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CHAPTER vI-contInued.

The premier holy man, satisfied that
be understood Kathlyn's gestures,
turned to the justly angered villagers
and explained that with his aid their
prtestess would, in five suns, recreate
Vishnu in all his beauty. Instantly the
villagers prostrated themselves.
Poor things!" murmured Kathlyn.
The holy men sent the natives away,
Tor 1t was not meet that they should
witness magic in the making. They
then squatted in the clay court and
curiously waited for her to begin.
There was well in the inner shrine
To this she went with caution. The
lion was evidently foraging in the jun
gle. Kathlyn filled the copper vessel
with water and returned Next, she
gathered up what pieces of the idol
she could find and pieced them to-
gether. Here was her model. She
then approached one of the fakirs and
signified that she had need of his
knife. He demurred at first, but at
length consented to part with It, She
dug up square piece of clay. In fine.
she felt more like the Ksthlyn OF old
than she had since completing the
leopard in her outdoor studio. 1t oc-
cupied her thoughts, at least part OF
them, for she realized that mayhap
her life depended upon her skill in
reproducing the hideous idol
As the two old hypocrites saw the
clay take form and shape and the
mocking face gradually appear. they
were assured that Ka.hlyn was in
deed the ancient priestess: and deep
down in their souls they experienced
something Of the awe they had often
inspired in the poor. trusting ryot.
Kathlyn had talent bordering on
genius. The idol was an exact replica
Of the originl one: more, there was a
subtle beauty now where before there
had been a frank responsiveness. 1t
satisfied the holy men. and the un-
yelling was greeted by the villagers
with such joy that Kathlyn forgave
them and could have wept over them.
She had made god for them. and
they fell down and worshiped it.
Five more days passed. On the af.
ternoon of the fifth day Kathlyn was
feeding the fire. The holy men sat in
the court at their devotions. Kathlyn
turned from the fire to see them rise
and fee In terror. She in turn fed.
for the lion stood between her and the
sarcophagus. The lion paused, lash
Ing his tail. The many recent commo-
tions within and without the temple
had finally reused his ire. He hest
tated between the holy men and Kath-
iyn. and finally concluded that she in
the fiuttering robes would be the most
desirable.
There was no particular hurry; be-
sides, he was not hungry. The cat in
MIN wanted to play. He loped after
Kathlyn easily. At any time he chose
a few swift bounds would bring him
to her side.
Beyond the temple lay the same
stream by which. miles away, Kathlyn
had seen the funeral pyre and about
which she had had SO weird fantasy.
II this stream was deep there was a
chance for life.
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sYNoPsIa.

Kathlyn Hare, believing her father. Col.
Hare, in peril. has summoned her. leaves
ner home in California to go to him In
Allaha. India. Umballa. pretender to the
throne. has imprisoned the colonel, named
Allaha kathlyn is informed by Umballa
mat her father being dead she is to be
queen. and must marry him. She refuses
ano is informed by the priests that no
woman can rule unmarried. She is given
seven days to think 1t over. She still re-
tuses, and Is told that she must undergo
Two ordeels with wild beasts. II she sur
yves she will be permitted to rule. John
Sruce, an American, saves her life. The
eIephant which carries her from the
scene OF her trials runs away, separating
nsr r from Bruce and the rest Of the party.
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CHAPTER VII.
"Truce Water"

"Truce water"
When Kathlyn came to the river
.he swerved toward the broadcast
part of 1t. Twice she stumbled over
boulders, but rose pluckily and.
bruised and breathless, plunged into
the water. 1t was swift running and
shoulder deep. and she was forced to
swim strongly to gain the opposite
shore. She dragged herself up to the
bank and. once there, looked back.
What she saw rather astonished her.
She could not solve the riddle at first.
The lion seemed to be struggling
with some invisible opponent. He
stood knee deep in the sands, tugging
and pulling. He began to roar. Even
as Kathlyn gazed she saw his chest
touch the sand and his swelling TANKS
sink lower. Fascinated. she could not
withdraw her gaze. How his mighty
shoulders heaved and pulled! But
down. down, lower and lower, till
nothing but the great named head re-
manned in view. Then that was drawn
down; the sand filed the animals
mouth and stopped his roaring: low
er. lower.
Quicksands! The spot where he
had disappeared stirred and glistened
and shuddered. and then the eternal
Darkness Of sand.
She was not, then. to die? Should
she return to the temple? Would
they not demand OF her the restora-
ton of the lion? She must GO on,
vhithsr she krsw not. She regret
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Belts Cause Appendicitis?

