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

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moss TO himself vas actually startling.
Startling-weird-likc an incantanon
wore Yusminl's words when at last abe
spoke.
"Muhammnd licdl lie lied In his
,,athi His sons have multiplied his
lie SIddhnt,ha, whom men have called
| Gotuiun. the Buddhn, was before Mn
bnmmod aud he knew more! lie told
of the wheel Of things, and there is n
wheel, Yet, what knew the Buddha OF
tho wheelf He who spoke OF Dharna
uhe customs ~ the law not knowing
Dhnrma, This Is true-of old there
wns II wish OF the gods-of the old
gods. And so these two were There
is Il wish again now OF the old gods.
So, are we two not as they two werer
II is the same wish, and 10! We are
ready. this man and !. We will obey,
We gods-yc old godsl'
She raised her arms and, going closer
10 the bed. stood there Ia an attitude
of mystic reverence, giving and re-
ccivlng blessings.
'pcnr gods =" she prayed. Dear old
gods-older than these 'Iiills'-show
me In a vision what their fault was
why these two were ended before the
end
IL know oil the other things We have
shown me. ] know the worlds silly
creeds have made II mad, and 1t must
rcnd itself, and this man and I shah
rcap where the nations sowed--if only
we obey Wherein. ye old dear gods,
who love me, did these two disobey? I
pray you, tell me In n vision"
She shook her head and sighed. Sad
ness seemed to have crept over her,
like n cold mist from the night. Il
was rs II she could Glmly see her
plans foredoomcd, and yet hoped on IN
spite of IT,. The fataliSm that she
scorncd as Muhummad's lie held her
IN It's grip and her natural courage
fought with II. Wumanlike, she turned
10 King In that minute ana confded 10
him her very Utmost thoughts. And he.
without an inkling us to how she must
fail, yet knew that she must, and pitied
her.
"ITavc you seen that breast under
IN" hTtloT SI" NSReO suddenly.
Come nearer, Come and look Did
she kill him? Was that n dagger.stab
In his brcnst7 found perfume In
these Cayes-grent Jars Of II, and | use
It always. ! think TINT scent IL the
preServatiye. Athelstan-llsten! /
think he would have failed her! I
think she stabbed him rather than see
him fail, and then swallowed poison
Aftcrward their servants lnid them
there. She smiles IN death because she
knew the wheel will turn and that
death dies too, He looks grim he.
cause he knew less than she. II is al.
ways woman who understands and
man who fails, | think she stabbed
him. She should have loved him bet
ter, and then there would have been
no need. ! will love you better than
she loved him ="
She turned md devoured him with
her eyes, 50 that IL needed all his man
hood 10 hold him back from being her
slave that minute. For In that min
ute she left no charm uneXercised-
sex - fnesm"r!Sm 49, beauty flnttery
Cher eyes could tlatter as a dumb dogs
Halter n huntSInan)-grace unutterable
-myStcry-she used every art on him
she knew, Yet he stood the test.
"Eyon II you fail me, weIl.beloved,
Will love YOU, The gods who gave
you me Will know how to make you
love and lessons ARE to learn. II you
RAJ, me | will forgive, knowing Tint In
N" u the gods will never let you fail
me. You are mine, and earth Is ours
for n" old gods intend II sou
Sh" se"med 10 expect him 10 take her
In his srrHs again; but he stood re-
sp"ctiu!ly and made no answer, nor
"hy move. Grim and strong his jowl
was. Ike "a" Slcoper's, and the dark
hair three days old on Il softcned moth
M Of It's lines. His Roman nose and
S''uaF, dark, full eyes suggested no
compromise. Yet he was good TO look
at. she had not lied when she said
Nhe loved him, and he understood her
ana was sorry. But he did not look
sorry nor did he Offer any argument 10
9ucnch her love. He was a servant of
IN" raj; his life nnC his love had been
IhaIa3 since the day he first buckled
on his spurs, and Yasmini would NOT
have understood that.
Nor I'D She understand that, even
N'nroNing he had loved her with all his
h'"'t' not on any conditions would he
nave admitted II until absolutely free,
my NOR" than that II she crucined him
III" would love her the same, surprising
mat i" loved her ut all. Nor did she
trust the "old gods" too well, or let
iArn vorE Uuajd,l.
'"'n" with me, Athclstan :" she said.
!, "l' TOOK his arm-found little icwcled
'"Il'rs IN Il closet hrwn In the wall
pu' mem on and led him to the cur
J ANS hr had entered by. She led down
'h' steps, and AZ the foot told him to
i"l on his slippers, as If he ;ere a
. '"''u' Then, hurr"ing ms IL those opal
wye or hers were Indifferent to dark
"r 'ny'Ight She picked her way among
powders TINT he could feel but not
see along n floor that was only smooth
J." p'treS' for Il distance that was Ions
'u"ueh by two or three times TO lose
n'nn altogether. When he looked back