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her. you. Khania. or this priestess OF
the mountain
Il am the stronger. Holly. for so Won
are named. are you not? Look you. al
my need I can summon sixty thousand
men in war, while she has naught but
her priests and the fierce, unframed
tribes"
The sword is not the only power in
the world" 1 answered. Tell me. now.
does this priestess ever visit the country
OF Kaloon2"
Never, never. for by the ancient pact.
made after the last great struggle long
centuries ago between the college and
the people OF the plain. it was decreed
and sworn to that should she set her
foot across the river. this means war
TO the end between US. and rule for the
victor over both. Likewise. save when
unguarded they bear their dead for
burial. or for some such high purpose,
no Khan or Khania OF Kaloon ascends
the mountain"
Which. then. is the true master-the
Khan Of Kaloon or the head OF the Col
lege OF Hes?" I asked again.
In matters spiritual. the priestess of
Hes. who is our oracle and the voice of
heaven. In matters temporal, the Khan
OF Kaloon."
The Khan. All. you are married lady,
are you not?"
"Ay," she answered. her face flushing
''And / will tell you what you soon must
learn. If you have not learned it already,
I am the wife of a madman, and he is
hateful to me-
Il have learned the last already,
Khania."
She looked at me with her piercing
eyes.
What! Did my uncle. the shaman
he who is called guardian. tell you?
Nay, you saw, as / knew you saw, and
it would have been best to slay you, for,
oh! what must you think of me-?
made no answer, for In truth I did
not know what to think. also feared
lest rash admissions should be follow
ed by swift vengeance.
You must believe" she went on.
that 1, who have ever hated men, that
II swear that it is true-whose Inns
are purer than those mountain SHOWS.
= tne khania Of Kaloon, whom they
iiaiiV heart-of-Ice, am but a shame
tess thlhg- And. covering her face
WIN het hand, she moaned in the hit
terness Of her distress.
Nay, said, there may be rea-
sons explanations, If it pleases Won to
give them" YOU 70
.Wanderer. there are such reaso,..
ahu since you know so much Won s,I,r3i
learn them also. Like that busbassa.i55 1.,sai5
first l saw the face of vo,,r neh men
panion. as ! dragged him from az
rlYer madness entered me. and eiig
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a general Of his Of another race ad-
vanced and crossed the mountains and
oYercame the people OF this land, bring
Ing With him his language and MS
worship. Here he established his dy-
nasty. and here it remains, for being
ringed in with deserts and with painless
mountain SHOWS, it holds no converse
with the outer world.
Yes. I know some Of that story; and
the conqueror was Eamed Alexander.
was he not2" I asked
He was so named. and the name ~
the general was Ra-sen. native OF a
country called Egypt. or so our records
tell u. His descendants hold the
throne to this day. and Khania is of
his blood
Was the goddess whom he wor-
SHIPPED called Isis2"
Hes"
Which. I interrupted. .Ts another
title for Isis. Tell me, is her worship
continued here2 I ask because II is now
dead II Egypt, which was its home"
There is temple on the mountain
yonder. he replied. sndifferently. "and
IN IL are priests and priestesses who
practice some ancient cult. But the real
She day Of Ra-sen their conqueror. is
she fire that dwells in that same noun
tain. which from time TO time breaks
out and slays them
And does the goddess dwell IA the
fre?' 1 asked.
Again he searched my face with his
cold eyes, then answered:
Stranger Holly, / know nothing OF
any goddess. That mountain is sacred,
Rnd 10 seek TO learn its secrets is TO
HE Why DO you ask such questions?"
Only because I am curious in the
matter Of old religions. and seeing the
symbol OF life upon yonder peak. came
hlther 10 study yours, of which indeed
a tradition stiil remains among the
learned
Then abandon that study, friend
Holly, for the road 10 It runs through
the jaws Of the death hounds. and the
spears of savages- Nor indeed is there
anything 10 learn"
'And what, physician. are the death
hounds?'
Certain dogs to which. according to
our ancient custom, all offenders against
the law or the will Of the Khan. are cast
10 be torn 40 pieces
'"The win Of the Khani Has this
Khania Of yours a husband. then?"
"Ay." he answered, ..her cousin. who
was the ruler OF half the land. Now
they and the land are one But Won
have talked enough. l am here to say
that your food Is ready" and he turned
% leave the room
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ever three girls got hold of one Of
them during the ice cream season.
