St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-10-31

dress. Perhaps the Colonel 9ahit
would be pleased to rec Il he can wea,
1T And also the use Of my barber?"
"Bala Khan" cried the colonel. you
are . prince indeed! It win tonic nj
like medicine. Thanks, thanks!"
1T IL we'll"
You have . wonderful elephant ou1
there in the compound" said Bruce,
who had remained Z silent listener "a
all that had gone before. ).
"Ah! That IL . curiosity. He II wor-
shipped by Hindus and reverenced b
my own people. I am his omcial Gus.
todian. There 10 . saying among the
people that Ill viii befall me should
lose. sell or permit him TO b stolen
And many have offered to buy1''
inquired the colonel
Many"
When the colonel appeared ct sup.
per, simple but substantial. hs was .
now man. He stood up straight,
though his back stu smarted from the
lash. Kathlyn was delighted at the
change.
After the meal was over and coffee
was drunk. the khan conducted his
guests to his armory. Of which he was
very proud. Guns Of Ill descriptions
lined the walls. Some Of them Bruce
would have liked to own, to decorate
the walls Of his own armory, thou
sands Of miles away.
The colonel whispered Z forgotten
prayer as. later. he laid down his
weary aching limbs upon the rope bed.
Almost Immediately he sank into slum-
Der - deep and silent - the ssa.
Kathlyn and Bruce, however. went
up to tho hanging gardens and re-
NAMED there till nine. marveling over
the beauty Of the night. The Pathan
city lay under their eass. with . like
ness to one Of those magic cities one
reads about In tho chronicles az Sim
bad the Sailor. But they. spoke NO
word Of love. When alone with this
remarkable young woman. Bruce found
himself invariably tonsus.tied.
At the same hour. less than nfty
miles away. Umballa stood before tho
opening Of his elaborate tent, erected
at shutdown BY tho rivers brink. and
scowled ct the moon. He saw no
beauty in the translucent Shy, IN the
silvery paleness Of the world below.
He wanted revenge. and the word
Kissed in his brain % . viper misses
IN the dark Of it, cave.
Dung hres twinkled and soldiers
lounged about them. smoking and Cos
siping. They had been given an earn
est against their long delinquent
wages. and they were In happy frame
Of mind. Their dead comrades were
dead and mourning was for widows; for
them would be the pleasures Of swift
reprisals. The fugitives had gone to-
ward tho desert, and In that bleak
stretch Of treeless land It would not b
difficult to ind them. once they started
In pursuit.
Midnight.
In the compound the mooalight lay
upon everything: upon the fat sides
and back Of the sacred white ele.
plant, upon the three low caste keep
srs. now free Of tho vigilant sys Of
heir Brahmin chief. The gates were
barred ana closed: al inside the house
II Bala Khan were asleep. Far away
! sentry dozed On his rife, ON the
wall. The three keepers whispered
md chuckled among themselves.
Who will know?" said one.
The moon will not speak," said an
3ther.
Then let 10 60 and smoke"
The three approached the elephant.
A bit Of gymnastics and one Of them
Vas boosted to the hack Of the ele-
pnant. to whom this episode vas more
y less familiar. Another followed:
he third was pulled mp, and from the
elephants back they made the ton az