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"For that my thanks," responded the colonel "Ahmed has been with me

for many years, and has shared with me many hardships If he lives, he

will be a marked man, so far as Umballa is concerned Aid hi The fact that we

are all alive to-day is enough for hed easily "I ah I went at it in a business way"

"I a this part of

the world" Yet the colonel sighed

And Kathlyn heard that sigh, and intuitively understood The filigree

basket of gems Of such were the ht, and it was a week before he

left his bed, and another before he was considered strong enough to

attempt the journey Bala Khan proved to be a fine host, for he loved

ht

kidney Hejourney over the hot

sands to the sea

A spy of Umballa's watched and waited to carry the news to his master,

the day his master's enemies departed from the haven of Bala Khan's

walled city

When the day cauests should use his own

camels and servants, and upon Ramabai's return the elephants would be

turned over to hi, the caravan set forth for as believed to be the last

journey