The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-20

stool of the throne. and even pi'ieu
her.
She felt the pity. As she tossed u'e
hair back oyer her shoulder her e!e'
glowed with another mcanlng-danger'
ous-llkc n tigers glare.
"You pity me? You think herauS'
I love you. you can feed my love w
n plate to the Indian government !
You think my love is n weapon 10 USE
against me2 Your love for me may
walt for u better time? You are not
SO wise as | thought you. AtheIsthh'
But he knew he had His hearl
was singing down inside him us II mao
not sung since he left India hehlhu'
But he stood quite humbly before her'
for Ind he not kissed herr lie khe"
he had o Yet II anyone had asAeu
him how he knew that he had won he
never could have told.
IF you were TO 20 back to India 'N'
cept as Its conqueror, they would strIp
the buttons from your uniform ana
tear your meinls of aud shoot you
In the back against Il wnll! My sigma
ture Is known In India and | ain
known. What I write will be believed,
Rewa Gunga shall take n letter. lie
shall take two-four-witnesses. lie
shall see them on their way and snail
give them the letter when they reach
the Khyber and shall send them into
India with II. Have no fear. Bull
.-G.a ..-t .t.tI sol, tys,rgatt Thorn
as | have intercepted his men. When
I,ewa Gunga shall return and tell me
he saw my letter on its way down the
Khybcr, then We shall talk again
you and II Conner"
She took his arm, as II her threats
had been caresscs. Triumph shone
from her eyes. She tossed her brave
chin and laughed ut him, only en-
couraged to greater daring by his att
tude, and by the time they reached the
ebony table and she had taken the pen
and dipped 1t in the Ink, she was
chuckling to herself IA II the One good
joke had grown into n hundred.
She wrote in Urdu, with an easy,
flowing hand, and In two minutes Sh"
had thrown sand on che letter and had
given 1t to King to read. 1t was not
like n woman's letter. 1t did not waste
u word.
Your Captain King has been too much
| trouble. lie has taken money from tie
Germans. He adopted native dress. He
called himself kurram Khan. lie slew
his W brother at night In the Khyher
pass. These men will say that no car
ried the head to khinjau. and their word
Is true, for |. Ynsm!ni. saw He uscd the
head for a passport. to obtain admittsncc,
lie proclaims a jihad. He urges invasion
of India! He held up his brothers head
before five thousand men and boosted ".
the murder. The next you shall hear "
your Captain King VI the KAyoer rifles,
he will be leasiEg u Jihad into Indla. You
would have better trusted me,
YASMINI.
lie read Il and passed 1t back to her.
They Will not diSDelieve me- she
said, triumphant as the very devil over
n brandered soul all hot. They will
be sure you are mad, and they viii
believe the witnesses :"
"Rewa Gunga shall start with this
today :" she said, with more umuse.
mcnt than malice. After that she was
still for a moment, watching his eyes,
at a loss to understand his careless.
ness. lie seemed strangely unbiased.
His folded arms were not defiant, but
neither were they yielding,
Il love you, Athelstan!' she said.
"po Won love mei"
II think you are very beautiful.
princess. :"
': :%c' /: '9c' al s::' added.