St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-10-03

her stransely-"1 have work to do
much work. Allah guard you'll" no
struck the horse with his bamboo and
careened away.
Let US be OIL" cried Bruce. We
have 60 miles to put between ~ and
freedom In fact. We cannot make the
railway. Ali, pack! DO to the bum
galow and remain there You viii be
questioned. Tell the truth. There II
not an elephant in tho royal stables
that can heat Rajah. All aboard No
stops!" smiling Is he helped Kathlyn
into the howdah. I'VE shall be forced
TO ride all night"
The elephants started forward. that
ridden by Bruce and Kathlyn In the
lead, Ramabai and Pundita following
= few yards In the rear.
Mr.. Bruce, am sure Ahmed has
some information regarding father. ]
don't know what. Who knows? They
may have lied 70 me. He may be
alive, alive!"
''I'll return and find out, once I've,
got you safe. / don't blame you for
thinking all this a nightmare. God
Knows it's nightmarish. Do you know,
I'VE been thinking it over. It appears
to me that the king latterly took q dis
like to his protege, Umbal1a, and
turned this little trick to make him I'M
happy. daresay he thought your IA
Their wise enough to remain away. UNI
balla hangs between wind and wa
ter; he can 60 neither forward nor
backward But poor Ramabai back
there will lose his gold for this"
"Ramabai has always been very
kindly to the poor; and the poor man
generally defends his benefactor when
the right time comes. To Umballa
was only means to the end. II he
declared himself king. that would
open up the volcano upon which he
stands; but as my prince consort, thal
would leave him fairly secure
Only means" unused Bruce in
wardly. stealing . glance at her sad
yet lovely profile. Umballa was q
man. for all his color: he was human;
and to see this girl It was only human
to want her. Your father was one Of
the best friends I had. But oddly
enough. never saw q photograph Of
you. He might have been afraid we
young chaps. He paused en-
barrassedly. IF only you had taken
me into your confidence on board the
Yorck!"
"'Ah. but did you offer me the
chance?" she returned.
II never realized till now that q chap
might be too close Tipped sometimes.
Well, here we are, in flight together!"
That night for the first time In many
hours Kathlyn closed her eyes with q
sense Of security. True. It was not the
most comfortable place to sleep in, the
howdah: there were ceaseless rollings
from side to side. intermingled with
spine-racking bumps forward - the
elephant occasionally fastened his
stride. Kathlyn succeeded in stealing
from the god Of sleep only his cat
maps. Often the cold would awaken
her, and she would ind Bruce had
been bracing her By extending his arm
across the howdah and gripping the
rail.
''You mustn't do that" she protested
feebly. "You will be dead In tho mogu.
Ing"
''You might tall ont"
Then sha'n't 20 to sleep again I'm
the journey ends. You have been 90
good and kind to mel
'Nonsense!'
They came out into the scrub Jun
gle, and the moonlight lay masically
over all things. Sometimes q shadow
crossed the whitened sands; scurried,
rather: and quietly Bruce would tell
her what tho animals wsfe-jackals.
with an occasional prowling red wolf.
They were not disturbed b. any Of the
cat family. But there was one In
terval of suspense Bruce spied In tho
distance . small herd Of wild elephant.
So did Rajah, who raised his trunk
and trumpeted into the night. The
mahout, fully awake to the danger.
beat the old rascal nightly with his
goad. Yet that would have failed to
hold Rajah. Bruce averted tho dam
ger by shooting his revolvers into the
air. The wild animals stampeded, and
Rajah, disgruntled, was brought to the
compass.
Strange thing about . gunshot, !"
said Bruce. They may never have
heard one before: but instinct tells
them quickly Of the menace. Years
ago at home, when I used to fsh for
bass, during the close season "a see
thousands Of duck and geese and deer.