The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-08-01

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to me that the king utterly took dis.
like to his protege, Umbaila. and
turned this little trick 10 make him IN.
happy. j daresay he thought your "a.
ther wise enough to remain away. I'm.
balla hangs between wind and via
tier; he can so neither forward aor
backward. But poor Ramabai back
there will lose his gold for this
HANNIBAL has always, been very
kindly to the poor; and the poor man
generally defends his benefactor when
the right time comes To umba1la
Z was only q means to the end: II he
declared himself king. that would
open up the volcano upon which he
stands but. as my prince sconsort that
would leave him fairly secure,
Only a means. y unused Bruce In:
wardly, stealing q glance at her sad
yet lovely profile. umballa was a
man, foria his color; heswas human.
and stosseei this girl iit was only human
|itolwant her. Your father one of
the best friends; j had. But, oddly
enough, i never sawSa photograph OF
you. He might have been afraid we
young chaps. ~ He paused EN-:
,barrassedly. 1T only you had taken
me into your confidence on board the
SYorck!n
An, but did you offer me the
chance p she returned q
.Itneverirealized' till now that a chap
might be too close Tipped sometimes.
We'll, here we are, in fight together!'
That night orithe first time I'm many
hours Kathly closed her eyes Withta
sense Of security True, twas not the
most comfortable place to sleep in, the
lihowdah; there were cease lessI rollings
from side to side, intermingled with
ispine;raeking bumps forward as the
,elenhant occasionally FASTENED his
stride. Kathlyns succeeded in stealing
from the god OF sleep only his cat
maps: Often the cold would awaken
her, and she would find Bruce had
been bracing her BY extending Jhissarm
across the howdah and gripping the
rsil!l sisss
You mustn't do that she protested
,eebly. Youswills be deadlin the morn
ing. Is /.
You might fall OUT ],
Then lssha'ntt SO to sleep again till
the Journey ends You have been Sc
good and kind to me-, lss5ls
"Nonsense!s ;s,4s
They came out into the scrub Jun;
gle. and the moonlight lay magically
over all things. Sometimes a shadow
Crossed the whitened sands: scurried5
rather; and quietly Bruce would tell
her. what the animals were ackalss
with an occasional sprowling red wolf
They were not disturbed by any Of the
cat family. But there was one in;
teryal Of suspense. Brucelspied in the
distance a;small herd lofswildi elephant
So did Rajah, who raised his trunI
and strumpeted into the night: The
matont, fully awake to- the danger
beat the old rascal smlghtilyi With
goad. Yet that would have failed .to
hold Raiah. Bruce ayeIted the dan;
ger by shooting his yolvers int; the
AIR. TheSwild animals stampeded; and
Ratah, ,disgruntled. was brought TO the
compass. ~ ~. !3As * y
Strange thing about a igunshot,'s5
said Bruce. They may never have
heard one before: but instinct tells
them quickly of the menace. Years
agoEa home when / used TO fish lfoI
bass, during the close season I'd see
thousands Of duck and geese and deer
Yet a single igunshot when the season
opened'and ouinever could get within
a mile of them; 3, 4 4, sss
That is true. I have fished and
hunted with father jssF
ssurelyi keep forgetting that ITS
ten to one you know more about game
than 4 do.ss
Silence fell upon them again; On, on,
without pausing. Bruce was getting
sleepy himself, so he began munchfns
biscuits Lighter and lighter grew the
easti the moon dlmmed, and by and by
everything grew gray and the chill in
the air seemed ssharpest yet. sp
They were tliSawake. ]
Sunup they stopped by ia stream!
Bruce sdismounted without having the
Iselephant kneel and went to the water
Ito MI his canteen: The hunter in him
became Interested IN the tracks along
the banks. IA tiger, q leopard, some
apes, and arherd Eofs ante lope had been
down to drink during the night. Even
as he looked d huge gray ape came
bounding out head on toward sRaiah,
who despisedl these foolish beasts Per
hapsS thesold elephant missed All per.
haps he was still somewhat upset by
his failure to Join his wild Brothers
the might before; at any rate, without
warning, he set of with that shufiling
lIgait which sometimes carried him as
swiftly as q horse. An elephant never
litrots nor really runs according to our,