St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-11-21
SYNOPSIS.

formed by the priests that NO woman Gu
rule unmarried. She II given seven day
to think 1t over.
CHAPTER III-she stu refuses and 1
told that she must undergo two ordeal
With Wild beasts. II she survives she vii
be permitted to rule.
CHAPTER 1v-John Bruce, an Amssi
can. saves her life.
CHAPTER v-The elephant which car
ries her from tho scene Of her trials rum
away. separating her from Bruce and tn
rest Of the party.
CHAPTER VI-Sho takes refuge In 1
ruined temple, but this haven % the abodl
Of lion and she II forced to dee from it
CHAPTER Whsle ands retreat !.
the Jungle. only to fab into the hands q
slave traders.
CHAPTER v1Il-Kathlyn II BROUGHT I.
the public mart In Alfalfa ana soid =
Umballa, who, finding her nm Inns
missive, throws her into the dungeon Mn
her father.
CHAPTER K-she II rescued by Bruce
and his friends.
CHAPTER x-Colonel Hare also y re-.
cuod. Umballa, with soldiers, starts Ia
pursuit Kathlyn II struck by bullet
CHAPTER x1-Ths fugitive4 are given
CHAPTER xIL-supplied by camels BY
e eos SRt sGs c!ptuTsd BY brssnd. um n
balla Journeys to the lair Of the han
dts. makes the colonel . prisoner and
orders Bruce and Kathlyn killed.
CHAPTER x11I-The bandits quarrel
over the money paid them by Umballa
and during the CONFUSION Ksthiyn and
concoct plan to rescue the colonel
CHAPTER XIV.
Tho Garden Of Brides.
From the four ends Of the princi.
patty they came, the yelled candi-
dates; from the North. the East, the
South. and West. They came In
marvellous palanQuins. In curtained
howdahs, on camsls, in splendid bull
lock carts. Many a rupee resolved
ITSELF into new-bousht anery. upon the
vague chance Of getting 1t back with.
compound interest.
What was most unusual, they came
without pedigree or dowry. this being
Ramabais idea: though. In truth.
Umballa objected Ut flrst to the lack
Of dowry. He had expected to inherit
this dowry. He gsve way to Rama
bai because he did not caro- to have
Ramabai suspect what his inner
thoughts were. Let the fool Ramabai
pick out his chestnuts for him. Um-
bAlla laughed in his voluminous sleeve.
6ome one Of the matrimonially In
clined houris the colonel would have
to select; II he refused, then should
Ramabai do the selecting. More, he
would marry the fortunate women b.
proxy. There was no possible loop
hale for the colonel.
Tho populace was charmed. enchant
%. - 1t always Is over . nsw excite
ment. Much % they Individually de-
spised Umballa, collectively they adj
mired his ingenuity in devising fresh
amusements. Extra feast days came
one after another. The oriental dis
likes work; and any one who could
Invent means Of avoiding It was
worthy Of gratitude. So. then, the
populace fell In with Umballa's schsmo
asreeably. The bhang and bstel and
toddy sellers did . line business dur
ing the festival Of Rama.
There was merrymaking IN the
streets. day and night. The temples
and mosques were filed to overflow
Ing. Musicians with reeds and tom
toms paraded the baxaars. In nearly
every square the nautch girl danced.
Or tho juggler piled his trade. or there
was : monsoose-cobra tight (the cobra,
q course. bereft Of Ito fangs). and
tAktrs grew mango trees out Of moth
Ing. There was furry in the slave
mart too.
The troops staggered about. over
bearing. They were soon to get their
pay. The gold and silver were rot
ting In the treasury. Why leave Il!
there. since gold and silver were mint
q to be spent?
There were elephant lights in the
reconstructed arena; tigers attacked
Wild bears, who fought with enormous.
Sasorlfke tusks. az swift and deadly ~
any Malay kris. The half forgotten
ceremony Of feeding the Wild PIG be.
Tore shutdown each day WAS given life
again. And drove after drove came
N nom the jungles for the grain.
which was distributed from . plat
FORM. And wild peacocks followed the
piss. A wonderful sight It was to SEQ
several thousand pigs como trotting
N. each drove headed by it, fighting
ooar. When the old fellows met there
va carnage: squealing and srundng.
tnsy fought. The peaeocks shrilled
ana hoped from back to hack tor such
train Is fell upon the bristly backs Of
tne pigs. Here and there . white pea
cock would bs SHARED. Or = boar whose
susks promised battle royal with
some leopard or tiger.
And through all this turmoil and
elamor Ahmed and Lal Singh moved.
sounding the true sentiments a tho
people. They did not want whits
.anes or white queens; they desired 3
. ruled by their kind. who would mot
staft innovations, but would let af-
laafs drift on - they had done tor
centuries.
NOR was Bruce inactive. Many 81
June Umballa had stood within IN
stms length Of death; but always