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CHAPTEI Xxx.

Next morning the Orakzai pathan
sat and summed himself In the cave
mouth. emitting worldly wisdom un-
adnlterated with divinity. As King
went toward him 10 see TO whom he
poke be grinned and pointed with his
thumb. and King looked down on some
sick and wounded mon who sat in a
crowd together on the ramp, ten feet
or so below the cave.
They seemed stout soldierly fellows.
Men of another type were being kept
81 distance by dint of argument and
threats. Away In the distance was Mu-
tammad Amin with his broad back
turned to the cave, in alteration with
\ dozen othc. mullahs. For the time
ae was ont Of the reckoning.
"Some OF these are wounded" the
Pathan explained. "Some have sores.
Some have>the bellyache. Then again.
same are sick os words, hot and cold by
la. and night. All have served in the
army An have medals. All are de-
ssrtsTE snn.e ics one reason, scae for
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disturbing factor came to light H.
kicked brand into the fire and the
flame leaped. It's light shone on q
ward and half Of exquisitely fine
hair. like spun gold. that caressed his
shoulder ard descended down one arm
one threau 90 hair that conjured up
"A million thoughts, and in second
upset every argument!
II Rewa Gunga had been near
enough to her and intimate enough
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CHAPTER XXI.

And while King knelt behind the
mullah and the whole camp faced Nee
ca in Observation-Disclosures abasement
there came strange man down the
midst-nOt strange to the Hills"
where such sights are common, but
strange to that camp and hour. Some
body rose and struck him, and he knelt
like the rest; but when prayer was
over and cooking had begun and the
camp became a place Of savOry smell.
he came on again--a blind man. He
was clean shaven, and he looked as
if he had not been blind long, for his
physical health was good.
"Oh. the hakim-the good hakim :"
he walled. "Where is the famous ha-
kim? Show me the way to him! Oh
the famous. great, good hakim who can
heal mems eyes,"
81 am he" said King. and he stepped
down toward him. The blind mans
face looked strangely familiar. though
it was partly disguised by some gummy
stuff stuck all about the eyes. He
stared at the face again.
"ISmail :" he said ''YouY'
aye! Father of cleverness! Make
play of healing my eyesr'
SO King made great show of rub
bing on ointment. In a minute Ismail
looking almost like young man with
out his great beard, was dancing like
a lunat.t with both fists In the air, and
yelling as if wasps had stung him.
nin hn
see again! / sect Ny eyes have light
In them! Allah! Oh. Allah heap
riches on the great. wise hakim who
can heal mems eyes! Allah reward
him richly; for / am q beggar and
have no goods!'
The whole camp began to surge
toward him to see the miracle, and his
chosen bOdyguard rushed up to drive
them back. And as they went tall
Afridi came striding down the camp
with letter for the mullah held out
In cleft stick in front Of him.
"Her answer!' said Ismail with a
wicked grin.
"What is her word? Where is the
Orakzai Pathan?'
But IsmaiI laughed and would not
answer him. 1t seemed to King that
he scented climax. Also he chose In
that instant to force the mullah's hand
on the principle that hurried buffaloes
will blunder.
ITO Khinjan!" he shouted to the
nearest man. 'The mullah will march
on Khinjanv'
They murmured and wondered and
backed away from him to give him
room. Ismail watched him with
dropped jaw and wild eye.
"Spread 1t through the camp that
we march on Khinjan! Shout it, Bid
them strike the tents!'
Somebody behind took up the shout
and it went across the camp IN leaps,
as men toss ball. There was surge
toward the tents, but King called to
his deserters and they clustered back
to him. He had to cement their alle-
glance now or fail altogether, and he
would not be able to do 1t by ordinary
argument or by pleading; he had to
fire their imagination. And he did.
"She is on our sidew That was n
sheer guess. "She has kept our man
and sent another as hostage for him in
token Of good faith. Listen! Ye saw
this mans eyes healed. Let that be
token! Be ye the men with new
eyes! Give II out! Claim the title
and be true to 1t and see me guide
you down the Khyber in good time like