But it's Slow Moving Vehicles Keep
to the Right for the little Box tips
when you think of the way we BIZ
son plasters refuse to stick TO any
thing during the rush lobster hours.
The first I ever heard of tainted
money was one night when a good
thing with a Van to his name threw
me over with some other bills to
buy a stack Of blues.
About midnight a big easy-going
man with fat face like a monks
and the eye Of janitor with his
wages raised took me and lot of
other notes and rolled us into what
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mat she had been different Then I said
that though it behooved me not to speak
OF such a matter, there was no lady in
halOon whom men held to be so fair as
i; moreover, that was its ruler. and
that 1 and no other had saved him from
the water. Ay. and added that my
heart told me I was that woman whom
he sought"
Have done. niece" said Simbri. i'm
patiently. Il would not hear of the arts
you used-wel enough. doubtless. What
then?'
Then he said that it might be so.
since he thought that this woman was
born again, and studied me awhile. ask
ing me IL I had ever passed through
fire. To this I replied that the only
fires I had passed were those of the
spirit, and that I dwelt in them now.
He said: Show me your hair and I
placed a lock Of 1t in his hand. Pres
entity he let it fall, and from that satchel
which he wears about his neck drew
out another tress of hair-oh! Simbri
my uncle. the lOveliest hair that ever
eyes beheld, for it was soft as silk and
reached from my coronet to the ground.
Moreover, no ravens wing in the sun
shine ever shone as did that fragrant
tress.
Yours is beautiful he Ezsd, but.
see. they are not the same
'MayhaD 1 answered. since no
woman ever wore such locks
You are right he replied, for she
whom seek was more than a woman
And then-and then-though 1 tried
him in many ways, he would say no
more; so. feeling hate against this un-
known rising in my heart. and fearing
lest I should utter words that were best
unsaid, 1 left him Now 1 bid you.
search the books that are open to your
wisdom and teH me of this woman whom
he seeks who she is. and where she
dwells. OH search them-search them
swiftly, that I may find her and-kiH her
If 1 can
"Ay. If you csn." answered the sha-
man, 'and If she lives to kill. But say,
where shall we begin our quest?
Now. this letter from the mountain that
the head priest Oros sent to your court
q while ago?'-and he selected a parch-
ment from a pile which lay upon the
table and looked at her
Read" she said. Il would hear it
again"
So he read:
From the Hesea of the House OF Fire.
to Atene. Khania OF Kaloon.
My Sister-Warning has reached me
that two strangers of a western race
journey to your land, seeking nv orr
Gle, of which they would ask n question
On the first day of the next moon
command that SimhTi your great-uncIe
the wise Shamsn. Guardian of the Cate
80 II at mf post watching the river
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was shifting the rock In the wilder
ness; and all along Broadway things
with cold noses and hot outlets fell
In on our trail. The third Jungle
Book was there waiting for some
body TO put covers on it Old Jacks
money may have had taint TO 1t,
but all the same ne had orders for
Canembert piling up on him every
minute. First his friends rallied
round him; and then the fellows
that his friends knew by sight; and
then few OF his enemies buried the
hatchet; and finally he was buying
souvenirs for so many Neapolitan
fisher Daidens and butterfly octets
that the head walters were phoning
all over town for Julian Mitchell to
please come around and get them
into some kind of order.
At last we fioated into an uptown
cafe that knew by heart. When
the hod-carriers' union in Jackets
and aprons saw us coming the chief
goal kicker called out: ''Six-eleven
--forty-two-nineteen-twelve'' to
his men, and they put on nose
guards till it was clear whether we
meant Port Arthur or Portsmouth.
But Old Jack wasn't working for
the furniture and glass factories that
night He sat down quiet and sang
''Ramble" in half-hearted way. His
feelings had been hurt, so the twenty
told me, because his offer to the
church had been refused.
But the wassail went on; and
Brady himself couldn't have hams
mered the thirst mob into better
imitation of the real penehant for
the stuff that you screw out of a
bottle with a napkin.
Old Jack paid the twenty above
me for a round, leaving me on the
outside of his roll He laid the roll
on the table and sent for the pro-
prietor.
Nike" says he, here's money
that the good people have refused.
