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WEDNESDAY. JULT £9 TODAY'S FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL NEWS Markets Middling closed today at 13 5 / B c. Middling last year Tone steady. CLOSING'QUOTATIONS Good ordinary 11 3-8 Strict good ordinary, 11 7*B Low middling 12 3-4 Strict low middling 13 3-8 Middling 13 5-8 Strict middling 13 7-8 First tinge.. .. 13 1-2 Seconu tinge 12 7-8 Previous Dav's Fisrure9 - Good ordinary 11 7-8 Strict good ordinary 13 3-8 Low middling 13 1-4 • mi •• w miauling Middling 14 1-4 Strict middling 14 3-8 Tinges, first 14 Tinges, second 13 3-1 NEW YORiTCOTTON New York. —The opening of the cotton market this morning was very feverish and prices declined 6 to 22 points on first sales with August showing the. greatest weakness. It was announced that stock exchanges In a number of for eign cities had closed and all sorts of rumors were current us to the possibility of financial troubles abroad and here. "While heavy buying occurred on the call and shortly after, the tempo” of the market was such that no sustained im provement was possible and towards the end of the first half hour prices were down around the lowest opening levels again. Business was on a huge scale and the eprly weakness was increased by the possibility -of fains in the western belt. . Towards noon a distinctly better feel ing developed and prices sold up 5 to 7 points over the previous night on more reassuring European advices, trade buy ing and heavy covering as the result of a badiv oversold market. Further good buying after midday car ried new crops up 5 to 8 points above last nignt and while the undertone con tinued very nervous there was a grow ing belief that the crisis had been passed in Europe and that the war area wotfhl be localized. Cotton futures closed very steady. High. Low. Close. Julv 118 1 1160 1182 August 1188 1150 1186 October 1198 1166 1195 December 1217 1191 1215 January 1205 1179 1201 March 1210 1186 1208 NEW ORLEANS COTTON New Orleans.—The European situation again was a depressing Influence In the cotton market today. Initial prices were 4 to 5 points down. After the opening call there was a quick drop to a level 30 to 12 points under yesterday’s close. Spot quotations were: July, 1280; Oc tober, 1198. Reassuring reports from Europe caused a heavy buying wave on which prices quickly rose to a level 9 points over yesterday’s last figures. The reaction was carried over into the afternoon session. At 2 o’clock prices were 16 to 17 points over yesterdya’s closing level. LIVERPOOL COTTON Liverpool, Eng.—The cotton market opened eoniewhat excited, 15 to 20 points lower. July and August soon dropped another ten points hut later recovered on distant positions. At 12:15 o’clock the market showed a net decline of 11 to 14 points in new crop and 18 to 19 in old crop positions. The weakness was due to continental * selling and private favorable crop condition reports. The market was nervous. Cotton snot, unsettled; good middling, 739: niiddlin/. 691; low’ middling, 643. Sales. 5.000. For speculation and export, 300. Receipts. 51,000. Futures steady. July 675 %*uly and August 676 September and October 649 ft December and January 641 February and March 645 ft April and May 645 ft CHICAGO MARKET Chicago.—Hogs: Receipts, 21,000; mar ket strong: bnlk of sales. 875a915; light, 875a977 1-2; mixed, 860a925; heavy, 840 a 915; rough. 840a865; pigs. 760a910. Cattle: Receipts. 13,000; steady; Beeves 740a990; steers, 640a840; Stockers and feeders. 55a0R00; cows and heifers, 375 a 915: calves. 750a1126. # Sheep: Receipts, 18.000; slow; sheep, 51 r as9o; yearlings, 560a655; lambs, 600 a 815. NO GENERAL WAR IN EUROPE SAYS MR. CHAS. P. PRESSLY HERE TODAY Vice Consul General to Paris Says That Money, Commerce and Trade Do Not Want a General War. Austria May be Allowed to Whjp Servia, (However. Mr. Chas. P. Pressly, United States xicc-consul general to Paris. is back in Augusta for a visit. Mr. Pressly was granted a 60 days leave of absence to the states and he will be In h’s home city for some time. He is being warmly greeted by his hundreds of friends in Augusa. Mr. Pressly has a most responsible position at Paris, which Is one of the most Important posts in the United States consular service and he de clares that his work Is very pleasant and congenial. Having a keen knowledge of af fairs in Europe! Mr. Pressly was, of course, asked about the Austrian and Rained Yesterday, First Dog ’> Day, Will It Rain 40 Days? Rain Which Fell All Over Georgia Meant Millions to the Farmers. Considerable Damage Had Been Done By Dry Weather. There wan a rainfall of .99 of an Inch yesttrday Afternoon and even ing in Augusta. It was dog day ami, according to an old tradi tion, when It raina on the firat dog day It will rain for 40 day*. The ex ceaa of rain for the month of July 10 date la 14*. while the deficiency In .