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New Britain herald., 1918-03-07
FACTS AND RANCHES.

It. is said that q. sucker is born every minute, but it should be added that speaking generally he is born in Russia.--Louisvilte Courier-Journal.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

Anyhow, Kerensky can point to the uruss in front of Petrograd and say such things never happened in his day-Dallas News
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

Knitting, according to Secretary Baker, is producing a wool famine. Eating, it might also be declared, is adding materially to the scarcity of food-Springfield Union.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

A Kansas soldier captured by the Germans in France writes to a friend in Salina that his captors are very good to him in the prison camp. whether this surprising statement is true or whether he had to make it. in
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

Dr. Garfield may take to his soul the haIterlns uncdion that he is perhaps the first man on record to arouse the resentment of a. people by suggesting that they observe holidays.-NeW York Herald.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

An apartment house known as The Hohcnzoilern'' is sold in 8 swell part of Manhattan and passes to new owners, As nobody wants to live in a haunted house, a. change of name may be cipated.-Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

We've gotten so used to dark bread now that on the rare instances that we do get piece of nice white bread We cant eat 1t until we have dropped it on tho floor couple of umes.-Detroit Free Press.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

order to get his letter sent can only he conjccturCd.--Kap City Journay.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

d her people suffered &he ravages of fire. . City of New Britain reral occasions to be efforts were prac~ lr fire fighting ma the scenes of con- &O be of material f1Fdngs adjoanin g sawed; but
 sMr. Barnes, or didates for the H can bestow, 2$o work on a aUith skill and fornn such as a thorough fnity such a fire depart erlfn, might The town ay would not gift from a troubles of the good will Thrilled with would thus Fefore humbly atforn1s be so x1 tlis hnap ta a 6ople, TOW com Rcy of the clements. II this case the eiev- hole in golf or the ''six- in pool.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

A young woman was sending 8 package by parcel post yesterday Are these eatables?'' asked the clerk. No, indeed" said the young woman. '"They're cookies. .''-Spring field Daily News.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

Deliveries of the new Browning ma chine gun are expected within the next 50 days. That will be inst a year after the United States formally declared war. It is not speed record, but better late than never.-Ruffalo 10 TIxpreSS
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

If, as Meyer London says, Bolshe- Vii1 socialists draw their anarchistic inspiration from gazing at the sun. what better evidence could there be of the disso1ving effects of the suns rays ?---New York Herald
New Britain herald., 1918-03-07

Astrologers say the stars are fa- vorable to Gen. Pershing until 1919. PershIng, however, will probably stick to his job until he finishes it, even with the stars against hin1---De- troit Free Press.
 Ape is mars descen dant.--Neys- paper headline.
 Thank heaven the race has some thing to look upward to.-New York Sun.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-04-25
CHAPTER ".

