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(Continued from Yesterday.)
BupemirtfonP
• Umballa thraw off Jila robes and
(loaned his candy seller’s tatters, loft
the house without being questioned by
the oareless guard, and sought the
chief temple.
Superstition!
To cow the populace, to bring the
troops to the mark, with threats of
ottrsea, famine, plague, eternal dam-
Ballon! Superstition! And this Ih why
Ramabal and hla follower! found the
«snpty chamber.
CHAPTER XXII.
Allaha’a Raal King Killed.
In the rear of the temple Umballa
•ought waa a small chamber which
eras used by the priests when they de
sired to rest or converse privately,
which waa often. The burning temple
lamps of brass emphasized the dark
ness of the room rather than dis
pelled it. A shadow occasionally flick
ered through the amber haze —an ex
ploring bat. A dozen or more priests
•tood Is one of the dim comers, from
which their own especial Idol winked
at them with eyes like coals blown
upon. The Krishna of tho Ruby eyes,
an idol known far and wldn but seen
by few.
In the temple Itself there was a
handful of tardy worshipers. The
beat of the candles, the smell of tho
eternal lotus flower and smoking In
cense sticks made even the huge vault
stifling. Many of the Idols were be
jeweled or patched with beaten gold
leaf, and many had been coveted by
wandering white men, who, when
their endeavor became known, dis
appeared mysteriously end were never
more known In the haunts of men.
A man In Utters appeared suddenly
In the great arched doorway. Mb tur
ban oainn down almost to hla eyoa
and a neckcloth covered hla mouth.
All that could bn aeon of him In the
matter of countenance wna a pair of
brilliant eye* and predatory nose, 110
threw a quick, piercing (lance about,
assured himself that such devotees as
ho saw wore harmless, then strode
boldly If hurriedly toward the rear
chamber, which he entered without
ado. Instantly the Indignant priests
rushed toward him to expel him and
give him a tongue-lashing for his Im
pudence, when a hand was thrust out,
and they hehold upon a finger a groat
green stone. They stopped as sud
denly as though they had met on In
visible eleotrlo current.
The curtain fell behind the man In
tatters, and he remained motionless
for a space. A low murmuring among
the priests ensued, aud presently one
of their nnmbor the youngest
pturned out and stationed himself be
fore the curtain. Not even a privileged
(dancing girl might enter now.
The man In tatters stepped forward.
He became the center of the group;
hts gestures were quick, tense, au
thoritative. At length priest turned to
priest, and the wrinkled faces became
more wrinkled still: smiles.
"Klghneea," said the eldest, “we
had thought of this, but you did not
make bb your confidant”
“Till an hour gone It had not oo
■oarzed to me. Shall Ramabal, then,
bsoosne your master, to set forth the
psopngaadn of the infidel?”
“No!” The word was not spoken
loudly, hut slbtlanUy, with something
—summing a hiss. "Not”
“And shall a king who has no mind.
—> w-iU, no strength, resume his *u
thorttyT I'crimps to bring more white
people Into Allaha. perhaps to (Ire Al
lah* eventually to the British raj?”
Again the negative.
“But the method?*
TAdballs smiled. "What brings the
■Vosehlper here with candles and flow
ers end Incense? Is it love or rev
esenoe or superstition T”
The bald yellow heads nodded Uke
porcelain mandarins
“Buperstltion,” went on rmballa.
“tbs sword which bends the knees of
the layman, ha* and always will
through the ages!”
In ths vault outakle a bell tinkled,
e gong boomed melodiously
"When I give the sign." continued
the schemer, “declare the curse upon
all those who do not bend A word
from your llpa, and Kamabel's troops
vanish, reform, and become yours and
mine!”
'While the king lives?" asked the
chief priest curiously.
"Ah!” And Cmballa smiled again.
“But you. Durrs Ham?”
"There is Kama bat a* senile king,
Ud I. Which for your purposes will
yon choose?”
There was s conference. The
priests drifted sway from Vmballa.
He did not stir ills mien was proud
and haughty, but for all that his knees
■hook and hla heart thundered. He
Vaderstood tliat it was to be all or
—thing, no middle course, no half
■nstbods He watted, wetting hla
cracked Ups and swollen lips.' When
the priests ' returned to http, their
heads bant before him s little. It
represented A M Jtf
T6c Adventures of Kathlyn
By HAROLD MAC GRATH
Illustrated by Picture a from the Moving Picture Production of the Sellg Pofyacopn Ca
tr.r-j pafT ever given to" the king him
self. A glow ran over Umballa.
