The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-09-03
At the risk of throwing the creature
ont of train interrupted. How could


mt of train interrupted. How could
you write a letter mp yonder:'
1.-THE letter? Oh. the letter. Keep
looking mt me between the eyes. please.
II was a string talk letter that weo
the way Of it from a blind peg
gar in the Punjab.
Il sent that letter to Dravot ana toid
him TO come back because this KING
dom was growing too big for me 10
handle, and then struck for the nrst
valley to see how the priests were
working. They called the village ""
took along with the chief Bashkai ana
the first village we took Er-Heh. Inc
priests at Er-Heb was doing all rignt'
but they had lot of pending cases
about land to show me, and some men
from another village had been nrlns
arrows at night. l went out and looked
for that village and fired four rounus
at it from thousand yards. mat
used all the cartridges cared to spend'
and | waited for Dravot. who had been
away two or three months. and Kept
nv people quiet. One morning nea'u
the devils own noise Of drums ana
horns and Dan Dravot marches down
the hill. with his army and tail OF
hundreds of men. and which was aDal-
ing-a great gold crown on ms neao'
NV Cord, Carnehan,' says Daniel. TINS
is q tremenius business. and we've gOt
the whole country as far as it's worth
having. I am the son Of Alexander py
| Queen Semiramis. and you're my
Younger brother and a god too. I've
GOT a crown for Won. l told 'em 10
make two Of EN- at a place called snu'
where the gold lies In the rock Ike
suet in mutton. Call up all the priests
and. here, take your crown.
"One. of the men opens black nan
bag. and l slips the crown on. 1t was
too small and too heavy. but l wore II
for the glory. Hammered gold 1t was
FIVE pound weight. like hoop OF
barrel.
".Peachey.' says Dravot. we don
want to fight no more. The craft'
the trick. so help me! And he bring
forward that same chief that l left
I Rashkai-Billy Fish we called mn
! afterward because he was so like Bill
Fish that drove the big tank engine
. Mach ON the Bolan in the old days
o shake hands with him. says bravo
). And | shook hands and nearly dropped
Q for Billy Fish gave me the grip. san
. nothing. but tried him with the felioS
= craft grip. He answers. all right. al
y 7 tried the masters grip. but that wa
r a slip. "A fellowcraft he is. l says
: Dan. Does he know the word! =
10 does. saws Dan, and all the pres
# know. But they don't know the tni'
q. degree. and they've come to una on
- Ira Gods truth A god and a graz
:, master of the craft am l. and 100
=. in the third degree l will open. u
:. we'll raise the head priests ana I
8 chiefs of the villages.
:. Its against all the law l sd.
- holding a lodge without warrant frt
80 any one. and we never held once
~ any lodge.
.It.s master stroke of policy, 50
Dravot The women must make aprt
~ as Won show them. I'll hold levee
-. chiefs tonight and lodge tomorrow.
-. 81 was fair run OF my legs, Du.
- wasn't such a fool as not to see W.
no a pull this craft business gave u.s..
&c took a great square stone IN the q
',+s plet for the masters chair ana ~
stones for the officers chairs and pa
10 ed the black pavement with WI
~, SQUARES and did what we couio
make things regular.
.Dravot gives out that him ana
Wy wora rods and sons of Alexander
~ past grand masters in the crart
"a was come to make Kairistan C
lno trv where every man should eat
neace and drink in quiet and specl
In. obey us. Then the chiefs came ~
49,, to shake hands. and they was SO o.
and white and fair it was just snal
as hands with old friends. We gave t
!. IN names according as they were
-. men we had known in India
- Fish. Holly Dilworth. Pikky Re
ia that was bazaar master when wa
60 Mhow. and SO on. and so on.
49,. "Tbe most amazing miracle wa
lodge next night. One OF the
49,. priests was watching us conun
oc1 ana ] 1eIC uuedSvs lOA nAS '" -
to fudge the ritual. and didn't
!, what the men knew. The Olo 2
= was a stranger come In from De
the village Of Bashkai. He fetcl
'as whoop and howl and tries 10
turn the stone that DravOt was 81
on. It's all up now. l says.
oehs. comes Of meddling with the craft
akes out warrant. DravOt never VI
s1ays an eye. not when ten priests tool
rMS' tilted over the grand masters G.
no which was to say the stone OF II
the The priest begins rubbing the D'
norns end of it to clear away the blacs
was and presently he shows all the
lenan priests the masters mark. same
hait on Dravot's apron. CIT into the
8 one Not even the priests nf the tenn
lge 10 Imbra knew It was there. The OH
to be falls dat on his face at Dravot'
hands and kisses 'em. Luck again. say
ehind. vot across the lodge to me; tine