II was a musty smelling entrance, so
dark that to see was scarcely possible
after the hot glare outside. Dimly
King made out Rewa Gunga mounting
stairs to the left and followed him.
When he guessed himself two stories
at least above road level, there was q
sudden blaze Of reflected light and he
blinked at more mirrors than he could
count. Curtains were reflected In each
mirror, and little glowing lamps, so
cunningly arranged that II was not pos.
sible to guess which were real and
which were not. King stood still.
Then suddenly, as II she had done II
a thousand times before and surprised
a thousand people, a little nut.brown
maid parted the middle pair OF cur.
tains and said "Salaam = smiling with
teeth that were as white as porcelain.
King looked scarcely interested and
not at all disturbed.
Rewa Gunga hurried past him.
TRUSTING the little maid aside, and led
the way. King followed him into n
long room, whose walls were hung
with richer silks than any he remcm.
bered to have seen. In n great wide
window 10 one side some twenty WON.
en- began ut once to make flute music.
Silken punkahs swung from chnins,
whiting back and forth n cloud Of san.
dal"ood smoke that yelled the whole
scene In mysterious, scented mist.
BE welcome" laughed Rewa Gun.
ga; II am TO do the honors, since she
Is not here. BE seated, sahlb."
King chose q divan at the rooms
farthest end. rear tall curtains that
led Into rooms beyond. lie turned his
back toward the reason for his choice,
On n little ivory-lnlaid ebony table
about ten feet away lay n knife, that
was almost the exact duplicate OF the
one inside his shirt. He could sense
hushed expectancy on every side
could feel the eyes OF many women
fixed on him-and began to draw on
his guard as a fighting man draws on
armor. There and then he deliberately
set himself TO resist mesmerism, which
Is the East's chief weapon.
Rewa Gunga, perfectly at home,
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engineer, new to that job that morn
Ing, and a sealed telegram was handed
to him nj once. Because II was war
time, and the censorship had CLOSED
on india like n throttling string, Il
was not In code. So the Mira All, OF
the Fort. Bombay, to whom It was
addressed, could be expected to read
between the lines.
Cattle intended for slaughter. dispatched
bombay on Fourteen down. Meet train
VIII be inspected en- route. but should be
dealt with carefully on arrival. Cattle
inclined TO stampede owing to bad scare
received north OF Delhi. Take all pre-
cautions and notify Abdul.
SULLIVAN.
Good !" he chuckled. Lets hope
We get Abdul too. / wonder who he
Is :"
Still uninterested In the man who
shndowed him, he walked back to the
office window and wrote W. tele-
grams; n TO Bombay, ordering the
arrest OF All Mira OF the Fort, with
nm urgent admonition 10 discover who
his nan Abdul might be, and TO seize
him as soon as found the other TO the
station in the north, insisting on close
confinement for SULLIVAN.
That being all the urgent business,
he turned lelsurely TO face his shadow,
and the native met his eyes with the
engaging ~frankness OF an old friend,
coming forward with outstretched
hand. They did not shake hands, but
tho tnnn mnalA a stunnt ypIth htc Hp0nrS
that is known to not more than n dozen
men In all the world, and that changed
the situation altogether.
Walk with me-" said King. and the
man fell into stride beside him.
He was a Rangar-which Is to say n
Rajput who, or whose ancestors had
turned Mohammednn. Like many Raj
puts he was not n big man, but he
looked fit and wlry his head scarcely
came above the level OF Kings chin,
although his turban distracted atten-
ton from the fact. The turban was Of
silk and unusually large.
The whitest OF well.kept teeth,
cleaning regularly under n little black
waxed mustache betrayed no trace Of
betelnut or other nastiness. King was
not so sure that the eyes were brown,
and he changed his opinion about their
color a dozen times within the hOu,.
Once he would even have sworn they
were green.
The man was a regular Rangar
dandy. OF the type that can be seen
playing polo almost any day at Mount
Ahu-that gets into mischief with a
grace due 10 practice and heredity-
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CHAPTER ~.

