The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-05-16

name yOu can think of-qulckF
"Kurrnm,' said Ismail, at n hazard.
"Kurram Is good. Kurram l am
Kurram Khan Is my name hencefor.
ward! Kurram Khan the dnkitar!'
"But where Is the sahib who came
from the fort TO talk?' asked the man
whose stomach ached yet from lsmnii
and Darya Khan's attentions TO II.
"Gone !" announced King. "He wen,
with the other one!"
event whither7 Did any see him
GOT"
us that thy AFFAIR."" asked King, and
the man collapsed. 1t Is not considered
wise to the north OF Jamrud 10 argue
with a wizard, or w with n man who
only claims to be one. This was u
man who had changed his very nature
almost under their eyes.
even his other clothes have gone! !"
murmured one man, he who had poked
about among the packs.
"And now, Ismail, Darya Khan, ye
two dunderheads !-ye bellies without
brains when was there ever n daki.
tara hakim, who had not two assist
ants at the least7 Have we never seem
We Observation-Disclosures n man
holds n patient while his boils are
ianced. and yet another makes the hot
iron readyf"
aye! Aye!"
They had both seer that often.
"Then, what are YET"
They gaped at him. We're they TO
work wonders too? Were they to be
part and parcel OF the mlraclei Watch
Ing them, King saw understanding
dawn behind Ismail's eyes and knew
he was winning more than n mere adj
mirer. He knew II might be days yet.
might be weeks before the truth was
out. but II seemed to him that Ismall
was Mt heart his friend. And there
are no friendships stronger than those
formed In the Khyber and beyond-no
more loyal partnerships. The Hills
are the home Of contrasts, Of blood.
feuds that last until the la~st.but.one
mar dies, and OF friendships that no
crime or need or SANDER can crace. II
the feuds are TO be avoided like the
devil. the friendships are worth hay.
ing.
"There is anotlSr thing ye might
do" he suggested, III " two grown
men are afraid to see n boil slit omen.
Always there are tlmid patients who
hang back and refuse 10 drink the
Medicines. There should be one or
two among the crowd who will come
forward and swallow the draughts
eagerly, in proof that no harm results.
BE We two they"
Ismall spat ~savagely.
"Nay! BismIllah! Nay, nay, I
will hold them who have bolls. sitting
firmly on their belllcs-so-or between
their shoulders-thus-when the hollis
are behindl Nay, I will drink no
draughts! I am a man, not q cess.
pool !"
sand I will study how TO heat no,
irons!" said Darya Khan, with grim
conviction. at is likely that, having
worked for q blacksmith once, I mnv
learn quickly! Phaughghgh I have
tasted medaceenl I have drunk Aps,n
saats Epson salts)."
He spat, too, In a very fury Of RENT.
niscence.
Good ~ said King. "Henceforword
then, I am Kurram Khan. the dakItor
and ye two are my assistants, Ismou N
hold the men with boils, and Do ryn
Khan to heat the irons-both OF ye n
be my men and support me with
words when need be 2"
"Aye!" said Ismail, quick to think
OF det,lls. land these others shall be
the tasters !"
I'VE will not drink the medicines"
announced the man who had a s,om.
ach ache. "Nay, nay"
But Isma!l hit him with the back ~
his hand In the stomach again and
danced away, hugging himself aud
"Hee.yee.yee! I" until m,
Joined him In discontinued
chorus and the Khyber pass became
full OF weird bowling. Then suddenly
the old Afridi thought Of something
and came back TO thrust his face
to Kings.
why be a Rangarf Why be n Rat.
put, sahib? She loves us hillmen bet.
ter! /"
DO ! look like n hillman OF the
'Hills'T asked King.
NAY, not now. But he who can work
one miracle can work another. Change
thy skin once more and be a true
!"
AYE" King laughed. sand fall heir
a blood-feud with every second man
chance upon! Better be a converted
Hindu and be despised by some than
cousins In the 'Hills'l Is hat
thou oaff"
"Ayel Thou art more cunning than
any mar ! ever met |"
The great Afridi began 10 rub the
tips OF his fingers through his straRpIv
beard In n way that might mean anv.
thing, and King seemed to draw con.
satisfaction from IL, as n I,
a sign language that Just then he
n friend, and he certainly dId
propose to refuse such a use,uI
one. ~
"And," he added, on II II war. =,