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gagged him. AT word from Muham-
mad Amin they loosed him; and at q
threat the hairless one gave a signal
that brought the great stone door slid
ing forward on it's oiled bronze grooves.
Then, with a dozen jests thrown to
the hairless one for consolation, and
an utter Indifference to the sacredness
Of the mosque floor, they sought outer
air, and Muhammad Amin led them up
the Street of the Dwellings toward
Khinjan's outer ramparts. They
reached the outer gate without incl
dent and hurried into the great dry
valley beyond it. AS they rode across
the valley the mullah thumbed long
string of beads. Unlike Yasmini, he
was praying to one god but he seemed
to have many prayers. His back was
picture Of determined treachery-the
backs Of his men were expressions Of
the creed that she shall keep who
canw King rode all but last now and
had good view of. their unconsciously
Wanted blackguardism. There was not
hint of honor or tenderness among
the lot, man, woman or mullah. Yet
his heart sang within him as If he
were riding to his own marriage feast |!
Last of all, close behind him.
marched his friend, the Orakzai Pa
than, and as they picked their way
among the powders across the mile
wide moat the two contrived to fall a
little to the rear. The Pathan began
speaking in whisper and King, riding
with lowered head as If he were study
ing the dangerous track, listened.
"She sent her man Rewa Gunga to-
ward the Khyber with a message" he
whispered. HE took a few men with
him, and he is to send them with the
message when they reach the Khyber,
but he is to come back. All he went
for is to make sure the message is not
intercepted, for, Bull-with-a-beard is
growing reckless these days. He knew
what was doing and said at once that
she is treating with the British, but
there were few who believed that.
There are more who wonder where she
hides while the message is on its way.
None has seen her. Men have swarmed
into the Cavern Of Earth's Drink and
howled for her, but she did not come.
Then the mullah went to look for his
ammunition that he stored and sealed
in cave. And it was gone. 1t was
all gone. And there was no proof of
who had taken it,
"Hakim, there be some VINO say-and
Bull-with-a-beard is one of them-that
she is afraid and hides.
"His men say he is desperate. His
own are losing faith in him. He
snatched thee to be bait for her. hav-
ing it in mind that man whom she
hides in her private part of Khinjan
must be of great value to her. He has
sworn to have thee skinned alive on
hot rock should she fail to come to
terms!''
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CHAPTER xvll-continued.

Morning looks down into Khinjan
hours after the sun has risen, because
the precipices shut 1t out. But the
peaks on every side are very beacons
of the range at the earliest peep of
dawn. In silence they watched days
herald touch the peaks with rosy jew
eled fingers-she waiting as If she ex-
pected the marvel of it all to make
King speak.
It was cold. She came and snug.
gled close to him, and it was SO they
watched the sparkle of dawn's Jewels
die and the peaks grow gray again, she
with an arm on his shoulder and
strands of her golden hair blown past
his face.
"Of what are you thinking?" she
asked him at last.
'Of India, princess"
sWhat of India?"-
"She Hes helpless"
@Ahi You love IndiaT
eyes"
sYou shall love me better! You shall
love me better than your life! Then,
for love Of me, you shall own the India
you think you love! This letter shall
gor She tapped her bosom. 1T is
best to cut you off from India first.
You shall lose that you may win!"
She got up and stood in the gap,
smiling mockingly, framed in the dark
ness of the cave behind.
s,t a
think you are my enemy. Love and
hate never lived side by side. You
shall see!"
Her hands slipped into his, soft and
warm; her eyes fastened on his and
held them. And as they did so King
sank, like a sack half-empty and top
pied over sidewise on the floor asleep.
He neither dreamed nor was con-
scious Of anything, but slept like a
dead man, having fought against her
mesmerism harder than he knew.
Statesmen, generals, outlaws, all
make their big mistakes and manage
to recover. Very nearly always it is
an apparently little mistake that does
most damage in the end, something
,unnoticeable at the time, that grows
in geometrical proportion, minus in
stead of plus.
Yasmini made her little mistake that
minute in believing King was utterly
mesmerized at last and utterly in her
power Whereas in truth he was only
weary. 1t may be that she gave him
orders IN his sleep, after the accepted
manner of mesmerists; but if she did,
they never reached him; he was far
too fast asleep. He slept so deep and
dong that he was not conscious of mems
5 voices, nor Of being carried, nor of
time. nor Of anxiety, nor Of anything.
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midst Of cluster Of dozen sentrieS,
body hung spiked. That the man had
been spiked to it alive was suggested
by the body's attitude.
Without q word to the sentries the
mullah led on down lane through the
midst of the camp, toward great
open cave at the far side, in which
bonfire cast fitful light and shadow.
Watchers sitting by the thousand tents
yawned at them, but took no particular
notice.
The mouth of the cave was like a
lions, fringed with teeth. There were
men in it, ten or eleven of them, all
armed, squatting round the fire.
"Get out" growled the mullah. But
they did not obey. They sat and stared
at him.
"Have ye tents?" the mullah asked.
In voice like thunder.
"Ayew But they did not go vet.
One Of the men, he nearest the null
lah, got on his feet, but he had to step
back pace, for the mullah would not
give ground and their breath was in
each others faces.
'Where are the bombs? And the
rifles? And the many cartridges?" he
demanded. ave have waited long, Mu-
hammad Amin. Where are they nowY'
The others got up, to lend the first
man encouragement. They leaned on
rifles and surrounded the mullah so
that King could only get a glimpse Of
him between them. They seemed in no
mood to be treated cavalierly-in no
mood to be argued with. And the null
lah did not argue.
aye dogs!" he growled at them, and
he strobe through them to the fire and
chose himself good, thick burning
brand. "Ye sons Of nameless mothers!'
Then he charged them suddenly,
beating them over head and face and
shoulders, driving them in 'front OF
him, utterly reckless of their rifles.
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$50 Thou Art to Ape the Sleeper In
His Bronze Mail, Eh!"

