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II, pccrcd over the parnpct, a hundred
feet nhpvc, With hs head so swnthcd
~ dirty linen that ne looked like a
hbndnecd corpse.
"Whnt will YET Who comes unln.
vl'r1 into KhlnInnT
King hethought him OF Yasimini's
tnlismnn lie held II M. and the gold
hand rlntcd In the sun. Yet. although
n Hlllmnn's eyes nrc keenN than an
eagles, he did not believe the thing
could he recognized at that angle. and
from that distance. Another thought
suggested itself 10 him. He turned hLs
head and caught ISmoll In the act Of
signaling with both hands.
"yc may come," howied the watch.
man on the parapet, disappearing in-
nantly.
King ttrmbled--perhaps as n race.
horse trcmblcs at the starting gate,
though he was weary enough to trem.
hlc from fatigue. hut that passed. lie
was all In hand when he led his men
up over n rough stone causeway to a
door In the bottom Of a high battle.
mcntcd wall and waited for somebody
~ open II.
The great teak door looked as II II
had been stolen from some Hindu TEN.
rlc md he wondered how and when
they could have brought II there across
,h"~, evngr intervening miles. High
ssu,e the door was . ledge Of rock
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TO bc key enough. The nails Of his
left hand nearly pierced the palm, but
he smiled pleasantly.
Gle who would enter mus slay n
man before witnesses In the teeth of
written law" he said.
"And thoui"
II slew an Englishmnn The hoHSt
made his blood run cold. but his eI.
precision was one of sinful pride.
"Whom1 Whcn1 Whcrei"
"h'h'ls'an HIn,-a Er!,i>h arraccr
--s.ut ul LIS w1y 80 Assr l.,I,s' to
spy"
II wa Ike having spells cast on
himself rN order
"Nhrrc II his bodyf'
ASK the >ulturesi Ask tAr Kites 20
"Ani thy wltneSscS7"
Hoping ugalust hope. King turned
and waved hlS huud. ~ IT, did ~.
being qu,cse"yc' NJ saw is'ali drive
nn elbow homr into p0rya khnn's ribs,
aud caught u gu. y lntCr,..nsr VI
whispers.
"rhes' men nre nll known to me-
said the muli.h They have right Ia
enter here. They hnv" r,sr' TO tes.
tify. h,l yr srr him shay Ia mdnr'
"Nyew lcd lmnll. prompt as
e. nd can be-.
Aye lied narya Khan fearful o,
ualrs elbow
Then cntrfw sNld The 1"i d. re.
signcdly as one who admits COM
munlcnnl against his better Judgment,
lie iurucd his back On them ~ n.
10 fnce the Prophets bed sheet und
the rear wall lnd m 'm, w'nt'" v
hairy hund grippyd Kings arm frv..
behind. and 'smnlr~ voice hlssej hot
,rcalhcd la his ,a-.
Ready " tongue, Ready Of wit
Who told thee would lie to save thJ
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three times with his gun butt.

mat nuS II strange proceeding. tn
- the least In land where the
to"luc liz public resting place for
i"ni-le,S ones. and nil the faithful
have u right to enter.
A mulluh. shaven like a mummy for
some unaccountlble reds0n-even his
eyebrows and eyelashes had been re-
m0yed-pusi,ed his bare head through
the door and blinked at them. There
WAS some whispering and more star
Ing and at last the mullah turned his
back.
The door slammed. The one-eyed
guide grounded his gun-butt on the
stone. and the procession waited.
watched by the crowd that had lost its
interest sufHclsntly to talk and Joke.
In two minutes the mullah renirned
and threw a mat over the threshold. It
turned out to be the end OF long mar
row strip that he kicked and unrolleai
in front Of him all across the door Of
the mosque. tAfter that It was not ~
astonishing that the horses and mules
were allowed to enter.
(which proves was right after
oil !" murmured King to himself.
