The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1915-02-18

viii, anu tue Ted hhlftn man ruhhtd
his hands That's something like"
said he '"rhls was the proper shop 10
come to- Now. SIR. let mo introduce
you 90 Brother pcachey Carnehan.
that's him. aud Brother Daniel Dmvot.
that Is me- and the less said about our
profession the better. for we have been
most thing In our time. Carnehan II
sober aud so am T. Wen take one ~
your cigars apiece. aud you shall see us
light"
| watched the test The men were
absolutely sober, 81 gave them each a
tepid peg.
well and good" said Carnehan Of
the eyebrows. wiping the froth from
his mustache. let me talk now. Dan.
We have decided that India isn't biz
enough for such IA u.s."
They certainly were too big for the
office. Carnehan continued: The
country isn't half worked ont because
they that governs us won't let yuu
touch IT, Therefore. such a. II Ia. we
will let II alone and go away 10 some
other place where man isn't crowded
aud can come 10 his own We are not
little men. aud there Ia nothing that we
are afraid ~ except drink. and we
have signed cuntrnck CA that There
fore we are going away 10 be- kings"
Kings In our own right" muttcrci
nravot
YES. OF course" said You've been
tramping In the sun. aud It's very
warm night and hadn't you better
sleep over the n0tiOnf'
Neither drunk nor sunstruck." said
Dray0t we have slept over the no
ton half a year and require 10 see
books and aliases aud We Elye dccid
I'd that there Is only one place now IN
the world that two strong men eau
sara.whsck They call Il Kahristan
by my reckoning It's the top right
hand corner u Afghanistnn. not more
than 500 miles from rc~hawar. They
have two aud thirty heather IDIOTS
there. aud we'll be the thirty third
It's a mountainous country. aud the
women are very beautiful"
But that Is provided against In the
contrack, said Caruehan Neither
women nor liqu of. Daniel
And that's all We know. except that
no one has gone there aud ,hcy fight
and Ia any place where they 0ght
man who knows how 10 drill men can
always be- a king We shall go Ia those
parts and say to any King We nnd
'Dyou want 20 vauquish your foes 2
aud we will show him how TO drill
men Tor that We know better than
anything else Then We will ,ubvert
that king aud seize his thrunc aud -.
tablish a dynasty
You'll bc cut 10 pieces before YOU'RE
dfty miles across the border" | said
'lOu have 20 travel through Afghan.
istan 10 get 10 that country Are ron
AZ all In earnestT'
"a little" said Dravot swectly Now.
~ VA ~ htAF - s'h hhff hhAs ff'H
n It's all blank where ksnri-tan Il, aud
any books you've 90; We can read.
though we arnt very educated"
uncased the big thirty two miles 90
the inch map Of India aud two smaller
frontier maps. hauled down volume
lnfkan % the Encyclopaedia Britau
Mica. aud the men consulted them
See herrr said Dravot. his thumb
on the map Up to Jagdallak. Peach
ey aud the know the ruad We was
there with Roberts army Wen have
10 turn oG L. the right NJ Iagdallak
through Iaehmann territory: then we
get among the hills tOUO feet 1860
II will be- cold work there. hut II don't
Look very far On the map"
I smoked while the men Iored over
Ilavcrty. wood the maps aud the I'm.
encyclopaedia
There II no use your waiting snid
Dravot politely ITS nbout I O'Clock
now Wen go before o'clock II YOU
want 10 sleep aud we won't steal any
~ the paisfs when we've GOT our
kingdom IN going order ven let you
know. AMI YOU can come up aud help
M o. govern II
"Would two lunatics make con
track Ike thatF asked Carnchan with
subdncd pride showing Tue a greasy
hair sheet 1T note paper on which wns
written the following. | copied II then
and there ns u curiosity
This contrack between me and you per
suing witucsseih IN tho name ~ God
Amen ana 20 forth
onc. That me ana you viii settle this
matter together e.. o. be- KINGS u Kan
ristan
Two That YOU and me viii not while
this matter Is being settled Iuok AZ any
liquor nor any woman black. white Or
brown 30 ~ 90 get mixed up With uno
Or the other harmful
Three That We conduct ourselves with
dignity and discretion. and Il one u us
gets into trouble the other viii stay ~
him
Signed by YOU and mo this day.
peachey Taliaferro Carnehan
Daniel Druyut
Both Gentlemen az Large
left them still poring over the maps
aud making notes IN the back of the
'contrack." BE sure a. come down Ia
the Serni tomorrow 10 say goodby.
were their parting words.
The kumharsen Serai Is the great