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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 (Copyright by Harold MacGralU) Trapped! 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 NINE