Delhi boasts a round h~alf.dozen rail.
way stations, all Of them designed with
regard to war, so that to King there
was nothing unexpected In the fact
that the train had brought him 10 an
unexpected station. He plunged Into
Its crowd much as a man In the mood
might plunge into a whirlpool. The
station screamed echoed, reverberated,
hummed. At one minute the whole
building shook to the thunder OF a
grfnning regiment an instant later II
ciattered TO the w%rought-steel ham.
mer OF a thousand hoofs, as led troop
horses danced into formation TO invade
the waiting trucks. Soldiers OF nearly
every Indian military caste stood about
everywhere. Down the back OF each
platform Tommy Atkins stood In long
straight lines, talking or munchlng
great sandwiches or smoking.
Threading his way In and out among
the motley swarm with a great black
cheroot between his teeth and sweat
running into his eyes from his helmet.
band. Atheistan King strobe at ease-
at
and almost awfully happy. He was
not In the least less happy because
perfectly aware that a native was fol.
lowing him at a distance, although he
did wonder how the native had con.
trived to pass within the lines. At the
end OF fifteen minutes there was not a
glib stan officer there who could have
deceived him as to the numbers and
destination Of the force entrainIng.
"Kerachil !" he told himself, chewing
the butt OF his cigar and keeping well
ahead Of the shadowing native. He
did not have to return salutes. because
he did not look for them. Very few
people noticed him at all. although he
was recognized once or twice by for.
mer messmates. At his leisure-in his
own way. that vas devious and like a
string Of miracles-he filtered toward
the telegraph ONCE. The native who
had followed him all this time drew
closer, but he did not let himself be
troubled by that.
He whispered proof Of his Identity
10 the telegraph clerk. who was a Royal
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deep window. They began 10 chant,
SUI dreamily, and with the chant the
dance began, In and out, round and
round, lazIly, ever so lazlly, wreathed
In buoyant gossamer that was scarcely
more solid than the sandalwood smoke
they waited into rings.
King watched them and listened &c
their chant until he began TO recognize
the strain on the eye muscles that pre-
cedes the mesmeric spell. Then he
wrote and rcnd what he had writer
and wrote again.
what have you wrlttenT" asked q
quiet voice at his ear; and he turned
70 look straight in the eyes Of Rewe
Gunga, who had leaned forward &c
read over his shoulder. Just for one
second he lowered on the brink of
quick defeat. Having escaped the
Scylla OF the dancing women, Charyb-
dis waited for him In the shape Of eyes
that were pools Of hot mystery. II was
the sound OF his own voice that brought
MN back to the world again and saved
his will FOR him unbound.
READ II, won't your" he laughed.
10
III you know, take this pen and mark
the names Of whichever Of those men
are still 70 Delhi"
i'ewa Gunga took pen and paper an6
set u mark against some thirty OF the
names for King had a manner that
disarmed refusal.
KIM began TO watch the dance
again for 1t did not feel safe TO look
TOO long Into the Rangers eyes. II was
NOT wise Just then TO look too long al
anything or to think too long on any
one subject.
"Ismail Is slow about returning"
said the Hangar.
wrote at the foot OF the tar" SAID
Ming "that they are to detaln him
there until the answer comes"
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Now ne chose to notice the knife
on the ebony table M II he had not
seen II before. lie got NJ and renchcd
for /, md brought II back, turning II
over AMI over IN his hand.
"a strange knife" he said.
"Ycs-from KhInJan," said Rewn
Gunrn. aud King eyed him us one wolf
eyes another.
"what makes you say II Is from
KhlnJanT'
"Shc brought Il from Khininn caves
herself! There is another knife that
mntches II. but that Is not here. That
bracelet you now wear sahib, IL from
Khinjpn caves too! She has the secret
Of the caves
II have heard that the Heart Of the
ulIls' Is there" King answered. as
the Heart Of the Hills n treasure
housef'
Rcwn Gunga laughed.
ASK her, sahib. Perhaps she will
tell you, Perhaps she will let you
sec! who knows? She Is n woman of
resource and uncxpec.edness--let her
women dance for you a while"
King nodded. Then he got up and
laid tn. knife back on the little tnble
A minute or so Inter he noticed that
at n sign from Rewa Gunga a
left the great window place and spir-
tied the knife away.
MAY | have n sheet OF paperf" he
asked, for he knew that another fight
for his self-command was due.
Rewa Gunga gave nm order. and @
maid brought scented paper on n SILL
yer tray. He drew ont his own foun-
tain pen. and since his one object wac
to give his brain employment, he wrote
down n list of the names he had men,
orized In the train or the journey from
Peshnwur, not thinking Of a use for
the list until he had finished. Then.
though. n real use occurred to him.
While he began to write more thnn
n dozen dancing women swept into the
room from behind the silk %hangings In
n concerted movement that WINS al.
1.-THE slumberous grace. Woodward
music called to them from the great
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CHAPTER ii-continued.

