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Nation May Take Railroads.

Notwithstanding prediction that!
the exigencies of the war may force
government ownership Of American
railroads in "the surprisingly near fu.
ture" was made In a statement issued
by the Conference Committee on Ma.
tional Preparedness.
"Not only Is ship tonnage inadequate
to the wars demand" says the state.
ment, "but tho whole transportation
system Of America Is bending and may
break under the strain OF our first
year at war;"
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CHAPTER ~.

Delhi boasts round half-dozen rail.
way stations, all Of them designed with
regard to war, so that to King there
was nothing unexpected In the fact
that the train had brought him to an
unexpected station. He plunged into
Its crowd much as a man In the mood
might plunge into n whirlpool. The
station screamed echoed, reverberated
hummed. AT one minute the whole
building shook to the thunder of n
grinning regiment; an instant later II
.clattered to the wrought-steel ham.
mer OF thousand hoofs, as led troop.
horses danced into formation to invade
the waiting trucks. Soldiers Of nearly
every Indian military caste stood about
everywhere. Down the back of eocb
platform Tommy Atkins stood in long
straight lines, talking or munching
great sandwiches or smoking.
Threading his way in and out among
the motley swarm with a great black
cheroot between his teeth and sweat
running into his eyes from his helmet.
band, Athelstan King strobe nj ease
at -amused-awake-
and almost awfully happy. He was
not in the least less happy because
perfectly aware that native was fol.
lowing him at distance, although he
did wonder how the native had CON
trived to pass within the lines. At the
end of fifteen minutes there was not n
glib staff officer there who could have
deceived him as to the numbers and
destination Of the force entrainIpg.
"Kerachi !" he told himself. chewing
the butt of his cigar and keeping well
ahead of the shadowing native. He
did not have to return salutes, because
he did not look for them. Very few
people noticed him Mt all. although he
was recognized once or twice by for
mer messmates. At his leisure-in his
own way, that was devious and like a
string Of miracles-he filtered toward
the telegraph Office. The native who
had followed him all this time drew
closer. but he did not let himself be
troubled by that.
He whispered proof Of his Identity
% the telegraph clerk. who was Royal
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Now he chose to notice the knife
on the ebony table as if he had not
4 seen it before. He got up and reached
J for it and brought it back, turning n
over and over in his hand.
"A strange knife" he said.
"Yes-from Khinjan," said Rews
/ Gunga, and King eyed him as one wolf
eyes another.
"What makes you say it is from
Khinjan?"
"She brought it from Khinjan caves
herself! There is another knife that
matches 1t, but that is not here. That
bracelet you now wear, sahib, is from
Khinjan caves too! She has the secret
OF the cayesr
Il have heard that the Heart of the
Hills is there" King answered. 'Ts
the Heart of the Hills a treasure
houseW
Rewa Gunga laughed
"Ask her, Sahib! Perhaps she vii,
tell you! Perhaps she will let you
see! Who knows? She is a woman of
resource and unexpectedness-le her
NOIHth udhSe IOl you WUllc.
King nodded. Then he got up and
laid the knife back on the little table.
A minute or so later he noticed that
at a sign from Rewa Gunga a woman
left the great window place and spir-
tied the knife away.
MAY | have sheet of paper?" he
asked, for he knew that another fight
for his self-command was due.
Rowa Gunga gave an order, and a
maid brought scented paper on sill
yer tray. He drew out his own foun-
tain pen, and since his one object was
to give his brain employment, he wrote
down list Of the names he had men,
orizcd In the train on the Journey from
Peshawur, not thinking oi use for
the list until he had finished. Then.
though, real use occurred to him.
While he began to write more than
n dozen dancing women swept into the
room from behind the silk hangings in
a concerted movement that was all
1.-the slumberous grace. Wood-wind
music called to them from the great
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CHAPTER ~.

1t was musty smelling entrance. so
dark that to see was scarcely possible
after the hot glare outside. Dimly
King made out Rewa Gunga mounting
stairs to the left and followed him.
