St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-01-02
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below where the water does not run q
fast?"
3 "Ramabai will know"
\ But Ramabai knew only the bridg,
! They would have to Investigate an
: explore the bank. Half an hours joul
ney-rather difficult one-brough
; them to still and shallow water. Her
/ they crossed and made camp beyond
in a natural clearing. They erecte
the small tent for Kathlyn. inside O
which she changed her clothes, dranl
!! her tea and lay down to sleep.
What does Ahmed think7" aske,
Bruce anxiously.
THAT we are being followed b,
some assassins hired by our friend,
the priests"
Colonel, let us make straight fol
the port and let this damnable bushe
OF trinkets stay where It b." urged
Bruce, the lover.
THAT is not possible now: replied
I Ramabai. I'VE can now rench theirs
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 nood-
lily. He was pulled between neossaftv
J and desire. He had come to Asia FIR
this hligree basket. and he wanted It.
with passion whioh was almost
misery. At one moment he silently
vowed to cast the whole thing into the
sea. and at the next his fingers would;
witch and he would sigh.
Sometimes it seemed to him that
there was some invisible force work
ing in him, drawing and, drawing him
against the dictates OF his hsart. He
rad experienced this fsaun5 back IN
California. and had fought against Il
for weeks, without avail. And frequent
~ now. when alone and undisturbed.
ne could see the old guru. shaking
with the venom Of bis wrath. the blood
dripping from his lacerateil fingers.
which he shook in the colo,,ers face.
neckins it with blood. A curse. It
was so. He must obey that invisible
Will; ne must go on and ton.
His pipe slipped from b n finsers and
ms mead fell upon his kn ees: and thus
found him.
Let him sleep, mem sahib," warned
from across tn fre. HE has
'een lighting the old uru."
WHAT? Kathlyn whispered back.
'Where?" ~
Ahmed smiled grir Alv and pointed to-
ward his forehead.
is there really such. evil. 1Ahmedf.-
nvli Desets evil, lie aysn born. juse
= good begets good. : rho Colonel So
~ olo wrong. And sho shall deny
oe OF tnese CUR Us - supernatural
over? have seen; know"
Due once you said hat We should
'ontua.iy escape all o. u.s."
ana still say it, me: msahib. What
w wa...en IS w itten." hlegmatically.
=. "earlly sne turned to a,ard her tent,
~ paused to touch the, head Of her
esplns IEf4er as she q assed. Her
:. nlind would 1sa and could
:. sEcept ,as possibilities these mys.
l"us a. tributes Of the crh ,ntal mind.
lat will could reach on and pre-,
rranf o mans misfortun % was to
er Aind Incredible, for thel 9 were no
rec ,edents. She never had witnessed
.enuine case Of hypnotism: those, en-. !
nples she had seen were miserable
'ufooneries, travesties. hoo dwinking
lot even the newsboys In Il le upper
gallery. True, she had read Of such |
Kings, but from the same am 7le with
vhich she had read the Ara biau Nights i
fairy stories.
Yet, here was her father. thor oughly
of the efficacy OF the gurus
ul.se; and here was Aim ted. cognpla-
ent " watching the effet IT.. ana not
cub ting in the least tn ut his guru
oul d in the end prove tshe stronger
[ th o two. |
On of the elephants clanked his
hal, Is restlessly. He may have heard
ne / rowling of cat. Far beyond the
re, beyond the sentinel. she thought
he saw a naked form flash out and
ack Of tree. She stared intently &
be tree for a time: but as she saw
9th ing more, she was convinced that
er eyes had deceived her. Besides.
or body seemed dead and her mind
90 heavy for thought
U mballa, having satisfied himself
hat the camp would not break till
lor sling, skunk away into the shadows.
lie had failed again; but his hate had
IA, je him strong. He was naked ex.
ep t for loin clout. His beard and
all. we're matted, the latter hanging
vt,r his eyes. His body was smeared
Vi tn ashes. Not even Ahmed would
stve recognized him yard OF. He
Iad something less than nine hours to
each the cape before they did; and It
vas necessary that he should have &C.
completes. The fishermen he knew to
,e of predatory habits, and the prom
Sc of gold would enmesh them.
The half island which constituted
he cape had the shape of miniature
Volcano. There was verdure at the
base of its slope and trees lifted their
heads here and there hardly. It was
l mile long and half Llile wide; and
n the early morning it stood out like q
huge sapphire against the rosy sky.
Between the land and the promontory
here lay stretch of glistening sand:
here was half mile of 1t. Over this
/ flock Of gulls were busy, as scaven.