a regiment. many more than hundred
strongw
They jumped at the idea. The
Hills" the whole East. for that mat
| ter-are ever ready to form new sect
or join q new band or a new blood
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dia Is Minel"
double apostolic blessing, and then mo
tioning IA if he threw them the reins
and leave to gallop. They rOared back
at him like the sea under the whip OF
gaining wind. And Ismail disap-
peared among them, leaving King
alone. Then the mullah beckOned him
and showed him letter he had crum-
pied in his fist. There were only ii
few lines, written in Arabic, which all
mullahs are supposed to be able to
read, and they were signed with
strange scrawl that might have meant
anything. But the paper smelt strong
ly of her perfume,
Come then Bring'al your men, and I
will let you and them enter Khlnjan
caves We will strike a bargain in the
Cavern Of E2rth's Drink.
That was all, but the fire in the null
lah's eyes showed that he thought It
was enough. He did not doubt that
once he should have his extra four
thousand in the caves Khinjan would
be his; and he said so.
II SiOnNu.
dia is mine!"
King did not answer him. He could
only be still and be glad he had set the
camp moving and so had forced the
mullah's hand. "The old fatalist would
have suspected her answer other
wise!" he told himself, for he knew
that he himself SUSPECTED it.
1, H. InI nAnlN NnA
the tents began to fall and the women
labOred to roll them. The men began
firing their rifles, and within the hour
enough ammunition had been squan-
dercd to have fought Il gOodsized skir-
miSh: but the mullah did not mind
for he had Khinjan caves in view, and
none knew better than he what vast
store of cartridges and dynamite was
piled in there. He let them waste.
Watching his opportunity, King
slipped down the ramp and into the
crowd. while the mullah was busy with
personal belongings in the cave. King
left his own belongings to the fateS. or
TO any thief who should care to Steat
them. He was safe from the mulIah
who half believed him n sending from
the skies.
1--WE see! We see," they yelled and
danced around him.
Before ever the mull;ln gave an or
der they got under way and started
climbing the steep valley wall. The
mullah on his brown mule thrust for
..1 Nrx,i 90 rnN IN hn
King and his men hung back, to keep
at distance from MIN. Two or three
miles along the top Of the escarpment /.
the mullah sent back word that he
wanted the hakim 20 te beside him.
But Kings men treated the messenger
to open scorn and sent him packing.
IBID the mullah hunt himself an
other hakim! Be thOI his hakiml
Stay. we will give thee lesson in
how to use knife!"
The man ran, lest they carry out
their threat, for men joke grimly in the
Hills"
Ismail came and held Kings stirrup.
striding beside him with the easy hill
man gait.
"Art thou my man at lastT King
asked him, but Ismail laughed ana
shook his head.
~ am her man."
"Where is she?" King asked.
"Nay, who am that should known
"But she sent theeT
"Aye, she sent me-"
ITO what purpose?
ITO her purpose!" the Afridi an.
swered. and King could not get anothee
word out of him. He fell behind.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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fedd. Witness the Nikalseyns, who
worship lo1g-slnce-dead Englishman.
1--WE see!" yelled one of them.
"We see!" they chOrused. and the
idea took charge. From that minute
they were a new band, with war.cry
of their own.
ave seew they howled, scattering
through the camp, ami the mullah
came out to glare at them and tug
his beard and wonder what possessed
them.
'To Khinjanv they reared. Lead
US 10 Khinjan
ITO Khinjan. thenp he thundered.
throwing up both arms In O sort Of
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Superiority.

women are queer"
"Yes?"
"Mrs. Twobble has just returned
from trip to New York and merely
because she stayed at a hotel with
more dining rooms than the hotel usu-
ally patronized by Mrs. Jibway on her
eastern trips can boast of she's in
clined to look down on Mrs. Jibway."
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Only when man is getting the best
of II will be admit that he is getting
the worst Of 1t.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-02
WE MAY BE HAPPY YET.