When he guessed himself two stories
at least above road level, there was q
sudden blaze of reflected light and he
blinked at more mirrors than he could
count. Curtains were reflected in each
mirror, and little glowing lamps, so
cunningly arranged that it was not pos
sible to guess which were real and
which were not. King stood still.
Then suddenly, as if she had done it
a thousand times before and surprised
a thousand people, little nut-brown
maid parted the middle pair of cur
tains and said "Salaamv smiling with
teeth that were as white as porcelain.
King looked scarcely interested and
not at all disturbed.
Rewa Gunga hurried past him,
thrusting the little maid aside, and led
the way. King followed him into a
long room, whose walls were hung
with richer silks than any he remem-
bered to have seen. In great wide
window to one side some twenty wom-
en- began at once to make flute music.
Silken punkahs swung from chains,
waiting back and forth cloud of san
dal~'OOd smoke that yelled the whole
scene In mysterious, scented mist.
"Be welcomed" laughed Rewa Gun
ga II am to do the honors, since she
is not here. Be seated, sahib."
King chose a divan at the rooms
farthest end, near tall curtains that
led into rooms beyond. He turned his
back toward the reason for his choice.
On a little ivory-inlaid ebony table
about ten feet away lay a knife, that
was almost the exact duplicate of the
one inside his shirt. He could sense
hushed expectancy on every side
could feel the eyes Of many women
fixed on him-and began to draw on
his guard as fighting man draws on
armor. There and then he deliberately
set himself to resist mesmerism. which
is the East's chief weapon.
Rewa Gunga. perfectly at home.
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engineer, neW 10 that job that morn
ing and n sealed telegram was handed
to him at once. Because it was war
time. and the censorship had closed
on India like a throtting string, II
was not in code SO the Mira Ali, OF
the Fort, Bombay, to whom it was
addressed, could be expected to read
between the lines.
! Cattle intended for slaughter, dispatched
| Bombay on Fourteen down. Meet train.
! VIII be inspected en- route. but should be
/ dealt with carefully on arrival Cattle
| Inclined to stampede owing to bad scare
/ received north Of Delhi. Take all pre-
cautions and notify Abdul.
Good he chuckled. Lets hope
we get Abdul too. l wonder who he
! isw
Still uninterested in the man who
shadOwed him. he walked back to the
! office window and wrote two tele-
grams; one to Bombay, ordering the
arrest of Ali Mira of the Fort, with
an urgent admonition 10 discover who
his man Abdul might be, and to seize
him as soon as found; the other TO the
station in the north. insisting on close
confinement for Sulman.
That being all the urgent business,
he turned leisurely TO face his shadow,
and the native met his eyes with the
engaging frankness Of an old friend,
coming forward with outStretched
hand. They did not shake hands, but
the man made signal with his fingers
that Is known TO not more than dozen
men in all the world. and that changed
the situation altogether.
Walk with me-" said King, and the
man fell into stride beside him.
He was Rangar-which is to say
Rajput who, or whose ancestors had
turned Mohammedan. Like many Raj
puts he was not a big man, but he
looked At and wiry; his head scarcely
came above the level Of Kings chin,
although his turban distracted atten-
ton from the fact. The turban was Of
silk and unusually large.
The whltest Of well-kept teeth,
cleaning regularly under a little black
waxed mustache betrayed no trace Of
betelnut or other nastiness. King was
not so sure that the eyes were brown,
and he changed his opinion about their
color a dozen times within the hour.
Once he would even have sworn they
were green.
The man was a regular Rangar
dandy, OF the type that can be seen
playing polo almost any day at Mount
Abu-that gets into mischief with
grace due to practice and heredlty-
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deep window. They began to chant,
still dreamily, and with the chant the
dance began, in and out, round and
round, lazily, ever so lazily, wreathed
in buoyant gossamer that was scarcely
more solid than the sandalwood smoke
they waited into rings.
| King watched them and listened to
| their chant until he began to recognize
| the strain on the eye muscles that pre-
cedes the mesmeric spell. Then he
| wrote and read what he had written
| and wrote again.
