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The Adventures of Kathlyn By HAROLD MAC GRATH Illustrated by Pictures from the Moving Picture Production of the Selig Polyscope Co. (Copyright by flaroid haeQratlU SYNOPSIS. u?*tJl.lyn Hare- believing her fattier. Col. «a,re. In peril, has summoned her, leaves her home in California to go to him in Allaha, India. Umballa. pretender to the nronc. has imprisoned the colonel, named % ti ~e king as his heir. Arriving in Allans. Kathlyn is informed by Umballa *;or father being dead, she is to be • and must marry him. She refuses 18 mformed by the priests that no woman can rule unmarried. She is given JftVen days to think it over. She still re *i»Sf8' jnd. is told that she must undergo .TT? ordeaIs with wild beasts. If she sur 8 ®he will be permitted to rule. John wruce. an American, saves her life. The lephant which carries her from the °* “er trials runs away, separating ner from Bruce and the rest of the party. rv1.e Jakes refuge in a ruined temple, but inis haven is the abode of a lion and she forced to flee from It. She finds a re *n *Iie jungle only to fall into the bands 0f slave traders. Kathlyn is Drought to the public mart In Allaha and sold to Umballa. who. finding her still un submissive. throws her into the dungeon with her father. She is rescued by Bruce and ids friends. Colonel Hare also is rescued, Umballa. with soldiers, starts n Pm’sm* Kathlyn is struck by a bul let The fugitives are given shelter In the a£e. ®a*a Khan. Supplied with cara els by the hospitable prince, they start for the coast, but are captured by bri gands. Umballa journeys to the lair of the bandits, makes the colonel a prisoner ®n<* Bruce and Kathlyn killed. The bandits quarrel over the money paid them by T mballa and during the confusion Kathlyn and Bruce escape and return to Allaha. They concoct a plant to rescue the colonel. The colonel Is nominally king, but really a prisoner. It is ar ranged to find a bride for him. Kathlyn gains access to the palace in disguise. CHAPTER XIV—Continued. Immediately the high priest an nounced that the successful candidate would be conducted to the palace zena na and confined there till the final ceremonies w*ere over. Umballa dreamed of what he had seen. To Ramabai was given the exalted honor of conducting the king and his betrothed to their respective quarters. Once in the private passageway to the harem, or zenana. Ramabai threw* cau tion to the winds. “We must go a roundabout way to the garden of brides, which will be de serted. Outside the gate Bruce Sahib and Ahmed and Lai Singh aw^aiLwith elephants. Once we can join them we are safe. And in a month's time I shall return.” Meantime one of the leopard keep ers rushed frantically into the throne room, exclaiming that the seven guar dian leopards were at large. Even as he spoke one of the leopards appeared In the musicians' balcony. The panic which followed was not to be de scribed. A wild scramble ensued to ward all exits. The fugitives entered the royal zenana. Kathlyn proceeded at once to the exit which led to the garden of brides. There she waited for her fa ther and Ramabai. who had paused by the door of one of the zenana cham bers. Between them and Kathlyn lay the plunge. Ramabai addressed the lady of the zenana, telling her that if guards should come to state that Kathlyn was concealed in her own chamber. To this the young woman readily agreed. Suddenly a leopard appeared behind tbe colonel and Ramabai. Kathlyn, being first to discover the presence of the animal, cried out a warning. "Fly. Kit! Save yourself' I am ac cursed!” called the colonel. Ramabai and the young .woman at the chamber'door hurriedly drew the • -v colonel into the chamber and shut the door. The colonel struggled, but Ramabai held him tightly. “We are unarmed, sahib,” he said, “and the memsahib never loses her head.” "Ramabai, 1 tell you I shall die here. It is useless to attempt to aid me. I am accursed, accursed!