The Arvada enterprise., 1915-09-16

| were not at sufficiently good angles.
An hour went by. Kathlyn could hear
the wolves az they crowded against
the door. smiling the sill
The colonel, Bruce. Ramabai and
Ahmed had found the horses half a
dozen miles away: and they had
thrashed the thieving natives soundly
and instilled the right kind of fear in
their breasts. AT rifle point they had
forced the natives back to the rest
house. The crack of their rifles soon
announced to kathlyn that the dread
of wolves was thing of the past She
wisely refrained from recounting her
experiences The men had worry
enough.
After hasty meal the journey to-
ward the seaport began in earnest
| Umballa's attack had thrown them far
out Of the regular track. They were
| now compelled to make wide detour
Where the journey might have been
made in three days. they would be
| lucky now if they reached the sea I'M
| der five. The men took turns in stand
ing watch whenever they made camp
and kathlyn and Pundita had no time
| for idleness. They had learned their
| lessons: no more carelessness, moth
| ing but the sharpest vigilance from
| now on.
One day. as the pony caravan made
turn round ragged promontory.
they suddenly paused Perhaps TWEEN
| ty miles to the west lay the emerald
tinted Persian gulf. The colonel
slipped on his horse. dragged kathlyn
| from hers, and began to execute a
hornpipe. He was like u boy.
The sea, Kit. the sea! Home and
You will come along with us. Bruce"
Il haven't anything else to do"
Bruce smiled back.
Then he gaZed at kathlyn. who
found herself suddenly filed with
strange embarrassment In times of
danger sham and subterfuge have no
place. Heretofore she had met Bruce
as a man, to whom glance from her
eyes had told her secret. Now that
the door to civilization lay but few
miles away. the old conventions
dropped their obscuring mantles over
her and she felt ashamed. And there
was not little doubt Perhaps she
had mistaken the look in his eyes.
back there In the desert, back in the
first day when they had fled together
from the ordeals. And yet 3.
On his part. Bruce did not particu-
larly welcome the sea. There might
be another man somewhere. No wom-
an so beautiful as Kathlyn could pos
sibly be without suitors. And when
the journey down to the sea was re
sumed he became taciturn and moody
and kathlyn's heart correspondngly
heavy.
The colonel was quite oblvious to
this change. He swung his legs free
OF the primitive stirrups and whistled
the airs which had been popular in
America at the time of his departure
There was no lightness In the ex,
pressions Of Ramabai and Pundita
They were about to lose these white
people forever. and they had grown to
love. nay. worship them. More. they
must return to face they knew not
what.
AS for Ahmed. he displayed his orr.
entalism by appearing unconcerned.
lie had made up his mind not to re
turn to America with his master
There was much to do in Alfalfa. and
the spirit OF intrigue had laid firm hold
or him. He wanted to be near at hand
when Ramabai struck his blow. lie
would break the news to the Colonel
Sahib before they sailed
1t WIS four o'clock when the caravan
entered the little seaport town A few
tramp steamers lay anchored In the
oi'ing. British flag dropped from the
stern of one of them. This meant BON.
bay; and Bombay. In turn, meant Sucz.
the Mediterranean, and the broad At.
lantic.
The air was stll and hot, for Ia. lu
dian summer was now beginning ia
lay It's burning hand upon this groa,
peninsula The pale dust, the white
stucco OF the buildings. blinded the
eye,
They proceeded at once to the single
hotel. where they found plenty of ac.
CommOdation Then the colonel hur
ried off to the cable Office and wired
Winnie. Next he asccrts,incd that the
British ship Simla would weigh anchor
the following evening for Bombay
that there they could pick up the Delhi.
bound for England There was moth
ing further to do but wait for III" an.
swcr TO the colonels cable to Winnie.
which would arrive somcw here about
noon OF the next day.
And that answer struck IA" hearts
OF all OF them with the coldnoas Of
death ImbHlla had beaten them
Winni" had sailed weeks ago Tor ALA.
ha In search Of father and sister,
Ahmed spnt out his bctel nut nud
squared his shoulders Somehow he
had rather expected something Ike
this Tn. reason FOR umbnllna hnlf.
hearted pursuit stood forth clearly
"Suhlh II ia fu,, Ia. ,uIJ IA.