The Arvada enterprise., 1915-09-23

gold leaf You could see the sockets
where horrid knives had once glittered
in the sunlight Xerxes no doubt
founded his war chariots upon this
| idea. The wheels, six in number, two
in front and two on each side. were
solid. broad. and heavy. capable Of
smoothing out corrugated winter
road. The superstruCture was an or.
nate shrine. which contained the idol
on its peregrinations to the river.
About the car were the devotees
some holding the ropes. others watch
ing the entrance to the temple. Pres
emily from the temple came the gurus,
or priests. bearing the idol With
much reverence they placed the idol
within the shrine. the pilgrims took
hold firmly of the ropes, and the car
ratified and Numbered on its way to
the river
or Juggernaut and his car more
anon.
The street outside the garden of
brides was In reality no thoroughfare.
, though natives occasionally made use
OF 1t as Il short cut into town. There
fore no one observed the entrance Of
an elephant, which stopped close to
the wall, seemingly TO melt into the
drab of 1t. On his back, however, the
| howdah was conspicuous. Behind the
curtains Kathlyn patiently waited, She
was about to turn away In despair
when through the wicker gate she saw
Winnie, attended by one of the zenana
girls, enter the garden. II seemed as
If her will reached out to bring Winnie
to the wall and to hold the other young
woman where she was
But the two sat in the center of the
garden, the thoughts of each far away.
! The attendant felt no worry in bring
ing Winnie into the garden. A cry
! from her lips would bring n dozen
| guards and eunuChs from the palace.
And the white girl could not get out
alone. More than this, she gave Win
ME liberty in order to trap her IL pos
sible.
BY and by the native girl pretended
to feel drowsy in the heat of the sun.
and her head fell forward "A triile. 1t
was then that Winnie heard low
. whistle. an old familiar whistle such
time in playing "a SPY" She sat up
rigidly. 1t was hard work not TO cry
out Over the wall the drab trunk of
an elephant protruded. and something
white tluttered into the garden.
Winnie rose. The head of the native
girl came up instinctively; but as Win
ME leisurcly strolled toward the pal
ace. the head sank again. Winnie
turned and wandered along the walls,
apparently examining the flowers and
vines. but all the while moving nearer
and nearer to the bit of white paper
which the idle breeze stirred back and
forth tentatively. When she reached
the spot she stopped and plucked some
flowers gathering up the paper as she
did so. And. still in the STOPPING pos
ture she read the note. crumpled 1t,
and stuffed it into a hole in the wall.
Poor child Every move had been
watched as a cobra watches its prey.
She was to pretend illness at once.
Plans had been changed. She stood
up. swayed slightly. and staggered
back to the seat. In truth. she was
pale enough. and her heart beat so fast
that she was horribly dizzy
"A doctor" she cried. forgetting that
! she would not be understood.
The native girl stared at her She
aid not understand the words but the
signs were enough The young white
woman looked i'll. and Umballa would
deal harshly with those who failed to
stem the tide Of any illness which
might befall his captive. There was II
commotion behind the fretwork Of the
palace. Three other girls came out
| and Winnie was conducted back to the
| zenana.
All this kathlyn observed. She babe
the mahout go to the house OF the
zenanas doctor. where she donued
the habiliments familiar to the guards
and inmates of the zcnana
Everything went forward without a
| hitch. so smoothly that had the object
OF her visit been other than Winnie
| kathlyn must have scnscd something
unusual She entered the palace and
even led the way to Winnie's chamber
IA fact which appeared natural
enough to the women about but which
truly alarmed tmballa's spy, who i'm.
medately set off in search OF tn" nun
one thing assured her. the hands OF
the zenanas real physician were broad
and muscular. while the hands she saw
were slender and beautiful brown
! though they were, She had seen those
hands before, during the episode OF
| the leopards Of the treasury
It was very hard for kathryn to curb
IN. wild desire to crush Winnie in her
arms. arms that truly achod for the
feel OF her. Even AZ she fought this
desire she could not but admire Win.
MES superb acting TO have come all
/ this way alone in search Of them. un.
/ familiar with the customs and the Ian.
/ guag" of the people How she had
| succeeded In getting here without mis-.
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