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WEDNESDAY. JULY 22.
Markets
Middling closed today at
uy Bc. 8 c.
Tone steady.
Middling last year 13c.
, closingWotations
sood ordinary ...11 7-3
Strict good ordinary 12 3-1
Low middling 13 1-1
Strict low rr“ldling !3 7-8
Middling . fe| 14 1-1
Strict
3ood middling ——
Tinges, first 14
Tinges, second 3 8-8
NEW YORK_ COTTON
New York.—With no rain in the
western belt and cables a couple points
better han due. the cotton market had
a steady opening today at an advance of
one to three points. There appeared to
be a little foreign buying in the market
and shorts were again nervous over the
prospects for another day of dry weath
er in Teaxs. The eastern belt forecast
indicated generally clear weather which
was favorable. Predictions for cooler
Through the early afternoon steadiness
continued as a feature although trade*
was light and mostly confined to cover
ing orders based on noon reports of
clear and hot weather in all sections of
Texas and Oklahoma. Prices reached
the highest of tlie day or six or seven
points over last night.
Cotton futures closed steady.
High Low C’ose
July 12.42 12.31*. 12.36
August 12.35 12.27 12.27
Dctober 12.37 12.28 12.31
December 12..13 12.44 12.46
January 12 47 12.38 12.10
March' 12.53 12.43 12.45
LIVERPOOL COTTON
Llverpol.—Cotton spot easier; good
middling 7.89; middling 7.39; low mid
dling 6.91. Sales 5,000.. Speculation and
export 500. Receipts 6,000. Futures
quiet.
July 7.14^
July and August 7.141*
September and October 6.75
December and January 6.64
February and March 6.66
April and May ... 6.67hs
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
New Orleans.—Cotton opened un
changed to two points up today but the
advance did not last long. The market
f'll off to four to five points under yes
terday's close at the end of the first half
hour.
CHICAGO MARKET
Chicago. Ills Wheat prices advanced
today on account of a further spread of
damage from black rust and excessive
heat. After opening 1-8 off to 1-8 up.
quotations made a general upturn.
Corn rose with wheat. Opening prices
which varied from a shade off to 1-4
advance, were followed by gains all
around.
Hedging sales retarde oats.
Provisions suffered from lack of de
mand.
Apprehension over the Canadian yield
brought additional firmness in wheat.
The close was firm 7-8 to lal 1-4 above
There were predictions that the United
States government would stop altogether
gether the importation of damaged Ar
gentine corn. Corn closed firm l-4a3-8
to ’-8 net higher.
WHEAT—
Open Hgh f ntv Cos*
July . . . m 79% 8144 hit;
Sept . .. % 79% 80% 79% 80%
CORN—
July .... 70% 71 70*4 71
Sept .... 67% 68% 67% 68%
OATS—
July . . . . 36% 37 36% 37
Sept .... 35*4 35% 35 35*4
PORK—
Sept . . . .2099 2100 2050 2077
I.ARD
Sept . . . .101* 1015 1005 1010
Oct . . . .1017 1020 1010 1015
RIBS—
Sept . . . .192 1195 1187 1192
Oct . . . .1147 1150 1142 1147
LIVE STOCK MARKET
CHICAGO HOG AND C'ATTI F_ MARKET
Chicago. Ills.—Hogs: Receipts 22,000;
slow: bulk 590a915; light 875a920; mix
ed 870a925: heavy 855a920; rough 855a
-879; pigs 780h905.
Cattle: Receipts 13.090; steady; beeves
7s<aslo; steers 640a535; stockers and
feeders 585a805; cows and heifers 385a
-925; Calves 775a11.25.
Sheep: Receipts 14.900; slow; sheep
515a580* yearlings 550a665; lambs 6a815.
MEW YORK STOCK MARKET
New York. —Missouri Pacific today fell
abruptly to its recent low leve’ under
the impact of short selling and Rock Is
land preferred recorded its lowest price
in sympathy with declines in allied is
ms. Baltimore and Ohio was relative
ly strong despite unfavorable June earn
ings, but Chesapeake and Ohio yielded
1 1-2 on moderate offerings. Leaders
l eld or added to their early gains, but
by noon the movement in that quarter
became uncertain. Specialties, includ
ing American Tobacco, rose one to four
points, but exercised no speculative in
fluence. Weakness in Rock Island bonds
extended to several other issues.
