St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-10-24

that the motto was written not mort
than three hours ago. She probably
will be held there till morning. Thil
time wen place her far beyond thu
reach Of Umballa.'
Either my money or my life. In !.
. month from now
"What?s ASKED Ahmed.
"Ah. must not tell" Pundita stole
close to Ramabai.
Ahmed smiled.
!. We have elephants but little way
outside the city. We have pulling
chains. Let US be OF at once. It Ii
not necessary to enter the city. for this
window. Ahmed says. IL on the out
side. We can easily approach the wall
In . roundabout way without being
seen. Have you money!
/ From his belt Ramabai produced
some gold.
i THAT will be sufficient. To you,
then. the bribing. The men, should
there be any, will bark to you. Comet"
concluded Bruce. impatient to be OF.
And I :" 9timidly asked Pundita.
You will seek Hare sahib's camp,
esaid Ramabai. This is q good oppor-
tunity to get you away Also"
/ Ahmed nodded approvingly.
Pundita kissed her husband; for
these two loved each other, q circum-
stance almost unknown in this dark,
mysterious land Of many gods.
"Pundita, you will remain at the camp
In readiness to receive us. At dawn
we shall leave for the frontier. And
when We return it will be- with might
and reprisal. Umballa shall die the
death Of dog" Ramabai cli-ched his
hands.
But first" cooed Ahmed, he shall
wear out the soles Of his pigs feet in
the treadmill. It is written. / am
Mohammedan. Yet sometimes these
vile fakirs have the gift Of seeing into
the future. And one has seen :"
He paused.
Seen what?" demanded Bruce.
I must not put false hopes in your
hearts But this may say: Trials will
come, bitter and heart burning:
storm. . whirlwind, fire; but peace
is after that, But Allah uses us 40 his
tools. Let US haste!"
And II" said Ramabai, sending q
piercing glance at Ahmed.
But Ahmed smiled and shook his
head. Wait. and see Ramabai. Some
day they will call you the Fortunate.
Let US hurry. My memsahib waits
What did this fakir seer" whis-
pered Bruce as he donned his burnoose
again.
Many wonderful things; but per
haps the fakir lied. They all lie. Yet
Hurry
Tho quartet passed out Of the city
unmolested. Ramabai's house was
supposed to be under strict suryeil-
lance; but the soldiers, due to largess,
were junketing In the bazaars. Short
" they came up to two elephants with
howdahs. They were the best man
nered Of the half dozen owned or rent
ed by Colonel Hare. Mahouts sat
astride. Rifles reposed in the side
sheaths. This was to be no light i'd
venture. There might be q small war
fare.
Pundita flung her arms round Ra-
mabai, and he consoled her. She was
then led away to the colonel's camp.
Remember" Ramabai said at part
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