Crittenden record-press., 1917-11-08

tt.l' hit anu lNe N,llll'
| W' riaNug eaten ne rolled up ii
| HecipS ant pg,ive-made cotton trou
to- ard proceeded to clean the cave
| AftcI that he overhaued his stock Of
drugs and instruments, repacking them
and making ready against opportunity.
"AS told that heather with gun
out there, there's an end to every
thing = he reflected. MAY this come
soon I"
The second guard that afternoon
| proved even less communicative than
,hr first, up to the point when, To les
SEQ his ennul, King began 20 whistle
Each time he came near the entrance
ne new guard could catch few bars
Ut the tune. After little white the
| nook no>ed ruffiAn began to sing thu
words ~ II, in n voice like n forgotten
| dogs SO King stopped AZ the entrance
| GHd saw then h!0od-soaked bandnge
On the right "f his neck, not very far
,c9In The iug'lnr. e. ,..., -...
"n'ah said King. "Was that wornd
got in The khyber-the ether day:
Nay. Here in Khlnjnn."
"A man told me last night" said
King. drawing on Im"- "-inution without
any conjunction al all, "thnt the fight
IN the Khyber was because jhad Is
,nunched already
That man lied" said the guard
shifting position uneasily. as II afraid
t1, talk too much.
80 l told him |" answered Klng. -
toli him there never will he another
jilad." Ma. .,.. .-t
Then thou art greater liar than
he" the guard answered hotly .'Thrre
ill be a jihad when she IL ready, such
an one as never yet was India shall
bleed for all the fat years she has lain
unplundered :, Not u throat Of an un-
believer IN the worid shall be left un-
slit No. jihadl Thou liar Get In
out Of my sight -
SO King, retired into the cave, with
something new to think about. Was
she planning the jihad Or pretending
to plan one? Every once In while
the guard leaned far into the rave
! mouth and hurled adjectives at him,
the mildeSt Of which was u we'll Of in
Formation. II his temper was the ten
per Of the Hills" 1t was easy TO read
! disappointment for n Iihad that should
have been already but had been post
poncd. King let him alone and paced
the cave for hours.
He was squatting on his bed-end
in the dark, like specialized image Of
i'uddha, when the first OF the three
men came. on guard again and M last
small came for him holding n r'tchy
orch that filled the dim passage tai
If acrid smoke and made both of them
cough. IsmaIl was red-eyed with 1t.
Come" he growled. "Come. little
iakim.' Then he turned on his heel
, At once. as II afraid Of being twltted
with desertion. He seemed to want to
/ ,et outside, where he could keep out Of
-nnge Of words, yet not to wish to
'eem unfrlendly.
+ But King made no effort TO speak to
him, following In silence out on to the
lark ledge above the waterfall and no.
ticing that the guard with the boils
vas back again on duty. He grinned
willy out Of a shadow rs King passed.
"Make an end !" he advised. Jump.
hakim, before worse thing happens :"
To Illustrate the suggestion he
kicked loose stone over the cl!ff. and
The movement caused him to bend his
eek AID so Inadvertently 10 hurt his
Duils. He cursed. and there was pity
IN Kings voice when he spoke next.
"Do they hurt theef
( "Aye, Ike the devil. KhInjan Is a
ll9cr OF plaques
Il could heal them" King said. pass
'rg on. and the man stared hard.
Come" hoomed Islnall through the
inrknoSS, shaking the torch To make
.t burn better aud beckoning impatient.
y aud King hurried after him, leaving
.rh'nt u savage at the cave mouth who
fingered his sUres and wondered, nut.
cring. leaning on u rifle, nutterlng
tnd muilcrlng again as 4 he had seen
new light.
Instead o. waiting for King to catch
lr lSE:all began 10 lead the way nt
great speed along a path that descend.
"d gradually until II curved round the
end " the chpsm and plunged into
tunnel where the darkness grew
Opaque. For thirty minutes he led
swiftly down crazy devils stairway
Of uneven powders. stopping To lend
hand at the worst places, but ever
,astingly urging him to hurry.
Then the hell.mouth gloom began to
grow fnintly luminous, aud the water
falls thunder burst on their eurs from
close ut hand. They emerged into
fresh wet air and a sea Of sound. on n
rock ledge like the one above. Ismall
raised the torch and waved IT, The
iite and smoke wandered up. until they
i!attened On n moving opal dome, that
pris0ned all the noises In the world.
! "Enr7hs Drunk I" he announced. wav-
,ag the torch und then shutting his