Stocks showed more stability in the
afternoon, but many bonds continued to
fall. Rock Is'and and Missouri Pacific
issues were freely offered and increas
ing heaviness was shown by other low
grade lines.
M 0M rv MARKET
..New *’»>rk. Mercantile paper 4 1-4a5.
Hterlh firm; 69-day bills 485.35; de
mand 457 SO.
Comercial bill 481 3-4.
Government bonds steady.
Railroad bonds easier.
Call money easier 2al-l. Ruling rate
2; closing 2al-4.
Time loans weako”; 60 days 2 3-4; 9»»
days 3al-4; six months.
Knights of Pythias
Begin Prize Drills
Terre Haute, Ind.—The prlnrlpai
events of the week of the Interna
tional hlVnlal encampment of the
Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, In
session here, took place today. On the
program were the first of the prise
contest drills, which began at (1:30
o clock this morning with the Class
A companies competing.
At 10 o’clock the biennial meeting of
the jupreme assembly, military de
partfrict, Knights of Pythias, met at
the (amp headquarters.
Teh afternoon program Included the
subordinate lodge parade.
KILLED BY TRAIN.
Jacksonville, Fla. Lindsey Sellers.
14 years old, was killed and Leonard
Mattair. a boy companion of the same
age, was fatally Injured this morning
when a Seaboard passenger train hit
the wagon on which they were riding,
killing the horse they were drtvtngand
scattering a load of watermelon*
along the track for a distance of sev
eral hundred feet
lITEUTIOI
I# 111 TALK
If Ordered, Suggested That
United States Establish Fin
ancial Trusteeship Over Re
public.
Washington.—Plans for mobilising
at least one thousand marines within
striking distance of Haiti and the Do
minican republic, will move forward
another step tomorrow with the ar
rlvat>»f the naval transport Prairie al
Guantanamo from Vera Cruz. The
Prairie will bring the full complement
of officers for the marines already at
Guantanamo and will remain there to
transport the force to Haiti should an
emergency arise while the transport
Hacoek is away tor more troops.. The
transport Hancock, which has just
landed 300 at Guantanamo, now is
headed for the Philadelphia navy yard
to return with another load of equal
number.
Discuss Action.
Washington.—Hecurr.ng revolution
in Haiti, threatening tremendous
property losses, led to renewal of dis
cussion today in administration cir
cles over the possibility of American
intervention. Small hope was held
that the Haitians would he able to
put their own government in order.
The situation has reached such a
stage that, under European pressure,
a movement of the Guantanamo ma
rines into Haiti was a possibility.
State department officials declined
to say whether foreign re; resenta
tions had advanced, to the point where
American action in Haiti was de
manded to force some control o' the
island gobernment's finances that
would insure liquidation of its obli
gations.
If intervention were ordered in
Haiti, it was suggested that the
United States would attempt to estab
lish trusteeship over the republic by
which American officials not only
would collect taxes, but also wouTd
require proper appropriation of the
funds.
Representations that Haiti credit
was good and that the government
had met International obligations,
have been made to President Wilson
by Minister Menos.
SPEED LIMIT IN
PANAMA CANAL
Executive OrJer Imposes a Six
Knot Gait in the Locks and
Culebra Cut.
Washington—Rules and regulations
for operation and navigation of the
Panama Canal are provided for in an
executive order .just issued. General
ity these are framed upon the regu
lations in force in the Suez Canal and
the Soo though there are new fea
tures made necessary by peculiar
local conditions. One is the limlta
tion to six knots per hour imposed
upon the speed of vessels in the Cul
ebra Cut and it is even required that,
in approaching turns vessels shall
maintain the slowest speed that will
keep their headway. In Gatun Lake,
how-ever, in the thousand-foot chan
nels, the speed may be as high as 15
knots; in the 800-foot, channels, 12
knots and in the 500-foot, channels,
10 knots. Everywher else in the
water way, in Miraflores Lake and
locks and in the entrances to the
ports, the six-knot rule prevails.
Greatest precautions ere to be
adopted in the passage of vessels con
taining quantities of high explosives
or inflammable cargoes to guard
against injury to canal locks or other
vessels.
