St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-10-24
HE ST. TAMMANY FARMER, SATURDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1914

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4 II made her weak to reai1z
how slender the chance was She too
the tabaret and placed it beneath th
window and stood upon It.
Jock, here. Jock"
The baboon gave her his nav,
Deity she tied the blade Of graa
round his neck. Then she STRUCK he
hands together violently. The baboo
vanished, frightened at this une,
pected treatment.
HE Is gone"
/ The colonel did not reply, but bega
to examine his chains infinitely.
Kit. there's no getting me out q
here without files. II there is an
rescue you go and return. Promise.
Il PROMISE
Then they sat down to wait
And Ahmed in his search came t,
the river. Some natives were swim
ming and sporting in. the water. All
med put question. o. yes. they ha,
seen the strange looking ape (for ba
Blooms were not usual in this part o
the world); he had gone up one Of tn,
trees near by. Colonel Hare had al
ways used a peculiar whistle to brinl
Jock, and Ahmed resorted to this de
vice. Half an hours perseverance re
| warded him; and then he found tn,
blade of grass.
Dungeon window BY tree. Kath
lyn.'
That was sufficient for Ahmed. Hi
turned the baboon over to the care o.
one of his subordinates and hurried
away to Bruce's camp, only to find
that he had gone to the colonel's
Away went Ahmed again, tireless. He
found Bruce pacing the bungalow
frontage.
Ahmed"
Yes. sahib. Listen" He told his
tale quickly.
The guards at all the gates have
orders to shoot mesif they catch me
within the walls Of the city. / must
disguise<m myself in some way"
TIL find you an Arab burnoose,
sahib, and that will hide you. It will
be dark by the time we reach the
city, and wen enter by one Of the
other gates. That will allay suspicion.
First we must seek the house Of Ra-
mabai. / need money for bribery"
Bruce searched his wallet. It was
empty. He had given all he had to
the Brahmin.
You lead, Ahmed / am dazed."
In the city few knew anything about
Ahmed. not even the keenest Of Um-
balla's spies. Umballa had his sus-
picions. but as yet he could prove
nothing. To the populace he was a
harmless animal trainer who was only
too glad not in any way to be impli-
Gated with his master. So they let
him alone. Day by day he waited for
the report from Lal Singh, but so far
he had heard nothing except that the
British raj was very busy killing the
followers Of the Mahdi In the Sudan.
It was subtle inference that for the
present all aliens in Alfalfa must look
out for themselves.
"Sahib," he whispered. 4 have
learned something. Day after day l
have been waiting. hoping. Colonel
Sahib lives. but where know not"
"Ltves!"
Al! In FOUNDER prison where later
We 60. He lives. That Is enough for
his servant. He is my father and my
and l would die for him and
his. All! Here is the north gate.
Bend your head, sahib, when we pass"
They entered the city without mis-
hap. No one questioned them. In
deed, they were but two in dozen
who passed in at the same time. They
threaded the narrow streets quickly,
skirting the glow of many dung fires
for fear that Bruce's leggings might
be revealed under the burnoose.
When at length they came to the
house OF Ramabai they did not seek
TO enter the front. but chose the gate
IN the rear Of the garden. The moon
was up and the garden was almost az
light as day.
.Ramabai!" called Bruce in whis-
per:
The dreaming man seated at table
came out Of his dream with 4 start.
A servant ran to the gate.