What have you written?" asked a
quiet voice at his ear; and he turned
| to look straight in the eyes of Rewa
| Gunga, who had leaned forward to
read over his shoulder. Just for one
second he hovered on the brink of
quick defeat. Having escaped the
Scylla Of the dancing women, Charyb-
dis waited for him in the shape of eyes
that were pools of hot mystery. II was
the sound of his own voice that brought
him back to the world again and saved
his will for him unbound.
Read 1t, won't your" he laughed.
IF you know, take this pen and mark
the names Of whichever of those men
are still in Delhi"
Rewa Gunga took pen and paper and
set mark against some thirty of the
names. for King had a manner that
disarmed refusal.
King began to watch the dance
again, for it did not feel safe to look
too long into the Rangar's eyes. 1t was
not wise just then to look too long at
anything or to think too long on any
one subject.
"lsmail is slow about returning"
said the Rangar.
Il wrote at the foot Of the tar" said
King, that they are to detain him
there until the answer comes"
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CHAPTER Il-Continued.


NHIn ten nuu'"s Hyde was asleep,
snoring prodigiously Then King pulled
out the knife again and udied it for
half an hour The blade was Of bronze,
with an edge hammered 10 the keen
ness Of a razor. The hilt was Of near
ly pure gold, in the form of woman
dancing The whole thing was so ex-
quisitey wrought that age had only
softened the lines, without in the least
impairing them. 1t looked like one of
those Grecian toys with which Roman
women Of Nero's day stabbed their
lovers. But that was not why he be
gan to whistle very softly TO himself.
Presently he drew out the generals
package Of papers. with the photograph
on the top He stood up, to hold both
knife and papers close to the light In
the roof.
1t needed no great stretch of imagi-
nation TO suggest a likeness between
the woman of the photograph and the
other, of the golden knife-hilt. And
nobody, looking at him then, would
have dared suggest he lacked imagina-
tion.
If the knife had not been so ancient
they might have been portraits Of the
same woman, in the same Disguise
taken at the same time.
"She knew l had been chosen to
work with her. The general sent her
word that | am coming" he muttered
to himself There must have been a
spy watching at Peshawur, who wired
to Rawal-Pindi for this man to jump
the train and go on with the job. Why
should she give the man a knife with
her own portrait on it? Is she queen
of a secret society? Well--we shall
see -
He lay back with his head on the
pillow, and before five minutes more
had gone he was asleep. His mobile
face in repose looked Roman, for the
sun had tanned his skin and his nose
was aquiline. In museums, where
sculptured heads of Roman generals
and emperors stand around the wall
on pedestals, it would not be difficult
to pick several that bore more than a
faint resemblance to him. He had
breadth and depth Of forehead and a
jowl that lent itself to smiles as we'll
as sternness, and a throat that ex-
pressed manly determination in every
nodded line.
He slept like boy until dawn; and
he and Hyde had scarcely exchanged
another dozen words when the train
screamed next day into Delhi station.
Then he saluted stiffly and was gone.
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but that does not manage its estates
too well. as rule. nor nav its debts
In hurry.
MY name is Rewa Gunga," he said
In low voice. Il have message for
you"
From whom?"
From her!" said the Hangar. and
without exactly knowing why, or be-
ing pleased with himself. King felt ex.
cited.
They were walking toward the sta.
ton exit. King had trunk check in
his hand. but returned 1t to his pocket
not proposing just yet to let the
Rangar overhear instructions regard.
ing the trunks destination; he was too
good-lOOking and too overbrimming
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for natives to hint at possible dissolu
tion Of the AnglO-lndian government
Everybody knows that the British will
not govern India forever, but the Brit
| iSh-who know it best of all, and work
| TO that end most fervently-are the
only ones encouraged to talk about it,
For a few minutes after that Rewa
! Gunga held his peace, while the car.
rage swayed at breakneck speed
| through the swarming streets. King
watching and saying nothing, did not
! believe for a second the lame expla-
nation Yasmini had left behind. She
must have some good reason for wish
ing to be first up the Khyber. and he
was very sorry indeed she had slipped
away. 1t might be only jealousy, yet
why should she be jealous?
