The Nevada County picayune., 1917-04-05


 t1r rHe #et tg4 p9rId 8p a.5P0siqr gI lfala,f story pHsh i2 slriL5ag'H 1#-r ~t7#aI7afe5 Ro@g5 doi hafrt. aa#la bring eo aftrt iis- lalg 4a as tlrI 4 a.f >61te- Elloua4 ilallAtea4ry.
 Il5s uaear had named hjn Heh~u, mrau5a. fE. HeaatifH aaa h- Gl Ifae.la e his name. 'fuara Mas IH Vehuu G Tt EaudalWr Mho eeata Iuuel laa ehet h. rode through f!te Harra# streets with his black ha5r eur.ua aulrr hae ahd rcd se5uel lulau. Win 4e.H soft eyas tE.s =ae4. quick to daHr. he looked scofu- mlF down du iGe laa=horH ehe lea lnthpf diHf41 nor sel1=rospeaf Iie lsu@v pr4uliy lAat his own honor sge .o ldaar te lam that lis days Uag'a Hat h. long.
 He carried dealh, and watched for death Between his family of the AA- Reo}zyfs and the equally powerful MuradzNyS thcrc was un ago-Iene feuI. There was another younger fead he= tween his father. Mohammed=l}cE and uuelc, OSmau-Bcg.
 Therefore Muhsen never went un- armed Always he bore his shield. over his back hung the long Afghan rifle and in the gay sash was Il knife three feet long, four inches broad, sharp as acid and of such weight that i Id
 One evening he stole into 0>uan- BeE's house, meaning to kill the young est son, Elem. He gripyed ta do it, for Elem and he had been boyhood con- panons; hut honor k dearer to the Afghan than aught else. He put mem cries behind him and went in.
 "Hail to thee, son of my unclp," said t soft voice. It Was his cousin, Bsehcmyleh who had watched him en- ter. She advanced and stood before him lovely IS the dusk, in Il red, gold embroidered robe of gauge. her shining eyes and hair splendid behind il trans parent veil of silver and blue. Thou hast come to kill Elem - she said. He is best beloved, I love him. l lo1e thee, too. oh, MohSen. take me aS ran- som. Fake me, Soh of my uncle. will be thy wife. I will follow thce.
 He kneeled and kissed the hcm of ter robe. pscheWylrh lifted her little naked foot and set it on his neck Un- Ter that touch his pride broke like glass,
 Three da3s later 0smau-Beg and lis souS tore boards and hair, and walled n their house for shame. Their lr- loved, their star. their pSchemyleh hat fled with the son of their hate,l kins- man, their enemy.
 Kandahar was m place where the two cuutd hide Before another saa had passed the avengers Of blood had driven them from house to house and surrounded them in their last retreat- Il ruined part of the city.
 Mohsen Iay behind a wall and let them approach bschemyleh sat by his side With his rifle. PoiSug tllr great knife Mohset Ieupvd out sud- denly and struck down the lender oi hls pursuers. The red knife swung again nud hacked through urban aud skull of q cousin.
 Then he prepared to die, for thay were all at him pSchemYIrh lifted thc gun Al that moment baua ot riders uargcd into tAe fight. They drove be- tween him and his foes. "OSmau-Be-sS S roared the leader, "ciNc waY. Kdn, Let loose thy prey, or swear ht thr ,F ..11 fl IfI shalt not five
 SuIleuly Osmau-BoS'S band retired Fhr newcomer Was A,ha- -klau. saa If Abdubth- Khan, who governed the city fnr the sultan Ills hors"men tonk tAe twa hetwoea theH 8u1 hurciel them to thr citadel. Bu' Mehsea vas Iiltle pleased. Abdutah au1 Aktar were of Jhv stock of the Muradzyy.. Mohsea's lie had spen eaycd from one foe only to fat into that of aHolher. sun Aefe bitter.
 But he MS au N5'iau. aha lis uial 3vps crafty Scarcely had 1AC> oe Itere5 tae e.tadc, before He tere Vnr self loo~e and rau Ike deer iuto tae a4H,m. pAerr be threw hEs~eJf daysa ,eiore lhc siec.ot AbauHah Saateitas Ub, hem=ef ler robe he dtHS0te5,= luo. lection.
 AhHaHt SaHu aud his sen "err 4-n>e ea hs= Aee.S. with da1-5e- drawn. | ana an Am4ea1Sy ," ~sia Nohsen hiN mr if you UIllt"
 Ahluiah. Khan lifted his aaSStr. Hold" ~aJd b.s wife. ~ThcSe cludren have gm4ed uy pfeteetieH Ii lAuu louchest dlelL saou Io>e>E tA.ur honor aHd thy fame that k shining a> silver will he blackoupd in tAe sight of tI,n.
 Nhdunoh-khuu'S eyes glemaed hk, tb5Se of rger. He stood stIii traa-