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Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-24

Mayo, j. Il. Wilson. s. f. Dunn, A.
w. Roth, 7. H. Ebright, Anthony NJ.
O'Donnell, q. G. Stebbins. j. Arthur
Hull. j. B. Means Harriet Wardell.
y. III. Craver. w. X. Rowland, A. NJ.
Welch, Eugene Lorton. Ora Lightner
Frost and Gump comprise a commit
tee OF clubwomen who are RESPONSE
BILE for the movement and the Misses
Sara Davidson, Sara Lockwood, Mar
garet Murphy and Gwynne form
the committee on publicity for the
work.
The Shakespeare club. which re-
Gently gave an outdoor benefit in the
gardens of Mr. and Mrs. S w. Parish
the entire receipts to be turned over
and engineering companies, announce
the proceeds OF the benefit as being
sCSS.90. Mrs j. $. Cosden, Mr.
Douglas w. Franchot and Mr.. Parish
took care of the overhead expense,
such as lighting, etc, leaving almost
the entire receipts to he turned over
10 the two volunteer companies
named.
The last meeting of the Lofting
CLUB for the season was held Friday
afternoon in the home of Mrs. Chris
tian II. Seger. Mesdames T. j. Hart
man, Norris +, Gilbert and Lawrence
Fiersol were special guests. During
the remainder of the summer the
club will meet as a knitting unit of
the Navy league, with Mrs George
O. Hollow as captain.
The Drama circle will meet regu-
larly Wednesday in the home of Mrs.
c. Il. Swanson, 1915 South Cheyenne
avenue. Miss Grace Thacker. state
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-24
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Ladies' day at the Country club,
Wednesday. will have as special at
fractions for its women mcmhcrs a
morning golf tournament followed
10y luncheon aud bridge In the after
noon. Mrs Frank II. Greer will be
hostess
Tho marriage of Miss Tula Thomas
and Mr.. Grant LiNman viii bc quietly
celebrated Thursday evening, June 2S.
In the home of the bridc-clccts par
onts. MIR and Mrs A, Il. Thomas OF
122 South Boston avenue.
Mrs. Storey-White viii entertain a
small company of girls and men in
formally at cards during the week in
courtesy 10 Mrs Harry III. McFann's
guest, Miss Leah Martin of st. Louis.
Miss Bess Hudson will entertain
with an auction party and shower
Monday afternoon in compliment To
Miss Bess Brady, who is a brido-elect
of the week.
Miss Eulalio Parks will present
pupils of piano in recital next Tues
day evening at First Baptist church
Expression pupils of Miss Hazel Nix
Will assist
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-24

Ralph Lockwood. j. NJ Berry, Arthur
Lee Murphoy $ W. Parish. Harry L..
Fitzgerald, j. W Coust Jr. Herman
Cornell Dr. and Mrs. V. Albert cook,
Dr. ana Mrs. Charles -. IT, Ollern,
Mrs. Chester a Snyder, Miss ELIZA
both Madison, Miss Virginia George.
Kansas city, Messrs Mason James,
Robert Oglcsby, j. IT, Evans Ketch-
um ana Harold a. Wakefield.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-24

Miss Evelyn Connolly entertained
the Necana club girls for game of
auction bridge Thursday afternoon.
The prize for high score, which was
OF lingerie, went to Miss NVonno
lurkharl, Miss Maxine Chandler of
Scnccl. Mo, and Miss Nan Williams
We're special guests.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-24

Mrs. w. II. williamson won the club
prize.
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CALENDAR.
THE WEEk'S CALENDAR.


sunday.
Buffet supper of Country club.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-24

Miss Nan Elkln entertained with
luncheon party yesterday afternoon
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-24

The Twentieth Century club wal
meet Monday morning in the nome OF
Mrs. Ralph V. Smith to continue its
activities in behalf OF the ked Cross
and Navy league.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

out to see the Cavern OF Earth's Drink.
The temptation was to fling the
brute after his victim. The tempta-
ton always is to do the wrong thing
to cap wrath with wrath, injustice with
vengeance. That way wars begin ami
are never ended. King beckoned him
into the cave, and bent over the chest
Of medical supplies. Then. finding the
light better for his purpose at the en-
trance he called the man back and
made hirl sit down on the box.
The business Of lancing boils is not
especially edifying in itself; but that
particular minor operation probably
saved India. But for hope of it the
man with the boils would never have
stood two turns OH guard hand run
ming and let the relief sleep on; so he
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

