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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-04-26
Watauga Boy at Camp Sewer Writes.

Mr.. Editor: Wednesday April
3, 1918, the Watauga boys in
Camp Sewer were visited by our
dear old Watauga people, viz:
James NJ. Isaacs, (glad to see
daddy J. Roby lsaacs, John NJ.
Greer, W. Gray Johnson, and
Odell Benfeld. We did not have
to tell the gentlemen we were
glad to see them, for they knew
it by the unusual smile we wore,
that we really did appreciate
their visit. We took them thru
the first degree and tried to show
to them the camp in general,
which they seemed to enjoy very
much. 1t sure was a pleasure
for we boys to show to them our
life in a military training camp.
The men seemed to enjoy army
life to the fullest extent. We
lave been expecting them back
to enlist with us. Not exposing
them at all but they did pull off
a dirty trick. They gave us the
slip and never told us good bye.
The beautiful spring days in
tn south are warm and pleas
ant. 1t sure is some nice to SOL
der in pretty weather and we are
all still proud of our positio n
we hold with our Uncle Sam.
In the near future America will
come out of the war, a new A
merica. No matter what danger
we face, America is coming out
more united, more efficient. and
with a whole new economic fu-
ture that will make every person
in OLD Watauga proud of the
helping hand we are lending. We
could not possibly feel at home
in old America after the war
if we Watauga boys could not
help to win the victory, which we
know is coming Each and every
one of us are glad and consider
it an honor to be representatives
from Watauga county.
A soldier cannot get blue, for
We are furnished with an abuu-
dance OF amusement, and every
special effort is being put forth
to amuse each and every soldier.
Something doing at the ~ every
night, or we may go to town, as
We prefer. Every Saturday night
each church in town gives a so.
cial to all soldiers, with refresh
ments. What more could we ask
OF the good people of Greenville?
The ladies greet each one with a
smile, and stay away | can't.
From iwhat | am able to learn,
part of the boys have standing
dates at the sOcials-COrpOral
R. D. Swift, for ns.ance.
Remember, we are going to
honor the memory OF our torefa
theirs who fought for our free
dom. We are living in a country
today which, they fought for and
gained the freedom we have en-
joyed through all these years,
therefore We are hting for the
dearest possession Of mankind
today. II you appreciate what
your forefathers did for you, get
a shoulder to the wheel, and if
not, confess that you are a slack
er.
Wishing for all the home folks
and friends the best of health
and happines, l am
Sincerely,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1918-04-26
Try This For Sour Stomach.

Eat slowly. masticate~ your
iood thoroughly. Eat but LITTLE
meat aud none at all at supper.
If you are still troubled with a
sour stomach take one of Cham
Observation-Disclosures before goinn to
bed. ADV.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-09
CHAPTER XIII.

They reached the Khyber famished
and were fed at Ali Masjid fort, after
King had given 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 black mare has gone
down the pass ahead Of you In q 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"
"Whnt did he say his business Isl"
asked King.
"He gave a sign and said word
that satisfied US on that point"
"Oh!" said King. "Can you signal
down the passr
Surely"
"Courtenay at Jamrud3"
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
aDOut. GOOuDy.
So he left All 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
good many orders to fling to the rest
"You mourn like dog" King told
him. "Three bowls and a whine and
a little sulking-and then forgetful-
ressi"
rsmail 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 1t food for
thought.
The ex-sAldiers 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 echoina walls. The very
eagles screamed at them. Signals pre-
ceded 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 Get 10 watch them. But
the guard only consisted Of two men.
both Of whom ysrp Psthana end theg
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-09

And what does she intend7" King
asked him suddenly.
"She? Ask Allah, who put the spirit
In her! How should known"
1--WE will march again, my brothers T.
King s ,uted, and they streamed along
behind him. now with no advance
guard, but with the Orakzai Pathan
striding beside Kings horse. with a
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 Khiljan 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
ingsD none else than Ismail rose from
behind 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 a 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"
as that all her messenger King
asked him.
"Nay. That is none of 1t 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 a
little more than an hour after dawn
and the chilled rocks were beginning to
grow warmer when the head Of q 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 comesI" shouted
voice from crag top.
They Struggled into better hiding.
and there was no thought now of leav-
Ing before the mullah should 60 by.
1t needed an effort to quiet them when
the mullah rose into view at last above
the rise and paused for a minute to
stare across at Khinjan before lead
ing his four thousand down and on
ward. He was silent as IN Image, but
his men roared like 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 cliffslde without
hesitation, striding like mountaineer.
His men followed him nolslly.
1t 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
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-09

was not a Hangar at oil. but She, ana
how anybody can ever have mistaken
her for a man, even In mans clothes
and with her skin darkened, was be-
yond the sentrys power to guess. He
for one. etc. But nobody be-
lieved that part of his tale.
AS Yussuf bin All said over the
campfire up the Khyber later on.
"When 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 conscienceW
What is surely true is that the four
Of them-Yasmini, 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, therein
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 1t was Partan Singh who
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-09
CHAPTER XXI.

