Crittenden record-press., 1917-11-08

uN ll'H'AfNS.
Once IN the arena. the guards took
charge Of all three Of them and Hncd
them up facing the mullnh, clubbing
them with their rifc-butts to get quick
or obedience. The crowd began TO be
noisy again. but the mulluh signed for
silence.
"These are trntorsl" he howled, and
his voice was like VOLTS at hunting
time. "llear, and be warned"
The crowd grew very still, but King
saw that some men licked their lips.
as II l,cy well knew what was coming.
These three men came, and one wus
n new man :" the mullnh hOwled. The
other two were his witnesses All
three swore that the nrst man came
from Staying an unbcllcyer IN the teeth
Of written law They said he ran fror,
the law 80. MS the custom Is. let nil
three enter"
Good! said the crowd. "Goodl"
They might have been nye thousand
Judges, judging In equity. 50 grave they
We're. Yet they iickcd their lips.
But later, word came to me saying
they ARE liars. So-ngnin Us the Gus
tom isl ordered them bound aud
held Does any speak for thcm,"
Speak for themi" said the roof.
There Sus silence. Then there was
u murmur of nstonishmrnt. Over op!
poSiie ,o where King sat the muliah
stood up. who the Pathan had said
was Bull. wlth.a beard" mmad
Amin.
THE men arc mineT h. Crowied,
Hts Voice was like bears ut bay; Il
wr- 1nw but II CARRIED strangely. And
us he spoke he swung his great head
between his shoulders. HE a bear that
means 10 charge. The proof they
brought has been stOlsNl They had
good proof ! speak for themi Tho
men are mine'"
The Patian nudecd King In the ribs
with an elbow Ike club aud uckied
his ear with hot breath.
"Bullwlth'a.bcard speaks truth :" hs
grinncd. Truth and lie together
Good may II do him and rheml They
die. they three Bnluchis" q"
Proof hoNlr,i the mullah whs had
M hair or cyrlnshrs
Proof show Us proof 7" yelled thu
crowd
The Pathhn next King leaned over 10
whisper ~ him again. but stlfYened In
the act There was II great gasp the
sau. Instant. MS the whole crowd
cnugh, lis breath all together. fhe
muilnh In the middle froIe into I'm
mobility. Bull.wi,h.n.benrd stsod
mumhllng. swuylng his great head from
side I" side no longer suggestive u n
bear about to charge. hut of oae who
hrsltAtrs.
The crowd as staring at the enA Of
the bridge King stared. too. and
caught his own breath. For Yaanli
stood there, smiling on them oil AZ the
new moon smiles down on tho Khybes
She had come among them Ike q sp<nt,
all unheralded.
30 much more beautiful than the oae
likeness King had seen Of her that for
a second he doabtcd who she WA die
stood there. humun aud warm aud real,
Who had begun 10 ~,cm a myth. clad
la gau1y silk Transparent stun that
innd" no secret of sylphlikc shupcii.
nrss and looking nearly light enough 10
blow away. Her fc.t-and they were
the most mHryelOusly nodded things
hr had ever seen-wrrp naked anil
plny"d r"stlessly on The naked stone.
Not one part Of her was still .or
fraction of u second; yet the whole e.
feet rha ~ in-olen'ly ,uIy ease.
Her eye. blntcd Hrgh,cr than the NJ.
tie jewels stitched 10 her gossamcr
dress, aud when man once looked nj
them b" did not fad II easy 10 look
away again. Even mullnh 'Muhnmmsd
Amin seemed ,rsns,i,cd. like great
foolish animal
But Ming vhs staring very hard In.
deed nj something ,l.e-m.ntally
cursInr the plain glass spectacles ho
wore. that Ind begun 10 iilin over nnd
dim his vision There we're two bruce.
lets on her arm. both barbarlc things
Of solid gold. The smaller of the two
wh- on her wrist and the lnrger on her
upper arm. but they were ~ alike. ex.
ccpt for Size, and so exactly like the
one Rewa Gungn had given him In her
name and that had been stolen from
MIN In the night, that he rnn the risk
OF removing the glnSScs a moment 10
stare withsunim-dcd eyes. Even then
the distance was too great. lie could
not quite see.
but her eyes began TO search the
,rowd In his direction, and then h,
knew two things absolutely. lie was
sitting where she had ordered IsmnIi
to place him; for she picked sIm out
almost Instantly, and laughed ns N
somebody had struck a silver bell. And
one of those bracelets was the On. that
he hnd worn; Tor she Haunted Il nj
hlm. moving her arm so that the llrht
should make the gold glitter.
Then. perhaps because the crowd
had begun 10 whisper. and she wanted
all attention, she rnised both arms Ia
toss back the golden hair that cnme
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