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remained, anu MS men tneTe was
left but ALL whose leg still caused him
to limp a little. So Bruce was COM
manded by no less person than Kath-
| Ign to be her fathers guest till they
departed for America. Daily Winnie
rode Rajah. lie was such a funny old
pachyderm, q kind OF clown among his
brethren. but as gentle as a kitten. Run
ming away had not paid. He was like
| the country boy who had gone to the
| big city: he never more could be salts
| fed with the farm.
The baboon hung about the Colone's
heels as a dog might have done; while
| Kathlyn had found a tiger cub for
plaything. SO for a while peace reigned
at the camp.
They found the much sought docu-
ment in the secret chamber in Cmballa's
| house Dust as he intended they
should; and the King had 1t legally de-
stroyed and wrote a new will. wherein
| Pundita should have back that which
| the kings ancestors had taken from
her-a throne.
After that there was nothing for Col.
| Hare TO do but proceed to ship his ami
| mails to the railroad thence to the ports
where he could dispose Of them. Never
should he enter this part OF India again.
| Life was too short.
High and low they hunted Umballa
but without success. He was hidden
well. They were. however, assured that
| he fingered in the city and was sinis-
| terly alive.
Day after day the King grew stronger
mentally and physically. Many Of the
reforms suggested by Ramabal were
put into force Quiet at length really
| h., hs
gan to believe that Umballa had fed
| the city, and vigilance correspondingly
relaxed.
The King had a private chamber the
| window of which overlooked the gar
| den Of brides. There with his sherbets
and water pipe he resumed his old habit
of inditng verse in pure Persian, for
| he was a scholar He never entered the
zanana. or harem; but occasionally he
sent for some OF the women to play and
| dance before him. And the woman
who loved Umballa was among these.
One day she asked to take a Journey
| into the bazaars to visit the sister. Or
dinarily such a request would have been
denied. But the King no longer cared
what the woman did. and the chief
eunuch slept afternoons and nights, be-
| ing only partly alive in the mornings.
An hour later a palanquin was low
cred directly beneath the Kings win
dow. To his eye 1t looked exactly like
the one which had departed. He went
on writing, absorbed. Had he looked
| closely, had he been the least suspi-
cious.
This palanquin was the gift of Durga
Ram, so called Cmballa. 1t had been
built especially for this long waited for
occasion. 1t was nothing more nor
less than a cunning cage in which a
| tiger was huddled. in a vile temper
The palanquin bearers. friends of the
dancing girl. had overpowered the royal
bearers and donned their costumes.
At this moment one Of the bearers
CUmballa himself trusting no oneD
crawled stealthily under the palanquin
and touched the spring which liberated
the tiger and opened the blind. The flu
rious beast sprang to the window. The
King was too astonished to move, TO
appreciate his danger. From yon harm
less palanquin this striped fury.
The tiger in his leap struck the
lacquered desk, broke ii, and scattered
the papers about the floor.
Ramabai and his officers were just
entering the corridor which led to the
chamber when the tragedy occurred.
They heard the noise, the Kings cries.
When they reached the door silence
greeted them.
The room was wrecked. There was
evidence of a short but terrific strug-
gle. The King lay dead upon the floor,
| the side Of his head crushed in. His
! turban and garments were in tatters.
But he had died like a king; for in the
| corner by the window lay the striped
one, a jewelled dagger in his throat
| Ramabai was first TO discover the de-
serted palanqun and proceeded TO in
vestigate. 1t did not take him more
than a minute to understand what had
| happened 1t was not an accident; IL
was cold blooded murder, and back Of
1t stood the Internal ingenuity Of one
| man.
| Thus fate took Alfalfa by the hair
again and shook her out Of the pastoral
quiet. What would happen now?
This!
| On the morning after the tragic death
of the old King those who went early to
worship to propiiiate the gods to deal
kindly with them during the day were
astounded to find the doors and gates
Of all the temples closed Nor was any
priest visible in his usual haunts.
| Ahc pcopic were OF
could be but one Interpretation TO this
act on the part Of the gurus: the gods
had denied the people. Why? Where
fore? Twenty-four hours passed with
out their learning the cause; the priests
desired to All them with terror before
they struck.
Then came the distribution of pamph
lets wherein 1t was decreed that tho
populace, the soldiery. all Alfalfa In
fact must bow TO the will of the gods
or go henceforth accursed The gods
demanded the reinstatement as regen,
of Durga Ram; the deposing OF Rama
bal, the infdel; the fealty of the troops
to Durga Ram. Twenty-four hours were
given the people to make their choice.
Before the doors OF all the temples
the people gathered. wailing and pour.
ing dust upon their heads, from Brah.
min to pariah, from high caste matrons
to light dancing girls. And when the
troops, company by company, began to
kneel at the outer rim OF these gather.
ings Ramabai despatched note to Col
Hare warning him to fly at once. But
the messenger tore up the note ant
flew to his favorite temple. Superstition
thus won what honor. truth and gener.
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