The Adventures of Kathlyn

"Patience, Sahib!" warned the priest.

The colonel, upon seeing Umballa, made an attempt to draw his revolver,

but the soldiers prevented him from carrying into execution his wild

impulse.

The priest explained what had happened. The Colonel Sahib, his friend

Bruce Sahib, and his youngest daughter would be permitted to depart in

peace; but Kathlyn Mem-sahib must wed Durga Ram.

When the dazed colonel produced the document which had been legally

canceled, Umballa laughed and declared that he himself had forged that

particular document, that the true one, which he held, was not legally

destroyed.

Burning with the thought of revenge, of reprisal, how could Durga Ram

know that he thus dug his own pit? Had he let them go he would have

eventually been crowned, as surely as now his path led straight to the

treadmill.

Ahmed alone escaped, because Umballa had in his triumph forgot him!