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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-05

with her not only to become scented
with her unmIstakable perfume but
even to get her hair on his person,
then gone was all Imagination Of her
love for himselfl Then she had lied
from first to lastl Then she had tried
to make him love her that she might
use him, and finding she had failed, she
had sent her true love with the dagger
to make an end!
In a moment he imagined q whole
picture, as 1t might have been In a
crystal, Of himself trapped and made
to don the Romans armor and forced
to pose to the savage "Hills"-or
fooled into posing to them-as her
lover, while Rewa Gunga lurked be-
hind the scenes and waited for the
harvest in the end. And what kind of
harvest?
And what kind of man must Rewa
Gunga be who could lightly let go all
the prejudices Of the East and submit
to what only the West has endured
hitherto with any complacency-a
"tertium quid?"
Yet what fool he, King, had been
not to appreciate at once that Rewa
Gunga must be her lover. Why should
he not be? Were they not alike as
cousins? And the East does not love
its contrary, but its complement, being
older In love than the West, and wiser
In its ways in all but the material.
He had been blind. He had overlooked
the obvious-that from first to last her
plan had been to set herself and this
Rewa Gunga on the throne Of India
He washed and went through the
mummery Of Muslin prayers for the
watchful mullah's sake, and climbed
on to his bed. But sleep seemed out
of the question. He lay and tossed for
an hour, his mind as busy as terrier
in hay. And when he did fall asleep
at last 1t was SO to dream and mutter
that the mullah came and shook him
and preached him a half-hour sermon
against the mortal sins that rob men
Of peaceful slumber by giving them q
foretaste Of the punishment to come.
All that seemed kinder and more re-
freshing than Kings own thoughts had
been, for when the mullah had done
at last and had gone striding back to
the cave mouth, he really did fall
sound asleep, and 1t was after dawn
when he awoke. The mullah's voice,
not untuneful, was rousing all the val
ley echoes in the call to prayer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-05
CHAPTER XXI.

And while King knelt behind the
mullah and the whole camp faced Nee
ca in Observation-Disclosures abasement
there came strange man down the
midst-not strange to the "Hills,
where such sights are common, but
strange to that camp and hour. Some
body rose and struck him, and he knelt
like the rest; but when prayer was
over and cooking had begun and the
camp became a place Of savory smell,
he came on again-a blind man. He
was clean shaver, and he looked as
If he had not been blind long, for his
physical health was good.
"Oh, the hakim-the good hakim y
he walled. "Where is the famous ha-
kim? Show me the way to him! Oh,
the famous, great, good hakim who can
heal mems eyes"
II am he," said King. and he stepped
down toward him. The blind mans
face looked strangely familiar, though
it was partly disguised by some gummy
stuff stuck all about the eyes. He
stared at the face again.
ISiHdlI! he Sdlu lou!
"Aye! Father of cleverness! Make
play of healing my eyesw
So King made a great show Of rub
bing On ointment. In minute Ismail,
looking almost like young man with
out his great beard, was dancing like
lunatio with both fists in the air, and
yelling as if wasps had stung him.
"Aieee-aieee-aieee he yelled. 81
see again! see! My eyes have light
in theml Allah! Oh, Allah heap
riches on the great, wise hakim who
can heal mems eyes! Allah reward
him richly; for / am a beggsr and
have no goods!S
The whole camp began to surge
toward him to see the miracle, and his
chosen bodyguard rushed up to drive
them back. And as they went a tall
Afridi came striding down the camp
with a letter for the mullah held out
in cleft stick in front of him.
"Her answer!" said Ismail with a
wicked grin.
"What is her word? Where is the
Orakzai Pathan"
But Ismail laughed and would not
answer him. 1t seemed to King that
he scented climax. Also he chose in
that instant to force the mullah's hand,
on the principle that hurried buffaloes
will blunder.
ITO Khinjan! he shouted to the
nearest man. "The mullah will march
on Khinjan!'
They murmured and wondered and
backed away from him to give him
room. Ismail watched him with
dropped jaw and wild eye.
Spread 1t through the camp that
we march on Khinjani Shout 1t Bid
them strike the tents!"
Somebody behind took up the shout
and it went across the camp in leaps,
as men toss c.ball. There was a surge
toward the tents, but King called to
his deserters and they clustered back
to him. He had to cement their allie
glance now or fail altogether, and he
would not be able to dosit by ordinary
argument or by pleading; he had to
fire their imagination. And he did.
"She is on our side!" That was
sheer guess. "She has kept our man
and sent another as hostage for him in
token of good faith! Listen! Ye saw
this mans eyes healed. Let that be
tokenl Be We the men with new
eyes! Give it out! Claim the title
and be true to it and see me guide
you down the Khyber In good time like
a regiment, many more than hundred
strong"
They jumped at the idea. The
Hills the whole East. for that mat
ter-are ever ready to form new sect
ar join new band g q new blood
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-05

