New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-01-04

"tOd is great - the mllllah hOWlpl.
The crowd Numbered in echo to him ;
and then the vault took up the echoes,
"And Muhammad is his prophet ~
hoWl"d the mullah. Instantly they an
sWered him again. Ills ~prophct-is
his prophct-is his prophet :" said the
Stnlhctites, in loud barhS-thcn in muir
murs-then in awc-struck whispers.
That seemed to be all the religious
ritual khinian remembered or could
tolerate. Considering that the mullah,
too, must have killed his man in cold
blood before earning the right to be
there, perhaps II was enouch-toO
much. Their" We're men not far from
King who %shuddcrcd.
'Thcr" ar" strangers :" announced
the mul'ah, as Il man might say, II
smell II rat :" But he did not look at
anybody in particular; he bIinked at
the crowd.
Bring them :" he Shoutcd. and King
suppressed n Shuddcr-for what proof
had he Of right to be there. beyond Is
nails verbal Confederation of Il lie?
Would Ismail lie for him again? he
wondered. And if so, would the lie be
any use?
Not far from whore King sat there
was an Immediate disturbance in the
crowd, and II wrctchcd-Iooking Baluchi
WAS thrust forward mt n run, with arms
dashed to his sides and Il pitiful look
of terror on his face. Two more Ba-
lurhis Wer" hustled along after him,
as hopeless.
once In the arena, the guards took
rharg" of all three of them and lined
them up facing the mullnh, clubbing
them with their ritie-buttS to get quick
err obedience. The crowd began to be
noisy again, but the mullah signed for
silence.
These are traitors ~ he howlcd, and
ms voice was like Il VOLTS ut hunting
tlme. Hear, and be warned !"
The crowd grew very still. but King
that some men licked their lips,
rs if they well knew what was coming.
These three mcn came, and one was
Il new mani the mullah howled. "Ihc
other two were his witnesses, All
three SWore that the first man came
from Staying an unbclicver in the teeth
IF written law. They said he ran from
law. So. as the custom is, | let all
tire" enter"
"Hood!' said the crowd. Good !"
hey might have been five thousand
Judges, Judging in equity, so grave they
Yet they licked their lips.
But later, word came to me SAYING
hey are liars. So-again as the GUS
'"m isl ordered them bound and
l"ld! Does any speak for them:"
speak for thcm:" said the roof.
There was silence. Then there was
l murnur of establishment. over op-
'"Site To where King sat the mullah
up, who the Tathan had said
vas
Amin.
The men are mine" he growled.
lis voice WIS like Il hears at bay: il
VAS low. but il carried strangely. And
IS h" spoke he swung his great head
'etwren his shoulders, like ii bear that
means to charge. THE proof they
has been stolen, They had
!ood proof! speak for them. The
men are mine"
The rathan nudged King in the ribs
with an elbow like "A club and tickIed
lis ear with hot breath.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES speaks truth :" he
.rinncd. Truth and n lie togetherl
'ood may it do him and them! They
lie, they three Baluchis!
proof" howlcd he mullah who had
% hair or eyplaShcS.
Proof. Show us proof. :" yelled the
rowd.
The Pathan ~ King leaned over TO
Whisper 10 him again. but stiffened in
he act. There was a great gasp the
instant, as the whole crowd
aught its breath all together. The
lullah in the middle froze into i'm
Bull-with-a-beard stood
lumbling, swaying his great head from
to side, no longer suggestive of n
ear about to charge. but of one who
estates.
The crowd vas staring at the end of
he bridge. King stared. too, and
aught his W breath. For YasminI
TODD there, smiling on them all as the
ew moon smiles down on the Khyberi
he had come among them like a spirit.
n unheraldpd.
So much nor beautiful than theo one
keness King had seen of her that for
second he doubted who she was. she
TODD there. human and warm and real.
had begun to seem a myth. clad
/ gauzy silk transparent stuff that
lade no secret of sylphlike shapeli.
ess and looking nearly light enough TO
low away. Her feet-and they were
ne most m~arvelously nodded things
e had ever seen-were naked and
layed restlessly on the naked stone.
'ot one part of her was still for n /,
action Of a second yet the whole eff.
ct was of insolently lazy ease.
Her eyes blazed brighter than the IT.