# Kit, Kit!" The leopard stood undecided before the door which had closed in his face Then he discovered Kathlyn, fumbling at the wicker door at the far side of the swimming pool. There was some thing upon which to wreak his tem per; for ali this unusuul commotion and freedom had disturbed him great ly. Kathlyn opened the wicker door closing it behind her. Clear headed, as Ramabai had said, she recollected the palanquin which had been last to enter the garden of brides. She ran into the garden, flew to the palan quin just as she heard the leopard crash through the flimsy wicker door. Bbe reached and entered the palanquin »ot a moment too eoon. She huddled town close to the floor. The leopard | trotted round and rou id, snarling and •Biffing. Presently he was joined by another. From afar she could hear •boating She readily understood. Through some carelessness the leop ards of the treasury were at liberty, and that of her own and her father was in jeopardy Just without the garden of brides was Bruce and help, and she dared not move 3ruce, from his howdah, heard the noise in the palace; female shrieks, commands, a shot from a musket. Wiiat in heaven's name had happened? Vi'here was Kathlyn? Why did she not appear? He fingered his revolvers. But Ahmed signaled to him not to •ilr. The knowledge of whatever had jeppened must be brought to them; on their lives they dared not go in jaarch of It. "This comes from your damnable sr.'ental way of doing things. If I had fed my way, Umbalia would be dead I and buried.” “All in good time, sahib.” The elephants stirred lestlessly, for 111*' • scented the cat whom they hated. Within the palanquin Kathlyn dared ■carcely to breathe; for outside seven leopards prowled and sniffed and narled! CHAPTER XV. Panthers. Crouched in the palanquin, Kathlyn vaited for the onslaught of the leopards. Once she heard a tre mendous scratching at the rear of her i hiding place; the palanquin tottered. But the animal was not trying to get inside; he was merely sharpening his claws after the manner of his kind, claws which were sharp enough, heaven knew, since, regularly, once a month the keepers Bled them to needle point. An elephant trumpeted near by, and Kathlyn could have wept in despair. Outside the wall were friends, doubt less by this time joined by her father and Ramabai, and all wondering where she was. She dared not call out for fear of attracting the leopards, whose movements she could hear constantly; the Jar of their padded feet as they trotted under and about the palanquin, the sniff-sniff of their wet noses, an occasional yawning. By and by her curiosity could not be withstood, even though she might be courting death. Cautiously and sound 1 lessly she moved the curtain which faced the wall. A mass of heavy vines ran from the ground to the top of this wall. If only she could reach it; if only she dared try! Presently the keepers, armed with goads and ropes, would be forthcoming, and all hope of flight banished. Umballa, upon close inspection, would recognize her despite her darkened skin and Indian dress. From the other window she peered. There, in the path, were two leopards, boxing and frolicking in play. As she watched, always interested in the gam bols of such animals, she noticed that two other leopards left off prowling, approached, sat upon their haunches, and critically followed the friendly set to. Then the other three, seeking di version, sauntered into view. Kathlyn quickened with life and hope. The, seven leopards were at least half a dozen yards away. It was but a step to the vines sprawling over the wall. To think that all depended upon the handle of the palanquin door! If it creaked she was lost; for she would fall into the hands of, the keepers if not under the merciless paws of the cats. But the longer she hesitated the less time she would have. Bravely, then, she tried her hand upon the door handle and slowly but firmly turned it. There was no sound that she could hear. She pressed it outward with a slow, steady movement. Fortunately the dress of the Hindu was short, somewhat above the ankles, and with in her strong young body was free of those modern contrivances known as corsets and stays. She sprang out, dashed for the vines, and drew herself up rapidly. In unison the seven leopards whirled and flew at her. But the half dozen yards which they had first to cover to reach the wall saved her. Up, up, desperately, w-ildly, with a nervous energy which did far more for her than her natural strength. The cats leaped and snarled at her heels. She went on. Beneath her the leopards tore at the vines and and tried to follow, one succeeding in tearing her skirt with a desperate slash of his paw. He lost his hold and tumbled back among his mates. But every minute the vines, sturdy as they were, threatened to come tum bling to the ground. Her long and lonely experiences in the jungle had taught her the need