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Show t Tins BPAKisn The Adventures of Kathlyn Br HAROLD MAC GIIATI! Illu.reril by Nlumfnmiki Movie rifiun CrailuciliMi of lh Selif CslifHWM C. mtmmtH4 tOuyrritfbt by UwvM SlMuraUil rosK mm Spanish fowl utah. "That will he sufficient; and you ahall have your gold." The word of a holy man la never subjected to scrutiny In India. Umballa was In good humor. Here he waa, several hours ahead of hla enemies lie would have the Aligree basket dug up end transferred to the sloop before the Colonel Hshlb could reach the village. And Umballa would have succeeded but for the fart that the wind fell unaccountably and they lost more than an bour In handling tbe sloop with oars. When the sloop left tba primitive landing the chief returned to bia but and told hla wife what bad taken place, like the good husband be was. They would be rich. Huddenly the child up a walling Through the window aha had seen a hold trot over to the bullock cart and carry away the kid. The chief at once summoned his remaining men, and they proceeded to set a trap for Hie prowler, Tho cat had already killed on bullock and Injured another. They knew that the beast would not return for come hours, having gorged Itself upon the kid. But It was well to he prepared. Toward noon the other treasure seekers drew up within a quarter of a mile behind the village. Tbe men folk thought It advisable to reconnol ter before entering tho village. One never could tell. Wlunle declared her Intention of snooxlng while they waited, and curled up In her rugs. Kalh lyn, however, could not resist the longing to look upon the sea again. Ehe could aee the lovely blue water tu chief, however, signified that It hie will; and, moreover, he commended that tbe fishermen should handle I he oars. They would be paid. That was different. Why did not the white people say eo et once? They would go anywhere for money. Not the inoet ausplrloua sign, thought llamabal. They got Into the boats end pushed XXIV Continued. at explo-sion-th- Un ? a Dr.W.E. Warner rard. Wbat ah aaw was Umballa, aeltlng adrift (be boats which bad brought them from the mainland. fan a second explosion, far roor furious than tba first In the downoff. On the way to the Island lbs colo- ward rush Kathlyn stumbled and fell, nel consulted the map, or diagram, he tbe debris falling all about her. held In hla bend. It wee not possible CHAPTER XXV. that Umballa knew the exatt spot. A filigree basket of silver, Ailed with gold and gema! The man beComplication. Blinded by tbo dust tripped by tbe came as eager and excited aa boy. The Instinct to hunt for treasure be- rolling stones, Bruce turned lo where gin Just outside the cradle and end be had aeon Kathlyn fall The Just Inside the grave. last one bad opened up land- t vein of strange gases. for tbo whole Tu return to Untball. at once If any knew promontory appeared to be on fire ing, he akt-Hit bent and caught up In ble arm the precloue burden, ateggered down to the bench and plunged into the water. A thin trickle of blood flowing down her forehead explained everything; a falling atone had atrurk ber. "Kit. Kit! I hope to Clod the treasure He daubed the cold went up also. water Into ber face. Tbe others were unhurt, though dazed, end for the nonce Incapable of drop down her suddenly; but It al waya wasted Its time. The fishermen Hut Kanisbal knew only the bridge knew nothing; nothing In the way of Ttirjr would have to Investigate end guns and powder ever was found; and explore the bank. Half en hour's Jour yet the British raj knew that some uey retln-- r a difficult one brought where shout lay the things for which tbm t mill and shallow water. Hera It so diligently and vigorously sought On the tench fishermen were dlsem Ihrtjr crossed and Hindu camp beyond, A sloop with e lateen sail lay harking. In a natural clearing. They erected lh email tint for Kathlyn, Inaldo of at ant hor In tho rude harbor, Rome of which aha changed her clothea, drank the fishermen were repairing nets, and some were tinkering about their er tea and tny down to alerp, Heyond the heath "What dime Ahmed think?" naked Ashing boats. nestled a few huts. Toward these Bruce anxiously. "That we era being followed by other fishermen were making prog resa. torn aaaaaalna hired by our friend The chief of the villa ho prleata." the head men from disembarked this for , "Colonel, let ua mak ahiup. lie atralght Ur- tba port and let thla datnnabla buahel was met by hla wife and child, and of trinkets atay where It la," urged the little one clambered about bis leg In ecstasy. Among the huts stood one Jruce, the lover. "That Is not possible now," replied more Imposing than the others, end RamabaL "We can now reach there toward this the chief and hla family only by the seacoast Itself, or return wended their way. In front of the hut to the deaert and Journey over the old stood an empty bullock cart. Attached to one of the wheels waa a frisking kid. through the spaces between the trees tralL Wo must go on." The colonel his little child paused to pley with Soon she would be Aylng over that wo, smoked