ONLY SIX APPEARED
10 ENTER PROTESTS
Work of County Board of
Equalizers Very Satisfactory.
Twelve Wrote That They Ob
jected to Increases.
There were only six persons to ap
pear last night before the county
board of equalizers on the matter of
assessments in the role of complain
ants. This Is taken to mean that the
people, as a whole, are well pleased
with the assessments of the board of
equalizers. Each case in which a
complaint was made will be thorough
ly Investigated. The board is com
posed of Messrs. .1. P. Verdery, H. K.
Lowry and M. H. Usher.
There were a dozen protests In
writing to Increase assessments.
The increase in t.re digest will lie
about $300,000 and about $250,000 Is
to be taken off because of Jtie elty
I purchasing property for levee pur
poses, whlrh is non-taxable.
CHARGED F. M. DESCOMBE
WITH LARCENY FROM CAR
Charßcd with larceny from tho ear,
F Marlon DesCombe, formerly a clerk
in the claim department of the Central
of Georgia railroad, ha* been arrested
l»v the sheriff and is now lodged in
the county Jail.
It seem® that Peneombe has been
selling freight to a local merchant on
the pretext that it was “refuised"
Foods, How lona thi* has been join*
on is not definitely known, neither
can any Information bo gained as to
the total amount of material thus dis
posed of. However th<* railroad peo
ple believe that the facts they have In
their poftnesslon are sufficient to have
the youur man detained on a warrant.
Information Just received from the
sheriff's office Is to the effect that
DosCorrbe ha« confessed.
DesCombe Is a man of about 30
years of age and has had a great deal
of experience in the railroad business
He has been employed by the ('■hfrnl
for the past five years i»ut le/tiheir
employ the first of the month and
since then has been tonding bar at the
« orner ot Walker and Campbell
i streets.
DODD WEATHER.
COTTON CROP
“
Generally Favorable For Week
Except in Texas and Okla
homa. Great Improvement in
Georgia.
Washington, D. C.—Weather was gen- l
erally favorable for cotton during; the
week which ended last night, except in
Teaxs. Oklahoma and Arkansas, accord
ing to the National Weather and Crop
Bulletin, issued today by the Depart
ment of Agriculture. Summarizing con
ditions, (he Bulletin says:
“Widely distributed showers, with
moderate temperatures and the visual
amount of sunshine, greatly improved
the condition of cotton over all eastern
and most central districts and the pros
pects continue good.
“In the western part of tlie belt prae- i
tically no r.viu occurred in Texas and i
only small amounts in Oklahoma and I
Arkansas. High temperatures prevailed
during much of the week and late plant
ed cotton is suffering severely. The
early planted is standing the drought
lairly well, but rain is greatly needed in
most of the district.
“800 l weevil conditions remain about
as pretfously reported; they appear in-I
active, however, and are doing little,
damage in Texas.
Truck Growing.
“In the principal truck-growing reg
ions of the South to eastward of the
Mississippi river conditions were gener
ally favorable and all crops improved.*
Weather ami crop conditions for the
week in the South Atlantic coast states
were reported as follows:
Virginia—-The week averaged showery
and cool, and vegetation made rapid ad-I
yanoe. Dorn, truck, and gardens are j
in good condition, and tobacco is much !
improved. Fruit is doing well. Hay
making has advanced ami pastures are
in fine shape.
North Carolina -There was much
cloudiness, with unevenly distributed
rains, but the weather was generally
favorable for crops. In the northeastern
part too much rain fe l, retarding culti
vation. Moisture is insufficient in some
southeastern counties. Early cotton is
unusually well advanced. Reaches and
melons are plentiful.
South Carolina.
South Carolina The crop improvement
continued under frequent showers, old
corn especially gaining. There is still
some complaint of drought locally. Cot
ton has done well, although locally he:v j
rains were detrimental. Melon prospects I
are good.
Georgia.
Georgia Widely distributed. copious
rains, with moderate temperatures and
normal sunshine, caused great improve
ment in crops which are now in good
condition and well cultivated. In some
sections early cotton, corn, cane, and po
tatoes are reported the best for years.
Florida Moderately warm weather
prevailed, with precipitation generally
weficient, although cotton, late corn and
minor crops are doing well. Citrus fruits
have improved, except in small areas
where the rain was insufficient.
