The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-12-04

for them 10 retura Of their own yon
tlon.
Rumabla, however. Was menace
and umhalla wondered how he was
going . lay hold OF him While wait
Ing for his elephants 10 be harnessed
he summoned the Council Rama
bats property must be confscated and
Ramabai put 20 death Here for the
first time the Council fatty refused 10
fan Ia with Umballa's plans, And
they gave very good reasons. Yes
Ramabal was menace. but tIll the
soldiery was fully paid. 10 touch Rama
bal would mean the bursting forth Of
the hidden fire aud they would all b.
consumed.
open the treasury door for me
them"
we dare not The keepers under
stand, They would loose the leopards
which we dare not shoot The law
What is the law to us?" demanded
Umballa frankly. Let US make laws
10 suit our needs The white man
does And we need money; we need
each other" pointing a finger sug
gestively toward the floor
only when we have the troops" re
piled the Council firmly. I'VE have
bent our heads TO your will so far in
everything. but we refuse 10 sacrifice
these heads because of a personal
spite against Ramabai, whom we
frankly and wisely fear. We dare not
break into the treasury. The keepers
are unbribable; the priests are with
them. and the people are with the
priests Bring back the white man and
his daughter first; II that is impossi.
bic, marry this second daughter. and
we will crown her; and then you may
work your will upon Ramabai You
have failed in all directions so far.
Succeed but once and we are ready tc
follow you"
Umballa choked back the hot, i'm
Derious words which crowded to his
lips These were plain. unyarnished
facts, and he must bow TO the ineylta
Bile, however distasteful 1t might be
For the present, then, Ramabai should |
be permitted to go unharmed. But I.
3amabai might die suddenly and ac.
,identally in the recapture Of the Colo |
lel Sahib. An accidental death would /
extinguish any volcanic fires
hat smoldered under Allaha. So, with
his secret determination in mind. I'm
)alla set forth.
Ahmed, his mind busy with a thou.
and things. forgot the thousand and
irst, at that stage most important OF
IL; and this was the short cut mere
'athway through the jungle but which
essened the journey by some thirty
niles. And this pathway Umballa
hose. The three hours headway was
hus pared down to minutes, and at
he proper time Umballa would ap-
ear, not behind the pursued but in
he road in front Of them.
There was, to be sure, a bare posi-
ility of the colonel and his party get.
ing beyond the meeting of the path
nd the road-that is, If he kept going
jrward all through the night, which,
y the way, was exactly what the as
Ite Ahmed did. But Kathlyns curl.
sity the next morning neutralized the
dvantage gained.
A group of masked dancers. peripa
,tic, was the cause. Confident that
ley had outstripped pursuit, she saw
D reason why she should not witness
le dancing.
How Umballa came upon them sud.
emily, like a thunderbolt, confscating
le elephants; how they fed to a near
= temple, bribed the dancers for
asks and garments, fed still farther
to the wooded hills, and hid there
it'll small arms ready, needs but little
ling. Umballa returned to the city {
.tisfed He had at least deprived !
EN- of their means of travel Sooner
later they would founder in the jun
e, hear of the arrival of the younger
.ughter, and return.
Ahmed was grave. Lal Singh had {
ne Now that the expedition had ?
actically failed, his place was back e
the shoe shop in the bazaars Yes. h
lmed was grave. He was also a trife +
5heartened. The fakir had said that
ere would be many disappointments.
t that in the end He might be
liar like all the other Hindus. Yet i,
rely one part of his foreteIling was 4
rect: many disappointmeuts =
Kit" said her father Ahmed -
rned you not to stop" :
I am sorry" )
It was on the tip of her tongue to a
ort that his own careIessness was =
, basic cause Of the pursuit; but she
nembered in time what her father :
! been through. -
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