Rocky Ford enterprise., 1916-01-28

where horrid knives had once glittered
in the sunlight. Xerxes no doubt
founded his war chariots upon this
idea. The wheels. six in number, two
in front and two on each side. were
smoothing out a corrugated winter
road. The superstructure was an or
nate shrine. which contained the Idol
on its peregrinations to the river.
About the car were the devotees.
some holding the ropes, others watch |
ing the entrance to the temple. Pres
emily from the temple came the gurus.
or priests. bearing the idol. With
much reverence they placed the idol
within the shrine. the pilgrims took
hold firmly of the ropes. and the car
ratified and thundered on its way to
the river.
OF Juggernaut and his car more
anon.
The street outside the garden OF
brides was in reality no thoroughfare,
though natives occasionally made use
of It as a short cut into town. There
fore no one observed the entrance OF
an elephant, which stopped close to
luc wall oCCiLlh6ty " ihSiS sAAsS
drab of 1t. On his back. however. the
howdah was conspicuous. Behind the
curtains Kathlyn patiently waited. She
was about to turn away in despair
when through the wicker gate she saw
Winnie, attended by one OF the zenana
girls. enter the garden. 1t seemed as
IL her will reached out to bring Winnie
to the wall and to hold the other young
woman where she was.
But the two sat in the center Of the
garden, the thoughts of each far away
The attendant felt no worry in bring
ing Winnie into the garden. A cry
from her lips would bring q dozen
guards and eunuchs from the palace.
And the white girl could not get out
alone. More than this, she gave Win
| nie liberty in order to trap her II pos
sibIe.
By and by the native girl pretended
to feel drowsy in the heat of the sun.
and her head fell forward trifie. 1t
was then that Winnie heard low
whistle, an old familiar whistle such
as she and Kit had used once upon a
time In playing "a spy" She sat up
| rigidly. 1t was hard work not to cry
out. Over the wall the drab trunk OF
an elephant protruded. and something
white fiuttered into the garden.
Winnie rose. The head Of the native
girl came up instinctively; but as Win
| ME Ieisurely strolled toward the pal
ace, the head sank again. Winnie
turned and wandered along the walls.
apparently examining the flowers and
vines. but all the while moving nearer
and nearer to the bit of white paper
which the idle breeze stirred back and
forth tentatively. When she reached
the spot she stopped and plucked some
| flowers. gathering up the paper as she
did SO. And. still In the STOPPING pos
ture, she read the note. crumpled 1t,
and stuffed 1t into a hole in the wall.
Poor child! Every move had been
| watched as q cobra watches Its prey.
She was to pretend illness at once.
| Plans had been changed. She stood
up, swnyed slightly, and staggered
back to the seat. In truth, she was
| pale enough, and her heart beat SO fast
that she was horribly dizzy.
| "A doctor!" she cried. forgetting that
she would not be understood.
The native girl stared at her. She
did not understand the words. but the
signs were enough. The young white
woman looked i'll: and Umballa would
deal harshly with those who failed to
\ stem the tide of any illness which
might befail his captive. There was
| commotion behind the fretwork OF the
palace. Three other girls came out,
| and Winnie was conducted back to the
zenana.
All this Kathlyn observed. She bade
the mahout go to the house of the
zenanas doctor. where she donned
the habiliments familiar to the guards
| and inmates OF the zenana.
Everything went forward without
/ hitch; SO smoothly that had the object
of her visit been other than Winnie
Kathlyn must have sensed something
| unusual. She entered the palace and
| even led the way to Winnies chamber
| "a fact which appeared natural
enough to the women about but which
truly alarmed Umballa's spy. who i'm
| mediately set off in search OF the man.
One thing assured her; the hands of
| the zenana's real physician were broad
| and muscular, while the hands she saw
were slender and beautiful, brown
though they were. She had seen those
hands before. during the episode OF
| the leopards Of the treasury.
1t was very hard for Kathlyn to curb
the wild desire to crush Winnie In her
| arms, arms that truly ached for the
feel of her. Even as she fought this
| desire she could not but admire Win
| nie's superb acting. To have come all
this way alone in search of them, un-
familiar with the customs and the Ian
guage of the people! How she had