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"But you cabled o!"

"I? Never!" And the er a mystery to Kathlyn The

hand of Uainst a ame? "You were deceived, Winnie

To think of it! We had escaped, were ready to sail for home, e

learned that you had left for India It nearly broke our hearts"

"What ever shall we do, Kit?" Winnie flung her arms round her sister

and drew her down "My Kit!"

"We must be brave whatever happens"

"And am I not your sister?" quietly "Do you believe in me so little?

Why shouldn't I be brave? But you've always treated me like a baby;

you never tried to prove htly about the slender form

And thus Umballa found them

[Illustration: And thus U with his back to the door "But

nicely trapped!" He laughed as Kathlyn sprang to her feet, as her hand

sought the dagger at her side "Don't draw it," he said "Iit away fro pigeon! Had I not known you all would

return, think you I would have given up the chase so easily? You would

not bend, so then you ernaut yearns for a

sacrifice to prove that we still love and worship him You spurned my

love; now you shall know my hate You shall die, unpleasantly"