The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-27

That they prayed to Allah lin" h''Ie
children lost and found. The women
cronncd loyc.sougS 10 their babies over
The clear fires and the men talked
and tpIkrd-and talked until the stars
grew big ms moons To- weary eyes anu
they slept NJ last, to dream oi hhh"l
uniforms and kuruol suhihS VINO ki'"
neither fear nor favor ana Nh" NhIu
things that were so. II is II mad ""rId
10 the llimnluyan hillman wllcr" men
In authority tell truth uundoruud with.
out shame and without consideration
Il mad. mad world, and perhaps 'o" 'N'
utic 20 be wholesome, but pleasant
while the dream lasts.
over In the fort Courtcnay placed
a bath nj Kings disposal and lent MN
clean clothes and n razor. But he was
not very cordial.
"Tcll me all the war ncws'' SAID
King, splaShinc in the tub. And C"ur-
tcnny told him, passing him another
cake Of soap when III" first was fin
ishcd. After all, there was not much
To tcll-butchrry in Bclgium-hun'
and gunS-and the cvcrlustingly glori'
Gus stand that saved Paris and France
and Europe.
According 10 the cables our men are
going the records onc better. ! think
that's ALL" said Courtcnny.
"Thcn why the stifTncSS?' asked
King. "Why am | talked TO at the
end Of n tube, 50 to speak,
you're under arrest" said COurtc-
nay.
"'Tho deuce ! ami"
"Im taking care OF you myself to
obvlatc the necessity of putting II SEN
try on guard over you"
Good Of you. I'm sure. what's II
all ahout?'
II don't mind telling you, but I'd
rather you'd wait. The minute you
we're sighted word was wired down TO
headquarters, and the general himself
will be up here by train any minute"
Every WELL" snid King. "Got n ci"
gar7 Got II black one? Blacker the
betterv"
lie was out Of his bath and rcmcm-
bered that minute that he had not
smoked n cigar since leaving India.
Naked, shaved. with some OF the stain
removed, he did not look like n man In
trouble as he filed his lungs with the
Saltpeterish smoke Of u fat Trichino-
poll.
And then the general came ana did
not wait for King to get dressed but
burst into the bathroom and shook
hands with him while Ne was Still
naked and asked ten questions cir"
n gatling gum while Ming was got'iu:
on his trousers, divlning each answer
after the third word and waving the
rest aside.
"And why am | arrested, Sir;" asked
King the moment he could slip the
question in cdgcwlse.
"Oh, yes, of course. Try the case
here as well as anywhere. What does
this mean?"
out OF his pocket the general pro-
duced Il letter that sinelt strongly Of
n scent King recognized. lie spread
II out on n table, nnd King read. 1t
was Yasmini's letter that she had sent
down the Khyber TO make India too
hot to hold him.
"Too bad about your brother" sald
the general. THE body is buried.
How much Is true about the hcad?"
King told him.
"Whcre's shei" asked the general.
King did not answe The general
waited.
81 don't know, sir"
ASK the Hangar" Courtenay sug-
gcstcd.
where IL hei" asked King.
Caught him coming down the Khy.
Der on his black mare and arrested
him. He's In the next room! hope
he's To be hanged. So that | cnn buy
the mare" he added ch%cerfully.
King whistled softly to himself. and
the general looked at him through
hulf.closcd eyes.
"Go in and talk TO him, Klug. Let
me know the result"
He had picked King to 60 IN the
khybcr on that crrand not for moth.
ing. He knew King and he knew the
symptoms. Without answering him
King obeyed. He went out Of the room
~ "a ~ N'lN lAl'l'I bll
the door of the next room Ia the
right. Their" was II muillod answer
from within, Courtcnuy shouted some.
thing to the sentry outside the door
and he called another man, who fitted
n key in the lock. King walked into
II room In which II lamp was burn.
ing and the door slammed shut be.
hind him.
lie was in there an hour, ana 1t
never did trnnSpirr just what passed.
for he can hold his tongue on any sub.
.ject like a clam, and the general, if
anything, can go him onc better. Cuur.
,cnay was placed under orders not To
talk, SO those Who say they know cy.
aCtly what hurpcnc' in the room be.
tween the time when the door was
shut on King and the time when ne
knocked to have Il opened and called
for the general, ure not telling the
truth.
What Is known Is that finally the
general hurried through the deer and
calculated, well, I'm ID" be-
fore he could close It again. The sen.
try (Punjabi Mussulman) has sworn