His own rife lay on the ground behind
him, and King kicked its stock clear
of the fire.
"Oh, shall pray for you this night"
Muhammad Amin snarled. "What
curse I shall beg for you! Oh, what
a burning of the bowels We shall havel
What a sickness What running of the
eyesi What sores! What boils! What
Sleepless nights and faithless women
shall be yours What prayer win
pray to Allah"
They scattered into outer gloom be-
fore his rage, and then came back to
kneel to him and beg him withdraw his
curse. He kicked them as they knelt
and drove them away again. Then.
silhouetted in the cave mouth, with the
glow of the fire before him, he stood
with folded arms and dared them
shoot.
After five minutes of angry contem-
plation of the camp he turned on a
contemptuous heel and came back to
the fire, throwing on more fuel from
great pile in q corner. There was an
iron pot in the embers. He seized
stick and stirred the contents furious
ly, then set the pot between his knees
and ate like an animal. He passed the
pot to King when he had finished, but
fingers had passed too many times
through what was left in it and the
very thought of eating the mess made
his gorge rise; so King thanked him
and set the pot aside.
Then, THAT is thy place!" Muham-
mad Amin growled, pointing over his
shoulder to a ledge of rock, like a shelf
in the far wall. But though he was al
lowed to climb up and lie down, he was
not allowed to sleep-nor did he want
to sleep-for more than an hour to
come.
The mullah came over from the fire
again and stood beside him, glaring
like a great animal and grumbling in
his beard.
"Does she surely love thee?" he
asked at last, and King nodded, be-
cause he knew he was on the trail Of
Information.
$50 thou art to ape the Sleeper In
his bronze mail, eh? Thou art 70 come
TO life, ne she was said to colwasto life.
and the two of you are to piunder
India? Is that it7"
CTo BE CoNZI2IUERs
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his beard monotonously with one hand.
The rifle, that he pretended to be hold
ing, really leaned against his back and
with the free hand he was making sig
mails.
King knew well he was making sig
nails. But he knew too that ia Yas-
minis power, her prisoner, he had no
chance at all Of interfering with her
plans. Having grounded on the bot
tom Of impotence, so to speak, any tide
that would take him off must be a good
tide. He pretended to be aware OF
nothing, and to be particularly un-
aware that the Pathan, with q rifle
in each hand. was pretending to come
casually up the path.
In minute he was covered by a
rifle. In another minute the mullah
had dashed his hands. In five minutes
more the women were loaded again
with his belongings and they were all
halfway Gown the track in single file.
the mullan bringing up the rear, de-
scending backward with rife ready
against surprise, as If he expected Yas-
mini and her men to pounce out any
minute to the rescue.
They entered a tunnel and wound
along it, stepping at short intervals
over the bodies Of three stabbed SEN
tries. The Pathan spurned them with
his heel as he passed. In the glare at
the tunnels mouth King tripped over
the body Of fourth man and fell with
his chin beyond the edge Of sheer
precipice.
They were on ledge above the wa
terfall again, having come through a
projection on the cliffs side. for kim
jan is all rat-runs and projections, like
a sponge or hornets nest on titanic
scale.
They soon reached another cave, at
which the mullah stopped. It was a
dark ill-smelling hole, but he ordered
King into it and the Pathan after him
on guard. after first seeing the women
pile all their loads inside. Then he
took the women away and went Off
muttering to himself, staggering,
swinging his right arm as he strobe, in
q way few natives do.
"Let us hope he has forgotten
these!" the Pathan grinped, touching
the pile Of rifles. "Weight for weight
in silver they will bring me fine
price! He may forget. He dreams.
For a mullah he cares less for meat
and money than any ever saw. He is
mad, think. It is my opinion Allah
touched him."
"What is that. under thy shirt?"
King asked.
The Pathar grinned, and undid the
button. There was second shirt un-
derneatl, and to that on the left breast
were pinned two British medals.
