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King of the Khyber
ItfiS A Romance of Adventure
CHAPTER XXI Continued.
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Hut out of tin; corner of Ills eye. and
once or twice by looking back dellb
crntely, Klnc snw ymt Ismail wns
taking thu members of his new bund
one by one nnd whispering to them.
What he said was a mystery, but as ;
they talked each mnn looked at King. t
And the more they talked the better
pleased they seemed. And as the day
wore on the more deferential they
grew. Hy midday If King wanted to
dismount there were three at least to
hold his stirrup and ten to help him f
mount again. ,
Four thousand men with women and
children and baggage do not move so
swiftly ns one man or a dozen, espe-
chilly In the "Hills." where discipline
Is reckoned beneath a proud man's
honor. There were many miles to go
before Khlnjan when night fell nnd
the mullah bade them camp. He bade
them camp because they would have i
done It otherwise In any case. I
When the evening meal was eaten,
and sentries hnd been set at every van-
tnge point, there came another order
from the mullah. The women and
children were to be left In camp next J
dawn, and to remain there until sent
for. There was murmuring at that
nround the camp, nnd especially among
King's contingent. Hut King laughed.
"It Is good !" he said.
"Why? How so?" they asked him.
"Rid your women make for the Khy
ber soon after the mullah marches to
morrow. Hid them trnvel down the
Khyber until we and they meet!"
"Hut"
"I'lense yourselves, snhlbs!" The
hnklm's nlr was one of supremost In
difference. "As for me, I leave no
women behind me In the mountains.
I am content."
Ther mormiirml n while tint fhi.v
gave the orders to their women, anil
King watched the women nod.
Kven ns Yasnilnl had tested him and
tried him before tempting him at last,
she must be watching him now, or
even the East repeats Itself. She had
Bent Ismail for that purpose. It was
likely that her curse would depend on '
his. If he fulled, she wus done with !
him. If ho succeeded In establishing a
strong position of his own, she would
yield. With or without Ismail's aid"
with or without his enmity, he must ,
control his eighty men and give the ,
slip to the mullnh. nnd ho went at once
about the best way to do both.
"Wo will go now," he said quietly,
"That sentry In yonder shadow has
his back turned. He has overeaten,
We will rush him nnd put good running
between us nnd the mullah." ,
Surprised Into obedience, and too de-
lighted nt the prospect of nctlon to
wonder why they should obey n hakim '
no, they slung on their bandoliers and
made ready. Ismnll brought up King's
horse and he mounted. And then at
King's word all eighty made a sudden
swoop on the drowsy sentry and took
him unawares. They tossed him over
the cliff, too startled to scream an
alarm; and though sentries on either
hand heard them and shouted, they ,
were gone like wind-blown ghosts of
Jead men before the mulluh even knew i
what was happening.
They did not hult until not one of
them could run another yard. King
trusting to his horse to And n footing
along the cliff-tops, und to the men to
Und thu wuy.
CHAPTER XXII.
"Whither?" one whispered to King.
"To Khlnjan !" he nnswered ; and
that was enough. Kach whispered to
the other, and they all became tired
with curiosity more potent than money
bribes.
When he halted nt Inst nnd dis
mounted and sat down and the strag
glers cnusht up, panting, they held a
council of war nil together, with Is
mail sitting at King's back and leaning
n chin on his shoulder In order to hear
oeuer. itonn prcse,i .... , . . . .. wo-
place grew numb: King shook I in off
a dozen times: but each time Ismail
pet his chin bark on the snme stmt, ns
it dog will thnt listens to his master.
Yet he Insisted he was her man. and
not King's.
"Now. j-e men of the 'Hills.'" mild
King, "listen to me who nm political-
" '; ;.. ."V rtw"r"-,,,r- """ V.;
t5 W1S "ir'"
IK,flm,.Kth.P,r """S"110"' I no"
hlnga that no soldier would And ou
in u inuuBiinu yunrn, unu i win icn
you some of whnt I know."
