The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-04
ikathlyn Becomes the vestal "a the
Ruined Temple.

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gained the shelter of the sarcophagusl
1she never knew, but gain it she did,
and covered down within. She could
linear the beast trotting round and
round, shifting and rumblng in his
Throat. Then the roaring OF the pre-
ceding night was repeated. The old
fellow evidently could not find those
Iotheri lions swhdI roared back at him SO
lyaliantly. Evidently FIRE had no ter.
rors for him. For an hour or more
!heE patroled the portico, and all this
time sKathlyn did not stir, hardly dar.
ling to breathe for fear he might I'M
dertakes to peer into the sarcophagus.
Silence. "A low roar. from the inner
:shrine told her that for the present
l;she was safe. Tomorrow she must
Fly, whittier did mot matter. Toward
-four o clock she fell into a. doze and
was finally awakened by the sound OF
voices raised in anger. + slsss Ii,::.f!s
Poor sheep! They had discovered,
the shattered idol. It did not matter.
lat all that the return of their ancient
GODDESS was to bring back prosperity
She had broken their favorite IDOL
Domination would come in q DEVILS
wind that night. 4
The holy man who had missed the
lEchance Of claiming the miraculous iap:
Epearance of Kathlyng as o work Of his
own. now saw an opportunity to Ire;
Lshabilitate shimself!ins the eyes OF those
who had made his holiness a COM;
PORTABLE existence. With a piece Of
the Idol in his hand he reused sKath.
Ign and shook the clay before her
face, jabbering violently Kathlyn UNI
|Iderstood readily enough. She had I'M.
Willingly committed a saerilege.
The natives gathered about and
llmenaced her. Kathlyn rose, standing
In the sarcophagus, and extended her
hands for silence She was frightened
l!buts IT would never do tto; let them see
II: What Hindustanii she knew would
lin; this case be Of no manner Of: use.i
But we human beings can, by. facial
depression and gesture, make known
our messages with understandable
llclearness. From her gestures, then,
1.-The holy imens gathered that she could
irecreate the god. She pointed toward
1.-THE sun and counted on her fingers.
The premier. holy man, satisfied that.
he understood Kathlyn's gestures.
turned to; the Justly, angered villagers
and explained that with his aid their
priestess would, in five suns, .recreate
l!vishnu in all his beauty Instantly the,
lyyillagers Frustrated themselves.
Poor things! murmured Kathlyn.i
The holy men sent the natives away,
for II was not meet that they should
witness magic In the making. They
then squatted in the clay court and
Iicuriously waited for her to begin.
There was "a well in the inner shrine,
To this she went with caution. The
| lion was Sevide emily aging in the jun
gle. Kathlyn filled the copper vessel
with water and returned. Next, she
gathered up what pieces OF the idol
she could find and pieced them to-
gether. Here was her model. She
then approache one Of the fakirs and!
|signified that she had need Of his
knife. He demurred ut first. but at.
Length consented TO part with &c. She
|dngiupl square piece oflclay. IN fine.
she felt more Ike the Kathlyn ofS old
than she had since combating the3