The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-07-22
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VA AAoAAA hAoAi pshA oaiSo'
O. We 81 weak hearts. what is this l
hear? Two thousand rupees?-for an
houri fit to dwell in the zenana of
heaven!"
A keen-eyed Mohammedan edged
closer to the platform. He stared
and sucked his breath. He found
| himself pulled two ways. He had no
money, but he had knowledge.
who sells this maiden?" he asked.
"Mohammed Ghori."
Which is he?"
He squats there"
The Mohammedan stopped and
touched the old mahout on the shout
der.
Call off this sale and my master
Will make you rich"
The old sinner gingerly felt of the
speakers cotton garb. "Ah! My mas
ter must be rich to dress thee in cot
ton. Where is your gold? Bid" satiri-
cally.
Two thousand rupees." shouted
the professional seller
Il have no gold. but my master will
give 10000 rupees for yonder maid.
Quick! Old fool. be quick!"
BE gone. thou beggar!" And the
old man spat.
"Memsahib" the Mohammedan
toward me. or all will be lost. am
All. Bruce Sahib's chief mahout: and
we have believed you dead Take
care! l go to inform Ahmed. Bruce
Sahib has not returned"
kathlyn. when she heard that voice,
shut her eyes.
Umballa had drawn closer. There
was something about this half yelled
slave that stirred his recollection.
Where had he seen that graceful
poise? The clearness of the skim
though dark; the roundness of the
throat and arms.
Three thousand rupees!"
The old mahout purred and
smoothed his palms together. Three
thousand rupees. rajah's ransom!
He would own his elephant: his wife
should ride in a gilded palanquin. and
his children should wear shoes. Three
thousand rupees! He folded his arms
and walked gently to and fro.
Five thousand rupees!" said UNI
balla, impelled by he knew not what
to make this bid.
A ripple of surprise ran over the
crowd. The regent. the powerful Dur.
ga Ram. was bidding in person for his
zenana.
Kathlyn's nerves tingled with life
again. and the sudden bounding of
her heart stified her. Umballa. She
was surely lost Sooner or later he
would recognize her.
The mahout stood up. delighted. He
was indeed fortunate. He salnamed
"Huzoor, she Is gentle" he said.
The high-caste who had bid 5000
rupees salaamed also.
"Highness, she is yours" he said
Il cannot bid against my regent"
1t was the custom to mark a pur
chased slave with the caste OF her
purchaser. Umballah. still not recog
MIXING her. waved her aside toward
the Brahmin caste markers, one OF
whom daubed her forehead with vel
low triangle. Her blue eyes pierced
the curious brown ones.
THE sahib at the river" she wbis
pered in broken Hindustnni. Many
rupees Bring him to the house OF
Durga Ram" This in case All failed
The Brahmin's eyes twinkled. Her
Hindustani was execrable, but "sahib'
and river" were plain to his under.
standing There was but one sahib
by the river. and he was tho white
hunter who had rescued the vanished
queen from the ordeals. .He nodded
almost imperceptibly. Inwardly he
smiled. He was not above giving the
naughty upstart Thugee's twist He
spoke to his ne!ghbor quietly. as.
signed to him his bowls and brushes
rose and made on
Follow me- said Umballa to the
happy mahout Presently he would
have his bags OF silver. bright and
twinkling.
Fate overlook All. who In his mad
race to Hare's camp fell and badly
sprnined his ankle. Moaning. less
from the pain than from the attend.
mt helplessness. he was carried In,o
the hut OF kindly ryot and there
ministered TO.
The Brahmin. however. filled with
greed and sly humor. reached his,
destination In safety. Naturally Gun.
ming. double tongued. sly. ingrn,in,.
Ing. after the manner OF all BrnhmIns
who will sink to any base level IN or.
der to ntta'n their eguivocal ends. his
actions we're unhnmpercd by any sense
OF trcachcry toward Umballn A
Thugce's twist to the schemes OF IN.
street rnt tmbnlla. who wore tn.
Brnhmin string. TO which he Ind no
right! The Brrhmin chucklcd us ne
paused at the edge OF Bruce's camp.
A fat purse lay yorder. He np.
prohch'd. his outward demcaHor n
mixture OF pride and humility.
Bruce had returned but half nm hour