The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15

He shook his fist toward Allaha. 90 Durga RAM
of these fine days and shall square accounts."
Kathyn had just completed herself dress OF grass
Three years before she had learned the trick from the
natives in Hawaii. The many days of hardship had
made her thinner, but had she been hardy
clear eyed quick and 1.-THE in her actions She had
lived precariously, stealing her food dusk from the
fields of the sugarcane, vegetables plantans
mangoes. Sometimes she recited she remembered
in order that she might break the oppressive silence
which always surrounded her.
She kept carefully out of the way of all human be
ngs she had lost all hope of from the brown
people, who had become hateful to her the scav-
engers of the Jungle There was something to admire
in the tiger, the leopard the wild elephant but she
placed all natives perhaps wrongly in a class with
the uncean jackals and hyenas.
Tanned deeply by wind and SUM- Kathlyn was darker
than many native woman. Often she thought Of
Bruce, but hope of his finding her long since died
within her. Every night when she climbed to her plat
form she vowed she would start south the
ing south, toward the land where there were white
people, but each morning found her hesitant
Behind her tree there a clearing, then tumble
of thicky growing trees; beyond those was another
clearing upon which stood deserted elephant stockade.
The grass had grown rank in it for want of use. She
saw, her dismay the approach of and elephants
Two elephants ridden by mahouts Two other
elephants being josted the sockade evil
IDENTIFY captives. They proceeded passively how
for elephants submit to captivity with less real
trouble than other wild beast Kathlyn crouched
low in the grass and waited till and elephants
entered the stockade; then she quickly her
haven the platform in the tree She never went very
r from this in search of food She had also re-
covered the idol and set it back in its place was
not fortunately, much frequented spot. 1t was for
the benefit of the occasional Pilgrim the ryots having
shrnes more conveniently situated.
She nestled down among her rushes and waited She
could not the stockade from where she now was,
but she could hear shouts from the mahouts.
Recently she had discovered eopard's lair near the
ockade and very careful to avoid it, much as she
wanted to seize the pretty cubs and run away with
them. BY this time she knew the habits fears and
hareds of these people of the Jungle scruuous-
attended to her affairs they attended theirs
times the striped tiger prowed about the base of
the tree sharpened his claws the bark but he
attempted ascend the platform Perhaps he real
lied the useessness of investigation since the platform
made it impossible for him see what was up there
But always now and from the truce water he paused
looked up, crcled the tree, .and away mystied
Only the eating beasts down to water that
night and Kathyn understood by this that the and
the elephants stl in the stockade
The following morning she went down to the stream
to bathe at the same time the parent leopards
for drink They had not cared to seek their during
the night account of the fires; and worrying over
their cubs, they not in the agreeable mood
kathlyn their approach in time to reach her
platform. They snared about the tree and the male
climbed up as far the platform. Kathlyn reached