The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-19

when the men folk would return from
their chase of the horses. nor how long
the wolves would lay siege. The two
women tried shooting. though Pundita
was the veriest ,yro, being more fright
ened at the weapon in her hands than
at the bowling animals outside. They
did little or no damage to the wolves.
for the available cracks were not at
sufficiently good angles. An hour went
by. kathryn could hear the wolves as
they crowded against the door. smiling
the sill.
The Colonel, Bruce. Ramabai and An
med had found the horses half a dozen
miles away and they had thrashed the
thieving natives soundly and instlled
the right kind of fear in their breasts
At rife point they had forced the natives
back to the rest house. The crack Of
their rifles soon announced to Kathlyn
that the dread Of wolves was a thing Of
the past. She wisely RETAINED from re-
counting her experiences. The men
had worry enough.
After a hasty meal the journey to-
ward the seaport began in earnest. I'm
balla's attack had thrown them far out
of the regular track. They were now
w
the journey might have been made in
three days they would be lucky now If
they reached the sea under five. The
men took turns in standing watch
whenever they made camp and Kathlyn
nor Pundita had time for dleness. They
had learned their lessons: no more
carelessness. nothing but the sharpest
vigilance from now on.
laV TN. nonv caravan Yf,atp a
turn round a ragged promontory they
suddenly paused. Perhaps twenty miles
to the west lay the emerald tinted Per-
sian Gulf. The Colonel slipped off his
horse. dragged Kathlyn from hers and
began to execute hornpipe. He was
like boy.
THE sea- Kit. the sea- Home and
Winnie: out of this DEVILS cauldron
You will come along with us. Bruce"
Il haven't anything else To do" Bruce
smiled back.
Then he gazed al Kathlyn, who found
herself suddenly filled with strange en-
barrassment. In times Of danger sham
and subterfuge have no place. Hereto
fore she had met Bruce as man. 10
whom glance from her eyes had told
her secret. Now that the door To civili-
Sation lay hut few miles away the old
conventions dropped their ohscurng
nantes over her and she felt ashamed
And there was not a little doubt
Perhaps she had mistaken the look in
his eyes back there in the desert
back in the first day when they had
fled together from the ordeals And
vet
ON his part Bruce did not particularly
welcome the sea. There might b. an
other man somewhere. No woman so
beautiful as kathlyn could possibly be
without suitors. And when the journey
down To the sea was resumed he became
taciturn and moody, and Kathlyn's heart
corrcspondingly heavy.
The Colonel was quite obivious to this
change. He swung his legs free of the
primitive stirrups ana whstled the airs
which had been popular in America at
the time Of his departure.
There was no lightness in the express
sions Of Ramabai and pundita. They
were about to lose these white people
forever and they had grown to love
nay. worship them. More, they must re-
turn to face they knew not what.
As for Ahmed, he displayed his ORR
entallsm by appearing unconccrned. He
had made up his mind not to return to
America with his master. There was
much To do in Alfalfa. and the spirit Of
intrigue had laid firm hold of him. He
wanted to be near At hand when Rama
bal struck his blow. He would break
the news Ia the Colonel Sahlb before
they sailed.
1t was o'clock when the caravan en-
tered the little seaport town. A few
tramp steamers lay anchored in the Of
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mig British flag dropped from the
stern or one Of them. This meant Bonn
bay ana Bombay. in turn, meant Suez,
the mediterranean. and the broad At
lantlc.
! The air was stil and hot, for the In.