Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-30
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ordered. when she had waited full
minute and no man spoke.
He wasted no time. He hurried out
of the arena as fast rs he could walk.
with Ismail and Darya Khan close at
his heels Ismail overlook him. seized
him by the shoulders, Rugged him. and
dragged him to the empty seat next to
the OralZai Pathan. There he Rugged
him until his ribs cracked
''Ready o. witt" he crowed. "Ready
o tongue! Light O. life! Man after
mine own heart. Hey love thee
Readily wovld he thy man. hut for be-
Ing hers! Turned the joke on Muham-
mad Amin, Turned IT against her
enemy and raised IL laugh against him
from his own men! Ready o wit!
Shameless one. Lucky one! Allah
was surely good to thee"
Have they taken Ali Masiid fort?"
King whispered.
"Nay, how should know? Ask her
She knows more than any man knOws!"
King turned to ask the same ques-
! ton of his friend the Orakzai Pathan;
but the pathan would have none Of his
/ questions. he was busy listening for
whispers from the crowd. watching
with both eyes, and he showed King
aside.
The crowd was very far from being
satisfied. An angey murmur had be-
gun to MI the cavern as hive is filed
with the song of bees at swarming
time. But even so. surmise what one
/ might, 1t was not easy to persuade the
re that Yasmini's careless smile and
easy poise were assumed. II she rec
ognized Indignation and feared it, she
disguised her fear amazingly. Leisure
ly. languidly, she raised both arms UNI
til she looked like an angel poised for
flight. The little jewels stitched to her
yau2y dress twinkled like firefiies as
she moved. The crowd gasped sharp
~. She had ii by the heart-strings.
She called. and four guards got UNI
der one shield. bowling their heads and
resting the great rim on their Shout
ders. They carried it beneath her and
stood still. With n low delicious laugh,
sweet and true. she sprang on It, and
the shield scarcely trembled; she
seemed lighter than the silk her dress
was woven from!
They carried her so. and in the midst
.,P hn hnf thnv ha1 al
moving she began to sing. with her
head thrown back and bosom swelling
1.-The a birds.
The East would ever rather draw its
own conclusions from Il hint let fall
than he puzzled by what the West be-
lleves are facts And parallels are not
good evidence in courts of law. which
Is always Il consideration. So her song
took the form Of parable.
And to say that she took hold of
them and played rhapsodies of her
own making on their heartstrings would
be to undervnue what she did. They
were dumb while she sang. but they
rose at her. Not force in the world
could have kept them down. for she
was deftly touching cords that stirred
other forccs-subtle, mysterious, mes
merle which the old East understands
which Muhammad the prophet un-
derst00d when he harnessed evil in the
shafts with men and wrote rules for
their driving in book. They rose In
silence and stood tense.
She sang of a wolf-pack gathering
from the valleys In the winter snow
very hungry wolf-pack. Then of a
stalled OK, grown very fat from being
cared for. or the "Heart Of the Hills"
That awoke in the worm Of the "Hills,"
and that listened and watched.
snow, Is she the Heart Of the
Hills?" King wondered. The rumors
men had heard and told again in India,
about the Heart Of the Hills" in kim
jan seemed to have foundation.
He thought Of the strange knife,
: wrapped in a handkerchief under his
2 shirt. with Its bronze blade and gold
!. lilt In TIE shape of a woman dancing.
, The woman dunclng was astOnishlngly
I like Yasminl, standing on the shield
e She sang about the owners of the
: stalled OK, who were busy at bay
Z defending themselves and their OK
2 from another wolf.pack in another ~
recton 'fnr beyond"
I She urged them to walt little while.
r The OK was big enough and fat enough
: to nOursh nll the wolves In the worl,
2 for many seasons. Let them walt
I then. until another. greater wof.pack
I Joined them, that they might 10 hurt.