Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-01-29

liltl.
Terek smiled at. him as he might
at a babbling child.
II love cold weather." he replied.
caressing his sword. II love this val
ley. l love the men here and-may
l be permitted to admit it?-the
women. Here I shall live and here
may Allah grant it be not for many
yearsl-I shall die"
He walked away, and meeting Hirfa
near the mosque, he told her negligent
ly over his shoulder:
Il cannot stay to pass the time of
day with you, my darling, for up there"
pointing toward the forest-"a wom-
an is waiting for me-and she has q
sweet curve to her cheek the like OF
which is seldom SEEN"
Hirfa stared after him. Her heart
ached.
She thought:
II hate him!"
Then she made up her mind. She
went to the house of the chief.
you love me?" she asked straight
out.
81 do" replied Hamdi Cur Kahn,
and you know / do"
And how would you prove your
love?"
II shall give you my fine cattle. my
rich orchards, my late mothers jewels"
Things, things!" she interrupted
contemptuously. II want deeds!"
"DeedS?"
"Yes!"
"But-what?"
There is this Terek? He has
brought unhappiness into III hills.
He must go from here"
II mentioned it to him. And-he
refused"
use force! Kill him-if need be-"
mo, mol" The chief paled. Il am
a man of peace"
"a helpless, weak-spined man Of
peace!" she Knocked.
THE Lord Allah will be my shield"
Not much of a shield against this
steel-clanking ruflan! Wah-he eats
the food Of Kara-Bayrak-he drinks
their drinks-he kisses their women
and they salaam and say: BE well
comet Wah, wah-the hills are filled
with laughter at your disgrace! 1t is
as I told you before-you are towards
all of you'll"
But what-what can we do?"
"You are maryland he Is one!"
HE has his ~sword-the grand, ruth
less fighter he is-and we are un-
armed"
But at night-when he sleeps"
II have looked at him when he
sleeps-and he cuddles his blade to
his side as if it we're his bride. Ahee-
if only his sword were out of the way"
"You mean it?" Hirfa cut in quickly.
IF his sword were out of the way,
you would"
"Yes!"
Listen"
She spoke for quite a while and
when she had finished Hamdi Cur
Kahn exclaimed triumphantly:
81 shall do it-for the sake of my
Lowell"
1t was long past midnight when
Terek, asleep on his couch, was startled
by a noise on the threshold. He sat
up, at once wide awake, sword ready
in hand.
Dim in the moonlight he saw a girl.
He heard her whisper:
ut is I-Hirfa!"
He walked up to her. He saw that
she wa in tears and he demanded:
what has happened, my pigeon?'
Then just as she had asked Hamdi
Cur Kahn on the preceding afternoon,
she now asked Terek: you love me?"
and when he swore a great oath that
she was the heart of his heart and
the soul of his soul, she told him, as
she had told Hamdi Cur Kahn:
II want deeds!"
"Deeds!" he echoed. my very slogan!
Say the word and I shall spill a dozen
kings red and bloody at your feet! Or
should you have q notion in the way
of proud castles you wish me to con
quer for you I shall"
II want neither kings o castles"
What do you want?"
"Revengel"
"Revenge?"
"Yes!"
ION whom? Who has harmed you2''
Hamdi Cur Kahn"
What has he done?"
He came to my house q short time
ago. He-he insulted me-"
Allah" Terek gave Q below of
rage. II shall skewer this same Hamdi
Cur Kahn as / would a bit of mutton!"
He strobe to the door. He hurried
down the street, blade in hand. But
Hirfa, running at his heels, said.
mo! Give me the sword!"
Terek was amazed.
Butt thought-you wanted re-
venge?"
II do. I told Hamdi Cur Kahn I
would speak to you-and he laughed
he jeered."
"Eh?"
HE said it is easy for a weaponed
man to attack one who has only his
two hands,"
He said that, did hep"
eyes. He is waiting for you behind
the mosques daring you to fight him
with bare fists"
Bare fists will dol" cried Terek,
surrendering his sword to her. "And-
hai-the sweet, wee sound the break
ing of his neck will be when l twist
it-as I would a bird's!"
He walked on, Hirfa by his side.
The moon hid behind q cloud. and II