New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-18
By TALBOT MUNDY
Copyright by the Bobbs-Merrili Company


tn" dame of the jihad-we will put our
selves nj the head of that jihad, and
tn" East and the world is ours
King smiled at her.
Tn" East isn't very well armed,
II" objected. Mere numbers"
"%umbers?' She laughed at him.
"Thr West has the West by the throat 4!
1t is tearing itself. They will drag in
Am"ric1. There will be no armed ma
lion with its hands free-and while
those wolves fight, other wolves shall
ont and steal the meat! The old
gods, who built these caves in the
'"liilIS,' are laughing! They are get
ting ready Thou and /"
As she coupled him and herself to-
getlIcr in one plan she read the
changed expression of his fuce-the
very quickly passing cloud that even
the best-trnined man cannot control.
Il know :" she asserted, sitting up
right and coming out of her dream to
face facts as their master. She looked
more lovely now than ever, although
twice uS dangerous. You are thinking
Of your brothcr-of his head. That |
am Il murdercss who can never be your
friend. Is that not 500"
He did not answer, but his eyes may
have betrayed something, for she
looked as if he had struck her.
"Oh, | have needed you so much,
these many years. And now that o
have come you want to hate me be-
'"lusc you think | killed your brother
Listen!
"WithOut my leave, Muhammad Amin
sent five hundred men on n forny
needed an Englishinan's head, for
proof for II spy of his who could not
enter Khinjan caves. They trapp"l
your brother outside Ali Masjid with
fifty Of his men. They took his head
after n long tight, leaving more than
Il Hundred of their own in payment.
"Full-with-a-beard was pleased. Ru'
he was careless, and | sent my men to
steal the head from his men. | needed
evidence for you. And | swear to you
Il swear to you by my gods who have
brought us two together-that | first
knew 1t was your brothers head when
you held 1t up in the Cavern Of Eurth's
Drink Then | knew it could not be
Hnyboly else's head!"
why bid me throw 1t to them,
them he asked her, and he vas aware
Of her Scorn before the words had left
his lips.
She leaned back again and looked at
him through lowered eyes, as If she
must study him all anew. She seemed
to find it hard to believe that he really
thought so in the commonplace.
What is II head to me, or to you
II head with no life In it--carriOn =
compared to what shall be? Would
you have known 1t was his head if you
had thrown it to them when | ordered
you?"
He understood. Some of her blood
was Russian, some Indian. She stood
up, and Of course he stood up, too. So,
she On he fOOtStoOl of the throne, her
eyes and his were on II level. She laid
hands on his shoulders and looked into
his eyes until he could see his own
win portraits in hers, that were glow
ing sunset pools. Heart of the Hills?
The heart of all the East seemed to
burn in her, rebellious!
Are you believing meY" she asked
him.
He nodded, for no mar could have
helped believing her. As she knew
the truth, she was telling it to him,
AS surely as she was doing her skill
iul best to mesmeriZe him. But the
secret service is made up of men
trained against that.
Come" she said, and stepping
down she took his arm.
She led him past the thrones to
leather curtains in a wall, and
through them into long lIewn passages
cavern to cavern, until even the
Rock of Gibraltar seemed like a dolls |
house in comparison. She showed him
A cave containing great FORCES, where
the bronze had been worked. with
charcoal still piled up against the wall
1t II end. There We're copper and tin
in there of IL shape he had never
seen.
Il know where they came from"
told him. Il made ii my business
a know all the Hills | know things
he %hillmen'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
forgot, | know old workings
hat would make a modern nation rich
shall have money when we need
t. never fear. We shall conquer In
lia while the English backs are turned
the best troops are overseas"
Then she called him her warrior and
Ter well-beloved and took him down
long passage, holding his hand all
he way, to show him slots cut in the
loor for the use of archers.
You entered khinjan caves by a
unnel under this floor, well-beloved.
There is no other entrance! !"
BY this time "well-beloved' was her
iame for him, although there was no
ir of finality about it. 1t was as If
he paved the way for use of Athelstan
nd that was a sacred lame. 1t was
mazing how she conveyed that i'm
ression without using words.
The Sleeper cut these slots for his
Then he had another thought
set these cauidrons in place, to
oil oil to pour down. Could any army
orce a way through by the route by
hitch you enteredf" s
NO." he said. marveling at the ton
eight copper cauldrOns. n TO each I
ole.
And | have more than q thousand [
rifles here, and more than a