The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1936-01-17
1T HAPPENED
IN SAMARKAND
The Tale Of q Quarrel Between Broth
ers, Pursued FiereeIy Over Seven Dec
AIDES, and Of . Love Between Cousins,
Not So Long, but Equally Intense.

speaker-gray bearded, his head topped
by an immense, emerald green turpan
Yves the shag.awai or chief Vt sasc
G cInis morn 1s ,ss, ne w = nsroc Ia ton
to all his subjects. Therein he offers
his friendship to any man who VIII
tell him how to crush these bandits
and, by the same token, make his hon.
or white. To such q man he will grant
whatever his heart may desire"
More excitement.
Therefore, all that day until far !
the evening the palace audience hau
was crammed with people. People rec.
other thing, but not a one Of them
proffering advice that was practical or
certain Of success; until finally n
Grand Khan declared that, with all
this noise, his brain was beginning 20
get dizzy and that-by the Adorable
must rule over 2 pack of nincompoops,
Of lackwit dunderheads and imbeciles:
"Begone-" he roared-"the lot OF
your
Yet more excitement, then, in bazaar
and mosque and street; gossip: gossip
that, through the servants whispers,
reached Fatima and Zuleika.
They looked Observation-Disclosures
at each other; and Fatima said:
am nA1 Si1S} Sin belize thinking Of what ]
7 am: Men h have less ems than
Much less sense. For men never
consider the obvious"
And that is what, half an hour later,
salaaming, deeply. Fatima repeated to
the Grand Khan:
Neither in love-" added zuleika, nor
- The Grand Khan was old. He was
tired. Still, here-since the thin face
wells revealed more than they hid
were two pretty girls. And he smiled
"This obvious thing-what may it
THAT there is in samarkand one
man who a defeat the rebels"
$50? And who Is hep"
MY father, Prince Mansur."
Not to forget my father, Prince
"They disobeyed me -"
"And are in prison-O yes-when
they should be astride their horses, gal
Looping across the steppe. Ah-they
know the steppe and the ways Of the
steppe:"
CT WILL ~ Ito uGIIlOSL " CdpIuIS AL.
"And does not my father hate ?"
"Wait!" The Grand Khan was as
tonished; was rather shocked. "Allah-
here you are-young and ~pretty-and
willing to sacrifice your own broth
~, Because" interrupted zuleika' "of
20 -. 2" vet more shocked.
Indeed. Did you not promise the
hearts desire to the one who would
tell you how to crush the bandits? And
have we not told you, o Heaven-born?"
No doubt of it. And-the reward
"A free pardon for Ali-.whom I love-"
whom I want to marry"
"As I want to marry ALI"
Grand Khan? There is the oath I
gave that punishment shall be theirs
fore has been known in High Tar
He unused, then, all at once, ex-
claimed:
by the Book Revealed have it!
laughed: His laughter swelled, peaked,
spread. It filled the audience hall with
its ~reverberating echo -.
Early the next morning, Prince Man.
sur and Prince Timur left the prison
side by side. For a long time they did
not speak; and, presently, Prince Man.
sur said, half to himself:
my soul is heavy-when I think
NO Heavier than my soul
Their glances met; and Prince IT.
mum continued in a whisper.
Ivy" I'VE might j.;
BE beaten in battle -"
we cannot do it. We have sworn
fea!ty to our sovereign lord"
THAT is So"
silent; and Prince Timur said:
AND all for the sake Of a childhood
"A footing quarrel-which was my
mo. Minel"
PERHAPS both our fault -. ?"
T hssna Sighed. They thought of the
past as it had been and as it might
have been; thought of the fate in store
for their n And yet-what could
they doP They were loyal men. There
vas W It their duty to the Grand Khan and
They reached the Western Gate
where servants waited with horses.
They mounted and were off.
They were not followed by gathering
troopers in pomp and panoply of war.
Instead, they, picked up a few men