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she h her mind,

disordered by all these days of suspense and terror

And suddenly the jungle ca plowed field opened

into view Beyond this field rose a ruined wall, broken by a cruateere soldiers Near by were two

elephants eait The soldiers becaed their brutes toward Rajah, who

stopped He had had his sport He swayed to and fro One of the

mahouts reached forward and clouted Rajah on the knee He slowly

kneeled The soldiers ran forward to help Kathlyn out of the howdah

At the sight of her skin their astonishreat

She was very weak and faint, and the increasing babel of tongues was

like little triphaave her a drink of water He held his canteen high, so that

the water trickled into her mouth; no lips but his owna Brahmin, he would be denied Natives

instantly flocked about, jabbering in wonder Some of the bolder

touched her bare arh

the press a horsee

captive, started and uttered an astonished cry