The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1914-07-24
CHAPTER u--cortlnvro.

Sadly the wretch told her the tale
The VIII NJ the slrg. his death, aad Ia
subsequent death u hor farhr" IL hi.
ahTKa Rams. arms Y0nd-r IRA ron
fAined his agGes. tur lhe nrB' tim,
tn her young lie kathIyn faIDted ia,
had been living on her Hrryne f0,
weeks, and At The sIent " tAH, url
something snapped unirttly m
tbaila pigcked forth the packet and
waited. Al length she opencd her
eyes.
"You are a queen, Hias Hare"
You are mad"
Nay It waH the rnadnoas Of the
Eing Hut mad kings often make Law $
which mgst be- obeyed You wiIl ST..
.cuse me Of perfdy when ] tell you all
The note which brought you here eR5
written BY me aad substituted for
this"
Duly KRthiyn read; 'KathD n~-If
not heard from, I'm heid captive ia
Alfalfa Tho royal title given to me
by thu king made m" and my DO
~scend"nta direct heirs to the throne
no not come to AiiahB yourself. de-
htFoy sealed document herewith.
FATHER"
The Council Of Three entered noise
teBBly from the adjoining room, At
tha -four dark, iuscrutable faces the be.
wildered girl stAred. her limbs numb
with terror. Gravoly the council told
her she must come with them to the
palace.
1T Is tmpoBsiblet" she murmured.
You are all mad. | am a white WON.
an, | cannot rule over an alien raca b
whose tongue | canno speak, whose
fhabits | know nothing Of. 1t IL impos
sible, Since my father In dead. | must
return TO my home"
NO" said umballa.
u refuse TO stir" She was all af1re
OF a sudden: the base trickery which
had brought here here She was very |
lovely to the picturesque savage who I
stood at her elbow. G
Az he looked down at her, In hla q
troubled soul umbaIla knew tina, 1, y
was not the throne 40 much as IL was O
this beautiful bird OF Paradise which II
he wished TO cage. n
BE brave" he said, like your IA. b
lther. ] do not Wish TO use force, but c
you must 30. II Ia useless to strus. a.
gle. Come"
she hung back for a moment: then. IL
'realtsfng her utter helplessness, she ly
tstgnihed that she was ready to 10. She pl
needed time to collect her stunned and al
.disordered thoughts. W
before going to the palace they con. PIT
quoted her to the royal crypt. The tn
urn containing her fathers ashes was le
deposited In d niche. Many other in
inches contained urna, and umballa th
explained to her that these held the Isl
ashes OF many rulers. Tears welled
'ntp kathlyn's eyes, but they were OF op
a hystericai character.
"A good sign" unused UmbaIIa. who
thought he knew something of women.
like all men beset with vanity. Oddly
no had forgotten ali about the
Incident OF the lion in the freight ca.
aoose. All ONE are fellnes to A Ger
ain extent. This golden.haired woman
lad claws, and the day was coming
Fhen he would feel them drag over his
leart.
From the crypt they proceeded TO ~
palace zenana tharem). which sur. -
ounded a court Of exceeding beauty tn
'hree aides OF the harem were sjttinp
D the portico, attended by slaves, All
'ere curioualy Interested at the sipbt
I q woman with white skin, tinted
Re The lotus, Umballa came to a
alt before a latticed door.
Here your majesty must remain
II the day OF your coronation"
How did my father diee"
be was assassinated on the palace
cps by A Mahomedan fanatic, As
Nd you, he died In my arms"
His note signitted that he feared ~
nprisonment. How came he on the ~
laee stops?"
He was not a prisoner. He came
I'd went as he pleased Ia the city"
o bowed and left hor. aAs
Alone III her chamber. the duIlness
her mind diminished aud finally
cared away like n fog in 9 wind Hsf
ear, Kind, bluc'ryed iathev was dend "
90 she was virtually Il prisoner. and
'tnnio wal ali aloue, a g,epn! They crow
ere mad, or she was Ia the m.t.t or I"acI
hideous nightmare N,I ,,p, mes.
iaa! She began to laugh, and Il Was ~
Ut a pleasant sound A queen sbo An
Hare Her father WA, lc,5 pass,
lie was a queen, ana Minnie was MI was
A gale OF laUghtNr hrougb, IN c"uIr
Re marble lattice many wondori,, cid I
The white cocR4Luo shrllnl hio lLl !
s%pleasure. Those outside tina ~lot,Toa Il wa
wv this marvellous white skJnncd upon
oman, with hair like the gold threads real,
Chinese brocados, suddenly throw eprrii
upon a pile o. cushions. md ~
10y saw her shoulders rock and ty-
but heard no sound of waiting Meth
After q while she fell aaleep, a kind YOU
dreamless sttlpor. When she awoke adyis
was twilight IN the court. The Sh
ives were cooling and nuttertug in the to III
rniees and the cociiatOO was preen- do II
& HIS lemon-colored topkuot. At FIRST me .
itiiyn had not the least idea where Whe
Q was, but the light beyond the lat Wha
y, the fitting shadows, aud the tin. and
Of a stringed instrument assured cand
r that ,she was awake, terribly ger
'ake. robe
She sat perfectly still, slowly gather. hear
5 her strength, mental and physical. tong
Z was not her fathers daughter for h
thing. She was to fight In some "
'aIige warfare, in~stinetively she felt dfin
Is; but from what direction, Ia IA
shape, only God knew. Yet she Ram
list prepare for Il; that was the vital fortl