The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-10-19

and treachery. Secret signs as well a.
loot haze been stolen before now.
I'D like to walk through the street!
and see the crowd"
He smiled as he said that, knowinl
well that the average young Raiput OF
good birth would rather fight tiger
with cold steel than walk a mile ol
two. He drew fire at once.
'Why walk, King sahib? Are we
animals? There is a carriage waItina
her carriage-and a coachman whose
ears were born dead We might be
overheard IN the street. Are you and
l children, tossing stones into pool
to watch the rings widen !"
LEAD on, then" answered King.
Outside the station was a luxurious
ly modern victoria, with G springs
and rubber tires, with horses that
would have done credit to a viceroy.
The Rangar 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 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 hard and strong as woven
| steel, 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 thoughts
Not quite tall enough. Besides
you are soldier. are you not? And
do you fight?" Then, after a minute
of rather strained silence: my mes
sage is from her"
Prom Yasmini"
"Who else?
King accepted the rebuke 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
plicable. The West can only get the
better of the East when the East Is too
cOCk-sure.
She has jolly well gone North I"
said the Rangar suddenly, and King
shut his teeth with a snap. He sat bolt
upright and the Rangar 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 10 meet you, sahib, ever since
she was told you are the best man in
your service"
King grunted, thinking of the knife
beneath his shirt. Again, 1t was as II
the Rangar read part Of his thoughts,
If not all Of them. 1t is not difficult to
counter that trick, but to do it a man
must be on his guard, or the East will
Know what he has thought and what
ne 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"
VERY 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 1t or wait until he should meet
Yasmini. The Rangar answered his
thoughts again as IL he had spoken
them aloud.
"She left this with me, saying I am
to give 1t to you! / am to say that
Wherever you wear 1t, between here
ana Afghanistan, your life shall be safe
and you may come and gor
King stared. The Rangar drew n
bracelet from an inner pocket and
held ii out. 1t was a wonderful bar
barrie thing of pure gold, big enough |
for grown mans wrist. and old
enough to have been hammered OFT in |
the very womb of time 1t looked al
most like ancient Greek, and IL fas-
tened with hinge and clasp that
looked as If they did not belong TO II |
and might have been made by not
very skillful modern jeweler.
won't you wear it?" asked Rewa
GunSa, watching him. ut will prove
true talisman! What was the name
of the Johnny who had lamp TO rub? |
Aladdin? 1t will be better than what |
he hadl He could only command lot |
OF bogies. This will give you authority |
over flesh and blood! Take It, sahib, 7"
So King put 1t on, letting 1t slip up |
his sleeve out Of sight-with a sensa-
ton as the snap closed of putting |
handouts on himself. But the Rangar |
looked relieved.
THAT Is your passport, sahib Show |
1t to hillman whenever you suppose |
yourself in danger. The Raj might |
go to pieces. but while Yamini lives"
Her friends will boast about her. ! |
supposed"
King finished the sentence for him |
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