The Arvada enterprise., 1915-09-09

"Highness!" tlmidly.
Enough! I hold you blameless.'
He rushed from the palace.
Poor fools, Let them believe that
they had escaped There was still the
little sister in short time now she
would be inside the city walls. Inc
Colonel Sahib would return; indeed,
yes. There would be no further DIM
Guilty regarding the tiligree basket OF
gold and gems. Still, he would pur-
sue them, if only for the mere sport
of it. If he failed to catch them all
he had to do was to sit down and walt
for them to return Of their own voli-
ton.
amabia, however. was menace;
and Umballa wondered how he was
going to lay hold of him. While wait
ing for his elephants to be harnessed
he summoned the Council. Rama
BATS property must be contiscated and
Ramabai put to death. Here for the
first time the Council fatty refused to
fall in with Umballa's plans. And
they gave very good reasons. Yes,
Ramabai was menace, but TIL the
soldiery was fully paid, to touch Rama
bal would mean the bursting forth or
the hidden fire and they would all be
consumed.
Open the treasury door for me,
them"
I'VE dare not. The keepers under
stand They would loose the leopards.
which we dare not shoot. The law
What is the law to u.s. demanded
Umballa frankly. Let us make laws
to suit our needs. The white man
does. And We need money; we need
each other" pointing finger sug-
gestively toward the floor.
only when we have the troops re-
piled the Council firmly. I'VE have
bent our heads to your will so far IN
everything, but we refuse to sacrifice
these heads because of personal
spite against Ramabai, whom we
frankly and wisely fear We dare not
break into the treasury. The keepers
are unbribable the priests are with
them, and the people are with the
priests. Bring back the white man and
his daughter first; if that is impossi-
we will crown her; and then you may
work your will upon Ramabai. You
have failed in all directions so far.
Succeed but once and we are ready to
follow you"
Umballa choked back the hot, i'm
perious words which crowded to his
lips. These were plain, unvarnished
facts. and he must bow to the inevita-
BILE, however distasteful 1t might be.
For the present, then, Ramabai should
be permitted to go unframed. But
Ramabai might die suddenly and &C
cidentally in the recapture of the Colo
mel Sahib An accidental death would
certainly extinguish any volcanic fires
that smoldered under Alfalfa. So. with
this secret determination In mind. I'm
balla set forth.
Ahmed. his mind busy with thou
sand things. forgot the thousand and
first, at that stage most important Of
ell: and this was the short cut. a mere
pathway through the jungle but which
lessened the journey by some thirty
miles. And this pathway Umballs
chose The three hours Roadway was
thus pared down to minutes. and at
the proper time Umballa would ap
pear. not behind the pursued but In
the road in front Of them.
There was. to be sure. a bare posi-
bility OF the colonel and his party get
ting beyond the meeting Of the path
and the road-that is. II he kept going
forward all through the night. which.
by the way. was exactly what the as
tute Ahmed did. But kathlyn's curl.
osity the next morning neutralized the
advantage gained
A group OF masked dancers. peripa,
tetic. was the cause. Confident that
they had outstripped pursuit, she saw
no reason why she should not witness
the dancing.
How Umballa came upon them sud.
denly, like a thunderbolt. confiscating
the elephants how they fled to near.
by temple. bribed the dancers for
masks and garments, fled still farther
into the wooded hills, and hid there
with small arms ready. needs but little
telling Umballa returned to the city
satisfied He had at least deprived
them OF their means OF travel Sooner
or later they would founder in the Jun.
gle. hear of the arrival Of the younger
daughter. and return.
Ahmed was grave. Lal Singh had
gone Now that the expedition had
practically failed his place was back
in the shoe shop In the bazaars Yes.
Ahmed was grave. He was also trine
disheartened The fakir had said that
there would be many disappointmcnts,
but that in the end He might be
u liar like all the other Hindus. Yet
surely one part OF his foretelling was
correct. many disappointments.
Kit" said her father. Ahmed
warned you not to stop
4 am sorry"
II was on the tip OF her tongue to