1t was the next remark Of the
Rangars that set him entirely on his
guard, and thenceforward whoever
could have read his thoughts would
have been more than human. He had
known Of that thought-reading trick
ever since his ayah (native nurse)
taught him to lisp Hindustanee Just
as surely he knew that Its lmpudent
use was intended to sap his belief in
himself.
''I'll bet you hundred dibs," said
the Rangar, that she decided to be
there first and get control of the stu
ation She's slippery, and quick, and
Iilyn oil chn'c
The Rangar's eyes were on his, but
King was not to be caught again. 1t is
quite easy to think behind a fence. so
TO speak, if one gives attention to it.
"She will be busy presently fooling
those Afridis," he continued. waving
his cigarette. "She has fooled them
always, to the limit of their bally bent.
Yasmini plays her own game for
amusement and power-a good game
Il deep game! You have seen already
how India has to ask her aid in the
Hills" She loves power, power,
power--not for its name, for names
are nothing, but to use it,"
How long have you known her?"
asked King.
The Rangar eyed him sharply.
"A long time. She and / played to-
gether when we were children. 1t is
because she knows me very well that
she chose me to travel North with you,
when you start to find her in the
'Hills'w
King cleared his throat, and the
Hangar nodded, looking into his eyes
with the engaging confidence of a child
who never has been refused anything,
in or out of reason. King made no eff
fort to look pleased.
Just then the coachman took last
corner at gallop and drew the horses
up on their launches at a door in q
high white wall. Rewa Gunga sprang
out of the carriage before the horses
were quite at a standstll.
Here we are!" he said, and King
noticed that the street curved here so
that no other door and no window
overlooked this one.
He followed the Rangar, and he was
no sooner into the shadow of the door
than the coachman lashed the horses
and the carriage swung out Of view.
"This way" said the Rangar over
his shoulder. Gomez
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King tricks the Rangar and
rescues some of Yasmini's cut.
throats, whom he takes north
with him as grateful body.
guards.
(TO BE CONTINUEDD
Famous Family Of Preachers.

Rev. Lyman Beecher, sometimes re-
ferred to as founder of the Beecher
family" had seven sons who were
preachers. Beginning with the oldest,
they We're: William Henry Beecher,
born in 1902; Edward Beecher, born
in 1903; George Beecher. born in 1909;
Henry Ward Beecher, born in 1913;
Charles Beecher, born In 1915; Thorn
as r. Beecher, born In 1924. and
James G. Beecher, born In 1927.
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synopssAt beginning Of The world Capt Athclstan
10 to mec a o Khnun
quiet preparing
o Delhi King quietly a
aSsas~iuac S
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-11
SCHULTZ NAMES
HIS COMMITTEES
New President of Board Of
Supervisors Announces His
Appointments

Aid, Herman Schultz, presida1s
eleet OF the county board Of super
visors, wednesday announced the
standing committees for the ensu-
ing year. wednesday morning, max
Ing but few changes In the person
mel of the committees a. thsy have
been during the IL months past
The maks-uo OF the committees fol.
lows:
ways and Means and Lsgfslakion--
Kuna. Allan. Littlsnsld, Burton. stall-
xis ss. H @sIs. H0fssii . L cas.SsS
bosds and Bridsss-QlinnAn, Yer
nor, WenseL Cowan. LAnnlng. n
ehsrt. Gotta Brennan. Bailey. Ashs'
: sAllxation--Burtop. Kronk. Bon
ale. MlttsF.- Crane. fAnerty. H4nky
&egses. Auah. hiotks. Dali. Walsh
Appc.sionmsnt LOdEs koss ss
jim. Eoughton Long. Bradley Bris-
Claims and Acsounts.Eeoinson
Txss-duthard. Hunter. Nowc
Eaish. Miotke Attsehinson,. VOL
ahorskl. Braun. Crane Dodt. Zen
b-sins.En,. stiles. Wilson: r..