Doctor Mayo Of Rochester. MINI.
points out the interesting fact that
within the last five years operations
for appendicitis have increased over
300 per cent. and he says that this
alarming condition Is due to the prac-
tise Of wearing belts instead OF sus-
penders.
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BAD Luck,

Bad luck is one of the things that
come To those who ait down and waif
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pressed my hand upon the place. Ny
terrible suspicion proved to be correct
The corpse which lay before me had
been deprived of foot!
Il rejoined my companions, who
were now leaving the apartment, and
strove to Danish from my face all signs
Of the emotion caused to me by the
discovery which had just made. Re.
turning to the presence of the grand
vzier, the various representatives of
the powers gYpressed their satisfaction
with the c,"lanations they had re.
ceived, and ] epared to depart to their
various embassies. l waited till the
last one had gone out, and then re.
quested the favor Of few minutes
private conversation with the vizier.
"Mehemed readilyeyielded to my re.
quest. thinking no doubt that desired
to urge upon him some point in con.
nection with the interest of France,
and little suspecting of what secret
knowledge had become possessed.
"As soon as we were alone, I fixed
my eyes upon his, and said:
"'Before l make my report to my
ambassador, there is a question which
am compelled to ask your excellency
to clear up. Can you explain to me
how, if Abdul-Aziz voluntarily took his
own life, he came to lose his left foot?
mot all the skill which Orientals
possess in concealing their emotions
enabled him to disguise from me the
terror with which | inspired him by
this question. He turned pale, and his
eyes literally protruded from their
sockets.
Nevertheless he began by attempt
ing to deny everything.
"'You have made an assertion which
takes me by SURPRISE he said, speak
ing with an effort On what grounds
do you state that so horrible a thing
has happened"
'Pasha,' / replied sternly, this Is
not the tone to adopt towards one who
approaches you as a friend Had l
wished to do you an injury, should
have blurted out my discovery in the
presence of the gentlemen who have
just left; they would have verified the
fact for themselves, and the scandal
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for the new sultan's own sake, there
will be a proper investigation, which
will confirm the views the powers are
asked to take Of this affair.
THE hey showed no resentment at
these remarks.
1T Is the viziers earnest desire that
the powers should satisfy themselves
as to what has taken place he replied.
lie has desired me to invite you to
send representative at once to the
palace, who will be admitted to sight
Of the dead body and given every ia.
cility for satisfying himself as to the
facts
This sounded sufficiently correct,
My chief turned to me with look of
inquiry, and | at once volunteered to
accompany Suleiman Bey to the Dol
mabacheh palace and make the in.
quiries which the grand vizier invited
Accordingly, after going to my own
room for moment, with purpose
which you will readily understand, ]
left with the hey and quickly arrived
at the scene of the imperial tragedy.
"The streets, it is needless to say
were lined with people, all of them
wearing exutant and fierce looks
which were not rendered more amiablC
by the sight of Giaour being admit
ted through the palace gates. How
ever, a very strong force Of troops
had been brought together by the
vizier with promptness which in it.
self was capable of an evil interpreta-
ton, and there was no open disorder
''In the palace l found members of
the staff of all the principal foreign
embassies, prominent among them be-
ing of course, the representatives of
Russia and England AS soon as we
we're all gathered, we were taken into
the presence of Mehemed Rushdi, who
received us with a great display of
sincerity, and who appeared, moreover,
to be really affected by this sad event.
After making little statement to
is, which was practically a repetition Of
what he had said already through his
messenger, he handed us over to Said
Pasha, the imperial chamberlain, who
conducted us to the apartment in
which, SO he assured us, the sultan's
body had been discovered.
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"Constantinople was settling down

"Constantnople was settling down
again after it's excitement, and | was
beginning to believe that nothing more
would happen, when the news OF the
catastrophe arrived. About midday a
steam launch left the Dolmabacheh
palace, and came down the Bosphorus,
stopping at the residences of the am
bassadors, and bearing Suleiman Bey,
the secretary Of the grand vizer, who
communicated to each of the foreign
representatives in turn the tragic It'd.
ings that Abdul-Aziz had refused to
survive his deposition, and had died
by his own hand.
Il was with my chief when Suleiman
Bey reached the French embassy, and
as the ambassador had no secrets from
me, | remained while he delivered his
message. He appeared much agitated,
a thing which Is most unusual in an
oriental.
"The ambassador and | were, OF
course, overwhelmed by the announce
ment which he made to us. While the
Bey was speaking my chief glanced
at me, and | read in his eyes the sus-
picion which had already formed itself
in my own mind. This sudden death
of an inconvenient and dangerous
prisoner was an event which 1t was
easy to understand in an Eastern
court.
Evidently the grand vizier had an.
ticipated the feeling with which this
intelligence would be received. The
secretary went on to say:
"'My master has thought 1t his duty
to communicate the fullest particulars
of this affair to the representatives OF
the powers at once. The body of the
late sultan is still lying in the room
in which it was discovered by his at
tendants. He appears to have taken
his life by means of pair Of Persian
scissors, with which he is believed to
have cut open vein in the left arm,
and then blcd to DEATH
THE ambassador rose to his feet
with a severe frown.
"'This is a remarkable story which
the grand vizier has sent you to tell
me- he said with a distrust which was
not intended to be concealed. i trust.
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)NT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD THURSDAY, OCTOBER H. 1915.

