Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-15
She held his hand a little tighter ana

only made her laugh the more
Tales of the Heart of the Hills
have puzzled the raj, haven't they,
these many years? They sent me to
find the source of them. Me- They
chose well There are not many like
me. l have found this one dead wOm-
an who was like me. And in ten years.
until you came, / have found no man
like him y
She tried to look into his eyes. but
he frowned straight in front of him.
Ills native costume and Hangar tLrbah
did not make him seem any less a
man. His jowl, that was beginning to
need shaving, was as grim and as sat
isfylng as the dead Romans. She
stroked his LETT hand with soft fingers.
Il used to think l knew how to
| dance! - she laughed. For ten years
| have taken those pictures of her for
my model and have striven to learn
what she knew / have surpassed her.
l used to think knew how to amuse
myself with mems dreams-until
| found this Then / dreamed on nv
own account My dream was true. INV
warrior You have come Our hour
| has comet"
She tugged at his hand. He was
hers, soul and harness, IL outward
signs could prove it.
Gomez" she said. as this my hos
ptality2 You are weary and hungry.
| Come"
She led him by the hand. for IT
would have needed brute force to pry
| her fingers loose. She drew aside the
| leather curtain that hung on bronze
rod near the bed, led him through 1t,
and let it clash TO again behind them.
Now they We're In the dark together,
! and II was not COmprehended in her
/ scheme of things to let circumstance
| lie fallOw. She pressed his hand, and
sighed. and then hurried. whispering
! tender words he could scarcely catch.
! When they burst together through n
! curtain Mt the other end of passage
| in the rock. his skin was red under
the tan and for the first time her eyes
| refused to meet his.
"Why did they choose that cave to
sleep in2" she asked him. els not This
better one? Who laid them thereT
He stared about. They were In
great room far more splendid than the
first. There was great fountain In
the center splashing in the midst a
| flowers. They were cut flowers. The
Hills" must have been secured for
them within n day.
There were great cushioned couches
all about and two thrones made of
ivory and gold. Between two cOuches
was table, laden with golden plates
and golden jug, on pure white linen.
There were two goblets Of beaten gold
and knives with golden handles and
bronze blades. The whole room
seemed to be drenched In the scent
YaSmini favored, and there was the
same frieze running round all four
walls, with the woman depicted on 1t
dancing.
Come, we shall eat I" she said, lead
ing him by the hand to couch. She
took the one facing him, and they lay
like two Romans of the empire with
the table in between.
She struck a golden gong then. and
a native woman came in, who stared
at King as if she had seen him before
and did not like him Yasmni nodded
TO the servant who clapped her hands
At once came stream Of hilmen
robed in white, who carried sherbet IN
bottles cooled in snoH and dishes fra
grant with hot fooG He recognized
his own prisoners frqin the Mir Khan
Palace Jail, and nocued to them AS
they set the things down under the
maids direction. When they had flu
lahpd eating Nasmini GROVE the maid
away with a sharp word he brought
an ivory footstool aud set il about
yard away from her Waxen toes. And
she, watching him with burning eyes,
wound tresses of her hair around the
golden dagger handle. making her jew
els glitter with each movement.
''The gods Of India, who are the only
real gods, what do they think Of 1t all
| They have been good 10 the English.
but they have had no thanks. They
viii stand aside now md watch
| kAFdtfA JluHA tNAU ire WoIiu nus tSFf
seen! / love them. and they love me-
as you shall love me, tool If they ala
not love both Of US. We would not both
be here We must obey them r'
None of the East's amazing ways Of
courtShip are ever tedious. Love
/ springs into being on an instant and
lives thousand years inside an hour.
/ She left no doubt as to her meaning.
/ She and King were 20 love as the East
| knows love, and then the world might
/ have just what they two did rot care
/ TO take from It.
His only possible course as yet was
/ the defensive, and there is no defense
| like silence. He was stiu.
THE sirkar' she went on. "the silly
sii kar fears that perhaps Turkey may
enter the war. Perhaps jihad may
be proclaimed So much for tearl |
know | have known for Il very long
time' And have not act fear trouble
no at all
Her eyes were on his steadily and
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