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knowing him to be a revolutionist, extremely popular with the people and the nearby ryots (farmers), to whom he loaned money upon reason able terms.
 If I am queen, I will it," said Kathlyn firmly If l am only a prisoner, end the farce at once" Your majestys word is law and Umballa bowed, hiding as best he could his irritation.
 The next afternoon he began to enact the subtle plans he had formed regarding Kathlyn. He brought her certain documents and petitions to sign and went over them carefully with her. Once, as she returned a document, he caught her hand and kissed it. She withdrew it roughly, flaming with anger. He spread his hands apologetically. He was on fire for her, but he possessed admirable control He had the right to come and go; as regent he could enter the Zenana without being accompanied by the council. But, thereafter, when he arrived with the days business, she contrived to have Pundita near and Ramabai within call. On the sixth day he cast all discretion to the winds and seized her violently in his arms. And, though she tended her lips, her cheeks and neck were de- filed She stepped back; the hidden dagger flashed.
 A step nearer,' she cried, low voic- ed, and I will strike Umballa recoied This was no longer Sa'adi's houri but the young woman who had mastered the lion in the railway train. Rage supplant- ed the passion in his heart. Since she would not bend, she should break. As her arm sank he sprang forward like cat and seized her wrist, He was not gentle The dagger tinkled as it struck the marble floor. He stopped for it.
 Since you will not bend, break! " he said, and left the chamber, cold with fury.
 Kathlyn sank weakly upon her pill lows as Pundita ran to her side,
 What shall I do, Pundita?
 God knows, Memsahib,"
 Are you a Christian"
 Yes
 Yes"
 And they comforted each ether.
 There was a garden in the palace grounds, lovely indeed. A fountain tinkled and fat carp swam about in the fluted marble basin. There were trellses of flowers, too; Persian roses despite the fact that it was still winter It was called the Garden of Brides.
 Kathlyn, attended by Pundita, awaited there the coming of Umballa and the council Her heart ached with bitterness and she could not think clearly. The impression that all this was some dreadful night mare recurred to her vividly. What terrors awaited her she knew not nor could conceive. Marry that smil ing demon?-for something occult told her that he was demon. No; she was ready to die ...... And but a little while ago she had been work ing happily in the outdoor studio; the pet leopard sprawled at her feet; from the bungalow she heard the nightingale voice of Winnie, soaring in some aria of Nerdis; her father was dozing on the veranda. Out of that, into this It was incredible.
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By Harold McGraths

ghats, or took flowers to the temples, ing with the simple iron cross sus- pended at his neck. But he had died during the last visitation of the plague.
 Tined had wearied of their tolerant king, who had died mysteriousy; they were now wearied of the coun- cil and Umballa; in other words, they knew not what they wanted, being PeoDle
 Who was this fair skinned woman who stood so straight before Um- balla's eye? Whence had she come? To be ruled by a woman who ap- peared to be tongue tied. Well, there were worse things than d wo- man who could not talk. Thus they Sabbled in the baZaars. round brai- sers and dung fires. And some talk ed of the murder The proud Rama bal had been haled to prisOn his bankers gold had not saved him. O. this street rat Umballa generally got what he wanted. Ramabai's wife was one of the beauties of Hind
 Through the narrow, evil smelling streets of the baZaars man hurried that night, glancing behind frequent ly to see if by any mischance some one followed. He stopped at the house of Lal Singh, the shoemaker, whom he found drowsing over his water pipe.
 Tt is well?" said the newcomer, intoning
 Tt is we'll" answered Lal Singh, dropping the mouthpiece of his pipe. He had spoken mechanically. When he saw who his visitor was his eyes prightened. "Ahmed?"
 "Hush,' with a gesture toward the ceiling.
 She is oIt morrymaking. like the rest of her kind. The old saying: if man waits, the woman comes to him l am alone. There is news 2"
 "There is a journey. Across Hind to Simla'
 The hour has arriVed?'
