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

you know where ~, Oar a sa-
laam1" asked Yasmini.
East Africa" said King.
And English warships watch the
Persian gulf and all the seas from In
dla to Aden?"
King nodded,
Have the English any ships that
dive under water, In these waters1"
81 think not. I'm not sure, but !
think not"
"The grenades you have seen, and
the rifles and cartridges were sent by
the Germans TO Oar cs Salaam, TO
suppress Il rising of African natives.
Does II begin TO grow clear to you, "
friend?'
lie smiled as well as nodded this
time.
"Muhammad Amin used to wait with
n hundred women mt n certain place
on the seashore. What he found on
the beach there he made the women
carry on their heads to Khlnjan. So
they worked. he and the Germans, for
| know not how long-with the Eng
fish watching the seas rs on land lean
wolves comb the valleys"
what were the terms Of the Ger.
man bargnin?" King asked her, "Whut
stipulatlons did they maker"
with the trlbes7 Nonel They
were toe wise. A jihad was decided
on In Ge. mnny's good time and when
that time should come ten rifles In the
syti1iG' md IN fhnnSnnl 4, an r,rtl,., .,..it
NEAR not only n hundred dead English.
men, but ten times that number buslly
engaged. Why bargain when there
was no need? A rifle Is what II is.
The Hills are the Hills ="
"Tell me about your lamp oil, then"
he said. you burn enough oil In
Khinjan caves to light Bombay! Tha.
does not come in by submarine. The
sirkar knows how much Of everything
goes up the Khyber. | have seen the
printed lists myself-a few hundred
cans OF kerosenc-a few score gallons
Of vegetable Oil. and all bound for far.
Their north. There isn't enough oil
pressed among the Hills to keep these
caves going for u day. Where does It
all come fromf"
She laughed, rs n mother laughs Mt
a child's questions, finding delicious
enjoyment In instructing him.
"There are three villages, not two
days march from Khabul, where men
have lived for centuries by pressing
oil for Khinjan caves" she said. "The
Sleeper fetched his oil thence. The
Ct.a-.. I.f. ...ll l.. - ~
kept the Sleeper's secret paid Tor the
oil In gold. No Afghan troubled why
oil was needed, so long as gold paid
for 1t. And know where the Sleeper
dug his gold!"
They sat in silence for n long while
after that, she looking ut the table,
with Its ink and pens and paper, and
he thinking, with hands claspcd round
n knee for ii is wiser to thInS than
to talk, even when n woman Is near
who can read thoughts that are not
guarded.
"Athelstan !" she said Mt last. ut
sounds like a kings name! What was
the S%leeper's name7 Was there such
n name in Rome?"
mo" he said.
"What does It mean7" she asked
him.
"Slow Of resolution !"
She clapped her hands.
Another sign - she laughed. "Thc
gods love me! There always is n sign
art thou? I will speed thy resolution,
well-bcloved! You were quick 10
change from King, of the Khyber Rifle
regiment, TO Kurrnm Khan. Change
now into my warrior-my dear lord
my King again.
She rose, with arms outstretchcd to
him. All her dancers art, her un-
tanned poetry. her witchery, were ox-
pressed in n movement. Her eyes melt.
ed as they met his. And since he stood
up, too, for manners sake, they were
eye 10 eye ngain-almOSt lip TO lip.
LEI sweet breath was in his noStrlls.
In another moment she was In his
arms, clInging 10 him, kissing him.
And II any man has felt on his lips
the kiss Of all the scented glamour OF
the East, let him tell what Kings sen.
satlons were. Let Caesar, who was
kissed by Cleopatra, come to life and
talk OF i'll
Kings arm Is strong. and he did moi
stand like an idol. His head might
swim, but she, too, tasted the delirium
OF human passion loosed and given fol
a mad, swift minute. II his heart
swelled to bursting. so must hers have
done.
II have needed you !" she whispered
II have been all alonei / have needed
you'll"
Then her lips sought his again, ant
neither spoke.
Neither knew how long II was befor,
she began to understand that he, moi
she, was winning. The human answer
to her appeal vas full. He gave hel
all she asked Of admiration. kiss fol
kiss. And tben-her arms did moi
cling 80 tightly, although his strong
right arm was like n stanchion. BE
cause he knew that he, not she. wa,
winning, he picked her up In his arm,
and kissed her as II she were q child
And then, because he knew he hat