Now he hnd to be careful. If ho
were to Invent too much they might
denounce him as a traitor to the
"Hllla" In general. If he were to tell
them too little they would loso In
terest nnd might very well desert him
nt the first pinch. lie must feel for
the mtddlo way and upset no preju
dices. "She has discovered that this mul
lah Mnhammnd Anlm Is no true Mus
lim, but nn unbelieving dog of a for
eigner from Fnrnnglstnn I She hns
discovered that he plans tn mnke him
Keif nn emperor In these hills, and to
cll hlltmen Into slavery!" Might as
well scrvB the mullnh up hot while
about It I neyond nny doubt not muc
more than a mile nwny the mullah wns
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getting even by condemning the lot of
them to detith. "An eye for the risk
of nn oyeP sny the unforgiving "Hills."
"If one of us should go buck Into
his enmp now he would bu tortured,
lie sure of tlinU"
Hreiithlng drepty In the darkness,
they nodded, as If the dun: had eyes. I
Ismail's chin drove a fraction deeper
Into his shoulder.
"Now ye know for all men know
that the entrance Into Khlnjan caves Is '
free to any man who can tell u He
without llluchlng. It Ih the way out
again that Is not free. How many men
do ye know that have entered and
never returned?' i
They all nodded ngnln. It was com-
men knowledge that Khlnjan was a
very graveyard or the presumptuous.
"She has set a trap for the mullah.
She will let him and all his men cuter
and will never let them out again'"
"How knowest thou?" '1 his from
two men, one on either hand,
"Was I never In Khlnjan caves?" ho
retorted. "Whence came I? I am her
i:in. sent to help tra the mullah! 1
would have trapped all of you, but for
mpI,,,. Wearv of these 'Hills' and wish-
fu, to go back to India and be par-
doncdl That Is who I ami That Is
how I know I"
Their breath came and went slbl
Inntly, and the darkness was alive with
the excitement they thought them
selves too warrlor-IIke to utter.
"Hut what will !&e do then?" asked
somebody.
King searched his memory, nnd In
a moment there came back to him a
picture of the hurrying Jczullchi he
had held up In the Khyber pass, and
recollection of the man's words.
"Know ye not," he said, "that long
ago she gave leave to all who ate sal'
to be true to the salt? She gave the
liUlnr, Jc' "ve "Ki'lnst
her. He sure, whatever she does, she
will stand between no man and his
pardon !"
"Hut will she lead a Jihad? Wo will
not light against her!"
"Nay." said King, drawing his breath
'n- Ismail's chin felt like a knife
aguln- t his collar bone, and Ismail's
irmi lingers clutched his arm. It wus
time to give his hostage to Dame For-
tune. "Shu will go down into India
and use her Inllueuce iu the matter of
the pardons!"
"I believe thou art a very great liar
Indeed !" suld the man who lacked purt
of his nose. "The l'uthnn went, and
he did not come back. What proof
have wci
"Ye have me!" said King. "If I '
show you no proof, how can I escape
you?"
They all grunted agreement as to
that. King used his elbow to hit Is-
mall In the ribs. He did not dare
speak tn him ; but now was the time
for Ismail to carry Information to her.
supposing that to be his Job. And after
a minute Ismail rolled Into a shadow
and was gone. King gave him twenty
minutes' start, letting his men rest
their legs and exercise their tongue.
ynw that ho was out of the mullah's
clutches and he suspected Yasnilnl
would know of It within an hour or
two, and before dawn In any event
he began to feel like u player In a game
0f chess who foresees his opponent
mate in so many moves.
If Yasnilnl were to let the mullah
I and his men Into the caves and to Join
forces with him In there, he would at
least have time to hurry back to India
with his eighty men and give wnrnlng.
He might have time to call up thu Khy-
,H.r jenllchls and blockade the caves
,efre the hive cnild swarm, and ho
,.hekled to think of the hope of that.
On the other hand, if there was to
be a battle royal between Yasnilnl nnd
the mullah, he would be there to watch
It and to comfort India with the news.
