New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-11-30

SIS there any among you who would
care to GOMEZ
"Ah-h-h-h!
"Wlll We obey me and him?" he
asked, laying his hand on Ismairs
shoulder, as much to let them see
bracelet again as for any other rea-
son.
"Aye! If we fail, Allah do more to
us!"
King laughed. "Ye shall leave this
place as my prisoners. Here We have
no friends. Here We must obey. But
what when We come to your Hills at
last? Can n man hold thirty men
prisoners then? In the Hills will We
still obey me?"
The answer to that was unexpected.
Ismail knelt-seized his hand-and
pressed the gold bracelet to his lips!
In turn, every one of them filed by,
knelt r%everently and kissed the brace
let!
"Saw We ever n hillman do that be-
fore?" asked Ismail. "They will obey
thee! Have no fear!"
"Then come" ordered King. turning
his back confidently on thirty savages
whom Saunders. for instance, would
have preferred to drive in front of him,
after first seeing them handcuffed.
Each lock has a key, but some keys
fit all locks" says the Eastern prOverb.
King has been chosen for many tick
lish errands in his time, and Saunders
is still in Delhi.
The prisoners were left squatting
under the eyes and bayOnets OF a very
suspicious prison guard, who made no
secret of being ready for all cOnceiv-
able emergencies. One enthusiast drew
the cartridge out of his breech ham
Der and licked 1t at intervals of a min
ute or two, to the very great interest
of the hillmen, who memOrlzed every
detail that by any stretch of imagina-
ton might be expected to improve
their own shooting when they should
get home again.
King found his way on foot through
a maze of streets to a place where he
was admitted through n door after
another by sentries who saluted when
he had whispered to them. He ended
by sitting on the end of the bed of a
gray.headed man who owns three titles
and whose word is law between the
borders of a province. To him he
talked as one schOelbOy to a bigger
one, because the gray-halred man had
understanding, and hence sympathy.
." don't envy you!" said he under
the sheet. "There's the release for
your prisoners. Take it-and take
them! Whatever possessed you to
want such n gift"
"Well, sir-first place, she doesn't
want to seem to be connected with me.
Second place, she has left Delhi-and
she did not mean to leave those e
Third place, if those thirty men had
been anything but her particular pet
gang they'd either have been over the
border or else in Jail before now-just
like all the others. For some reason
that l don't pretend to understand, she
promised 'em more than she has been
able to perform. So l provide per-
formances. She gets the credit for it.
I get a pretty good personal following
at least as far as up the khyber! Q.
f. D., sir
The man in bed nodded. "Not bad"
he said.
Didn't she make some effort to get
those men away from Ali's| King
asked him. II mean, didn't she try to
get them dry-nursed by the sirkar in
some wayT
"Yes. She did. But she wanted them
arrested and locked up at a moment
when the jails were all crowded. She
must have known Our fix. She
shouldn't have asked"
King smiled. "Perfectly good OPP
p~ortunity for me, sir" he said cheer
fully.
$50 YOU seem to think. But look out
for that woman, King-she's danger
OBS. She's got the brains of Asia
coupled with Western energy! l think
she's on our side. and l know he be-
lieves it; but watch herr
Ham dekta hal !" King grinned. But
the older man continued to look as If
he pitied him.
"If you get through alive, come and
tell me about it afterward. Now, mind
you do! I'm awfully interested, but
as for envying you"
Envy" King almost squealed. He
made the bedsprings rattle as he
jumped. II wouldn't swap jobs with
General French, sir"
Nor with me, I suppose"
"Nor with you, sir"
"Goodby, then. GOodby. King. my
boy. GoOdby, Athelstan. Your broth
er's up the Khyber, isn't he? Give him
nv regards GOOdhy I"