Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-10-27

| lOOt nave Deen StOlen DeIOFe now.
I'D like to walk through the streets
and see the crowd"
He smiled as he said that, knowing
well that the average young Rajput Of
good birth would rather fight tiger
with cold steel than walk mile or
two. He drew fire at once.
'Why walk. King sahib? Are we
animals? There is a carriage waiting
her carriage-and a cOachman whose
ears were born dead. We might be
overheard in the street. Are you and
/ children, tossing stones into a pool
to watch the rings widen!"
LEAD on, then" answered King.
Outside the station was a luxurious
ly modern victoria. with c springs
and rubber tires. with horses that
would have done credit to yiceroy.
The Hangar motiOned King to get in
first. and the moment they were both
seated the Rajput coachman set the
horses to going like the wind. Rewa
Gunga opened a jeweled cigarette case.
"Will you have one?" he asked with
the air of royalty entertaining q blood
equal
King accepted a cigarette for polite
| ness sake and took occasion to admire
the mans slender wrist, that was
doubtless bard and strong as woven
4steel. but was not much more than half
the thickness of his own. One of the
| questions that occurred to King that
minute was why this well-bred young
ster whose age he guessed at twenty
two or so had not turned his attention
TO the army.
| "My height :"
The man had read his thoughtsl
''Not quite tall enough. Besides
you are soldier, are you not? And
do you fghtT Then, after a minute
Of rather strained silence: My mes
sage is from her"
From Yasmini?"
"WhO elSeY
King accepted the rehuke with a lit
tie inclination of the head. He spoke
as little as possible because he was
/ puzzled. He had become conscious Of
a puzzled look in the Rangar's eyes
and it only added to his problem if the
Hangar found in him something mex
/ pIicable. The West can only get the
/ better Of the East when the East Is too
cOCk-sure
she has jolly well gone North w
said the Hangar suddenly, and King
shut his teeth with a snap He sat bolt
/ upright, and the Hangar allowed him
self to look amused
''She has often heard Of you" he
said.
I've heard of her" said King.
"Of course! Who has not? She has
desired to meet you. sahib. ever since
she was told you are the best man in
yonr service"
/ King grunted, thinking Of the knife
/ beneath his shirt Again, it was as if
the Hangar read q part Of his thoughts,
if not all of them. II is not difficult 20
counter that trick. hut TO do il man
must be on his guard, or the East win
know what he has thought and what
/ he is going to think, as many have dis
covered when It was too late.
Her men are able to protect any
body's life from any Gods number Of
assassins whatever may lead you to
/ think the contrary. From now forward
your life is in her mems keeping"
Every good Of her, I'm sure" King
murmured, He was thinking of the
generals express order to apply for a
passport" that would take him into
/ khinjan caves-mentally cursing the
necessity for asking any kind of favor
and wondering whether to ask this
man for it or wait until he should meet
Yasmini. The Hangar answered his
/ thoughts again as if he had spoken
/ them aloud.
'She left this with me, saying | am
/ to give 1t TO you am to say that
wherever you wear it. between here
and Afshanistan, your life shall be safe
and you may come and gow
King stared. The Hangar drew a
bracelet from an inner pocket and
+ held it out. 1t was q wonderful bar
/ barrie thing IF pure gold, big enough
/ for d grown mans wrist, and old
enough 10 have been hammered cut in
/ the very womb Of time II looked al
most iii.c cpclent Greek. and IL fas-
/ tened with hinge and clasp that
/ looked as If they did not belong 10 it
/ and might have been made by a not
/ very skiIlfu modern jeweler.
won't you wear it," asked Rewa
Gunga, watching him. IT will prove
true talisman What was the name
( Of the Johnny who had a lamp TO ruiz
/ Aladdin? Il will be better thar what
! he had lie could only command lot
I # bogies This V.n give Won authority
over Gesh ana blood Take II. sahib ,~
! So King put It Oh letting It Sip up
/ his sieeve out Of slght-with q sensa-
/ ton IS the sDap closed Of putting
handouts OF himself. But the Rangar
! looked relieved.
THAT is your passport sahfbi show
~ to q hHiman whenever y7a suppose
Yourself in danger. The RAJ might
/ 20 10 pieces. but while Yamini lives
/ Her friends will boast about EeI. ]
/ suppose :"