il'l‘.i`llli_\' iiiio :\,n.\'
propo;»;iiioli laid liuforo hor. niill_l‘lay
for li tililo, limo, for ovary 'nlilllio
slic won ilivuili livflrcr llvr lllllinzllr-
ircclioni. Sho riiust promise io uizifry
Unllililliiii, hui to sul hcl' own dnir.
lliillkc Katlllyll, who haul' l’lllillli:i
to lllitmlgic tho ilill‘lcf.ii~l<:s oi lilo hus-
tnrd Persian, \\’ilillil~ hull io <ll'pl>n<l
wholly upon sign lniilgllzlgoi :ind the
illlilzltos ol llic izcllzilia dui not lfivc
hor the rcispolrl :uid :itinlllloii ili<.=_\'
,hall ixivcn Klltlilyii. Knilllyli zwlis'
a. novelty. Wililiic was not. Ilesillcsl
one ol' them watlzlivll Wlmilc l.oll.st.i... |
lv, hccusc thu lic:u‘dcd sui‘olliiil:'»1'l llzill
attracted hcl' i’s.llr_v uzid bvollllsc sho
hoped to encllaili hiiii._ _` _
_ So the noic from l\iltlYi'.yll dnl liol
pass llnlioticell, tllougli Wlllllic helluv-
ell that sho was without cSDlUlllll-f0-
Kntlilyn. hor futlicr, llruvu, lialiizi
l
l
ol' at dulnllell soul could lie have
tied :incl tlillli1,lvl'<\ll oil its wily to tin-
u'lliiips<>d at it iii the temple utAli:ill:i ,river.
The go<l's face was black, his lips] Oi’ Jziggcrlillllt and his our morn
and mouth llorrihly ullll silgliiilclillily anon.
rod; his cyus were polished our] Tho siiroct outside the garden of
i£ll":ll‘l‘§|'1ll`ll;lEml'
rll;lril_v. it wus liurd work nu- zo cry
out. Over tho ivzill the llrzih trunk ol'
lin olplllillt proirulloll, :ind solilulhillg
wlitlsl,ic-tu lil-.iuvili 1-inrizl cial eta li
wliitr-. illlltiwoll into lilo l.;;ii‘4l<»ii.
Winnie rosv.. "l‘lio llonll ollllo llutivn
l.-;il'i ounic up iliailliolivuly; bill. as
Winnie lriiullirly strolled toward tho
palate, the llulid euliik again. Winnll-
tllrlied and \\':i|n1nrl~ll zilnng the walls
o.pp;il'ciitly vxuliiiliilil: the Iiowlers and
vines, hut ull lilo ivliilo iiiovlllg licor-
or to the hit oi’ whilo plipor wliiuli
But Kdjhlyn Memsdliib did nat dis under the broad wheels of the ern' ofJuggernau¢
nrnlds, his lirnis were of gilt, his
liody like that of li tolid. ills tom-
porlll rl\i|:ll in Alillllzl was sonic-
\vllorl‘. llvnr four llulidroll yours, llllll
lio doubt his olill~l‘i\.lll oyus had shell
al oriinsoll trllil lwllilid his our ns
iii:1ii_v liliildrl-ll tinll-s.
llo was iiiul'l‘il-.ci i'l~cl|unnil_v. Sonic
poor, hcililxllloll, ililllllir-.lil ivoiiiull
ivolllll plnlllrv lir~l‘sull' :lull would
lio ooiisiil¢‘l'oll \\'iill :lwo till sho died.
illii. in ilicsr limos no oiiv ilunl: hiiil-
soli llllllor ilio cur; iiolllilig lillt I llc
ilu-ldisc ol lzrllslwll ilowl-i's now follow-
oll liln ivliko. ills lxrill. lio\v<-vol' was
tho slilllo ns oi' old. Wood, pziiiil, gill,
:ind l:illl\r:ilds! Wi-ll, wo vliliizlllvilvrl
ilhlroponlls soiiioliiiivs worship llioso
very lliillgs, lllougll wo ilillignailiily
ilcliy ii.
iillisiriv lilo temple stood the car,
i':|iitllstl<-.llll_v vnrvl~d, dull with rnhhed
gold loaf. You could soo the soulu-is
ivllcrn liorrill knives lllul ollci- gill.-
ioroil ill lhr sllnliglit. Xl-rxcs no
doubt founded his war cliariots upon
brides was in reality no iliorougllfzirc.