of climbing quickly yet lightly. She flung herself across the top of the wall, exhausted. For the time being, at least, she was safe. She hung there for a few minutes till she had fully re covered her breath. Below- the Rescued by the Shepherd. leopards wer* still leaping and strik ing futilely: and even in her terror she could not but admire their grace and beauty. And, oddly, she recalled the pet at home. Doubtless by this time he had fallen back into his sav age state. ^ hen she dared risk it she gained a securer position on the wall and sat up, flinging her legs over the side of it. She saw things in a bit of blur at first, her heart had been called upon so strenuously; but after a little ob iects resumed their real shapes, and the espied the two elephants. She called, waving her hands. "It is Kathlyn!" cried Bruce; for the eyes of a lover are always keenest. “Kit!” shouted the colonel, who Scared the bowdah with Bruce. “Kit, hang on for a moment longer! Ah med, to the wall!” The colonel and Ramabai had left the zenana by one of the windows overlooking the passage which ran past the garden of brides. They had > had no trouble whatever in reaching the elephants. But the subsequent waiting for Kathlyn had keyed them all up to the breaking point The pity | of it was. they dared not stir, dared I not start in search of her. Had it been 1 leopards only, Bruce would have made short work of it; but it would have been rank folly to have gone in search of the girl. If she had been made captive, she needed their free dom to gain her own. Besides, the counsel of both Ahmed and Lai Singh was for patience. Ahmed had the greatest faith In the world in Kathlyn’s ability to take care of herself. Think of what she had al ready gone through unscathed! Kath lyn Memsabib bore a charmed life, and all the wild beasts of the jungles of Hind could not harm her. It was written. And then Bruce discovered her upon the wall. It took but a moment to bring the elephant alongside; and Kathlyn dropped down into the howdah. "A narrow squeak, dad,” was all she said. "Let us get on our way,” said the colonel, hoarsely. “And remember, shoot to kill any man who attempts to stop us. My Kit!” embracing Kathlyn. “Perhaps the escape of the leopards is the luckiest thing that could have hap pened. It will keep them all busy for an hour or more. Since Umballa be lieves you to be dead, he will be con cerned about my disappearance only. And it will be some time ere they learn of roy escape. Forward, Ahmed! This time . . "Don’t father!” interrupted Kath lyn. "Perhaps we shall escape, but none of us is sure. Let us merely hope. I'm so tired!” Bruce reached over and pressed her hand reassuringly; and the colonel eyed him as from a new’ angle. “Good!” he murmured under his breath “Nothing better could hap pen. He is a man, and a tried one, I know. Good! If once we get clear of this hell. I shall not stand in their wav. But, Winnie, Winnie; what in God's "name will that kitten be doing all these terrible weeks? Will she try to find us? The first telegraph office we reacn i must came ner unaer no circumstances to stir from home. Ah med,” he said aloud, “how far are we from the nearest telegraph station?” “Three days, sahib.” ‘ Shall we be obliged to stop at the gate to change our mounts?” “No, sahib; only to take supplies enough to last us.” "Lose as little time as you can. Now drop the curtains, Bruce.” So through the streets they hur ried, unmolested. Those who saw the curtained howdah took it for granted that some unsuccessful candidate was returning to her home. It was well for Kathlvn that she had made up her mind to leap for the vines at the moment she did. For the ele phants had not left the first turn in the street when keepers and soldiers came running pell-mell into the street with ropes and ladders, prepared for the recapture of the treasury leopards, which, of course, were looked upon as sacred. At the ancient gate the fugitives paused for the supplies awaiting them. Ahmed was not known to the guards there; that was good fortune, in the dialect he jested with them, winked and nodded toward the cur tained howdah. The guards laughed; they understood. Some disappointed hour! was returning whence she had come. Ahmed took his time; he bad no reason to hurry. Nothing must pass which would arouse the suspi cions of the guards; and haste always alarmed the oriental. To the colonel, however, things ap peared to lag