Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-23

ductive of the desired results From mild protests, The
laas to resentment; from that to positive anger
They scrambled to their feet, waved their arms lifted
up their voices, and began to mob Sufdar
keep 1t upl Keep it up shouted Kemp, with his
ear to the door You're doing bully, Sudar, helping
them to help themselves, and incidentally save own
precious neCkS
Sufdar did keep up. Pretty soon he had the arlas
in screaming struggling, fighting bunch Since they
could all reach Sufdar, they at and punmee
each other. In the midst of it the door slightly
opened, and a turbaned head peered in. kemp's fist
shot and struck the head with resounding thump
A second blow tumbled the owner backward into the
passage Kemp tore the door open and placked
weapon from the wastband OF the PROSTATE freebooter
Drive EN- out! Drive EN- out" he yelled to Sufdar.
The order hardly necessary. 1t is said that
when sheep are stirred madness they will rush upon
wolves Even so the pacific lamas. They shot out
into the passage in bowling, furious They
ried Kemp and Sufdar along in frenzy OF rage.
TT was this thing that fell upon Pr Mohanmcd lead
ing his band to investigate the uproar, where the
passage turned angle In such tight weapons
were Of little advantage The Pr and his men were over
onrush Kemp had been hurled forward beyond the
struggling wedge; but he jumped back to lay hold OF
pair of kicking red leather boots.
Lend a hand here Sufdar, he shouted. If We bag
the Pr, the rest will pretty soon give up.
Coming, sahb coming responded Spldar abq IKE
teeth, kicking free grip upon his legs
Sufdar fought his way to Kemps side Between
them they dragged the Pr disarmed him, and
tralled into the hall. lheE STUCK MN up there
against a pillar, with Sufdar holding the point OF a
knife his throat. Kemp had to exert all his author
itv to prevent Sudars promptly gratifying his personal
vengeance. Meanwhile the lamas, stirred up into the
spirit of wolves and by the weight of superior numbers
overcame the of the band. They drove the major
tv in hot chase of the laasery and closed the gates
upon them The two prisoners taken set
I'D beside the Pr In little the Shooshok crept into
the hall The fury OF the riot had evidently brought
his mind out of abstraction into the actual pres
far, any to be gratefully interested IN
the Sahb who had delivered his lamasery from the PHI
Tell the Shooshok, said Kemp, that all ask in
turn permission to hunt ibex in his territory. have
taken to get pair of fifty-inch horns forfor
friend.
When the words were translated the Shooshok pom
dered over them for long that Kemp became fearful
he going off into another hundred-year period Of
abstraction But presently his reply back through
Sufdar.
"he Shoosho says he does wish to have his ibex
killed because in them dwell the spirits OF future aa;
but if the Sahib will take away the Pr, the Shooshok
will give him pair OF bex horns OF greater value than
any to be found in the karakoram
To this Kemp felt that perhaps the best plan was 10
assent
The Shooshok retired alone. He gone SO long
that Kemp again feared he had dropped off into
think But he returned bearing pair OF ibex horns
sixty than fifty inches in length plated with gold
and richly adorned with turquoise These he presented
to Kemp He explained that they usually blown
before him when he left the laasery; but as II would
take him possibly years to recover his deep mental alb
sraction the riot others could be fashioned IN the
meantime.
Even while Kemp expressed his thanks vague,
blank cloud stole over the Shooshok's face it