The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1915-07-08

Since the coming OF the Hon
ago the LEOPARD and the sd pds
have forsaken their lairs. OIL Rcck
a month Is better than fre, Sor
with the kids and the children. All"
More dust.
Naturally the villagers set down
their water skins and jars and copper
vessels and flocked about this excep-
tional holy man. They wanted to
believe him, but for years nothing had
happened but the advent of the lion.
whence no one exactly knew, though
the holy man had not been backward
in claiming 1t was due to his nearness
to the god Vishnu
They followed him eagerly TO the
temple. What they beheld transfixed
them. A woman with skin like the
petals Of the lotus and hair like corn
sat in the sacred sarcophagus and
braided her hair, gazing the while to-
ward the bright sun.
The intake Of many breaths pro-
duced a sound. Kathlyn turned in
stantly toward this sound, for a mo-
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Immediately holy man and villagers
threw themselves upon the ground.
striking their foreheads against the
damp clay. The alien spirit still ruled
the substance; kathlyn eyed them in
mild establishment. not at all alarmed.
All" shrilled the holy man, spring
Ing to his feet al! She is our an.
cient priestess. rising from her tomb
of centuries! All, al! o. thou unholy
children. to doubt my word! Behold!
Henceforth she shall share the tenn
pie with the lion. and later she will
give US prosperity. and my name shall
ever be in your households"
Having secured priestess, he was
now determined that he should not
lose her. The future was roseate in
deed. and when he took his next pill.
grimage to holy Benares they would
bestrew his pathway with lotus flow
ers
Wood to start the sacred fires!" he
commanded.
The villagers few to obey his or
ders. He was indeed q holy man. Not
In the memory of the oldest had
miracle such as this happened. Upon
their return with wood and embers
the holy man built the fire. handing
lighted torch to Kathlyn and signify.
ing for her to touch the finder. The
spirit In Kathlyn told her that these
people meant her no immediate harm.
SO she stepped out Of the sarcophagus
and applied the torch. The moment
the flames began to crackle the vii
layers prostrated themselves again.
and the holy man besmeared his bony
chest with more ashes.
A second holy man appeared upon
the scene. wanting in breath. His Jaw
dropped and his eyes started to leave
their sockets. Knowing his ilk so
thoroughly well. he flung himself
down before the brazier and beat his
forehead upon the ground: not in any
chastened spirit, but because he had
oversight that morning. This glory
might have been his! Al. al!
Later the two conferred. During
the day they should guard the priest.
ess. because. having taken human
form. she might some day tire OF this
particular temple. At night she would
be we'll guarded by the lion.
Several awestricken women came
forward with bowls OF cooked rice and
fruits and new copper drinking yes
sci, These they reverently placed at
Kathlyn's feet.
Ia, ali ha n ii lob, h.,
forted kathlyn withdrew. and at
length kathlyn became keenly alive. |
1t entered her mind clearly that these
poor foolish people really believed
her a celestial being. and SO long as
they laid no hand upon her she was
not alarmed. She had recently passed
through too many terrors to be dis.
turbcd by Il bit Of kindness. even II
stirred into baing by u religious fanati.
cism.
kathlyn ate.
BY pairs the villagers departed. and
soon none remained save her self.ap-
pointed guardians. the two holy men.
Kathlyn felt a desire to explore this
wonderful temple. She discovered |
what must have been the inner shrine. |
The chamber was filed with idols:
here and there bit OF gold leaf, cen.
turtles old. glistened upon the bronze. |
the clay. the wood. The caste mark |
on the largest idols head was pol.
ished ruby. overlooked doubtless dur.
Ing the loot. She swept the dust from
the Jewel with the tip Of her finger.
and the dull fire sent shiver OF de-
light over her. She was still n woman.
As she wandered farther In her foot
touched something and she looked
down. It was bone; In fact. the floor
was strewn with bones, She quickly
discerned. much to her relief, that
none OF these bones were human. This
was. or had been. the den OF the lion.
There was an acrid. unpleasant odor.
so she hurried back to the brazier.
Vaguely she comprchended that she
must keep the IRE replenished from