-clpitatlon elnce Jan 1 la 10.32. There vu a general rain over Geor gia yesterday In the face of a fair weather forecast. Thomasvllle being tli- only elation to report no rain. Ip* iorecaat for today and tomorrow OPING BREAK IN WHEAL MK’I Chicago—lnstead of advancing as most traders expected, the wheat market to day made a startling break right at the opening. First prices were down more than two cents* as bushel. In another minute the market had dropped an additional two cents or more, then there waß a sudden rebound of more than three cents, followed by an other descent but in this case not quite so violent. The extreme point of the break in the early trading was 4 3-8 under last night. The market gradually steadied at approixmately two cents down for active months and less so for other op tions. The directors of the board of trade held a special meeting this morning to discuss the advisability of closing the board because of the tense situation. They finally decided it would remain open for the time being. Nervousness in wheat was apparent throughout**.the session, though greally minimized by the absence of any fail ures. The close was weak, 3 5-8 to 4 8-8 down as compared with last night. Widespread dry, not w’eatlier threaten ing serious damage to the domestic corn and tended to cause a deal of firm ness. C orn closed steady, the same as last night, to 3-S off. Open. High Low Clow WHEAT— July. ... 88 90ft 88 88 Sept. ... 88 91 Vi 87 Tb 88 CORN— July. . . 74ft 74A* 74 Sept. . . . 71** 72 UATS— uJIy. . . $«% »«!(, S»% 3nTfc Sept. . .\ 37 37 35)4 36(* t URK— July. . . .. J32fi 2395 2335 Sept. . . .3095 2LOO 2050 2060 I.ARD— Sept. . . .1030 :l 032)4 1005 1013 Oct. . . .1030 1037 1013 1020 RIBS— Sept. . . .1210 1210 118714 119214 Oct. . . .1162 3165 1140 1147 NEW YORK STOCK MARKET New York.—A sudden decline of 6 points in Canadian Pacific and a jump to 5 per cent in call money this after noon provoked fresh selling on the stock market. Prices reacted 1 to 2 points from their best. Offerings were com paratively light on the decline and the market displayed little of the feverish ness ov«r War advices which had atrong ly Influenced early trading. A rally soon after the initial decline resulted In leading stock* effacing all losses and a number of material gains. •Absence of further gold exports con tributed to the improved tone. The most wholesome feature of the local sit uation was the evidence of Investment purchases on « scale not witnessed here In several years. Bonds were weak. The close was strong. Speculation be came almost buoyant in the closing hour. Early losses of 2 to 5 points, were con verted into gains of similar proportions. Profit-taking caused some shading from the top level toward the end. PLEAS OF GUILT IN THE CITY COURT In the city court this morning F. 1.. Arnold pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons and also to carry ing a pistol without a license. He was given SSO or six monts in the former and $25 or 4 months In the latter case. William Smith beaded guilty to the same offense and was given the same sentences as Arnold received. Chas. Smith was found guilty of as sault and battery and was given S4O or 4 months. The remitittur from the city court is back in the sase of the A. C. 1,. T{. R. vs. Stjwr of Georgia in which the constitutionality sos the Georgia electric headlight law was upheld by the U. S. supreme court. The decision of the city court of Richmond County was sustained through all the courts. HOURLY TEMPERATURES Degrees 6 A. M 71 7 A. M 72 8 A. M 73 9 A. M -V. 75 10 A. M * 7g 11 A. !Vl 77 12 noon 78 IPM 80 2 P. M 82 Servian situation. He says that he doe not expect that there will be any extended or general conflict. "I believe that the great powers will Intervene and stop the war be fore It gets to be very serolus,” said Mr. Pressly, “and although Austria may be allowed to take gome of the Servian territory and practlcany crush the little natloif I do not think the whole of Europe will become in volved In any conflict or that it will be extended to more than the two na tlon3 now In dispute. Trade, money and commerce do not want any gen. oral war and I do not believe thers will be any.” Is partly cloudy and probably local showers. Tils rain yesterday meant millions to Cfcorgla farmer*. If the weather had continued dry and hot for another