BOTTLING DP
IF CHARLESTON
Senate Committee Told of
Lukewarmness By Southern
Railway Officials Towards
Proposal to Build $500,000
Coal Pier.
Washingt on, D. C.—Proposals for an
adequate coal pier at Charleston, K. C.,
to provide independent mines in Vir
ginia a tidewater outlet, have been
blocked repeatedly by the Southern Rail
way. according to B. L. Dulaney, of
Bristol,. Tenn., who continued ids testi
mony today in the senate investigation
of eastern coal rates. Dulaney charged
that the Southern’s attitude was due to
“coal trust" inluence.
No Facilities.
Mr. Dulaney, who owns mining prop
erly in the Black Mountain fields of
Virginia, said although coal rates to
Charles’on were not prohibitive, there
were no facilities there for hauling it.
He testified that he repeatedly offered
to raise $506,04)0 for a coal pier tit Char
leston for the Southern Railway. Presi
dent TV. W. Finley seemed friendly to
the pier proposition, he continued, but
after Mr. Finley’s death officials of the
Southern seemed unfriendly to a Char
leston outlet.
Is Ready Now.
In response to questions, Mr. Dulaney
said he made the offer to construct a
pier in good faith, and still is prepared
to carry it out.
Further discussing Southern Railway
affairs. Mr. Dulaney declared some of
the road's methods of acquiring branch
lines ware comparable to transactions
with the now famous transactions of
the New Haven.
“How Millionaire* Are Made.”
“These deals show how millionaires
are made," said the witness.
This declaration drew a volley of ques
tions from members of the committee,
and in reply Mr. Dulaney cited the sain
of the Virginia and Southwestern Rail
way to the Southern. by H. K. McfJnrg.
at an alleged profit of 94.000.000. The
line originally was owned, the witness
said, by a company with which he was
connected. He offered a majority of
the stock against which bonds amount
ing to $ 1.000,000 were outstanding to the
Southern for 9500,000. Later the Houth,
ern brought It of Mcllsrg, Dulaney said,
for approximately 96.500,000.
YOUNG WHITe"mAN IS
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY
Abram Chavous Confessed to
Burglarizing Store
Abram Chavous, a young white
man. wan arrested by Special Bailiff
Cook, of the solicitor general's office,
I and Deputy Sheri f Ira Whittle on
j the charge of burglary. The man ha*
I confesßPd to the burglarizing of W.
H. Rennluon’s store some distance
from Augusta In Richmond County,
' and also to stealing a watch and sev
eral other nrttcles from tb< home of
! Mr. John Rcnnison. who lives In the
same ne'ghborhood It If »tld that
! Chavous was detected in th" act of
: trying to dispose of the stolen arti
cles. The gold watch and some of the
rings which Chavous stole were re-
I covered from a local pawn shop by
! means of pawn tickets, which were
found on Chavous’ person He Is in
Jail, having been arrested st. Ills home
just outside the city limits.
A Hint to the Wise I* Sufficient.
When constipated take Chamber.
lain's Tablets They are easy to take
Find most agreeable In e'fect. For
sale by all dealers.
‘funeral notice"
DIED ISA BELLA WALKER f COLOR
*db sited 85 vivtr*. Funeral from Trin
ity Met hodlnt Church at 8:90 oV|, M ic
TOM'RP.OW (Thursday) AFTER
NOON. J 22
fHE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
PRES’T ORDERS
THE DUN
Preparations For Actual Filing
of Suit Against the New
Haven Begin. “Criminal As
pects of Case.”
Washington.—Preparations for act
ual filing of the governments long de
layed suit to dissolve the New llaven
Railroad System, in accordance with
President Wilson's instructions, wore
being made today by the department
of justice. In n letter to Attorne>
General Mcßeynolds, the president not
only directed that civil action be insti
tuted against the New Haven, but or
dered that the "criminal aspects of
the case” be laid before a federal
grand jury.
Course Approved.
Decision to proceed against the New
Haven ended long-continued efforts to
solve the ease without litigation. The
president and his cabinet had dis
cussed the case and the course of tho
department of justice as approved.
Both the civil and criminal proceed
ings will lie in the United States court
at New York
T. W. Gregory, special assistant at
torney general, will be in charge of
the case. How many criminal indict
ments are to be sought has not been
divulged, but correspodece fnade pub
lic plainly indicates that Mr. Mcßey
nolds expected to ask for a bill against
Charles S. Melleti.
