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Evening star., 1914-06-07
NILOMETER ANNOUNCES
RISE OF THE NILE

IN nearly every other country but Egypt
an inundation, or great freshet, Is a
public calamity. In Egypt. however, the
rise Of the Nile is a public blessing, al
though such rising may possess all the
formidable characteristics common to
floods. and the waves in the wind-al-
ways blowing from the north, against
the current, during high water-runrling
dangerously high.
The Egyptian thinks only of the fer
tility left behind by the annual rise of
his river, and from time inmemorial this
event has always been expected and cele-
brated as the most important of the
year.
On the Island of Roda, just opposite
to old Cairo, there is set up a nilometer
that measures the rise of the river The
building, with its graduated pillars, has
been used for measuring the height OF
the Nile ever since the ninth century,
an earlier nilometer on the same spot
having been washed away by flood. The
increase is proclaimed every day after
the Sd of July by public criers. one for
each district OF the city. The announce
ment is clouded by a great deal Of poeti-
cal metaphor. and is communicated in
the ordinary sing-song recitative of the
Cairene street hucksters.
The crier takes his stand before the
house of some well-to-do resident, from
whom 'backsheesh'' may be expected,
and he is accompanied by a boy. who
responds to his chant as the assistant
responds to the clergyman. 1t is a long
and tedious formula, consisting of many
versicles. beginning with "Mahomet is
the guide" and ending with May he
bless this house" and And pour the
Nile over the country"
Last of all comes the announcement as
to the number OF 'digits' the Nile has
risen viat day, as recorded by the
nilometer.
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of Durga Ram, and my bearers were
made prisoners. Durga Ram. disguised
as a bearer. himself freed the tiger
which killed the king. Yes. To the
temple! She who confesses in the tenn
pie, her person is sacred. 1t is the
law, the law. l had forgotten. To the
temple, my lord."
Before the high tribunal of priests.
before the unhappy Kathlyn, before the
astonished Umballah, appeared Rama
bal and Pundita. between them the
most dead with terror.
Hold" cried Ramabai, when the SOL
diers started toward him to eject him
from the temple.
~Whatg' said Umballah will you re-
cant?" - siS 4 !
mo. Durga Ram / stand here before
you all. an accuser! I know the law.
Will you. wise and venerable priests,
you men of Allaha, you soldiers, serve
a murderer? Will you," with a wave
of his hands toward the priests, Stand
sponsor to the man who deliberately
planned and executed the miserable
death of our king? Shall it fly to Be-
mares, this news that Allaha permits it.
self to be ruled and bullied by COM
mon murderer: a man without family
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Music of the Chinese.

CHINESE music does not entirely lack
admirers among occidentals. There
are. it appears. trained musicians of our
own kind who seriously profess uncer-
tainty whether the Chinese have not
really advanced beyond US in music
One authority has pointed out that the
Chinese were the first In the history of
music to develop a system Of octayes, a
circle Of fifths and various other har-
monical technics. and these in the days
when our ancestors had not even evolved
the simplest forms of melody While no
one has. apparently, contended that we
shall finally arrive at an understanding
Of and a liking for something that shall
approach the Chinese Harmonious dis
cords" there are not wanting those who
claim to have discovered among the musi-
clans and lovers of music a steadily in
creasing sensitiveness to harmonies the
existence Of which was formerly un-
known.
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A Mans Job.

NINE. JOIRE. the Paris dressmaker.
AVA was talking about the complicated
draperies of the new spring gowns.
on" she said. Husbands curse them. I
know husband who groaned one night
after the theater: =
Hooks and eyes like these must have
been invented by the devil for mans
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a liar and cheat? Durga Ram, you
slew the king; you turned upon the
hand that had fed and clothed you and
raised you to power. Wait.
Let this woman, speak"
A dramatic moment followed; a
silence SO tense that the f1uttering
wings Of the doves in the high arches
could be heard distinctly. Ramabai
was a great politician. He had struck
not only wisely but swiftly before his
public. Had he come before the priests
and Umballah alone. he would have
died on the spot But there was no
way of covering up this accusation, so
bold. direct; 1t would have to be in
vestigated.
Upon her knees. her arms outstretch-
cd toward the scowiing priests. the
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Copyright. 1914. by Harold MacGrathJ
CHAPTER XIII.

