Show the adventures of kathlyn T y i HAROLD MACGRATH by pictures from the having moving picture production of the selig poly scope co by varold MaeGi path continued from last week CHAPTER the uprising through the tunnel into the street into the care of ahmed and lal S then hurriedly to the house of rama bal bat the fact that they had to proceed to ramabhai s was a severe blow to bruce and the colonel they bad had expected all to be mounted the instant they came from the tunnel a swift unobstructed flight to the gate and freedom but ahmed could not find his elephants too late he learned that the mahouts he had secretly en had misunderstood his instruct eions and had stationed themselves near the main entrance to the arena the cursing and railing against fate Is a futile thing never bearing fruit so ramabhai suggested his house till transportation could be secured they perfectly understood that they could not remain in the house more than a few hours tor for would surely send his men every where and quite possibly first of all to ramabhai s still ramabhai did not appear very much alarmed there were secret stairways in his house that not even pundita knew and at a pinch be lie bad had a plan by which he could turn away investigation only I 1 in the direst need though did he intend to execute the plan he ile wanted his friends out of attalla without the shedding of any blood well eald said ahmed angrily cast ing aside his disguise well this Is the crisis will you strike la lal face lightened up with eagerness we are ready ramabhai he said gaid wea paused in III lifa life pacing to gaze keenly into the eyes of the old conspirator yes we for I 1 lal singh propose to take my stand at your right hand I 1 have not been idle everywhere your friends are evir evincing icing impatience ah ali I 1 know you wish for a blood less rebellion but that cannot be not among our people you have said that in their zeal your followers it they knew would mould sweep the poor old king out of your path listen shall we put him back on the thione to per form some other mad thing like this gift of his throne to the colonel sa hib bib watched intently by the two conspirator conspirators for the british ral raj and his white friends paced back and forth his hands behind I 1 is back his head bent he ile was a christian he was not only a christian be he was a hindu and the shedding of blood was doubly abhorrent to his mind I 1 am being pulled by two hones he said act quickly advised ahmed one way or the other Uni balla will throw his men round the whole city and there v aall III not be a space large enough for a rat to crawl through and he will fight like a rat this time mark me paused suddenly in front of his wife and smiled down at her pundita you are my legal queen it Is tor for you to say what shall be done I 1 had in mind a republic lal singh cackled ironically do not dream said ahmed corn com mon sense should tell you that there can be no republic in attalla there must be an absolute ruler nothing less your majesty speak be he added salaaming before pundita she looked wildly about the room vainly striving to read the faces of her white friends but their expressions were like stone images no help theme no guidance Is the life of a decrepit old man asked lal singh worth the lives of the white people who love and respect you pundita rose and placed her handa hands upon her husband a shoulders we owe them our lives strike but only it if our need demands it good eald said lal singh im off tor for the bazaars tor for the night I 1 will buy chup attles and pass them about as they did in my fathers father s time at delhi in the great mutiny and he vanished have you ever witnessed the swarming of bees have you ever heald the hum and buzz of them so looked and sounded the bazaars hat that billit at every intersection of streets and passages there here vere were groups buzzing and gesticulating in the gutters the cocoanut oil lamps flickered throwing weird shadows upon the walls and squatting about the lamps the fruit sellers and candy sellers and cobblers and tailors jab bared and droned light women with painted faces went abroad boldly and there was but one word mord on all these tongues magic could any human being pass through what this white woman had hadl no she was the reincarnation of some forgotten goddess they knew know that and w mould soon bring famine and plague and death among them whenever they uttered his name they spat to cleanse their mouths of the defilement for the present the soldiers were ere his and groups of them swaggered through the bazaars chanting drunk enly and making speech with the light romeu women and jostling honest men into the gutters AH all these things lal singh saw and heard and made note of as he went from house to house among the chosen and told them to hold them selves in readiness as the hour was near at hand followed the clicking of gunlocks and tho the rattle of car bridges A thousand fierce youths ready tor for anything death or loot or the beauties of the zenanas for petri otisa in southern asia depends largely upon what nhat treasures one may wring from it but how would they know the hour tor for the uprising 7 A servant would call and ask tor for chup attles good and the meeting place Rama bale 8 garden it wag was well they would be re ready