disturbing factor came to light. He
kicked brand into the fire and the
flame leaped. Its light shOne on a
yard and half of exquisitely fine
hair, like spun gold, that caressed his
shoulder and descended down one arm.
One thread Of hair that conjured up
a million thoughts, and In q second
upset every argument
If Rewa Gunga had been near
enough to her and tAtimsss enough
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-05

feud. Witness the rllkalseyns. who
worship a long-slnce Aead Engiishman.
"We seei" yelled one Of them.
I'VE seeI" they chorused, and the
idea took charge. From that minute
they were new band, with war-cry
Of their own.
"We see" they howled, scattering
through the camp, and the mullah
came out to glare at them and tug
his beard and wonder what possessed
them.
"To Khinjanr they roared. 'Tead
us to Khinjanw
ITO Khinjan, then! !" he Numbered,
throwing up both arms in sort Of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-05

~
"Khinjan lie Mine!" He Crowded. Gin.
dla Is Mine!"
double apostolic blessing, and then mo-
tioning as If he threw them the reins
and leave to gallop. They roared back
at him like the sea under the whip OF
gaining wind. And Ismail disap-
peared among them, leaving King
alone. Then the mullah beckoned him
and showed him letter he had crum-
pied in his fist. There were only a
few lines, written in Arabic, which all
mullahs are supposed to be able to
read, and they were signed with
strange scrawl that might have meant
anything. But the paper smelt strong
ly Of her perfume.
Come then. Bring ell your men and
will let you and them enter Khinjan
caves We will strike a bargain In the
Cavern of Earth's Drink.
That was all, but the fire in the null
labs eyes showed that he thought 1t
was enough. He did not doubt that
once he should have extra four
thousand in the caves Khinjan would
be his; and he said so.
"Khin;an is mine !" he growled. 'In-
dia is miner
King did not answer him. He could
only be still and be glad he had set the
camp moving and so had forced the
mullah's hand. "The old fotalist would
have suspected her answer other
wise!" he told himself, for he knew
that he himself suspected it.
While he and the mullah WATCHED
the tents began to fall and the women
labored to roll them. The men began
firing their rifles, and within the hour
enough ammunition had been squan-
dered to have fought good-sized Ekir-
mish; but the mullah did not mind,
for he had Khinjan caves in view, and
none knew better than he what vast
store of cartridges and dynamite was
piled in there. He let them waste.
Watching his opportunity, King
slipped down the ramp and into the
crowd, while the mullah was busy with
personal belongings in the cave. King
left his own belongings to the fates, or
to any thief who should care to steal
them. He was safe from the mullah
in the midst Of his nearly eighty men,
who half believed him sending from
the skies.
"We see! We see" they yelled and
danced around him.
Before ever the mullah gave an or
der they got under way and started
climbing the steep valley wall. me
mullah on his brown mule thrust for
ward, trying to get in the lead, and
King and his men hung back, to keep
at distance from him. Two or three
miles along the top Of the escarpment
the mullah sent back word that ne
wanted the hakim to be beside him.
But Kings men treated the messenger
to open scorn and sent him packing.
"Bid the mullah hunt himself an
other hakim! Be thou his hakimt
Stay. we will give thee a lesson In
how to use knife!"
The man ran, lest they carry out
their threat, for men joke grimly in the
"Hills."
Ismail came and held Kings stirrup.
striding beside him with the easy hill
man gait.
cart thou my man at last?" King
asked him, but Ismail laughed and
shook his head.
II am her man."
"Where is she?" King asked.
"Nay, who am that should known
"But she sent thee%
"Aye, she sent me-"
ITO what purpose7"
'To her purposes" the Afridi an
swered. and King could not get another
word out of him. He fell behind.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-05
Superiority.
"Women are queer"