unnecessarily. He dually lost patience and swept back the cur tain despite Bruce's restraining hand. A native mahout, who had been loiter ing in town that day, recognized at once the royal turban which the colo nel still wore. The colonel’s face meant nothing; the turban, every thing. The mahout stood stock still for a moment, not quite believing his eyes. By this time, however. Ahmed was comfortably straddled back of his elephant's ears and was jogging along the road. The king! shouted the surprised mahout to the guards, who had nots, seen the man or the turban. "What king, fool?” returned 'the guards. The white king who was betrothed this day! Ai, ai! I have seen the royal turban. It is he!" The guards derided him. So, find ing no hope in them, he ran to his ele phant, mounted, and rode back into town. Ourga Ram would pay well for this news. “Father,'’ said Kathlyn, reproachful ly, “that mahout recognized you. I warned you not to move the curtain.” Bruce shrugged. “But, Kit,” returned her father. "Ah med was so infernally slow! He would j spend time in chattering to the guards." Ahmed heard, but said nothing. "Never mind,” interposed Bruce pa cifically. “At any rate we shall have the advantage of a couple of hours, and Umballa will not catch us with the elephants he has at hand. By the time he starts his expedition we shall be 30 miles aw^ay. Let us be cheer ful!” “Kit,” said her father, “I couldn't help it. I can't rhink quickly any more. I am like a man in a night mare. I've been down to hell, and I can't just yet realize that I am out of it. I'm sorry!" “Poor dad!” Kathlyn pressed him in her arms, while Bruce nodded en viously but approvingly. By and by they drew aside the cur tains. Kathlyn saw here and there ob jects which recalled her first journey along this highway. If only she had known! “One thing is forecast,” said Bruce. “When Ramabai returns it will be to fight He will not be able to avoid it now. I shouldn’t mind going back with him. Ahmed, what is this strange hold Umballa has over the actions of the Council of Three? They always appear to be afraid of him.” “Ah, sahib,” said Ahmed, resting his ankus or goad on the skull of his mount, "there is said to be another prisoner in the palace prison. Lai Singh knows. I believe." "What’s your idea?” “Sahib, when I put you all safe over the frontier I am coming back to Al laha to find out.” And that was all Ahmed would say regarding the sub ject ‘‘I’ll wager he knows,” whispered Bruce. “But who can it be? Another poor devil of a white man? Yet how could a white man influence the actions of the Council?" The colonel spoke ir ritably. “Look!”—from Kathlyn. "There is one of those wonderful trees they call the flame of the jungle." She called their attention to the tree merely to cause a diversion. She wanted to keep her father's thoughts away from Allaha. So they Journeyed on into the sun set, into twilight, into the bright, starry night. Back in the city the panic was al ready being forgotten as a thing of the past. The leopards were back at their patroling; the high officials and dignitaries, together with the unsuc cessful candidates, had gone their sev eral ways. Umballa alone paced the halls, well satisfied with the events of the day, barring the distfirbance caused by the escape of the leopards. His captain entered and saluted. "Highness, a mahout has news.” “News? Of what?” “He claims that he saw the king’s turban In a howdah which passed the ancient gate about an hour gone.” “That is not possible,” replied Um balla. “I told him that the king was in his chamber.” “So he is. Wait! I will go myself and see," all at once vaguely per turbed. He was back in a very short Surrounded by Wolves. time, furious. "It i? true! Woe to those who permitted him to escape!” "Highness, the escape of the leop ards and the confusion which followed. "By all the gods of Hind, and 'twas you who left the door open! You opened it for me to pass- out first. Summon the Council. Off with you, and give this handful of silver to the only man who has sense enough to be lieve his eyes. Hare Sahib is mine, and I will follow him into the very house of the British raj! Guards and elephants! And the bride to be, what of her? Look and see. Nay, I will go with you." Cmballa found an empty chamber; the future queen was gone. More, he found one of the women of the zenana —his favorite—bound and gagged with handkerchiefs. Quickly he freed her. "Highness, the