The Arvada enterprise., 1915-08-19
CHAPTER xi-contIn~sd.


CHAPTER xi-contlnusd.
Lowly and quickly Pundita transla-
ted for kathlyn 80 that she might miss
none OF the conversation.
The Colonel Sahlb looks worn"
Il am
Now. In my travels have been to
Bombay. and there l dressed like you
white people. have the complete
dress. Perhaps tho Colonel Sahib
would be pleased to see II he can wear
III And also the use of my barber?"
"Bala Khan" cried the colonel, you
arc . prince indeed! II will tonic me
like medicine. Thanks. thanks!"
1T 10 we'll"
You have . wonderful elephant out
there in tho compound" said Bruce,
who had remained . silent listener to
all that had gone before.
All! That is curiosity. He 10 wor-
shipped BY Hindus and reverenced BY
my own people. ! am his oficial Gus
todian. There 10 = saying among the
people that Ill will befall me should I
lose. sell or permit him to be stolen. I"
And many have offered to buy?'
inquired the colonel.
Many"
When the colonel appeared at sup
per. simple but substantial, he was q
now man. He stood up straight.
though his back still smarted from the
iash. Kathlyn WAS delighted ut the
change.
After the meal was over and coffee
was drunk. the khan conducted his
guests to his armory. OF which he was
very proud. Guns OF all descriptions
lined the walls. Some Of them Bruce
would have liked to own. to decorate
the walls Qi Ms 2wn armory. thou
sands Of miles away.
, The colonel whispered a forgotten
prayer AZ. later. he laid down his
weary aching limbs upon the rope bed.
Almost Immediately he sank into slum.
Der ss deep and silent AZ the sea.
kathlyn and Bruce. however. went
up to the hanging gardens and re-
mained there till nine. marvelinE over
the beauty Of the night. The Pathan
city lay under their gazs. with y like.
ness To one Of those magic cities one
reads about In the chronicles OF Sin
bad the Sailor, But they spoke no
word OF love. When alone with this
remarkable young woman. Bruce found
himself Invariably tonxustied.
Al the same hour. less than fifty
miles away. Umballa stood before the
opening Of his elaborate tent, erected
at sundown by the rivers brink. and
scowled At the moon, He saw no
beauty in the translucent sky, in the
ailvery pAleness OF the world below.
lie wanted revenge. and tho word
hissed In his brain Ss a viper hisses
In the dark OF its cave.
DUNK nres twinklcd and soldiers
lounxed about them. smoking and Kos
siping. They had been given an earn.
est against their long delinquent
wages. and they were In happy frame
Of mind Their dead comrades were
dead aud mourning WAS for widows: for
them would be the pleasures OF swift
ward the desert. and In that bleak
stretch OF recless land II would not be
difiicult to ind them. once they started
In pursuit
Midnight
In the compound tho moonlight lay
upon everything; upon the fat sides
and back OF the sacred white eie.
phRnt upon tho three low caste keep.
ers. now free OF the vigilant eye OF
their Brahmin chief Tn. gates were
barred and closed. all inside the house
OF Bnla Khan were asleep, Far away
= sentry dozcd on his rifle. on the
wall Tho three keepers whispered
and chucklcd among themselves.
who viii know" said one.
The moon will not speak" said an.
other
Then let us 20 and smoke"
The three approached the elephant.
A bit OF Ky mnastics and one OF them
was boosted 20 tho back OF the elc.
phAnt. to whom this episode wns moro
or less familiar. Another followed:
the third WAS pulled up. and from the
elephants back they made the top Of
the wall and disappeared down into
thc street Here they paused cautious
~. for two guards always pAtroicd the
front OF the compound during the
night Presently the three truants stole
vAssAy toward the haxaars. which In this