The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-10

father's bungalow in a minute or SO,
and then the final stroke. Umballa
Is not dependable. He may or may
not pay a visit to the cell tonight. !
can only pray that he will come down
The moment / arrive.
But he was not 20 meet umbalia
hat night Umbaila had won his
point In regard 70 having his prisoners
logged; but oriental that he was, he
went about the matter 1eisnrely. He
ate his supper, changed his clothes,
and dallied In the .zenana for an hour.
The rascal had made a thorough
5stndy Of the word ssuspense;r he
knew, the exquisite torture Of making
ones victim wait For the time being
his passion for Kathlyn had subsided.
he desired above an things Just then
revenge fol, the humiliating experience
In the cell J; he wanted to put. pain and
terror into her heart All. she would
be onsher knees. begging. begging, and
bar father would struggle in vain at
bis shackles. Spurned; SO be II. She
should have a taste Of his hate, the
black mans hate. TX q (. q
And always there would remain the
little darkhaired sister. She would
marry him; she would do it to, save
her father and sister. Then tho I'LL
gree basket heaped with rubles and
pearls and emeralds and sapphlres!
As for the other, what cared no Il
he rotted? It gave him the whip lirrd
over the doddering Council. Master
he would be; he would blot out all
things which stood in his path. Aking,
till he had gathered what fortune he
needed. Then let the iackals howl.
Accompanied byitorch bearers, serv.
ants. and the professional flogger, he
led the waysto the cell and flung open
the door trlumphantly. For a moment
he could not believe his eyes. She
was gone, and through yonder win,
dow! Hell of all hells of Hind! She
was gone, and he'was robbed!
\ Out Of your reach this time, you
black DEVIL" cried the colonel. &c
on. Do what you please with me. I'm
ready" eeg g q.
Umballa ran to the tabaret and
jumped upon 1t. He saw the tram
pied grass. Elephants. And these
doubtless had come from tho colonel's
camp. He Jumped OFF the tabaret and
dashed to the door.
Follow mel he cried. Later
Colonel Hare. later!" he threatened.
The colonel remained silent.
Up above, in the palace, Umballu
summoned a dozen troopers and gave
them explicit orders. He was quite
confident that Kathlyn would be car
ried at once to her fathers bungalow
II only for change Of clothes. 1t was
a shrewd guess. $780,
AS the iron door changed upon the
sill Colonel Hare leaned against the
pillar and closed his, eyes, praying 81
lently., t'''' 3l','sI ,if'.'''9 =
at the bungalow Pundita fell at
Kathlyn's feet and kissed them.
i"Metnsahib!"' she cried brokenly.
/. :"Pundita!s Kathlyn stopped ant
gathered her up in her arms.
After that, Ramabal would have died
for her under any torture. = '5,v'' I,
= ,iNow, Ahmed, what did my father
mean when he said curse or nc
chrsegt"' 50 N
Its a long story. memsahib." said
Ahmed eyasiyely. a:,ss., y 4; (,
q TELL it.""np,. 4. 49,; 4
ut was In, n, temple In the south
The. Colonel sahib took sapphire
from an idols eye. The guru, a very
wise and ancient priest, demanded the
return Of it. The Colonel sahib, be
ing a young man, refused. The guru
cursed him. That Is ALL"
mo, Ahmed; there must be more
Did not the guru curse my fathers
children and their children's chill
dren?"
/ "Ah. memsahib. what does the curse
of a Hindu amount to?"
Perhaps it is stronger than we
know. glancing down at her dress.
Further discussion was interrupted
by one of the armed keepers, who
came rushing up with the news that
armed soldiers were approaching
Bruce swore frankly. This Umballa
was systematically keen. What to dc
now? ia,-t- az y v3l aJsia
i"oulck!" cried Ahmed. Get the
howdahs off the elephants" It was
done. "Hobble them" It was imme.
diately accomplished. Into the bun,
galow, all Of you. Memsahib, follow
mel 5,t
What are you going to do?" asked
Bruce.
Hide her where none will dare
look answered Ahmed.
He seized Kathlyn by the hand and
urged her to run. She had implicit
faith in this old friend, who had once
handled her on his knees. They dis.
appeared behind the bungalow and ran
toward the animal cages. He stopped
abruptly before one Of the cages.
"a leopard, but harmless. You'll
know how to, soothe him if he becomes
nervous. Enter"