week the crop would have been cut in half. There was considerable damage done by the hot weather of laat Friday, Raturday and Sunday, but the erop has been saved by the rain which fell yesterday. Of course, the seasons must continue favorable If a big yield Is to he realized, but the majority of people believe that tho aeasoiu from now un will be favorable. ALTERATIONS AT NINIHANDBROAD Ther are quite a number of build ing permits being issued by Rulldlng inspector W. M. Young. A permit was issued yesterday to Alexander-Good win-Duvall Company, ngents, for tlre alterations and repairs to tlio Roberts property at Ninth and Hroad streets. It is understood that two more stores will be made on Ninth stret. The estate of the late Mr. Maurioo Walton was granted a permit to erect a brick waroliouae in the rear of 647 Hroad street for $950. T.uthor Harden, frame dwelling on Mill street near Johnson Avenue, S7OO. hid. Pfaff, frame dwelling on Glenn Avnnue near Central Avenue, SI,OBO. Empire larundry & Dry Cleaning Company plant on Druid Park near Central Avenue for $5,000. This Work is to be done by H. C. Morrison, con tractor. The work on the Roberts property will be done by T. O, Brown ft Sou. Of, course tile work on ttfe Roberts property will not dlaturb_the store «f Swan-I'M wards which will bo in a bet ter position than ever to serve the public after the changes are made. COMMENCE WORK ON THE POST OFFICE (Continued Irotn page one). pense comes from the fact that moya earth will have to be excavated; ovef seven hundred wood or cement pil ings will have to be purchased, and they will go down under the surface 35 feet. Mr. Perry states that the extra $25,000 will cover all of the extra work, whether the piles are to be of wood or cement. It was stated sometime ago that the pile foundation was found to lie necessary for the building here, and that to make it come within the ap propriation ($325,000) granite instead of marble would have to be used In certain parts of the structure. This would have undoubtedly spoiled the beautiful appearance of the slendid ly designed building, and it was hop ed that this could be overcome. An extra effort was made to get the Au gusta item in the sundry civil bill by Congressman Hardwick and others Interested for Augusta, and they were successful. The bill was passed yesterday and today only awaited the president’s signature- Since the government will enter in to no contract unless first ail of the money has been appropriated, no in formation concerning exactly the date for beginning work cpuld be se cured. Everything awaited the pass ing of the bill in congress providing for the additional money needed, and then it could be announced that work would be begun. In a letter from W. H. FisselJ & Co., who has the postoffice contract, to their representative here, Mr. J. W. Hillsinger, superintendent of con struction, it is stated that tne work will begin not later than next Mon day, August 3rd. Tlie excavation contract has been sub-let to the Augusta Cab & Trans fer Company, and the workmen of this firm will be the first, of course, to make their appearance on the ground. / The site on Barrett Plaza, which, for several months now has been growing up in grass and weeds wifi soon be a scene of activity, and in fourteen months from now, according to Mr. Perry, Augusta will have one of the most magnificent government buildings In the state,-* “The Havoc* ’ By Paul Gilmore At Bijou a Genuine Treat Mr. Gilmore and Company Given Repeated Curtain Call 3 "The Havoc" will he seen again at the Bijou tonight an dshould be wit* nestled by a packed house, as It unde niably is one of the strongest and most powerful dramatic plays ever shown here. Jt vibrates with tenseness and veritably breathes with human action. Mr. Gil more, Miss Scott and Mr. Mace stj en thused the Bijou audience last nignt with their superior acting in tlie diffi cult roles interpreted by them that the applause was profuse and prolonged and the company were called before the cur tain again and again to acknowledge the enthusiastic applause breaking fortu many times during the action of the ploy. "The Havoc" touches the high water mark of American drama. It is a real work of art and superbly acted. Nothing more powerful and artistic than this portrait of an intense, almost saturnitr* man, who Is plunged into the depths, but has the Intelligence to await the Big Double Bill at the Bijou Thursday Night For One Admission Paul Gilmore in “The Bachlor” and Military Minstrel and Band. Tomorrow night at the Bijou there will be amusement by the ton, as a big double bill has been arranged and both will be given for one admission. The show will be a combination of such va riety as to entertain hugely and a Mg time will hS had Paul Gilmore .