In n steel box at Simla IL n mem
orundum. made after his former visit
to the place, to the effect that the
entrance into Khinjan caves might
possibly be inside the mosque. No.
body had believed II likely. end he had
not more than half favored 4 himself (;
but II IL good, even whsp the next step
may lend iuO death h-trap. ~ see
ones first OPINIONS confirmed.
He nodded to himself as the outer
door slammed shut behind them. for
that wus another NEST unusual circum-
4 stance.
a faint light shone through siitlike
windows. changing darkness into
gloom, and little more than vaguely
limiting at the Prophets bed sheet. But
for a section OF white wall to either
side OF II. the relic might have seemed
part of the shadows The mullah stood
with his back TO II and beckoned King
nearer. He approached until he could
see the pattern on the covering rugs.
and the pink rims round the mullah's :
lashless eyes.
What is thy desirer the mullah
asked-as wolf might ask what a
| lamb wants.
Audience with her =" King an.
swered, and showed the gold bracelet
on his wrist.
The red eye-rims OF the mullah
blinked time or two. and though he
did not salute the bracelet. as others
had Invariably done. his manner un-
derwent a perceptibe change.
That IL proof that she knows thee.
What Il thy naner
"kurrsm Khan. hakim."
"We need thee 10 Khlnjan caves
But none enter who have not earned
right\to enter! There Is but one key
Name IT,
King drew In bis bresth. He had
hoped YasmiRi's talismsn would prove
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he lifted his hand to shake back a lock
" greasy hair. There followed AN
oath like flint struck on steel ten times
In rapid succession.
"Docs II pain thee. brotherY' asked
kurram Khan the hakim.
"Are there devils In Tophetf Fire
and my veins are one"
The man did not notice the eager
ness hcamlng out Of Kings horn.
trimmed spcctaclcs. but lsinail did. II
seemed to him time TO prove his ylr'
tues Ms assistant.
This Ia the famous hakim Kurram
Khnu." he boastcd. "iie can cure any.
thing, and for very little fee"
The man looked lncredulous. hut
ilns drew the covering from his row
of Instruments and bottles.
take chance :" he advised. "Nune
hut the brave wins anything"
lsmail and Duryu Khan were new Il
B the business and enthusiastic. The,
had the man down, held tight on III,
foor to the huge amusement Of III,
rest, before hc could even protest: ant
his howls Of rane did him no good, FOL
lsmnll drove the hllt of knife be
tween his open jaws TO keep thUn open
A very large proportion OF King
stores consisted Of morphla and co
cnlne. lie Injected enough cocaine Il
dcndcn the mans nerves, nnd allowe,
4 time to work. Then he drew ou
;Ircc back teeth In quick succession
~ makc sure he had thu right one.
istnall let the victiii IL, aud Dary,
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CHAPTER II.

The gap closed up behind them and
the tunnel began TO echo weirdly. Over
their heads, at irregular intervals,
there were holes that II they led ss
King presumed into caves above, left
not an inch " nll the long passage that
could not have been swept by rifle fire.
II was impregnable; for no artillery
heavy enough TO pound the mountain
into pieces could ever be dragged
within rnnge. Whatever hiding place
this entrance guarded could be held
forever, given food and cartridgesl
The tunnel wound TO right and left
like snake, growing lighter and light.
cr after each bend and soon their own
din began to be- swallowed In a greater
one that entered from the farther end.
After two sharp turns they came out
unexpectedly Into the glaze Of blue day,
nearly stunned by light and sosnd. A
roar came up from below like that of
an ocean In the grip Of II typhoon.
When his wits recovered from the
shock, King struggled with wild do.
sire 10 yell. for before him was what
no servant Of British India had ever
seen and lived to tell about, and that
~ an experience more potent than un.
broken rum.
They had emerged from a round.
mou,hcd tunncl-it looked nlreaa, like
II rabbit hole, so huge was the cliif be.
hnd-on To ledge " rock that formed
n sort " road nlsng one side ~ u
mi'e-wide chasm. Above him, Il
seemed u mile up. was blue sky, t.
which limestone walls run sheer. with
scarcely foothold that could be- seen.