gagged him. At word from Nuham.
mad Amin they loosed him: and at
threat the hairless one gave signal
that brought the great stone door slid
ing forward on its oiled bronze grooves
Then. with dozen jests thrown TO
the hairless one for consolation. and
an utter Indifference to the sacredness
of the mosque floor, they sought outer
mir, and Muhammad Amin led them I'D
the Street of the Dwellings toward
Khinjan's outer ramparts. They
reached the outer gate without Incl
dent and hurried into the great dry
valley beyond 1t. AS they rode across
the valley the mullah thumbed a long
string of beads. Unlike Yasmini, he
was praying TO one god but he seemed
| TO have many prayers. His back was a
picture of determined treachery--the
| backs of his men were expressions OF
| the creed that she shall keep who
| cant" King rode all but last now and
had good view OF their unConsciOusly
Wanted blackguardism. There was not
n hint of honor or tenderness among
the lot, man, woman or mullah. Yet
his heart sang within him as II he
were riding to his own marriage feast I
Last of all. close behind him
marched his friend. the Orakzai PA
than, and as they picked their way
among the powders across the mile
Wide moat the two contrived to fnll n
little to the rear. The Pathan began
speaking in a whisper and King. riding
with lowered head as if he were study
ing the dangerous track, listened.
"She sent her man Rewa Gunga to-
ward the Khyber with a message" he
whispered. He took few men with
MIN. and he is to send them with the
message when they reach the Khybcr,
but he is to come back. All he went
for is to make sure the message Is not
intercepted. for -with-a-beard is
growing reckless these days. He knew
what was doing and said Mt once that
she is treating with the British, but
| there were few who believed that.
There are more who wonder where she
hides while the message is on its way
None has seen her Men have swarmed
into the Cavern Of Earths Drink and
howled for her, but she did not come.
Then the mullah went to look for his
ammunition that he stored and sealed
In cave. And 1t was gone. 1t was
all gone. And there was no proof of
who had taken It'll
"Hakim, there be some who say--and
-Wth-a-bcard is one OF them--that
she is afraid and hides.
His men say he IS desperate. His
own are losing faith in him. lie
snotched thee to be bait for her, hav-
Ing 1t in mind that man whom she
hides In her private part of Khinjnn
must be OF great value to her. He has
sworn to have thee skinned alive on a
hot rock should she fail to come to
termst'
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29
CHAPTER XIX.

The march went on in single file I'M
Ill the sun died {, wn in splendid fury.
Then there began to be a wind that
they nd to lean against. but the wom-
en- were allowed no rest.
At last at a place whore the trail be-
gan t. widen, the mulah beckoned
King To ride beside him. II was not
that he wished to be communicative,
nut there were things King knew that
he did not know, aud he had his own
way Of asking Questions.
D haklm' he growled, "Pin-
man! Poulticerl That is a swceper's
trade of thine! Thou shalt apply II Mt
my camp! / have some wounded and
some sick"
King did not answer, but buttoned
bis coat closer against the keen wind.
The mullah mistook the shudder for
one Of another kind.
Did she choose thee only for thy
faceY' he asked. Ibid she not CON
slider thy courage? Does she love thee
vel! enough to ransom theeY
Again King did not answer, but he
watched the mullah's face keenly in
the dark and missed nothing Of It's ex-
preston. lie decided the man was in
doubt-even racEed by indecsion.
should she not ransom thee. Eakim.
th0u shalt have "a chance to show my
men how a man out of India can die!
BY and by viii lend thee q messenger
10 send to her. Better make the mes-
sage clear and UI11nt! Thou shalt
state my terms to her and plead thine
own cause in the same letter. My
camp lies yonder."
He motioned with one sweep Of his
arm toward n valley +hat lay in shadow
Tar below them. AS they approached
it the rock Glove ln two and became
two great pillars. with man On each.
And between the pillars they looked
down into a valley lit ty fires that
burned before thousand hide tents.
with shadows by the hundred fitting
back and forth between them. A duu
roar, Ike the voice Of an army rose
out of the gorge.
"Mare than four thousand mem"
said the mull8h proudly.
"WLut are four thousand for a raid
lH,o In1iaT sneered King, greatly
daring.
"Wut ard Sect" crowded the mullah:
bat he seemed depressed.
lie lea the way downward, getting
off his horse and giving the reius 70 a
man. King copied him, and PARKWAY
Siding, part stumbling down they
found their way along he dry bed Of
Fl waterc11cse between two spurs Of a
hillside until they stood at last in the
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