< i I company will start their play, "The Bachelor," Clyde Fitches grasi comedy success with a laugh in even I»ne, firornptly at 8:15. This Is the shortest n time of all the plays presented thus far by Mr. Gilmore and will run until ten o'clock. Immediately after this )• forma nee the boys of Company H, Klf'h Regiment National Guards of Georgia will "pull of" a military minstrel fal lowed by five vaudeville a<'in The boys have some unusual talent In their com pany and will offer a novel and unique entertainment well worth the admission price In Itself. With a great line-up on the BlJoii stage of the military boys with the famous Fifth Regiment band in the orchestra pit, there is bound to be soma fun The boys nre making grent prep arations and loads of laughter and n rousing pood time is in store for aII who are k foriuout« enough «/* *p;t a s<?ut THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA. MARKETS OF WORLD FEEL IT Failures on London Stock Ex* chanae. Berlin Permits Lim ited Tradina. St. Petersburq and Amsterdam Close. Fever ish Business in New York. Canada Awaitinq Change. New York. —Tho local stock market opened today with trading feveriah ami in large volume. Early losses ranged from 3 to 5 point* iM Amalgamated and Utah Toppers, Great Northern preferred, Heading, Can, Hmelting and some of the less active Is sues. Canadian Pacific, weakest of yester day’s international stocks, sustained only a slight loss. Steel and some of the other leaders were relatively firm. Little Business. Paris.—The bourse opened weak today. Prices were affected by the drop in New York yesterday but little laiHlbese was done. French 3 per cent rentes were a little better than yesterday, at 78. » Amsterdam Closed. Amsterdam. —The bourse here was dosed for the day. Permit Limited Trading. Berlin. —The bankers' association met today and decided a gainst dosing tho bourse hut itbolvcml to suspend dtiallngs in securities handled for the settlement. Hankers display** dtho most pessimist to mood today. 11 is expected that the committee of tho German Imperial bank will meet tomorrow and raise the dis count rate from 4 to 5 per cent. The bourse committee later announced taut dealings would be permitted to a limited degree and that settlement quo tations would be issued this afternoon. Bourse Closed. ©t. Petersburg.—The bourse here was closed today and probably will not open u mil Monday. For th# Day. Liverpool.—The stock exchange tasro suspenued operations for the day. "Hammered" Glasgow, Scotland. —T wo members of the Glasgow stock exchange were •ham mered” today. Five Failures. London.—The gravity of the European situation was reflected again today on the London stock exchange. British con sols dropped to 69ft, tho lowest point, reached since the early years of tho last century. Five small failures wore reported and it was feared more would occur later in the day. The market generally wai In a condi tion of animated suspension but a lit tle business was transacted us the fore noon progressed. Hales were effected only after much negotiation. The trans actions in the American section showed the quotation of Canadian Pacifica at first to he 161. then rising to 17u and afterward declining again to 166 as com pared with yesterday’s closing price of 176 1-4. Southern Railway was quoted at 17 against yesterday’s closing price of 18 3-4. and United States Steel at 54. as compared with 58 VX at the close yesterday. Remains Shut. Toronto.—Tlio Toronto .Hthck Exchange remained closed today awaiting a change in the situation in Europe! At Montreal. Montreal. The boa id of governors of the Montreal Htock Exchatige announced todav that the market will remain sus pended until there is delfnlte Improve ment In European conditions. Hamburg and Frankfort. Berlin.—The bourses In Hamburg and Frankfort also suspended dealings for the settlement today. MONEY MARKET New York. —Mercantile paper, Da 1-2 Sterlln gunsettled, 60 days, 488; de mand, y3m 495. (’ommerclal bills, 48». Government bonds, firm.; railroad bonds, irregular. Call money strong, 3 l-2a6; ruling rate. 5; closing, 3a4 3-2. Time loans, strong; rates, nominal; 60 days, 5; 90 days, sal-2; six months, & 1-2. time for a vengeance more powerful than one of his immediate execution. To those who are not attending the Bijou to see Paul Gilmore and his excel lent company In these great plays, play ed during regular season at one dollar and fifty cents, it is suggested that y*».i are/denying yourself a rare privilege. Tomorrow, at the Bijou, it is announc ed that a double bill will be given iir one admission price, Mr. Gilmore and company will present Clyde Fitch ’s great comedy success in which there is a laugh in every minute, "The Bachelor. * This play is shorter than any of the others presented and will start prompt ly at 8:15. Immediately after this there will be given a military minstrel !