Beneath, 80 deep that eyes could not
guess how deep. yawned the stained
gorge Of the underworld. many .chore,l.
smooth and wet.
And out OF u great, Jagged slit In the
side ot the cliff. perhaps a thousand
feet below them, there poured down
into ,hundcrous dlmness waterfall
whose breadth seemed not less than
half a mile. II spoutcd seventy or
eighty yards before II began to curve.
aud Its din was like the voice " all Gre.
alton.
lNmnll came and stood by King In
silence, taking hls hand, ~ a little child
m"1L 'tgtly he stopped and
NJ, ~ .,u!r and tossed Il over.
Zone hc said simply That down
th'rc ~ this Drink"
And Ills IL tho Heart of the uills'
men boast nhuuir
"Nay II is mott" snapped lsmaiL
"Thcn, where"
hut the nreycd guide bcckoncd I'm.
patiently, aud King led the wuy after
him, stnriug Ms hnklm or prisoner or
amy man had right TO do cu first nd.
mission to such wonders. Not to have
stared would have been to proclaim
himself nn IDIOT
They suor begun to pass the mouths
Of caves. Some were above the rvad
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skin! BE thy kismet Ms thy courage.
then-but ! am hers. not thy man !.
Hers, thou light Of life-though God
knows love thee.'
The mullah seized the Prophets bed
sheet and Its covering rugs In both
hands with about as much reverence
az statesmen show for what they keep
In stock. The whole To-, slid TO ono
side by means Of noisy rings on rod.
and wall lay bare, built Of crudely
cut but well laid blocks. II appeared
to reach unbroken across the whole
width Of the mosques Interior.
On the floor lay mallet. Il peculiar
thing OF bronze. cast In one piece.
handle and adj. The mulah took II In
his hand and struck the stone floor
sharply onoe-then twice again-then
three rmes-then dozen times In
quick succession. The 6oOr rang hol-
low at that spot.
After about a minute there came
one answering hammer strske from
beyond the wall Then the mullah laid
the maliet down and though King
ached to pick 1t up and examine 1t he
did not dare. His business was to at
tract as little attention to himself as
possible; and to that end he folded
his hands and looked reverent, as II
entering some Mecca OF his dreams.
Through his horn-rimmed spectacles
his eyes looked far away and dreamy.
But It would have been a mistnke to
suppose that detail was escaping
him.
The irregular lines In the masonry
began to be more pronounced. All at
once the wall shook and they gaped
by an inch or two, as happens when
an earthquake has shaken buildings
without bringing anything down. Then
ah irregular section Of vail began to
move quite smoothly away from In
front Of him. leaving a gap through
which eight men abreast could have
marched-a tunnel. split in two to
right and left. Judging by the ngle
OF the two divisions they became one
again before going very far.
The mullah stood aside and mo-
TONED King to enter. But the one
eyed thrust himself between Darya
Khan and Ismall. pushed King aside
and took the lead.
"Nay!" he said. II an responsible
to her"
II was the hrst time he had spoken
and he appeared to resent the waste
Of words.
The tunnel was pierced In twenty
places in the roof for rife fire: a score
OF men with enough ammunition could
have held II forever against an army.
The guide led. and King followed him.
filled with curiosity.
Many have enteredl" sang the
lashless mullah In sing-song chant.
More have sought to enter! Some
who remained without were wisest I
count them keep count! Many
went In! Not all came out again by
this road |"
Lead along, Charon I" King grlnned.
He needed some sort Of pleasantly to
steady his nerves. But. even 80. he
wondered what the nerves OF India
would be- like II her millions knew Of
this place.
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! then at crasy hsights abovs

IT.. r "by artificial stops ! 'rn 'ou
OF T.. stone. Others were below
reached from the road BY means Of lad
ders, TINT tremhled and swayed OveI
ne dlzzying waterfall. Most Of tn.