midst of a cluster of dozen sentries,
close to a tamarisk to which a mans
body hung spiked. That the man had
been spiked TO it alive was suggested
by the body's attitude.
Without word to the sentries the
mullah led on down lane through the
midst Of the camp, toward a great
open cave Mt the far side. in which a
bonfire cast ftful light and shadow.
Watchers sitting by the thousand tents
yawned at them, but took no particular
notice.
The mouth of the cave WIS IKE a
lions, fringed with teeth. There were
men in it, ten or eleven of them, all
armed. squatting round the IRE.
get out" growled the mullah. But
they did not obey. They sat and stared
at him.
slave ye tents7" the mullah asked.
Ia voice like thunder.
"Ayew But they did not go vet.
One of the men, he nearest the mul.
lah, got on his feet, but he had TO stem
back a pace, for the mullah would not
give ground and their breath was In
each others faces.
Where are the bombsP And the
rifles? And the many cartridges?" he
demanded. 1--WE have waited long. Mn.
hammad Amin. Where are they nowY'
The others got up, to lend the frs,
man encouragement They leaned on
rifles aud surrounded the mullah. SO
that King could only get a glimpse OF
him between them. They seemed In No
mood to be treated cavalierly-in n
mood to be argued with. And the mul
lah did not argue.
'Ye dogs" he growIed at them, and
he strobe through them to the fire and
chose himself n good. thick burning
brand. "Ye sons of nameless mothers I"
Then he charged them suddenly.
beating them over head and face and
shoulders, driving them In front Of
him. utterly reckless of their rifles.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29
CHAPTER XVIII.

Whe' King awoke he lay on a com
Portable bed in cave he had never
yet seen, but there was lie trace of Vas
mini, nor of the men who must have
carried him to it. He had no idea how
long he had slept. 1t did not matter.
He had probed Khinjan caves, and
knew the whole purpose for which the
iawless thousands had been gathering
and were gathering still. Remained, to
thwart that purpose. He began at
che beginning, whore he stood.
Behind him in a corner at the back
Of the cave was a narrow assure, hung
with a leather curain, that was doubt
less the door into khinjan's heart; but
The only way to the outer air was along
ledge above a diZzying precipice, g.
Oh that the huge waterfall looked
like little stream below. He was In
very eagles aerie; the upper rim of
Khinjan's gorge seemed not more than
q quarter of a mile above aim.
Round the corner, ten feet from the
entrance, stood a guard, armed to the
teeth, with a rifle sword, two pistols
a1d long curved Khyber knife stuck
handy in lis girdle. AS he looked, a
little procession of women, led by a
man, came up the ledge. The man was
armed, but the women We're burdened
With his own belOngings-the medicine
chest-his saddle and bridle-his I'M
rified mule-pack. They came past the
d1mh man on guard and laid them all
NJ Kings feet just inside the cave.
He smiled. with that genial, far g.
transforming smile of his that has 80
often melted road for him through
suilen crowds. But the man in charge
OF the women did not grin. He was
suffering. He growled at the women
and they went away IKE obedient ant
mais, to sit halfway down the ledge
ald await further orders. He himself
Hade as If TO follow them. and the
d1mb man on guard did not pay much
attention; he let women and man pass
eehlnd him, stepping one pace forward
coward the edge to make more room.
mat was his last entirely voluntary
act in this world.
WITH Suddenness that dfsarmed all
opposition the other bumped himself
against the wall and bucked into the
oaInb mans back, sending him.
weapons and all. hurting over TIE
p7ecipi"' to the caverns INTO which the
water tum5led thousands of feet awsy.
ne other rufIlan spat after him. anu
Ihen walked back TO wi ere King stoodl
row heal me my boils!" he said
RgfEriug at LAST 5rr,h+t,s.., e-o-~, -,ir,,..
IRE - the prospect. He was the same
nan who had stood on guard at rheI
-'-n Tsrnau lad Kimi
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

once passed the grillIng tests before
enlistment in BritIsl-ln1Ian regi-
meut. II may need experience to lay a
finger on it, but 1t is surely there.
Il heard said King. "as l came to-
ward tie Khyber Ia great haste (for
the police were at my heels)--"
"Ah. the pohee'" the pathan grluned
pleasantly The inference was that at
some time or other he had left his
mark ca he police.
q heard, said King, that the eirEar
has offered pardons 10 all deserters
who return"
"Heh. But thou art a hakim, not a
soldier"
-'True," said King.
"In India J earned my salt. 7 obeyed
Thsre l. 10 law here In the
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29
80 Thou Art to Ape thl Sleeper IN
His Bronze Mail, Eh!"

