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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-22
CHAPTER XIII.

They reached the Khyber famished
and were fed at Ali Masjid fort, after
King had given a certain password and
had whispered to the officer command
ing. But he did not change into Eu-
ropean clothes yet, and none of his fol-
lowing suspected him of being an Eng
liShman.
"a Hangar on a black mare has gone
down the pass ahead Of you in hur-
ry," they told him at Ali Masjid. HE
had two men with him and. food
enough. Only stopped long enough to
make his business known"
'sWhat did he say his business ISL"
asked King.
'He gave a sign and said a word
that satisfied us on that pointi''
"Ohw said King. "Can you signal
down the passT'
Surely
"Courtenay at JamrudT'
Eyes. In charge there and growing
tired of doing nothing"
"Signal down and ask him to have
that bath ready for me that I spoke
about. Goodby."
So he left Ali Masjid at the head Of
a motley procession that grew noisier
and more confident every hour. Ismail
began to grow more lively and to have
a good many orders to fling to the rest.
'sYou mourn like a dog" King told
him. 'sThree bowls and a whine and
a little sulking-and then forgetful-
cess !"
1smai1 looked nasty at that but did
not answer, although he seemed to
have a hot word ready. And thence
forward he hung his head more, and at
least tried to seem bereaved. But his
manner was unconvincing none the
less, and King found it food for
thought.
The ex-ss1diers and would-be soldiers
marched in four behind him, growing
hourly more like drilled men, and talk
ing, with each stride that brought
them nearer India. more as men do
who have an interest in law and or
der. Behind them tramped the wom-
en- from Khinjan, carrying their ba-
bies and their husbands loads; and
behind them again were the other
women, who had been told they would
be overtaken in the Khyber, but who
had actually had to run themselves
raw-footed in order to catch up.
Down the Khyber have come con-
querors, a dozen conQuering kings, and
as many beaten armies; but surely no
stranger host than this ever trudged
between the echoin2 walls. The very
eagles screamed at them. Signals pre-
coded them, and Courtenay himself
rode up the pass to greet them. AT
Jamrud they were given food and their
rifles were taken away from them and
guard was set to watch them. But
the guard only consisted OF two men,
both OF whom were Pathans, and they
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-22

was not a Hangar at ell, but She, and
how anybody can ever have mistaken
her for a man. even in mans clothes
and with her skin darkened, was be-
yond the sentry's power to guess. He
for one, etc. -. But nobody be-
lieved that part of his tale.
AS Yussuf bin Ali said over the
campfire up the Khyber later on.
'sWhen she sets out to disguise her
self, she Is what she will be, and he
who says he thinks otherwise has two
tongues and no consciencel"
What is surely true is that the four
Of them asmini, the general Cour-
tenay and King-sat up all night in a
room In the fort, talking together.
while a succession of sentries over
strained their ears endeavoring to hear
through keyholes. And the sentries
heard nothing and invented very much.
But Partan Singh, the Sikh, who
carried In bread and cocoa to them at
about five the next morning, and
found them still talking, heard King
say. $50, in my opinion, sir, there'll
be no jihad in these parts. There1l
be sporadic raids, of course, but
nothing brigade can't deal with. The
heart Of the holy wars torn out and
thrown away"
Every WELL" said the general. "You
can go up the Khyber again and join
your regiment"
But by that time the Rangers tur~
ban was on again and the tears were
dry, and it was Partan Singh who
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-22
CHAPTER XXI.