bride's face was dark like my own. but her arms were as light as clotted cream! And she spake the tongue of the white people.” Kathlyn Hare! She lived; she had! escaped the brigands; she had fooled i him! And Ramabai had played with j him as a cat plays with a wounded j mouse. O. they should see this time! ! Suddenly he laughed. It echoed i down the corridor, and one of the, treasure leopards roared back at the sinister sound. "Highness!” timidly. Enough! I hold you blameless.” He rushed from the palace. Poor fools! Let them believe that they had escaped. There was still the j little sister; in a short time now she would be inside the city walls. The Colonel Sahib would return: indeed, yes. There would be no further diffi culty regarding the filigree basket of gold and gems. Still, he would pur sue them, if only for the mere sport of it. If he failed to catch them all ! he had to do was to sit down and wait j for them to return of their own voli tion. Ramabia. however, was a menace; and Umballa wondered how he was going to lay hold of him. While wait ing for his elephants to be harnessed he summoned the Council. Rame baJ’e property must be confiscated and Ramabai put to death. Here for the first time the Council flatly refused to fall in with Umballa’a plans. And they gave very good reasons. Yes. Ramabai was a menace, but till the soldiery was fully paid, to touch Rama b&i would mean the bursting forth of the hidden fire and they would all be consumed. “Open the treasury door for me. then!” "We dare not. The keepers under stand. They would loose the leopards, which we dare not shoot The law "What is the law to us?” demanded Umballa frankly. "Let us make laws to suit our needs. The white man does. And we need money; we need each other," pointing a finger sug gestively toward the floor. “Only when we have the troops.” re plied the Council firmly. “We have bent our heads to your will so far in everything, but we refuse to sacrifice these heads because of a personal spite against Ramabai, whom we frankly and wisely fear. We dare not break into the treasury. The keepers are unbribable; the priests are with them, anti the people are with the priests. Bring back the white man and his daughter first; if that is impossi ble, marry this second daughter, and we will crown her; and then you may work your will upon Ramabai. You have failed in all directions so far. Succeed but once and we are ready to follow- you.” Umballa choked back the hot, im perious words which crowded to his lips. These were plain, unvarnished facts, and he must bow to the inevita ble, hC'wever distasteful It might be For the present, then. Ramabai should be permitted to go unbanned. But Ramabai might die suddenly and ac cidentally in the recapture of the Colo nel Sahib. An accidental death would certainly extinguish any volcanic fires that smoldered under Allaha. So, with this secret determination In mind, Um balla set forth. Ahmed, his mind busy with a thou sand things, forgot the thousand and first, at that stage most important of all; and this was the short cut, a mere pathway through the jungle but which lessened the journey by some thirty miles. And this pathway Umballa chose. The three hours’ headway was thus pared down to minutes, and at the proper time Umballa would ap pear, not behind the pursued but in the road in front of them. There was, to be sure, a bare possi bility of the colonel and his party get ting beyond the meeting of the path and the road—that is, if he kept going forward all through the night, which, by the way, was exactly what the as tute Ahmed did. But Kathlyn’s curi osity the next morning neutralized the advantage gained. A group of masked dancers, peripa tetic, was the cause. Confident that they lad outstripped pursuit, she saw no reason why she should not witness the dancing. How Umballa came upon them sud denly. like a thunderbolt, confiscating the elephants: how they fled to a near by temple, bribed the dancers for masks and garments, fled still farther into the wooded hills, and hid there with small arms ready, needs but little telling. Umballa returned to the city satisfied He had at least deprived them of their means of travel. Sooner or later they would founder in the jun gle. hear of the arrival of the younger daughter, and return. Ahmed was grave. Lai Singh had gone. Now that the expedition had practically failed, his place was back ifi the shoe shop in the bazaars. Yes. Ahmed was grave. He was also a trifle disheartened. The fakir had said that there would be many disappointments, but that in the end ... 