The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-07
The Adventures
of Kathlyn
Continued from Fourteenth Page.


BIZ. ~ for liberty. The soldiers spat
con, upiuously as they seized him and
drau I'd him off.
I'll. priests conferred hastily. Bala-
,bar WIS fierce Muhammedan, u ruth
Lss older; his followers were without
fear This young woman with the
whit, skin had for the nonce beaten
th,u Durga Ram had played the fool:
betv u the two women he had fallen.
Let ..u 20. then, to the treadmill; they
vel, through with him. He had played
his -lnc like tyru. They must pa
,utc this young woman who the people
kl.,,,J was their queen. but who they
ln,v was the plaything of politics and
Np,I ncies.
p chief or high priest salaamed.
md . plyn eyed him calmly, though
her ...s threatened to refuse support.
"Nl -ty. we bow to your will Alfalfa
aunui hope to cope with Balakhan's
fierce u.,lmen. All we ask is that you
i,.dy with us till you have legally Sc
b,t,d your successor"
WHO shall De Pundita," said Kathlyn.
Til. chief priest salaamed again. The
MOI .mrut cost him nothing. once Ba-
hkrtu was back in his city and this
Nh.,r woman out OF the country he
Nou,d undertake to deal with Ramabal
and rIniita. lie doubted Balakhan
would stir from his impregnable city
on behalf Of Ramabai.
TIE frail woman who loved Tmballa
raised her hands in supplication.
Ki.hyn understood. She shook her
head. t'mballa should end his days In
the treadmill; he should grind the peo-
Pies corn. Nothing should stir her
from this determination.
The people crowding in the temple
and IN the square before 1t salaamed
deeply as kathryn left and returned to
the palace. She was rather dizzy over
the success of her Inspiration.
rmhalla tried to brlbe the soldiers.
They laughed and tainted him. He
took his rings from his fingers and
offered them. The soldiers snatched
them out of his palm and thrust him
along the path which led to the MIL.
When the prisoners saw Cmbara a
shout went up. There were some there
Who had Umballa to thank for IT, If
msytrs They hailed him and jeered
him and Knocked him.
The keepers enjoyed this raillery.
rmhalla was going to afford them much
amusement. They forced him to the
wrist bar snapped the irons on his
wrist. and shouted to the men to tread.
All. we'll they knew the game!
Among the late kings papers they
found an envelope addressed to
knthiyn. II was in grandiloquent Eng
lsh. Brcvity of speech is unknown to
the East Indian. Kathlyn read 1t with
irowu.ug eyes.
She gave II to her father to read:
and 1t hurt her to note the way his eyes
took fire at the contents of that letter.
The higree basket of gold and gems:
the trnkets for which he had risked his
own life. Kathlyn's, then Winnie's. In
turn Bruce and Ramahai perused the
letter, and to Ramabai came the in
spiraton.
They would seek this treasure. but
only he. Ramabai, and Pundta would
return. Here lay their way to freedom
without calling upon Balakhan for aid.
The matter, however, had to be SUBJ
mitt,d to the priests, and those willy
men in yellow robes agreed. They
could very well promise Durga Ram
his freedom again; to pursue these
that would be Durga Rams ransom.
The return to the palace was joyous
this time but in her heart OF hearts
kathiyn was sceptical. Till she trod
the deck of a ship homeward bound
she would always be doubling.
AN goes WELL" said Ramabai; "for
10 reach this hiding place We must pass
The city of Balakhan. 7 know where
= this cape is. 1t is not large. 1t juts
out into the sea. the Persian Gulf, per-
hips half a dozen miles. At high tide
it becomes an island. None lives about
except the simple fisherman.
"Still the journey is hazardous. The
truth l., il is spot where there Is
much gun running; in fact, where We
found our guns and ammunition.
understand that there are great Sc
cret stores of explosives hidden there
ANY seaport near?" asked the Colo
Ne
Perhaps seventy miles north Is the
very town We stopped at a few weeks
ago"
Two days later the expedition was
ready 10 start.
tmballa was thereupon secretly
taken from the treadmill. He was given
camel and told what to do.
Ransom? He would destroy them |:
aye, and take the treasure himself,
since he knew where 1t now lay, this
Information having been obtained for
him. He would seek the world, choos-
ING his habitation where he would.
Day after day he followed. tireless,
indomitlble. as steadfast upon the trail
as jickal after a wounded antelope.
never coming within range. skulkIng
about the camp at night, dropping be-
hind In the morning, not above pick
Ing Mp bits of food left by the treasure
seekers. Money and revenge; these
would have kept him to the chase had
he boon dying!
A. for Balakhan, he was at once
cad ana sorry to see his friends
Nothing would have pleased him more
than 10 fall upon Alfalfa like the thun-
derb"' lie was. But he made Ramaba
prom that IL ever he had need of hin
10 send And Ramabai promised, hoping
mat Dee could adjust and regulate his
Affair." without foreign assistance. They
went on this time with Ahmed.
Toward the end Of the Journey they
would be compelled to cross a Chasm
on rope and vine bridge. Umballa
Knowing this, circled and reached the
br.de' before they did. He set abou,
Wrah"ning the supports, so that the
W''ht of passengers could cause the