Within ten minutes Hyde was asleep
snoring prodigiouslX. Then King pulled
out the knife agaiN and studied II for
half an hour. The blade was OF bronze,
with ar edge hammered to the keen
ness Of a The hilt was OF near
ly pure gold, In the form Of a woman
dancing. The whole thing was so ex-
quisitely wrought that age had only
softened the lines, without In the least
impairing them. 1t looked like one Of
those Grecian toys with which Roman
women OF Nero's day stabbed their
lovers. But that was not why he be-
gan to whistle very softly to himself.
Presently he drew out the generals
package Of papers. with the photograph
on the top. He stood up. to hold both
knife and papers close to the light In
the roof.
1t needed no great stretch Of imagi-
nation to suggest a likeness between
the woman OF the photograph and the
ether. of the golden knife-hllt. And
nobody, looking at him then. would
have dared suggest he lacked magma.
ton.
II the knife had not been so ancient
they might have been portraits OF the
same woman. In the same disguise.
taken at the same time.
"She knew I had been chosen 70
work with her. The general sent her
word that | am coming" he muttered
to himself. There must have been a
spy watching at Peshawur, who wired
to Rawal-Pindi for this man TO jump
the train and go on with the job. Why
should she give the man a knife with
her W portrait on II? Is she queen
Of a secret society? Well-we shall
seel"
He lay back with his head on the
pillow, and before five minutes more
had gone he was asleep. His mobile
face In repose looked Roman, for the
sun had tanned his skin and his nose
vas aquiline. In museums, where
sculptured heads of Roman generals
and emperors stand around the wall
on pedestals, II would not be difficult
to pick several that bore more than n
faint resemblance to him. He had
breadth and depth Of forehead and a
1owl that lent itself 10 smiles rs well
as %sternness. and a throat that ex.
pressed manly determination in every
nodded line.
He slept like a boy until dawn; and
he and Hyde had scarcely exchanged
another dozen words when the train
screamed next day into Delhi station.
Then be saluted stifiy and was gone.
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but that does not manage lis estates
too well, as n rule. nor pay It's debts
In a hurry.
MY name Is Rewa Gunga," he said
In a low voice. II have a message for
you"
From whomf"
From herl" said the Hangar, and
without exactly knowing why, or be-
Ing pleased with himself. King felt ex-
cited.
They were walking toward the sta
ton exit. King had a trunk check In
bis hand, but returned It to his pocket,
not proposing just yet to let the
Hangar overhenr instructions regard
ing the trunks destination he was too
good.looking and too overbrimming
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for natives To hint at possible diSSolu'
tlon of the Anglo-lnGlnn government,
Everybody knows that the British will
not govern India forever, hut the Brit
ish-who know II best Of all, and work
to that end most fervcntly-are the
only ones encouraged TO talk about It.
For a few minutes after that Rewa
Gunga held his peace. while the car.
ringe swnyed at b%-eakneck speed
through the swnrIning streets. King.
watching and saying nothing, did not
believe for n second the lame expla.
nation YnsmIni had left behind. She
must have some good renson for wish.
ing to be first up the Khyber, and he
was very sorry indeed she had slipped
away. II might be only Jealousy, yet
why should she be Jealous?
II was the next remark Of the
Rangers that set him entirely on his
guard. and thenceforward whoever
could have read his thoughts would
have been more than human. He had
known Of that thought.readlng trick
ever since his ayah (nntive nurse)
taught him TO lisp Hlndustanee Just
ms surely he knew that It's impudent
use wns intended to sap his belief In
himself.
"lll bet you q hundred dibs,' said
the Hangar, that she decided TO be
there first and get control of the stu.
alton! She's slippery, and quick, aud
like all women, she's Jealous :"
The Rangers eyes were on his. bur
King was not to be caught again. II Is
quite easy to think behind n fence. so
to speak. II one gives attention TO II.
"She will be busy presently foollng
those Afridis," he continued, waving
his cigarette. "She has fooled them
always. TO the limit of their bally bent.
Yasmini plays her own game, for
amusement and power-a good game
n deep game! You have seer already
how India has TO ask her aid In the
Hills" She loves power, power,
power-not for It's name, for names
are nothing, but to use H."
"How long have you known herr"
asked King.
The Rangar eyed him sharply.
"A long time. She and | played to-
Gether when we were children. II Is
because she knows me very well that
she chose me to travel North with you,
when you start to find her In the
Hills"
King cleared his throat, and the
Hangar nodded. looking into his eyes
with the engaging confidence OF II child
who never has been refused anything,
In or out OF reason. King made no Of
fort TO look pleased.
Just then the coachman took n Inst
ut u gallop and drew the horses
up on their launches at n door In n
high white wall. Rewn Gunga sprung
out OF the carriage before the horses
were quite Mt n s~tandstill.
Here we are - he said, and King
noticed that the street curved here so
that no other door and no window
overlooked this one.
He followed the Hangar, and he was
no sooner into the shadow Of the door
than the coachman lashed the horses
and the carriage swung out Of view.
This way" said the Hangar over
his shoulder. Gomez
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-04-25
ITO BE c~oNTINUEDJ
Famous Family Of Preacher

Famous Family OF Preachers.
Rev. Lyman Beecher, sometimes re-
ierred 10 as founder OF the Beecher
family" had seven sons who were
preachers, Beginning with the oldest,
,hey were; William Henry Beecher.
born ln 1902; Edward Beecher, born
IN 1908; George Beecher, born In 1900;
henry Ward Beecher. born In 1913;
Dnarles beecher, born In 1916: Thorn
40 N beecher, born In 1924, and
james c. Beechsr. born In 1929.
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King tricks the Hangar and
reseues some Of Yasmlnl's cut.
throats, whom he takes north
with him as grateful body.
guards.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-08
Auto Head- -On Collision.