"Whither" one whispered to King.
ITO Khlnjanw he answered; and
4hat was enough. Each whispered to
the other, and they all became fred
with curiosity more potent than money
'bribes.
When he halted ut last ana dis-
mounted and sat down and the strng-
sglers 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
,plnce grew numb King shook him on
"A dozen times; but each time 1smaii
set his chin back on the same spot, az
a dog will that listens to his master.
Yet he insisted he was her man. ana
mot Kings.
''Now, ye men Of the Hills" said
King, '1isten to me who am political
offender with reward for capture
-offered" That was gem OF title.
It fred their imagInatlons. Il 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 he
were to invent too much they might
.denounce him as traitor TO the
'''Hills" In general. II he were to tell
them too little they would lose In
acrest and might very well desert him
sat the first pinch. He must feel Tor
the middle way and upset no prcJu-
sdices.
"She has discovered that this null
Wah Muhammad Amin Is no true mus
Tim, but an unbelieving dog OF q for
.eigner from Faranglstnn! She has
discovered that he plano to mako him.
self an emperor In these hills, and to
sell hillmen into slavery Might .
well serve the mullah MP hot whfle
labout iti Beyond any doubt NOT much
more than Q mile away the mullah was
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-09

mare on the path below missed her
footing and fell dozen feet, only to
get up again md scramble as IL thou
hand devils were behind her, the Ran
gar riding her grimly, like jockey In
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 IL
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.
a man u said Rewa Gunga grimly.
"She set fuse and exploded oil the
dynamite. There were tons of 1t The
galleries must have fallen In, one on
the other! A thousand men digging
for thousand years could never get
out Is down Earth's Drink She babe
me come and bid you goodby, sahlb. /
would have stayed In there, but she
commanded me. She said, Tell King
sahib my love was true. Tell him i
give him India and al Asia that
were at my mercyp"
While the Hangar spoke there came
three more earth tremors In swift sue
cession, and thunder out of Khinjan
as IL the very "Hills" 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. 1t 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 a new way
over the barrier before plunging down
again into the bowels Of the world
The one sky-flung leap 1t made as its
weight burst down q mountain wall
was enough to blot out Khinjan for
ever, and what had been a 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 ! ("
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 of at wondrous speed along the
preclpice in the direction Of the Khy-
Der pass and India. Two of the men
who had come out Of Khlnjan mounted
and spurred after him.
King collected his men and the wom-
en- and children. 1t 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.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-09

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 ut eight o'clock and that the
Hangar went with him In a separate
compartment with about a dozen hill
men chosen from among those who had
come down with King.
And It Is certain that before they
went King had a talk with the Hangar
In a room alone, Of which converse.
ton, however, the sentry reported aft
erward that he did not overhear one
word; and he had to 60 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 certaid
that both were smiling.
1t is quite certain that Athelstan
King went up the Khyber again, FOE
the official records say so, and they
never lie, especially In time of war. Hd
rode coal-black mare. and Courtenay
called him "Chikki"-a '1ifter."
Some say the Hangar went to Delhi.
Some say Yasmini Is In Delhi. Soma
say no. But It is quite certain that be-
fore he started up the Khyber King
showed Courtenay a great gold brace
let that he had under his sleeve. Five
men saw him do It.
And II that was really Rewa Gunga
In the generals train, why was the
general so painfully polite to him7 And
why did Ismail insist on riding In the
train. instead Of accepting Kings offer
to go up the Khyber with himf
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 500
radio raids, much as usual, but nothing
one brigade could not easily deal with,
the press to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
King Of the Khyber rifles Is now &
major, for you can see that by turning
up the army list.
Dut IL yOu WISH u kuOW just VIM
transpired in the room in Jamrud Fort
while the general and Courtenay wait,
ed, you must ask Nng-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 "A won,
an and intrigue are onel" as Indla
says. The war seems long, and the
world is large, and the chances for I'M
trfgues are almost infinite, given such
combination as King and Yasminf and
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 limitw
And bear In mind, for this IL impor
tant: King wrote to Yasmlni a letter
In Urdu from the mullah's cave, IN
which he as good as gave her his word
Of honor to be her '1oyal servants
should she choose to return to her aIlo.
glance. He is no splitter of hairs, nd
quibbler. His word is good on the
darkest night or wherever he casts 4
shadow In the sun.
"A man and his promise-a woman
and intrfgue-are oner'
(THH END.)
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-09

along the cliff-top arguing against de-
lay with growing rancor, when a 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 a 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
CARS 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. II 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
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CHAPTER xxI-continued.