The senate finally. after revising the
rood control bill, passed it by vote
of 81 to 8, and conferees from both
rouses have taken up consideration of
it. AS passed by the senate, the bill
limits the control features to food.
feed and fuel, including kerose and
gasoline, establishing a price o. So a
bushel for wheat. permitting tn. gov
eminent. thru the federal trade COM
mission. to fix prices on coal and coke,
end, if necessary, to requistion the
entire coal supply, forbidding the use
Of food cereals in the manufacture of
distilled liquors for beverage purposes.
permitting the regulation of grain ex-
changes dealing in futures, etc
The house proposals to extend the
basic metals as steel. iron. copper and
aluminium. and to permit the rresi-
dent, by proclamation, to expand the
list of articles over which the s:uvern-
.nent might exercise its control and to
commander railroads. were rejected.
An appropriation of $4,000, 00G was
added by the senate to provide for the
purchase of nitrate of soda by the
government for sale to farmers at
cost.
The pernicious practice of intro
ducing matter alien to the subject of
the bill itself" says the Bachs- Re-
view, has been followed with thc food
bill, and a proposal to create joint
war committee on expenditures in
conduct of the war is made a part of
the bill. The president is much op-
posed to this proceeding, believing
that it would harass executive action
In all directions"
This feature has been eliminated
by the conferees. That part of the
senate bill which provided for a food
control commission of three mem
bers has been also left out of
the bill at the presidents sug-
eestion and the business VIII be
placed in the hands of one man. The
conferees decided not to reopen the
prohibition question. The bill now
seems to be in a fair way to become
law at an early date
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IN FEDERAL SERVICE
Topeka Red Cross Ambulance Com
pany Was Mustered in Today.

The Red Cross Ambulance corps No.
A, of Topeka, is now in federal serv-
ice. Members. of the orgaLization
were examined and taken in service
this morning and now they are enlist
ed in the United States army, on the
reserve list. More than 10 men
were examined and taken in this
morning.
The organization was taken into
federal service in order to avoid COM
plfcatfons which might arise as a re-
suit of the ruling of the war depart
ment which stated that members of
an ambulance corps could not claim
draft exemption. Rather than to lose
practically any of the members of the
federal service and allowed to return
to their homes, assigned on the re-
serve list.
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a WAY NO SAVE TIME

II is now said that some il not all
Of the cantonments for the new ma
tionaI army win be seriously delayed
for lack of lumber for construction
purposes. and that It win be October.
at least, before the drafted men can
lie modified and begin training In
this case much valuable time will be
iost-and time. just now. wita the
Russian debacie unchecked. is of
prime Importance TO us and TO all the
allies.
In England, it is said. there are a
million men or so in cantorn4ents.
who have had some months OF train
ing. Why is it not feasible for these
men to be sent to France at onSe. let
ing our men take their places in the
English environments for their train
ingg In the meantime our Canton
snents can be built for the accommo-
aatiOn of the second fnstallment of our
drafted army. which. it is agreed on
al hands, will be necessary,
1t wilI be no more troublesome to
transport our men to England than to
France. it viii be as easy to provision
fhem m England as IN France This
suggestion is one which our govern
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-02

Those wabaunsee county IA. mers
who are protesting against the draft
are a little late in filing their nojec-
tons. Their action is akin to Tying
to arrest flood after the dara has
broken. If they choose to refuse to
SOW wheat. only they will b. the
losers. There viii be enough grain
without theirs. Their plan for stop
ping the war until the people Ca. vote
upon it, unfortunately cannot be
adopted, because the governme' has
.los the time to spare. 1t seems that
there are La Follettes in botn high
and low places While their coul Sc is
eanoying to patriotic citizens ard may
occasionally delay the country's bust
ness in some slight particula' g. the
winning of the war will proceed. An
ant cannot arrest the progress f an
elephant. The opponents of tine war
fortunately are powerless to do any
serious harm to the cause of ruman
liberty for which the United States
hRs entered the conflict
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-02
MOVE MINING SCHOOL
Weir Institation VIII Be Transferred
to State University.

