The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-27

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[kins was, where youf wereN They ard
again hunting through the city for you'd
For the present you must hide with
me-
THE white woman must de- said
Umballa, In q voice like one being
strangled. n. ', q "a
To this the priests agreed without
hesitation. This white woman whom
the people were calling a goddess was
a deadly menace to that scepter OF
theirs. superstition.
What has gone IL a pact?"
"A pact Durga' Ram. "ssaid the chief
priest. With sRamabai spreading Chris
tianity, the abhorred creed which gave
people liberty OF person and thought,
the future of his own religion stood in
imminent danger. "a pact" he re.
Elected. ITO you, Durga Ram, the
throne; to US half the treasury and
all the ancient rites Of our creed re.
stored"
81 have said It"
Umballa followed the dancing girl
into the square before the temple. He
turned and smiled ironically. The
bald fools! e's
LEAD on. thou flower of the jas.
mine!" lightly.
And the two of them disappeared
into the night. @ Al
But the priests smiled, too, for
Durga Ram should always be more in
their power than they in his.
There was tremendous excitement
in tie city the next morning. 1t
seemed that the city would never be
permitted to resume its old careless
Incidence. Swift as the wind the news
flow that the old king was alive, that
be had been held prisoner all these
months by Durga Ram and the now
deposed Council Of Three. No more
the old rut Of dullness. Never had
they known such fetes. Since the ar.
rival Of! the white goddess not day
had passed without some thrilling OK.
element, which had cost them moth.
Ing but shouts.
SO they deserted the bazaars and
markets that morning TO witness the
most surprising spectacle Of all; the
king who was dead was not dead, but
alive! w. *. III
So, in the throne room. later, he;
gave the power to Ramabai to act in
his stead till he had fully recovered
from his terrible hardshlps. More
than this, he declared that Pundita.
the wife Of Ramabai. should ultimate.
ly rule! for Of a truth the principally
was lawfully hers. He would make his
will at once, but in order that this
should be legal he would have to de-
stroy the previous will he had given
to Colonel Hare, his friend.
Forgive me, my friend" he said.
IN acted unwisely in your case. But
was angry with my people for their
cowardice." ~ -il ia' ,iN
Your majesty,"'replied the colonel,
"the fault lay primarily With me!
should not have accepted 1t or re-
turned. ! viii tell you the truth. 1t
was the tlligree basket OF gold and
precious stones that i. brought me
back. .at. =, u
$50? And all for nothing, since the
hiding place gave you%is not the.
true one. = But Of that, more anon. j
want this wretch Durga Ram spread
out on an ant hill :. -" ME- "
And then, without apparent reason,
he began to call for 'Lakshmi, tho
beautiful Lakshmi, the wife OF Ills
youth. He ordered preparations for an
elephant fight; rambled, talked as
though he were but twenty; his eyes
dim, his lips loose and pendulent. And
In this condition he might live ten or
twenty years. Ramabai was sore at
heart.
They had to wait two days till
his mind cleared again. His first
question upon his return to his
mental balance was directed to
Kathlyn. Where was the document
he had given to his friend Hare?
kathlyn explained that umballa had
taken it from her. ri
But your majesty" exclaimed the
colonel rather ,impatiently, what DIFF.
ference does 1t, make? Your return
has nullified that document" y
lS,t!NbtIini case of my death. And in
Alfalfa the elder, document Is always
| the legal document, unless It is legally
destroyed. 1t is not we'll to antago.
nize the priests, who hold us firmly to
this law. ! might make a will in ia.
vor of Pundita, but it would not legal.
ly hold in Justice il all previous wills
were not legally destroyed. You must
find this document"
did you ever hear Of a law to equal
that?" asked Bruce OF the colonel.
mo, my boy, I never did. 1t would
mean good deal OF red tape for a
man who changed his mind frequently.
He could not fool his, relations; they
would know. The laws Of the dark
peoples have always amazed me, be.
cause II YOU dig deep enough into
them you are likely to find common
sense at the bottom. We must search
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