The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-22
The Adventures of. Kathlyn
By.HARoLD MAcGRAIH
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icopyrisht by harold Maeo
BY HAROLD MAClGRAIH

4 barbaric and civilized He loved II
and hated It, and sometimes feared Il,
he who had. faced on foot many a
wounded tiger n
He shrugged, reached into the desk
for a box Of Jaipurs brass enamel and
took from it a medal attached to %
ribbon: The golden disk was encrusti
ed with uncut rubies and .emeralds.
"Girls,r he called Come here Q
moment. Martha, that will be ALL
with nod toward the door. Il never
showed you this before t,
Goodness gracious!.l cried Winnie,
reaching out her hand.
why, itlooks like decoration, ia,
ther,n said Kathlyn. What lovely
stones! 1t would make a beautiful
pendant"
Vanity, vanity, all is vanity said
the colonel, smiling down into their
charming faces. do you love your
old dad?"
Love you'll" they exclaimed in uni.
son, Indignantly, too. since the cues.
ton was an imputation of the fact.
would you be lonesome II l took
the Big Trek" whimsically.
Father"
| "Dad,"
They pressed about him, as vines
about an oak.
: Hang It, j swear that this shall be
the last hunt. I'm rich. Well get rid
of all these brutes and spend the rest
Of the years seeing the show. places.
I'm a bit tired myself Of Jungle fod.
DER Well go to Paris, and Berlin,
and Rome, and Vienna. And you, Kit.
Shall go and tell Rodin that you've
Inherited the spirit Of Gerome. And
you, Winnie, shall make stab at
grand opera"
Winnie gurgled her delight, but her
sister searched her fathers eyes. She
did not quite like the way he said
those words. His voice lacked It's
usual heartiness and spontaneity.
Where did you get this medal, 70;
ther?" she asked.
That's what ! started out ito tell
you" liif
Were you afraid we might wish to
wear It or have II made oyer?y3I laughed
Winnie, who never went below the
surface Of things. III Hstss EsitsiE X
sNo. The truth u, II had almost for
gotten It! But the preparations for
India recalled Il fto mind II repre-:
SCENTS royal title conferred on me by
the king ofslAllaha. You have never.
been to India, Kit. Alfalfa Is the name
we hunters give that border Kingdom.
Some day England will gobbfe 1t up;
only waiting for a good excuse
what big thing did you do?n de.
manded Kathlyn, her eyes still filled
with scrutiny. e rrS 80 49,
ErWhatsmakes you think'it was big?"
iestingly. 4
"Recause% she answered, seriously,
you never do anything but big things.
AS the lion is among beasts, you are
among men, 4
Good lord!" The colonel reached
embarrassedly for his pipe, Lit It,
pulled few minutes, then laid down.
the pipe. India is full Of strange
tongues and strange Kingdoms and
municipalities. Most OF them are domi.
mated by the British raj. some are
only protected, while others do about
as they please. This. statep-touch:
ing the order-"does about as It did
since the days Of the first white rover
who touched the shores Of Hind. It Is
small, but that signifies nothing; for.
you can brew a mighty poison in
small pot. Well, 1 happened to save
the old kings life" ~ AZ
Il knew 1t would be something like
that said sKathlyn. Go on. Tell 1t
ALL
z The colonel had recourse to his pipe
again. He smoked on till the coal was
dead. The girls waited patiently.
They knew that his silence meant tina.
he was only niarshaling the events in
their chronological order.
The king was a kindly old chap,
oimPiSs sSt suieMut anu VIII tildt
islumbrous oriental way Of accom-.
plishing his ends, despite all obstacles.
Underneath this apparent simplicity
n discovered a grim, sardonic humor,
Trust the oriental for always having
that packed away under his bewilder:
Ing diplomacy. he was all alone In
the world. He was one of those rare
eastern potentates who wasn't ham.
pered by parasitical relatives. BY
George, the old boy could have given
his kingdom. lock, stock and barrel,
to the British government, and no one
could say him may. There was a good
deal of rumor. the last time i was there
that when he died England would step
in actually. The old boy gave me
leave to come and go as i pleased. to
hunt where and how i would! had a.
mighty fine collection. There are
tigers and leopards and bears and fat
old pythons, 40 foot long. OF course,