moodThe pipe ter, Aylng for home, hornet ily. Ho was pulled between necessity her pet She went farther from the camp and desire. lie had come to Asia for Absorbed In her pastime, she did not Ibis filigree basket, and be wanted It. obaervo the approach of a gaunt be- than she really Intended, and came unwith a pasalon which was almost ing with matted hair and beard and expectedly upon tbe leopard, which Umballa Counting the Gold. miserly. At one moment be silently aab besmeared body. Children are stood guarding Its Cuba while they vowed to cast the whole thing Into the gifted with an Instinct which leaves us growled and tore at tbe dead kid. whoro tho cave was. On man did sea, and at the neit hla fingers would as we grow older; tbe sensing of evil Kathlyn realized that she was un- know tho way, but bo refuaod to show twitch and he would sigh. without teeing or understanding It. armed, and that tbe leopard waa be- It There were spirit there, ruled I Sometimes It seemed to him that Tbe child suddenly gated up, to meet tween bar and the camp. She could by an ovll god. there was some Invisible force work- a pair of eyes black and Aerce aa a aee tbe roofs of tbe village below ber; "Take me there, you, and I will eaing In him. drawing and drawing him kite's. Ehe rose scrsamlng and Aed ao toward the huts she ran. The leop- ter without harm. Am I not holy?" ard atood still for a while, eyeing her against the dictates of his heart 11s toward tbs house. That put rather new face upon the tied experienced this feeling back In Tbe holy man shrugged and waited. doubtfully, then made up Ite mind to Ituatlon. If the holy man waa willing California, and had fought against It rushed out to give chase. She had tasted blood, but to risk an encounter with the god, far When tbe for weeks, without avalL And frequent learn wbat hadparents not eaten. be It that they ahould prevent him. frightened their little had Meantime the little child had forgot- An ly now, when alone and undisturbed, one they were solemnly confronted by seeker would not have ten her lots In her Interest In the bul- 'foundordinary h could see the old guru, shaking Umballa. the entrance In w lifetime. Umwith the venom of his wrath, the blood lock cart with Its grotesque lure; and balla bad not known "I am hungry." exactly where tbe dripping from his lacerated Angers, hla she climbed Into tbe cart Juat as Kath cave was. but he knew all that the ordered and salaamed chief The which he shook In the colonel's faoe. followed by tbe excited cave contained. When they came to wife to bring the holy mao rice and lyn appeared, Bba aaw the child and It Umballa decking It with blood. A curie. It milk. leopard. sniffed; the tang of sulwas so. He must obey that Invisible from the her snatched Instinctively Umbecame evident both In hla nose aald phur "Thou art an honeat man," will; be must go on and on. cart The leopard leaped Into the cart and on hla tongue. He understood. It balla. Hla pipe slipped from his Angara and at the rear, while Kathlyn ran toward was simply w email spring, a mineral, "It la said," replied the chief gravel- the chief's hut. Into his head fell upon his knees; and thus which she stag- In which eulphur predominated. He ywithout the formality of an- came out with some Kathlyn found him. gered In bis cupped "Thou art poor." "Let him sleep, memaahlb," warned nouncing her advent hands. He drank and allowed them la with the gods I serve." Ahmed from across the Ar The father of the child had no need that It waa harmleas. Dealdes, he was lie has "That ambinot thou without art "Ilut been Aghtlng the old guru" to question, though he marveled at the a holy man, and his presence made In"What?" Kathlyn wbtrpered back. tion." akin and dress of this visitor, effectual white all evil spirits' which might "Who Is?" The chit-fwonder grew. who had doubtless saved his child from Where?" roam within the cave. sentences? meant What these peculiar Ahmed smiled grimly and pointed todeath. He flung the door shut and as he waa, had Umballa, aa Impatient Into "Wouldst hand gold put thy ward hla forehead. dropped the bar. Next be sought his to By dint of patience. thou upon depend wbat as take the wrist and "la there really each evil, Ahmed?" far gun and fired through a crack In the learned that wild Mohamhe Inquiries hold?" couldst door. He missed; hut the noise and "Evil begeta evil, heaven born, Juat medans had cast the spell upon the "Yea, holy one; for I am human. smoke frightened the leopard away. aa good begets frx1. The Colonel Saset a curse upon its threshold. cave, Wbat lead these Whither questions.' And later, Bruce, wild with anxiety hib did wrong. And who shall deny Umballa tottered and destroyed this over the disappearance of Kathlyn, aome of theaa guru a supernatural Is It you would of me? that the curse of a Moreasoning by be some far who need to are "There came across the chief battling for bis power? 