 At least the excuse. Give these to one in authority with the British Raj. whose bread we eat Ahmed slid across the table a small scroll. The Memsahib is my masters daughter. She must be spirited away to safety"
 'Ah!' Lal Singh rubbed his fat hands "So the time hears when we shall wiring the vulture's neck? Ali. it is good. Umballa, the toad. who swells and swels as the days go by. Shiva has guarded him well. The king picks him out of the gutter for a pretty piece of impudence. sends him afar to Umballa. where he learns to speak English, where he learns to wear shoes that button and stiff linen bands round the neck. He has gone on, gone on. The higher up, the harder the fall"
 The cellar?"
 There are pistols and guns and ammunition and strange little wires by which I make magic fires
 'Batteries?"
 one never knows what may be needed. You have the key?"
 Yes"
 Hare sahib's daughter. And Hare Sahib?" with twinkling eyes.
 Tn some dungeon, mayhap. There all avenues seemed closed up."
 "Umballa needs money" said Lal Singh, thoughtfully But he will not find it." in afterthought
 Tomorrow"
 "At dawn"
 These two men were spiders in
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[ lyn to her chamber in the zenana.
 He had in mind seven days. Many things could be accomplished in that space of time
 For the present" he said, smiling at Kathlyn, the God of your fathers 1 has proven strongest. But tomor- row, An, tomorrow, There will be seven days. Think. then, deeply and wisely. Your khitmatgar Rao IS a prisoner. It will be weeks ere your presence is known here. You are | helpless as q bird in the net. Strug- gle if you will; you will only bruise your wings. The British Raj? The British Raj does not want a great border war. and l can bring down ten thousand wild hill men outlaws between whom and the British Raj there is a blood feud; ten thousand , fl om a land where there is never peace, only truce. In seven days. .Jalaam, heaven born."
 She returned his ironical gaze calmly over the shoulder of a troop eI.
 Wait" she said. T wish you to understand the enormity of your crime
 "Crime?" with elevated eyebrows.
 Yes. You have abducted me"
 No. You came of your own free will'
 The white men of my race will not pause to argue over any such sublety. Marry you? l do not like your color
 A dull red settled under Umballas skin.
 T merely wish to warn you she went on, that my blood will be up on your head. And woe to you if it is. There are white men who will not await the coming of the British Raj"
 An, yes: some brave, hardy American; Bruce Sahib, for instance. Alas, he is in the Straits Settle ments, Seven days"
 "I am not afraid to die
 But there are many kinds of death," and with this sinister reflec- ton he stepped aside.
 The multitude, seeing Kathlyn con- ing down from the dais. still sur rounded by her cordOn of troopers, began reluctantly to disperse. Bread end the circus,"-the mobs will cry it down the ages; they will always pause to witness bloodshed, from a safe distance, you may be sure. There was a deal of rioting in the bazaar that night, and many d meas ure of bhang and tOddy kept the fires burning. Oriental politics is like the winds of the equinox; iI blows from all directions.
 The natives were taxed upon every conceivable subject not dissimilar to the old days in Urdu. where a man paid so much for the privilege of squeezing the man under him. Mu- tiny was afoot, rebellion, but it had not yet found head The natives wanted g change something to gos- sip about during the hot, lazy after moons. over their hookahs and cof- fee. To them reform meant change only, not the alleviatiOn of some of their heavy burdens The talk of freeing slaves was but talk; slaves were lucrative investments; a man would be fool to free them. An old man, with d skin white like this new queens and hair like spun wool, dressed in a long black cloak and a broad brimmed hat. had started the gitation of liberating the slaves. More than that, he carried no idol of his God, never bathed in the
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SWMDLERs
 ARE ROUNDED UP
They Had Taken Quarter of a
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N-NtrOn
 PARIS, March 21.-The French po- lice have captured q Well-organized gang of swindlers who, during the past two years, defrauded 300 trades men and manufacturers in France, Belgium and Algeria. and obtained no less than $250,000 Twenty-Five warrants were issued and eleven ar rests have been made The latest arrest was made at Algiers.
 All the prisoners described them selves as 'financiers and retired bank managers One of them called himself Baron Aime Belantaill.
 This gang ran a small paper in Paris, which they circulated to ad vertise their schemes. Their method was to offer to firms or tradesmen in difficulty financial assistance on favorable terms through bankers. They appointed one of themselves as expert to draw up a report on the condition and value of the vic tins business, and after the expert" had received sums varying from $40 to $200, the tradesmen were told that the expert regarded the se- curity offered as insufficient, con- sequently no financial assistance could be given.