Significant Fact.
The most significant fact in connec
tion with the proceedings was said to
be a statement made public by Mr.
Mcßeynolds months ago, when the in
terstate commerce commission began
its New Haven investigation, in which
he warned the commission to consider
whether immunity might he given to
certain men if made to testify as to
their actions as directors of the road.
The names lie mentioned were: (’has.
S. Mellon, Will. Rockefeller, George
Macculoch Miller, (-lias. F. Hrooker,
Edwin Milner. Lewis Cass Lodynrd,
George F. Baker and Edward D. Rob
bins.
HOUSE PASSES
LIEU'TJJ. DUE
HOUSE PISSES
IIED'T.GOII. DILL
Atlanta, Gn. —The house ot represen
tatives today passed th|* lieutenant
governor bill of Crawford Wheatley
of Sumter, by a vote of 133 to 27, or
ten votes t<> spare over the. require
ment for all constitutional ann nd
nients. Trie bill was lost over a week
ago but given reconsideration and later
restored to a favorable position on the
calendar.
The measure as passed carries an
amendment placing the salary of the
lieutenant governor at $7 per day, or
the same us that received by the pres
ident of the senate during the session
of the legislature. In the event of
Bucession to the either
through resl'gation, impeachment
or death of the incumbent, the lieu
tenant governor shall receive the full
salary of five thousand dollars per
year.
MRS W. H. SAUL WAS
HURT IN ACCIDENT
In attempting In mold n deep wash
out in the middle of the Sanhar Fer
ry Road about two miles from the city
limits, .Mr. VV. H. Saul was forced to
bring hts automobile to a midden stop,
with the result that Mrs. Saul nnd
\V. H. Saul, Jr., were thrown heavily
to the ground, Mrs Saul sustaining a
scalp wound and the youngster several
bruises. The accident occurred short
ly after 8 o'clock last night.
The. services of Dr. IT. M. Michel
were secured as soon as possible. Dr.
Michel deemed it advisable to send the
injured ones to the Margaret Wright
hospital, where he examined thor
oughly the nature of their injuries.
Both were suffering a great deal from
the shock. Later information Is to
the effect that they nre resting easily
and will be ull right in the course of
a day or two.
Commits Suicide in His
Cell; on Trial For Murder
Boston. Lawrence Robinson, who
who was placed on trial hero Monday,
for the murder of Police Inspector
Thomas J. Norton, committed suicide
in his cell during last, night.
Robinson cut his Uiroat with n steel
shank which he had removed from
one of his shoes.
He was accused of shooting Norton
while resisting arrest on June 19. The
officer was attempting to arrest him
at the request of the Michigan au
thorities, Robinson being wanted in
Grand Rapids for the alleged killing
of three clerks in a ewelry store dur
ing a robbery.
ATTACK PITTSBURGH PF.ST
Pittsburgh. —The campaign against
the army worm which In the past few
weeks has done enormous damage to
vegetation in northeastern states, be
gan here in earnest today, when
park employes and other attacked
pest ridden sections of the city with
chemicals. Much damage has al
ready been done to lawns and trees
in all parts of the city.
LEGAL NOTICEn
h vlri Alexander, a* Temporary Admin
istrator of the Estate of Julia A. Hull
nnd as Iter elver of the Irish Amerlcm
Bank vs. Thomas G. f'hllpot nnd Cltl
sons & Southern Bank. Superior Court,
Richmond County, Georgia, Heptember
Term, 1914 Equitable Foreclosure.
The Defendant, Thomas <». Phlipot, Is
hereby directed to he nnd appear in per
son or by attorney at the Mupcrtor
Court of Richmond County, Georgia. o$
he held on the third Monday In Sep
tember, 1914, then and there to answer
the Plaintiff In an action of equitable
foreclosure In default of such appear
ance said Court will proceed thereon i n
to Justice may appertain.
Wittier* the Honorable Henry (!,
Hnmmor d,, Judge of said Court. Th tt
July 15th. 1914
DANIEL KERR.
Clerk Huperlor Court Richmond Countv
Georgia. JJG 22 A 14 II
d
(Continued 'rom yesterday)
"Tut ibe mines In the center of the
arena. What wo want Is merely ter
ror and confusion. Pouf! Rang!
