The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-05-19
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King grunted, thinking of the knife
beneath his shirt.
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King grunted, thinking of the knife
beneath his shirt.
"She is very glad that you and she
are on the same errand." He leaned
forward for the sake of emphasis and
laid finger on Kings hand. 1t was
a delicate. dainty finger with an
almond nail "She is very glad. She
is far more glad than you imagine, or
than you would believe. King sahih,
she is all bucked up about it! Listen
her web is wide! Her agents are
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., and she is
obeyed as few kings have ever been!
Those agents shall all be held answer
able for your life. sahib,-for she has
said so! They are one and all your
bodyguard, from now forward"
King inclined his head politely, but
the weight of the knife inside his shirt
did not encourage credulity. True, it
might not be Yasmini's knife, and the
Rangers emphatic assurance might
not be an intentional admission that
the man who had tried to use 1t was
Yasmini's man. But when man has
informed the habit of deduction, he
formed the habit of deduction, he
to believe what his instinct tells him.
Again, it was as If the Hangar read
part of his thoughts, If not all of
them. 1t is not difficult to counter
that trick, but to do 1t man must be
on his guard, or the East will know
what he has thought and what he is
going to think, as many have discov-
cred when it was too late.
Her men are able to protect any
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assassins, whatever may lead YOU to
think the contrary. From now for
ward your life Is in her mems keep
ing!"
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
Khiljan Caves-mentally cursing the
necessity for asking any kind of a ia
vor-and wondering whether to ask
this man for it or wait until he should
meet Yasmini. He had about made up
his mind to wait would be quite within
a strict Interpretation of his orders, as
well as Infinitely agreeable to himself.
when the Hangar answered his
thoughts again as if he had spoken
them aloud.
"She left this with me, saying am
to give it to you! I am to say that
wherever you wear it, between here
and Afghanistan, your life shall be
safe and you may come and go!"
King stared. The Hangar drew a
bracelet from an inner pocket and
held it out 1t was wonderful, bar
barrie thing of pure gold, big enough
for a grown mans wrist, and old
enough to have been hammered out
in the very womb OF time. 1t looked
almost like ancient Greek, and 1t fast
ened with hinge and clasp that look
ed as II they did not belong to it and
might have been made by not very
skilful modern jeweler.
won't you wear it," asked Rewa
Gunga, watching him. 1T will prove
true talisman! What was the name
of the Johnny who had lamp to rub ?
Aladdin? 1t will be better than what
he had! He could only command a
lot of bogies. This will COVE you au-
thority over flesh and blood! Take it,
sahib!"
So King put it on, letting it slip up
his sleeve out of sight,-with q sensa-
ton as the snap closed Of putting
handouts on himself But the Hangar
looked relieved.