VIII you take it in the name of the
devil? They say it's tainted"
81 WILL" says Mike, '.and I'll put
1t in the drawer next to the bills
that was paid TO the parsons daugh-
ter for kisses at the church fair to
build new parsonage for the par
sons daughter 10 live in. By Brian
O'Lynn's sheepskin trousers, 1 will!
And may heaven send more taint
upon money, and the money to mel"
At 1 o'clock when the hodcarriers
were making ready to close up the
front and keep the inside open, a
woman slips in the door of the res
taurant and comes up to Old Jacks
table. You've seen the kind-black
shawl, creepy hair, ragged skirt,
white face, eyes a cross between
Gabriel's and a sick kitten's-the
kind Of woman that's always on the
lookout for an automobile or the
mendicancy squad-and the stands
there without a word and looks at
the money.
Old Jack gets up, peels me of the
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roll and hands me to her with bow.
Madame" says he, just like ac-
tors I've heard (from some other
mans pocket1, s'here is a tainted
bill. I am a gambler. This bill cams
to me tonight from a gentleman's
son. Where he got it do not know.
II you will do me the favor to accept
1t. It is yours"
The women took me with a trsmb-
ling hand.
Sir. said she. "I counted thou-
sands OF this Issue Of bills into pack
ages when they were virgin from ths
presses. was d clerk in the Teras-
ury Department. There was an or
cial to whom I owed my position.
You say they are tainted now. II
you only knew-but I won't sag
any more. Thank you With all my
heart, sir-thank you-thank you"
Where do you suppose that womaz
carried me almost at a run? To 3
bakery. Away from Old Jack and :
sizzling good time 70 a bakery. And
I get changed, land she does sherl-
dan-twenty-mi miles-away with a dozen
rolls and a section OF Jelly cake az
big as a turbine water wheel. OF
course I lost sight OF her then. fog
I was showed up in the bakery, won
dering whether I'd get changed az
the drug store the next day IN an
alum deal or paid over to the cemens
works.
A week afterward I butted up
against one of the one-dollar bills
the baker had given the voEaan for
change.
Hello. ES5oss66s. says 1. sWeren't
you in the change for me In a bakery
last Saturday night?"
YEP" says the solitaire in his
free and easy style.
How did the deal turn out7" l
asked.
4she blew E17o51431 for milk and
round steak" says the one-spot.
''She kept me till the rent man came.
II was bum room with a sick kid
in IL. But you ought to have seen
him go for the bread and tincture OF
formaldehyde. HalT-starved. I guess.
The she prayed some. Don't get
stuck up, tenner. We one-spots hear
ten prayers, where you hear one.
She said something about who
giTeth to the poor Oh. let's cut the
slum talk. I'm certainly tired Of the
company that keeps me. wish
was big enough to move in society
with you tainted bills
shut up says I; there's no such
thing. know the rest of it. There's
a 1endeth to the Lord some where
IN it. Now look on my back and read
what you see there.
This note is a legal tender at its
face value for all debts public and
private"
This talk about tainted meney
makes me tired" said I.
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erept round IT only to retreat hastily
enough, as well 1 might, for at the
door OF Leo's room. which she was In
the acting OF licking on the outside, as
I could see b.- the light of the lams
that she held in her hand, stood the
khania herself.
Ny first thought was to~hy back to
my own chamber, but I abandoned IL.
feeling sure that l should be seen.
Therefore. 1 determined, If she discov-
cred me, to face the matter out and say
that / was trying TO find Leo and to
learn how he Jared. So 1 crouehed
against the wall, and waited with a
beating heart. I heard her sweep down
the passage, and-yes-begin TO mount
the stair.
Now, what should I do? To try to
reach Leo was useless, for she had
locked the door with the key she held.
Go back to bed? No I would follow
her, and il we met. would make the
same excuse. Thus 7 might get some
udings, or perhaps-a dagger thrust.
So round the corner and up the steps
l went, noiselessIy as a snake. They
were many and winding, like those Of
church tower, but at length I came to
the head Of them, where was a little
landing, and opening from it door. 1t
was very ancient door; the light
streamed through cracks where its
panels had rotted. and from the room
beyond came voices, those OF the Sha-
man Simbn and the Khania.
Have you learned aught. my niece ?"
