The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-12

There was still the little sister, in a short time she would be inside the city walls The Colonel Sahib would return; indeed yes There would be further difficulty regarding the fgree basket of gold and Still he would pursue them if only the sport of it If he failed catch them all he had to do to sit down and wait for them to return of their yolition.
 Ramabai however menace; and Umballah dered how he going to lay hold of him. While wait ing for his elephants be harnessed he summoned the council Ramabai's property must be confscated and Ramabai put death. Here for the first time the cil nay refused to fall in with Umbalhs plans. And they gave very good Yes, Ramabai ace but till the sodiey fully paid, touch Ramaba would the bursting forth of the hidden fire and they would all be consumed.
 "open the treasury door for me, then!'
 We dare not. The keepers understand. They would loose the leopards, which dare not shoot. The law
 What is the law us?" demanded Umballah frankly. t Let make laws to suit our needs The white man does And we need money; need each other," point ing a finger suggestively toward the floor.
 "only when we have the troops" replied the council firmly. "We have bent heads your will so far in everything but refuse sacrifice these heads because of personal spite against Ramabai, whom frankly and wisely fear. We dare break into the treasury The keepers unbribable the priests with them and the people with the priests. Bring back the white his daughter first; if that is impossibs, this second daughter and we will crown herr and then you may work your will upon Ramaba. You have failed in all directions Succeed but and we ready to follow you.
 Umbaah choked back the hot imperious words which crowded his lips These pain unvarnshed facts. and he to the inevitable however dstasteful it might be- For the present. then Ramabai should be mitted go unharmed But Ramaba might die suddenly and accidentally in the recapure of the Colonel Sahib. accidental death would certainly extingush vol canc fires that smoldered under Allaha So with this secret determination in mind, Umbalah set forth.
 Ahmed his mind busy with thousand things. forgot the thousand and first at that most important of all: and this the short cut, pathway through the jungle but which essened the journey by thirty miles, And this pathway Umballah chose. The three hours headway thus pared down to minutes and at the proper time Umbalah would appear not behind the pursued but in the road in front of them
 There was be sure bare possibility of the Colonel his party getting beyond the meeting of the path and the roadthat is, if he kept going forward all through the night which, by the way, exactly what the astute Ahmed did But Kathlyn's curiosity the morning neutralized the advantage gained.
 group of masked dancers, peripatetc the cause Confident that they had oustripped pursuit. she reason why she should not witness the dancing.
 How Umballah came upon them suddenly, like thun- derbo, confscating the elephants how they fled to a nearby temple, bribed the dancers for masks and ments fled still farther into the wooded hills and hU there with small ready needs but little telling. Umhalah returned to the city satisfied He had least deprived them of their of travel Sooner later they would founder the jungle, hear of the arrival of the younger daughter. and return
 Ahmed grave. Lal Singh had gone. Now tha. the expedition had practically failed his place back in the shoe shop in the bazaars Yes, Ahmed grave He vos a lso fri disha Tba foki had that there would be many dsappoinments, but that in the end He might be liar like all the other Hndus Yet surely part of his foretelling many 1isappointments
 Kit" said her father Ahmed warned you not to stop"
 |" l sorry
 IL was on the tip of her tongue that his carelessness the basic pursuit. but she remembered in time what her father had through
 " There is village far" reminded Ahmed. They are friendly people. It is quite possible with the money we have, to buy horses small but sturdy But there is one thing do not understand sahib"
 " And what is that?' asked the Colonel.
 " The readiness with which Umballah gave up the pur suit It's long walk; let be getting forward"
 Late that afternoon they were all mounted once more on strong tactabe ponies with and provisions And the spirits of all accordingly Even Ahmed be- cheerful.
 " We'll make it, please Godw said the Colonel "Gve me a telegraph office. That's all need just now"
 Two days, sahib" said Ahmed, i've will reach the sea-
 They rods all through the night stopping only at da VII for breakfast and nap after Then forward again
 till they came hunters house. deserted. Here they agreed to spend the night Beyond the st house were half dozen scattered mud huts, occupied by aa- tves who pretended fendlness, ulling the keen Ahmed into sense of security. But at dawn, when they awoke cheerfuy pick up the trail they found their horses and provisions gone
 The Colonel. Bruce and Ahmed. still armed. never having permitted the rifles of their keeping set out grmy in pursuit of the thieves, while Kathyn proceeded to forage her initiative.
 She came presently upon magnificent vine half . mile in depth There ledge some fifteen feet below. It evidently goat path. Ger near at hand stood shepherds hut Stirred by the spirit of investigations she made preparations for descent by attaching the rope she had brought along to stout bowder
 Panthers.
 They coming pathway behind bar 1t