The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1917-11-16

the word hound" even In English. f.
not essentially o compliment. But hc
bad better reason han that.
"Did you find the way casllyY the
I,augar agkrd but King kept silence.
~ he parchcd2 Have they cut his
tpnru" out on The rondT'
That question Wng in Pnshtu direct
od al Ismail and The others, but King
uawrr"d H.
"Oh, ns for That" he said. salaaming
agaln in the fastidiOua manner OF ma
live gentleman, ~ know no other
tongue than PHRhtu nnd my own Rn
iaathnni. My name rs Kurram khan. I
nsk adnttnnCe."
He held up hig wrist 10 show the
gold bracelet. md high over his head
ID" KunRnr lnughed Ike bell.
"Shnbnsh 80 he lauRhcd "WelI done
Enter. Kurran khnu nnd be welcome
thou and thy men. BE welcome In her
nainel"
Somebody pulled n rope and the
! door ynwn"d vide giving on "A kind Of
courtyard whose high walls allowed no
! yicFy of anything but not blue sky
/ Through gap under nn arch i'm u far
/ corner of the courtyard came one
/ eyed lean looking villain In AfrIdi
/ drcrs who leaned on long gun and
/ stirred nt them under his hand. After
! a iciaurcly confederation of them he
! rubbed his nose slowly with one finger.
/ pat cOntcmpiuously, and then used
Ill, .
| quocrly nnd turning on biz heel. He
/ dld not gny one word.
King led the way after him on foot.
for cscn in The "IIills" whore cruelty
/ is - virtue, n man may be excused, on
economic grounds for showing mercy
( 10 hia beast iIis men tugRcd fhc
"cnry anmnIs along behind him.
| through the gap und"r the arch nnd
along m almost int"rrninnblc. smelly
| uazc of alleys whose pidcs were the
1 FIlls " squire stone towers or some.
! times of mud md stone vailed com.
I pounds, nud here ana there Of sheer,
/ aab sided Gin Like Old Jerusalem
| The plarc could hnve contained - civil
! anr ~ - hundred factions, 8nd still
hnyc opposed stout resistance 10 nm
/ outside army.
Alley gave on 10 courtyard. and Glthy
quare 10 alley. until uncxpcctctlg at
/ lnsi q seemingly blind passage turned
! sharply nnd opened on straight
street. ~ fair width, and more lhnn
half mile long. IT ig marked street
~ tbe Dwellings" on the secret nrfny
fn1ps. npd n has been burned so often
ny EhluJun rioters. ng well us by ozpe.
1ltpps out ~ lndn. thnt u man who
Gprs On long Journey never expects
~ ind IL the sumo on his return
u vas lined on either hand with
motley dwellings. out of which u mot
lltf crowd ~ people Ewnrrned 10 alnre
~ King aud bis men. There were hin.
dhs fycpphunts. keepers Of accounts
~ writer's 10 the chiefs tslnce NJ.
rin"y IN "a premium In thcpc pnrtA)
~ pfoT ~ Khnjans catholic tngi.
aud indiscrl ninnte yiliuiny. there were
women ~ nearly every Indian breed
np0 'nstsl mauy of them stolen into
siatnrfm slavery. but some of them
4 'ts clHldrrnraliitie naked brnts with
tyund drum iunuIies. who squcnlcd
sud sai1lied nnd stared with bold eyea.
Perhaps a thousand souls cam. out
~ NBf,ti nii told Not an eye or
llt4g ail nlssod Tho government marx y
pp fbKs irupDings, or The govern.
tgsiii brand pp the mules. aud nftcr n
HgiDg's ~ i"o. wilrn the progression
usS bbif-mhy dosn the street. u mnn
sstsDtsf y .fiid who had thrown n
rfstNt apd hs @Ha bneked up by The
Hhtts Jhty oiBssined King correct
ssAt7iy o. ho mennt they should Az
kBi man ~ medicine hn could
4 y tHsK fsli want but by the brand
a9 t3s H"yg'frmetts be wnlhed mn
tsssf,4s syHusd fti,ber. aud TINT nude
t4 bs.tSf ~ crime. Bonrbody
esf NJ nski "tita who picked NJ a
s4ts.s
ta kHtw iis street Df old. nlthougi,
" tsg .igpgsd perhaps u dozen time.
rthte hh taa se"n u u WAS cul dc.
sAH sH1 ~ ii,s and nf u. Just nH on his
pthyiris Well. there sio~i n stone
yt,sgi,s, Hi.1ar ropf leaned back ~ q
! sitNb abzia aKhih 4 The mo,iufninside
y was fhtnnps mosque In lis way
fW The bed sheet ~ the Prophet IL
tnosb ~ hang 10 ". preserved against
ii,a fasaRss ~ iinr AMI the touch %,
inhdais ~ priceless Afghan rugs he
fore pnd behind ho TINT u hangs liz,
! . great lbin sandwich before tho rea,
stone wall. kinA hnd seen Il.
, Toward The me ,auo the onc.cycd ruf
+, nan led ~. way. win the long. leisure
" seeming gait ~ n mountuineer. A,
the dur, la the middle ~ the end a,
= the street, he paused and struck ON IN,
Intel three times with his gun butt
, And that was a strange proceeding. Z,
, any the icant, In n land where IN,
. mosque In public resting place FOL
I Homeless oncu, aud all tho faithful
, have right 10 enter
A muiiah. shavcn like n mummy FOL
. some unaccountablc rcason--cvcn hi,
/ eyebrows and cyclashcs had been re
! moved pushed hts bare head through