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

house but an hour or two since. She
flung open the door.
"Pundita?" cried the man.
Winnie caught him by the sleeve
and dragged him into the chamber
. just in time. The distracted Pun
dita had plucked another dagger from
the wall, and the man stayed her
arm even as she struck.
"Highness," he cried, "he lives'
And he recounted the startling events
of the morning. the treachery OF the
palace troops. the coming of Kath-
Ign in chain armor. the turn OF the
tide
"They live!" cried Pundita, and COW
cred her face.
Winnie had not understood word
said, but the expression on Pundita's
face was illuminative. She threw her
arms around the native woman, and
the two of them wept in common All
human beings have two faculties alike,
that of weeping and laughing
To return to Kathlyn: by and by
she was able to slip into a doorway,
and the bawlng rabble passed on
down the narrow street. The house
was deserted, and the hallway and
what had been a booth was filled with
rubbish. Kathlyn, as she leaned
breathlessly against the door, felt 1t
give. And very glad she was of this
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lions galloped into the street, their
names stiff, their tails arched. Doubt
less, they were badly frightened.
Kathlyn reached for the revolver
she carried and fired at the animals,
not expecting to hit one Of them, but
hoping that the noise of the firearms
would swerve them into the passage
across the way. Instead, they came
straight to where she stood.
She stepped inside and slammed the
door, holding it and feeling about in
vain for lock or bolt.
Evidently the lions had halted out
side, undecided, for she could hear
them shifting at the doorsill If they
leaped she was lost, for she could not
hope to hold the door against the on
rush of beasts as heavy as these lions
were.
Elsewhere In the bazaars the colo
mel. Bruce, and Ahmed were setting
nets for the recapture of the lions,
quite confident that kathryn was by
this time safe in the haven of Rama
BATS house.
The girl glanced hurriedly over hel
shoulder toward the dim rickety stair
case. The moment the shifting ceased
she withdrew from the door and rar
up the stairs to the first landing tt
find all these doors lockless! A crasl
below announced that the lions haC
heard her and had entered. There
was a second fight, and up this flew
the girl She might fire at the beasts
and even if she succeeded in hitting
them it would serve only to madden
them. One cannot kill lions with {
toy.
Stu lockless doors! No safety.
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to the roof top, and up this sh,
climbed They could not possibly fol
low her up the ladder, and as sh
reached the top she knew that for tn,
present she had nothing to fear from
the lions.
The interior of the house was OF tn,
flimsiest wood, slovenly put together
Along the roof was a parapet. Sh
left the trap one so that she coul,
see all that went on below. Almos
as she looked the tawny bodies swep
up to the foot of the ladder, and Their
remained, snarling and splitting an
reaching up as far as they could
Somewhere on the way Kathlyn kne,
that these lions had tasted blood.
1t was in this street dwelt the siste
of the woman in the zenana, the won
an who loved Umballa.
Kathlyn leaned over the parape
the street was totally deserted. A