"Women are queer"
"Yes?"
"Mrs. Twobble has just returned
from a trip to New York and merely
because she stayed at a hotel with
more dining rooms than the hotel usu-
ally patronized by Mrs. Jibway on her
eastern trips can boast Of she's In
clined to look down on Mrs. Jibway."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-04-05

Only when a man is getting the BEST
of it will be admit that he is gettingA
the worst Of Il :.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23

tion has been demanded of the invad- CTS by the armies of the Americans and the allies as one of the conditions of the present armistice. It becomes nec- essary now for the American troops to pass through the Grand Duchy of Lux- emburg and to establish and maintain there for certain time their lines of communication.
 [ The American troops have come into the Grand Duchy of Luxemburry as friends and shall vigorously conduct
 themselves according to international law Their presence. which shall not ne
 prolonged more than shall be strictly
 hardship.
 The functioning of your government
 and your institutions shall not be in
 terfered with in any manner. Your life and your occupations shall not be molested. Your persons and your well fare shall be respected.
 'It will be necessary for the Ameri- can army to use certain things, rail- roads, telegraph and telephones, and perhaps other public establishments for the needs of lodging and trans port; furthermore the commodities which are necessary for us shall be paid for after just estimates. Tt is presumed you will not permit any acts of aggression against the American army or give any informa-
 ton or aid to it's enemy. You will d. ways conform to the instructions that the American commander for the safe | ty of his troops and your proper pro l lection may giVe,p
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
NEWSPAPER MEN SuRPRISED

Now, gentlemen, I have just one other little thing to say which may be of in terest. I am retiring from public life.'
 This came utterly unexpected that none of the men uttered word of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
PERSHING ENTERS l. U X EM B U RG AT
 HEAD OF FORCES
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sirens and the ringing of church and school bells.
 The Eighteenth infantry of the First division were the first American troops to enter the city.
 The Americans were greeted by thousands of civilians, who lined all the streets through which the troops marched School children tossed flow CTS in their pathway, and each soldier was presented with bouquet of chrys- anthemums
 General ParIers' visit to -iremier Emil Reuter- and his presentation to the members of the cabinet brought assurance that the government was in thorough accord with the Americans. There was evident spirit of heartfelt relief that the Germans had gone. tt was arranged that the ministers of state and the municipal authorities should continue their functions, the Americans part in affairs being noth- ing more than to make Luxemburg link in the line of communication and 10 stand prepared to maintain order.
 When the Germans left the city of I,uxemburs, General Parker stood on an embankment watching them. A German general, mounted on big White horse, far below but not many blocks distant viewed the same move ment. The troops filed past the Ger man commander rapidly, the men apparently being in the best of hu- nor. band was playing and the scene resembled peace-tinne maneuvers rather than the movement of war. The discipline of the men was not broken enough to interfere with the keeping up of a military march, but it was evident that the spirit of the Germans was far from that which makes for war.
 The people of Luxemburg made elab-' crate preparations to receive the Amer icans. Almost every building flew the Luxemburg flag. with here and there an American banner. and every once ii while picture of President Wilson could be seen. almost always coupled with that of Marshal Foch.
 Some 40 societies had made plans to participate in the parade of the Amer jeans and late Wednesday night band was heard in last rehearsal of ths music it. expected to play today.
 The keenast interest was unaffected by the civilians, who eagerly ques- toned every American as to the route and exact time of the march into the city. The citizens ralled up school book English. which they used freely on everyone wearing khaki.
 PERSHING'S PROCLAMATION
 General Pershing issued proclama- tion shortly after the entry of the Americans which sald
 After the four years of violation of your terrific " the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg las happily been sated. Your liberation from German occupa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
Local Data