"Now we will go on again, iu order
to be close to Khlnjan at break of day,"
ho said, and they all got up ami obeyed
111 tit as If Ills word had been law to
,, ff)r y,.(ln, ()f ,)f .,
)(, ()n, ,nm ,(1 ,,H,,tho wh() ,.,..,,
wiuf ,.ii,i, .i
They swung along Into the darkness
under low-hung stars, trailing behind
King's horse, with only half n dozen of
them a hundred yards or so ahead as
an advance guard, tud all of them ex
i pectlng to see Khlnjan loom nbove each
next valley, for distances and darkness
'I"c'btlve In the "Hills." even to
trnlned eyes Suddenly the advance
(, hnltwI b ,,, nf)t ,
ns King caught up with them he suw
they were tnlklng with someone.
no hnd to rldn up close before ho
recognized the Orakzal I'nthan
"Salaam!" said the fellow with n
grin. "I bring one hundred nnd
eleven I"
As he spoke graveyard shadows rose
out of the darkness around and leaned
on rifles.
"He ye men all ex-soldiers of the
raj?" King asked them.
"Aye!" they growled In chorus.
"Who gave you leave to come?" King
asked.
"Nonet lie told us of the pardons
nnd we came I"
"Ayel" snld the Ornkznl I'athan,
drawing King nslds. "nut she gave
me lenve to seek them out and tempt
j them 1"
King
"She? Ask Allnli. who put the spirit
In her I How should I know?"
"Wo will march again, my brothers!"
Klnc should, nml they strcnuieil along
behind him, now with no ndvnuco
guard, but with the Orakzal I'athan
striding beside King's horse, with n
great hand on the sndtlle. I.Ike the
others, he seemed decided In his mind
that the hakim ought not to be allowed
much chance to escape,
,uiit I1S dawn Wns tinting the
surrounding peaks with softest rose
,MI.V t,,,,,, ridge. , Khlnjan lny
hclow them across the mlle-wlde bone-
dry valley. And while they watched,
mill the khlnjan men were beginning
to murmur (for they needed no last
view of the place to satisfy any long
ings!) none else than Ismail rose from
behind a rock and came to King's stir
rup. He tugged ami King backed his
li.n-so until thi.v vtfiml tfii'.ittmr iirmrt.
"She sends this message," said Is- '
mail, showing his teeth In the most
peculiar grin that surely the "IIIlls"
ever witnessed. "Many of her men.
who have never been In the army, are
none the less true to her. and she will
not leave them to the mullah's mercy.
They will leave the caves In a little
while, and will cotne up here. They
are to go down Into India and be made
prisoners If the slrkar will not enlist
them. You nre to wait for them here."
"Is that all her message?" King
asked him.
"Nny. That Is none of It ! This Is
her message: THOU SHALT KNOW
THIS DAY, THOU ENGLISHMAN.
WHETHER OR NOT SnE TRULY
LOVED THICK ! THERE SHALL HK
iMtoni' situ as even thou
SHALT I'NDKRSTAND 1"
Ismail slipped away and lost himself
among the men, and none of them
seemed to notice that he had been
away and had come again. It was a
little more than an Hour after dawn
and the chilled rocks were beginning to
grow warmer when the head of a pro-
cession came out of Khlnjan gate and ;
started toward them over the valley.
In all more than live hundred men
eiiHTcu anil aooiii a iiiiiiiiri'ii women
and children. Then
"Muhnmmad Anlm comes!" shouted
a voice from a crag top.
They snuggled Into better hiding,
and there was no thought now of leav
ing before the mullah should go by.
It needed an effort to quiet them when
the mullah rose into view at Inst above
the rise and paused for n minute to
stare across at Khlnjan before lead'
ng his four thousand down and on-
ward. He was silent a an Image, but
, men roared like a river In flood and
he made no effort (fi check them,
dismounted, for he hnd to. and
.(i his reins to the nearest ncin
, ith the air of ati emperor. And ho
.., the way down the cllffslile without
i,.t:lti-n striding ;e a inoiin.alneer.
