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FOUR V. M^r ' (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 ■ ■" ■■■■ I".- ■■"■■■■ - I ■■ V I I ■■ 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) READ THE “WANTS” THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA Servians Now Ready to Invade Austria Paris. —An official bulletin says; “After a great victory the Servians are now ready to Invade Austrian ter ritory to the north of the River Save. “The Russian line on the German frontier extends from Tilsit to Inver burg and Arys. 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