There's your miracle. And a little one
under the royal pavilion. And Vmbul
la and the council sleep In Shaitan’s
arms. Welcome, my lambs!” And
Ahmed laughed noiselessly.
“T3y tho Lord!” gasped ltruce. “Hut
the fuses? No, no, Ahmed; It cannot
bo done."
"In tho house of my friend Singh
there is a cellar full of strange magic
—magic with copper wires that spit
blqo fires. Eh, sahib? You and I
know; we have traveled."
"IlaUerles, here, In thlß wilderness?"
"Even so. To you, Ramabai, tho
powder; to mo. tho spitting wires: to
you, Bruce Sahib, patience. Umballa
shall yet wear raw the soles of hts
feet In the treadmill,”
«*•*«*•»
On tho night before the ordeal men
moved cautiously about tho elephant
arena. It was only after much per
suasion and argument could Rruco
hold the men. At the testing of Lai
Singh's wires and batteries they had
started to fly This was devil’s tiro.
At tho end of the arena, in a box
which Brace was to occupy, by order
of the Council (where they proposed to
keep an eye upon him and Umballa to
wring his heart), the key to tho wires
was laid. This box was directly over
a wooden canopy where tlie mahouts ]
loafed between fights. Back of tills
canopy was a door which led outside.
Through this Bruce proposed to lead I
Kathlyn during the confusion created
by the explosion.
On tho day of the ordeal only the
bedridden remained at homo.
When Kathlyn arrived she was
placed under the cunopy; another bit
of kindly attention on tho part of Ura
balla to twist the white man’s heart.
But nothing could have happened more
to tho satisfaction of Bruce.
"Kathlyn Haro,” he sailed out soft
ly In Spanish, “do you hoar and under
siaml mo?”
“Yes,” sho replied In thp same
tongue. "Do nothing desperate. Don’t
throw away your life. I havo a sister
In America. Will you tell her?”
“Listen. Under no circumstances
leave the canopy. Tho lions come from
tho other side. We are not only
going to rescue but save you. Attend
me carefully. Behind you la n door.
There will be an explosion In the cen
ter of the arena. There was to bo
another under our friend Umballa, but
the battery was old. Press toward
that door. I have the key."
"Ah, Mr. llruce!”
"Kathlyn, my name Is John."
"The lions, the lions!” howled the
populace.
The great, tawny African brutes
blinked and turned their shaggy heads
this way ag,(l that, uneasily. Kathlyn
stood very still. How, how could they
save her? At length the lions espied
her, attracted by tho white of her robe.
One bounded forward, growling The
others Immediately started In pursuit.
Suddenly the center of the arena
opened and a tremendous roar follow
ed. A low wail of terror ran round tho
arena. Surely this memsuhlb had all
the gods with her. A great crevice had
opened up between Kathlyn and tho
lions, one of which lay dead. Then
came the rush toward the exits, a mad,
frantic rush. Not even Umballa, who
knew that not tho gods hut man had
contrived this havoc, not evon lira
! balla waited, but fled, heating down
all those who blocked his path.
Bruce and Kamnhal dropped over
tho railing to Kathlyn’s side. But, the
key upon which their escape depended
would not unlock the door.
CHAPTER V.
Ths Flight From the Arena.
When Bruce dropped down into the
arena to Kalhlyn’s side he had never
given a thought to the possibility of
the key not being the right one.
Trapped!—and with Ahtned but a few
yards away with a zenana gharri,
ready to convey them to the camp,
freedom! It took the heart out of
him for a moment. The confusion all
about, the pail of dust, the roaring of
the frightened lions which had escaped
destruction, tho shrill cries of tha
panic. .stricken populace, who now
looked upon the white memsahlb as
the daughter of Shaitan, these dulled
his Inventive faculties for the nonce.
Here was the confusion, properly
planned, and be could not make use
of It. Possibly when no further ex
plosion shook the air, tb« mob and
the soldiers would return out of cu
riosity. And then, good-by!
But tho sight of a lion emerging
from the murk tho wrong side of the
crevasse roused him thoroughly.
“Save yourself!" cried Kathlyn In
despair; "there Is no possible way of
saving me. I have never In all my
llfo Injured any otio, and yet God
makes me go through all this. . . .