>v Company H of the Fifth Regiment < f National Guards of Georgia with <no music furnished by the famous Kift.i Regimental band. There will also bit five vaudeville acts In connection. Kir - where In this paper will be seen a full account of the double bill. tomorrow night. Just before the starting of tbe per formance the Fifth Regimental band will give a oonoe I on to** Bijou balcony and then retire to the orchestra pit to ren der selections In the theatre between a< ts and during tbs minstrel by the *•>.- dler boys. This band Is one of the best to be beard anywhere m nd In Itself af fords rare entertainment The second half of the soldi r hues show Is "some’ ’show, introdu< Ing "Fid dling" John Carson, the pride of the brigade, and who Ir the champion fid dler of Georgia, winning first prise at the sudltorlum afmory iri Mltrita during the Fiddlers' ton vent lon Miss Mac Ri lev will entertain In song and dance numbers see being very clever. The prise drill, buck and wing dancing, •‘warblers'’ o fsweot songs will add to the big show Last on the program will be a four-round bout between Ivplle Col lide and Charlie Quinn, both of whom ate very athletic and will deliver a good exhibition of this pustime it Is announced that the tickets are now on sale at the Bijou and that many reservations ur»j already being made CttcnF (Continued fr6m Yesterday.) She dropped her arms from his shoulders and walked about the cell, searching every stone. Their only hope lay In tho window, and that ap peared Impossible since she had no means of filing through her father's chains and tho bars of the window. Hhe returned und sat down beside her father gmd rested her nchtng head on her knees, thinking, thinking. Rruce, struggling with the soldiers (and long since their fat flesh had been stung Into such activity!), saw Umballa appear In the corridor. "Durga Ram," he cried, with a furi ous effort to free his arms, "Durga Ram, you damnable Bcoundrel, it would bo wise for you to kill me, here and now, for if I ever get free, God help ycu! O, 1 sha’n’t kill you; that would be too merciful. But Ml your bones, one by one, and never more shall you stand and walk. Do you hear me? Where Is Kothlyn Hare? She Is mine!" Umballa showed his teeth In what was an attempt to smile, lie still saw flashes of tire before his eyes, and it was yet difficult to breathe natural ly. Still, he could twist this white man's heart, play with him. "Take him away. Put him outside the city gates and let him go.” Bruce was greatly astonished at this sign of clemency. "Hut.” added TTmballa. crossing bis lips with his tongue, "place him against a wall and shoot him If he Is caught wlthltf the city. He Is mad, and therefore I am lenient. There Is no white woman In tho palace or In the royal zenana. OIT with him I" “You lie, Durga Ram! You found her In the slave mart today." TTmballa shrugged and waved his hand. Ho could have had Rruce shot at once, but It pleased him to dangle death before the eyes of his rival. lie was no fool; he saw the trend of af fairs. This young white man loved Kathlyn Hare. All the better. In view of what was to come. Bruce was conducted to the gate and rudely pushed outside. He turned savagely, but a dozen black officers convinced him that this time he would meet death. Ah, .where was All, and Ahmed, and tho man Lai Singh, who was to notify the English? He found All at camp, the' chief mahout having been conducted there in un Improvised litter. He recounted his experiences. "I was helpless, sahib.” “No more than I am, All. But bs of good cheer: Umballa and I shall meet soon, man (o man.” “Allah Is Allah; there Is no God but God.” "And sometimes,” said Bruce, mood ily, "he watches over the lnnoceut.” "Ahmed is at Hare Sahib's camp.” "Thanks, All; that's tbe best news I have heard yet Ahmed will And a yay. Take care of yourself. I’m off!” V.’hon Umballa appeared before the Council their astonishment knew no bounds. The clay tinted skin, the shaking hands, tbe disheveled gar ments—what, had happened to this schemer whom 111 luck had made their master? He explained. "I went too near our prisoner. A flash of strength vu enough. They shall be flogged.” “But the woman!” “Woman? She