The Arvada enterprise., 1915-11-11
CHAPTER xxIv-Continued.

1hey would have to Investigate and
sxplore the bank Half an hours jour
ney-rather difficult one-brought
them to still and shallow water Here
they crossed and made camp beyond,
In natural clearing. They erected
the small tent for Kathlyn. inside Of
which she changed her clothes, drank
her tea and lay down to sleep.
What does Ahmed think?" asked
Bruce anxiously.
That we are being followed by
some assassins hired by our friends
the priests"
Colonel let US make straight for
the port and let this damnable bushel
OF trinkets stay where It is." urged
Bruce. the lover,
That Is not possible now" replied
Ramabai We can now reach there
only by the seacoast itself. or return
to the desert and journey over the old
trail We must go on"
The colonel smoked his pipe mood.
lily. He was pulled between necessity
and desire. He had come to Asia for
this filigree basket and he wanted it,
with a passion which was almost
miserly. AT one moment he silently
vowed to cast the whole thing into the
sea. and at the next his fingers would
twitch and he would sigh
Sometimes II seemed to him that
there was some invisible force work
Ing In him, drawing and drawing him
against the dictates of his heart He
had
California. and had fought against It
nor weeks, without avail. And frequent
" now. when alone and undisturbed
he could see the old guru. shaking
with the venom of his wrath, the blood
tripping from his lacerated fingers
which he shook In the colonel's face.
hecklng II with blood a curse. It
was SO. He must obey that invisible
VIII: he must go on and on.
His pipe slipped from his fingers and
SiH head fell upon his knees. and thus
kathlyn found him
Let him sleep. memsahib." warned
Ahmed from across the fire. He has
been fighting the old guru."
What" Kathlyn whispered back.
"Whcre?"
Ahmed smiled grimly and pointed to.
ward his forehead
Is there really such evil. Ahmed?"
EVIL begets evil. heaven born, Just
AS good begets good. The Colonel Sa.
nib did wrong. And who shall deny
some OF these gurus a supernatural
power? | have seen: know"
But once you said that we should
eventually escape. all of us"
And still say u. memsahib. What
b written is written" phlegmatically.
, Yearly she turned toward her tent.
but paused to touch the head Of her
sleepins father as she passed. Her
occidental nina would not and could
not accept MS possibilities these mys.
teriouS attributes OF the oricnta, mind
That q will could reach out and pre-,
arrange q mans misfortunes was Ia
her mind incredible. for there were no
preccdents. Che never had witnessed
genuine case OF hypnotism. those ex
amples she Gad seen were miserable
bunooneries, travestles. hoodwinking
not even tho newsboys in the upper
gallery. Tync. she had read OF such
hings, bu' from the same angle with
which she mad road the Arabian Nights
fairy stories
Yet. hare was her father. thoroughly
oonvint I'd OF the efficacy OF the gurus
curse: and here was Ahmed. compla
centfJ watching the effects. and moi
doV Biting In The least that his Huru
would In tn. emo prove the stronger
n the two
One OF :he elephants ciankcd hi,
'hains r'stlossly. He may have heart
the proElins OF cat Far beyond tn,
nre. beyond the sentinel. she though
she saw "a naked form fash out an,
bsfh OF a tree, She stared intently a
nc tree for "A time, but MS she saw
nothing more, she was convinced tina
her eyes- hed deceived her. Besides
her body seemed dead and her min,
too heavy Tor thought
Umballa. having satisfied himsel
that the camp would not break I'll
morning, skunk away into the shadows
lie had failed again; but his hate ha,
made him strong lie was naked es
eept for loin clout, His beard an,
hair were matted. the latter hanglnl
over his eyes. His body was smcarc'
with ashes. Not even Ahmed woul'
have recognized him "A yard on III
had something less than nine hours 4
reach the cape before they did: and
was necessary that he should have ac
completes The fishermen he knew Il
be Of predatory habits, and the prom
lac OF gold would cnmesh them
The half island which constitute
the cape had the shape OF a miniatur
volcano There was ycrdure at tn
base OF its slope and trees lifted ,hei
heads here and there hardly. II wa
q mile long and half mile wide. an
IN the early morning It stood out like
huge sapphire against the rosy Ak,
pctwccn the land and tn. promon,or
there lay stretch OF slistcning sand
char. ,xns hnif IA mil, of II Over thi