lliougll ii;i1lvo:i owzir-liolizillylllnlicuse
oi' ii nf: li sliorl vlzl into l.o\vll. ’l`lior0-
i'ox'\" no one oli:;<~i‘\'l-ll lilo untl‘ul\l'v of
nn clplilili, lvlilr-li r.luppe~il liioso tothe
\viill.sl=<-iliiligiy io melt into tho llrzih of
ii. Oli lilo liairfll, liowcvcr, lilo liolvdall
'.v:i;: r>:iii:‘.pli.llolls‘._ lliillillll the ollrtullls
l\"lfhlyli paiimitly ivliitoll. Sho was
lthiui, to turn lllvliyill llospuir when
lllroui*,li lliv \'.'ll‘lo~;' grille sho sow Will-
l1i.~,z.iL,e1nl:~ll hy onli ol` lilo :1f.‘i\:ili.l _frirls
/ l~ i i ~ r- ` .-
l..l ~i lin lt.i':<ll~i|. ll /sllunul .ii li lill
will rr-:\.l;:‘d out to liriiiil \\'llli|i.~ to
iii" \v.lil :Hui lo liold tho otlilzi' yuuiig
\volii;i:i will-rli sliv uns.
lllll ilio Iwo sul ill ihr‘ cr‘llil'f~ ol'
lilo lglllwlml, tllc illo\ll1l|i.s ol' ozwli i':ir
ziwuy. 'Pill' :ilu-ll.lulil, ini! ilo lvorry in
li:illl:'l;_"; \'\".illii~.- into lilo _1':r‘.il‘n. A
cry I'_'ol;i lil-r lips ivolllll h.'iii_1: :l doe.
un 1r;lilirils :ind olllllllflls i`rolii lilo pul-
ziro. And th" wliilv lrlrl could not gui
olli ulolio. More ihnll illis, sho gnvo
Wiiiiiie liberty ili order to trap herii
the idle lircczc stirred hack and forlli
il-liiuiiv¢\i_v. \Vh<n silo relicllcd ilir-
sput rliu stooped and plucked so:il:>
flow:-rs, l.::lililel‘iiig up iliv pzipcr nz:
silo 'dill so. .\li\l. still in lilo rdoopilll:
posture, :lilo rcaiil tho lloiu, cluniplozi
il, :ind llt\li'i`oll il into ai liolo in lilo
wull.
Poor child! l-Iv<»l'y move had iwvli
lvull limi all ll cliiirzl \'/:lr.i.ilr.‘s ill: prey.
Sill- wall; to p.'l~il'1ill illlllilis ziililllfv.
l'l;ill.\' lnnl lluml i.!i:|lil;'l-ll, Silo :aloud up.
::~.\':-.yi-ll slillzlltly, illui r:illl.:l:;~l'vrl lun-‘l
lo lllv 'snub ill lruill, silo wus: pxllo
viioulfll, :uni llvr llrziri lu-:li so l':i.~:‘. llint
sill* \\li:i llol'i'il>ly iliz’/.§~'.
".»\ 1lli<fliil'l" :lilo crif-<l, i`li;';.:'|ii‘.i1;
tlizii sho ivollld not bn lllilimsliiml.
'i‘lil- iinlivv _uiil :-lzllwl :ll iz.-r, Sll.‘
lllil mil lilnll-itfillinll llin \\'ol'il:=. hui lilo
:siulm ivnrl- oil/illlxll. 'l`ln~ yollliy: \\'lli|l~.
ivonizill looked ill; :ind liiiiiilillnll
would lluul lin.s':~;lily with lliosu wlio
lnilcli lo 1-.tum rho ililii of :my lllli».‘s:i
wliil-ll lllilflii l\»-l`:|ll his |'ii\ll\'¢- 'l‘lll\"'\
possible. ,was a commotion heliiiid the frctworic
of the palnor-_ Tllree other girls came
out, and Winnie ,wus conducted back
to lilo zcliuull.
All this Kntlliyn observed. She bndo
the mnliout go to the house of tho
zeiilinu’s doctor, where she donned the
lialiililiiuiiiu fainililir to the guards
und iiilnziin ol' lio zl-llana.
idvl-.l'yt|llli1.; wont forivurll witllolltn
liitoll; so sliiuotllly tllal. had the uh-
jolzt oi her visit been other than
Wiiiliic, Katlilyii lliuilt have sensed
iioliil-lliinl: unlisnul. She entered the
palalcv ulld oven lcd he way to Will-
iiiv’s <~lilililbcr~:i fact which appeared
initurul eliougli to the women about,
lint which truly alarmed llmbullnh's
spy, who inlliif-.rliately set oil' iii search
ol' the liian.
