Arizona republican., 1914-04-05

Surely that poor girl marked for misfortune. In all the years Bruce had possessed Raah he had never exhibited anything but docility The elephant running amuck, though he might eventually work himself into that blind ungovernable Off like that, without the slightest warning. If Kathlyn could only keep him clear of the trees for the old would do his best scrape off the irksome howdah.
 Kathyn heard the shouts from behind but she could not understand whether these warnings advice Could they oyertake her before she flung off? She tried to recall the elephant talk Ahmed had taught her in the old days at the farm, but just she dazed. At the end of hour all sounds rom the ceased pistol shots to encourage her with the knowledge that friends near Rajah must have out stripped them two three miles.
 At length she into small clearing amid the tall jungle grass, dead and brittle last years growth She two natives in the act of kicking out a dung fire. Rajah headed directly toward them the fire evidently being in the line of path he had chocen This rare and unexpected freedom this opportunity go whither he
 listed the giant fern he used to eat in the days when he was free and wild in Ceyon
 Kathlyn called the men, but they turned and fled in terror. To them Rajah was amuck The elephant passed the fire closely that the wind his passing stirred the fire into life again; and this time it cre2t toward the highly nhammable grass. A few hundred yards beyond kathyn turned to the flames eaping along the grass. Rajah getting whif of the acrd smoke, quickened his stride. The fire followed with ing rapdy and stopped only when it rerched the bed os a trickling stream doubt torrent during the bg rains great pail of smoke plotted everything in the plotted hope, for Bruce could pick p the trail now.
 Kathlyns eyes feverishly dry and bright It was only matter of time when the howdah would slip down the brute side She prayed that she might die instantly Strange fancies fitted through her mnd dsordered by all these days of suspense and terror. {.
 And suddenly the jungle came to an end and long, plowed field opened into view. Beyond this field rose ruined wall, broken by crumblng gate and lounging in the gateway soldiers Nearby were two elephants employed in piling logs.
 Rajah perforce slackened his gait The soldiers became animated Immediately the two mahouts charged their brutes toward Raah who stopped He had had his sport He swayed to and fro One of the mahous reached for ward and coutcd Rajah the knee He slowly kneeed The soldiers forward to help Kathyn of the how dah At the sight of her skin their asonshment great
 She very weak and faint and the increasing babel of tongues like little triphammers beating upon her aching head One cf tae soldiers gave her drink of water He held his canteen high, that the water tricked into her mouth lips but his own must toucn the nozzle, otherwise. being Brahm:n, he would be deled Natives instantly ocked about jabbering won der Some of the boder touched her bare arms. The soldiers drove them back angrily Through the press horseman pushed forward The rider stared strange captive, started, and uttered astonshed cry.
 The white queen of Allaha whom mine eyes crowned at the Durbar there! !" he murmured By the shroud of the prophet what this mean? Stop!' he called to the soldiers Kathyn looked up duy Convey