ady flicker flicker went ent the lights flick er ff flicker icker arnt the tongues and the peaceful oriental stars stare looked down serenely remained in the palace burning with the fires ot of murder mes after messenger came to report that the fugitives i were still at large contrary to ahad a expectations um urn balla did not believe that his ene mies would bo be foolhardy enough to seek refuge in tae house of Rani haniabal abal the four roads leading out ot of the city A ere watched the colonel colonels s bungalow and evi even an the ruins of bruce s cam camp P they were still la in the city but N where here A king kings s peg and another and urn balla storm stormed ed hia his heart filled with dutch courage madei made his preparations in case the cunteri cunteri entered the house he opened a secret door which led into a large gallery dam and dusty but still beautiful ancient armor covered the a alls armor of the days when there existed in delhi a peacock throne armor inlaid with gold and silver and turquoise and there were jewel jevel incrusted swords and daggers a blazing helmet which one of pun dita s ancestors had worn when the great khan came thundering down from china here said to the colo nel net you will be safe they might search tor for days without learning this room existed there will be no need to remain here now time enough when my servant gives warning they filed out of the gallery solemn ly IY and kathlyn went out into the garden followed by bruce do you know said kathlyn the sight of all that armor old and still magnificent seemed to awaken the recollection of another age to me mea he ile wanted to take her in his arms but he waited for her to continue the thought I 1 wonder vonder it if in the dim past I 1 was not an amazon 9 I 1 wonder too he said it Is marvelous how this horrid country has brought brough toutin out in me things emotions and the like that I 1 never dreamed existed tonight I 1 feel like a pagan I 1 want to put on one of those amazing chain armors take a word and go forth she stretched out her arms arm s and sud denly he caught them and drew them down kathlyn we may or may not get out of this alive I 1 have my doubts for all Rama bats s thousand guns there will be desperate men about taking whatever side promises the most loot and they will be every where like poisonous flies god knows I 1 ought not to speak to say anything but my heart Is too full this night she tried to draw away her hands I 1 love you Kath kathlyn lynt no no she struggled back from him with all my heart and soul yo you U are as irresistible as breathing and I 1 want you tor for my wife kit no john I 1 perhaps my poor father is right A curse of some sort seems to be hanging over us for look how many times has everything looked bright only to turn out like this the cable saying that lynnle was on her way the brigands ahmed B long sleep the mistake this afternoon of the mahouts I 1 wonder if it my own god has forsaken us kit hit no not no I 1 refuse to let you be dragged into this I 1 want you to go to go 90 now while there to time I 1 corn com MOM the sisters reunited mand it As you eay say we cannot tell what may happen the rebellion may prove a fizzle but one aay or tha the other there will be death I 1 want you to leave us tor for we are indeed ac cursed the man at her side laughed to tier her ears it was as the same laughter she had heard in the desert in her heart she knew that be he would not go was she glad 9 my life Is mine kit hit he eald said re leasing her bands hands and I 1 give it to you TOU but I 1 promise not to speak of love ove again till you are safe and sound on the lite broad pacific there are ah ali ned med and lal singh and and will be their lieutenant by the lord harry besides yourself them there is aly one thing I 1 want MY band hand round j the throat ot of the black devil who baa has caused all this he ile seems to bear a charmed life never have I 1 had a good opportunity to get near him but ut pa p tience let us return to father and win in nie she said besides perhaps I 1 ought not to have come out here at all and arid winnie the change which had taken place in the child was the most remarkable of all to kathlyn winnie was a woman quiet brave un murmuring and kathlyn now real iced that the child had been flighty simply because they had coddled codd ae d her and given way to her whims in the old days the old days A ah b could either of them ever eyer go back to the placid humdrum contentment of home after all this strife during thia this talk in the garden vm um balla had not been inactive the white people could not riot possibly have left the city they were detill within the walls for all that he had rea shrewdly regarding the tile house of he could not dismiss the possibility from hia his mind so at fit length he ordered his calta captain in of the guard roughly and with curses for was not pleasant in his cups to proceed at once to the house of and learn if they were there or had been to bastinado all the ants in the house till the truth was dragged from their lips dead or alive the captain sa salaamed same an and departed with his men ile was the k same ame captain whom weeks before had marked tor for death because of his in science but the regent had found him so necessary that he dared not harm the man till real