His own rife lay on the ground behind
him, and King Kicked It's stock clear
of the fire.
"Oh, shall pray for you this night r.
Muhammad Amin snarled what a
curse | shall beg for you! Oh. what
n burning Of the bowels ye shall have
What IA sickness What running of the
eyes What sores What bolls! What
sleeplcss nights and faithless women
| shall be yours! What prayer / viii
pray 70 Allah !"
They scattered into outer - De-
fore his rage, and then cnlu to
knee! to him and beg him Withdraw his
curse He kicked them as they knelt
and drove them away again. Then.
siIhouettcd in the cave mouth, with the
glow Of the fire before him, he stood
with folded arms and dared them
shoot
After five minutes OF Gngry contem.
platIon of the camp he turned on q
contemptuous heel and came back 10
the fire. throwing on more fuel from
great pile in o corner. There was an
iron pot in the embers. He seized a
stick and stirred the contents furious
w. then set the pot between his knees
and ate Ike an animal He passed the
pot to King when ne had finished. but
fingers had passed too many times
through what was left in it and the
very thought of eating the mess made
his gorge rise: so King thanked him
and set the Tot aside
Then, "That is thy placer Muharn-
mad Amin groWled pointing over his
shoulder f. ledge or rock, Ike a shelf
In the far wall. Bat though he was al
lowed to- climb ZIP ant lie down he was
not allowed to sleep nor Ola ne want
TO sleep--for more than an hour to
come.
The mullah eame over from the fire
again and stood beside hin, glaring
Ilhe a great animal and grumblins in
his beard.
Does she surely love thee?" he
ASKED at last, and King nodded. be-
cause he knew he was on the tran Of
information.
$50 thou art TO ape the Sleeper In
his bronze mail, Oh? Thou art to come
to life. as she WIS said to come to life
and the two Of you are to plundn.
ludigq Is that it2'
CT0 BE CoHTINUEDO
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29
CHAPTER xVIl-Continued.

Morning looks down into Khinjan
hours after the sun has risen, because
the precipices shut it out. But the
peaks on every side are very beacOns
of the range at the earliest peep OF
dawn. In silence they watched days
herald touch the peaks with rosy jew
eled fingers-she waiting as if she ex-
pected the marvel of it all to make
King speak.
1t was cold She came and snug
gled close to him. and it was so they
watched the sparkle of dawn's jewels
die and the peaks grow gray again, she
with an arm on his shoulder and
strar DIS of her golden hair blown past
his face.
"Of what are you thinkingT' she
asked him at last.
"Of India. princess"
what of Indiap
"She lies helpless"
"Ah You love Indian
"Yes."
'You shall love me better You shall
love me better than your life! Then
ror love of me, you shall own the India
you think you love! THIS letter shall
gol' She tapped her bosom. at is
best to cut you off from India first
You shall loss that you may win"
She got UP and stood in the gap
ers.4ing mockingly, framed in the dark
ness of the cave behind.
CHI cof1
think you are my enemy. Love and
. hate never lived side by side. You
shall seer
4 Her hands slipped into his, soft and
warm; her eyes fastened on his and
held them. And as they did so King
sank. like a sack half-empty and top
pied over sidewise on the floor asleep
He neither dreamed nor was con-
scious of anything, but slept like a
dead man. having fought against her
mesmerism harder than he knew.
Statesmen, generals, outlaws, all
make their big mistakes and manage
to recover. Very nearly always it is
an apparently little mistake that does
most damage in the end, something
unnoticeable at tn time. that grows
In geometrical proportion, minus In
stead of plus.
Yasmini made her little mistake thai
minute in believing King was utterly
mesmerized MT last and utterly in her
power. Whereas in truth he was only
weary. 1t may be that she gave him
orders In his sleep. after the accepted
manner Of mesnaerists; but if she did
they never reached him; he was far
too fast asleep. He slept so deep and
long that he was not conscious Of men 5
voices, nor of being carried, nor OF
time, nor of anxiety, nor of anything.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