Ono thing assured her; the linlld
oi' llio zleiiuilzl.'s rl-ul physioiuli were
lirolzd and iiiusculzlr, while the hands
slil- saw wi-rn sic-iidl-l' and beautiful,
hroivll llioulrh llloy wore. She had
sa-mi tlivsi- lniilils lioforo, llurllig the np-
iinull- oi' tin- louplliwis ol’ the treasury.
ll wus vary hllril for Kailllyii to
curb the wild desire to crush Winnie
in linr zirlns. liriiis that truly ached
for llie feel of hor. Even as sho
iolllglit this desire :she could not but
:~.dniiru \\'inlil|e' nurpcrh noting. She
mul lil-l' fntlier had liilsjudg(-d this
liill|<~rlly. 'l`o linvl- conie llllliiis way
ulonu in sl-aircli oi' llillli, ullfaliiiiiai'
willi |ln» <~usini:i:;, :ind the language of
lliu pl-iplr-l ilnw :lie had succocilcci
ln lgifllliilz llir~l'L- witliollt lliishap wan ill
list-ll' in-lli:ll'lllil|l\~.
lllil- took Willliie'n wrist in her
lillznl und yilwissl-d ii. i~casouriligly_
thru pni.tcl'cll about in hcl' iiiediclil
ling. \ery softly she wliispered '
"l shiill roilnllii wiilll you llll llusll
ilivc no sign whatever ltliat you
Llioiv lor, for you will hc watched.
'l`Ul\llJilt I will smuggle you out of
Ulll l111ll1C0- 'l‘akc thcsc, and soon pre-
tend to he qliil-toll."
Winnie s\\‘lillowl=.li thc bite of augur
and lziy liuck. Kuthlyn signified that'
she wished to hc alone with her put-'
isnt. mir-o alone with Winnie, uh.;
cast aside her veil.
"0, Kit!"
"Hush, hnhy! We ore going to get
you solely away."
"l lim afraid.”
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"Pour littiu fool/ Back into me uizgv --".*..r. o rwmuu; .1154-M-"
“So nrt- we ull; but wc must not
let any one sne tlult wc are. Father
:ind Almisd are near hy. lint 0, wliy
,did von attempt-to 'flnrl us?" 
"lint youlncvcr cabled nic to come,
\v:-I-lfs ago!"
“l? Never!" And the mystery was
on lonncr n mustsry to l\'+ithlyn. The
lvulill of llnibnllnh lay hors. Could
tliny cvrntllzily win out ugninot n
mnn who sernicli to r-‘ss no point
in the fgmiif-'? "You were deceived,
Winnie. To thilll' oi if! We had cs»
filmed, were rcudy to suil for home,
ivhcn wo lcurlicd that you had left,
for lndili. lt ncnrly lirokc our hearts,
"Wli'il'.r~vf-r slinll we do, Kit?" Win-
nio iluul: hcl' nrnis round her sister
und drew liar dolvn, “M_v Kit!"
._,"l\'c- must lic brave, whutcver hap-
polls.
"-\n<l nm T not your sistr‘r'!" oliii‘l~
lv_ "U0 vnu hclicve in nw- so liffln?
\\'l~v l~liol|ldn'l l hr l-rn\'e',‘ llut y0ll'Ve
nlunys i.i'crlt:-il mc like vi holly; you
never tried to prove mc."
l\’o1.hlyn'n nrius wounll tliolnsclves
tightly :iluult the slender form . . .
And thus l‘|nhn.lIul\ found tl.-"\ l~l'
“Very fnurliin|_:l" lic said, stsnfling
with his buck/'to thc door “But mire-
J-
ly trapped!" He laughed ns Kathlyn
l sprung to her luol., as hal' iiaild
lsouglil: the dagger at her side. “Don’t
draw it," he said. "I might hurt
'your arm in wi~enchl'ni; it away from
Jen. i-our little luoli back into Luo
rugv. like li lioming pigeon! ,Had I
inot known you all would return,
,think you I would have given up tho
`cl.iuse so easily? You would not bend,
so llloli you lllusf break. 'alle gun
Juggerbaut yearns for n sacrifice to
lprove that we still love and worship
lliliu. Yun spurned my love; now you
'shall know my hate, You ghnll dig
iilnpieasautly."
Qulickly as A cat springs hc caught
ber liunds riiiwwrenclied them toward
him, dragging her; toward the door.
Winnie sprang up from the cllshloli,
her eyes ablaze with the lighting
spirit. Too soon the lloor closed in
her face and she heard the bolt out-
side go slitlicllilig hoiiic.
