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(Continued from Yesterday.)
"Yonder !« the chiefs bullock cart.
I myself will And the bullocks."
"What then?”
"We shall be on the way south be
fore the others land."
"An extra handful of gold for you!
Get the oars nnt! Let us hurry!"
"More, holy one; these men will
obey me.”
"They shall all be well paid.”
Umballa trad reached the point
Where he could not plan without
Ha proposed to carry the
basket into the Jungle somewhere,
bury It, and make way with every man
who knew the secret; then, at the
protrer time, he would return for It
with a brave caravan, his own men or
those whose loyalty he could repur
chase.
The landing was made, the banket
oonwyod to the bullock cart, which
was emptied of Its bait and leopard
trap; the bullocks were brought out
and harnessed—all this activity before
the Ashing boats had covered half the
distance.
"I see light," murmured TTmhella.
He tried to act coolly, hut when he 1
spoke his wilce cracked and the blood
his throat nigh suffocated him.
"Sand, holy one!"
"Well, what of sands
"You can dig and cover up things In
sand and no one oan possibly tall. The
sand tails nothing."
Tfcey drove the bullocks fftrwnrd
merdlesHly tin they caine to whet Um
halla considered a suitable spot. A
pit was dug, but not before Umballa
had taken from the basket enough
gold to set the men wild. They were
hla He smiled Inwardly to think how
easily they could have had all of ltl
They were still honest.
The sand was smoothed down over
the basket. It would not have been
possible for the human eye to discover
the spot without a perfect range. Urn
balla drove down a broken stick di
rectly over where the basket lay. He ;
had beaten them, they would And
sothlng Now to rid himself of these
simple fools who trusted him.
The man who longed to become the
chief's successor wns then played upon
by Tlmballa; to snt the two factions at
each other* throat; a perfect elimina
tion Umballa advised him to rouse
his friends, declare that the white peo
ple had taken the gold sway from the
holy man, to whom It belonged as
agent.
Thus. In this peaceful fishermen's
village began the old game of gold and
politics, for the two are Inseparable i
Umballa. In hiding, watched the eon
teat gleefully. He witnessed the rival
approach hts chief, saw the angry
gesture* exchanged, and knew that dla
aension had begun. The men of the
village clustered about
"Where have you hidden It?” de
manded the chief "It belongs to the
mbits”
"Hidden what?"
' "The treasure you and the false holy
one took from the forbidden cave! "
"False holy one?"
"Ay. wretidi! He Is Thirgn Ram, the
man who murdered the king of All*-
ha."
The mutineer laughed and waved
Ills hand toward the smoking ruins
of the promontory,
“look for It there." he said, "under
mountains of rook and dirt and sand
ilook for It there! And who Is this
white man who says the holy one Is
dlalaor
"I say It. yon soonndrel!” cried the
colonel, advancing, but Hruce re
strained him, seeing that the situation
had taken an unpleasant and sinister
trend.
"Patience. colonel; Just a little diplo
macy." ha urged
"But the man lies!"
"That may be, but Just at present
there seem to be more men stahdlng
hark of him than back of our chief
here. We have no way of getting a
warning to Ahmed Watt!"
"Jackal." spoke the chief wrathfully.
-thou beet!"
“Ah! thou has grown too fst with
rule."
' Ay!” cried the men bark of the mu
tinous ana
“Sahib." said the chief, wtthout los
ing any of his natural dignity, “the
man hag betrayed ine I see the lust of
gold la their eyes Evil presage. But
you have saved the llfa of my child
and mine, and I will throw my strength
with you."
"Father, can’t you see?" asked Hath
lm
“8m what?”
"The inevitable It wae in my heart
all the way bare that we should meet
with disaster. There Is yet time to
leave here peacefully."
But her pleading fell upon the ears
of a man who wae ires sure mad He
would not listen to reaeon. Ahmed
could have told Kathlyn that the old
guru stood back at her father, push
In*, poshing
"He Is mad." whispered Brace, "hut
we cannot leave him."
