The Arvada enterprise., 1915-09-23
those who tried to leave tho narrow

] TOOLS hNl Tue llppuSulnt uluut all
things ghostly. The car of the god
Juggeruaut was visible, but what lay
in Its path could not be seen
Cmballa was not popular that night,
But this was private affair Wen he
knew the ingenuity and resources OF
| his enemies Mt large, There would be
no rescue this night, Kathlyn Mem.
sahib should die; this time he deter
mined to put fear into the hearts OF
the others.
Having drunk his kings peg. he was
we'll fortified against any personal
Qualms The passion he had had for
kathlyn was dead. dead as he wanted
her to be
Whom the gods destroy they first
make mad; and lmballn was mad
The palanQutn waited in vain out
side the wall of the garden Of brides
! waited till ripple of the news cddicd
about the conveyance in the shape OF
a greatly aeitated Lal Singh
He is really going to kill her" he
painted lie lurcd her to her sisters
side. then captured her She is to be
| placed beneath the car of Juggcrnaut
within an hour II is to be done SO
| crotly. The people are guarded and
held in the ba2anrs. Ahmed. with an
elephant and armed keepers. will be
here shortly have warned him. I'm
balla runs amuck,"
suddenly they heard voices in the
garden first Umballa's. then Kathlyu's
sinister portcnts to the ears of the
listeners, father and lover and loyal
friends. The former were for break.
ing into the garden then and there.
but glance through the wicket gate
disclosed the fact that Umballa and
kathlyn We're surrounded by fifteen or
twenty soldiers, And they dared not
fire at umbala for fear of hitting
| kathlyn
The paIanQuin was hastily carried
out of sight
At the end of the passage or street
nearest the town was gate which
was seldom closed Through this one
had to pass to and from the city.
Going through this gate. one could
| make the hill (wherc the car of Jug.
gernaut stood within fifteen minutes.
while dctour round the walls of the
ancient city would consume three
quarters of an hour Umballa ordered
the gate to be closed and stationed II
| guard there, The gates changed be
hind him and Kathlyn. This time he
was guarding every entrance. II his
enemies were within they would
naturally be weak in numbers, out
side. they would find 1t extremely dim
cult to make an entrance More than
this. he had sent troop toward the
coloncl's camp,
The gates had scarcely been closed
when Ahmed, his clephan, and his
armed keepers came into view, The
men sent Pundita back to camp. aud
the actual warfare began. They ap
preached the gate. demanding to be al
lowed to pass The soldiers refused
Instantly the keepers flung themselves
furiously upon the soldiers. The
trooper who held the key threw It over
the wall Just before he was overpow,
cred But Ahmed had come prepared
From out the howdah he took "a heavy
leather pad. which h. adjusted over
the fore skull OF the elephant. and
gave a command
The skull of the elephant is thick
Hunters Will tell you that bullets
glance on It as water from the back OF
"A duck Thus. protected by the leather
pad. the elephant becomes formula
BILE battcring ram. backed up by tons
OF weight, Only the solidity OF stones
may stay him
Ahmed elephant shouldcrrd through
the gates grandly. For all the resist
ancc they offered that skull they might
have been constructed OF papicr
mach".
Through the dust they hurried
Whenever Il curious naiiv. got In the
way the butt OF n riff" b"sfrr"d him
out of It.
Imballa had dashed kathryn TO n
sapliuy which was laid across the path
of the car Tn" man was mad. stark
mad this night Even the Boldicra
and tn" d"vo,""s surrounding the cnr
w"r" terrified on" did not fore. sac
rific"s 10 Jugg"rnaut on" soldier had
protested and he lay at the bottom OF
the hill his skull crushed The others
pulled on" way by greed OF money and
low" Of life, stirred no hand
But Kathlyn M"msahib did not die
under tho brond whcolR OF IN" ear Of
Iupg"rnaui So Interested IN l'mbnlin
were his men that they forgot IN.
! yigilanc" required to conduct such "A
ceremony IRE" Of interruption a
cracking Of shots. u warning cry to
drop their arms, IN" plunging Of nm
elephant In the path ~ the car. which
was already laundering down the hin
spoiled i'mballas classic
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One Dimen.ion.
4 prDHp"rDuH lumboTmau lives In