Said linballali from the corridor.
“To you, pretty kitten, I shall come
later. 1' need you for my wife. lihen
1 return you will he all alone ill the
world, truly an orphan. And do not
make your eyes red needlessly."
liinnis scrc.-iiiicll, and Kathlyn
fought with the fury of li nettied tig-
ress. For a few ininutes liiibnllah
had his hlinds full but ill the end he
conquered
Ulitsilio the glirlicn of lirirrieg three
lnvll Wuitihl in vain for the coming
of lilithlyn and her sister,
'l‘lie god .luggeriiulit did not repose
in his accustomed niche in the temple
that night. 'i`he car had to be pulled
up und down 1| steep hill, und on the
return, .owing to tho darkness, it
was left ut thc top of thc hill, safe-
lY llY'0l>i18|-l to prevent its rolling
dowli of its own accord. When the
moon rose .lap-_x;ol~n1iut'n eyes gleumgd
like the striped clit’s. Long since be
hull sceli u. human sucrificé, Perhaps
the old days would return oncermiore
llc was woury at heart, riding over
Flfllily "UW‘*'l`H§ he wanted flesh and
bones ond the music of the denth
rattle. His cousins, War and Pesilil-
ence still took their tithes. Why
should lic lic deliiud?
'i`hc whispering become li murmur-
irill, and thc mllrninriug grew into n
excitable chattering; sud by 10 0.
'clock that night all the bazaars
knew tlini. lliv ancient rites of Juk-
gernaut were to be relieved that
night. The hazlmrs had never healad
of Nero, culled Ahenoharbus, an ,
being -without comparisons, they
missed the greatness of their august
but hampered rogent Umhallali.
Always the bazriars heard news lie-
fore any other pllrt of the city, Tile
white wenisuhih was not dead; buc
had heen recaptured while posing ns
thc new queen. 0, the chief city of
Alisha was in the matter of choice
und unexpected rlmnsenicnis unrivaled
in Asia. i
Yes, Umhallah will-l not unlike Nero
- to keep the poplllnre rinillsed so
ihev would temporarily forget their
burdens.
lint why the sudden nppearance of
soldiers who stood ,guard nt every
rxlt, compelling tho ininsten of the
liamars not to lenvr their hnilses” Ai
ui? Wiiv this secretany, since they
know what was going to take place?
But tho soldiers, ordinarily vnllllihle,
maintained zrim silence, and even
went so fur as 'to extend the hnyonet
to ull tlnrso who tried to lclivc the
narrow streets.
"An nilair of state!" Wlis nil the
natives could get in answer to their
inquiries. Men come flocking to tho
roofs. But tho inoonshino fiindc ull
tliingfs ghostly. The cur of the god
.lugizfrnalit was visible, bill. what
lliv ili its plltli could not lic seen.
llliilialllih \\'u.s not popular that
night. But i.liill was ii Private ufluir.
Well he knew the ingenuity slid the
sources of his cnuinins at large.
There would lie no rescue this night.
Knthiyn Tilcnislihih should die; this
time hu rleterliiined to put fear into
hearts of thc others.
llriviiig rlrllnk his king’H INK. he
“as wcll fortified aimllist any person-
sl qualms. The passion hu had had
for Knthlyn was dcud, dead as ha
wniltcd licr to hu.
Whom the gods liesti-oy they first
make mall; rind Umhuliah was mad.
'|`hc pallilulujli waited ill vuiu ollt-
ulde the wull of the garden of prides
-u-ulted till n ripple of the news
cddlcd uliout the conveyance in the
shape of a greatly nizitatcd Lal
Singh. _
“He is really going rn kill lierl”
lic printed. “He iurcd her to her
glgfsrs olds, than captured her. She
is to be placed beneath the mr of
.Iuggcrnmlt within an hour. It is to
be dons secretly. The people are
guarded and held in thc buzmirs. Ah-
med, with nn elf-.phnnt nn'l armed
keepers, will be here shol'tlY. T have
warned him. Ilmballah runs nmuckl"
Suddenly they heard voices in the
lznrden, first Uinhal|nh's then Kath-
lyn's. Sinister portcuts to the ears
of the listeners, father and lover and
loyal friends. The former were for
breaking into the garden then und
there; but 5 glance through the wick-
et gate disclosed the fact that Um-
hnlluh and Klithlyn were surrounded
hy fifteen or twentv soldiers and for
fear of hitting Ksthlyn.
The palanquin was hastily carried
out of sight. ,
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