-13-
But out of the corner Of his eye, and
once or twice by looking back DELHI
erately, King saw that Ismail WINS
taking the members Of his new band
one by one and whispering to them.
What he said was mystery, but as
they talked each man looked Mt 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 a dozen. espe-
cially in the "Hills," where discipline
is reckoned beneath q proud mans
honor. There were many miles to 60
before Khlnjan when night fell and
the mullah babe them camp. He babe
them camp because they would have
done 1t otherwise in any case.
When the evening meal was eaten,
and sentries had been set ut every van
eage 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 murmurlng at that
around the camp, and especially among
Kings contingent. But King laughed.
ut Is good !" he said.
"Whyf How so?' they asked him.
IBID your women make for the Khy-
Ser soon after the mullah marches to-
morrow. Bid them travel down the
Kbyber until we and they meet"
But"
please yourselves, sahIbsw The
hakm's mir wns one OF supremest in
difference. "As for me, i leave no
women behind me In the mountains.
I am content
They murmured while, but they
gave the orders to their women, and
King watched the women nod.
Even as Yasmlni had tested him and
tried him before tempting him at last.
abe must be watching him now, for
even the East repeats itself. She had
sent Ismall for that purpose. 1t was
likely that her course would depend on
his. II he failed, she was done with
him. If he succeeded In establ shing
strong position of his own, she would
yield. With or without Ismail's 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.
1--WE will 60 now" he said quietly.
''That sentry In yonder shadow has
his back turned. He has overeaten.
We will rush him and put good running
T.; 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 ut
Kings word all eighty made q sudden
.swoop on the drowsy sentry and took
him unawares. They tossed him over
the cliff, too startled to scream an
alarm; and though sentrles on either
hand heard them and shouted, they
were gone like wind-blown ghosts OF
dead men before the mullah 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
,tlnd the way.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1918-03-09
Invented Cherokee AIph.bst

Sequoyah, inventor Of the Cherokes
alphabet, was one Of the great men
Of the Indian race. He was Z half.
breed, whose nnglish name was
George 0uesa HIs father was I vhitG
man and his mother . fnll-blood =
dian woman :,
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hind him.
He was In there an hour, and 1t
never did transplre just what passed,
for he can hold his tongue on any sub
ject like a clam, and the general, IL
anything, can 60 him one better. Cour-
tenay was placed under orders not to
talk, so those who say they know ex-
actly what happened in the room be-
tween the time when the door was
shut on King and the time when he
knocked to have 1t opened and called
for the general. are not telling the
truth.
What is known is that finally the
general hurried through the door and
calculated. "well, I'm dr. be-
fore he could close 1t again. The SEN
try (Punjabi Mussulman) has sworn
to that over q dozen campfres since
the day.
And 1t is known, too. for the sentry
has taken oath on 1t and has told the
story so many times without much
variation that no one who knows the
mans record doubts any longer-it II
known that when the door opened
again King and the general walked
out with the Hangar between them.
And the Hangar had no turban on,
but carried Il unwound In his hand.
And his golden hair fell nearly to his
knees and changed his whole appear
anca And he was weeping And 10
The Washington herald., 1918-12-13
War Gave Us vitality Useful Things for Peace;
Hold Fast to the Good"

reconstruction problem of salvage
father than rebuilding Our cities bombed Our factories
looted up by Shells our
roads blown up by min
- We did add many things be useful in peace
should have salvage committee composed
the warwor bodies that nothing There
greater need for such committee any the
last years.
knowledge emotions institutions guns ships Shells
and muntion plants have
junking of these will lose much that fought
The welded clements together forged them
instruments for action OF incalculable value.
That rival churches hostile classes competing industries and
gether and aPPrecatve OF gain
ng friction removed labor truly mobIzcd promising
ginning made adjusting employers and employed
IS important victory will be lost
our Bourbons who need OF positive
their
We army Cross nurses trained millions in
hrst aid built nationwide hospitals accumu-
lated fund OF knowledge healthy We
learned wonderful lessons We bought most dearly
valuable knowledge concerning health of the people We have
the machinery made in each peaceful
year lives than consciously plan
to keep these things they will the
rihce be lost
War made cooperation honorable placed service above profits
as an industrial incentive and industry aim
that lifted it above conflicting interests This is more
valuable conquest than colonies exclusive wdcncd
daries 1t is worthy OF all effort to preserve
War taught that fight best when they play hard It gave
the methods and machinery with which organize play Ii
showed us vision OF directed ociazed educave amusement
The lessons machinery may saved if we ber o
selves in
That the schools sleepy isolation and their
plant staff and pupils made great part in national life
in time Of desperate emergency greatest educational ~
OF this generation Only devoted will preserve and
add to that advance. ~
The that will salvage these gains and do
great need for able leadership rags and nscIf
oc devotion as was required that Atlantic