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Kathlyn reached for the revolver she carried and fired at the ani that the noise of the

fireare across the way Instead,

they caht to where she stood

She stepped inside and sla about

in vain for lock or bolt

She then espied a ladder which gave to the roof top, and up this she

climbed They could not possibly follow her up the ladder, and as she

reached the top and it turned back at her pressure, she knew that for

the present she had nothing to fear froe she saw a palanquin, carried by slaves She

leaned far over

"Help!" she cried "Help!"

The bearers paused abruptly, and the curtain of the palanquin ept

back The dark sinister visage of Umballa was revealed

Umballa left the palanquin, opened the door of the house, espied the

rubbish in the hall; was in the act of ain Drunk as he was, filled with a

drunkard's courage, Umballa started back The lions! Out into the

street he went He turned to the bearers and ordered them to fire the

inflanized the

chain are Uain, and threw a lighted match into the rubbish