Saturday about p. m. a head on collision between two outos out at Bethesda Springs occasioned some excitement. The resort is sort of Mecca" for Mena autoists and late in the afternoon or evening many drive out. At the hour named last evening, as MT. and Mrs. Oscar Thacker were leaving the first spring, John Henry Tucker, with Ford, ran into their Elcar thru making the mistake of going to the left. Neither car was injured beyond bending the lenders and slightly injuring the radiators, as they were moving slow ly when they came together E. B. Cox and M P 0lney rendered some assistance and the two cars were able to return to the city, with nobody hurt.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-08
VISITING COUNTRY SCHOOLS.
Superintendent Pigg Finds New Uni
 formity Law Working We'll.

Supt. W. Homer Pigg spent the last three weeks visiting the schools of the county, devoting most of the time to the southern part of the coun- ty. He finds that teachers and pu- pills readily adjusting themselves to the new textbooks which are being in- troduced under the State Uniformity law.
 Among the schools and teachers visited were the following:
 Welcome Home, Miss Louise Null lins; West View, Miss Golda Isbell; /; Marble Hill, Miss Myrtle Lewis; Bow man Spur, Miss Ella Felts; Bog Springs, Miss Ruth Hamby; Bunch, Miss Ruth Wiley; Crystal View, Mrs. Edith Chambers; Baker, E. W. Ham, by; Ozark, L. N. Blan and Miss Viy- ian Mathis; Womac Spur, Miss Ger trude Robertson; Sunfower, Miss Ova Lloyd; Ransom, Miss Glover Sander son; Dallas, Misses Beulah Hughes and Amy Butler, Happy Hill. R. s. Dagenhart; Acorn, Mr and Mrs. L c. Harris and Miss Dessie Jones; Oak Ridge, Miss Faith Kirsch; Shady, Miss Julia Harman; Center Point, Ira Jones; Board Camp, N O. White and Miss Anna Little.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-08
Determined to Serve Uncle Sam.

Ed. Bunch, substitute city mail carrier, left Wednesday afternoon for Camp Pike to offer his services in the National Army Ed is a Polk county registrant, but on account of an injury on his left wrist sustained while in the employ of the Reynolds Davis Grocery Company, year or So ago, he had been placed in class 5. This did not satisfy him, so he decided to go to Camp Pike, and if not accepted for the army, he will off, fer his services for any other work.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-08-08
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN
 INTERESTING CONCLAvE.
With Many Visitors Confer Orders on Scveral-Special Honor to
 M. P. OIney.

M. r. Olney.
 The officers and members of Malta Commandry No. 17 Knights Templar, held one of the most interesting and important conclaves in the history of the order on Tuesday afternoon and night. The occasion was the confer ring of the Order of Knight of the Red Cross and the communicating of the Order of the Knight of Malta and the conferring of the Order of the Temple upon Dr. Charles A. Archer, Clarence E. Covert and David Felix McKean of DeQueen and J. B. Goss of this city.
 In conferring the Order of the Red Cross, w. M. Weir officiated as Sow ereign Master and T. J. Clayton as High Priest. in communicating the Order of Knight of Malta, J. Smith Speed, Grand Commander, oficiated as Eminent Prior and T. J. Clayton as Prelate. The Order of the Temple was conferred by E. McCutchan as Eminent Commander, T. J. Clayton as Prelate, Mark P. Olney as Senior Warden and W. NJ, Weir as Junior Warden.
 The visiting members were J. Smith Speed, Grand Commander, of Little Rock, E. McCuichan and w. M. Weir of Heavener, F. L. Worrell of Rich Mountain, T. J. Clayton of Texarkana and D. c. Davidson of Shreveport. The visitors and officers of the Com mandery during the intermission be- tween the sessions of the afternoon and night, enjoyed luncheon at the Hotel Mena, which added much to the social feature of the conclave.
 As special feature not on the program, Grand Commander J. Smith Speed presented Post Grand Com mander Mark P. Olney with the jewel in recognition of his official service as Grand Commander in 1910 which the Grand Commanderynat the last session had authorized. sT-
 In this connection it is interesting to note that Grand Commander J. Smith Speed, at the close of the ses- sion, announced that the work had been put on better by Malta Com mandry No. IT than he had seen it put on by any other local coramandry.