'sWhitherY' one whispered to King.
"To Khinjani" he answered.; and
that was enough. Each whispered to
the other, and they all became fired
with curiosity more potent than money
brides.
When he halted at last and dis
mounted and sat down and the stray
glers caught up, painting, they held a
Council Of war all together, with Is
mail sitting at Kings back and leaning
n chin on his shoulder in order to hear
better. Bone pressed on bone, and the
place grew numb; King shook him OH
a dozen times; but each time lsmall
set his chin back on the same spot, as
a dog will that listens to his master.
Yet he insisted be was her man, and
not Kings.
snow, We men of the Hills" said
King. "listen to me who am political
offender with reward for capture
offeredw That was gem Of title.
It fired their imaginations. II know
things that no soldier would find out
In a thousand years, and will tell
you some Of what / know"
Now he had to be careful. Ii ne
were to invent too much they might
denounce him as a traitor to the
Hills" in general. If he were to tell
them too little they would lose In
'terest and might very well desert him
at the first pinch. He must feel for
the middle way and upset no preJu-
dices.
"She has discovered that this null
lah Muhammad Amin Is no true mus
lin, but an unbelieving dog of for
eigner from Farangistan! She has
discovered that he plans to make him.
self an emperor in these hills, and to
sell hillmen into slaveryl" Might as
well serve the mullah up hot while
about It'll Beyond any doubt not much
moro than mile away the mullah was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-22


mare on the path below missed her
footing and fell dozen feet, only TO
get up again and scramble as If thou
hand devils were behind her, the RAN
gar riding her grimly, like jockey In
a race. Three more shocks followed.
A great slice of Khinjan suddenly
caved In with roar, and smoke and
dust burst upward through the tum-
bling crust.
There was pause after that, as If
the waiting elements were gathering
strength. For ten minutes they watched
and scarcely breathed. Rewa Gunga
gained the summit and, dismounting,
stood by King with the reins over his
arm. The mare was too blown to do
anything but stand and tremble. And
King was too enthralled to do anything
but stare.
"That is what woman can do for
man, said Rewa Gunga grimly.
"She set fuse and exploded all the
dynamite. There were tons of it! The
galleries must have fallen in, one on
the other! A thousand men digging
for thousand years could never get
into Khinjan now, and the only way
out is down Earth's Drink! She babe
me come and bid you goodby, sahib. /
would have stayed in there, but she
commanded me. She said, Tell King
sahib my love was true. Tell him ]
give him India and all Asia that
were at my mercyy"
While the Hangar spoke there came
three more earth tremors in swift sue
cession, and thunder out of Khinjan
as If the very ssHills' were coming to
an end. The mare grew frantic and
the Hangar summoned six men to hold
her.
Suddenly, right over the top Of kim
JAMS upper rim. where only the eagles
ever perched, there burst column OF
water, unreasonable, huge, that for a
moment blotted out the sun. It rose
sheer upward, curved on itself, and fell
in million-ton deluge on to Khinjan
and into Khinjan valley, kissing and
roaring and laundering.
Earth's Drink had been blocked by
the explosion and had found new way
over the barrier before plunging down
again into the bowels of the world.
The one sky-fung leap it made as its
weight burst down a mountain wall
was enough to blot out Khinjan for
ever, and what had been dry, mile
wide moat was a shallow lake with
deaths rack and rubbish floating on
the surface.
The earth rocked. King was up on
his feet in a second and faced about.
The Hangar laughed.
$50 ends the Heart of the Hills 7 |"
he said. think kindly Of her, sahib.
She thought well enough of your
He laughed again and sprang on the
black mare, and before King could
speak or raise hand to stop him he
was Off at wondrous speed along the
precipice in the direction Of the Khy-
Der pass and India. Two of the men
who had come out of Khinjan mounted
and spurred after him.
King collected his men and the wom-
en- and children. It was easy, for they
were numb from what they had wit
messed and dazed by fear. In half an
hour he had them mustered and
marching.
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CHAPTER xxI-continued.


