The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-06-13

y NA''s
only made her laugh the more.
'Tales OF the Heart Of the Hills
have puzzled the raj, haven't they,
these many yearst They sent me to
And the source OF them. Mel They
chose we'll! There are not many like
me! I have found this one dead wom-
nm who was like me. And In ten years.
until you came, ] have found no man
like him !"
She tried to look into his y but
he frowned straight In front Of him.
His native costume and Hangar turban
did not make him seem any less n
man. His jowl. that wa beginning to
need shaving. was as grim and as sat-
lsfying as the dead Romans. She
stroked his left hand with soft nngerA
Il used to think l knew how to,
dance - she laughed. For ter years
| have taken those pictures Of her for
my model and have striven to learn
what she knew. ! have surpassed her /
| used 10 think | knew how to anuse
myself with mems drenms-untl
found this Then | dreamed on my
W account My dream was true, my
warrior! You have come! Our hour
has come "
She tugeed nj his hand. He was
hers, soul and harness. II outward
signs could prove II.
Gomez" she snld. "Is this my hos
pItality1 You are weary and hungry.
Gomez"
She led him by the hand. for II
would have needed brute force to pry
her fingers loose. She drew aside the
leather curtain that hung on a bronze
rod near the he'd. led him through Il.
and let II clash TO again behind them.
Now they were In the dark together.
and Il was not comprehended In her
scheme OF things to let circumstance
lie fallow. She pressed his hand, and
sighed, and then hurried. whispering
tender words he could scarcely catch.
When they burst together through O
curtain at the other end OF a passage
In the rock. his skin was red under
the tan and for the frt time her eyes
refused TO meet his.
why ulu t1tv tiluOrt Nhut SuNv
sleep INF" she asked him. rs not this
n better one1 Who laid them theref'
He stared about. They were In o
great room far more splendid than the
first. There was n great fountain In
the center splnshing in the midst OF
flowers. They were cut flowers. The
Hills" must have been secured for
them within a day.
There were great cushioned touches
all about and " thrones made OF
ivory and gold. Between two touches
was n table, laden with golden plates
and n golden jug, on pure white linen
There were two goblets of beaten gold
and knives with golden handles and
bronze blades. The whole room
seemed to be drenched In the scent
Yusmini favored, and there was the
same frieze running round all four
walls, with the woman depicted on IL
dancing.
"Come, we shall eat |" she said, lead.
Ing him by the hand to a couch. She
took the one facing him. and they lay
like two Romans Of the empire with
the table In between.
She struck a golden gong then, and
n native woman came In, who stared
at King as II she had seen him before
and did not like him. Yasmini nodded
to the servant. who clapped her hands
At once came a stream of hillmen
robed In white, who carried sherbet IN
bottles cooled In snow and dishes fra.
grant with hot food. He recognized
his wi prisoners from the Mir Khan
Palace Jail, and nodded to them AZ
they set the things down under the
maids direction. When they had IN.
lshed eating Yasminl drove the maid
away with a sharp word: he brought
IN ivory footstool and set It about o
yard away from her waxen toes. AND
she, watching him with burning eyes
wound tresses Of her hair around the
golden dagger handle. making her Jew.
els glitter with each movement.
The gods Of India, who are the only
real gods, what DO they think Of It all I
They have been & cd to the English.
but they have had no thanks. They
VIII stand aside now and watch q
greater jihad than tie world has ever
seen! I love them. and they love me-
as you shall love me. tool II they did
no love both Of US. we would not both
be here! We must obey them"
None of the East's amazing ways Of
courtship are ever tedious. Love
springs into being on an instant anc
lives u thousand years inside an hour.
She left no doubt as to her meaning
She and King were to love, as the Eas,
knows love, and then the world might
pave Just what they two did not care
TO take from Il.
His only possible course as yet was
the defensive, and there is no defense
like silence. He was still.
THE sirkar." she went on, "the si,,v
srkar fears that perhaps Turkey may
enter the war. Perhaps a jlhad NAV
be proclaimed. So much for fearl /
know ! have known for a very long
time! And have no let fear trouble
me at all !"
Her eyes were on his steadily, ana