The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1914-12-15

ers you in his opinion to take upon
yourself to DO his work Hindus; what
can they want, wOnder?'
Pm sure don't know, nor care =
a bit angry at being rebuffed by her
uncle.
When Hassam All stood before his
guests there was some time wasted in
genuflections.
You are Hassam Ali. the man who
sees?'
II am"
Your servant here, recommended
you to us Sahib, we are in the midst
of strange mystery Ia our abode
the god OF Sleep comes suddenly and
unawares. Our own god seems to
have forgotten us. This dread thing
comes almost instantly and We are
taken in sleep no matter what pose
we are in. That we are here tonight
and not under the evil gods influ-
enoe is due to the fact that we. waited
outside the octagonal room.
The octagonal room, repeated
Hassam Ali tnoughtfully. s..
You are known to us as a great
yogi, seer into the future. Will you
aid us to find out what causes this
dreaded sleep? Our religious cere-
monies are being interfered with"
iAll this was in English that, was
only fairly understandable. Here and
there Hasam Ais man interpolated
the right work.
You will accompany us, HHaoor?'
Hassam Ali smiled and nodded. Here
was an adventure that rather appeal
,,A ~, "a IA
Danish from his mind, at least temper
arily, certain physiological agencies
which were making their power felt
more and more strongly as the days
went by.
Il must go too, uncle, said Zudora.
l"Hurry then. | should like to see
these people before they come out OF
their trance.
1 They went away to get their wraps,
Before going downstairs again Zudora
fondled for moment, the carrier pig.
con which Storm. had recently given
her., John had one for himself. The
birds carried messages. Aside from
it's practio ability itw. as very roman.
tic and obyiated the necessity, of trust
ing ones; secrets, to thee telephone
girls And Zudora was mot always
sure that some one in the house was
mot listening to her when She tele-
phoned. Hassam Ali never entered
this room of hers, she was quite con-
fident that he knew nothing of the
pigeons.
When they returned to the. visitors
they were greatly astonished to learn
that, they were to- go blindfolded and
gArbed in oriental costumes Hassain
Ali objected. Very we'll, then; the
IIindus declared that they. would go
elsewhere for add They made this
bent his head to signify that il they
took that attitude he was ready to
submit
Presently the procession filed out
into the street. They hurried along
for several blocks; then came to a
long automobile ride. Hassam An
counted the turns and felt quite as
sured in the end that the house OF
mystery was not so far away as it
seemed. When the bandages were fin
ally taken off Zudora found herself
/ in a room which might easily have
been taken bodily out of the Arabian
Nights. 1t was, indeed, like some fab
ulous fairyland. The idols, the sleep
| ing people, the strange sweet odor
which seemed to permeate everything
| She was not sure that she had not
been transported by some magic car
| pet to the heart of the ancient city OF
| Bagdad
! She became childshly inqllisitive
| She moved about the recumbent fig
ures; and suddenly she came upon
what looked for all the world like the
| sleeping beauty of the fairy tale. The
| sleeping woman was beautiful in the
1accepted sense of the Caucasian race
| Her skin was as light as Zudora's own
Which generally wore a slight tan
| due to her outdoor habits. Near the
young woman lay the figure OF fine
| looking native. Zudora' surmised that
| these. sleeping people had been in
the midst of some solemn ceremony
| possibly wedding. when overtaken
The ensemble resembled nothing sc
much as prearranged tableau as she
had often played at school,.
| A"Who is this beautiful woman p
asked Hassam Ali, as keenly interested
as Zudora
| 'She is our ruler, our princess. All
| ~ IAiul IANlON, Aol liA6 tON0Iu Z<uOOA ~
who was now STOPPING over. the sleep
| ing beauty, The mamsahib must not
tOuch!'
| "But-" began Zudora,
"The mamsahib's touch would defile
| her." said the man stoically.
Meantime an idea had. come to Has
sam Ali. He was beginning to sense
a peculiar heayiness about his. eyes
and he realized that this mysterious
sleep was overtakihg him. Quietly and
unobserved he. slipped from. the room
and managed after some difficulty and
some explanations to reach the street
Zudora was there alone If she was
clever enough she might extricate
herself; II not +" Well, that was
Hassam Ais idea ~
| Zudora went ON with her visual in
lyestigation, Quive oblivious to the fac
that her uncle had deserted her, The
strange idols fascinated her, especial
ly the heroic one before which were
grouped the sleepers. 1t was a mon
ster, mans body with an elephant