The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-04

The ADVENTURES OF KATHLYN-By Harold MacGrat


| the room, and sooner or later, with tn,
deftncss Of his breed, he would enter
! The leopard he had heard about was
nowhere TO be seen.
Winnie" said Kathlyn. Il dread it,"
Winnie set down the teacup. her eyes
| trimming.
What can 1t all mean? Not q line
from father since Colombo, five month,
gone"
do you think"
mo. no." replied kathlyn. hastily
Father sometimes forgets. He may
he hunting miles from telegraph wires
and railroads; it Is only that he should
forget us so long. Who knows? H.
may have dropped down into Borneo
He wanted some pythons, so heard him
say"
The elder sister did not care to instiI
into the heart of her charge the fear
which was in her own.
Who knows but there may be good
news in the envelope? Dads always
doing something like tn I. New Years. "
The collie. released from the kitchen
came bounding in. In his exuberance
he Knocked over a cloisonne vase Both
Girls were glad to welcome this diver.
sion. They rose simultaneously and
gave chase. The dog headed for the out
door studio. where they caught him and
made believe they were Furnishing him
Quietly the watcher entered through
the window, alert and tense. He flew to
The desk, found the envelope. steamed i,
open at the kettle. extracted the seale{
envelope and Col Harc's note. He smiled
"A az. In, nd ia l.,
plans completely. He would not play
1"ssenger-hc would use n lure instead
With his ear strained for sounds. hs
wrote and substituted note. This
hruri Of Sa'adi would not pause To not.
the difference in writing; the vitalncs,
II the subject would enchain her
thoughts. II was all accomplished in
the space Of few minutes. Smiling. he
passed out into the fast settling tw!-
light.
They were shipping a lion to San
Francisco, and the roaring and con-
fusion were al very satisfactory to the
trespasser.
Midnight. From afar came the mel.
low notes Il the bells in the ancient
Spanish mission The old year was
dead. the new year was born. carrying
with it the uschanglng sound of happi.
ness and misery or promises made and
promises broken. of good and evil.
The packet" cried Winnie
Kathlyn recognized in that call that
Winnie was only a child. All the re-
Sponsihilty lay upon her shoulders She
ripped the cover from the packet and
read The note.
KArHLYN: II not heard from I'm hel
! captive in Alfalfa. Sealed document can
save me Bring it yourself 10 Alfalfa by
| first steamer, FATHER
Il knew IT," said kathryn calmly. The
fear in her heart had. as the brown
man had anticipated, blinded her to the
fact that this was not her fathers char.
actcristic blunt scrawl.
"Oh, Kit, Kit"
Hush, WINNIE I must go and go
aione. Where's the evening paper? All
| here II is. Let me see what boat leaves
San Francisco tomorrow. The En-
press Of India, 9 A. NJ. must make
| that. Now you're 4. ur fathers daugh-
ter too. Winnie. You must stay be-
hind and be brave and wait. | shall
| come back. ! shall find father II I
have to rouse all India. Now to pack
When they arrived at the station the
passenger train had just drawn out
For a while Kathlyn felt beaten. She
would be compelled to wait another
week It was disheartening
"Why not try the freight them" cried
Winnie.
You little angel. never thought OF
that"
But the crew would not hear Of it. I,
81,
rules, Kathlyn could have cried.
"'' isn't money miss, it's the rules"
said the conductor kindly. II can't do
it,"
Kathlyn turned in despair toward the
station. 1t was then she saw the boxed
lion on the platform. She returned 10
| The conductor Of the freight,
why isn't that lion shipped?"
I'VE can't carry "A lion without an at
,endant, miss. You on hit To kno that"
Every we'll" replied Kalhlyn. She
smiled at the conductor confidently
I'm travel as the lions attendant. You
certainly cannot object tn that"
II guess you've got me-" admitted the
conductor. "But where the dickens will
We put the cat? Every car Is closed and
locked, and there is not an empty"
"You can easily get the lion in the
cnboosc. III see that he doesn't bother
any one"
Lions in the Caboosc Is n new one on
me- Well, you know your dads business
better than I do. Look alive, boys. and
get that angora aboard. This il Miss
: Hare herself, and she'l take charge.
Kit. Kit"
"Winnie!"
"Oh, I'll be brave. I've just got to be
hut I've never been left alone before"
The two girls embraced and Winnie
went sobbing back to the maid who
waited on the platform.
What happened in that particular
rah"ose has long since been newspaper
history. The crew will go on telling II
til II becomes as fabulous as one Of
Sinbad's yarns, How the lion escaped.
how the fearless young woman cap