The L'Anse sentinel., 1918-02-16
y TALBOT MUNDY
Copyright By the Bobbs-n6srriii Company


and cartridges! Muhammad Anlm's
men, whom he trusts because he must,
hid 1t all In cave / showed them, that
they think, aud he thinks. has only one
entrance to 1t. Muhammad Amin sealed
1t, and he has the key. But have
the ammunitionl
There was another way out Of that
cave, although there is none now. for
I have blocked 1t. My men, whom /
trust because l know them, carried ev-
/ erything out by the back way, and !
| have 1t all. We, my warrior. when Mu-
hammad Amin gets the word from Ger
many and gives the sign. and the Hills
are afre, and the whole East roars in
| the flame Of the jihad--we will put our
selves at the head of that jihad, and
the East and the world Is oursl"
King smiled at her.
"The East isn't very well armed"
! he objected. "Mere numbers"
"Numbers?" She laughed at him.
'The West has the West by the throat
1t is tearing itselfl They will drag In
| Americal There will be no armed ma
| tiOh WIN Ato hahhS -dhu "hiiC
those wolves fight. other wolves shall
come and steal the meatI The old
| gods. who built these caves In the
Hills are laughing! They are get
ting ready! Thou and L"
As she coupled him and herself to-
| gether in one plan she read the
changed expression of his face-the
vary ouicklv no ccinu cloud that AVIAN
| the best-trained man cannot control.
II 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 as dangerous. you are thinking
Of your brother-of his headI That i
am murderess who can never be your
| friendI Is that not so?"
| He did not answer, but his eyes may
have betrayed something, for she
| looked as IL he had struck her.
"Oh, ! have needed you so much,
these many yearsi And now that you
have come you want to hate me be-
cause you think killed your brother
Listenl
without my leave. Muhammad Amin
sent five hundred men on q foray
toward the Khyber. Bull-with-a-beard
needed an Englishman's head, for
proof for spy of his who could not
enter Khinjan caves They trapped
your brother outside All Mas1id with
fifty of his men. They took his head
after long fight, leaving more than
q hundred Of their own In payment.
| "Bull-with-a-beard was pleased. But
he was careless. and sent my men to
steal the head from his men. I needed
evidence for you. And swear to you
Il swear to you by my gods who have
brought us two together-that I first
knew It was your brothers head when
you held It up in the Cavern Of Earth's
Drinki Then I knew It could not be
anybody else's headw
"Why bid me throw Il to them,
then7" he asked her. and he was aware
OF her scorn before the words had left
his lips.
She leaned back again and looked at
him through lowered eyes, as II she
must study him all anew. She seemed
to find 1t hard to believe that he really
thought so In the commonplace.
"What Is q head to me, or to you
head with no life In it-carrion =
compared to what shall be7 Would
you have known Ii was his head IL you
had thrown II to them when ordered
your
He understood. Some Of her blood
was Russian, some Indian. She stood
up, and Of course he stood up. too. So,
she on the footstoOl of the throne, her
eyes and his were on level. She laid
hands on his shoulders and looked into
his eyes until he could see his own
twin 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 met" she asked
him.
He Godded, for no man could have
helped believing her. AS she knew
the truth, she was telling 1t to him,
rs surely as she was doing her skill
full 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
other leather curtains In a wall. and
, through them into long hewn passages
, from cavern to cavern. until even the
Rock of Gibraltar seemed like dolls
! house in comparison. She showed him
= a cave containing great forges, where
! the bronze had been worked. with
I charcoal still piled up against the wall
/ at one end. There were copper and tin
ingots in there Of shape he had never
seen.
! Il know where they came FROM"
e she told him. ~ made IL my business
10 know all the HIS i know things
] the hillmen's grcat-great-great-gra
fathers forgot I know old workings
, that would make modern nation rich
, We shah have money wnen we need
Il. never fear! We shall conquer In
; cla while the English backs are turned
, and the hest troops are overseas"
Then she called him her. warrior md