1 hare seen; 1 know." not affect a Hindu. could hammedan "Out once fou aald that we should away to aee things. Well, good man, life. He had gone forth to hunt the offered each and all of them he Finally, le a treasure under your feet," leopard, and the leopard had hunted there eventually escape, all of us." won. and fortune a him. Bruce dared not fire, for fear "And 1 ftm say It, memsahlb. What falling Into the vernacular. Torches were lighted and the cave la written Is written," phlegmatically The chief could not resist looking of killing the man; so without best-tanc- e or fear he caught the leopard by entered. There were many side pasWewrUy she turned toward her tent, down at the ground, startled. and within these the astute Umbat paused to touch the head of her "Nay," smiled Umballa, "not there. the back of the neck and by a bind leg sages;saw the true reason for tbe curse balla Into and sea. her the she unusual swung as father sleeping passed. Her Think; did not something Mohammedans: of the guns and powThe chief was severely mauled, but occidental mind would not and could happen here Ave years ago?" hundreds and hundreds of pounds der, was ho to his to able feet and not accept aa possibilities these mysget The chief smoothed the tip of his A lower gallery terious attributes of the oriental mind, nose. "My father died and I became walk. The white woman had saved his of black destruction! tbe mouth of which lay under a slab child and the white man had saved That a will could reach out and pre- headman of the village." of rock led to the pit wherein rested him. He would remember. arrange a man's misfortunes was to Would you call that unusual? Thus the leopard quite Innocently the filigree basket. . . . For a time her mind Incredible, for there were no Ironically. He Umballa acted like a madman. Inprecedents. She never had witnessed "No. Ha!" suddenly. "Five years served a purpose, for all her deadly his hands into the chanted, dug sang, filled was A genuine case of hypnotism; those ex chief with the tentions; ago; yes, yeB, 1 remember now. Solgold and stones; choked, sobbed. Here atnples she had seen were miserable diers, who made us lock ourselves In gratitude. When the colonel and the others was true kingship; the private treasbuffooneries, travesties, hoodwinking our huts, not to stir forth on the pain hot even the newsboys In the upper of death till ordered. My father alone came Into view the former seized Kath- ures of a dozen decades, all his for He forgot his enemies and the gallery. True, she had rend of auch was permitted outside. He was com- lyn by the shoulders and shook her theirtaking. as the fortune revealed nearness things, but from the same angle with pelled to row out to the Island. There hysterically. Itself to him. In God's name. know don't which she had read the Arabian Nights he was blindfolded. Kit, you Only two men ac- As his men at length staggered out any better than to wander off alone? fairy stories. of the lower gallery with the basket Do you want to drive me mad?" Yet, here was her father, thoroughly slung upon an Improvised litter he convinced of the efficacy of the guru's "Why, father, I wasn't afraid!" "Afraid? Who said anything about espied his enemies marching up the curse; and here was Ahmed, complaUmyour being afraid? Didnt you know hill! Back Into the cave again. cently watching the effects, and not balla cursed and bit his nails. He was we were followed? is In that It least his the that being guru doubting Umballa! Ah! that gives you a start!" unarmed, as were his men, and he had would In the end prove the stronger not time to search among the smug"Colonel! said Bruce gently. ef the two. arms to find his need. I gled "I sound harsh. But One of the elephants clanked his know, Bruce, Heaven-born- , spoke up the man chains restlessly, lie inay have heard you were tearing your hair, too." the prowling of a cat. Far beyond the "Forgive me," cried Kathlyn, peni- who had known whore the cave was, Are, beyond the sentinel, she thought tent, for she knew she had done wrong. there is an exit on the other side. We can go through that without yon"I did not think. But Umballa? ehe saw a naked form flash out and "Yes, Umballa. One of the keepers der people noticing us. back of a tree. She stared Intently at "A fortune for each of you when you found a knife by that bridge, and the tree for a time; but as she saw It identifies this on the sloop!" as Ramabnl was to ehe convinced put that more, belonging nothing Umballa. Whether he Is alone or with Back through the cave they rushed, her eyes had deceived her. Desides, her body seemed dead and her tnlnd many, I do not know; but this I do torches flaring. Once a bearer stumknow: we must under no circum- bled over a powder can, and the torch too heavy tor bought. stances become separated cgaln. Now, holder all but sprawled over him Umballa, having satisfied himself hair stood on end. Fear imthat the camp would not break till Kathlyn, Bruce and the Colonel Plan I'm going to quiz the chief." no men toward the exit the said slunk But chief shadows the into the that away person pelled morning, He had failed again; but his hate had companied him. They carried some described had passed or been seen. No "There Is powder enough here to made him strong. He was naked ex- thing that was very heavy. My father one but a holy man had come that blow up all of Hind! Hasten!" what the strange, shining At the mouth of the exit the men morning, and he had gone to the island cept for a loin clout. His beard and never kuew hair were tnat'ed, the latter hanging basket held. Then the Boldiers went In the sloop. with the torches, finding no further "For what? over his eyes. His body was smeared away and we came out. No one was need of them, carelessly flung them The chief smiled, but shook his aside. 