The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1914-11-27

lam bh bAeANh WV fAtfN 49,
colonel, wheeling. Have / not yet
convinced you that all you can do 10
to kill me? Don't waste your tims In
torturing me. 1t will neither open ~
lips nor compel me to take a characsas.r
brush in my hand If my daughtes -
dead. so be it. At any rate, she ia AZ
present beyond your clutches. r0a
overreached yourself. Had you brousnt
her back It is quite possible | might
have surrendered But | am do.le
now"
you refuse to tell where the fiji
gree basket is hldden?"
Il do"
You refuse to exercise your pre-,
rogatiye to open the doors of the
treasury"
Il do"
Umballa opened the door, motioning
to the troops to pass out. He framed
the threshold and curiously eyed this
unbendable man. Presently he would
bend Umballa smiled.
Colonel Sahib, / am not yet at the
end Of my resources" and with this he
went out, closing the door,
That smile troubled the colonel
What deviltry was the scoundrel up to
now? What could he possibly do?
Later, as he paced wearily to and
fro, he saw something white slip under
the door. He stopped and picked up a
unto f,IIod u,uronoop foebton ga n.
med and ! shall watch over you. BE
patient. This time / am pretending
to be your enemy, and you must act
accordingly. A messenger has arrived
from Bala Khan. Your daughter and
Bruce Sahib are alive, and, more, on
the way to Allaha in native guise. Be
of good cheer. Ramabai."
And Umballa, as he lifted his fruit
dish at supper, espied another of those
sinister warnings. "Beware!" This
time he summoned his entire house
hold and threatened death to each and
all of them if they did not Immediately
disclose to him the person who had
placed this note under the fruit dish.
nNg GllAlBtA anu VIC ~ anu NelAAtht Out
nothing could be got out of them He
had several fogged on general prin-
ciples
Kathlyn and Bruce returned to AL
laha without mishap. Neither animal
nor vagabond molested them. When
they arrived they Immediately found
means to acquaint Ramabai, who, with
Pundita, set out to meet them
In their picturesque DISCUSSES Kath-
lyn and Bruce made a handsome pair
of high caste natives. The blue eyes
alone might have caused remarks, but
this was a negligible danger, since
color and costume detracted. Kath-
lyn's hair, however, was securely hid
den, and must be kept so. A bit of
careIessness on her part, a sportive
wind, and she would be lost She had
been for dyeing her hair, but Bruce
would not hear of this desecration.
So they entered the lions den, or,
rather, the jackals.
At Ramabais house Ahmed fell on
his knees in thankfulness; not that his
memsahib was in Allaha, but that she
was alive.
During the evening meal Ramabai
outlined his plot to circumvent Umbal-
la. He had heard from one of his
faithful followers that Umballa intend
ed TO force the colonel into a native
marriage later, to dispose of the colo
mel and marry the queen himself. Sut-
tee had fallen into disuse in Alfalfa. He
Ramabai, would now apparently side
with Umballa as against Colonel Hare,
who would understand perfectly. AS
the colonel would refuse to marry. he,
Ramabai, would suggest that the colo.
mel be married by proxy. However
suspicious Umballa might be, he
would not be able to find fault with
this plan. The betrothal would take
place in about a fo might The men,
sahib would be chosen as consort out
of all the assembled high caste ladies
of the state
Ahmed threw up his hands in hor-
ror, but Lal Singh bade him be pa
tient. What did the memsahib say to
this? The memsahib answered that
she placed herself unreservedly in Ra-
mabai's hands that Umballa was
madman and must be treated as one.
"Ramabai, why not strike now?"
suggested Ahmed
The promise Umballa has made to
the soldiers has reunited them tenn
porarily Have patience, Ahmed" Lal
Singh selected a leaf with betel nut
and began to chew with satisfaction.
"Patience?" said Ahmed. Have
none?"
So the call went forth for bride
throughout the principality, and was
from the four points of the
Between the announcement and the
fulilment of these remarkable pro
there arrived in the blazing
city Of Calcutta young maid. Her
ACE was very stern for one so youth
'ul. and it was as fearless as it was
stern. Umballa's last card, had Lhe
out known the treachery which had
ured her to this mystic shore. The
1oung maid was Winnie, come, as she
at the urgent call OF her IA
her and sister. and particularly
warned to contide n no ono and pol