The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-05-22

wanted was the colonel. Kathlyn and
the young hunter, Bruce. 1t would be
Ahmed, grown careless, who would
eventually lead him or his spies TO the
hiding place
That the trio were in the city tm-
balla did not doubt in the least, nor
that they were already scheming TO
liberate the younger sister. All his en-
emies where he could put his hand ON
themi
Cheerful was the word.
The crust of civilization was thin; the |
true savage was cracking out through |
it. In the days of the mutiny Umballa
would have been the Mana Sahibs
right hand He would have given the
tragedy at Cawnpore an extra touch.
! Ten thousand rupees did not go far
among soldiers whose arrears called
for ten times that sum. So he placed
it where it promised to do the most
good. 1t was a capital idea, this of cut
ting Ramabais throat with his own
money. The lawless element among
the troops was his, umballa's, at least
his long enough for the purpose he had
in mind.
When the multitude round the plat
form dissolved and Winnie was led to
her chamber in the zenana, umbalia
treated himself to a beverage known
! as the kings peg-a trihe composed OF
brandy and champagne. That he
drank to stupefaction was Gods meth
% cd of protecting that night an innocent
child-for Winnie was not much more
than that.
Alone. dazed and terrified, she
dropped down upon the cushions and
r cried herself to sleep-eXactly as
, Kathlyn had done. In the morning she
awoke to find tea and feed. She had
heard no one enter or leave. CHANGING
curiously round her prison of marble
and jasper and porphyry, she discov
q cred slip of white paper protrudlne
:. through square in the latticed win
l. dow which opened out toward the gar
l. den OF brides.
e. Hope reused her into activity. SHIT
~ ran to the window and snatched thu
~ paper eagerly 1t was from Kathlyn
darling Kit. The risk with which
on had beer placed In the latticed windoN
i. never occurred to Winnie.
The note informed her that the won
DI an doctor of the zenana had been sui
GENTLY bribed to permit kathlyn
make up like her and gain admittanc
to OF nor n Di
Is. of illness and ask for the doctor, pt
- not before the morning of the folloy
r. ing day. So far as she, Kathlyn, coul
,lic learn. Winnie would Be left in pcat
III till the festival of the car Of Jugge
naut. Ill, she would not be forced
- ano attend the ceremonies, the pala'
he would be practically deserted and the
Ill Kathlyn would appear.
I'm. This news plucked up Winnie's sp
ion its considerably, Surely her faith
for and Kit were brave and cunnil
bile enough to circumyent Umballa. VIII
APP a frightful country! What a dreadt
yer PEOPLE! She was miserable over t
tortures her father had suffered, b
> nevertheless she, held him culpable
70 not telling both her and Kit all and 7
OF half a truth A basket of gems! s
Sec. and Kit did not wish to be rich, OF
by free and happy. And now her O.
for folly in coming would but add to
be mseries of her loved ones.
Ahmed had told her Of the two
deals, the black dungeon, the VII
ping; he had done so to convince
-. that she must be eternally on
guard, search carefully into any pro
sition laid before her, and play
the time, time, for every minute she
81 meant a minute nearer her ultim
freedom. She must promise to ma
the Umballa, but to set her own date.
'nce Unlike Kathlyn, who had Pundita
nv untangle the intricacies of the bast
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