M ,, r.1ii0v,,..d him noMiy.
jt ,1S thirty minutes after the last
f tj. mullah's men had vanished
through the gate, and his own men in
dozens and twenties wcro scattered
"Thou Shalt Know Thl Day, Thou
Englishman, Whether or Net She
Truly Loves Thee."
along the cliff-top arguing ngalnst de
lay with growing rancor, when a lone
.,, 11ii,1..,i ,,t t m.inii.n ....t
! ..,, Htflrtl.,i ,.cr,liiH ti. vnllcv. He rode
r(,ckj,.K(i)v ,. Was either panic-
stricken or else holder than the devil.
In a minute King had recognized
the mare, and so had the eyes of flfty
men around him. No man with half
nn eye for n horse could hnve failed
to recognize that black mare, having
ever seen her once. In another two
minutes King had recognized the Han
gar's silken turban.
Most of the men were staring down
ward at the Hangar's head as he urged
the mare up the cliff path, when the
explanation of Yusmlnl's message
came. It was only King, urged by
some Intuition, who had his eyes fixed
on Khlnjnn.
There came n shock thnt nctnnlly
swnyed the hill they stood on. The
"AU'l what lines she llilrm!?'
llskeil Iilni SUllllCllly.
maro on (he path below mlscd her j
footing and felt a dozen feet, only to (
get up again and scramble as If a thou-1
hand devils were behind her, the Kail-1
gar riding her grimly, like a Jockey In
u race. Three more shocks followed.
A great sli.v of Khlnjan suddenly
caved In with a roar, and smoke and
dust burst upward through the tum
bling crust.
There was a pause after that, as If
the waiting elements were gathering
strength. I'or ten minutes they watched
nml scarcely breathed. Itewa tlunga
gained the summit and, dismounting,
stood by King with the reins over his
arm. The mare was too blown to do
anything but stand and tremble. And
King was too enthralled to do anything
but stare.
"That Is what a woman can do for
a man!" said Itewa (Iniign grimly.
"She set a fuse and exploded all the
dynamite. There wi're tons of It ! The
callerles must hnve fallen In. one on
the other! A thousand men digging
for u thousand years could never get
Into Khlnjan now, and the only way
out Is down Earth's Drink! She bade
me come and bid yon goodby, sahib. I ,
would have stayed In there, but she
commanded me. She said. 'Tell King
sahlh my love was true. Tell him 1
give him India and all Asia that
were at my mercy 1' "
While the Itangar spoke there came
three more earth tremors In swift suc
cession, and a thunder out of Khlnjan
ns If the very "IIIlls" were coming to
an end. The mare grew frantic and
the Itangar summoned six men to hold
her.
Suddenly, right over the top of Khln
J,m'M ",'u."' rM: wUT' "n,y xh? ''1
ever perched, there burst n column of
water, Immeasurable, huge, that for a
moment blotted out the sun. It rose
sheer upward, curved on Itself, and fell
1,1 " '"'"""""n deluge on to Khlnjan
and Into Khlnjan valley, hissing and
roaring and thundering.
Karth's Drink had been blocked by
the explosion and had found a new way
over the harrier before plunging down
again Into the bowels of the world.
The one sky-llung leap It made ns Its
weight burst down n mountain wall
was enough to blot out Khlnjan for
ever, and what had been a dry, mllo-
wide moat was n shallow lake with
death's rack and rubbish floating on
the snrfnee.
The earth rocked. King wns up on
his feet In a second nnd faced about.
The Hangar laughed.
"So ends the 'Heart of the Hills I'"
he said. "Think kindly of her, sahib.
She thought well enough of you I"
He laughed again and sprang on the
i,i,.l- .,,,, ,i i.r.ir.. ki,. eoni.i
,... or rnso llimil tn Htop ,,,,
,vns orr nt wondrous speed along the
,ecpco tu. direction of the Khv
,,r Mnt) in(.n. Two of the men
wj, ,m, C0Im. out of Khlnjan mounted
spurred after him.
King collected his men anil the worn-
en and children. It was easy, for they
were numb from what they had wit
nessed nnd dazed by fear. In half an
hour he had them mustered und
marching.
CHAPTER XXIII.