Nves were Inhabited, for armed mer
and sulleh women came to their en-
frances to stare.
Ears grow accustomed to the sound
OF water sooner than to almost any.
thing. II was not long before King,
ears could catch the pattef- Of his mem.
feet following. and the shod cink OF
the mule. He could hear when fsmal
whispered:
'Be brave, little hakim! She love,
fearless men."
At last the guide halted. In the mid
die Of short steep slope where the
path was less than SIX feet wide and a
narrow cave mouth gave directly onto
II
BE content to rest herel" he said
pointing.
Thy aver asked King.
"Say. Gods! am the caretakcr -
The Hills" aH very pious and 20.
lite, between the acts Of robblng and
shedding blood.
"Allah, then, reward thee. brother -
answered King. "Aliah give sight to
thy 'hlind eyel Allah give thee chill
dren! Allah give thee peace, aad to
all thy housel"
The guide salaamed. half-mOckingly
half-wondering at such eioquence
paused In the passage to point into
the side caves that debouehed 10 either
hand. turned on his heel and stalked
out Of the cavern. Il was the last
King ever saw Of him.
King turned back and looked into
the other caves-saw the weary horse
and mule fed. wntered and bedded
down-took note Of the running water
that rushed out Of a rock assure and
gurgled out Of sight down another one
examined the servants cave and saw
that they had. been amply provided
with blanketA There was sothlng lack
Ing that the most eIacung traveller
could have demanded at such q dis.
tance from civilization. There was
more than the most eXacting would
have dared expect.
"Ismail !" he shouted, and Jumped at
the revolver-crackuke echo Of his voice,
Ismail came running.
Make the men carry the mules
packs into this cave. You and Darya
Khan stay here and help me open
them. Remember, ye are both assist.
ants Of Kurram Khan, the hakim!"
"They will laugh at us! They will
laugh at usl" clucked Ismaii. but he
hurried to obey, while King wondered
who would laugh
Within an hour a delegation came
from, no less person than Yasminl
herself. bearing her compliments, and
hot food savory enough to make q
brass IDOLS mouth water. BY this time
King had his sets Of surgical 1nstru'
ments and drugs and bandages all laid
out on one Of the beds and covered
from view BY 4 blanket.
1t was only one more proof Of the
British army's everlasting luck that
one Of the men. who set the great brass
dish OF food on the floor near King
had swollen cheek. and that he
should touch the swelling clumsily az
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"Ayel Well and good But eves

hyol wen ana gOOdI but evSa
she dare not disobey the rule. Khinjan
Wns there before she came. and the
rule was there from the beginning.
when the first men found the caves
sone-hundreds-have gained admis-
sion, lacking the right. But who ever
saw them asain' Allah. I, for one,
would not chance IT,"
Thou and | are two men :" answered
King. Il shall see the caves"
AYE! But listen! Hsw manv lp.
dan servants Of the British Raj have
sc' out to See the cnves' Many. many
--We, very many Some. having got
BY KhinJnn. entered me caves. None
ever came out again 80
Then, what Is my case 10 theey'
King astOsd him. "If cannot come cut
srnn and there Ia q secret, then the
secret will he kept. and what ls the
uoubler'
Il love thee" the Afrih answered
rimply. Thou art a man after mine
own heart. Turn, Go back before Il
10 too late"
King shook his head.
u was in khinjnn once before my
rnehd | know the rule. | failed tn
reach the caves that other time be-
cnuse had no witnesses to swear they
hnd seen me slay man In the teeth Of
written law. know ="
who saw thee this timer Isma!l
asked, and began to cackle with the
cruel hunOr of the INNS" that see-S
amusement In a mans undolng or In
the destruction Of lbs plans BE
warned and go back"
Come with me. then
Nay AIN her man. She waits for
me -
Il Imagine she waits FOR me :"
laughed King Forward We have
rested In this place long enough :"
II WAS ten OF blazing forenoon and
the sun had heated up the rocks until
II WAS pain TO walk on them and agony
to ~. when they topped the last es.