"What would 1 do without you.
total"
from down the beach the chiefs lit
tle sir) oatae joddlia* tg Jb* group of
The Adventures of Kathlyn
By HAROLD MAC GRATH
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Illustrated by Picturea tram the Moving Picture Production of the Sellg Polyscop* Co.
exerted men. She was clutching some
thing in her hand. Her father took
her by the arm and pulled her back to
him. Kathlyn put her hand upon the
child's head, protectlngly. The child
gazed up shyly, opened her little hand
. . . and disclosed a yellow sovereign.
The argument between the chief and
his mutinous followers went on.
"John," said Kathlyn, “you speak the
dialect. 1 can understand only a word
hero and there. But listen. Tell the
chief that all we desire Is to be per
mitted to depart In peace later,” she
added, significantly.
"What’s up?”
"The child lias a coin—a British
sovereign—In her hand. She knows
where Umballa has secreted the treas
ure. Since father cannot be budged
from his purpose, let us try deceit. You
speak to the chief while I explain to
father.”
To the chief Bruce said: "The treas
ure 1* evidently lost. So, after a short
rest, we shall return to our caravan
and depart. We do not wish to be the
cause of trouble between you and your
people."
"But, sahib, they have the gold!”
"The false holy ono doubt kiss gave
them that before the explosion.” Druoe
laid hold of his arm In a friendly fasb
lon, apparently, but In reality as a
warning. "All we want Is a slight rest
In your house. After that we shall
proceed upon our Journey."
The mutineers could offer no reason
able objections to this and signified
that It was all (me to them so long os
Ths Treasure la Found. I
the white people departed. They had
caused enough damage by their ap-!
pcarance and It might bn that It was j
through their agency that the prom
ontory was all but destroyed. The |
filth would bo driven away for weeks. |
And what would the fierce gun run-1
ners say when they found out that thnlr
stores had gone up In flame and
smoke? Al, al! What would they do |
but bent them and torture them for
permitting any one to enter the cave? i
"When these men come," answered
the chief, with a dry smile, “I will deal
with them. None of us has entered
the cave. They know me for a man of ,
truth. Perhaps you are right,” he add
ed to the mutineer. "There could not
have bA>n a treasure there and escape
the sharp eyes of those Arabs. Go
back to your homes Those white pso- ;
pie shall be ray guests till they have
rested and are ready to depart.”
Iteluctantly the men dlsperned. and
from his hiding place Umballa saw an
other of bis schemes fall Into pieces. ,
Thare would be no fight, at least for
th» present. The men. Indeed, had
hoped to coma to actual warfare, but
they could not force war on their chief
wtthout soma good causa After all.
the sooner the white people were out
of the way the better for all con
cerned.
Bid the leader of this open mutiny
have ulterior designs upon the treas
ure. upon the life of Umballa? Per
lisps At any rate, events so shaped
themselves as to nullify whatever
plans he had formed In his gold-datzled
brain.
The colonel waa tractable and fell
lu with Kathlyn* Idea. It would have
been nothing short of foolhardiness to
have openly antagonised the rebellious
man
“You have a plan, Kit, but what la
itr
"I dare not tell you her*. You are
too excited But 1 believe I can lead
you to where Vmballa haa burled the
basket. 1 feel that Umballa la watch
ing every move we make. And I dare
say he hoped—and even Instigated—
this mutiny to end In disaster for us.
Ha Is alone. Bo much we can rely
upon. Bui If we try to meet him opeu
ly we shall lose. Patience for a little
while. There, they are leaving u*.
They ore grumbling, but 1 do not be
lieve that means anything sellout.”
"Now, then white people." said the
chief, "come to my house. You are
welcome there, now and always. You
(Ooprrtgkl by Htrold MsoUrMh)
have this day saved my life and that
of my child. I am grateful.”