They reached the Khyber famished
and were fed nt All MasJId fort, after
King had given n certain password and
had whispered to the ollleer command
ing. Hut he did not change Into Eu
ropean clothes yet. and none of his fol
lowing suspected him of being nn Eng
lishman, "A Hangar on a black mare has gone
down the pass ahead of you In a hur
ry," they told him at All .MasJId. "He
had two men with him and food
enough. Only stopped long enough to
make his business known."
"What did he say his business Is?"
asked King.
"He gave n sign and said a word
that satisfied us on that point I"
"Oh!" said King. "Can you signal
down the pass?"
"Surely."
"f'oiirtenay nt Jnmrud?"
"Yes. in charge there nnd growing
tired of doing nothing."
"Signal down and ask him to have
'hat bath ready for mo that I spoke
about, fhiodby."
So he left All MasJId at the head of
a motley procession that grew noisier
and more confident every hour. Ismail
began to grow more lively and to have
a good many orders to (ling to the rest.
"You mourn like a dog," King told
him. "Three howls and a whine and
n llttlo milking and then forgetful
ucss!" Ismnll looked nasty nt that but did
not answer, although lie seemed to
have n hot word ready. And thence
forward he hung his head more, and at
least tried to seem bereaved. Hut Ills
manner was unconvincing none the
less, nnd King found It food for
thought.
The ex-soldlers nnd would-ho soldiers
marched In four behind him, growing
hourly more like drilled men, and talk
ing, with each stride, that brought
them nearer India, more us men do
who have nn Interest In law and or
der. Hehlnd them tramped the wom
en from Khlnjan, carrying their ba
bies and their huBbunds' loads; nnd
hehlnd them ng.-.m wero tho other
women, who had been told they would
ho overtaken In the Khyber, but who
had actually had to run themselves
raw-footed In order to catch up.
Down the Khyber have come con
querors, a dozen conquering kings, and
as many beaten armies; hut surely no
stranger host thnn this ever trudged
between the echoing walls. The very
engles screntned nt them. Slgnnls pre
ceded them, and Courtenny himself
rode up the pass to greet them. At
Jamrud they were given food and their
rifles were taken away from them and
a guard was set to watch them. Hut
the guard only consisted of two men,
both of whom were Pathanj, and they
assured them that, ridiculous thmu-h It
"Si iV HPIIi.il were ncmlly
1 1 g o org ve their comic and
" " "
o pardon all deserters wlm tip '
Jiion on condition of good faith in
I
the future.
That they prayed to Allah like IHHc
children lost and found. The woitiel.
crooned love-songs In their babies over
ih,. i.ii.nr fiFi.B nml the men talked
and talked- and talked until ht star"
grew big as moons to weary eyes ami wlm sas ne tutni.H oiiiorwiso uas inc.
they slept at last, to dream of khaki tniu-ins and no conscience!"
uniform: and knttiel sahibs who knew I what Is surely true Is that the four
neither fear nor fnw.r and who said f them-Yasuilul, the general, Cour
thlngs that were so. It Is a mini world tetiay und King sat up all night In u
to the Himalayan lilll.aan where ) 1 ri)llI m .he fort, talking together.
In authority tell truth unadorned with- hllo , succession of sentries oe.
out shame and without consideration strained their ears endeavoring to heat
a mad. mad world, and perhaps too ex
otic to be wholesome, but pleasant
while the dream lasts.
(rver In the fort Coiirtenny placed
a bath at King's disposal and lent him
clean clothes and a razor. Hut ho was
not very cordial.
"Tell me all the war news!" said
King, splashing In th tub. And four
tenny told him, passing him another
cake of soap when the llrst was tin
Ished. After all. there was tmt much
to tell butchery iu Helgluni Huns
and guns and the everlastingly glori
ous stand that saved Paris and rraiice
ami Kuropc.
"According to the cables our men are
going the records one better. I think
that's all," said Coiirtenny.
"Then why the stiffness?" asked
King. "Why am I talked to at the
end of a tube, so to speak?"
"You're under arrest!" said C'ourto-
nay.