cnpnent and came in sight OF Khln.
jams walls, across a mile wide rock
rsyine-khlnJan the unregrNernte.
that has no other human habl,atlon
within q march because none dare
tuilc.
d was midday when Ast last they
.tood on bottom and swayed like m.a
IN dream lingering helr'bruises and
scarcely able for the heat haze 10 see
the tangled mass OF stone towers and
mud-Rdstone walls that faced them.
mile away. They we're nearly across
The valley, bunting for shadow where
none was 10 be found. when q shotted
rn'O'e brought them w all.standlng In
cluster Six or eight nickel.coated
huses spattered on the rocks close by.
and one 10 narrowly missed King that
he eoald feel It's wind.
Up went all their hands together,
and they held them NJ until they ached
Nothing whatever happened Their
arms ceased aching and grew numb.
They advanced another two hundred
yards and another yolley ratified among
the rocks on either hand. frightening
one Of the mules 80 that Il stumbled
and fell and had TO be helped up again.
When that was done. and the mule
stood trembling, thrJ all faced the
wAl. But they were too weary to hold
their hands up any more. Thlrs, had
begun 10 e,e.ci.. !,s sway. one OF
the men was half delAriOus.
"Who are yer hosled n human be-.
Ing whose voice was so like a VOLTS
that the words AT nrst Mad no meaning
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-25
New Menace.

An oldtime son of the Fatherland
was reading the evening news after
the days work vas ended. CHANGING
over the various headlines, his eyes
fell on one which threatened to call for
the services of a Sherlock Holmes or
a Philo Cub.
He read and reread, muttering the
puzzling words over and over to him
self. He wiped his glasses, turned up
the light and looked again. But the
words read exactly the same.
Some terrible thing had fallen on
the front of a street car at Niagara
Falls and killed a motorman. The old
Germans son just then stepped into
the room, and was amazed TO hear his
father say swell, I'll be hanged-Ic-
kick-Ic-kick-kel. What in the - is
an ic~-kick-kel?"
The son took the paper and read
that a large icicle, breaking from the
gorge. had fallen on the passing car
and had killed the motorman.
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animals AT WORK.
WARS EFFECT UPON LABOR CON-
DiTIoNs IN ENGLAND.
Novel Experiments Have Proved Sat-
! lsfactory, as In the Case Of Store
keeper With His Parrot-Ele-
plant Replaces Horse.

Many strange and unexpected cases
are on record in which animals and
birds have proved themselves useful to
mankind, very often serving their mas.
tiers more reliably than many human
beings would do under similar circum-
stances.
At times of stress like the present,
such dumb servants have proved them
selves particularly useful, a good in
stance In point being provided by the
case of a gentleman In the west of
England who recently lost his garden
er through the man enlisting. His
ter was confronted by the problem of
his lawn, about which he had always
been very particular, for the grass
quickly threatened to make his once
trim grounds look very much like a
wilderness.
Then he hit upon a brilliant idea.
Wiring OF the ground, he turned
In a dozen guinea pigs, who promptly
proceeded to nibble away at the grass
as evenly and neatly as any moving
machine could have done, much TO the
masters delight.
Similarly, an East End tradesman
lately found himself short-handed ow-
ing to the war, and after some thought,
this man hit upon a solution of the
problem.
He happened to possess a pet par
rot, and this bird he placed In the out
er part of his shop and trained 1t to
call "Shop!" whenever anyone en-
tered by way of the street door.
The parrot very quickly learned its
lesson, with the result that its master
was no longer obliged to spend all
his time on the lookout for customers,
but could attend to other matters,
knowing he could count upon his new
assistant to warn him of anybody's ap-
proach.
