Crittenden record-press., 1917-11-01

| As they approached hnr,t o.
ban. not unlike Kings own hrp"mH
above the parapct on the ledge aud %
voice he recognized hailed hiG. good,
humoredly.
"Snlaam al-ikouin 2"
"And upon thee be pescel" King an
swered In the Pashtu tongue, for the
Hills" are polite. whatever the other
principles.
Rews Gungn's face beamed down on
tim, 1renthed In smiles that seemed to
Nclude mOckery an wei, ~ triumph
Looking up at him at an angle that
made his neck nche and dazzled his
eyes. King could not be sure. but It
seemed To him that the smile said.
Here you are. my man. and aren't you
In for itr He more than half sus-
pected he was Intended to understn nd
that. But the Rangers Conversation
took another line.
by jOveV" he chuckled. "She eI.
pected you. She guessed you are
] '''uA'b !" NV 'uh WNfl Du ~ MY
sceut. and she dared bet you will come
IN spite OF all odds But she didn't
expect you In Rnhsnr dress, No, by
Iovel You jolly well will take the
wind out OF her snilsl"
/ King made no answer. For one thing
The word hound" even IN English, ~
not essentially n compliment But he
had better reason than that.
did you find the way easilyi" the
Hangar asked but King kept silence.
"ls he parchedI Have they cut his
'ongue out on the rosd,"
That question was In Pashtu, direct.
u AT Ismoll and the others. but King
answered Il.
"Oh. ~ for that" he said. salanmIng
again In the fastidlous manner ~ ma.
I've gentleman. 81 know no other
tongue than Pashtu and my own Ra-
iasthani. Ny name Is Kurram Khan. I
lsk admitNncc"
He held MP his wrist to show the
gold bracelet. and high over his head
he Hangar laughed like bell.
"Shnbnsh :" he laughed. well done |,
Enter, kErsm Than, and be welcome,
hou and thy men BE welcome In her
lame!"
Somebody pulled rope and the
ioor yawned wide. giving on a kind OF
courtyard whose high walls allowed no
dew ~ anything but not blue sky
Through a zap under an arch In Il far
'orner Of the courtyard came one
'yed, lenn.looking villain In AfHdi
iress who leaned on II long gun and
Nared nj them under his hand. After
leisureiy consideration of them he
nbbcd his nose slowly with one finger
pat contemptuously, and then used
he nsger TO beckon them. crooking Il
lueerly and turning on his heel. He
I'D not say one word
King led the way after him on foot.
or .eyen In the Hills" where cruelty
"a virtue, a man may be- excused. on
economic grounds. for showing mercy
o his beast. His men tugged the
weary animals along behind him.
through the gap under the arch and
Ilong an almost ln,ermidabie. smelly
maze of alleys whose sides were the
walls ~ square stone towers. or some
ines OF midland stone-walled com.
'ounds, and here and there OF sheer,
'iahSid,d elm Like Old Jerusalem.
N" place could have contained n civil
var ~ n hundred factions. and still
nave opposed stout resistance To mn
outside army.
Alley gave on to courtyard. and filthy
quar-" Ia alley until uurNpcctedly at
asst n seemingly blind passage turned
sharply and opcnes on n straight
trcct, of fair width and more than
lnlf mile long II IL marked Street
Z the Dwellings" on thr scc-ct army
maps, and II has been hurpcd 81 often
" khInjnn rioters. ns well ns 10y e1pe-
litions ont OF lndln. that n man who
;ocs un n long Journey never expects
mud II the same on his return
II was lined on either hand with
motley dwellings. oui NJ which II mot.
Her crowd ~ people swnrmcd 20 stare
II King and his men. There were Hin
ius-sycuphants, keepers of accounts
md writer's 10 the chiefs (Since III.
'rucy Is nj premium In these parts)
In proof ~ khlnjnns catholic taste
md Ndlscrimlnnte vlllnlny. there were
women of nearly every Indian breed
md caste, many of them stolen into
shameful slavery. hut some NJ them
here from choice. Aud there we're III.
tie children little naked brats with
round drum tummicS, who squcnlrd
md shrlllcd and sts ,'rd with bold eyes
Perhaps n thuusaud souls came ou,
10 watch, all told Not nn eye NJ
Them nll missed the government marks
va Kings trupplngs. or the govern
mcnt brand On the mules ani after n
minute 80 two, when ~ procc, ,tal
was hnlfNrv luNh tn s'r,t, q 'u.u
reprnvrd "A child who had thrown II
'ionc. and he was backed up by thc
I,hcrs. They classified King correct
y. exactly NJ he meant they should. As
4 hnkim-a man - medicine coult
I'LL long.fcl' want; but hy the lrrnd
m his Hccou'rrmrnts h. W,,,ed nu
'pcnly avovrd rulhrr. aud TIA, rad,
him hIrlhrr In crime. SnNvuud,
cuifed t..r GcSt child who picbci up 4
stone.
lie knew ,hr street " old, although