"The deuce I am I" '
"I'm taking care of you nijsolf to
obviate the necessity of putting a sen
try on guard over you." t
"Hood of you, I'm sure. What s It
all about?"
"I don't mind telling you, but I'd
rather you'd wait. The minute you
were sighted word was wired down to
headquarters, and the general himself
will he up here by train any minute."
"Very well," said King, "(lot a ei
gne? Got a black one? Illacker the
better I"
.He wns out of his hath and remein
tiTTcd that minute that he had not
smoked a cigar since leaving India.
Naked, shaved, with some of the slain
removed, he did not look like a man In
trouble as he tilled his lungs with the
saltpeterlsh smoke of u fat Trichina
poll. And then the general came and did
not wait for King to get dressed hut
burst Into the bathroom and shook '
hands with him while he was still '
naked and asked ten questions (like
a galling gun) while King was getting
on his trousers, divining each answer
after the third word and waving the
rest aside. ,
"And why nm I arrested, sir?" asked
King thu moment he could slip thu
question In edgewise.
"Oh, yes, of course. Try the ease
here as well as anywhere. What does
this mean?"
Out of his pocket the general pro
duced a letter that smelt stronglv of I 11 l'"1'1 1,1 1,ls ,,flr "" 1,0 snlt!
a scent King recognized. He spread i '"' wns ,""rl" s,,n' ,a' ,,,,"ri1 W'('P"
It out on a table, ami King read. It I "" ""' ",l,,,r ,"m'1' ,ht,!0 w,1
was Yusmlnl's letter that she had sent I "f ,l,"m "ut w,'re '',lul
down the Khyber to make India too I ,,mt h"th w,'n'
hot to hold him. ' 's 'I'llte ceitaln thnt Athelsian
"Too bad about your brother." said ! Kln ,!"' Khyber again, for
tho general. "The body Is burled.
How much Is true about the head?"
King told him.
"Where's she?" asked the general.
King did not answer. The general
waited.
I don't know, sir,
"Ask the Hangar," Courtenny .sug-
gested. showed Courtenny a great gold brace-
"Where Is he?" asked King. I I'1 "t '"' '"'d under his sleeve. I'lvo
"Caught him coming down the Khy- j s"' him do It.
her on his black mare and arrested ' And If that was really Ilowa (iunga.
Iilm. He's In the next room ! I hope 1 in the general's train, why wns t Lc
he'.s to be hanged. So that I can buy general so painfully polite, to blui? And
the mare," he added cheerfully. why did Ismail lnlt on riding In the-
King whistled softly to himself, and train. Instead of accepting King's offer
the general looked at him through to go up the Khyber with him?
half-closed eyes. One thing Is very certain. King wn
"tin In and talk to him, Kit,'. Let right about the Jihad. There has been
me know the result." none In spite of all Turkey's and (ier-
He had picked King to go up tin.' uiany's efrnrts. There have been spo
Khyber on that errand not for nolle nolle raliN. much as usual, but nothing
lug. He knew King ami he knew the 1 "ne brigade could not easily deal with
symptoms. Without answering him j l'1'1 press to the cuntrary nntwitlistani.
King obeyed. He went out of the room '"g.
Into a dark corridor and rapped on Kins of the Khyber rifles Is now a.
the door of the next room to the "in lor. for you can see that by turning
light. There was a mullled answer "'' ""' army list,
from within. Courtenny shouted miuu- Hut If you wish to know lust what
ihiiig to the sentry outside the door Tnnplrcd Iti the room In .Intnrttd I'nrt
and he called another man, who lined
j n key n the luck. King walked into
a room in which one lamp was burn- r"r miiv be known, und one other. II
lug and thu door ulaiiiiiied shut he. i I" not likely you can find the other,
hind hlin. Hut It Is likely that you may heal
He was In there an hour, and it fr"m ''"'I' of ihcin again, for "A wom
never did transpire Just what passed, "n nnd Intrigue are one:" ns India
for he can hold his tongue on any sub- ""' The war seems long, and the
Ject llko a clam, and the general, if world Is large, am! the chances for In
anythlng, can go him one better. Ouir- ,rli-''ies are almost infinite, given such
tenny was placed under orders nut to '"tabliiatlon as King and Yasnilnl nml
talk, so those -vhn say they know ex- " ,,,v" "Talr.
