New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-23

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two or so had not turned his attention
to the army.
MY height !"
The man had read his thoughts!
mot quite tall enough. Besides
you are II soldier, are you not? And
do you fight?' Then, after Il minute
of rather strained silence: my mes
sage is fan her"
"From Ynsmini"
"WhO clse?'
King accepted the rebuke with n lit
tie inclination of the head. He spoke
as little as possible, because he was
puzzled. lie had become conscious Of
a puzzled look in the Rangar's eyes
and II only added to his problem if the
Hangar found in him something mex
plicable. The West can only get the
better Of the East when the East is too
cock-Sure.
"She has jolly well gone North ~
said the Hangar suddenly, and King
shut his teeth with a snap. He sat bolt
upright, and the Hangar allowed him
self to look amused.
"She has often heard of YOU" he
said.
"Ive heard of her." said King.
O course! Who has not? She has
desired to meet you, sahib, ever since
She was told you are the best man in
your service"
King gruntcd, thinking of the knife
beneath his shirt. Again. it was as If
the Hangar read Il part of his thoughts,
if not all of them. 1t is not difficult to
counter that trick, but to do 1t n man
must be on his guard, or the East will
know what he has thought and what
he is going to think, as many have dis
covered when it was too late.
"IIer men are able to protect any
body's life from any Gods number of
assassins, whatever may lead you to
think the contrary. From now forward
your life is in her mems keeping"
"Very good of her, I'm sure" King
murmured. He was thinking Of the
generals express order to apply for a
passport" that would take him into
III ' lh'll'tlis Nui III IN
necessity for asking any kind of favor
and wondering whether to ask this
man for 1t or wait until he should meet
Yasmini. The Hangar answered his
thoughts again as if he had spoken
them aloud.
"She left this with me, saying I am
to give it to you. | am to say that
wherever YOU wear it, between here
and Afshanistan, your life shall be safe
and you may come and go"
King stared. The Hangar drew a
bracelet from an inner pocket and
held it out. 1t was Il wonderful bar
barrie thing of pure gold. big enough
for Il grown mans wrist, and old
enough to have been hammered out in
the very womb of time. 1t looked al
most like ancient Greek. and it fas-
tened with n hinge and clasp that
looked as if they did not belong to 1t
and might have been made by a not
very skillful modern jeweler.
won't you wear it?" asked Rewa
Gunga. watching him. at will prove
a true talismnn! What was the name
of the Johnny who had a lamp to rub?
Aladdin? 1t will be better than what
he had! He could only command a lot
of bogies. This will give you authority
over flesh and blood! Take 1t, sahib!"
So King put it on, letting it slip up
his sleeve out of sight-with a sensa-
ton as the snap closed of putting
handouts on himself. But the Hangar
looked relieved.
THAT is your passport, sahib Show
1t TO a hillman whenever you suppose
yourself in danger. The Raj might
go to pieces, hut while Yamini lives"
"Her friends will boast about her, !
suppose"
King finished the sentence for him
because it is not considered good form
for natives to hint at possible dissolu-
ton of the Anglo-Indian government.
Everybody knows that the British will
not govern India forever, but the Brit
iSh-whO know ii best of all, and work
to that end most fervently-are the
only ones encouraged to talk about 1t.
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Gunga held his peace, while the car
riage swayed at breakneck speed
through the swarming streets. King,
watching and saying nothing, did not
believe for a second the lame expla-
nation Yasmini had left behind. She
ing to he first up the Khyber. and he
was very sorry indeed she had slipped
away. It might he only jealousy, yet
why should she be jealous?
1t was the next remark of the
Rangers that set him entirely on his
guard. and thencefOrward whoever
could have read his thoughts would
have been more than human. He had
known of that thought-reading trick
ever since his ayah (native nurse)
taught him TO lisp Hindustanee; Just
as surely he knew that its impudent
use was intended to sap his belief In
himself.
'Tll bet you n hundred dibs," said
the Hangar, that she decided to be
there first and get control of the stu
alton! She's slippery, and quick, and
like all women, she's jealousr"
The Rangers eyes were on his, but
King was not to be caught again. 1t is
quite easy to think behind a fence, so
to speak, if one gives attention to II.
"She will be busy presently fooIing
those Afridis." he continued. waving
his cigarette. "She has fooled them
always, to the limit of their bally bent.
Yasmini plays her own game. for
amusement and power-a good game
a deep game, You have seen already
how India has to ask her aid In the
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