sob, yesl" he laughed. II served the
raj was in the army eleven years."
"Why did you leave it?" King asked,
remembering that this man loved to
hear his own voice.
sob, had furlough. I knitted a man
this side of the border. 1t was no af-
fair OF the British. But was seen,
and entered this place. It is devil
of lace"
Now the art of ruling India consists
not in treading barefooted on scorpions
not in virtuous indignation at men
who know no better-but in seeking
for and making much Of the gold that
lies ever amid the dross. There is
gold in the character of any man who
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once passed the grilling tests before
enlistment in a British-Indian regi-
ment. 1t may need experience to lay a
finger on it, but it is surely there.
~ heard" said King, "as came to-
ward the Khyber in great haste (for
the police were at my heels)-"
"Ah, the police !" the Pathan grinned
pleasantly. The inference was that at
some. time or other he had left his
mark on the police.
81 heard" said King. shat the sirkar
has offered pardons to all deserters
who return"
"Hahl But thou art hakim, not a
soldier -
"Truei" sud King.
ain India l earned my salt. cAeyed
the law. There is no law here ia the
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Got the Head That Let Thee In!
Else Why Are Thou Here?"
would not have been ON duty when the
message came to carry Kings belong
ings to his new cave of residence.
There would have been no object in
killing the dumb man, and so there
would have been an expert with load
ed rifle to keep Muhammad Amin lurk-
ing down the trail.
Muhammad Amin came-like the
devil, to scotch Kings faith. He had
followed the women with the loads.
He stood now, like a big bear on a
mountain track, swaying his head from
side to side six feet away. King
jumped, nearly driving the lance into
a new place in his patients neck.
''Let him go" growled Muhammad
Amin. go, thou! Stand guard over
the women until GOMEZ"
The mullah turned rifle this way
and that in his paws, like great bear
dancing. The very Orakzai Pathan
who had sat next King in the Cavern
of Earth's Drink, was creeping up be-
hind the women and already had his
rifle leveled at the man with boils.
"Ayew said the mullah, watching
Kings eyes. "He has done well, and
the road is clear"
The man with boils offered no fight.
He dropped his rifle and threw his
hands up. In moment the Orakzai
Pathan was in command Of two rifles,
holding King from among the women.
whom he seemed to regard as his plum
der too. The women appeared SUI
premely indifferent in any event. King
nodded back to him. A friend is a
friend in the "Hills," and rare is the
man who spares his enemy.
'None comes to earn living in the
Hills" growled the mullah, swaying
his head slowly and devouring King
with cruel calculating eyes. "Why art
thou here?"
II slew man." said King.
"Thou lest 1t was my men who got
the head that let thee inl Speak
Why art thou here"
But King did not answer. The null
lah resumed.
'.He who brought me the message
yesterday says he has it from another.
who had it from third, that thou art
here because she plans a simultaneous
rising in India, and thou art from the
Punjab where the Sikhs all wait to
rise. Is that truce"
"Thy man said it," answered King.
"Then hear mep said the mullah
Listen, thou" But he did not begin
to speak yet. He tried to see past King
the shadows.
where is she?" he asked. "Her
man Rewa Gunga went yesterday, with
three men and letter to carry down
the Khyber. But where is sheY
So he had slept the clock round (!
King did not answer. He blocked the
way into the cave and looked past the
mullah. The Orakzai Pathan crouched
among the women, and the women
grinned The muffun .sts:ed into
Kings face, with the scrutiny of a
trader appraising loot. Fire leapad VI
behind his calculating eyes. And with
out word passing between them. King
knew that this man as well as Vas
mini was in possession of the secret
of the Sleeper. Perhaps he knew 1t
first; perhaps she snatched the keep
ing of the secret from him. AT an
events he knew it and recognized
Kings likeness to the Sleeper for his
Eeyes betrayed him. lie began 20 stroke
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27
Notice for Administration and Notice
to Creditors.

