Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-22
CHAPTER XVII.

ldatn asked 1aSnlni.
East Africa" said King.
"And English warships watch the
Persian gulf and all the seas from In
dia to Aden?"
King nodded.
"Have the English any ships that
dive under water, in these watersY"
Il think not. I'm not sure, but
think not"
1.-THE grenades you have seen. and
the rifles and cartridges were sent by
the Germans TO Oar es Salaam. TO
suppress a rising of African natives.
Does it begin to grow clear to you, my
friend?"
He smiled as well as nodded this
time.
"Muhammad Amin used to wait with
a hundred women at certain place
on the seashore. What he found on
the beach there he made the women
carry on their heads to Khintan. So
they worked he and the Germans, Tor
l know not how long-with the Eng
fish watching the seas as on land lean
WIVES GUILD l1lt NdiItNS.
"What were the terms Of the Ger
man bargain?' King asked her, "What
stipulations did they make?"
with the tribes? None! They
We're too wise. A jihad was decided
on in Germany's good time; and when
that time should come ten rifles in the
Hills and thousand cartridges would
mean not only hundred dead English
men, but ten times that number busily
engaged. Why bargain when there
was no need? A rife is what It is
The Hills are the Hills 2"
TELL me about your lamp oil. then"
he said. you burn enough oil in
Khinjan caves to light Bombay! That
| does not come in by submarine. The
sirkar knows how much of everything
goes up the Khyber. l have seen the
printed lists myself--a few hundred
cans Of KEROSENE few score gallons
of vegetable oil, and all bound for far
Their north. There isn't enough oil
pressed among the Hills to keep these
caves going for a day. Where does it
all come fromT
She laughed, as a mother laughs at
child's questions, finding delicious
enjoyment in instructing him.
"There are three villages, not two
days march from Khabul. where men
have lived for centuries by pressing
! oil for Khinjan caves" she said. "The
Sleeper fetched his oil thence. The
Sleeper left gold in here. Those who
kept the Sleepers secret paid for the
oil in gold. No Afghan troubled why
oil was needed, so long as gold paid
for it. And l know where the Sleeper
dug his gold"
They sac In silence for a long while
after that she looking at the table.
with Its ink and pens and paper. ana
he thinking, with hands clasped round
one knee; for It Is wiser to think than
to talk, even when a woman is near
who can read thoughts that are NOT
guarded.
"Athelstanw she said at last. at
sounds like d kings name! What was
the SIeeper's name? Was there such
name in Rome?"
"NO." he said.
"What does it meanY she asked
him.
"SlOw Of resolution :"
She clapped her hands.
"Another sign" she laughed. '9he
gods love me There always is a sign
when need one! Slow Of resolution,
art thou? I will speed thy resolution
well-beloved You were quick to
change from King, Of the Khyber Rife
regiment, to Kurram Khan. Change
now into my warrior-my dear lord
my King again!"
She rose, with arms outstretched to
him. All her dancers art, her IN
tanned poetry. her wltchery, were ex-
pressed In q movement. Her eyes melt
ed as they met his. And since he stood
up, too, for manners sake, they were
eye to eye agan-almost lip to lip.
Her sweet breath was in his nostrils
In another moment she was In his
arms, clinging TO him. kissing him
And If any man has felt on his lips
the Kiss Of all the scented glamour Of
the East, let him tell what Kings sen
sations were. Let Caesar, who was
kissed by Cleopatra, come to life and
talk Of 1t!
Kings arm is strong, and he did not
stand ike an idol His head might
swim, but she, too tasted the delirium
OF human passion loosed and given for
a mad, swift minute. If his heart
swelied to bursting. so must hers have
done.
II have needed you :" she whispered
Il have been all alone! 1 have needed
you :"
Then her lips sought his again. and
neither spoke.
Neither knew how long it was before
| she began TO understand that he. not
She, was winning. The human answer
to her appeal was full He gave her
all she asked Of admiration, kiss Tor
kiss And then--lter arms DID pot
cling 80 tightly, although his strong
right arm was Ike a stanchlou. Be
cause be knew that he, not She, was
winning he licked her I'D in his arms
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