The Washington herald., 1920-02-26
YeHou Men Sleep
BY JEREMY LANE.
CHAPTER ls-continued.
Copyright 1919. BY Ths Century Co.,

mer path, down the further SIDE
of the ridge and around to the cut.
he hastened in the loneliness of that
gray dawn. Creeping near he could
not mistake the large. limp hat. the
distinctive fling of the cloak. the
pony. He stood UP and ran toward
Helen.
what Is itT he asked.
They are coming for you at sun
I'VE are ready to receive them"
he said. "The miners are not at
work, and are not sleeping. They
are waiting. armed. The plan is
to fall upon the soldiers IL they
come into the mines.~
You have caused this!'
Yes" he answered.
For what reason?"
Freedom, for your father and
myself; for the four workers who
were taken yesterday; for the whole
underground city of miners; and
for YOU"
For me? I do not ask it."
You want to be Queen?"
Yes" And she implied that
nothing could be so natural. She
was surprised at the question.
you can be a queen in America
he said. with his soul limping. And
who will remain here for you to
rule, when We have done with your
army?''
Sre did not know whether to
smile. or be terribly displeased. He
dared not be serious, lest his heart
break. In the gray of morning she
enchanted garden.
| sym Xy0It1d mot he M n
ruling here" said her lover. "if you
really belonged here. 1t Is your
white blood that gives you strength.
All Asia is only a stage setting for
you. Let me fight today for you.
let me lead in your name. Is it so
much to be queen of a solitary city
where strangers never Conner
Never" she repeated.
After a pause, he asked: What
brought you out SO early this morn
ing?"
Yesterday you were dispIeased
because 1 rode in the full sunlight" "
she parrled him.
/ He saw at once that he could not
expect to be given any true reason
for her presence here now. unless
! Il am thankful / did not miss
you" he said.
The dawn colors are full of won
der" she replied, evading again.
That is true
Are you afraid to der she asked
! pointblank.
Yes, I'm not going to. want
to live. Yesterday I told you why
but you were asleep"
Il could not respond" said the
princess, glancing away at the dark
horizon. but 1 heard distinctly
J your words"
Levingtca's cheeks burned sud-
denly at the revelation. She con-
tinued to look away from him.
Il meant my words, all of Them
I he said steadily.
I Still she did not turn back to
him. and he asked, why do you
allow them to give you the drug?
/ Il am not so lonely when
dream"
1T places you more securely in
the hands of Chez Ming, and he is
no mans friend"
/ He has been my father, always
she said.
This sleep of yellow men is no,
life-not rulership-for you"
! Would you give me unhappiness
again."
Again he felt the tremendou.
doubt. that she might be laughing al
him from behind her earnest. lovely
eyes. She looked full in his face
for her answer.
Il will not go away without you
said Lexington.
You may not go at ALL" said
Helen. That is why 1 came here
1t was troublesome to arrange. But
I want ed-to tell Vou
! What"
/ IF my soldiers kill you. it is-not
because hate you"
! Thanks" murmured Lexington
Il could have died for less"
Come with my father, the way
you came yesterday. and 1 will dc
what 1 can"
You humble me with so much
honor" said the one who stood be-
. low her. but / expect to be very
busy with the miners"
! The copper light touched her face
The pony blinked at the east. and
far away Con saw the purple mantle
slip from the city. a line of faint
gold upon the loftiest tiles of the
palace. Sweetly across the empty
world came the voice Of the hour
gong from the city. The last stars
was shot across with crimson, violet
and russet gold. Levington's heart
was full, but all he longed to say
he had told her yesterday. That
intimacy was renewed by the
thought that she had heard and re-
membered everything he had said
He blushed. Something came to him
of her struggle-a fantastic king
dom almost within her grasp, a
throne from which every whim was
law. city of weird power and much
gold, her own for the taking: and
only one young white man, almost
a stranger, to draw her away from
1t all. She had been born to love,
yet all her training was toward
power and queencraft. And there
was koresh.
Helen" he said softly.
Speak"
He could not. The wave on which
he had ridden had passed. The old
silence was upon him, the wordless
intensity in the presence of beauty,
timidity before the woman who
could set him free If she would.
A quick sparkle crossed the dead
wilderness to the east. Twilight fed
away, and the world whitened. Still
the princess did not move. She too
was silent. Then from the distant
gate a horseman stood forth.
Lexington waited.
Go" she said.
There is only one coming"
TT is the prince, Yekutoi."
will he lead your soldiers?"
He will never lead anything"
Helen's voice had become suddenly
filled with WEAKNESS. Lexington
reused again to the joy of making
her unhannY. "I shall rida awa " >,