with and there were and for carrying queens framed and with and with handled poles and curtain rings there were golden hung with pierced that quivered on the branches there were studded images five feet high of forgotten gods silver with eyes there were coats of mail gold on steel and fringed with and blackened seed pearls there were and with pigeon s blood there were of of and hide and with red gold and set with at the edge the kings there were of diamond swords and hunting knives there were golden and and of a shape that never see the light of day there were cups and there were and pots for perfume and eye powder all in gold there were nose rings head bands finger rings and past any counting there were seven fingers broad of square cut diamonds and and wooden boxes with iron from which the wood had fallen away in powder showing the pile of star cat diamonds and within the white was right no mere money would begin to pay the value of this treasure the of centuries of war plunder trade and the alone were leaving out of count all the precious stones and the dead weight of the gold and silver alone might be two or three hundred tons every native ruler in india to day however poor has a to which he is always adding and though once in a long while some enlightened prince may send off forty or fifty cart loads of silver to be exchanged for government the bulk of them keep their treasure and the knowledge of it very closely to themselves the book but naturally did not understand what these things meant the knives interested him a little but they did not balance so well as bis own and so he dropped them at last he found something really fascinating laid on the front of a half buried in the it was a three foot or elephant � something like a small boat hook the top was one round shining and twelve inches of the handle below it were studded with rough close together giving a most satisfactory grip below them was a rim of with a flower pattern running round it � only the leaves were and the blossoms were sunk in the cool green stone the rest of the handle was a shaft of pure ivory while the point � the and hook � was gold steel with pictures of elephant catching and the pictures attracted who saw that they had something to do with his friend the silent the white had been following him closely is this not worth dying to behold he said have i not done thee a great favour i do not understand said the things are hard and cold and by no means good to eat but this � he lifted the � i desire to take away that i may see it in the sun thou they are all thine wilt thou the king s give it to me and i will bring thee to eat the white fairly shook with evil delight assuredly i will give it he said all that is here i will give thee � till thou away but i go now this place is dark and cold and i wish to take the thorn pointed thing to the look by thy foot what is that there picked up something white and smooth it is the bone of a man s head he said quietly and here are two more they came to take the treasure away many years ago i spoke to them in the dark and they lay still but what do i need of this that is called treasure � if thou wilt give me the to take away it is good hunting if not it is good hunting none the less i do not fight with the poison people and i was also taught the master word of thy tribe there is but one master word here it is mine flung himself forward with blazing eyes who bade me bring the man he i surely the old it is long since i have seen man and this man speaks our tongue the book but there was no talk of killing how can i go to the and say that i have led him to his death � said i talk not of killing till the time and as to thy going or not going there is the hole in the wall peace now thou fat monkey i have but to touch thy neck and the will know thee no longer never man came here that went away with the breath under his ribs i am the of the treasure of the king s city but thou white worm of the dark i tell thee there is neither king nor city the is all about us cried there is still the treasure but this can be done wait awhile of the rocks and see the boy run there is room for great sport here life is good run to and fro awhile and make sport boy put his hand on s head quietly the white thing has dealt with men of the man pack until now he does not know me he whispered he has asked for this hunting let him have it had been standing with the held point down he flung it from him quickly and it dropped just behind the great snake s hood him to the floor in a flash s weight was upon the body it from hood to tail the king s the red eyes burned and the six spare inches of the head struck furiously right and left kill said as s hand went to his knife no he said as he drew the blade will never kill again save for food but look you he caught the snake behind the hood forced 