Orders were issued by the state
board of administration today for the
transfer of the state school of mines
from Weir to the state university at
Lawrence. The Weir school died last
winter when the legislature failed to
make an appropriation for its sup
port. Equipment of the school will
be taken to Kansas university.
There is limited equipment and ma
terial at Weir. Two fires in the
school caused the loss of much of the
physical plant provided by the state
when the school was established un-
der an act of the legislature of 1911.
school of mines is conducted at the
state university and the work of the
two schools will be consolidated.
Supt. B. L. Wolfe. who has been in
charge of the work at Weir. will di-
rect work among miners and will be
associated with the state university.
Professor Wolfe will act as field man
for the school of mines.
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In the distribution of our surplus
silver a very large proportion goes to
Europe, the remainder chiefly TO the
Orient. In the fiscal year 1916, we
exported $53.172.0OO worth of silver,
Of which $41, $4,000 went to England.
$3.50. GOO to China and HonsKong.
and $1,3s5, 900 to South America. We
slso exported in that year sac. 900
worth of foreign silver. out of total
q $S4.154, 900 worth sent to us chiefly
from our near neighbors. Mexico,
South America and Canada, part of
il coming in the form of ore and a
part as refined bullion. Most o. this
is sent to us because of our superior
smelling and refining facilities and
also because the United States IS the
worlds largest producer of silver has
special facilities for marketing that
roduct in other parts of the orld.
Ii the fiscal year 1917 the value OF
silver exported was about $4,000. 600,
slightly exceeding in value that CT any
earlier year.
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ment should feel entirely free TO pro-
pose to our British allies. They have
claimed that theFlarge number OF men
kept in England was because of the
fear that it is mot impossible that a
German invasion of the British Isles
may be attempted. In such case, the
Americans will defend British soil,
even as they will defend French soil.
Such an arrangement would i'm
mediately strengthen the western
1ront-and England would lose Moth
ing why not try it?
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committee of the municipal center.
Many women have fifty or hundred
jars on their shelves. 1t would be no
particular hardship for them to give
away three or four. Yet if every
woman gave that many. the municipal
center would soon have all that it
could use However, if this plan
failed, money would be raised to sup
ply the jars.
In order to make this plan effective
fo3' next winter when food prices Will
soar even higher, work will have to be
started Immediately while fresh Tege-
tables are at the height of their SEASON
in the markets. Centers must be
opened at once; the food preserved.
and stored for next winter. And here
is an important fact concerning this
plan 1t is not the purpose of the
food centers to give away food. except
in needy cases which have been thor
oily investigated, nor does it expect to
undersell the grocers unless it becomes
absolutely necessary. Such municipal
canning and storing of food would
simply relieve the strain on the ordi-
nary food supply, large portions of
which could be shipped to Europe
without the danger of hunger at home.
1t is interesting to note that in these
days of alleged high wages, the num-
Der of cases on the lists of the as
ISOLATED charities is steadily increas-
ing. Washington's slums are small
compared with those of other cities,
yet last year tha associated charities
spent fifteen thousand dollars in keep
ing people alive there. This year it
expects to spend thirty thousand. Last
winters bread riots in New York still
linger painfully in the memory of
those who witnessed them. The pre-
dictions for next winter are exceed
ingiy gloomy. Under these circum-
stances" says Mrs. Claxton, lis not the
duty of the cities to provide for their
own food emergencies?''
Questions on the above or any sub.
Ject upon which the reader desires IN
formation should be addressed the To-
peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic j. Haskin, Director.
Washington. D. c.. with 2-cent stamp
e. closed for reply.
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When Kerensky said that if argu-
ment and reason failed to bring the
Russians to realization of their duty
TO their country he would substitute
blood and iron" he meant IT. Dis
patches telling of ground strewn with
the dead bodies OF traitors and cow
ards indicate his determination to do
whatever seems needful in order to
save Russia from being overrun by
the barbarian hordes of the Huns. In
order to get along without a car, it
seems that the cars methods must
be applied.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-02
NO TIME FOR HYsTERIa.

