Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-08
women who are prisoners here. Bs
may therefore liyev'

women who are prisoners here. Hs
may therefore livel"
There was utter silence, Men looked
at one another and at her, and her
blazing eyes searched the crowd swift
ly' 1t was plain enough that there
We're at least two parties there. md
that none dared oppose Yasmini's will
for fear OF the others.
ITO thy seat, Kurram Khanr' she
ordered, when she had waited a full
minute and no man spoke.
He wasted no time He hurried ont
of the arena as fast as he could walk,
with Ismail and Darya Khan close at
his heels. Ismail overlook him. seized
MIN by the shoulders. Rugged him, and
dragged him to the empty seat next to
the Orakzai Pathan. Theje he Rugged
him until his ribs crack "a,
Ready O. witt" he cr0wed. "Ready
o tonguel Light o ite Man after
mine own heart, Hey, love theel
Readily would he thy man. hut for be-
ing hersl Turned the Joke on Muham-
mad Amir Turned II against her
enemy and raised n laugh against him
from his own menl Ready o. wit
Shameless one! Lucky one! Allah
was surrey sood to thee!"
Have they taken Ali Masjid fort7"
King whispered
NAY. how should I known Ask her
She knows more than any man knowsw
King turned to ask the same ores
ton of his friend the Orakzai latham;
but the Eathan would have none of his
questions, he was busy listening for
whispers from the crowd. watching
with both eyes, and he shoN ed King
aside.
The crowd was very far from being
satisfied. An angry murmur had be-
gun to fill the cavern as a hive is filed
with the song of bees ut swarmlph
time, But even so. surmise what one
might, it was not easy TO persuade the
eye that Yasmini's careless smile and
easy pOtSe We're assumed II She rec
ognizcd indignation and feared il, she
disguised her fear amazingly. Leisure
ly, lanEuidly. she raised both arms uh-
I'll she looked like an angel poised for
flight. The little Jewels stitched to her
gauzy dies tvinkled like frefies as
she moved. The crowd gaspcd sharp
~. She had it by the heart-strlngs.
She called, and four guards got I'M
der one shield, bowling their heads and
resting the great rim on their shout
ders. They carried it beneath her and
stood still with low delicious laugh,
sweet and true, she sprnng on 1t, and
the shield scarcely tremblcd; she
seemed lighter than the silk her dress
was woven FRONT
They carried her so. md I'm the midst
of the arena before they had ceased
moving she began to sing. with her
head thrown back and bosom swelling
like birds.
The East would ever rather draw It's
own conclusions from a hint let fnll
than he puzzled by what the West he
lieves are facts. And parallels are not
good evidence in courts of law, which
is always II consideration. So her song
took the form of parable.
And TO say that she took hold of
them and played rhapsodies of her
own making on their heartstriags would
be TO undervalue what she I'D. They
were dumb while she sang, hut they
rose at her. Not force in the world
could have kept them down for sh.,
was deftly touching cords that stirred
other forces-Subtle mysterious. meg
merle. which the old East understands
which Muhammad the prophet IN.
derst0od when he harnessed evil In tho
shafts with mcr and wrote rules for
their driving in u hook They rose IN
silence and stood tense.
She sang Of a wolf pacl, gathering
from the valleys in the winter snow.
Il very hungry Wolf-pa"k. Then of
stalled OK. grown very fat from being
cared for or the Heart Of the Hills"
that awollc in the worm Of the "Hhis,"
and that listened and watched.
"Now. is she the Heart of the
IIjllS|" King wondered, The rumors
men had heard and told again in India.
about the Heart of the Hius" In Kiln.
jan seemed 10 have foundation
He Thought Of the strange knife.
wrapped In q handkerchief under his
shirt, with It's bronze blade and goid
Hit In the shape Of woman dancing.
The womnn dancing was astoniehingly
like Yasmini, standing on the shieldl
She sang about the owners Of the
stalled OK, who were busy at bay.
defending themselves and their OK
from another wolfpacls in another dl-
repfiOn "far bpv0nd -"
She urged them to wait little while.
The OK was big enough md fat enough
to nourIsh all the wolves in the word
for many Seasons Let them wait,
then, until another, greater wolfpa,k
Joined them thot they might 60 huf t-
Ing oll tog rer, oyerWhcbn It's pre- r.
cnt owners and dcvour the OK 80
urged the "lIeart of the HIS" sppu<-
lng to the mountain wolves, according
10 Aasmlnt's song.
The dt'le cubs I'm the burrows know
Are - grown WOiveG. who tarry so?
she paused. for effect: but they gave
tongue then because they could not
help it, and the caveru shook 90 their