Arizona republican., 1914-03-22

How best to olson the fly critters was the subject Of exhaustive ex- perments made by State EntomoIo- gist A. w. Morrill, in Phoenix last fall, and the results of his study have been widely commented upon, espe- ciaIly after he had read the follow ing notes on fly killing before the Association of Economic EntomoIo- gsts at the annual meeting in At- Ianta, Ga., on January 19. The full paper has been prepared for pubIica ton in the Journal of Economic Entomology, the official organ of the association.
 Conclusions from the Experiments
 Vinegar in itself is an excellent bait for a fly trap but when used with sugar or bread it's attractive ness to flies is greatly increased Equal parts of vinegar, sugar and water appear to be approximately as
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from Pundita's face She was or dered to salaam in submission to her queen. Pundita salaamed, but stoutly refused to kneel. They pro- ceeded to force her roughly, when kathlyn intervened.
 Tell her she is free" said Kath- lyn.
 "Free?" came from the amazed Pundita's lips
 You speak English?" cried Kath- lyn exctedly.
 Yes. majesty
 Kathlyn could have embraced her for the very joy of the knowledge woman who could talk English who could understand. who perhaps could help. Yes, yes; the God of her fathers was good.
 Umballa smiled. All this was ex- actly what he had reason to expect Seven days of authority; it would amuse him to watch her
 Tell me your story" urged Kath- lyn kindly. Be not afraid of these men. l shall make you my lady in
 
 with a searching glance at Umballa S face. She learned nothing from the half smile there
 Punditi's narrative was rather long but not uninteresting. She had learned English from the old white priest who had died during the last plague. She was of high caste; and far back in the days of the Great Mogul in Delhi her forebears had ruled here; but strife and rebellion had driven them forth. In order that her immediate forebears might re- turn to their native state and dwell in peace they had waived all possi- ble rights of accession. They had found her husband standing over a dead man in the bazaars. He was innocent.
 Umballa smoOthed his chin. Pun dita had not told her queen how he, Umballa had made the accusation, Ramabai He secretly admired the young woman. She did not at this time care to push his enmity too far As matter of fact, he no long CT cared about her; at least not since his arrival at the Hare wild animal farm in California.
 Where is this man Ramabai con- fined?' demanded Kathlyn.
 Tn the murderers pit in the ele- phant arena
 Send and bring him here. I am certain that he is innocent
 So they brought in Ralnabai in chains Behind him came Nautch girl at whom Umballa gazed puzzedly. What part had she in this affair? He soon found out.
 Who are you?" he asked.
 T am Lalla Ghori, and I live over the shoemaker, Lal Singh, in the Kashmir Gate bazaar. i dance.
 And why are you here?'
 T saw the murder. Ramabai is innocent He came upon the scene only after the murderer had fled. They were fighting about me naive ly. T was afraid to tell till now.
 Knock off those chains, said Kathlyn Of Pundita she asked: Does he. too, speak English?'
 Yes, heaven born"
 Then for the present he shall be- come my bodyguard. You shall both remain here in the palace
 An, your majesty interposed Umballa. Pundita he did not mind, but he objected to Ramabai, secretly
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composed fish was found to be much less attractive to house flies than fresh fish. Blue bottle flies and other species of the so-called flesh or meat flies were attracted to these animal matter baits, but only the true house fly is herein considered
 Contrary to expectations cane syrup and sugar and water were found to have relatively low attrac- tive value when used without other 
 The value of sticky fly paper was very materially increased by expos ing small amounts of attractive baits on the center of each sheet. The tests show that a thin slice of over ripe or decayed banana makes an and effective bait for this
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CHAPTER III. ( The Two Ordeals

Umballa was not d coward; he was only ruthless and predatory. after the manner of his kind A thrill of admiration tingled his spine. The women of his race were chattels. lazy and inert, without fire, merely drudges or playthings. Here was one worth conquering, a white flame to be controlled. To bend her without breaking her. that must be his meth cd of procedure. The skin under her chin was as white as the heart of a mangosteen. and the longing to sweep her into his arms was almost irresistible
 A high priest spoke to Kathlyn.
