The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-15

was DRINK tho Khan conducted his
guests In his armory. Of which he was
very proud. cuns Of all descriptions
lined the walls Some Of them Bruce
would have liked to own 10 decorate
the walls of his own armory, thou
ga nds of miles away.
The Colonel whispered n forgotten
praycr as later ne laid down his weary,
aching limbs upon the rome bed. Al
most Immediately he sank into slunber
as deem and silent as the sea.
Eathlyn and Bruce. however went I'M
IN the hanging gardens and remained
there Till o. maryelling over the beauty
Of the night. The Pathan city lay
under their gaze with a likeness to one
of those magic cities one reads about
i'm the chronicles of Sindbad the Sailor.
But they smoke no word of love. When
alone with this remarkable Young
woman Bruce found himself invariably
tonpuetied
Al the same bour less than fftv miles
away. J'mballa stood before the opening
Of his elaborate tent. erected at sum
down by the rivers brink, and scowled
at the moon. lie saw no beauty in the
translucent skv. in m. silverv naIeness
of the world below. He wanted revenge.
and the word Missed in his brain al a
yiper Misses in the dar OF its cave
Dung fires twInkled and soldier,
lounpcd about them smoking and pos-
shining Tbev had been ,iven an EARNEST
avoins, ,heir long de,inouept wages and
they were In n hapnv frame of mind
Their dead comrades were dead and
mourning was for widows. hut for them
would be the Measures of swift re-
prisals The furitiyes had gone toward
tho desert and in that bIeak stretch of
treeless land II would not he difficult
IN find ,hem once they stnr,.d in nur-
suit
Nidniyb,
In rho con,nound tho pooniiyhA law
unon av.rvtbinp. unon rho fat sides
and ho,l, nf tho sacred white eIenhant
mon Tho three low cns,e kaeners NOW
fro. nf m, viyi,ant ove ~ ,beir Rrah.
min chief The gates were barred ana
clnsed. all inside m. housa NJ RAJ.
Khan w.r. nsIeen Far awav n sentry
d,z.d on his RID. on tho wall The
three keon.rs whisnorod and chuck,e6
amony themselves
"Xho viii know >" said o,s
..-h., ,,,na,, ,.i,i r,, .,,,,i, :, ..t, m,
other
"Then Ia, ne On and SNAKE"
The rhree onnroached rho eI.nb,rt
\ It u ~ loo nm nf ham
was h,os,ed 70 the hacl nf tho e,.nh,p,
in whom this .nIsodc wos moro nr los,
familiar Apo,her followed. tho third
was u,,II.d m and from rhe e,enb,nt.s
b,ck ,b,,. mad tho ION -, ~, ,,,I
and dis.nnanr.d d,wr ir,o ,ho straa,
Here they naus,.l cautio,s,v for ,wo
yuards oly.,rs n.,r,,,aa tho fr,,, -,
The componnd during tho night Pres
emily Tho three truan,s s,nIo away to
ward In. hozaars which IN mis- J.ser,
town occuniaJ I'm, n sinyI. street Down
they went into q, ce,,,rw,y AVID IN.
puru's curso s,ollsad b.sid. than, For
opium is th. handmalden of All curses
p,rh,ns tw.n,v minu,as ,at.r slight
sounds came from th, front of the com
mound wall rifle barrel clottered
mon ,ha a,,,,as r,o - ~, -,
mar tho .,enb,n. , h.,6 on,a,rad ,h.,
n bodv This was rsno,,ed four ,ino,
and four light footed nomads NJ ,o,e
desert lowered themselves into IN. com.
Mound They ran ouick,v IA m. cato
and noiselesslv unbarred II Outside
were five more desert nomads. gathered
about tho insensib,. hoJias az tho
sentrIes
These nine men wer. tho d,ncer.
who had ent.red tho town in ,dv,rc.
M E,thIvn For weeks ,b.v had ,,;r
in wait for this moment They had
snied unop tho tbr.o I,,, e,s,, Laan,,,
IA u,a,, ,aa,,;,,, % ,,st. ,,
iunl<ets in,o IN. oniur, 1.n had c,., IN.
die this nipbt
with Tho utmost c,u,i,, ,boy an
nroochad III. sacred .,n,h,n, ,on,, 20
mo cb,ins ,ra ,., ,i,,, ,r,,,,, ,h. ',,,
nound JmmoJ;a,ai,, siv -, ,ho ,,,ora,,,
49,. -, W Wy ''
they kpew ,o ho Tho ,.o,, ,,,,oraaa m.
sacred e,enhap, nassIny thrnr,h tho
streets attended, Ia, ,hraa ,,,ar ,r,,,a,
M susniciop. In :, s,ra,,,,.,r ,,,,, ,,.,
So remo,a was ~. u,,,I n,,,, g., -,
inrlv imursyn,h,o and sn Ii,ua 49,.
fored Nth tn, !, ,,,,,. -. 49,,
it's guardians should ,v.ntualIv ,,rnu
careless.
whon tho roorors s,,,,,,,,, ,,.,.,.
IN. fumes of m. arm, ro,,rno,, ,,,a.
doybr,ak first to 6pJ ,b. r,,., ,n,r
SECOND to find tb,ir sacred ch,r,o coma
they fled i'm terror. for I, u.n,,,5 h'
death LINGERING ,pd noir,n, ,,r ,,a,~,
to stay ana c<nI,in hnv, and u.h, ,ha,,