The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-05-29

There rose the great shouting which
Umballa and The dancing girl had
heard.
Shortly after the house collapsed.
The fire spread to the houses en- each
side.
Bruce seized the bearer by the arm.
'fNow, the house which Umballa en-
tered"
Eagerly enough the slave directed
him For all the abuse and beatings
the slave was to have his hour. But
they found the house empty except for
a chattering monkey and screaming
parrakeet, both attached to pedestal
perches. Bruce liberated them and re-
turned to the colonel
Gone! Well, let him hide in the
jungle, prey to fear and hunger.
At least we are rid of him. But |
shall die unhappy if in this life we
two fail to meet again. Kit"
joint" She withdrew from her
fathers arms and sought those of the
man who loved her and whom she
loved, as youth will and must. Let
him go. Why should we care? Take
me to my sister"
Ahmed smiled as he and his men
rolled the net. This was as it should
be. For what man was a better mate
for his golden-haired memsahib? And
then he thought of Lal Singh, and he
choked little For Lal Singh and
he had spent many pleasant hours to-
gether. They had worked together in
play and in war, shared danger and
bread and glory, all of which was
written in the books of the British raj
in Calcutta.
1t was the will of Allah; there was
but one God, and Mahomet was his
prophet. Then Ahmed dismissed Lal
Singh and the past from his thoughts,
after the philosophical manner of the
Asatic, and turned to the more vital
affairs under hand.
At Ramabai's house there was a
happy reunion; and on her knees Pun.
dita confessed to her lord hGw near
she had been to Christian damnation.
She had fallen from grace; she had
reverted to the old customs of her
Ramabai took her in his arms and
touched her forehead with his lips.
and now" said the colonel, the
king!"
Ramabai's head sank
What is the matter? Is he dead?'
IF | knew that" answered Rama
bal, Il would rest content"
But you searched the roya
PRISON.
and found nothing, nothing!"
what do you believer"
81 believe that either the Council
or Umballa has forestalled us. W.
shall visit the Council at once. The.
are prisoners. II they have had n
hand in the disappearance of the king
then we are facing stone wall owe
! which we cannot leap. For Umball
] has fed, wither no one knows, an
. with him has gone the secret. Come
G we shall go at once to the palac
l. prison"
/ 1he Council which had ruled so lon
d in Alfalfa was very humble indeed
G They had imprisoned the king be
cause he had given many evidences c
e mental unbalance. Perhaps unwisel
they had proclaimed his death. Durg
l. Ram had discovered what they ha
hol J,os
like sword blade. That the king wa
s not in his dungeon, why and wher,
a for, was beyond their knowledg,
S They were in the power of Ramabai
" let him work his will upon them. The
e had told the truth And Ramaba
r much as he detested them, believe
s them. But for the present it was r
quired that they remain incarcerate
n till the king was found, dead or aliv
In the palace soldiers and servant
alike had already forgotten Umball
O To them it was as if he had not e
isted All in a few hours. There wa
, however, one man who did not forge
Upon a certain day Umballa had car
o lessly saved his life, and to his ben
d factor he was now determined to
e vote that life. This man was the m
y jordomo, the chief servant in IL
II kings household. 1t was not that |
loved Umballa rather than he owe
1t Umballa a debt and resolved to pay
N Two days later, when the fires we
n. extinguished and the populace had sc
lie tied back into it's former habits, TIL
y majordomo betook himself to III
TO blla's house. 1t was well guarde
he and by men who had never been clio
ed to Umballa, but had always belong,
n to tho dissatisfied section, the frank
and openly mutinous section. !
ne bribery was possible here; at lea.
n nothing short of fabulous sum
le money would dislodge their loyalty
to Ramabai, now the constitutional
IN gent. No one could leave the hou
ne or enter 1t without scrutinty and que
er ton.
The servants and the women of t
ed zenanas remained undisturbed Ran
bal would have it so. Things had be
re put in order. There had not be
re- much damage done by the looters
20 the day Of the revolt. They had look