The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-26

search carefully into any proposition
laid before her. and play for time. time,
for every minute she won meant
minute nearer her ultimate freedom.
She must promise to marry Cmballa.
but set her own date.
Unlike kathlyn. who had Pundta to
untangle the intricacies of the bastard
Persian. Winnie had to depend wholly
upon sign language: and the inmates
Of the zenana did not give her the re-
spect and attention they had given
to kathlyn. Kathlyn was novelty;
Winnie was not. Besides, one Of them
watched Winnie constantly. because the
bearded scoundrel had attracted her
fancy and because she hoped to en-
chain his.
So the note from Kathlyn did not
pass unnoticed, though Winnie believed
that she was without espionage.
kathlyn. her father, Bruce. Ramabai
and Pundita met at the Colonel's bunga-
low. and with Ahmeds help they
thrashed out the plan to rescue VIM
ME. Alone. the little sister would not
be able to find her way out Of the gar
den Of brides. 1t was Kathlyn's idea
to have Winnie pretend she needed air
and sunshine and walk in the garden
after the doctors visit. The rescue
would be attempted from the walls.
Juggernaut. or Jagannath in Hin
dustani (meaning Lord Of the word).
was an idol so hideously done in wood
that the Prince of He'll would have
taken 1t to be the personification Of a
damned soul could he have gimpsed
1t in the temple at Alfalfa. The gods
face was black. his lips and mouth hor-
ribly and significantly red: his eyes
were polished emeralds. his arms were
Of gilt, his body like that OF a toad.
His temporal reign in Alfalfa was some
where near four hundred years. and no
doubt his emerald eyes had seen a GRIM
son trail behind his car as many hun
dred times.
He was married frequently. Some
poor. benighted, fanatical woman would
pledge herself and would be considered
with awe till she died. But in these
times no one flung himself under the
car; nothing but the incense Of crushed
flowers now followed his wake. His
grin. however. was the same as Of old.
Wood. paint. gilt and emeralds! Well.
we enlightened Europeans sometimes
worship these very things, though We
Indignantly deny 1t.
Outside the temple stood the car, fam
tastically carved, dull with rubbed gold
leaf. You could see the sockets where
horrid knives had once glittered in the
sunlight. XerXes no doubt founded his
war charlots upon this Idea. The wheels.
six in number, two in front and two
on each side. were solid. broad and
heavy. capable OF smoothing out a cor
rugated winter road. The superstruc.
ture was an ornate shrine. which con-
tanned the idol on its peregrinations to
the river.
About the car were the devotees some
holding the ropes. others watching the
entrance to the temple. Presently from
the temple came the gurus or priests,
bearing the idol. With much reverence
they placed the idol within the shrine.
the pilgrims took hold firmly OF the
ropes and the car ratified and Numbered
on its way to the river.
or Juggernaut and his car more anon.
The street outside the garden OF
brides was In reality no thorou9hfare.
though natives occasionally made use
VI it as a short cut into town. There
fore no one observed the entrance OF
an elephant, which stopped close to the
wall. seemingly to melt into the drab
Of 1t. on his back. however, the how
dab was conspicuous.
Behind the curtains kathryn patiently
waited. She was about to turn away
in despair when through the wicker
gate she saw Winnie. attended by one
of the zenana girls. enter the garden.
1t seemed as if her will reached out
to bring Winnie to the wall and to hold |
the other young women where she |
was
But the two sat In the centre OF the |