Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-01
CHAPTER Xl.-Continued.

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Are there devils in Tophet7 Fire
and my veins are one!"
The man did not notice the eager
ness beaming out of Kings horn
-immed spectacles, but Ismail did; it
seemed to him time to prove his vir-
tues as assistant.
~This is the famous hakim Kurram
4 Khan" he boosted. "He can cure any
thing and for a very little feew
The man looked incredulOus, but
King drew the covering from his row
of instruments and bottles.
aTake a chance !" he advised. "NOne
hut the brave wins anythingw
Ismail and Darya Khan were new to
the business and enthusiastic. They
had the man down, held tight on the
floor TO the huge amusement of the
rest before he could even protest; and
his howls of rage did him no good, for
Tsmail drove the hilt of a knife be-
tween his open jaws to keep them open.
A very large proportion of Kings
stores consisted of morphia and CO.
came. He injected enough cocaine to
deaden the mans nerves, and allowed
It time to work. Then he drew out
three back teeth in quick succession,
10 make sure he had the right one.
Ismail let the victim up, and Darya
4 Khan gave him water in a brass cup.
Utterly without pain for the first time
for days the man was as grateful as
awolf freed from a trap.
Are there any others in Jain in
Khinjanf' King asked him.
Listen to him What is Khinjan?
Is there one man without a wound or
aSore or a scar or a sickness?"
Then, tell Them" said King.
The man laughed.
when I show my jaw, there will be
a fight to be first Make ready, hakim
Il Igow
King sat down to eat, but he had not
finished his meal-he had made the
last little heap of rice into a ball with
MS fingers, native style, and was mop
ping up the last of the curried gravy
Win it-when the advance guard of
Tue lame and the halt and the sick
maue ITS appearance. The caves en-
trance became TANNED with them, and
10 riot ever made more noise.
Hakiml HO, hakim! Where is the
maxim who draws teeth? Where is the
nan who knows yunani?"
len men burst down the passage all
"geJher all clamoring, and one man
wasted no time at all but began to tear
away bloody bandages to show his
"0und' hing rolled up his sleeves and
Oesal' 50 that eagerness gave place to
"0uuer' he desperate need of winning
uiS urSl trick, made him horror-proof ;
ana nobody waiting for the next turn
was troubled because the man under
'1e knife screamed a little or bled
more than usual
"ueh they died-and more than one
oiu o.e--me1 carried them out and
--1S mem over the precipice into the
waterfall below.
lSNlal and Darya Khan became
--''SerS Of the victims. They seized a
a., a. 'a'1 MIN on the bed, tore off his
E- s1S0ns oandages and held their
t Wv. u until the awful resulting stencil
"a ,lD more or less dispersed. Then
"ouid probe or lance or bandage
9af ut, Using anesthetics when
them. AiO''i' "i'Ao"'
1ney almost flung money at him. He
CT money and clothes and every
g. --..As they gave him into corner
-. - 0ac1 Of the cave, and nobody
80 70 steal them back, although a
co--. SasI ected of honesty in that
a. alaiy would have been tortured to
h. '1 as an hereto and would have
aaa 10 sympathy.
..1 Vt hol1 after gruesome hour he
,.,'su over wounds and sores such as
a~c. oe1'les and evil living can pro.
u,.t 4ALli men began to come at last
Is+s IeSA wounds, all caused by bull
elped IN bandeses on which
t0ul. - 0aAeo out Aad not grown
ss, tAerc has been fighting in the XIV.
s,o,- ss9--ehody informed him, and he
-. nm lancet in midair to listen
mo eng hundred faces swiftly in
na- 'ampight. There were ten
n.- | 1e'd lamps for him. one OF
s-ls. d "comer. and it was he who
IN the Khyber! Ayel We
file Ashkar, but we drove