But out of the corner of his eye, and
once or twice by looking back delib-
erately, King saw that Ismail was
taking the members of his new band
one by one and whispering to them.
What he said was a mystery, but as
they talked each man looked at King.
And the more they talked the better
pleased they seemed. And as the day
wore on the more deferential they
grew. BY midday if King wanted to
dismount there were three at least to
hold his stirrup and ten to help him
mount again.
-Four thousand men with women and
children and baggage do not move so
swiftly as one man or dozen, espe-
cially in the "Hills," where discipline
is reckoned beneath a proud mans
honor. There were many miles to go
before Khinjan when night fell and
the mullah babe them camp. He babe
them camp because they would have
done it otherwise in any case.
When the evening meal was eaten,
and Sentries had been set at every van
tage point, there came another order
from the mullah. The women and
children were to be left in camp next
dawn, and to remain there until sent
for. There was murmuring at that
around the camp, and especially among
Kings contingent. But King laughed.
"It is good" he said.
"Why? How SOP" they asked him.
IBID your women make for the Khy-
Der soon after the mullah marches to-
morrow. Bid them travel down the
Khyber until we and they meetl"
"But-"
"Please yourselves, sahibsv' The
hakim's air was one of supremest In
difference. 'As for me, leave no
women behind me in the mountains.
am content"
They murmured a while, but they
gave the orders to their women, and
King watched the women nod.
Even as Yasmini had tested him and
tried him before tempting him at last,
she must be watching him now, for
even the East repeats itself. She had
sent Ismail for that purpose. It was
likely that her course would depend on
his. If he failed, she was done with
him. If he succeeded in establ shing a
strong position Of his own, she would
yield. With or without Ismails aid,
with or without his enmity, he must
control his eighty men and give the
slip to the mullah, and he went at once
about the best way to do both.
"We will go now" he said quietly.
''That sentry in yonder shadow has
his back turned. He has Overeaten.
We will rush him and put good running
between us and the mullah."
Surprised into obedience, and too de-
lighted at the prospect of action to
wonder why they should obey hakim
SO, they slung on their bandoliers and
made ready. Ismail brought up Kings
horse and he mounted. And then at
Kings word all eighty made sudden
Ewoop on the drowsy sentry and took
him unawares. They tossed him over
the cliff, too startled to scream an
alarm; and though sentries on either
hand heard them and shouted, they
were gone like wind-blown ghosts Of
dead men before the muiiah even knew
what was happening.
They did not halt until not one OF
them could run another yard, King
trusting to his horse to find footing
along the cliff-tops, and to the men to
find the way.
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asked him suddenly.
"She? Ask Allah, who put the spirit
in her! How should know?"
1--WE will march again, my brothers !"
King auted, and they streamed along
behind him, now with no advance
guard, but with the Orakzai Pathan
striding beside Kings horse, with q
great hand on the saddle. Like the
others, he seemed decided in his mind
that the hakim ought not to be allowed
much chance to escape.
Just as the dawn was tinting the
surrounding peaks with softest rose
they topped ridge, and Khinjan lay
below them across the mile-wide bone
dry valley. And while they watched,
and the Khinjan men were beginning
to murmur (for they needed no last
view Of the place to satisfy any long
ings!) none else than Ismail rose from
behind a>rock and came to Kings STIR
rup. He tugged and King backed his
horse until they stood together apart.
"She sends this message" said Is
mail, showing his teeth in the most
peculiar grin that surely the Hills"
ever witnessed. "Many of her men,
who have never been In the army, are
none the less true to her, and she will
not leave them to the mullah's mercy.
They will leave the caves in little
while, and will come up here. They
are to go down into India and be made
prisoners If the sirkar will not enlist
them. You are to wait for them here"
sIs that all her messenger King
asked him.
"Nay. That is none of it! This is
her message: THOU SHALT KNOW
THIS DAY, THOU ENGLISHMAN,
WHETHER OR NOT SHE TRULY
LOVED THEE! THERE SHALL BE
PROOF SUCH AS EVEN THOU
SHALT UNDERSTAND
Ismail slipped away and lost himself
among the men, and none Of them
seemed to notice that he had been
away and had come again. 1t was
little more than an hour after dawn
and the chilled rocks were beginning to
grow warmer when the head of pro-
cession came out of Khinjan gate and
started toward them over the valley.
In all more than five hundred men
emerged and about hundred women
and children. Then:
'Muhammad Amin comes !" shouted
voice from crag top.
They snuggled into better hiding,
and there was no thought now of leav-
ing before the mullah should go by.
It needed an effort to quiet them when
the mullah rose into view at last above
the rise and paused for minute to
stare across at Khinjan before lead
ing his four thousand down and on
ward. He was silent as an image, but
his men roared like q river In flood and
he made no effort to check them.
) He dismounted, for he had to, and
tossed his reins to the nearest man
with the air of an emperor. And he
led the way down the cliffside without
hesitation, striding like mountaineer.
His men followed him noisfly.
It was thirty minutes after the last
Of the mullah's men had vanished
through the gate, and his own men in
dozens and twenties were scattered
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along the cliff-top arguing against de-
lay with growing rancor, when lone
horseman galloped out of Khinjan gate
and started across the valley. He rode
recklessly. He was either panic
stricken or else holder than the devil.
In q minute King had recognized
the mare, and so had the eyes Of fifty
men around him. No man with half
an eye for horse could have failed
to recognize that black mare, having
ever seen her once. In another two
minutes King had recognized the Ran
gar's Silken turban.
Most of the men were staring down
ward at the Rangers head as he urged
the mare up the cliff path, when the
explanation Of Yasmini's message
came. It was only King, urged by
some intuition, who had his eyes fixed
on Khinjan.
There came shock that actually
swayed the hill they stood on. The
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-22