1T was small and meanly fur
nished chamber, Immediately adjoin
ing the women's apartments, and look
ing out on deserted courtyard. On
divan against the wall lay the body
covered as far up as the chest with
cloth or pail of black silk embroidered
with gold. The left arm was bare, and
hung down by the side showing deer
wound above the elbow, evidently
made by some pointed instrument. The
scissors with which, according to Said
Pasha, the unfortunate monarch had
taken his life lay, still caked with
blood upon a small table by the head
of the corpse.
His majesty explained the pasha
sent across to his mother early this
morning-as soon as he had risen, in
fact-for these scissors, On the pre-
text that he wished to trim his beard
No sooner had he received them than
he appears to have retired into this
room, where he was not likely to be
disturbed by his attendants for some
time. 1t was two hours before his
strange absence excited attention. A
search was instituted, and he was dis
covered lying in the posture which
you see, with an immense pool of blood
upon the floor, In which these scissors
were lying
while the pasha was giving US this
explanation l had withdrawn a little
apart from the others, and was closely
examining this corpse, which repre-
sented the monarch Of a vast empire.
AS my eyes travelled slowly over the
object on the divan, they were sudden
ly arrested by an extraordinary fea-
ture.
Il have said that the lower part OF
the body was covered by an embroid-
cred cloth. You will easily picture to
yourself the folds which this drapery
would naturally have assumed in rest.
ing on the body's upturned feet. What
| now perceived was the dreadful and
startling fact that the cloth in this
place rested upon only one point, in
stead of two.
Il waited to make sure that no one
was observing me Then | stepped
swiftly to the side Of the dvan. and
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measured BY the Industrial exhibits
displayed at this celebration, whether
produced BY skilled or agricultural 10
Dor. The farm and the workshop must
put on exhibits-the skilled mechanic,
the brickmnker, the building contract
oe, the boot and shoe maker, the pee
dleworker and manufacturers Of ali
classes.
There Is a saying commonly used In
England when speaking of the sOver
eign tsat "the king can do no evil
The reason for this was because the
king always had strong cabinet Of
safe advisers, who aided IN shaping al
of his policies, and they were not ex
pected to allow any hurtful mistakes to
be made. President Giles Il. jackson
has already grouped about him IN the
management Of the exposition many
able and experienced men and women
This group will be enlarged from time
to time as the work increases In vol
ume. The celebration Is te begin the
FIRST week in July. 1915. and continue
for a month.
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Finally was given orders b make
out the summaries. had never made
any summaries. nor had l seen any
made. but the secretary did not have
much patience. and when I've gave an
order usually meant for that thing to
be done The time came for the sum
marics Mr. Howell was out OF town
and there was no one In the Office from
whom ! could get the necessary infOr
nation Tie other clerk was stenog
Ynpher and absolutely of no use to me
in this emergency. decided to hook
up some old reports which had been
made out previously and use them as
q sort " guide. This worked fairly
WELL aud I succeeded with the task"
Step by step Miss Gibbs tells how,
by application to duty and through
faithful and energetic service. she be
came more and more trusted and how
later when tire secretary, b. w. How
ell, organized a new company she be.
came the chief clerk. She Is Mt the
head OF n large office force, directing
every detail Of the smooth working
machinery, making no mistakes and
brooking none. 1t Is said Of Miss Gibbs
that she has never had quarrel with
a fellow employee and has never been
hate to work. She has only missed
two and half days in the time she
has been with the company, one day
on account Of sickness and the other
on account Of death In the family. She
Il really unaw Of the great success
she has made and sums her remarka.
bic story up In this language:
81 had to watch the little things, for
In this business II Is the little things
that count ! trmly believe now that
! could succeed Mt anything am not
ashamed Of working-in fact, rather
like It and would he lonesome without
something to DO"
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Cotton reduction will now hecome a
private enterprise. and before the end
Of 1918 we Will see night riding in the
south that will make the Kentucky to
bacco war look like church social
We hnve many fancy plans proposed.
Some Of them are pure fancy. Take
the plan Of Mr. Henry that the United
States Issue $3.50. 100000 Of money or
something that looks like money to
valorize cotton Mt 10 cents pound.
Did you ever hear such tommyrot?
1.-THE next agency is the bank. That
term In Texas Is n misnomer. The
bulk Of the fraternity are not bankers;
they are pawnbrokers in disguise. For
twenty five years they have been edu-
eating the Texan to pay 10, II. Is and
even 20 per cent for money. Having
built up such system. do you think
for moment that they are going to let
the people down here know that there
IL such thing as 3 or per cent mon.
ey in the whole world?
"Of course the bankers down there
are loaning money on cotton. They
uuN y W wv oo. hcy WIZ tuonO q sOou
OF $40 on a 500 pound bale, charging IL
to IS per cent and. taking It of In ad.
vance We are safe In assuming that
no real help Will come from the south
ern banker. The war forced the clos.
ing Of 9O,OO0,OOO cotton spindles, or
practically two-thirds Of the worlds
entire cotton capacity. II 80 per cent
Of the English mills should be able to
operate that would still leave about
one half Of the worlds spinning capac-
ity idle The present lighting Is in the
very heart " the French and Belgian
spinning districts
III We assume that the United States
and Canada will consume during the
next twelve months 100000 bales,
Great Britain 100000 bales and allow
l,SO0,00O bales for the balance Of the
countries using American cotton we
get an estimated total consumption Of
10.S0O,00O bales for the season Of
19l4-l5. To this add an estimated do
mand for 100000 bales produced In
foreign countries. and we have an esti-
mated consumption Of l4.SOO. 900 bales
~ against an average normal worlds
consumption Of - 100000 bales"
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NATIONAL GUARDIAN FUND.
Started by e. p. Benjamin In Defense
Of Human Rights.

