The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21

wanted Was the colonel. Kathlyn and
the young hunter. Bruce. 1t would be
Ahmed. grown careless. who would
eventually lead him or his spies to the
hiding place.
That the trio were I'm the city Um-
ba1la did not doubt In the least, nor.
that they were already scheming 70
5liberate the younger sister. All. his en-.
emies where he could put his hand on
them!
Cheerful was the word.
The crust Of civilization was thin; the
true savage vas cracking out through
it In the days of the mutiny umballa
would have been the Mana Sahib's
right hand. He would have given the
tragedy at cawnpore an extra touch.
Ten thousand rupees did not go far
among soldiers whose arrears called
Tor ten times that sum. So he placed
It where 1t promised to do the most
good. 1t vas a capital idea, this of cut
ting Ramabal's throat with his own
money. The lawless element among
the troops was his. Umballa's; at least
his long enough for the purpose he had
in mind.
When the multitude round the plat
form dissolved and Winnie was led to
her chamber in tho zenana. Umballa
treated himself to a beverage known
as tho kings peg-a trifle composed Of
brandy and champagne. That he
drank to stupefaction was Gods meth.
cd OF protecting that night an innocent
child-for Winnie was not much more
than that.
Alone. dazed and terrified, she
dropped down upon the cushions and
cried herself to slcep-exactly as
Kathlyn had done. In the morning she
awoke to find tea and food. She had
heard no n enter or leave. CHANGING
curiously round her prison OF marble
and jasper and porphyry. she discov.
cred a slip Of white paper %protruding
through a square in the latticed win.
dow which opened out toward the gar.
den of brides.
Hope reused her into activity. She
ran to the window and snatched the
paper eagerly. 1t was from Kathlyn,
darling Kit The risk with which It
had been placed in the latticed window
never occurred to Winnie.
The note informed her that the won.
an doctor of the zenana had been suff.
ciently bribed to permit Kathlyn to
make up like her and gain admittance
to the enana Winnie must complain
of illness and ask for the doctor, but
not before the morning Of the follow
Ing day. So far rs she. Kathlyn, could
learn, Winnie would be left IN peace
till the festival of the car OF Jugger:
naut. I'll, she would not be forced to
attend the ceremonies. the palace
would be practically deserted and then
kathlyn, would appear.
This news plucked up Winnie's spir.
its considerably. Surely her father
and Kit were brave and cunning
enough to circumvent Umballa. What
a frightful country! What a dreadful
people! She was miserable over the
fortunes her father had suffered, but
nevertheless she held him culpable for
not telling both her and Kit all and not
half q truth. A basket OF gems! She
and Kit did not wish to be rich, only
free and happy. And now her own
folly in coming would but add to the
miseries of her loved ones.
Ahmed had told her of the two or.
deals, the black dungeon. the whip
ping; he had done so to convince her
that she must be externally on her
guard, search carefully into any propo.
sition laid before her, and play for
time, time. for every minute she won
meant q minute nearer her ultimate
freedom. She must promise to marry
umballa, but to set her own date.
Unlike kathlyn, who had Pundita to
untangle the intricacles of the bastard
Persian, Winnie had to depend wholly