State Of Wisconsin, County Court,
Grant COunty-In Probate
In Re Estate Of Geo. w. Westing, de-
ceased.
Notice is Hereby Given, That at the
Special Term of said court to be held
on the fourth Tuesday of April, A. D.
1918, at the Court House in the City of
Lancaster, County of Grant and State
Of Wisconsin, there will be heard and
considered, the application of Mary w.
Bailey for the appointment Of an ad-
ministrator Of the estate Of George w.
Westing late of the city of Lancaster
in said county, deceased;
Notice is Hereby Further Given,
That at the Special Term of said court
to be held at the Court House, on the
fourth Tuesday of July, A. D. 1918,
there will be heard, considered and ad-
Justed, all claims against said George
w. Westing, deceased;
And Notice is Hereby Further Given,
That all such claims for examination
and allowance must be presented to
said county court at the Court House
in the City Of Lancaster, in said cOun-
ty and state, on or before the 10Th day
Of July, A. d. 1918 or be barred.
By the Court,
E. B. GOODSELL,
Judge.
Dated March 10Th, 1918.
Geo. B. Clementson, Attorney. 4c3
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AROUND WISCONSIN
BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH

Following F. E. McGovern's with
drawal from the senate race friends
limited that he might be a candidate
for governor again next fall.
-O-O-O-
Gus. Felker, Stevens Point, was
fined $3.50 in municipal court after he
was found guilty of making uncom-
plimentary remarks about the gov
eminent.
-o-O-O-
When a big shell drake attempted
to swallow an eighteen inch pike, the
duck died of acute indigestion. The
carcass with the fish half way down
it's throat is proving a curiosity to
Neenah SpOrtsmen.
-O-O-O-
Albert Johnson Iverbakken, Yer
non county farmer, met his death in
peculiar manner. The man chopped
one tree partially through and COM
menced on another While cutting
the second tree the first fell crushing
him.
For stealing tobacco and shoes DON
aid Harris, an Indian youth, was sent
to Green Bay for one year. Harris
came to GAINESVILLE on hobo trip. He
was arrested following the theft and
the police found SO revolver and 40
shells on his person.
-O-O-O-
A. D. Faville of Lake Mills. has
been made dean and director of the
Wyoming College of Agriculture and
experiment station at Laramie. He is
the seventh representative of the I'm
iversity Of Wisconsin to be chosen as
the executive officer of an agricultur-
al institution.
After learning that Kenosha is har-
boring a numebr of "idle rich" who
are doing nothing to help allay the
labor shortage, the council of defense
has taken steps to make the idle ones
go to work. The attorney general has
been written to for instructions as
to what steps can be taken.
-O-O-O-
Unless Wisconsin farmers are care
full to choose their crop rotations with
due regard to danger from certain
crop pests they will suffer damage
from the white grub this season. This
is the warning that is being given by
University specialists, who are fam
lllar with the life cycles of the pest.
To lessen the damage farmers are
advised to avoid planting corn, po-
tatoes or other root crops on lands
that were in to grass, small grains or
timothy in 1917.
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While tobacco is almost a necessity
the state has limited the production
to insure proper planting of food
crops.
ShebOygan boast of a German Am
erican family which has given it's
four sons for democracy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Rudolph Chudooba were born in
West Prussia, Germany, and came to
Sheboygan in 1892 Since living in
the United States they have learned to
appreciate liberty and democracy.
Disguised with the kaiser and his au-
tocratic government, they offered all
their children to Uncle Sam. Otto
Chudobba, &c, native German, and
Richard, %, are with Company c.,
127th Infantry, France; Arthur, 21, is
at Camp Custer and Walter, 10, is
with the American Red Cross.
Frank r. Gruber, Milwaukee coun-
ty roadhouse proprietor who killed
himself by shooting several years ago,
did so after he had invested every
thing in the Seminole Distilling and
Distributing Co of New York and then
found that he had been f1eeced.. Elev-
en- officers and agents of the concern
are now on trial for the alleged mis-
use Of the mails. Mrs. Gruber testi-
fed that a representative agreed to
sell whiskey on the easy payment
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Six men are after mGyorship of
Oshkosh The job pays $4,000 per
under the commission government.
-O-O-O-
John Teckam, a Middleton bache-
Tor, hung himself in his brothers barn.
Worry over the loss of his home
caused the deed.
-O-O-O-
Twenty eight freight cars loaded
with barley merchandise and includ-
ing a car Of explosives, rolled down
15-fOot embankment on the 500 line
between Cadott and Stanley No one
was hurt
Between 35 and 40 men are study
ing navigation in the special course
at the university at Madison. Almost
all of them intend to join the navy
and many of them will be candidates
for commissions.
-O-O-O-
When the left hand of Alvin Ander-
son of Prairie Farm near Brentwood
was cut from his arm while saving
wood with a power saw, his future as
an army private was sheltered. An
derson had been placed in class la
-O-O-O-
Several of the sheep owned by Lyle
Brown and Maynard Larson, Marshall
high school students, were found to
be affected with rabies, having been
bitten by a dog some time ago. The
sheep were slaughtered and the car
casses buried.
BY vote Of 81 to 10, the Outagamie
county board condemned Herman
Weikert, assemblyman from that dis
trict, for voting against the censure
of Senator La Follette's war attitude
By the same vote it commended T. W.
Armstrong for voting for the amend
ment.
A damage suit in which $4,000 is
asked, has been filed by Albert Mer-
rill, Kenosha, against the Chicago,
North Shore and Milwaukee Elec-
trio Railway Co. 1t is alleged that
Mrs. Merrill was killed in an accident
caused by gross negligence on the part
of the company.
-o-o-o-
The problem of housing 1000 men
employed in the Du Pont explosive
plant at Barksdale confronts Ashland.
SO many men have been added to the
force that all accommodations in
Barksdale and Washburn have been
utilized. The Commercial club has
taken up the problem.
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Notice to Prove Will and Notice to
Creditors.
State of Wisconsin, County Coul