Is a tiger-cat, and tiger-cats must sometimes be flogged. It Is my will. Now I hare nows for you. There Is another sister, younger and weaker. Our queen,” and he sa laamed Ironically, *'our queen did not know that her father lived, and there, I made my first mistake.” ”But she will now submit to nave him!” "Ah! would Indeed that were the case. But tiger-cats are always tiger cats, and nothing will bend this maid; she must be broken, broken. It Is my ! will,” with a flash of fire in his eyes. The Council salaamed. Umballu's will must of necessity be theirs, hate him darkly as they might. • • • • • • • The bungalow of Colonel Hare was something on the order of an armed camp. Native animal keepers, armed with rifles, patrolled the menagerie ! No one was to pass the cordon with- j out explaining frankly his business, whence be came, and whither he was bound. Jiy the knees of one of the sentries | a little native child was playing. From time to time the happy father would ■ stoop and pat her bead. Presently there was a stir about camp. An elephant shuffled Into the clearing. He was halted, made to! kneel, and Ahmed stepped out of the bowdah. The little girl ran up to Ahmed Joy-, fully and begged to be put Into the' bowdah. Smiling, Ahmed set- her in j the howdah, and UflTmahoiit bade tbe elephant to rise, but. Interested In some orders by Ahrned, left the beast to his own devices. The child called and the elephant walked off quietly. Bo long as he remained within range of vision no one paid any attention to him. Finally he paused under a tree near the cages and reached up for some leaves. The child caught hold, of a limb and gieefutyy crawled outj The Adventures of Kathlyn By HAROLD MAC GRATH Illustrated by Pictures from tbe Mo. ing Picture Production of the selig Polyscope Co, upon It some distance beyond the ele phant’s reach. Once more, she be came frightened, not daring to crawl back. She prattled "elephnnt talk," but the old fellow could not reach her. The baboon In the nearby enge sot up a chattering. The child ordered the elephant to rise on Ills hind legs. He placed his fore legs on the roof of the <* > y<^ ; "Vw r * 5' e * The Baboon Receiving Kathlyn’e Message. baboon’s cage, which caved In, rather disturbing tho elephant’s calm. Ho sank to the ground. Tho baboon leaped through tho open ing and made off to test his unex pected liberty. He was friendly and tame, but freedom was Just then parTO mount. Tho elephant remained under the tree, as If pondering, while tbo child began to cry loudly. Ono of tbo na tives saw her predicament und hast ened away for assistance. Ahinod was greatly alarmed over tho loss of tlie baboon. It was a camp pet of Colonel Haro's and ran free In camp whenever the colonel was there, lie had captured It when a mere baby In British East Africa. The troglo dyte, with that strango reasoning yet untranslatable, loved the colonel de votedly an* followed him about like a dog and with a scent far keener. So Ahmed and some of the keepers set off In search of tbe colonel's pet. He wont übout tho search with only half a heart. Only a little while be fore he had received the news of what had happened In the slnve mart that afternoon. It seemod Incredible. To have her fall Into Urabnlla's hands thus easily, when he and Bruce Sahib had searched the Jungle far and wide! Well, she was alive; praise Allah for that; and where there was life there was hope. Later Kathlyn was standing under the cell window gazing at the yellow sunset. Two hours had gone, and no sign of llmballa yet. She shuddered. Had she been alone she would have hunted for something sharp and dead ly. But her father; not before him. She must wait. One thing was posi tive and absolute: Umballa should never embrace her; she was too strong and desperate. "Kit!” "Yes, father." "I have a sharp piece of metal In my pocket. Could you . . . My God, by my hand! . , . when he comes?” "Yes, father; I am not afraid to die, and death seems all that remains. I should bless you. He will be a tiger now.” "My child, God was good to give me a daughter like you." She turned to him this time and pressed him to her heart. “It grows dark suddenly,” he said. I Kathlyn glanced over her shoulder at the window. “Why, It’s a baboon!” she explained “Jock, Jock!" cried her father ex citedly. The baboon chattered. "Kit, It's Jock I used to tell you about. Ho Is tame and follows me about like a dog. Jock, poor Jock!" "Father, have you a pencil?” "A pencil?” blankly. "Yet, yes! I can write a note and attach It to Jock It's a chance.” j "Good Lord! and you’re cool enough to think like that!" The colonel went