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"You go on just as you are, and everybod 'll know that you're economizing on the two ‘S'e’—scissors and soap!” Couldn't Reciprocate. “Hum ho!” sighed the New Hamj> j shire farmer, as he came in from down i town. “Deacon Jones wants me to be : pallbearer again to his wife’s funeral." j “Wal, you're goin’ to be, ain’t ye?" ! asked the farmer’s better half. "I dunno. Y’ know, when Deacon ! Jones’ fust wife died, he asked me to I be a pallbearer, an’ 1 did; and then ' his second wife died, an’ 1 was the ! same again. An’ then he married tliet Perkins gal, and she died, and I was - pallbearer to that funeral. An’ now— ■ wal. I don’t like to be all the time ac ceptin’ favors without bein' able to re turn 'em.” Take It or Leave It. Traveler (in Southern hotel)—Can l get anything to eat here? Sambo—Yes, sail. Traveler—Such, as w hat? * SSmbo—Such as it is, sah. Foolish Question. She—Is it a secret society? He—No. Didn't I tell you there were women in it?—Judge. A cynic may be one who has discov- j ered the bitterness in stolen sweets. Curious Suit. A curious exposition of callousness ami greed was recently made in a civil suit brought against a Colorado sur geon. He became interested in the case of a cripple whom he found beg ging in the street, and by an operal ion requiring great skill removed his dis ability. The relatives of the cripple promptly brought suit against the physician for removing their mean- of support, claiming that, as a cripple, the youth had brought them in an av erage of about five dollars daily, wn le now they were compelled to support him until he could gain the means of ea-ning his living. The judge prompt ly dismissed the suit on hearing I e case for the prosecution. Exquisite Pleasure. Mr. Grimbattley—One would th: k that Taikington had had enougl o' s wife's tongue, but he had he- make a lot of phonograph records ant ■» runs them over every day whiie -lit s away. Mr. Nix—But think of the pleas re he gets in talking back when tin ;• run down. A Rebuke. ‘■Run along. Willie, and play v. ‘h your tin soldiers." ■'Mother,'' said the serious tr > • d and precocious vounster. •'when 1 gr r-jv up I expect to work for uni ■ --.,1 peace and I do not wish to eul'i ,a martial spirit either in myself a la others by playing’ warlike games Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle cl CASTOR1A, a safe and sure remedy foi infants and children, and see that t Bears the Signature of < In Use For Over 30 Tears. Children Cry for Fletchers Caetcria Its Kind. “That old rooster over there or dering a drink. "Then 1 bet it's a cocktaii. ' If you wish beautiful, dear, »! te clothes, use Red Cn Ball Blue. At ail jcod grocers. Adv. And stinginess is the step moth- .A dishonesty. Hope is a good thing, out a n - al ticket enables one to eat. Canadian to Feed ^eWorld" The war’s fearful devastation of European ops has caused an unusual demand for grain _ the American Continent. The people of the world must be fed and there is an unusual demand for Canadian wheat. Canada’s invitation to every industrious American is therefore especially attrac tive. She wants farmers to make moneyand happy, prosperous homes for themselves while helping her *o raise immense wheat crops. _ You can get a Homestead of 160 acres FREE and f other lands can be bought at remarkably low prices. Think of the money you I can make with wheat at its present high prices, where for some time it ib lia- I ble to continue. During many years Canadian wheat fields have averaged 20 1 bushels to the acre-many yields as high at 45 bushels to the acre. Worrierful I crops also of Oats, Barley and Flax. I Mixed fanning is fully as profitable an industry as grain raising. The excel lent grasses,full of nutrition,are the only food required either for beef or dairy _ purpoaee. Good schools, markets convenient, climate excellent. amt‘al30rr in Canada, but there is an extra demand tar farm labor to reptece the many young men who hive volunteered for the war. The Gov ernment this year is urging fanners to put extra acreage into grain. Mu. Write for literature and particuhirs as to reduced railway tales to <(N Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or w. V. Benaett, 220 17th St. Bmib4.Bm Bld*.,OnMhaJ»leh. Canadian Govenimeat Agent