The Arvada enterprise., 1915-11-04
CHAPTER xxiIi-Continued.

passed"
Not the soldiers. my lord"
Aud this poor man! pundita. he
was murdered. and | am powerlcss to
hvcnee him II was Umballa. but
what proof have |? None. none. Well.
Tor me there Is left but one thing: to
teavc Alfalfa for good. We two shall
80 TO some country where honor and
EindncSs are not crimes but virtues.
My lord. 1t Ia our new religion.
And shall we hold to It and 60. or
'cpudiatc It and stay"
y am my lords chattel. but ]
should despisc him If he took the base
course"
And so should J. flower OF my
heart" Ramabai folded his arms and
Stared down moodily at the man who.
had be lived. could have made Pun
dta his successor "Pundita. have
not yet dared tell you all: but here.
IN tho presence OF death. truth viii
out We cannot leave. Confiscation
of property and death face us at every
gate. No! Umballa proposes to crush
enc gradually and make my life hell
no man who was my friend now darcs
scceiye me In his house. Worship Is
denied u.s. unless we worship In secret
There 10 one pathway open" lie
paused
And what Ia that. my Iord'"
TO knccf In the temple and re-
nouncc our religion. DO we that. and
VIC are free to leave hllaha"
Pundita smiled. My lord Ia not
capable of NO vile an act"
mo"
And hand In hand they stood before
catafalQue. forgetting everything but
the perfect understanding between
them.
M. all"
" was but a nurmur: and the two
turned to witness the approach of the
woman OF the zenana. She flung her.
self down before the catsfalque. pas
Elonateiy' kissing tho shroud She
teamed back and beat her breast and
wsiicd. Ramabai was vastly puzzled
over this demonstration. That n hand
Home young woman should wall over
the corpse OF an old man who had
never been anything to her might have
rn Interpretation far removed from
sorrow. Always In sympathy. how.
over. with those bowed with grief Ra-
snabai STOPPED and attempted to raise
her.
She shrank from his touch. looked
Up. and for tho first time seemed to
hfs wn NJ IA,
THE under water. that which had been
striving for uttcrancc came to the sur
lace. She snatchcd one OF Ramabai's
hands.
m. al! am wrctchcd. lord. wretch.
cd There IL hot lead In my heart and
poison in my brain! will confess.
Confcss'"
Itamabai and Pundita Gancd at each
other. astonishcd.
What is ~ What do you wish to
Confcss'" cried Rsmabai quickly, Per.
She clung 10 his hand They viii
order my death by the silken cord /
am afraid Krishna fond for met"
What do you know"
Ills majesty was murdered" she
whispered
Y know that replied Ramabal
iut who murdered him? Who built
That cage in the palanquin? Who put
The tiger there Who beat and over.
powered the real bearers and cunns
Gated their tuTbans? Speak. gIrl. aud
" you can prove these things. there
viii be no silkcu cord"
but who will believe poor WON
IN OF the zcunna2"
y Will"
'I'ut you cannot save mo from the
cord. They have taken away your
power"
And you s.al give 1t back to me-"
~"
Even s., Come with me now. to
tho temple"
Tho temple"
"hyr; where AL the poldcrs are.
iho priosts and DurEa RAM"
~, al! Durra Ram. 1t was he
MAO ! helped him, thus ! secured per.
EMISSION to so into the baznars There
an assault took place under the com
'nand OF nurE' Ram. ana my bearers
were made prisoners DurEa Ram.
disguised ns q bearer, himself freed
The tiger which killed the king. Yea
10 the temple She Who CuulcHgns ia
tho tcmplo, her person Ia mcrud Il
t. the law, the law! had forgotten
10 the temple, my lnri'"
Before the higu tribunal OF priests.
Nclorc the unhappy knthlyu. before
the nstouishoi umhniln, appeared ila.
,nabai and ruudlta, between ihum ih"
young woman OF the souaua. nov al.
most dead with terror
"Nold'" cried Ramabui when the
soldiers started toward him TO eject
him from the temple.
What" said umballh. will you zoe
srnt7"
No, nurga Ram. stand here be
Soro you all, an sccuscr' know the
law. win you, w,Go and venerable