 What does he say" she asked.
 That you must marry me"
 Tell him l refuse,'
 Umballa shrugged and repeated her words. Here the Council of Three interposed, warning Kathlyn that she must submit to the law as it read. There was no appeal from it.
 Then I shall appeal to the British Rai.''
 'How?' asked Umballa, urbanely.
 Swiftly she stepped to the front of the platform and extended her arms It was an appeal. She pointed to Cmbala and shook her head. Her arms went out again. A low mur- mur rippled over the pressing crowd: it grew in volume; and a frown of doubt fitted over Umballa's brow The soldiers were swaying restlessly Kathlyn saw this sign and was quick to seize upon it's possibilities She renewed her gesture toward them. It seemed that she must burst forth in their maddening tongue: T appeal to the chivalry ot Allaha, Soldiers, you now wear my uniform, Liber- ate mel But her tongue was mute: vet her eyes, her face, her arms spoke eloquently enough to the tur- bulent soldiers. Besides. they well comed the opportunity to show the populace how strong they were and how little they feared Umballa. At nod from their leader they came romping up the steps to the dais and surrounded Kathlyn. A roar came from the populace; an elephant trum- reted; the parish dogs parked.
 Cmballa stepped back, his hand on his jeWeled sword. He was quite un- prepared for any such fragrant mu- tiny-mutiny from his angle of vision though in law the troopers had only responded to the desire of their queen. He turned questioningly to the council and the priests. He him. self could move no further His oonfreres appreciated the danger in which their power stood. They an- nounced that it was decreed to give the queen a respite of seven days in which to yield It would at least hold the bold troopers on the leash until they could be brought to see the affair in it's true light by the way of largess in rupees. Umballa consented because he was at the bottom of the sack A priest read from a scroll the law, explaining that no woman might rule unmar- ried. Because the young queen was not conversant with the laws of the state she would be given seven days.
 Thus the Durbar ended.
 With a diplomacy which would have graced a better man Umballa directed the troopers to escort Kath-
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From time to time she brushed her forhead, beWildered.
 In this mood, bordering on the hys- terical (which is sometimes but a step to supreme courage), Durga Ram so-called Umballa, and the council found her The face of the former was cold. his eyes steady and ex- pressionless
 Has your majesty decided?' asked the eldest of the council
 Yes" quietly
 And your decision is?"
 No, absolutely and finally There is no reason why I should obey any of your laws; but there is q good reason why all of you shall some day be punished for this outrage"
 Outrage! To be made queen of Allaha?'' The spokesman for the council stamped his foot in wrath.
 Think" said Umballa.
 T have thought Let us have no more of this cat-and- mouse play. l refuse to marry you. I'd much pre- fer any beggar in the street There is nothing more to be said
 There are worse things than mar riage"
 What manner of indignities have you arranged for me-" Her voice was firm, but the veins in her throat beat so hardly that they stifled her
 Said the spokesman of the council: We have found a precedent. We find that one hundred and ninety years ago a like case confused the council of that day They finally agreed that she must submit to two ordeals with wild beasts of the jun gle. If she survived she was to be permitted to rule without hindrance. It would be matter for the gods to decide
 Are you really human beings?" asked Kathlyn, her lips dry. Gan you possibly commit such dreadful crime against one who has never harmed you, who asks for nothing but the freedom to leave this coun- try"
 Pundita secretly caught Kathlyn's hand and pressed it.
 Once more,' said Umballa. his compassion touched for the first time But he had gone too far; for the safety of his own head he must go on.
 T am ready'
 The four men salaamed gravely. They turned, the flowing yellow robes of the council fluttering in the wind, the sun lighting with green and red fires the hilt of Umballas sword Not one of them but would have emptied his private coffers to undo what he had done It was too late. Already a priest had announced the ordeals to the SWarming populace. You feed a tiger to pacify him; you give a pOpulace a spectacle.
 That night Umballa did not rest termined upon one thing; no actual harm should befall Kathlyn He would have a marksman hidden near by in both ordeals What a woman. She was queen, and he knew that he would go through all the hells of Hind to call her his. Long ere this he would have footed the treasure chests and swept her up on his rac- ing elephant had he dared Sa'adi's houri!