'with ashes. Not even Ahmed would allowed on the island till my father head. have recognized him a yard off. He died." Fools! roared Umballa; "you have 'Did he tell you what it was he Was It not a basket of gold and destroyed us! had something less than nine hours to reach the cape before they did; and it helped bury yonder? He fled. Tho bearers followed with precious stones? demanded the coloNo, holy one. He was an honorable nel. waa necessary that he should have ac Down the side of the the burden There promoutory they slid. Under a proThe chief's eyes widened. complices. The fishermen he knew to man. Whatever the secret was, It be of predatory habits, and the prom passed with him. We were not curi- were others who knew, then? Bruce jecting ledge they paused, sweating ous." noticed his surprise. Jse of gold would enmesh them. with terror. Suddenly the whole island "It was the private treasure of the "Colonel, show the good chief the rocked. An explosion followed that The half Island which constituted was heard half a hundred miles away, (be cape had the shape of a miniature king of Allaha, and tbe man was the royal seal on your document." Tho colonel did so, and the chief where the gunboat of the British raj Volcano. There was verdure at the king himself. Tho fisherman salaamed. salaamed when he saw the royal sig- patroled the shores. Rocks, trees, base of its slope and trees lifted their "And I am sent, because I am holy, nature. He was mightily bewildered, sand filled the air, and small fires heads here and there hardily. It was mile long and a half mile wide; and to recover this treasure, which was and gradually he was made to under- broke out here and there. The bulk stand that he had been vilely tricked. of the damage, however, was done to Sn the early morning It stood out like a willed to the temple of Juggernaut." "But, holy one, I know not where It he shouted, as if the far side of the promontory, not "To the boats! Luge sapphire against the rosy sky. Between the land and the promontory Is hidden! suddenly awakening. "We may be too where the frightened Umballa stood "I do. What I want Is tbe use of late, lords! He said he waa there lay a stretch of glistening sand; holy A twisted rifle barrel fell at his feet. "To the sloop! he yelled. "It la all there was half a mile of It. Over this your sloop and men I can trust. To man, and I believed." a flock of gulls were busy, as scaven- you, as much gold as your hands can They all ran hastily down to the over! On the far side the other treasure beach to selz.e what boats they could. gers always are. At, high tide, yonder hold. 1 will furnish you with men as honHere they met a heartrending obsta- seekers stood huddled together, scarce was an island in tpitb; cle lu the refusal of the owners. Tbe knowing which way to turn. The mir BoxueUraej a British gunboat would est as myself." CHAPTER acle of It was that none of thsm was burl. Perbsp a quarter of aa bour passed before their faculties awoke, "Look!" cried Katblya, pointing see e Oltice Et Lcci Bungalow Night Calls Made From Office Phone 21 Dr. Joseph Hughes Reiidcnce. Cornet ct I and South ft it Weit Hours, 10 to 12 s. iu end 2 to A OiHce At I Office p. in, Huadajr by epHilutncnt, Phone 53 Spanish Fork J. W. Hagan, M. D. County Quarantine Phyiician Office at ReiiJrncr, One Llock west of Commercial Bank. Pltone 32 Dr. H. R. Allen DENTIST coherent thought or action. "Tbe boata! Bruce laid Kathlyn down on the aand end signed to Win ale. "Tend to her. I must Uke a chance at the boats. We could cross the neck of sand at ebb, but Umbalta Crecr Building-SpaniFork, Utah. will be far away before that time. Kit, PHONE NO. 117-- d Kit; tny poor girl!" lie patted ber wrists and called to her, and when finally her Bps stirred he roes and waded out Into the see. followed by four hardy fishermen. The freshening FLORIST breeze, being from tbe southwest, aid ed tbe ewlmmera, for the boata dtd not Ficah Flow supplied lo U aersdoat, Feestsl drift out to aea, but In a northeasterly dctifM In os band sod til'd I aids. direction. Tbe sloop waa squaring All kods oi FwwiliM Ibfuind. away for the mainland. IWdrace Twe Block North el sh R. M. JEX Fesediy (TO BE CONTINUED.) Utah Spanish Fotk NO ROOM FOR THE WHINER World Hoo Llttlo Uso for Man Who Look Habitually Through Eyoo of Gloom. B. H. BROWN Livery and Feed He who thinks the world la full of good people and kindly bleoilngs to much richer than he who thinks tho contrary. Each mans Imagination HACK MEETS ALLTRAINS largely peoples tbe world for himself. 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