I heard him say, and also heard her
answer:
- little. A very little
Then In my thirst for knowledge I
grew bold. and stealing to the door.
locked through one of the cracks in
its wall. Opposite to me, in the full
flood OF light thrown by a hanging
lamp. her hand resting on a table at
which Simbri was seated, stood the
Khania. Truly she was a beauteous
sight, for she wore robes of royal pur-
pie, and on her brow a little eoronet of
gold, beneath which her curling hair
streamed down her shapely neck and
bosom. Seeing her I guessed at once
that she had arrayed herself thus for
some secret end, enhancing her love-
liness by every art and grace that is
known TO woman Simbri was looking
at her earnestly. with fear and doubt
written on even his cold, impassive
features.
What passed between you. thenq'' he
asked. peering at her.
Il questioned him closely as to the
reason of his coming to this Land ana
wrung from him the answer that il was
to seek some beauteous woxnan-ba
would say no more I asked him IL she
were more beauteOuS than I am and he
replied with OuTtesy-nothing else
think'--that 1t would be hard to say bIt
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Dialogues. In the big city an X
works in an inverse ratio-as once
heard scholar say who owned me
while a landlady could climb three
flights. 1t is half dozen roses for
one; a dinner for two; days out
ing for four; weeks rent and food
for six.
l was lucky money. l kept on the
move. Sometimes I changed hands
twenty times day. 1 saw the in
side of every business; 1 fought for
my owners every pleasure. It SEEM
ed that on Saturday nights 1 never
missed being slapped down on a bar.
Tens were always slapped down,
while ones and twos were slid over
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'1BY II, BIDEE
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IN the gulf at the foot OF the ancient
road, for by that steep path the strang-
ers travel. Let him aid them in all
things and bring them safely to the
mountain knowing that in this matter
snail hold him and you TO account.
Myself will not meet them, since to
DO so would be TO break the pact be-
tween our powers. which says that the
Hesea OF the Sanctuary visits not the
territory of KaIoon, save In war, Also
their coming is otherwise appointed.
1T would SEEM" said Simbri. laying
down the parchment, that these are
no chance wanderers. since Hes awaits
them
"Ay, they are no chance wanderers
since nv heart awaited one of them
also. Yet the Hesea cannot be mar
woman for reasons which are known
to you"
There are many women on tne
mountain" suggested the Shaman in a
dry voice. If indeed. any woman has
10 do with this matter"
Il at least have TO do with i an5
he shall not go to the mountain"
Hes is powerful, my niece ana ho-
meath these smooth words of hers Iies
a dreadful threat. 1 saw thai she i
mighty from OF old and has servaDts
IN the earth ana air. 1 know il. who
hate her, and 10 the royal house of
hassen II has been known for MANY a
generation Therefore thwart her nor
lest III befall US afl. She says that If Is
appointed that they shall GO"
And / say il is appointed thai ha
shall not go. Let the other go r. ~
desires ~
Atene, be plain. what viii you with
the man called Leo-tnat he shor1,5 -.
come YOUR lover2" asked the Sl,ana,r
she stared him straight in the e,,ss
and answered boldly:
Nay. 1 viii that he should ,,econ,s
my husband"
First he must win it, too. who sea,,s
to have no mind that way. AIso -,
can woman have two husbands"
She laid her hand upon his shoulder
and said:
Il have no husband. You know -
well, l charge YOU by the close bond
9l W Diooo between us, brew me another
That We may be Bound Vet cioser il,
a bond ct murderi Nay, Atene ! vriiI
not; already your sin lies heav+f on nv
mead. You are very fair; take the rsaI,
IN your own net, II YOU may, or let MIN
be, which IS better far' W
Il cannot let him De yVoula H..
We're able. must love him as I must
hate the other whom he loves vet some
power hardens his aeart against rne
Oh! great Shaman, you who can read
the future ana the past. tell me what
you have learned from your stars ana
your divinations."
