Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-07-12

Have you witnessed the swarming of bees? Have
you heard the hum and buzz of them? SO looked
and sounded the bazaars that night AT every nersec-
ton of and passages there groups buzzng
and gcstcuatng. In the cutters the cocoanut oil lamps
Hckered throwing weird shadows upon the walls and
squattins about these lamps the fruit sellers and candy
sellers and cobblers and talors abbered and droned
Light women, with their painted flces went abroad
boldly
And there was but one word on all these tongues:
Magic.
Could any human being pass through what this white
woman had: No! She was the reincarnation of some
forgotten goddess They knew that and Umballah would
bring famine and plague and death among them
Whenever they uttered his they spat to cleanse
their mouths OF the dcflement
For the present the soldiers were his and groups OF
them staggered through TIE bazaars, chanting drunkeny
ard making speech with the light and jostIins
honest into the cutters. =
All these things Lal Singh saw and heard and made
of he from house house among the chosen
and told them hold themselves in readiness, the
hour hand Followed the clicking OF gun
locks and the rattle Of cartridges. A thousand fierce
youths ready for anything, death loot the beauties
Of the For patriotism in southern Asia depends
largely upon what treasures may wiring from it.
But how would they know the hour for the uprising?
would call and ask for clupatties Good And
the meeting place: Ramabai's garden. 1t well
They would be ready.
Flicker flicker danced the lights; flicker flicker
the tongues And thu peaceful oriental stars looked down
serenely.
Cmballah remained in the palace. burning with the
fires of murder Messenger after messenger to
port that the fusitives still ut large Contrary to
Ahmeds expectations Umbalah did not believe that his
enemies would b foolhardy enough to seek refuge in
the house of RamaLai. The four roads leading OF
the city watched the Coone.s bungalow, and
the ruins of Bruces camp. They still in the city:
but where?
A kings peg, and another; and Umlallah stormed hi,
heart filled with Dutch courage
Ranabai made his preparations N the hunters
entered the house He opened a door which led
into large gallery, dim and dusty but still beautiful
Ancient amor covered the walls; armor of the days
when there existed in Delhi peacock throne; armor
nad with gold and silver and turquoise and there
jewel ncrused swords and daggers. blazing helmet
which one of punditas ancestors had when the
Great Khan came laundering down from China.
Here said Ramaba 20 the colonel you will be
safe They might search for da.s without learning this
room existed. ThereJwilk be need to remain here
Time enough when my servant gives warning"
They fled out OF the gallery soemny. And Kuthyn
went out into the garden. followed by Bruce
DO you know. said Kathlyn, the sight of all that
arnor old and still magnificent seemed to awaken the
recollection of another age to me-"
He wanted fake her in his arms but he waited for
her to continue the thought.
81 wonder if. in the dim past was not IN Amazon?"
=" ! wonder. too" he said.
1T is marvellous how this horrid country has brought
in tba lilyo tbot
dreamed existed. Tonight feel like pagan. want
to put Of those amazing chain armors. take a
sword. and go forth"
She stretched out her arms and suddenly he caught
them and drew them down
"kathlyn. we may may not get out of this alive.
I have my doubts. for all Ramabai's thousand guns
There will be desperate about taking whatever side
promises the most loot and they will be everywhere ike
poisonous flies God knows ought not to speak, say
anything. but my heart is too full this night"
She tried to draw away her hands.