Holden. Kqeher. Kronk. starksy
ssIIdles..islsif. ousA.rd, Gilman
s o.oi.i ON Esy.lisa.aoe--An.n
Kurs. Robinson. Mfttsr. Riopslls
-kink. Rosa
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Births
ROYA

BOYS
~, P =; Bohn. SIC csdiIIso' = Te%RG ',
tary; A. Gleason. T7sK Drexei; B.
Aronson. II Napoleon. NJ Fox. "a
Fifteenth; J. p MeskiIl. Providenoe
hospital. p. April. 50 Lswersnl; ID.
Whltehorn- 1s4 wsHtminnteri n. W
Bradt, Woman's hospital; w. 70 Ma
r ISasy N Pi ESsSaa sci E RIlet Mar
SEQ Moran; n roth. s7S Porter; Q.
w, PAddon. rs Forsythe. A. Bialas.
lss Thirty-third; r. Mcdonald. Wo-
mans hospital; 2. Jacobs So Penn
sylvania: A. Weisman. ls0 Napoleon;
~ DiamAutakoa los Macombi A
Petek. sos Erskine. r. Byk. 20 oreu-
sci: NJ Mikpsa Lakeview. r W.
Mercer. sac Lansing A Barlage, bsl
Cavalry; A. Armstrong. lSos csnton
MitoSan. Iss Vermont: 1 .. a strs.s. r.
s0i Cannsld 4; q. KawAsks 40
Thirtisth. S. wiseoki 1907 soottoni
J. KAcmarek. s4s Twsnty-sighth: 2
v. OBrisn. las Thirty-nrst; r. Good
nough. ii4i Michigan. NJ ortownkL
ali Theodore; A. Kwoka, ass Piumsri
FAloomsr. 20. Ontario.
GIRIA
w. J. LeMessurier. 500 Hubbard;
w 70. Benton. 4s Wolf. A ., Koppin.
eba Beypurns II AfolhA SIS AeNhn-
dris f; v Snida- 1853 Tarnow; J.
vAtAiAro. 44g woodlawn; r. S. Knapp.
1111 rrumbuil; J. A. Cunso. woman's
hospital; j. BaEinski. 7ss Twenty
third; NJ schieb, 264 Kendall; l. Dyl.
roo smith; ]. Scala. AT LaBelie; y.
harEuA % OrleanH A. Persko. 1es
Lockwood. J, ReEynger. IS Aoorsgor
j. Korba. S7s GARFIELD; A. Siekers, SIS
RivRrd NJ Alderman. s3o Beaublenii
r. BAretti. 3Si Eliot; c. A Wesley,
tB4 Catherine; l. q. Natalie. as Le-
may; X. B. Stofer. 1875 MAssaohusetts,
c. BAgnAsoo. as Schiller; T. BaEei
Bsi Frederick 4 sEezygiel $50
Parkdale-st; 4 r. Epatsin. see Cam
sron; J. r. Henderson. Harper hos
pital; A. KAruska, It's Illinois; A.
frupiAno lac Hendricks: p. schrewe
SEQ St Aubtnl K. J. CRsweil 81 Green
wood; J. Lpic, STA Wssson; J. r.
