The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-21

tani tmeaning Lord of the World.
ns an idol so ~hideously done In wood
hat the prince Of hell would have IA.
ken II to be the personiflcation Of o
damned soul could he have glimpsedll Ii
In the temple OF Allaha. The gods
face was black. his lips and mouth hor
ribly and significantly red; his eyes
were polished emeralds, his arms were
OF gilt. his body like that OF a toad.
His temporal reignin Allaha was some.
where near four hundred years. and
no doub. his emerald eyes had seer a
crimson trail behind his car as many
hundred times.
He was married frequently. Some
poor, b~enighted, fanatical woman
would pledge herself and would be
considered with awe till she died. But
In these times no one flung himself
inder the car; nothing but the incense
OF crushed flowers now followed his
wake. His grin. however, was the
same ae Of old. Wood, paint, gilt and
e%meralds! Well.swe enlightened Euro
peans sometimes worship these very
things, though we Indignantly deny 1t.
Outside the temple stood the car,
Enthusiastically carved, dull with rubbed
gold leaf. You could see the sockets
where horrid knives had once glittcred
in the. sunlight. Xerxcs no doubt
founded his war chariots upon this
idea. The wheels, six in number, two
In front and two on each side. were
solid. b.oad, and heavy. capable OF
smoothing out a corrugated winter
road. Tho superstructure was an or.
nate shrine, which contained the idol
on its peregrinations to the river.
About the car we're the devotees.
some holding the ropes, others watch.
ms the entrance to the temple. Pres.
emily from the temple came the gurus,
or priests, bearing the idol. With
much reverence they placed the idol
within the shrine. the pilgrims took
hold firmly of tho ropes. and the car
ratified and Numbered on It's way to
the river.
OF Juggernaut and his car more
anon.
The street outside the garden Of
brides a In reality no thoroughfare,
though natives occasionally made use
Of it as a short cut into town. There.
fore no n observed the entrance of
an elephant, which stopped close to
the wall, seemingly to melt into the
drab of 1t. On his back, however, the
howdah was conspicuous. Behind the
curtains Kathlyn patiently waited. She
was about to turn away in despair
when through the wicker gate she saw
Winnie, attended by one of the zenana
girls, enter the garden. 1t seemed as
IL her will reached out to bring Winnie
to the wall and to hold the other young
woman where she was.
But the two sat In the center of the
garden. the thoughts OF each far away.
The attendant felt no worry In bring.
ing Winnie into the garden. A cry
from her lips would bring a dozen
guards and eunuchs from the palace.
And the white girl could not get out
alone. More than this, she gave Win.
ME liberty in order to trap her IL pos.
sible. rse 49,, JE.t Il.
By and by the native girl pretended
to feel drowsy in the heat Of the sun,
and her head fell forward a trihe. It
was then that Winnie heard a low
whistle, an old familiar whistle such
as she and Kit had used once upon a
time in playing "a spy" She sat UP
rlgidly. 1t vas hard work not to cry
out. Over the wall the drab trunk OF
an elephant p%rotruded, and something
white fluttered into the garden.
Winnie rose. The head Of the native
girl came up in%stinctively; but as Win,
ME leisurely strolled toward the pal.
ace, the head sank again. Winnie
turned and wandered along the walls,
apparently examining the flowers and
vines, but all the while moving nearer
and nearer to the bit Of white paper
which the idle breeze stirred back and
forth tentatively. When she reached
the spot she stopped and plucked some
flowers, gathering UP the paper as she
did SO. And, still In the stopping pcs.
ture, she read the note. crumpled It,
and stuffed 1t into a hole In the wall.
Poor child! Every nov had been
watched as a cobra watches Its prey.
She vas to pretend illness at once.
Plans had been changed. She stood
up, swaycd slightly, and staggered
back to the seat. In truth, she was
pale enough, and her heart beat SO fast
that she was horribly dizzy.
"a doctor!" she cried, forgetting that
she would not be understood.
The native girl stared ut her. She
did not understand the words, but tile
signs were enough. The young white
woman looked III; and umballa would
deal harshly with those who failed 20
stem the tide of any illness which
might befall his captive. There was a
commotion behind the fretwork Of the
palace. Three other girls came out,
and Winnie was conducted back to The
zenana.
All this Kathlyn observed. She brde
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