• I am mad,you are, the whole world I*!”
I. . . Hun!"
| Bruce laughed; It was that kind of
The Adventures of Kathlyn
By HAROLD MAC GRATH
Illustrated by Pictures trom the Moving Picture Production ol the Sellg Polyscope Co.
laughter with which men ontor battle.
Ho drew La! Singh's revolvers and
thrust, one into her hand.
“Shoot at the keyhole. Leave the
lion to me. With the pandemonium no
one will note the Shots, or if they do,
will think that more explosions are
on tho way. I'll get you out of this
nightmare; that’s what I was horn
for."
"Nightmare!”
"There, now!”—as Kathlyn leaned
dizzily against one of tho supports.
"I’ve gone through a good deal,” she
said. Without more ndo she pressed
the muzzle of the revolver Into the
keyhole and fired. Sho heard a shot
behind her, another and another; but
she kept on firing Into and about the
keyhole till tho revolver was empty.
A firm hand drew her asido.
The lion?”
"(lone to sleep. I.et me have a whack
at that door.”
"Where’s Ramabai?”
“Went back over the wall. Probably
to warn Ahmed; maybe gone directly
off toward camp. Anyhow, he has faith
In me.”
“And, O! so havo I, so have IP*
Bruce bore his weight savagely
against tho door —onoe, twice, thrioe;
and pitched forward on Ills knees, out
side. He was up Instantly. He caught
Kathlyn by the hand and hurried her
along; and all sho could think of was
Winnie romping toward tho canopied
studio, her father hnlf naieep on the
veranda, and the leopurd cat sprawled
on the divan.
"Sahib! Huaoor!” a voice called.
“This way!”
"Ahmed! Ahmed!” cried Kathlyn.
“Yes, heaven born; but hurry, hur
ry! Umballa will return to search
as soon as he can get tho bettor of hts
legs Siva take that battery that waa
worn out! Heaven born, you are now
a queen In fact.”
“I want to go homo, Ahmed, home!”
“Here's the gharri. Here, sahib!”
ho held out a handful of cartridges to-
ward Bruce. "These fit Dal Singh's
pistols. Hurry, hurry!"
Bruce helped Kathlyn Into the ve
hicle and Jumped In beside her, and
Ahmed struck the horse. The gharri
was a rickety old contrivance, every
hinge creaking like some lost, soul; but
Ahmed bad reasoned that the more
dilapidated the vehicle, the les? con
spicuous It would be. He urged the
horse. He wanted the flying mob to
think that he was flying, too, which,
indeed, ho was. The gharri rolled und
careened like a dory In a squall. A
dozen times Bruce and Kathlyn were
flung together, and quite unconscious
ly she caught hold of his Icon, strong
brown hand. It would not be true to
say that ho was unconscioue of the
act.
Presently they entered the paved
streets irf the bazaars, and the going
Improved. Kathlyn leaned hack.
"I am Kathlyn Haro, and this Is the
year . .
"Como, now. Miss Kathlyn, no think
ing; leave the whole business to mo,
the worry and the planning. If wo
can reach my elephants, all right;
we'll bo In Delhi within seven days.
The rest, of the going will bo as simple
as falling off a log ."
That Yankee phrase did more to re
habilitate her than all his assurances.
From time to time Bruce stole a
glance through the curtained window.
Htraggh-rs were hastening along close
to the walls, und there were soldiers
who had forgotten to bring their guns
from the elephant arena. Once he
heard the clatter of hoofs A horse
man ran alongside the gharri, slowed
up, peered down, and shrugged. Kath
lyn shrank toward Bruce. The rider
proceeded on bis way. Ahmed recog
nized him as the ambassador from the
neighboring principality, ruled by a
Kumor, who was In turn ruled by the
British raj. Kathlyn could not shut
out the leer on his fine.
By rnldafternoon the gharri reached
Bruce’s camp. Hamabal and Pundl
ta greeted Kathlyn with delight. All
their troubles were over. They had
but to mount the elephants and rlda
away.
"Ahmed,” urged Kathlyn, "leave the
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gharri and come with us."
“No, memsahlb,"—Ahmed gazed at
her strangely—"l have work to do,
much work Allah guard you!" he
struck the horse with his bamboo and
careened away.
