St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1914-11-28

come. Ahmed took his time; he ha
no reason to hurry. Nothing mus
pass which would arouse the susp
cions Of the guards; and haste Away
alarmed the oriental
To the colonel. however, things q
peared to lag unnecessarily. He f1nsll,
lost patience and swept back the cul
tain despite Bruce's restraining hand
A native mahout, who had been loiter
ing In town that day, recognized q
once the royal turban which the colo
mel still wore. The colonel's fac,
meant nothing; the turban, every
thing. Tho mahout stood stock still
TOP moment, not quite believing hi.
eyes. BY this time. however, Ahmed
was comfortably straddled back Of hil
elephants ears and was jogging alonf
the road.
The kins!" shouted the surprised
mahout to the guards, who had moi
seen the man or the turban.
What king, fool!" returned the
guards.
The white king who was betrothed
this day! Al. al! have seen the
royal turban. Il II he'll"
The guards derided him. So, md.
ing no hope In them. he ran to his ele.
phant, mounted, and rode back into
town. Durga Ram would pay well for
this news.
Father" said Kathlyn. reproachful.
". that mahout recognized you.
warned you not to move the curtain"
Bruce shrugged.
But, Kit" returned her father, "Ah.
med was 20 internally slow! He would
spend time in chattering to the
guards"
Ahmed heard, but said nothing.
Never mind" interposed Bruce pa
cihcally.. AT any rate we shall have
the advantage Of q couple Of hours.
and Umballa will not catch us with the
elephants he has at hand. By the
time he starts his expedition No shall
be 80 miles away. Let US be cheer
full"
Kit" said her father. Il couldn't
help It. cant think quickly any
more. am like man In q night
mare. I've been down to hell. and I
can't just yet realize that I am out Of
It. I'm sorry!"
Poor dad" Kathlyn pressed him
IN her arms, while Bruce nodded en-.
v1ously but approv1ngly.
BY and by they drew aside the cur
tains. Kathlyn saw here and there OBJ
jects which recalled her first journey
along this highway. II only she had
known!
One thing Is forecast" said Bruce.
When Ramabai returns it will be to
hight He will not be able to avoid It
now. shouldn't mind going back
with him. Ahmed, what IL this strange
hold Umbaila has over the actions Of
the Council Of Three? They always
appear to be afraid Of him"
"Ah. saith" said Ahmed, resting his
ankus or goad on the skull Of his
mount there is said to be another
prisoner in the pehes prison Lal
Singh knows. l believe"
What's your idea7''
"Sahib, when put you all safe over
the frontier / am coming back to Al
laha to and out" And that was all |
Ahmed would say regarding the sub
|ect.
"11l wager he knows" whispered /
Bruce.
But who can It BET Another poor
levn Of Q white man? Yet how could
! white man influence the actions Of
he Council?" The colonel spoke IL.
1tably.
'Iook!"-from Kathlyn. There is
me Of those wonderful trees they call
he flame Of the Jungle" She called
heir attention to the tree merely to
'ause q diversion. She wanted to keep
Ter fathers thoughts away from
Allaha.
So they journeyed on into the sun
ct. into twilight, into the bright. starry
light
Back in the city the panic was al
eady being forgotten as thing Of
be past. The leopards were back at
heir patroling; the high officials and
ignitaries, together with the unsuc-
essful candidates. had gone their sew
raj ways. Umballa alone paced the
alls, well satisfied with the events of
he day, barring the disturbance
aused by the escape of the leopards.
His captain entered and saluted.
"Highness, a mahout has news"
News? OF what?"
HE claims that he saw the kings
Urban In z howdah which passed the
ncient gate about an hour gone"
That IL not possible" replied Um-
ALA
Il told him that the king was In his
,amber."
$50 he IL. Wait! I will 90 myself
id see," all at once vaguely per-
lrbed. He was back In q very short
me, furious. TT IL true! Woe to
lose who permitted him to escaped"
"Highness. the escape Of the leop-
DIS and the confusion which followed.
BY all the gods Of Hind. and twas
u who left the door open! You
,ened II for me to pass out first
,mmon the Council. On with you.
ID give this handful Of silver to the :
lly man who has sense enough to be- {
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