State Of Wisconsin, County Court,
Grant COunty,-In Probate.
In Re Estate of John KrOhn, Deceas-
ed.
Notice is Hereby Given, That at the
Special Term Of said court to be held
on the fourth Tuesday Of April, A. D.
1918, at the Court House in the City
of Lancaster, County Of Grant, and
State Of Wisconsin, there will be heard
and considered, the application of
William KrOhn to admit to probate
the last Will and Testament Of John
Krohn late Of the City of Lancaster,
in said county, deceased, and for the
appointment Of an executor;
Notice is Hereby Further Given,
That at the Special Term Of said court
to be held at said Court House, on the
fourth Tuesday Of July, A. D. 1918,
there will be heard, considered and
adjusted, all claims against said John
KrOhn, deceased;
And Notice is Hereby Further Civ
en-, That all such claims for examina-
ton and allowance must be presented
to said county court at the Court
House in the City of Lancaster, in
said county and state, on or before the
18th day of July, A. D. 1918, or be
barred.
Dated March IS, 1918
BY the Court
E. B. GOODSELL,
Judge.
S. HI. Taylor, Attorney. 4c3
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notes had been discounted. Going to
New York to investigate he found the
company" in two rooms The distil-
lery did not exist. Financially ruined.
he shot himself. Testimony as to the
suicide was ruled out by the court.
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plan, giving certificates representing
100 barrels. Part payment was made
in cash, and the balance in promis-
sorry notes. The certificates were rep
resented to be negotiable. Gruber
found that they were not, and that his
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J. D. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and sur
geon. Office over Lancaster State
bank. Residence two blocks north
west of Wright House, Lancaster,
Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27

surgeon, Calls city and country
promptly attended. Special atten-
ton given to eye, ear, nose and
throat work. Glasses fitted and
guaranteed. Office over Ivey &
Webb's store. Bell phone HOW,
Farmers phone 1902. Lancaster,
Wisconsin,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27

DIR. A. B. COOK-Dentist. Office over
Benefits drug store. Both phones:
Bell 45-J, Farmers LAT. Lancaster,
Wisconsin.
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PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY

S. W DOOLITTLE, M. D., J. C. DOC
LITTLE, M. D.-Doolittle Bros
hospital. Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1918-03-27

BROWN, BRENNAN C CARTHEW-
Attorneys at Law. Office in Baxter
block, Lancaster, Wisconsin,