"Let us bo off!” cried Bruoe. “We
have 60 miles to put. between us and
freedom in fact. We cannot make the
railway. All, pack! Go to the bun
galow and remain there. You will be
questioned. Tell the truth. There Is
not an elephant In the royal stables
that can beat Rajah. All aboard! No
stops!" smiling as ho helped Kathlyn
Into tho howduh. "We shall be forced,
to ride all night.”
The elephants started forward, that
ridden by Bruce and Kathlyn In tho
lead. Ramabai and Pundlta following
a few yards In the rear.
"Mr. Brace, I am sure Ahmed ha»
some Information regarding father. I
don’t know what. Who knows? They;
may havo lied to me. He may bo
alive, alive!”
“I'll return and find out, once I*vo
got you safe. I don’t blame you for
thinking all this a nightmare. God!
knows It’s ntghtmurlsh. Do you know.
I’ve been thinking It over. It
to mo that the king latterly took a dis
like to his protege, Umballa, and
turned tills little trick to make him un
happy. I daresay he thought your fir
ther wise enough to remain away. Um
balla hangH between wind and ws
ter; he can go neither forward nor
backward But poor Ramabai book
there will lose his gold for this.”
"Ramabai has always been very
kindly to the poor; and the poor man
generally defends his benefactor when
the right time comes To Umballa
I was only a means to the end. If he
declared himself king, that would
open up the volcano upon which hs
stands; hut. as my prtnee consort, that
would leave him fairly secure.”
“Only a menus," mused Bruce In
wardly, stealing a glance at her sad
yet lovely profile Umballa was a
man, for all his color; he was human;
and to see this girl It was only human
to want her. "Your father was one of
tho best friondu I had. But, oddly
enough, I never saw a photograph of
you. He might have been afraid we
young ebaps. . . .” He paused em
barrassedly. “If only you had taken
me Into your confidence on board the
Yorok!”
"Ah, but did you offer me the
chanoe?” she returned.
"I never realized till now that a chap
might, he too close lipped sometimes.
Well, here wo are, In flight, together!"
That night, for the first time in many
hours Kathlyn closed her eyes with ■
sense of security. True, It was not ths
most comfortublo place to sleep In, the
howdah; there were ceaseless rollings
from side to side. Intermingled with
spine racking bumps forward as ths
elephant occasionally hastened his
stride. Kathlyn succeeded in stealing
from the god of sleep only bis cel
naps. Often the cold would awaken
her, and she would find Bruoe had
been bracing her by extending hta arm
across tho howdah and gripping ths
rail.
“You mustn’t do that,” she protested
feebly. “You will he dead In the mans
lug.”
"You might fall out.”
“Then I sha'n’t go to sleep again dH
the Journey ends. You have been ee
good and kind to me!"
“Nonsense!”
They came out into the acrub Jui»
gle, and the moonlight lay magically
over all things. Sometimes a shadow
crossed the whitened sands; scurried,
rather; and quietly Bruoe would tell
her what the animals were —jackals,
with an occasional prowling red wait
They were not disturbed by any of ths
cat family. But there was one to
terval of suspense. Bruce spied in the
distance a email herd of wild elephant
'So did Rajah, who raised hla trunk
and trumpeted into the night. Ths
mahout, fully awake to the danger,
beat the old rascal mightily with hit
goad. Yet that, would have failed te
bold Rajah. Bruce averted the dan
ger by shooting his revolver* Into ths
air. Tho wild animals stampeded, and
Rajah, disgruntled, was brought to ths
compass.
"Strange thing about a gunshot."
said Bruce. "They tnay never have
heard one before; but InstlDct tells
them quickly of tho menace. Years
ago at home, when I used to fish for
bass, during tho cloee season I'd ses
thousands of duck and geese and deer.
Yet a single gunshot when the season
opened and you never could get within
a mile of them."
"That Is true. I have fished and
hunted with father.”
"Surely! I keep forgetting that It’l
ten to one you know more about gamt
than I do."
Silence fell upon them again. On, on
without pausing. Bruce was gettlni
sleepy himself, so he began munchlnj
biscuits. Lighter and lighter grew th>
■nant; the moon dimmed, and by and b:
everything grow gray and the chill I
tho air seemed sharpest yet.
(To Be Continued Tomorrow
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