through his pockets feverishly. "Thank God, here's an old alub! But paper?" ! Kathlyn tore off a broad blude of grasa from her dress and wrote care fully upon It. If It fell Into the hands of (he natives they would not under stand. If tbo baboon returned to camp. *, x i IL made her weak to realize (Copjrigbt by Harold MaoOrathi how slender the chance was. She took the tabaret and placed It beneath the window and stood upon It. "Jock, here, Jock!" The bnboon gave her his paws. Deftly she tied the blade of grass round his neck. Then she struck her hands together violently. The baboon vanished, frightened at this unex pected treatment. "He Is gone." The colonel did not reply, but began, to examine his chains minutely. "Kit, I hero's no getting me out of here without files. If there Is any rescue you go and return. Promise.* "I promise.” Then (hey sat down to wait. And Ahmed In his search came to tho river. Some natives were swim ming and sporting In the water. Ah med put a question. O, yes, they had seen the strange looking ape (for ba boons were not usual In this part of the world); he had gone up one of the trees near by. Colonel Hare had al ways used s peculiar whistle to bring Jock, and Ahmed reaorted to this de vice. Half an hour's perseverance re warded him; and then he found tha blade of grass. "Dungeon window by tree. Kath lyn." That was sufficient for Ahmed. He turned the baboon over to the care of one of his subordinates and hurried away to Bruce's camp, only to find that he had gone to the colonel's. Away went Ahmed again, tireless. He found Bruce pacing the bungalow frontage. "Ahfiied!" “Yes, sahib. Listen.” He told his tale quickly. "The guards at all the gates have orders to shoot me If they catch me within (be walls of the city. I must disguise myself In some way.” "I'll find you an Arab burnoose, sijhlb, and that will hide you. It will bo dark by tho time We reach tha city, and we’ll enter by one of the other gates. That will allay suspicion. First we must seek the house of Ila muhal. I need money for bribery.” Bruce searched his wallet. It vui empty. He had given all he had to the Brahmin. “You lead, Ahmed. I am dazed.” In the city few knew anything about Ahmed, not even the keenest of l!m --balln's spies. Umballa had his sus picions, but ns yet he could prove nothing. To the populace he was a harmless animal trainer who was only too glad not In any way to be Impll cated with his master. So they let him alone. Day by day he waited for the report from l.al Singh, but so far he had heard nothing except that the British raj was very busy killing the followers of the Mahdl In the Sudan, it was a subtle Inference that for the present all aliens In Allaha must look out for themselves. "Sahib.” he whispered, "I havn learned something. Day after day I have been waiting, hoping. Colonel Hulilb llvea, but where I know not.” f”Uve»!" "At! In younder prison where later we go. He llvea. That Is enough for hls servant. He la my father and my mother, ans I would die for him and hls. Ah! Here la the north gate, llend your head, sahib, when we pass.” They entered the city without mis hnp. No one questioned them. In deed, they were but two In a dozen who passed In at the same time. They threaded the rfarrow streets quickly, uklrtlng the glow of many dung Ores for fear that Bruce's leggings might be revealed under the burnoose. When at length they cnne to the house of Rarnabal they did not seek to enter the front, but chose the gate In the rear of the garden. The moon was up and the garden was almost as light as day. "Hamabal!” called Bruce In a whis per. The dreaming man seated at a table came out of his dream with a start. A servant ran to the gate. "Who calls?” demanded Ramabla, suspicious us all conspirators ever are. “It Is 1, Bruce," was the reply In English, flinging aside hls burnoose. "Bruce Bahib? Open!” cried Rac mabal. "What do you here? Have you found her?" Hamabal's wife, Pundlta, came from the house. She recognized Bruce Im mediately. “The memaahlb! Have you found her?” "Just a moment. Kathlyn Memsahlb Is In one of the palace dungeons. She must be liberated tonight. We need money to bribe what sentries are about." Bruce went on to relate the Incident of the baboon. "This proves that the note was written not more than three hours ago. She probably will bo held there till morning. This time we’ll place her far beyond the reach of TJinballa.” "Either my money or my life. In a month from now ...” "What?” asked Ahmed "Ah, I must not tell." Pundlta stole close to Rarnabal. Ahmed smiled. _ ___ (To Be Oidlinued Tomorrow.) USE HERALD*^*WANT ~ ADS NINE