Inside the hut Kathlyn drew the
child toward her and gently pressed
open the tightly clutched fingers. She
plucked the sovereign from the little
pink palm and held It up. The child'B
father seized It, wonderingly.
"Gold! They lied to me! I knew
It!”
"Yes,” said Bruce. “They did find
the treasure. They brought It here
and burled It quickly. And we believe
your little girl knows where. Question
her.”
It was not an easy matter. The child
was naturally shy, and the presence of
all these white-skinned people struck
her usually babbling tongue with a
species of paralysis. But her father
was patient, and word by word the se
cret wae dragged out of her. She told
of the stolen bullock cart, of the dig
ging In the sand, of the holy one.
In some manner they must lure Um
balla from his retreat. It was finally
agreed upon that they all return to the
camp and steal back at once in a
roundabout way. They would come
sufficiently armed. Later, the chief
could pretend to be walking with his
child.
So while Umballa stole forth from
his hiding place, reasonably certain
that his enemies had gone, Umballa
got together his mutineers and made
arrangements with them to help him
carry away the treasure that night, the
rightful owners were directed to the
broken stick in the damp sand.
That night, when Umballa and his
men arrived, a hole In the sand greet
ed them. It was shaped like a mouth,
opened In laughter.
OHAPTER XXVI.
Ended Troubles.
It was Ahmed's suggestion that
they In turn Bhould bury the filigree
basket. He masoned that If they at
tempted to proceed with It they would
be followed and sooner or later set
upon by Umballa and the men be had
tv on away from the village chief. The
poor fishermen were gold mad and at
present not accountable for what they
did or planned to do. He advanced that
Umballa would have no difficulty In
rouatng them to the pitch of murder.
Umballa would have at hts beck and
call no less than twenty men, armed
and ruthless. Some seventy miles
beyond was' British territory, and
wherever there was British territory
there were British soldiers. With
them they would return, leaving the
women In safety behind.
"The commissioner there will ob
ject," said the colonel.
“No. aahlb," replied Ahmed. "The
tnemsahlb has every right In the world
to this treasure. You possess the doc
uments to prove It. and uothln* more
would be necessary to the commission
er."
"But, Ahmed,” Interposed Bruce, "we
are none of us British subjects ”
"What difference will that make, sa
hib?"
"Quite enough. England Is not In
the habit of protecting anybody but
her own subjects. We should probably
be held up till everything was verified
at Allaha: and the priests there would
not hesitate to charge us with forgery
and heaven knows what else. Let ua
bury the basket, by all means; return
for It and carry It away by piecemeal.
To carry 1t away at It Is, In bulk,
would be courting suicide.”
Ahmed scratched his chin. Trust a
white man for logic.
“And, besides,' went on Bruce, “the
news would go all over the Orient and
the Thugs would come like files scent
ing honey. No; this must be kept se
cret It we care to get away with It It
cannot be worth less than a million.
And I've known white men who would
cut our throats for a handful of ru
pee*."
For the first time since the expedi
tion started oht the colonel became
normal, a man of action, cool In the
head and toreslgbted. The hardships
of his Incarceration, the many danger*
through which he hod passed and the
constant worry over his daughters had
had their effect upon hts mental and
physical being. Heretofore he had
been content to let others lead and
blindly follow, apparently hoping little
for ultimate success and freedom Now
he was ths colonel of old, the Intrepid
and resourceful man whom Ahmed
had followed In many a hunting expe
| dttton.
“Ahmed, spread out the men around
[ the camp." he ordered, briskly. “In
struct them t* shoot over the bead of
j anyone who approachee; this the first
I time Ths second time, to kill Bruce
; has the right Idea: so let us get busy.
| Over there, where that boulder la. Tha
| ground will be damp and soft under It
| and when we roll It back there will be
| no of Ua having been disturbed. I
. used to cache ammunition that way.
Give me that spade."
It w as good to Kathlyn'* ears to hear
I her father talk l'k* this.
j (To Be Continued Tomorrow)
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