 A thousand times he heard it through the night:
 I am ready"
 (To Be Continued)
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that great web of secret service taa the British Raj WeaVes up and down and across Hind, to Persia and Af- Shanlstan. to the borders of the Bear.
 Even as Lal Singh picked up his mouthpiece again and Ahmed sallied forth into the bazaars Umballa had drought to him in the armory that company of soldiers who hal shown St cil open mutiny. not against the state but against hDn.
 GraNely he questioned the captain.
 Pay our Wages. then heaven porn, said the captain, with yelled inso- lence Pay us, for we have seen net so muc1 as betel money since the last big -ains"
 Money unused Cmballa marking down this gallant captain for death when the tin,a came
 n, money: bright rupees, or. bet ter still. yellow Bruisn gold Pay ug'"
 I ct us b. flank wtin each ether. 7 said Umballa, smiling to cover the fire in his eyes.
 That is what we desire" replied the captain, with knowing look at his silent troopers.
 T must buy you"
 The captain salaamed.
 But after I have bought you ?, ironically
 Heaven born, our blood is yours to spill where and when you will"
 From under the teak table Um- balla drew forth two heavy bags of silver coin. These he emptied upon the table dramatically; white, shin ing metal, sparkling as the candle flames wavered. Umballa arranged the coin in stacks, one of them triple in size
 Yours, captain" said UmbaIla, in- dicating the large stack
 The captain pocketed it, and one by one his troopers passed and help ed themselves and fell back along the wall in military alignment, bright eyed and watchful.
 Thanks. heaven born,"
 The captain and his troopers filed out. Umballa fingered the empty bags, his brow wrinkled Cut off a cobra's head and it could only wiggle till sunset. Umballa gave the van would vanish indeed.
 The next morning while the coun- cil and Umballa were in session re- lative as to what should be done with Kathlyn in the event Of her re- fusal to bend, two soldiers entered bringing with them a beautiful na- tive young woman, one Pundita, wife of Ramabai, found in murder.
 Umballa wiped his betel stained lips and ashamed mockingly. Not so long ago he had been attentive to this young Woman-after her mar riage. She had sent him about his business with burning ears and hot cheek, made so by the contact of her strong young hand. Revenge, great or small, was always sweet to Umballa.
 To the slave girl who attended Pundita he said: Go summon the queen. It is for her to decide what shall be done with this woman"
 Through the veil Pundita's black eyes sparkled with hatred
 When kathlyn came in it was at once explained to her that the wo- mans husband had been taken for murder; by law his wife became the queens property, to dispose of as she willed. The veil was plucked
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QUITE DIFFERENT

Client - Good gracious! What a earicature,
 Painter-EXcuse me: that's a DOT trait of myself.
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-09-29
L. c. SPOONER.

"HE voters of Stevens county will
render big service to the peo-
4 pie of Minnesota if they will
return, by a big vote, Hon. L. C.
Spooner to the lower house of the
legislature.
Mr.. Spooner has many important
laws to his credit, but his best work
has been in connection with his con-
sistent policy for retrenchment in the
running expenses of the state, and as
member of the committee on ap-
preparations for several sessions past
he has done much along this line.
Mr.. Spooner was strong advo-
cate of the plan for efficiency and
economy now being carried out under
commission appointed by the gov
ernor. He was the big factor in the
construction of the new institution at
Saltwater, now regarded as one of
the best of its kind, and the best con-
Quoted, in the nation.
Mr.. Spooner's constituents, how
ever, can return him for local reasons.
Aside from the agricultural school
which he secured for his county, his
personal work in getting for the farm
ers residing along the Mustinka river
relief from the continual spring in
undations, justifes the people in CIV
ing him big vote. Under the old
Valentine drainage commission the
water of the valley in several coun-
ties was turned into the Mustinka
river, and thereafter the farmers re-
siding along that river were having
their crops flooded.
When Mr.. Spooner came to the leg
islature he secured an appropriation
from the drainage commission for the
deepening and Strengthening of the
river, declaring it to be in the in
terests of public health, and this
work was completed last spring, with
the result that every farmer along
the river is now thanking Mr.. Spooner
for the perfect work of draining their
lands.