quiet was wall fully restored in aldaha and well the captain knew this knew that his master was only biding his time and that once had hie his desires hie his the captains throat would not be worth a copper piece but the captain waa was a gambler and a rupees were as necessary to him as air and water still it if had hidden tangs fangs so bad be he let the regent strike As bruce and kathlyn rea reached ched the door leading into the house they were met by ramabhai whose face was grave ah ali mem sahib you ought not to have come out here you might be seen perhaps la Is merely playing with us cat and mouse wise he might have had more at his tongue tongues s end but he was destined not to utter it the gate was flung open violently and the servant who had been watching itching Wl the street burst in with the cry soldiers the colonel winnie and pundits at appeared for a moment they believed that was going to guide them to the secret gallery but suddenly he raised his hand and stared boldly at the gate and by that sign bruce and the colonel understood had taken up the dice to make bis his throw the two men put their bands hands to their revolvers and waited 1 soon the captain and his men i came rushing in only to stop short at a sign from captain he began Is durga ram rant a good master does be he keep lits hi promises 9 the captain turned and eyed hie his men o 0 0 v does he look out tor for your welfare as an honest man should or does be he I 1 simply use you as his tools and dupes for what does he auant the soldiery lf to guard the weak and the oppressed from the strong or to fortify himself in euch such a manner that it will be easy tor for him to take what money he wishes and flee Is 18 he a good master who persecutes tor for his own ends Ra mabal said saia lue captain speak out your thought frankly and clearly thus challenged said join our side and tomorrow at dawn we will strike a blow for or the better ment of allada and what ol 01 the old man in the dungeons 7 9 dryly walt wait till we overthrow and the cowardly council then we shall speak of him well proudly and fearlessly replied the captain I 1 too will wll be frank I 1 will be loyal to the hand that pays me best for I 1 am not an allahand by birth I 1 am a mercenary I 1 have eald said it be with me on the morrow and I 1 promise out of my own chest will I 1 pay you your arrears and earnest money for the future on the other band hand what will you gain by taking us prisoners to 7 my lord a word Is known I 1 my self will take charge of the affairs at the palace and imbala shall go to the burning gnats I 1 will announce to him that I 1 found you not when you arrive at the palace you will find everything la in readiness hut but till you come I 1 dare not lift a band hand and at that moment he meant every word he said was the rich est man in aldaha he ile turned again to bis his men to find that they were ready to follow anywhere and at any time ahmed who knew the asiatic heart thoroughly could scarcely repress a smile no matter it they proved loyal to on the morrow much would be forgiven the captain and his life men departed while hile ramabhai and arid his friends reon reou the house to find the imper tur bable lal singh decked out in his lawful finery he ile was Rama bals s right hand and the british raj vanished into nothingness all Is ready he announced dawn replied the servant goes forth tor for the chu chup patties attles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 dava the garden waa was filled with ellent silent armed men with in III the secret gallery were the chiefs ra mabal indicated the blazing swords my friends choose among these Nea weapons ions the gems are nothing but the steel Is tried and true lal singh selected the simplest sa and slid the scabbard through his cummerbund As for kathlyn she could not keep her eyes off the beautiful chal chat i cuirass which had once upon a time been worn by one of pundita a forbears a warrior queen beautiful beautiful full she ex claimed pundits may I 1 put it ont on and tell me the story of the warrior queen to be brave like that to fight tide side by side with ith the man she loved I 1 she put the cuirass on quite involuntarily her eyes roved to bruce v who ho was as staring at her like one entranced the hearts of both of them leaped but their lips remained mute there nere was N as however a message in the eyes which each read with equal clearness cleres oh to be free to be back in the old familiar world lowly pundits told the story As she unfolded the tale kathlyn ex perlen Perien ced a strange exhilaration ull like anything she had previously known she wanted to snatch down one of the swords start out for the palace to stand in the midst of bat tie ile and the odd part of it was this exhilaration was not transient it grew and expanded magically like a fakir a tree the sky was mas yellow when the little army started off upon ite its desperate A guard was left behind tor for the omen ar god coa be with you said kathlyn as she elie gae gane her hand band to bruce kathlyn I 1 in afraid of you he said earnestly in what way 9 N hat made you put on that chain armor 9 and your eyes lodic so strange I 1 ah ali promise me that you will stay here and obey the men left to guard you t you know the way to the secret armory fly to it at the first |