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To return to U, he asked at once if any knehere

the cave was One man did know the way, but he refused to show it

There were spirits there, ruled by an evil god

"Take me there, you, and I will enter without harm Am I not holy?"

That put rather a new face upon the situation If the holy od, far be it that they should

prevent him An ordinary seeker would not have found the entrance in a

lifetime Umballa had not known exactly where the cave was, but he

knew all that the cave contained When they ca of sulphur becaue He understood It was si, a mineral, in

which sulphur predominated He came out with some cupped in his hands

He drank and showed them that it was harmless Besides, he was a holy

man, and his presence ht

roam within the cave

Umballa, impatient as he was, had to depend upon patience By dint of

inquiries he learned that wild Mohammedans had cast the spell upon the

cave, set a curse upon its threshold U that the curse of a Mohammedan could not affect a

Hindu Finally, he offered each and all of them a fortune--and won