would not have been on duty when the
message came to carry Kings belong
ings 10 his new cave of residence.
There would have been no object in
killing the dumb man, and SO there
would have been an expert with a load
ed rife TO keep Muhammad Amin Turk
ing down the trail.
Muhammad Amin came-like the
devil, to scotch Kings faith. He had
followed the women with the loads.
He stood now, like a big bear on a
mountain track, swaying his head from
side to side six feet away. King
jumped, nearly driving the lance into
new place in his PATIENTS neck.
Let him go!" growled Muhammad
Amin. go, thou! Stand guard over
the women until l comet"
The mullah turned a rifle this way
and that in his paws, like a great bear
dancing. The very OrakZai Pathan
who had sat next King in the Cavern
/ of Earth's Drink, was creeping up be-
hind the women and already had his
rife eveled at he man with boils.
aye" said the mulah, watching
Kings eyes. He has done well. and
the road is clear!"
The man with boils offered no fight.
He dropped his rifle and threw his
hands up. In a moment the Orakzai
Pathan was in command of two rifles.
| holding King from among the women,
whom he seemed TO regard rs his plum
der too. The women appeared su-
premely Indifferent in any event. King
nodded back to him. A friend is a
friend in the Hills" and rare is the
man who spares his enemy.
"None comes to earn a living In the
Hills" growled the mullah, swaying
his head slowly and deyouring King
with cruel calculating eyes. why art
thou here?"
Il slew man." said King.
Thou lest II was my men who got
the head that let thee in! Speak
Why art thou here?"
But King did not answer. The null
It-h resumed.
"He who brought me the message
yesterday says he has it from another
who had it from third, that thou art
bore because she plans a simultaneous
rising in India, and thou art from the
Eunjab where the Sikhs all wast to
rise Is that ,ruef"
"Thy man said it," ans erred King.
Then hear mer said the mullah.
listen. thou" But he did not begin
to speak yet. He tried 10 see past ling
into the cave and to peer about into
the shadows.
Where is she?' he asked. Her
man Rewa Gunga went yesterday. with
three men and a letter to carry down
| the Khyber. But where is she?"
So he had slept the clock round :
n ing did not answer. lie blocked the
4 az into the cave and looked past the
Il 4als. The Orakzai Pathau crouched
1mong the women. and the women
Isrinned. The mullah stared into
Elng's. face. with the scrutiny Of q
4 RAIDER, arrraising loot. Fire leaped NJ
behind his calculating eyes. And with
lCat d word passing between them. King
kncw that this man as Tell as Vas
mini was IN possession Of the secret
Of the Sleeper Perhaps h knew u
FIRST perhaps she snatched the keep
ing of the secret from him. ~ All
avpzts be knew it ara recognized
Kings likeness 70 the Sleeper for his
srsss hrtra r.d biro re he-9n to
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his beard anonymously with one hand.
The rifle, that he pretended to be hold
ing, really leaned against his back and
with the free hand he was making sig
GALS.
King knew well he was making sig
nails. But he knew too that in Vas
minis power, her prisoner, he had no
chance at all of interfering with her
plans. Having grounded on the bot
tom OF impotence, so TO speak, any tide
that would take him off must be good
tide. He pretended to be aware of
nothing, and to be particularly I'M
aware that the Pathan, with a rifle
in each hand was pretending to come
casually up the path.
In a minute he was covered by a
rifle. In another minute the mullah
had dashed his hands. In five minutes
more the women were loaded again
with his belongings and they were all
halfway down the track in single file,
the mullah bringing up the rear. de-
scending backward with rifle ready
against surprise, as if he expected Vas
mini and her men to pounce out any
minute to the rescue.
They entered a tunnel and wound
along 1T, stepping at short intervals
over the bodies of three stabbed sem
tries. The Pathan spurned them with
his heel as he passed. In the flare at
the TURNER'S mouth King tapped over
the body of fourth man and fell with
his chin beyond the edge of a sheer
prec:pce.
They were on q ledge above the wa
terfall again, having come through a
projection on the cliffs side. for Kiln
jan is all rat-runs and projections. like
| sponge or a hornets nest on titanic
scale.
They soon reached another cave, at
! which the mullah stopped. 1t was a
dark ill-smellng hole, but he ordered
King into it and the Pathan after him
on guard, after first seeing the women
! pile all their loads inside. Then he
took the women away and went off
muttering to himself. staggering.
swinging his right arm as he strobe, in
way few natives do.
Let us hope he has forgotten
these" the Pathan grinned, touching
the pile of rifles. weight for weight
in silver they win bring me a fine
price He may forget. He dreams.
| For a mullah he cares less for meat
and money than any ever saw. He is
mad, l think. 1t is my opinion Allah
touched him."
"What is that, under thy shirt ~
King asked.
The Pathan grinned, and undid the
button. There was a second shirt I'M
derneath, and to that on the left breast
we're pinned two British medals.
"Oh, yes! he laughed. Il served the
raj I was in the army eleven years."
"Why did You leave it?" King asked.
remembering that this man loved to
hear his own voice.
ooh. I had furlough. knitted a man
this side Of the border. 1t was no af-
fair of the British. But I was seen,
and l entered this place. 1t is a devil
If a place"
Now the art of ruling India consists
not in treading bGrefooted On SEQ rpions
not in virtuods indignation at men
who isirO,v 70 bcttcr-but in seeking
for and making much of the gold that
lies ever amid the dross. There is
gold in the character of any man who