The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-06-05

He confessed eFeryLHlH6' VIC ~
king was, where you were They are
again hunting through the city for you,
For the present you must hide WIN
me-"
1.-THE white woman must die, sald
Umballa. in voice like one being
strangled
To this the priests agreed without
hesitation This white woman Whom
the people were calling goddess was
deadly menace to that scepter OF
theirs, superstition.
What has gone is pact?
"a pact. Durga Ram said the chief
priest. With Ramabai spreading Chris
tianity, the abhorred creed which gave
people liberty of person and thought
the future of his own religion stood III
imminent danger. "A pact, he re-
fected ITO you, Durga Ram, the
throne; to us half the treasury and
all the ancient rites of our creed re-
stored"
Il have said it,
Umballa followed the dancing girl
iiltO the SUudlc DSlOlS INC ICAiPiO'
turned and smiled ironically. The
bald fools!
Lead on, thou flower of the jas
mine!" lightly.
And the two of them disappeared
into the night
But the priests smiled, too, for
Durga Ram should always be more in
their power than they in his.
There WIS tremendous excitement
in the city the next morning. 1t
seemed that the city would never be
permitted to resume its old careless
Incidence. Swift as the wind the news
few that the old king was alive, that
he had been held prisoner all these
months by Durga Ram and the now
deposed Council of Three. No more
the old rut Of dullness. Never had
they known such fetes. Since the ar
rival of the white goddess not a day
had rassed without some thrilling ex-
element, which had cost them moth,
ing but shouts.
So they deserted the bazaars and
markets that morning to witness the
most surprising spectacle of ALL tbs
I king who was dead was not dead, but
alive,
So, in the throne ROOM later, he
gave the power to Ramabai to act il
J his stead till he had fully recovered
from his terrible hardships More
than this, he declared that Pundita
the wife of Ramabai, should ultimate
ly rule, for Of truth the principalit!
was lawfully hers He would make hi
> will at once, but in order that thi
should be legal he would have to dc
stroy the previous will he had give
to Colonel Hare, his friend.
Forgive me, my friend he sale
Il acted unwisely in your case. But
was angry with my people for thei
cowardice"
Your majesty" replied the colone
"the fault lay primarily with me.
should not have accepted it or r
turned. | will tell you the truth.
was the filigree basket of gold an
precious stones that brought n
back"
so? And all for nothing, since II
hiding place l gave you is not II
true one. But Of that, more anon.
want this wretch Durga Ram sprei
out on an ant hill :"
And then, without apparent reaso
he began to call for Lakshmi, Il
beautiful Lakshmi, the wife of h
| youth, He ordered preparations for {
| elephant fight; rambled, talked
| though he were but twenty; his ey
\ dim, his lips loose and pendulent. Al
II in this condition he might live ten
\ twenty years.. Ramabai was sore
il heart.
II They had to wait two days
: his mind cleared again. His fiji
al question upon his return to
mental balance was directed
Kathlyn. Where was the docume
cd he had given to his friend Han
tn Kathlyn explained that Umballa h
er taken it from her.
* But, your majesty" exclaimed
nj colonel rather impatiently, what {
ts ference does it make? Your retl
he has nullified that document
or Not in case of my death. And
tic. Alfalfa the elder document is alwi
the legal document, unless it is lega
or. destroyed 1t is not we'll to anita
ale nize the priests, who hold us firmly
this law. l might make a will in
mo vor of Pundita, but it would not lei
ly hold in justice if all previous W
were not legally destroyed. You IN
find this document
zed did you ever hear of a law to eq
that?' asked Bruce Of the colonel
mo, my boy, / never did. 1t VIC
Wis mean good deal of red tape TO
me. man who changed his mind frequen
nee He could not fool his relations; t
of would know. The laws Of the d
use peoples have always amazed me,
had cause if you dig deep enough
had them you are likely to find conn
hey sense at the bottom. We must sea
mo Umballa's house oroughly l '
to see Ramabai and Pundita in
shadow of their rights. Can't des
ave document off-hand and make a
hite one without legally destroying
first Well, let us be getting bac
t- the BUNGALOW Well talk il