Under the caption "War Foolish
ness the Atchison Globe prints the
following pertinent editorial:
This is serious war. with every
prospect of becoming worse before it
gets better. 1t is so big that most of
us are likely to have chance to help
in one way or another, befor~ it ends.
And certainly those who help are en-
titled to such credit as their work
warrants Liberty loans and Red
Cross funds are as essential to war as
troops in the field, if less difficult,
and SO are agriculture, ship-building,
mining and manufacturing. To give
them extra effort and attention is es-
sential at time like this.
But in addition 70 the hordes of
useful workers. and the heroic ones
who shall go forth to fight, there are
many historical ones, who make much
noise, waste much effort, bother busy
people and get in the way. A traveller
returned from the East tells of the
organization Of home defense leagues
and similar organizations, which have
perfected plans of action when the
Germans shall invade our shores
Transport provisions have been made
for taking the women ard children
inland, and there are emergency ra-
tions, first aid units, signal corps OF
an amateur variety, and al that sort
of thing. In passing, one might ask
as q writer in Vanity Fair does inst
whom they are going to defend them
selves against.
OF course there isn't an outside
chance of German invs sion The
worst that could possibly happen to
any coast town is for a German raider
to sneak thru the North Sea patrol
and take a few shots at some Ameri-
can port before 1t rushed away tu
evade the naval vessels which would
be sure to be on its trail in few
minutes, and even such IN event is
unlikely, as nothing like that has hap
pened to Canada In three years OF
war.
Along the same line may be men,
toned the colonels efforts to awake
the nation. Outside of congress, which
always sleeps well, the country seems
sufficiently awake to supply every
thing the nation asks The draft pro-
vides an army, except officers, ard
there is no trouble filling the training
camps. Money more than has beer
asked has been subscribed. People
| realize that the condj. tons aren't
peaceful, but there isn't anything
much they can do that they aren't
doing. The war will be fought in the
determined manner in which Ameri-
cans have fought all wars It is time
| to put aside the fooliskness. which
was bound to be part of the opening
chapter, and get down to he serious
| business which lies ahead
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To the heavy increase in federal
taxes and living expenses incident to
the war a boost in the state levy is to
be added 1t is natural that the peo-
pie should be urged to economics. else
where could they get the money to
support the ever increasing public
burdens? The tax levying bodies al
ways" seem to act upon the principle
of 'all the traffic will bear" Even a
Zig increase in property valuation but
serves to enlarge the revenue ard
never to lower the rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-02
ARREST PRO-GERMANS
Prominent Citizens of Teutonic Ex-
traction Charged With Treason.

Lowden. Iowa, Aug. -Four prom
inent and wealthy residents of Low
den are under arrest and several more
will be taken into custody on charges
of treason and interfering with gov
eminent agents. The arrests We're
made shortly before noon by United
States marshals who came here from
Cedar Rapids.
Five others are being questioned by
the federal operatives and it is likely
they will also be placed under arrest.
Town a 'Hotbed of Setiition."
Following the arrests today the off
ficers of the town, characterized as
the hot-bed of sedition by the federal
agents and county agents. were or
dered to use force in subduing any un-
ruly person making reasonable COM
ments.
Indict Two Doctors.
Davenport, Ia, Aug. DIR. Henry
Matthey and his nephew, DIR. Walter
Matthey were indicted on charges of
conspiracy here today. DIR. Henry
Matthey went to Europe soon after
the war broke out there and served
two years in German army as sur
geOn.