HERE is an Old
saying in Rajput
that woman and
the four winds
were born at the
same time, of the
same M o t h e r.;
blew hot, blew
cold, balmily or
t Q nj p e 9 tuously.
from all points at
once Perhaps.
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He shall stand prepared; that is all"
The people. crowding in the temple
and in the square before it. salaamed
deeply as Kathlyn left and returned to
the palace. She was rather dizzy over
the success of her inspiration. A few
days might pass without harm; but
sooner or later they would discover
that she had tricked them, and then
the end. But before that hour arrived
they would doubtless find some way of
ieaving the city secretly.
That it would be many days ere Pun
dita wore the crown-trust the priests
to spread the meshes of red tape!-
Kathlyn was reasonably certain
MY GIRL" said the colonel, ''you are
queen. if ever there was one. And that
you should think of such a simple thing
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AID ]]ErE0 E (U[I11RRlE9&S @T &TTT]II TII1Y 1Y
Bg HAROLD MAC GRATF.

And the filigree basket shall be
divided between you and Pundita, kit-
"Give it all to her. father I have
begun to hate what men call precious
stones"
"It shall be as you say. but we may
all take handful as a keepsake"
Two days later the expedition was
ready to start. They intended to pick
up Ahmed on the way There was
nothing but the bungalow itself at the
camp.
gmballah was thereupon secretly
taken from tho treadmill He was given
a camel and told what to do. He flung
a curse at the minarets and towers and
domes looming mistily in the moon
light Ransom? He would destroy
them; aye. and take the treasure him.
self. since he knew where it now lay.
this information having been obtained
for him He would seek the world.
choosing his habitation where he would.
Day after day he followed, tireless
indomitable, as steadfast upon the
trail as q jackal after a wounded ante
lope. never coming within range. skulk-
Ing about the camp at night dropping
behind in the morning. not above pick
ing up bits of food left by the treasurs
seekers. Money and revenge. these
would have kept him to the chase had
he been dying,
AS for Balakhsn. he was at once glad
and sorry to SEQ his friends. Nothing
would have pleased him more than to
fall upon Allaha like the thunderbolt
he was. But he made Ramabai promise
that If ever he had need Of him, to send.
And Ramabai promised, hoping that he
could adjust and regulate his affairs
without foreign assistance. They went
on, this time with Ahmed.
Toward the end of the journey they
would be compelled to cross a chasm
on rope and vine bridge UmbaIlah.
knowing this. circled and reached this
bridge before they did He set about
weakening the supports. so that the
weight of passengers could cause the
structure to break and fall into the
torrent below. He could not otherwise
reach the spot where the treasure Law
waiting
The elephants would be forced to foro
the rapids below the bridge.
Kathlyn. who had by this time re-
gained much Of her old confidence and
buoyancy, declared that she must be
first to cross the bridge She gained
the middle, when she felt sickening
sag. She turned and shouted to the
others to go back. She made a des-
perate effort to reach the far end; but
the bridge gave way. and she was
hurled into the swirling rapids She
was stunned for a moment, but the
instinct to live was strong. As she
swung to and fro. whirled here, flung
there, she managed to catch hold of 9
rock which projected above the flying
foam
A mahout seeing her danger, urged
his elephant toward her and reached
her just as she was about to let go.
tTo BE CONTINUED NEXT sunday
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knees threatened to refuse support.
Majesty. we bow to your will. AL
laha cannot hope to cope with Bala-
khan's fierce hillmen. All we ask is
that you abide with US till you have
legally selected your successor"
"Who shall be Pundita," said Kathlyn.
resolutely.
The chief priest salaamed again. The
movement cost him nothing. Once
BaIakhan was back in his city and this
white woman out of the country, he
would undertake to deal with Ramabai
and Pundita- He doubted Balakhan
would stir from his impregnable city
on behalf Of Ramabai. :.
The frail woman who loved Umballah
raised her hands in supplication.
Kathlyn understood. She shook her
head. Umballah should end his days in
the treadmill; he should grind the peo-
pies corn. Nothing should stir her
from this determination.
Majesty. and what of me-" cried the
unhappy woman. now filled with an
other kind of remorse.
You shall return to the zenana for
the present"
Then I am not to die. majesty?"
No"
"And Balakhan?" inquired the priest.
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II TO CONFESSgo CRIED RAMABAI.
1iberate my father. my sister and my
husband to be; and woe to any who
disobey me! For while l stand here
shall be queen indeed! Peace, or
war, famine and the plague. Summon
the executioner Arrest Durga RAM
Strip him before my eyes of his every
insignia of rank. He is a murderer.
