The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-10-03


but loudsr--much. On top OF u an
other. The man pressed both hands
backward into the yielding cushions
lie straish;ened his arms and sat
upright.
~ouns," he mu;tereo. -Guns,-
He stayed here for . moment pull
ing his drink-Semussd faculties TO
rsthe-. Guns he told himself.
''isat means oisser ensaysment--
guns He tsisd tc fecoilect why
guns shsaid &c at wors h-re In
Asehan.s.an his balm was workine
n q dissoirssd cianner. Certain
tb;rss he rsn-:sbsrtd. me res, vas
. woolis.ss hat ne eoril not Cissa.
tsngla
lie rccoiiecteo drenmiiy that oocs
he ala not know hcN lung ago--se
had predicted trouble Not for hin
seis because he nc longer took an
iifsres. In these ;h'nss-not worth
i;--bat trouble fer A:Ehanistan
had can an argument With Fruix.
:hs m. sheep owner. or ~ might
hsv. been ons OF tho women. ans-
how. ne'a said there could he
trnrbie The Russians. ne recaiisa
that. had been trying 20 get in with
the Amir. and Sher Al; was shifty.
lie had oid-shouldered the firi,'cn.
toe Then. oh. yes. he remembered
that they had killed some one.
police officer Cavagnari. wasn't ~
lie had known cavagnari little In
the old life. before he got into
trouble down there In india. very
decent mar. cavagnari.
tie remenbered distinctly saying
ihers'd be trouble then Il was q
bad business But OF course, It was
oothinE 10 dc with him Tie had
siveD up all those things stepped
aside years ago. He had gone his
Own way SIC had chucked 'hs old
life rirned Mohammedan-read the
Koran. bowed &c the East and Ell
that--for what Il maitercd--ard had
lived life he liked sun he had
said that the Atghans must expect
trouble
As he sat there. othor disconnected
WhiTs of memory drifted into his
head Wasn't Il one OF ths women
vino had said the British were up al
Kabul. had smashed sher All. mad
fortified the place. aud we're now Out
and about fighting the tribesi He
remembered there had been lighting
lie had heard Il IN the distance. th'
inrs an0 secret mutterings OF the
ours That was the explain atom.
The women hadn't told Tim
naturally MAZDA wouldn', let EN- dc
that Nadia Was afraid. afraid she'd
lose hiu,. the puss afraid ned get ex
cited: and then the Afghans. always
suspicious because they thcdght .
white nan couidn't change his spot'
rot that-world XIII him.
Still ne had heard He had hearC
thrm chattering He'd been havinI
the usual evening and was lyiDI
down ony be- hadn'f been as IA
gnne as they suppOsed-and he''
heard He hadn't heard much he
caase h-'u given up ali those thii -
didn't excite h.r self about them an,
longer. so he hadn paid attention
BO' he'd heard enough
The valley was dtSRered in an -
qutsi;e manner by ths irrigation te'
tscss and the orchards and patchs
81 cultivation that clothed these tsi
! races The irrigation nullss raj
through these patches like the oui
lie OF some richly intricate and lrr'
q sponsibly involved design The Zoo
~ the valley was like an enams
tswei. little blobs and lozenges q
! vivid color being contained by N
b cOnvoluted outline OF the irrigatio
0 cuts Toward the end Of the vsile
no ground was clearer. naked.
FROM side 20 side OF this clesre
space moved thic< and solo line {
advancing mer The enss OF thl
b extraordinary limo were tive mile
4 apart The moving mass must hsv
: contained az least 10000 souls
The big man drew himself a iiitl
= nearer to tho opening in the ten
p Ills interest hlckered up. He wa
q ike an Emperor % Rome suddenl
= confronted with spectacle orgR
b lied 70 surprise ana 10 please hir
p HE faded and caliouscd sense
} quickened. even through the atroph
. berot Of indulgence
= A. be looked pictets. ieadlr
= punches ~ saddied horses trott'
. into view on tho left and right The
!. came from under the trees Of a
y orchard and went forward sever
hundred yards. They wheeled abol
q and waited a. their heels thei
q broke out Of the trees four ior
teams. with four exquisite little gui
rocting a. the heels % the team
. The horses irotted forward daintil
q prettny. The guns rolled forward
b delicate. yet easy pomp. Every tra'
a vas taut. evoryihins az exquisite !