The Arvada enterprise., 1915-10-28

In the zenana OF the royal palace
there was woman. tall, 1.-the. with
skin of ivory and roses and eyes as
brown as the husk Of n water chestnut,
On her bare ankles were gem-in.
crusted anklets, on her arms bracelets
Of hammered gold. round her neck q
rope of pearls and emeralds and ru'
bies and sapphires. And still Ahe was
not happy
From time to time her fingers
strained at tho roots OF her glossy
black hair and the whites of her great
eyes glistencd. She bit her lips to
keep back tho sobs crowding In her
gether so tightly that the little knuck'
les cracked
Al al" she walled softly.
she paced the confines OF her cham
Der with slow step. with fast step: or
leaned against the call her face hid
den In her arms: or pressed her hot
cheeks against the cool marble OF the
lattice.
Human nature is made up OF con.
traries. Why, when we have had the
courage coolly to plan murder. or to
aid or suggest It. why must we be
troubled with romorso? More than
this, why must we battle against silly
Impulse to tell the first we meet what
we have done? Rcmorse: what Is II?
Now this woman of the 2enana be-
licved not in the God of your fathers
and mine She was n pagan her
heaven and hell were ruled by Il thou
sand gods. and her temples were filled
with their images, Yet this thing re-
morse. was stabbing her with its hot
needles. till no torture devised by man
could equal It.
She was the poor, foolish woman
who loved Durga Ram; loved him ms
these wild Asiatic women love, from
murder to the poisoned cup. Loved
him, and knew that he loved her not.
but used her for his own selfish ends.
romorsc never would have lifted its
head or raised its voice. And again,
had not umballa sought the white
woman, this butterfly OF the harcm
might have died of old age without un.
burdenng her soul. Rcmorso Is the
result of n crime committed usclcssly.
Humanity is Interchangeable. for all its
variety of skins.
And here was this woman. wanting
70 tell some one,
Umballa had done n peculiar thing:
he had not laid hand upon either RAJ
mabai or Pundita. When nsked the
reason for this generosity toward Il
man who but recently put II price or
his head, lmballa smiled and OK
planned that Ramabai was not onl,
| broken politically. but was n religion,
outcast 1t was happiness for such /
mabai should live.
Secretly, however. Ramabai's revo
lutionary friends were still back o
him, though they pretended TO bow Il
the yoke of the priests.
So upon this day matters stood
Winnie were prisoners again; Ahmed
was IN hiding. and Rnmabai and his
wife Knocked by those who once hac
cheercd them. The ingratitudc o.
kings IL AZ nothing when compared
to the ingratitudc Of people.
A most ridiculous country: to crown
kathlyn again uor the third time'
and then to lock her up! Next Il
superstition as "A barrier to progress
there stands custom. Everything one
did must be done ms some one els,
had done 1t. the initiative was sill
chained up In the temples. II belonged
to the bald priests only
But Umballa had made two mis-
takes: he should have permitted the
white people to leave the country anC
given silkcu cord to the chief .unuct
to apply as directed. There are nc
written laws among the dark peoples
that forbids the disposal OF that chat
tel known ms II woman OF the harcm
or zcnann. There are certain Gus
toms that even the all powerful Brit
ish raj must ignore.
The catafalguc OF the dead kim
rested upon the royal platform Two
troopers stood below. otherwise IN,
platform was deserted when Rnmn
bal aud Pundita arrived and mounted
the platform to pay their last respects
TO a kindly man. the soldiers saiutcd
gravcly. even sorrowfully. HANNIBAL
for his courage. his honesty and juB
ticc, was their man. but they nc
longer dared serve him. since II would
BE- at the expense Of their own lives
My lord'" whispered Punditn.
pressing Ramabni's hand "Courage,"
For Pundita understood the man at
her side. Had he been honorl.ss. she
would this day be wearing crown.
tTO BE COSTiSuEDJ