He shall go to the treadmill, there to
slave till death. 1 have said it,
Far in the rear of the cowed as
semb1age, near the doors, stood Ahmed,
in his old guise of bhisti, or water
carrier. When he heard that beloved
voice he felt the blood rush into his
throat. Aye, they were right. Who
but goddess would have had at such
time an Inspiration so great? But it
gave him. an idea, and he slipped away,
in fact.
So he did not see Umballah upon his
knees. whining for mercy. making
futile promises. begging for liberty.
The soldiers spat contemptuously as
they seized him and dragged him off.
The priests conferred hastily Bala-
khan was a fierce Mohammedan, ruth
less soldier; his followers were with
out fear. The men of Allaha might
put up a good defense. but in the end
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.
Kathlyn Hare. believing her father. Col. Hare
California to go to him in Ailaha, India: Um-
ballah. pretender to the throne Of that principal
late King as his heir. G because he fears the
American may insist on his royal rights. Upon
mbaa nsn anIisal that az he1 Sens
to be queen and must marry him forthwith. TN
Because of her refusal she, she is sentenced to un
JON John Bruce. an American and feliow-passenger
the boat which brought Kathlyn to Allaha,
saves her life. The elephant which carries her
from the scene Of her trials becomes frightened
and runs away. separating her from Bruce and
fall into the hands Of band Of slave traders,
IS shs sod o fs Who dGns s
submissive. throws her into the dungeon win
Bruce and his friends effect the release of
Kathlyn and the colonel. and the fugitives are
s.en shelter In the pal palace o. ssla bT tbst
pltabIe prince. the party endeavors to reach the
o. is by band doans Of SrSsna. Sen:
delivered to Umballah. Kathlyn and Bruce es-
c.pe from their captors and return .to to Aaha ha
iyn's resourcefalness and bravery are the means
from Ailaha, but return broken hearted when
they they learn that Winnie, Kathlyn's young sister
prisoner. She is forced to enter the palace and
In turn Is crowned queen Of Allaha One at,
tempt TO GET winnie OUT OF tne cioseiS buoAuSo
palace almost costs Kathyn her life, but the
second plan succeeds.
The people of Allaha at last weary OF Um-
ballah's misrule, rise against him. The revo-
lutioniscts are being overpowered. when hath-
iyn assumes command OF the scattered forces
She saves the day for them. Umballah nees
for his Hfe.
Umballah has crept back to the city, and.
With one CT the women of the harem as an as
arranged to have Pundits. member Of the
royal house and wife to Ramaoai. crowned ned
queen But Uniballah, having secured Hhe
nriestbood the great power in Allaha. ally,
comes back to the palace with absolute author
ity His first official act is to imprison kathlyn.
Winnie the colonel and Bruce.
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WHAT IS TT. WHAT DO YOU WIS
woman of the zenana tremblingly told
her tale; how she had saved Umballah
during the revolt; how she had secured
dancer; how she had visited Umballah
in his secret chamber; how he had con-
fided to her his plans; how she had seen
him with her own eyes become one of
the fake bearers of the palanquin.
''The woman lies because I spurned
herv' roared Umballah.
Away with her!" cried the chief
priest, inwardly cursing Umballah for
having permitted this woman to live
when she knew so much. Away with
her"
"The law!' the woman walled. "The
sanctity of the temple is mine"
Hold" said Kathlyn. standing up.
In her halting Hindustani she spoke:
Il have something to say to you all.
This woman tells the truth. Let her
go unafraid. Listen. Have you not
learned by this time that 1 am not a
weak woman but a strong one? You
have harried me and injured me and
wronged me and set tortures for me,
but here stand. unharmed. This day
will have my revenge. My servant
Ahmed has departed for the walled city
of Balakhan. He will return with Bala-
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I'm the zenana OF the royal palace
there was a woman, tall, 1.-the, with a
skin of ivory and roses and eyes as
brown as the husk Of a water chestnut.
On her bare ankles were gem incrust.
ed anklets. on her arms bracelets OF
hammered gold. round her neck a rope:
of pearls and emeralds and rubies and
sapphires.~ And still she was nothappy.