"Highness, we agree. There will be
terms.”
’ I will agree to them without ques
tion.”
Rife and power ngaln; real power!
These doddering fools should serve
him, thinking tho while that they
served themselves,
"Half tho treasury must be paid
to tho temple.’
"Agreed!" Half for the temple and
half for himself; and tho abolishment
of the seven leopards. "With this
stipulation: Harnabal Is yours, but tho
white people are to be mine.”
The priests signified assent.
And Umballa smiled In secret. Ha r
timbal would bo dead on the morrow.
“There remains the king,” said the
chief priest.
Umballa shrugged.
The chief priest stared soberly at
the lamp above his head. The king
would be, then, Umballa's affair.
“He Is ill?"
“He Is moribund . . . fillonco!”
warned Umballa.
The curtains became violently agi
tated. They heard the voice of the
young priest outside raised in protest.,
to bn answered by the shrill tones of
a woman.
"You are mad!”
"And thou art a stupid fool!”
Umballa’s hand fell away from his
dagger.
“It is a woman,” ho said. "Admit
her."
The curtains were thrust, aside, and
the painted dancing girl who had
saved Umballa from death or capture
Where Was the Document He Had
Given His Friend Hare?
In the fire of his own contriving rushed
In. Her black hair was studded with
turquoise, a necklace of amber
gleamed like gold around her neck,
and on her arms and ankles a pleni
tude of silver bracelets and anklets.
With her back to the curtains, the
young priest staring curiously over
her shoulders, she presented a pic
turesque tableau.
"Well?” said Vmballa, who under
stood that she was here from no Idle
whtm.
“Highness, you must hide with me
tills night.”
"Indeed r
“Or die.” coolly.
Vmballa sprang forward and seized
her roughly.
"What has happened?”
"I was In the zenana, highness, vis
iting my sister, whom you had trans
ferred from the palace. All at once
we heard shouting and trampling of
feet, an a moment later your house
was overrun with men. They had
found the king In the hut and had
taken him to the palace. That they
did not find you Is because you came
here”
“Tell me *11."
“It seems that the majordomo gave
the poison to Kamabal, but the white
goddess . .
“The white goddess!” cried Via
bells, as If stung by a cobra's fang.
“Ay, highness. She (ltd not die on
that roof. Nothing can harm her. It
la written.”
"And 1 was never told!”
She lived, lived, and all the terror*
he had evoked for her were os naught!
Vmballa was not above superstition
j himself for all his European training.
Surety this girl of the white people
was Imbued with something more than
mortal. She lived!
“Go on!" he said, his voice subdued
as was his soul.
"The white goddess by mistake took
Rnmabat'e goblet and was about to
drink when the majordomo seized the
1 goblet and drained the poison himself.
He confessed everything, where the
king was. where you were. They are
again hunting through the ett.v for you.
Vor the present you must hide with
j me."
- ‘lT* l .* white woman must jUs/l-tIM
(Oep/rlalit by Harold UaaUratb)
unrbGTia, in a "Voice Tike one - being
strangled. "
To this the priests agreed without
hesitation. This white woman whom
the people were calling a goddess was
a deadly menace to that scepter of
theirs, superstition.
"What has gone'ls a pact?”
"A pact, Durga Ram,” said the chief
priest. With Ramabal spreading Chris
tianity, the abhorred creed which gave
people liberty of person and thought,
the future of his own religion stood In
Imminent danger. "A pact," he re
flected. "To you, Durga Ram, the
throne; to us half the treasury and
all the ancient rites of our creed re
stored." f
“I have said it."
Umballa followed the dancing girl
Into the square before the temple. He
turned and smiled Ironically. The
bald fools!
“Dead on, thou flower of the jas
mine !" lightly.
And the two of them disappeared
Into the night
Rut the priests smiled, too, for
Durga Ram should always be more In
their power than they In hla.
There was tremendous excitement
In tho city the next morning. It
seemed that the city would never be
permitted to resume lto old careless
Indolence. Swift as the wind the news
Hew that the old king was alive, that
he had been held prisoner all these
months by Durga Ram and the now
deposed Council of Throe. No more
tho old rut of dullness. Never had
they known such fetos. Since the ar
rival of the white goddess not a day
had passed without some thrilling ex*
citement, which hud cost them noth
ing but shouts.
