Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1917-12-27
CHATTER XXI.

And white King kneIt behind the
gunilah and the whole camp faced Mec.
"a tn forehead,in-the-duEt ahasement
there eHme strange man down the
satsist-~not strange To the 'sHtiis"
where stich sights are eamGaon, hat
strange to that camp and hour. sonie
| body rose and struck him, and he knelt
| tikts the rest: hut when prayer was
/ over ang cooking had begun and the
camp became a place If savory smell.
| be came on agaIn--as blind man, He
was clean shaven. aad he looked as
IL he had not hesn blind long. for hfs
physical health was good
.Qh. the haRiHs-tife good lanliu !"
i he walled. Where rs the famous hn-
kim? show me the way to him Oh,
the famous, great. good hakim who car
heal mems eyes !"
II am he" said King. and he stepped
/ down toward him, The blind mans
face locked strangely familiar, though
ii was partly disguised by some gumnlg
stuff stuck Mi about the eyes He
stared NJ the face again.
4 "IsBsail,'' he said Your
! "Aye! Father OF elevernessi Make
play Of healing my eyes r
/ So King made q great chow Of rub
hing on ointment. In minute Isa1all,
booking almost like Il young nlan with
out his great beard, was dancing like
q isinatie with both fists in the air, and
yelling as If wasps had stung him.
"Aisee~alsee-aieee r. he yelled. Il
see agatnI see My eyes have light
if theni Aliah! oh, Allah heap
can heal mems eyes, Allah reward
him richly for I am n beggar and
have no goods r
The whole camp began to surge
toward him to see the miracle. and his
chosen hodyguard rushed up to drive
them back. And as they went tall
Afrlsi came ssritiing down the camp
with a letter for the mullah held out
. In cleft stick in front of him.
@Her answer" said Isfnasi with q
wicked grin.
aWhat Is her word? Where lis The
0rakzai Pathan?' p
But Ismaii laughed and would not
answer him. 1t seemed to, King that
he scented climax. Also he chose II
that instant to force the mullasls hand
on the principle that hurried huffaloes
win hlunder.
tsTo Khinian! r. he shouted to .ae
nearest man. 'sThe muliah will marcl
on Khinian r
They fnurmured and wondered ane
backed away from him to give hin
room. Ismail watched him witt
dropped jaw and wild eye.
spread 1t through the camp tha
we march on Khfnjan! Shout 1t Biz
them strike the tents! r
Somebody behind took up the shou
and it went across The camp in leaps
as men toss ball, There was surg
toward the tents, but King called t,
his deserters and they clustered bacl
| TO him. He had to cement their allie
glance now or fai, altogether. and b
would not be able to do 1t by orttlnar
argument or BY pleading, he had t
fire their imagination. And he did.
She is on our side r. That was
sheer guess. s.She has kept eur ma
y and sent another as hostage for him i
token Of good faithi Listen, Ye sas
Is this mans eyes healed. Let that b
,e a tokenl Be We the men with ne,
4 eyes! Give II out Claim the It'll
ae and be true to 1t and see me guild
is you down the Khyber In good time lik
n a regiment. many more than d hundre
M strong r.
IA They jumped at the idea. Th
~Hiils" the whole East, for that ma
Of ter are evsr ready to form new ses
gh q joln new band or : new hioos