Heard Weeping.
threw most doubt on the sentry's tale
about the golden hair. But, as the
sentry said, no doubt Partan Singh
was jealous.
There is no doubt whatever that the
general went back to Peshawur In the
train at eight o'clock and that the
Hangar went with him in a separata
compartment with about dozen hill-
men chosen from among those who had
come down with King.
And it is certain that before they
went King had talk with the Rangar
in room alone, of which conversa-
ton, however, the sentry reported aft.
erward that he did not overhear one
word; and he had to go to the doctor
with cold in his ear at that. He said
he was nearly sure he heard weeping
But on The other hand, those who saw
both of them come out were certain
that both were smiling.
1t is quite certain that Athelstan
King went up the Khyber again, for
the official records say so, and they
never lie, especially In time Of war. He
called him "Chikki"-a sitter"
Some say the Hangar went to Delhi.
Some say Yasmini is In Delhi. Some
say no. But it is quite certain that be-
fore he started up the Khyber King,
showed Courtenay great gold brace
ln% %ho* ho ho6 1ruAop h3p oIoax1n Nt4va
men saw him do it.
And If that was really Rewa Gunga
in the generals train, why was the
general so painfully polite to him? And
why did Ismail insist on riding In the
train, instead Of accepting Kings offer
to go up the Khyber with him7
One thing is very certain. King was
right about the jihad. There has been
none in spite of all Turkeys and Ger
many's efforts. There have been $40.
radio raids, much as usual, but nothing
one brigade could not easily deal with.
the press to the contrary not withstand.
ing.
King Of the Khyber rifles is now d
major, for you can see that by turning
up tue army llSL.
But If you wish TO know Just what
transpired in the room in Jamrud Fort
while the general and Courtenay wait,
ed, you must ask King-if you dare,
for only he knows, and one other. II
is not likely you can find the other.
But it is likely that you may hear
from both Of them again, for IA won.
an and intrigue are onel" as India
says. The war seems long, and the
world is large, and the chances for in
trigues are almost infinite, given such
combination as King and Yssmini and
a love affair.
And as King says on occasion:
''Kuch dar nahin hal There is no such
thing as fear" Another one might
say, "The roofs the linitl"
And bear in mind, for this is impor.
tant: King wrote to Yasmini letter,
in Urdu from the mullah's cave, In
which he as good as gave her his word
Of honor to be her 'loyal servant"
should she choose to return to her allie.
glance. He is no splitter Of hairs, no
quibbler. His word Is good on the
darkest night or wherever he casts a
shadow In the sun.
"A man and his promise-a woman
and intrfgue-are one!"
(THE ENDO
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1918-02-22
Invented Cherokee Alphabe.

