Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-26
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falling on the precious envelope and
the wording: TO be opened Decem-
Der 81 at midnight
1t was but the work of moment
for the unscruplous prince to carefully
open the envelope and read the con-
tents which were aIiadvice to the wife
and daughter of Colonel Hare that pro.
vided he had not been heard from by
midnight on December 81 they were
to feel assured that he was held a
captive in Alfalfa. He pointed out the
fact that the king Of Alfalfa had no
offspring, which was one of his chief
reasons for willing his throne to Col
onel Hare. Particularly did he entreat
his wife and daughter to make no eff
fcrts to reach him as he prophesied
grave dangers should the attempt be
made.
Umballah hastily rewrote the let
ter, following carefully the diction but
emitting the trifling word mot" in the
closing paragraph and thereby chang
ing the entire intent OF the communi-
cation This villanous work accom-
'plished Umballah made hasty exit
through the window by which he had
entered, escaping barely in time to
miss discovery by Mrs. Hare and her
daughter kathryn, who entered as he
was leaving.
The gladstone peal OF the nearby
mission bells, announcing the hour of
midnight and the birth of the Infant
year, recalled the weary and heart
sick women to the apparently unopen-
ed note before them. Mrs. Hare, with
trembling fingers, opened the envelope
and in silence read the false epistle,
as silently handing it to her daughter
Mother, will go to father" an
nounced Kathlyn and all of the pray
ers and entreaties of her mother were
in vain Always brave and head
strong girl, ever the favorite of her
father. Kathlyn would have been un-
der-human to have considered any
other course of action.
Hasty inquiries brought forth the
information that by taking late night
freight train Kathlyn might reach San
Francisco in time to catch boat ieav-
ing that port for the Orient. Deter
mined to catch the first boat Kathlyn
caught the freight train and was COM
PEELED to ride in the baggage car in
which was being carried splendid
specimen CT lion that was en- route
to circus then playing in the far
West. Prince Umballah had figured in
advance en- catching this train and
incidentally the same boat that was to
carry the handsome young girl to his
native land In order to avoid any
the Hindoos has secret
ed himself In the little closet in which
the trainmen carried flags and other
paraphernalia that was a necessary
part of their working equipment The
train was well under way before Um-
ballah was discovered and brought out
from his hiding. After a number of
he succeeded in inducing
the trainmen to carry him through to
the coast. And the girl and the
strange dark-skinned foreigner who
had travelled half around the world to
find her, were started together on
journey in which fate was 10 weld
scme strange and curious links IN
each of their lives.
AS the rapid ocean greyhound, the
s. S. Empress, wended her way
through the Golden Gate and cut on to
the bread expanse of the great Pa
c:fc ocean Kathlyn leaned Iistlessly |
over the rail. hardly noticing the beau. !
lies Cf the unequ1lled scenery Of the T
scenery Of the coantry surrounding !
San Francisco bay. As the hills grad