us had, that we should be wanted in the summer or 1914, so went back to Germany a month or two before war war declared. I was not in the sup- marine service at first, but volunteered for 1t, and had fair share of luck. You British say it was not fighting fair. but we Germans believe that the end justifies the means. Then you complain that we shoot your men while they are in the water. Why not? The men might be saved and fight us an- other day. We should be fools to jet them" The crew of one submarine, with the exception of an officer, were all intoxicated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
TANKS ARE WELCOME

Luxemburg, November 22-(By the Associated Press.)-Incidenta to the reception of the American forces ii this Grand Duchy a proclamation is- sued by the national union, one of the political parties, was posted through out the capital. It read:
 ITO our deliverers, the glorious troops of the entente and America:
 "The people of Luxemburg bid you welcome. Oh the 2d of August, 19i l, Germany forfeited her honor by vio- lating her solemn engag gements re garding Luxemburg. The government then in power did nothing with the exception of protesting against the vio- lation of the territory. whereas the people wanted to break all relations with the invaders.
 Suffering insup perable humiliations, the population has disdainfully reject ed all offers of conciliation comin $ from it's oppressors, We know our country has been caluminated and that our people have been base1y accused of connivance with the enemy
 "Iuxemburgers protest energetical1y against any accusation casting doubt on the sincerity of their attitude dur ing the world war.
 "The reception of your troops will be the best proof of t.ae purity of our aspirations and of our sympathy We know that, in conformity with the principles which have been proclaimed ed bv the allied governments and for which you have fought, our indepen- dence will be maintained, our rights consecrated, our treaties respected and our liberty consolidated.
 "The blood of it's children which flowed with your own in the sublime cause of liberty authorizes our people to express these wishes. It heartily desires to be allowed by your vic. torious armies to keep this device we want to remain what we are
 May it's deliverers dispel it's appre- hensions. It will have for them eternal gratitude.
 "L,UxEMBURG NATIONAL COUNCIL .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
20 MORE U-DOATS
 ARE HANDED OVER
 BY THE GERMANS
Total of 59 Submarines Have Thus Far Been Surren- dered to the Allies-One
 Sinks During Night

London, oven b CT p. British Wireless Service ) Twenty more German snbma- rines were surrendered to Ad- miral Sir Reginald Tyrwhitt, off Harwick, this morning. This makes a total of 59 sub marines thus far handed over. There would have been 21 sur rendered today but one sank during the night.
 The correspondent of the Wireless Service with the British naval forces says that just before noon cruiser came into sight, followed by the Ger man submarines and a German trans port. The transfer took place in the harbor on account of the heavy sea running The majority of the subma- rines were large and nearly all were fitted with wireless equipment.
 When the Germans arrived 1t was noticeable that the revolutionary ele- ment was decidedly present. Some of the army officers.ehad removed the Prussian eagles from their caps and replaced them With a sortlof red badge that recognizes the authority of the soldiers and sailors council. There seems. to be little discipline among the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
IGNORE OFFICERS

The men took very little notice of anything their officers said to them. One shouted: NO officer-no Kaiser"
 Some of the Germans were exceed ingly anxious to air such English as they possessed, while others suppressed their accomplishments in that diren- ton with equal care. One German of ficer. who was inclined to be commun- icative, attached himself to the cor respondent and said he worked in Lon don before the war. He added M
 q had an intimation, as many of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
ROSE VERY EAST

