St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-12-12

mo, no, Pun0lta!
| Let me go! My lord u dead, and
I wish to follow!"
you are 4 Christian!"
"Ai all"
"But he may not be dead. Help.
help!"
rs not Lal Singh there dead? Il
that not proof?"
Hitler and thither across tho dooe
they fought. But Winnie soon real
lied that Pundita, being in frenzy.
was strongest. The struggle ended
quickly, however, but not through Win
MES efforts. Pundita did something
unoriental: she tainted. dragging Win
ME to the floor with her. The young
girls head came into contact with the
! wall. and she was stunned for Q mo-
ment. Upon sitting up she did not
know exactly where she was. But
the calm, high-bred face Of the dead
Lal Singh recalled the situation clear
", and she went about the resuscita-
ton of Pundita.
As the latter's eyes opened wildly
Winnie heard q pounding ct the door.
She was pulled two ways. II she an
swered the summons Pundita might
take advantage Of her absence and
kill herself. Again, it might be the
help for which she had called.
Instinctively she snatched up the
fallen dagger. ran to the door, peered
out cautiously, and recognized one Of
the revolutionists who had left the
house but an hour or two since. She
dung open the door.
"Pundita?" cried the man.
Winnie caught him by the sleeve
and dragged him into the chamber
;. d. just in time. The distracted Pun
dita had plucked another dagger from
the wall, and the man stayed her
arm even as she struck.
"Highness," he cried, ''he lives!"
And he recounted the startling events
Of the morning, the treachery Of the
palace troops, the coming Of Kath-
Ign in chain armor, the turn OF the
tide.
They live!" cried Pundita. and COW
cred her face.
Winnie had not understood word
said, but the expression on Pundita's
face was illuminative. She threw her
arms around the native woman, and
the two Of them wept In common. All
hevv ho3A hoV txr,A fo Co
that of weeping and laughing.
To return to Kathlyn: by and by
she was able to slip into q doorway.
and the bawling rabble passed on
down the narrow street. The house
was deserted, and the hallway and
what had been q booth was filed with
rubbish. Kathlyn, AZ she leaned
breathlessly against the door. felt 1t
give. And very glad she was Of this
knowledge moment later, when two
lions galloped into the street, their
names sti1f, their tails arched. Doubt
less, they were badly frightened.
Kathlyn reached for the revolver
she carried and fred ct the animals.
not expecting to hit one Of them, but
hoping that the noise of the firearms
would swerve them into the passage
across the way. Instead, they came
straight to where she stood.
She stepped inside and slammed the
door, holding 1t and feeling about in
vain for lock or bolt.
Evidently the lions had halted out
side. undecided, for she could hear
them smiling at the doorsill. II they
leaped she was lost, for she could not
hope to hold the door against the on
rush of beasts as heavy as these lions
were.
Elsewhere in the bazaars the colo
mel, Bruce, and Ahmed were setting
nets for the recapture Of the lions,
quite confident that Kathlyn was by
this time safe In the haven Of Rama
BATS house.
The girl glanced hurriedly over her
shoulder toward the dim rickety stair
case. The moment the smiling ceased
she withdrew from the door and ran
up the stairs to the first landing. to
find all these doors lockless! A crash
below announced that the lions had
heard her and had entered. There
was a second dight. and up this few
the girl. She might IRE at the beasts,
and even It. she succeeded in hitting
them it wodld serve only to madden
them. One cannot kill lions with q
toy.
Still lockless doors! No safety.
She then espied ladder which gave
to the roof top, and up this she
climbed. They could not possibly fol-
low her up the ladder. and a. she
reached the top she knew that Tor the
present she had nothing to fear from
the lions.
The interior Of the house WAS OF the
dimsiest wood. slovenly put together.
Along the roof was . parapet. She
left the trap one SO that she could
see all that went on below. Almost
as she looked the tawny bodies swept
up to the foot of the ladder. and there
remained, snarling and splitting and
reaching up as far as they could.
Somewhere on the way Kathlyn knew
that these lions had tasted blood.
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