Arizona republican., 1914-08-16

ing We may be too late, lords He said he holyi man, and believed"
 They all hastily down to thet beach seize whatt boats they could Here they heart rendng obstacle in the refusal of the The chief however, sgnfed that it his will and moreover he.commanded that the fishermen should handle the They would be paid. That different Why did not the white people say at once3 They would go anywhere for money. Not the most suspicious sign, thought Ramaba They got into the boats ard pushed off
 On the way to the island the Colonel consulted ths map, or diagram, be held in his hand. It not pos sibe that Umballah knew the spot
 ligree basket of silver, filled with gold and gemsl The man became and excited a boy. The in- snct to hunt for begins just outside the crads and ends just inside the grave.
 To return to Umballah. Upon landng he asked at If any knew where the cave was. One man did know the way but be refused to show it There were spirits there, ruled by evil god.
 Take there, you, and I will enter without harm. Am not hoy7"
 That put rather face upon the situation. If the holy willing to risk encounter with the god far be 1t that they should prevent him. An ordinary seeker would not have found the entrance in lifetime UmtaIlsh had not known exactly where the cave was but he knew all that the contained. When they Umballah snied; the tang of sulphur became evident both in his and his tongue He under stood It was simply small spring. mineral which sulphur predominated. He out with cupped in his hands He drank and showed 1hem that it harmless. Besides. he holy and his presence made intellectual all evil spirits which might within the cave
 Unbaah. impatient be was. had to depend upon patience By dint inquiries he learned that wild Mo- hammedans had cast the spell upon the cave set upon it's threshold Umbaah tottered and destroyed this by reasoning that the of Mohammedan could not affect Hindu Finally he offered each and all of them . fortune-and
 Torches lighted and the entered There many side passages and within these the astute Umba lah the for the oi the Mohammed guns and powder hundreds and hundreds of pounds of black destruction lower gallery-the mouth of which lay under slab of rock-led the pit wherein rested the fligree basket. |. . For time Umbalah acted like madman. He sang. chanted dug his hands into the gold and choked sobbed Here was true kngshp the private of dozen decades all h, for the taking He forgot his enemies and their as the fortune revealed itself to him.
 As bis length staggered out of the lower gallery with the basket slung mprovsed litter he espied his enemies marching up the hill! Back into the cave again. Umballah cursed and bit his nails. He armed his men, and he had not time to search among the smugged arms to find bis need. 1
 "Heaven-born,' spoke up the who had known where the there is exit the other side We go through that without youder people noticing us"
 A fortune for each Of you when you put this on the soop!"
 Back through the they rushed torches haring Once stumbled powder can and the torch holder all but sprawled him. Umbalahs hair stood on end. Fear impelled the toward the exit.
 "There is powder enough here blow up all of Hind Hasten!"
 At the mouth of the exit the men with the torches finding further need of them, carelessy flung them aside.
 Fools. roared Umbaah: "you have destroyed us
 He fled. The bearers followed with the burden Down
 the side of the promonory they slid Under projecting ledge they paused sweating with Suddenly the whole island rocked. An explosion followed that was heard half hundred miles away where the gunboat oi the British raj patroed the shores Rocks, sand filled the air. and small fires broke here and there