To Be Continued Next Sunaau
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"A n ONEY talks. But you
"a may think that the
81 conversation of little
old ten-dollar bill in
New York would be
nothing more than 3
whisper. Oh, very Welt Pass up this
soto voce autobiography of an x
If you like. If you are one of the
kind that prefers to listen to John
D. s checkbook roar at you through
a megaphone as it passes by, all
right. But don't forget that small
change can say a word to the point
now and then. The next time you tip
your grocer's clerk a silver quarter
to give you extra weight CT his boss
goods read the four words above the
lady's head. How are theF feeGr feeGr r.
partee?
am a ten-dollar Treasury note,
series of 1901. You may have seen
one in a friends hand. On my face,
in the center, is a picture Of the
Bison Americans, miscaIled a buff
falo by $4,000, 600 or e0.000. 900 of
Americans The heads of Captains
Lewis and Captain Clark adern the
ends. On my back is the graceful
figure of Liberty or Ceres or Maxine
Elliot standing in the center of the
stage on a conservatory plant. Ny
references is-or are-Section 1888,
Revised Statutes. Ten cold, hard dol
lars-I don't say whether silver,
gold, lead. or iron-Uncle Sam viii
hand you over his counter if you
want TO cash me in.
beg you will excuse any conver-
sational breaks that I malxe-thanks.
I knew you would-got that sneak
ing little respect and agreeable feel
Ing toward even an X. haven't your
You see. q tainted bin doesn't have
much chance to acquire a correct
form of expression. l never knew
really cultured and educated per-
son that could AFFORD 10 hold a ten
spot any longer than it would take
to do an Arthur Dafey T. the near
est That's All sign or delicatessen
store. We generally pass around in
a crowd that never hears the word
grammar" except when some mem
Der Of the set happens TO try to
speak OF their grandmother. That's
why we are called tainted money in
stead Of 1T isn'ted."
For a four-year-old, I've had
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everywhere be bold, but be not bowl
ed over. Night"
I found myself between two $50
gold certificates One of 'em saws
to me:
We'll, old shorthorn, you're in
luck tonight. You'll see something
OF life. Old Jacks going to make
the Tenderloin look like hamburg
steak"
Explain says I. "Pm used To
joints, but I don't care for filet mig
non with the kind of sauce Won
serve
Excuse me, said the twenty. "Old
Jack is the proprietor Of this gamb-
ling house. He's going on a whiz
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is termed a %wad" among the money
tainters.
Ticket ME for five hundred" said
he to the banker, and look out for
everything, Charlie. I'm going out
for a stroll in the glen before the
moonlight fades from the brow OF
the cliff If anybody finds the roof
in their way, there's 100000 wrapped
in comic supplement in the upper
lefthand corner Of the safe. Be bold:
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Madam" says he, 'here is a tainted
bin. I am gambler. If you win do
me the favor to accept it it is yours"
tonight because he offered $50 900 to
church and it refused to accept it
because they said his money was
tainted"
What is a church," I asked.
"Oh, l forgot" says the twenty.
that I was talking to a tenner. OF
course you don't know. You're too
much to put into the contribution
basket. and not enough to buy any,
thing at bazaar A church is-a
large building in which penwipers
and tides are sold at $40 each"
= / don't care much about chinning
with gold certificates. There's a
streak Of yellow in 'em. All is not
gold that's cutters.
Old Jack certainly was a gilt
edged sport. When it came his time
to loosen up he never referred the
waiter to an actuary.
By and by it got around that he
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to the bartenders folded. I got in
sthe habit OF looking for mine, and
managed to soak in little straight
or some spilled Martini or Manhat-
tan whenever 1 could. Once 1 got
tied up in great greasy roll of bills
IN a pushcart peddlers jeans. |
thought never would get in circu-
lation again, for the future depart
ment store owner lived on 8 cents
worth of dog meat and onions a day
But this peddler got into trouble one
day on account of having his cart
too near a crossing, and 1 was res
cued. always will feel grateful to
that cop. He changed me at a cigar
store near the Bowery that was run
ming crap game in the back room.
So 1t was the captain of the precinct
after all. that did me the best turn
He blew me for wine the next even
Ing In a Broadway restaurant: and
l really felt as glad to get back again
as an Astor does when he sees the
lights Of Charing Cross.
A tainted ten certainly does gef
action on Broadway. | was aIiInonv
once, and got folded in a little dog
skin purse among a lot of dimes.
They were Dragging about the busy
times there were in Ossining when
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To Be Continued Next Sunday.
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IA n oNEY talks. But you
IL may think that the
~ conversation of little
old ten-dollar bill in
New York would be