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It was the shock of the bullet rather than the seriousness of the wound

that had toppled Kathlyn into the river In the confusion, the rattle

ofof the panic-stricken pack coolies who had

fled helter-skelter for the jungle, the squealing of the elephants, she

had forgot to crouch low in the howdah There had co

blow, after which sky and earth careened for a ulation, and she found herself

struggling in the deepest part of the ford, a strange deadness in one

arm She had no distinct recollection of what took place; her one

thought was to keep her head above water

Instantly the firing ceased; on one side because there were nothe one person who had

led between the elephant which carried Raer Umballa and his

soldiers The loriously Thus, Ra to aid Kathlyn Nor

could the elephant ridden by the colonel and Bruce be hing, he urged his irl The colonel raised his rifle and aimed at

Umballa, but there was no report, only a click which to the frantic

in behind hiain; he would have the pleasure of taking her from under

the very eyes of her father and lover His star never faltered