Sequoyah, inventor Of the Cherokes
alphabet, was one Of the great men
OF the Indian race. He was a half
breed, whose English name .yas
George Guess. His father was white
man and his mother a fnll-blood In.
dian woman
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-20

mallest amount possible to cleal
limself, regardless of what he
bought his duty was, and that tho
Werage citizen should not be con
iidered foolish as Mr. Stine termed
C. when he subscribed for the
mount OF bonds that he could rea
onably take care Of
THE council tried to show Mr.
1tine that his attitude at this time
was wrong; that there was nothing
PERSONAL in the matter; that Tho
council had given every man G
chance to show why he should not
buy more bonds, and that when ex
planatious were satisfactory they
we're always glad to be reasonable
hat the main question at issue III
he present case was the attitude
and feelings toward the government
rather than the amount of money put
nto Liberty bonds
Mr., Stine did not try TO show the
committee that he was not financial
able to do his part SO the commit
tee told Mr. Stine that after having
some over the matter with him they
were convinced that he ought to stu.
1y the matter over and take dif-
ferent attitude toward his govern
ment in these matters.
"As Mr.. Slime started to leave the
room he turned and sarcastically re.
nprlIod to the committee. If you fcl.
lows can buy these bonds quicker
than can, you had better so do it.
The committee stopped Mr. Stinc
and tried to show him what an atti.
tude Of this kind meant at the pres
ent time. Then Nlr Stine said, ri
tell you what III do If you will let
il 60 ~ that, I'll buy $3.50 worth of
bonds 4 mom5or of the council
Immediately remarked to Mr.. Stine
that this was not a matter for us to
trade on Tho amount that we had
requested him to buy was rcapuna.
BILE and that we would expect him to
meet the councils views.
"rhe council expressed ther.4elyes
a. very sorry that enc Of our most
prosperous citizens vino had made
his money under this government,
should defy public opinion at this
time The different members Of the
council expressed Themselves as hay.
ing been good friends Of MIR. Slime,
but that under such circumstances
they could not excuse his actions. !
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-20
PROMINENT CITIZEN BEFORE
COUNTY COUNCIL OF DEFENSE

At a meeting Of the executive com.
mittee of the County Council of De
Tense special committees reported
on those who had not done their
duty in the purchase Of Liberty
bonds. The council furnishes the
following report Of proceedings in
the Slime case:
The committee requested j. II.
Stino to be present Mr. Stine was
asked how much war securities he
had purchased 70 date. He replied
that he had purchased $500 worth
I It was suggested that this amount
was inadequate considering Mr.
/ Stine's financial ability, and he was
told that although the executive com,
mittee didn't consider the purchase
of $500 worth Of bonds equal to his
proportional part of the issue, the
council would be satisfied il he would
make an additional purchase Of $2,.
100 worth OF bonds, so as to bring
his total holdings up to $500. Mr.
Stine's reply to this was that he did
not have the ready money His bank
er, who was present. suggested to
Mr.. Stine that he would be only too
glad to take care of his bond pur
chases for him. Mr.. Stine then OK
pressed his dissatisfaction with what
he called the government interfer
ence with his business, and said they
had limited the price on his hogs
had made 1t so that he could not
buy cheap corn, and seemed to be
very much dissatisfied in general
He was then asked by a member of
tho council if he didn't think il pa
triotic duty Of every man to buy
bonds and war securities according
to his ability to do so Mr. Stines
reply was that he had enough to dol
to look after his own business. The
council then reminded him of the
Tact that every. man ought to look
at the governments business as his
own business at the present time.
MIR. Slime then told the council that
he would be foolish to buy $500
worth Of bonds when he believed
that he could have gotten off with
the committee by purchasing $1,000 |
worth when they came around, and
that nothing would have been said
about 1t. A member of the council
then reminded him that it would be
a poor way for man to perform his
patriotic duty to get off with the
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-06-20
She's Got RedHair and
She Hopes TheySendHer
Right Up to Front Line

Sn Antonio, Tex, June 2O.-"gve
got red hair, know how to rough it.
and | hope they send me just as
near the front lines as they cam"
Miss Rose Glass Of Seattle, Wash
ington, graduate of the University
of Washington, and real western
"sour-dough," gave these as her quail
ifications, just before she left New
York to go to France for Y. NJ. c.
a. work, the first educational secre-
tary to be sent overseas.
She had studied at Columbia and
at the University Of California, as
well as at her own university. she's
a member of national honor socie.
ty for scholarship, she's just on the
point OF taking her NJ A., and she's
known as one of the best high school
history teachers in the west All
this may help, of course, but these
are her real qualifications for the
job she says.
She has followed elktraila through
the western mountains with the near.
est road more than 60 miles away
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