Boston.-At the suggestion OF Mr.. e
p. Benjamin Of this city movement
to be known as the National Guardian
Fund Of Appreciation has been started
for the purpose OF raising funds with
which to carry Oh the fight against fed
eral segregation on account Of color
which will become nation wide II not
checked very soon. Mr.. Benjamin
acts upon statement made In n re-
cent editorial I'm the Boston GuardiaL
to the effect that 1t Is not money
making venture. but public organ
for equal rights and freedom.
Mr.. Benjamin's letter to the editor
Of the Guardian Is rs follows:
"a Sohoo, Street. Boston
Editor Boston Guarlian-As u persona
friend Of the family and one not active N
race agitation, but sincerely Interested ~
the cause which you now represent.
wish to state publicly from intimate
knowledge that the eolored race owes WI
liam Monroe Trotter much for the unset
fsh manner In which ne har given ur
everything to work for equal rights
know his ability to earn money and Of
what he has sacrificed 10 maintain the
will never DO fully recompensed imam
cially.
Since you struck the blow for eQualk,
at the White House the colorsd people
understand you better. | know the def
cits and debts Of the paper Only a man
Of remarkable business ability could have
run the paper for thirteen years These
debts and ever recurrins\ ones should BE-
met
Hence I wish to issue this formal ap
peal 70 all lovers OF freedom for Guar
dian appreciation fund OF $1,000. to bs
raised at once. national In scope. to cele
brato the Wilson-Trotter incident. | per
sonally subscribe the small amount OF t2S
T. =. BENJAMIN.
Mr.. Thomas Walker Of Washington
has also sent his check for s25 to the
fund and contributions from other
friends are being received by Mr. Ben.
jamin for the purpose herein stated
The whole race should rally to this
movement In defense Of Its own M
u0nal existence ~ citizens Of this re-
public.
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Mortuary Roll OF Press Assoei eistion.

Mortuary Roll Of Press Assoeistion.
Henry Allen Boyd, corresponding
secretary Of the National Negro Press
associa ton. has sent out memorial
cards to all members Of the assOcia'
tion containing the names Of members
who have died since July. They are:
Professor J. NJ. Codwell, editor Of the
Western star. Houston, Tex; Colonel
Allen Allensworth, retired army on.
Ger and editor Of the Sentiment Maker
Allensworth. Cal; Rev. N. Fl. Plus
d. D.. editsr Metoka and Galeda Mag
axine, Nashville. Tenn, and Miss L. "A
BushnelL editor of Hope, Nashville
The cards are signed by the president
chairman of the executive committee
and corresponding secretary Of the a..
Dociatioa.
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No. 666

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Notable Advance Made In Bible Study.
The enrolment Of the Bible school
at the Tuskegee (Ala.) institute up to
Nov. 30 numbers sixty.two and repre-
sents nm Increase Of 81 per cent over
that Of the same period In 1913. A
noteworthy thing In connection with
this Bible school enrolment Is that.
while In 1912 73 per cent Of the Bible
students were in preparatory classes
and Of the remainder none were high.
er than the Junior class. this year 66
per cent only are in the preparatory
classes and 45 per cent are distributed
through all Of the higher classes.