acily what happeue ! iu the room he- And as King says nn occasion r
l ween the time when the door was "Kuch dar naliln hal j There Is no such
shut on King and the time when he 'blag as fear'" Another ono might
knocked to have It opened and called "'. "The roof's the . ... -it '
for thu general, are not telling the , Ami bear In mind, f..- s Is tmpor.
truth. I Hint: King wrote to . a i ' , letter,
Whnt Is known Is that finally the In Pnlu from .;, ,.,.)., , . , tVV ,
generul hurried through the duar and which he as gn. . Kv.. h- nls word
ejaculated, "Well, I'm d d!" he- of honor to he her "loyul servant"
fore hu could close It uguln. The sen- should she chooce to return tn hop nil...
try (I'unjabl Mussulman) has sworn
lo that over a dozen cnmpflrcs since
the day.
And It Is known, too, for the sentry
has taken oath on It and has told thu
story bo many times without much
variation that no ono who knows the
man's record doubts any longer It U
known that when the door opened
again King und the general walked
..... ...i.i. i... .
.nn wuii iiiu uaiignr ueiween tliem
And thu Hangar hud no turban ....
hut carried It unwound In his hand,
And his golden lialr fell nearly to his
knees and changed his wl.olu ,,p,nr -
ance. And ho was wecplne. Ad he
wn not n I itignr at all. but She.
"'""'-v ra" ,,v,,,r l"'VM.ilHtt,l..u
her for a eve.. In man's do. ,.,
..Ill, ll..f VKHI ilfir.it.Oi.il W.IU 1,1..
""" " , '.
b- sentry s power guess ,
tor one, etc, . . . i si! i iiouou, in..-
llovcil that pnrt of his title.
As Yt.ssuf bin All said over tin.
eainpnri' tip the Khyber Inter mi
"When she sets out to disguise her
slf. she Is what she will be. and In,
through keyholes. And the sentries
heard nothing and Invented very much.
I til t I 'art an Singh, the Sikh, win
carried In bread and cocoa to them at
about live the next morning, ami
found them still talking, heard King
say. "So, in my opinion, sir. there'll
be' no Jihad In these parts. There'll
be sporadic raids, of course, but
nothing a brigade can't deal with. Tin
i heart of the holy war's torn out and
thrown away."
"Very well," said the general. "You
can go up the Khbcr again and Join
jour regiment."
Hut by that time the Hangar's tur
Iimii was on again and the tears werff
dry, and It wus l'artun Slush wiu
He Said He Was Nearly Sure H
Heard Weeping.
threw most doubt on the sentry's tale
nliollt the I'nlileti Iml r. 1 til t us the
' ,.Itry sn( ,,,,, j,,,,.,,,,, Sl((b
was Jealous.
There Is no doubt whatever that tin;
general went t I; to l'eshawiir In tin
train at eight o'clock and that thu
Kiiiigar went with him In a sepm-nte
i ' i ii hi r 1 1 1 1 ei 1 1 with about a do.-ii hlll
men cIiom'ii from among those who had
come down with King.
And it Is certain that before they
went King had a talk with the Haugat
in a room alone, of which conversa
tion, however, the sentry reported aft
erward that he did not overhear one
word; and hu had to go to the doctoi
the otllclal records say so, and they
never He, especially In time of war. lie
rode a coal-black mare, and ('otirtemiy
called him "Chlkkt" u "lifter."
Some say the Itangar went to Delhi.
Some say Yasnilnl Is In Delhi. Some.
say no. Hut It s quite certain that be-
fr""'1 started up the Khyber Kin?
while the general and Courtetmy wait'
.v,,u must ask Kinclf you dure:
! glance. He Is no Bnlltter of hr no
nnll.bler. His word Is good on the
....rite, nignt or wherever he coats u
'hedow In th sun.
"A man and his promise a woman
nnd Intrigue- are one!"
(THE END.)
Invented Cherokee Alphabet
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