Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-05

would be Jolly to 70 on. We might think
1t absurd and mhuman to expect that q
young girl Of seventeen could recover her
fun strength ut once after such adventures
and such . journey. But Lazar knew his
c~ountrywomen. Cold water and ceaseloss
brushing. pulling. rubbing of the hair
slowly brought Nuradeh round A mo,
ment after opening her eyes she understood
the situation; in half an hour Lazar was
pleading his excuse. Alone he had car
ried her of-of course-through thousands
of armed men; and he begged his reward.
Nuradeh dropped that point, but she co.,
scented to ride ahead with the dame up to
the English frontier. Perhaps she recol.
lected that there she would be free. Lazar
die not forget it certainly.
After some hours rest they went further,
the ladies in advance. In that part there
are no roads; mountaineers do very well
without them, and they would rather bear a
little inconvenience than make the way
smooth for Cabul oppression or British VEN
seance. Lazsr knew the paths, for in boy
hood he had often followed the smuggling
carsyars. 1t was a toilsome Journey over
oreakneck hills, through dusky glens full Of
thorn bush and pista, across swift, treacher-
Gus brooks. Few people they met, utLszar
knew that ~sentries watching from the height
had signaled his passage hours ago. At a
point where rocks, steep and towering as the
walls of q fortress, left but a few feet breadth
of winding track between, shots suddenly
rang ahead, shout and oath and clash Of
arms. Lazar %dismounted to reconnoitre.
Five men dressed az gypsy carriers sur
rounded one in Cashmir cloth, high boots,
and turban, who shouted vigorously as he
fought. A Camel kicked in dying throes;
a body lay still near by, and two horses
were ~gslloping down the pass.
Lszar struck in, and the gipsies did not
visit to receive him. They fed into the
arms of q dozen ~white-robed giants bound.
ing to the rescue, and there was an end of
them.
"OfGod comes life and death, o friend of
my heart and swordP' cried the stranger
fervently. "Nov, We Shinwari freemen,
brutes that devour my bread, is this how
you look after your lords dues? See that
camell Ill had not found it in the road,
he cursed swindling beast would have gone
by without paying me g cowriel Yea, l
who feed you and your worthless families
would have lost my life if this noble com.
rade had not turned up. Mark you all, this
is my brother if by Allah's grace l prove
myself deserving. Sir, | entreat you to
turn aside and rest at my castle"
"a servants affairs give place to the
masters command! But some humble
persons belonging to me wait yonder."
my house is mean, but in former days
brave men dwelt there. Gid it, / entreat
you, with the honor of your countenance. !"
The castle of a frontier chief who had
sworn brotherhood was just the asylum
Lazar would have wished-no questions
would be asked there. He told his mother
he change OF plan, and she resisted fercely,
skiing when a Shinwari and a Momund
net with sheathed swords? Lszsr roughly
.ileuced her, and drove the horses on, for
Nursdeh began to protest. When the rear
suard of Shinwari footmen closed behind
lie took his place beside the chief ahead.
The latter made such explanations as were
Usual, told his name. family and principal
schieven ents, but asked no return; for in
L.yl that relates to hospitality the Pathan
.hows a genefLaus tact wanting in other
matters. Lazar said: BID ,Inur free men
fall back, my lord and brother. have a
grave story to entrust to YOU
he told how the lady following--hinted
rather than alluded to-was a daughter OF
The Momund Khan, who forbade his suit.
After a weeks concealment the Khan found
his daughter in her husbands absence, and
carried her to Dacca. From that point
Iazsr's story ran smooth. The chief heard
it with alarm, but he swore to be faithful.
1.-THE Ameer took up this quarrel he could
not resist, but as for the Momunds he would
kill and eat as many as the Khan dispatch
ed against him. And in any case he vowed
TO send Lazar and his belongings across the
frontier. Meantime the prosecuted couple
might enjoy a second honeymoon. SO tar
good. Lazar hazsrded another step. The
Khan of Lalpoors had to some extent pre-
JUDGED his bride. She might ask to be re.
ceived in the harem, swaytrom her husband
and his mother. This he begged might not
be granted. The chief nodded and changed
the conversation, for talk OF m is In
d~ecorous, however pressing the necessity.
Endless and involved were the euphemisms
through which they came to this under
standing.
At the castle things turned out as Lazar
expected. but the chief, forewarned, only
made pretence of acceding to Nuradeh's
wishes. She entered the harem, but the
quarters assigned her were those usually
occupied by the family Of a guest, com
municating with his. Protest and resistance
were useless. So Lazar obtained the op'
portunity of making love, which was all his
selfconfdence asked. When a cookbook
ing, determined man is able to talk freely
with a girl who has never in her life been
courted, it is his own fault if he does not
gain her heart. When, q month after wards,
The chief announced that messengers from
the Amer were on their way, Nuradeh re-
ouired no persuasion TO accompany her
lover. They went 10 NoWshers and we're
married. For a time they lived upon the
mothers scsn:y fortune, hoping. that the
Ametr's ~fsvorite wife would plead their
cause. at length she replied to her sisters
constant letters by a note as brief as otfen-
sive. No hope remained in that quarter,
nor in any other. Lszar found money
sometimes in q mysterious way, but the
Pupisub is no theatre for adventurous pau
perism. He went to Khelat with his wifes
mother, and the Khan gave him some en-
ployment, but very little pay, at Quettah,
which was not English ground at that time
of course. Here Lazar found daily oppor-
t~unities to show both subtlety and dariog,
which he used with such diligence that the
Candahari merchants complained to the
| Political Officer at Khelat. Desperate now
the accused fed into Afghanistan with some
trusty followers. They chose a haunt by
| the Koiak Amram Pass, and levied black
mail on the caravans. Several expeditions
sent against them failed. for the authorities
shared the plumber; finally the chief mer.
chants thought it more convenient, If pay
they must, TO negotiate with an honest and 3
businesslike cut-throst rather than with dull
faithless footpads. In the later time Lazar
built himselfa castle, and his band paraded
two hundred strong when it sailed to resist
the attak of Lieut.. Wells, R. E. Their chief
was killed in the fight. but death proved
that his wife still loved him. Though the
bullets were flying, and the troops charglng