So they deserted the bazaars and
markets that morning to witness the
most surprising spectacle of all; the
king who was dead was not dead, but
alive!
So, In the throne room, later, he
gave the power to Ramabal to act la
his stead till he had fully recovered
from his terrible hardships. More
than this, ho declared that Pundlta,
tho wife of Ramabal. should ultimate
ly rule! for of a truth the principality
was lawfully hots. He would make his
will at once, but in order that this
should be legal he would have to de
stroy tho previous will he had given
to Colonel Hare, his frle■ 1.
"Forgive me, my friend,” he said.
"I acted unwisely In your case. But I
was angry with my people for their
cowardice.”
"Your majesty,” replied the colonel,
“the fault lay primarily with me. I
should not have accepted it or re
turned. I will tell you the truth. It
was the filigree basket of gold and
precious stones that brought me
back."
“So? And all for nothing, since the
hiding place I gave you is not the
true one. Hut of that, more anon. I
want this wretch Durga Ram spread
out on an ant hill . . .”
And then, without apparent reason,
he began to call for Lakshml, the
beautiful Lakshml, the wife of his
youth. He ordered preparations for an
elephant fight; rambled, talked as
though he were but twenty; his eyes
dim, his lips loose and pendulent. And
in this condition ho might live ten or
twenty years. Ramabal was sore at
heart.
They had to watt two days till
his mind cleared again. His first
question upon his return to his
mental balance was directed to
Kathlyn. Where was ths document
ho had given to his friend Hare?
Kathlyn explained that Vmballa had
taken it from her.
"But, your majesty." exclaimed th*
colonel rather impatiently, "what dif
ference does it make? Your return
has nullified that document."
“Not in case of my death. And in
Allaha the elder document is always
the legsl document, unless it is legally
destroyed. It is not well to antago
nize the priests, who hold us firmly to
this law. 1 might make a will in fa
vor of Pundtta. but It would not legal
ly hold in justice if all previous wills
were not legally destroyed. You must
find this document."
"Did you ever hear of a law to equal
that?” asked Bruce of the colonel.
“No, my boy, I never did. It would
mean a good deal of red tape for *
man who changed hla mind frequently.
He could not fool his relations; they
would know. The laws of the dark
peoples have always amazed me, be
cause if you dig deep enough into
them you are likely to find common
sense at the bottom. Wo must search
Vmballa'a house ♦’ oroughly. I wish
to see Ramabal and Pundit* in the
shadow of their rights. Can't destroy
a document off-hand and make a new
one without legally destroying the
first. Well, let us be getting back to
the bungalow. We'll talk It over
there."
(To Be CiulinneU Tomorrow.)
Think a little, calm your emo
tions. take a holding, and remem
ber that It men are sometimes oti)
musters they are ah*ay» our sons.
Ainu- Y veil* GlulUert.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA. GA.
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She It an elderly lady and ha 3 a rep
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Her address in Augusta on Labor Day
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Another speaker of prominence will
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The speaking will take place at
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The mammoth Industrial parade will
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D. S. Army Surgeons
Ineligible For
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Washington, D. C.—American army
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wAr. Judge Advocate General Crowder
decided today. He overruled a request
of Rod Croat official that army surgeons
he allowed to aid in relief work of the
society. They could net be diverted of
theft' military characters, he held and
their entrance into the belligerent coun
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The Russian, French, British ana
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The joint resolution passed by the
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to American registry was unanimously
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He had no Intention at all to propose;
But the tender light of the stars was
shed,
The garden breathed with the scent of
the rose,
And the night bird sang— he
lost his head.
He knew that he wasn't in love with
her,
He liked them slender, and she was
stout;
But the spell of night made his pulses
stir
And. ere be could stop them, the
words were out.
Then he groaned In a keen distress.
And the cold chills traveled along
his frame;
For he knew full well she would ans
, wor "Yes.”
And he held his breath till the ans
wer came.
But the word was "No,” and he thrill
ed with bliss
Till he stopped to think she had
spurned his plea;
And ever since then—will you solve
me this?—
He has wanted but her and ardently.
—Puck.
STEPPED ALL OVER IT.
“If you dance with my wife again I'fT
sue you for damages.”
"My dear sir, 1 have no desire to alien
ate her affections.”
"I mean for damages to that expensive
costume."
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