From time to time her fingers strained
at the roots of her glossy black hair
and the whites of her great eyes glis-
tered She bit her lips to keep back
the sobs ;crowding in her throat. She
pressed her hands together so tightly
that the little knuckles cracked. ~
"Ai, ai." she walled, softly
She paced the confines of her chamber
with slow step. with fast step; or
leaned against the waH, her face hid
den in her arms; or pressed her hot
cheeks against the, cool marble of the
lattice.
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they would be whelmed; and the gods
of Hind would be cast out to make
way for the prophet of Allah. This
young woman with the white skin had
for the nonce beaten them. Durga
Ram had played the fool: between the
two women, he had fallen. They had
given him power. and he had let it
slip through his fingers for the sake
of reprisal where it was not needed.
Let him go, then, to the treadmill: they
were through with him. He had play
ed his game like a tyro. They must
placate this young woman who the peo-
pie believed was their queen, but who
they knew was the plaything of politics
and expediencies
The chief or high priest salaamed. and
Kathlyn eyed him calmly, though her
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this, why must We battle against the
silly impulse to tell the first We meet
what we have doneo Remorse; what
is it?
Now. this woman of the zenana be-
iieved not in the God of your fathers
and mine. She was lagan; her heaven
and hell were ruled by a thousand gods.
and her temples were filled with their
images. Yet this thing, remorse was
stabbing her with its hot needles, till no
torture devised by man could equal it.
She was the poor, foolish woman who
loved Durga Ram; loved him as these
Wild Asiatic women love, from murder
TO the poisoned cup. Loved him. and
her for his own selfish ends. There
you have It. Had he loved her, remorse
never would have lifted its head or
raised its voice. And again, had not
Umballah sought the white woman,
this butterfly of the harem might have
died OF old age without unburdening
her soul. Remorse is the result of
crime comEaitted uselessly. Humanity
is interchangeable. for all it's variety of
skins.
And here was this woman, wanting
TO tell some one,
Umballah had done a peculiar thing:
he had not laid hand upon either Rama
bal or Pundita- When asked the rea-
son for this generosity toward a man
who but recently put price on his
head, Umballah smiled and explained
that Ramabai was not only broken
politically but was religious outcast.
1t was happiness for such a person to
die. so he preferred that Ramabai
should live
Secretly. however, Ramabafs revolu-
tionary friends were still back of him,
though they pretended to bow to the
yoke of the priests
So upon this day matters stood thus:
the colonel. Kathlyn. Bruce and Winnie
were prisoners again: Ahmed was IN
hiding, and Ramabai and his wife
Knocked by those who once had cheered
them. The fngratitude Of kings is as
nothing when compared to the ingrati-
tude of people
A most ridiculous country: to crown
Kathlyn again (for the third timeD
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Khan and an army Such as Will Hatten
the city of Alfalfa to the ground, and
crows and vultures and tigers and
jackals shall make these temples their
abiding places. and men will forget
Alfalfa as they now forget the mighty
Chitor." She swung round toward the
priests. You have yourselves to
thank At a word from me. Balakhan
enters or stops at the outer walls.
have tried to escape you by what means
1 had at my command. Now it shall be
war! War, famine, plague"
Her young voice rang out sharp and
clear, sending terror to all cowardly
hearts, not least among these being
those beating in the breasts of the
priests.
Now" speaking to the soldiers, "go
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ANY seaport near?' asked the col
onel.
Perhaps seventy miles north is the
very town we stopped at few weeks
ago"
The colonel seized Kathlyn in his
arms. She played at gayety for his
sake. but her heart was heavy with
foreboding.
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and then to lock her up. Next to
superstition as barrier to progress
there stands custom. Everything one
did must be done as some one else had
done it; the initiative was still chained
up in the temples, it belonged to the
bald priests only.
But Umballah had made two mis-
takes: he should have permitted the
white people to leave the country and
given a silken cord to the chief eunuch,
to apply as directed. There are no
written laws among the dark peoples
that forbid the disposal of that chat
tel known as a woman Of the harem
or zenana- There are certain Gus
toms that even the all-powerful British
raj must ignore.
The catafalque of the dead king rested
upon the royal platform. Two troopers
stood below; otherwise the platform
was deserted. When Ramabai and
Pundita arrived and mounted the plat
form to pay their last respects to a
kindly man. the soldiers saluted grave
1y. even sorrowful1y Ramabai. for his
courage, his honesty and justice, was
their man; but they no longer dared
serve him, since it would be at the
expense of their own lives.
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once. Perhaps.