The record-union., 1891-01-18

which give somewhat ferocious appear
ance.
A BALLAD OF THE EAST AND
WEST.
Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the
border side
And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is
the Coonels pride;
He has lifted her out of the stable door be-
tween the dawn and the day.,
And turned the calzins upon her feet, and
ridden her far away.
Then up and spoke the Colonels son that led
troop of the Guides:
els there never man OF all my men can saw
where Kamal hides -
Then up and spoke Mahommed Khan, the son
of Ressadar:
"lf ye know the track of the morning mist We
know where his picketS are.
AT dusk he harries the Abazal; at dawn he is
into Bonair;
But ne must 90 by Fort Monroe to his own
place to fare;
So if ye gallop to Fort Monroe as fast as bird
can fly,
BY the favor of God We may cut him off ere he
win to the Tongue of .Tagai.
But If he be past the Tongue of Jagai, right
swiftly turn we then,
For the length and the breadth of that grisly
phatn is sown with kamars men,"
The Colonefs son has taken u horse, and a
raw, rough dun was he,
With the mouth of n bell and the heart of hell
and the head of the gallows tree.
the coionei's son, he's up and away as fast as
he can fly,
Till he was aware of his fathers mare in the
gut ofthe Tongue of Jasai:
Till he was aware OF his fathers mare with
ka:ral upon her back,
And when ne could spy the white of her eve
he made the pistol crack.
He has fired once, he hasfired twice, but the
whistling ball went wide
aye shoot like q soldier Kamal said, "show.
row, II ye can ride"
1t is up and over the Tongue of Jagai, as blown
The dun he fed like stag of tan, but the mare
like a barren doc.
The dun he leaned against the bit and slugged
ms heen aDoFe.
But the red mare played with the snaffle bars
as lady plays with n glove.
They have ridden the low moon out of the sky
their hoofs drum up the dawn,
The dun he went like a wounded bull, but the
mare like new-roused fawn.
The dun he fell at a wateTcourse-in woful
heap fell he
And Kamal has turned the red mare back and
pulled the rider free.
lie has Knocked the pistol out of his hand
small room there was to strive
Twas only by favor OF mine," quoth he, aye
rode SO long alive;
There was not a rock for twenty miles there
was not q clump OF trees,
But covered a man of my own men with his
rifle cociSed on his knee.
If had raised my bride hand, as I have held
The little jacl1als that flee SO fast were feasting
ali in Il row;
SI,0 l.
have held il high
Tne kite that whistles above us now were
gorged till She could not fly"
Lightly answered the Coloners son: "Do good
to bird and beast
But count who come for the broken meats be-
fore thou makest q feast.
If there should follow u thousand swords to
carry my bones away,
Belize the price of jackal's meat were more
than a thief could pay.
They will feed their horse on the standing
- crop, their men on the garnered grain,
The thatch OF the byres will serve their fires
when all the cattle. are slain.
But if thou thinkest tie price be fair, and thy
brethren wait to sup,
The hound is kin to the jackal spawn-howl
dog, and call them upI
And if thou thinl1est the price be high. in
steer and gear and stack,
GIVE me my father's mare again, and Ill fight
my own way back ~
Kamal has gripped him by the hand and set
him upon his feet,
mo talk shall be of dogs" said he. "when
wolf and gray wolf meet,
May eat dirt if thou hast hurt of me in deed
or breath.
What dam of lances brought thee forth to lest
at the dawn with death?n
Lightly answered the Colonel's son: 81 hold
by the blood of my clan;
Take up the mare for my fathers gift-she will
carry no better nlanp'
The red mare ran to the Coloners son and
nIZzled against his breast
1--WE be two strong men, - said EaInal then
but she loveth the younger best
So she shall go with a lifter's DOVER my tur-
quoise-studded rein
My broidered saddle and saddle-cloth and
silver stirrups twain"
The Colonel's son pistol drew and held its
muzZle end,
'Ye have taken the one from q foe," said he
will ye take the mate from friend?"
"a gift for a gift,' said Kamal, straight. "a
limb for the risk of limb.
Thy father has sent his son to me, I'll send my
son to himr'
With that he whstled his only son that
dropped from mountain crest
He trod the ling like buck in spring, and he
looked like a lance in rest
"Now, here is thy master,p Kamal said, "who
leads q troop of the Guides,
And thou must ride at his left side as shield
to shoulder rides,
Till death or cut loose the tie at camp and
board and bed.
Thy life is his; thy fate it is to guard him with
thy head.
And thou must cat the White Queens meat.
and all her foes are thine;
And thou must harry thy fathers hold for the
peace of the border line,
And thou must make n trooper tough and
back thy way TO power
BelilSe they will raise thee to Ressaldar when
lam hanged in Peshawur."
They have looked each other between the eyes,
and there they found no fault;
They have taken the oath of the brother in
blood on leayened bread and salt;
They have taken the oath of the brother in
blood on fire and fresh-cut sod
On the hilt and the haft of the Khyber-knife
and the wondrous names of God.
The Colonels son he rides the mare, and
Kamals boy the dun,
And two have come back to Fort Monroe
where there went forth but one.
And when they drew to the quarter guard
full twenty swords flew clear
There was not a man but carried his feud with
the blood of the mountaineer.
'sHa, done! ha, done y said the Colonels son.
Put up your steel at your sides,
Last night ye had struck at a border thief to-
night It's a man Of the Guidesr'
Oh, east is east, and west is west, and never
the two shall meet
TIL earth and sky stand presently at Gods
great judgment seat.
But there is neither east nor west, border or
breed or birth,
When two strong men stand face to face tho
they come from the ends of the EARTH
-Rudyard Kfpting.
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