Kilsy, 50 Regular; A. p. eevery, toi
Perry; r. Piskorowski. SN Lovett
W KaliaElwicN, Ss4 LnrAft, ". Camp
felt. s8T' Antistsfn NJ J. ortowskA
siT Theodore w. Kompiensk1 liOs
Twenty NTH; A. Zawacka. SIS Thirty
second NJ. Musulin. l7s Reedsr.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-04-11
WAYNE COUNTY
ROADS MAKE HIT
WITH TEXANS

Quentin d. corley. county Judge
OF Dallas county. Texas, accom-
panied by the county road commits
Sioners Of the same county, q. w
Ledbetter. w. J. Patrick. J. D. Bru-
ton and J. T. Miller. inspected the
roads OF Wayne county Tuesday, Sc
curing information relative to build
ing a similar system in Dallas, Tex.
l. 8. Franklin, OF the Cement
Manufacturers association. was in
charge OF the party. which visited
several other cities before coming
TO Detroit. among the mbeing Min
neapolis. The commissioners were
unanimous IN the opinion that the
roads OF this county were the best
hey bad seen.
County. Judge Corley r. known
turnout Texas az the "armless won
der" Tho both his arms are cut
on, one az the shoulder and the 9th.
er just above the elbow. he Is able
20 dress himself unassisted. The
party left Tuesday night for Dallas,
where they VIII start work At once
on roads similar TO those in Wayne
county.
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MA. Richard CLARK. Receiving hesPi-
~ years lobsr pnsumonia. John
hieks. heoeiving hospital, 81 years.
dslertvm tremens; Alexander AoTri-
cSeriss A Aba iss xii:adSls. q
yeAr@ shronlo aastrttis. Yenoenza
ssnilfty; Robert d. MeAShAm. lss
asorss @o,os Rss:Tns .'P Sospita
tSSS o.ior:ss snr g 'ii x x .S Sif bs@!
W-rd. about 50 years. crushing In
jurissa Emisl Nsweerg Herman kis-
liberia; Marshal MAxon, sls Hamilton.
u years. carcinoma OF liver, John
zalsgA 500 Thirty second. 81 yeArh
pulmonary tuberculosisi susan Glenn
SCARLET fever Forrest a. Yest. 7s3
group; Louis warner. i~S western.
: years. diphthernie Group; Bronis.
years eirrhosls Of liver: johanna
Gaul. Grace hospital. - years. cA{-
bolio acid PolsoninEi Edna L, WI
llams. 1os Putnam. 9, years. lsryn-
S :s aT pSTld q xS sIii sie1 Ts.s,
Aoh; Nettis Fields. Sc Norman, 81
s %sa R ssSsS iHss c.ps '1hn Sss4s
cardiac dscompensation; John schroe-
der t11 HoEarth, 81 years. mitral re-
EurgitAtion; Loona KAminski. un
Vinswood, , years. conyuisions; Jas
Trinity. 1854 oratiot ~ years. tu-
tsrs. 1855 Crane. VI years diaeste
coma; AEata Btuosn. Harper hospi-
/ tai, 10 years, gastric ulcer; Adelia
J. Baldwin. toS williams. 81 years
cardiac insufneienoyi Sarah n. John
son, $50 Sheridan. 10 years. oolltisj
| Hazel M. Isanhsrt, Iis Bixhteenth.
| month. hamilton: Lenors A, Good
Detroit Tuberculosis sanitarium. ~
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Schumann-Heink,
With Breaking Heart,
Sings National Hymn

SAN DIEGO. Cal. April u.-with
tears streaming down her cheeks,
Mms. Ernestine SchumAnn-IIeink
sang the Star spangied Banner In
a never to be forgotten way TO q
crowd In the Grant hotel last night
whom she returned TO her home here
from Chicago. The band OF the
Twenty.nrst Infantry. Of which regi-
mont the diva Is honorary president.
ssrenAdsd her on her arrival In
the Grant lobby. the band struck up
the national anthem. There was a
pause sand then Sohumann-Heink's
voice took up the strains. High
above the band her voice sounded
and men In the street stopped and
stood bareheadsd until she had an
ishsd. sobbing.
on. Il II Terrible she cried. I
have four sons and a son4n-law
ready and waiting TO fight for
America, while across the water an
other son nShts in the German
navy"