The intelligence of dogs Is known
to everyone, but a dog as a golf cad
die is somewhat of a novelty. you will
admit. Nevertheless, the animal is
no imaginary character, but u real cad
die, who works on the links of a GER
tain widely known course. Besides
carrying clubs, this dog proves him
self very useful in the matter of dis
covering lost golf balls, nosing about
until he is successful.
But the war has made n strange
spectacle possible in England. In
Sheffield an elephant may be seen
drawing heavy loads along the streets.
II is claimed for this particular ami
NAL that he can empty a nine-ton
wagon of coal in two journeys. Camels
have also been employed by the same
firm. but as draft animals cannot be
compared with the elephants.-London
Answers.
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Plan Monument On Mountain.

The General-Anzeiger of Breslau re-
ports that a gigantic war monument
TO commemorate fallen Silesial SOL
diers is to be erected in the heart of
the province of the Angels mountain
of the Zobten range. This mountain,
which is about 1900 feet high, is a
prominent object, and is seen from all
parts of the Silesian lowlands. The
intention is to cut into terraces about
500 feet of the upper part of the noun
tain, and TO give this portion a regu-
lar conical form. On the summit of
the mountain, and raised on a mighty
base of rock, a colossal building sur
mounted by a cupola is to be erected
At the four corners of the building on
the roof fire will flame out all night
long to be visible from all parts OF
Silesia.
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Kings Who Reioned Briefly.

Sixty-eight years is a long time to
wear a crown. Many other monarchs
have hardly had time to get comfort
ably settled upon their thrones, be-
fore death or abdication overlook
them.
John / of France has to his
credit a reign of only five days.
For brevity that Is hard to match.
Napoleon was emperor the second
time for 100 days, and then started for
ST. Helena. Louis XVIII, whom he so
rudely deposed in March. 1915. had oc-
cupied his throne less than one year.
Francis ii ruled but a year, Louis
X two years and Louis VIII three
years.
Russia has also witnessed some
lightning changes in the house of Ro-
manoff. Katharine / was czarina but
two years and Ivan vi for a year. Pc
ter ii was czar Of all Russias for only
three years.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1917-01-25
Venice Has Electrical Ears.

According to a newspaper corre-
spondent who recently visited Venice,
the Austrian airmen have made more
than thirty raids on that famous city.
The observation station there is pro-
vided with sensitive electrical micro
phones, which r said to detect the
noise of the motors on the Austrian
planes the moment they leave Triest,
some sixty miles away. Electric ST.
rens are Immediately sounded to warn
everyone of the approach of hostile air
craft. which w the distance be
tween the cities in something like forty
minutes. Thus ample time is afforded
for completing the antiaireraft ar
tillery preparations before the first Aus
TRAN airman heaves in sight.-Scien-
uhc American
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Troubles Never Come sinsly.

A resident of Boothbay, Me-, was
told by a neighbor that his sons COW
was out In another pasture, and start
ed to bring her in. He found a cow
loose and set out in chase.
For an hour or two he chased one
of the most obstinate and disgusting
animals ever born into the cow breed.
And at last he caught her and brought
her out Il the road and was leading her
triumphantly home, when he met a
neighbor who asked him what he was
doing with another neighbours COW
And so 1t proved. For the original
stray cow was still in the wrong pas
ture, but tied securely to a tree. The
other cow had had a perfect right to
1t grazing ground.
The exasperated gentleman then set
out again and this time found the right
strayed COW and took her nolce.
When he arrived at his sons place
with his sons COW he found n of his
own COWS In his sons Geld and eating
up the sons cabbages.
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WINNEMUCCA AERIE No. 4S7, r. o
Irregular meetings Of Winnemue
ca Aerie No. 487, Fraternal Order o.
Eagles, will be held on the Secon9
and Fourth Monday evenings OF
each month in Winneva hall. Visit
ing Eagles are cordially invited t.
attend all sessions of the Aerie.
BURT McKOY, w. P.
II. W. DUNCAN Sec'y