ROSE VERY EAST
 The rise of MT. McAdoo to a place of influence in the administration, which many have declared was second only to the President, was very fast. AS southern lawyer who had been interested
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
President Accepts Resignation, Expressing
 Regret at SteI
(oontinued from Page one)

roads from among the cabinet members and it is possible that the place may gc to some one associated with MT. Me- Adoo in the railroad administration. If the place should go to some member of the cabinet Secretary Baker of the war department, Postmaster General Burleson and Secretary Lane of the interior de- partment are likely to be considered
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
p;,.s cured in 6 to IA Days

Piles Cured in to fl Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Stops Irritation; Soothes and Heals. You can get restful sleep after the first ap- plication. Price 60c.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
HAD THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE

There was a possibility that the di- fectorshp might have gone to MT. Baker at the time the President decided to give it to Mir. McAdoo It was thought that government operation of the rail roads as war measure was closely geon- neeted with the military programme, but the President chose Mir McAdoo because of his knowledge of transportation prob lems.
 Postmaster General Burleson already is operating the telegraph, telephone and cable lines under government control Secretary Lane is intimately versed in transportation problems, particularly railroads, and for years was a member of the interstate commerce com mission and at one time chairman.
 Walker D. Hines, assistant director general of railroads, formerly a New of the Santa Fe, has been intimately connected with the development of gov ernment operation and is among those discussed in Washington tonight as a possible successor to MT. McAdoo as di- rector general.
 MT. McAdoo made the announcement of his retirement at one of his weekly conferences with a score of newspaper men tonight in his private office at the treasury. The men S for an hour had been discussing with him questions eor- cerning future policies of the treasury and railroad administration and were about to arise to leave when Mir. Me- Adoo, seated at his desk, remarked TO ci1a 1Ixy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
PRESIDENT DIRECTS
 A|RMEN'S FLIGHT BY RADIO PHONE
Col. Culver Developed De- vice, Used at Front, for Communicating With
 Planes in Flight

Washington, November 22.-Through q radio telephone installed on the soutr portico of the White House, President Wilson today directed the lnaneuvers of half dozen army air planes flying over the Potomac river several miles away.
 The telephone as used today was ad- Justed for three to five or six miles. It is similar to the instruments used by American aviators in France, the secret of which was disclosed after the armistice was signed.
 Col C. C. Culver is credited in the department Of military aeronautics with having been the active agent in the development of the device.
 "It was in August, 1910, that ] first became interested in the possibility of sending messages from airplanes, Colonel Culver said today and com. menced a series of experiments which were so far successful that in August, l916, I was enabled to send a radio telegraph message from a plane over Chatsworth, Cal, to San Diego, dis tance of 140 miles.
 TOOK SETS TO FRANCE
 'In February, 1917, after we had en- listed the assistance of the foremost American telephone companies and their expert acoustical men, we suc- ceeded in transmitting vocal messages from a plane to the gronnd. In Oc- tober, 1317 l took the first sets to France, and made demonstrations there. By August 200 complete sets had been sent to our forces in France and our whole effort was being devoted to the complete utilization of the possibili- ties in the offensive we expected next spring.
 Nobody invented anything new in applying the radio telephone to mill tary airplanes. What was done was the adoption and adjustincnt of pre- viously discovered laws to new field"
 Only. squad and flight leaders have thsir piaItes equipped with transmit ters, so that they nay give orders, as power plant is reGu!ret. to generate current The receiving apparatus, which is very light. can te installed on all planes. The visible portion of the radio sets resemble ainost exactly tho ordinary telephone receiver and trans- hitter Colonel Culver riSdicted that the telephone would prove valuable adjunct to commercial use of airplanes,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-23
THE WEATHER
Weather Forecast

Washington. November 22.--Forecast for Alabama: Cloudy Saturday; rain and colder in extreme south; Sunday probably fair.
 Georgia Cloudy Saturday, rain tn southeast and extreme south, colder; Sunday probably fair.
 Mississippi: Cloudy Saturday; rain and colder in extreme south; Sunday probably fair.