Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1936-01-11


vas the shagawal or chief wider.
This morning. he went on, ethe
Grand Khan is issuing q proclamation
! to all his subjects. Therein he offers
+ his friendship TO any man who VIII
$ tell him how 10 crush these bandits
and, ~ the same token, make his hoZl-
or white. To such man he win grant
whatever his heart may desire"
More excitement.
{ Therefore, all that day until far Al
the evening the palace audience hall
) was crammed with people. People rec
: ommending this and that and the
other thing, but not q one Of them
5 proffering advice that was practical OF
certain Of success; until finally the
Grand Khan declared that, with alf
this noise, his brain was beginning %
/ get dizzy and that-by the Adorable
Prophet-it was his bitter fate that be l
must rule over a pack Of nincompoopss 1
\ of laclxwit dunderheadS and imbeCales- 1
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
1 They looked and-suddenly-w inked i
at each other; and Fatima said.
"Are You belize thinking Of what
am thinking?"
women-eh -. p"
Much less sense. For men never
consider the obvious"
And that is what. half an hour later,
salaaming deeply, Fatima repeated tol
the Grand Khan.
Men never consider the obvious"
Neither in love-" added zuleika. nor
In strife !" &
The Grand Khan was old. He was I
tired. Still, here-since the thin face
wells revealed more than they hid c
were two pretty girls. And he smiled
'"This obvious thing-what may it
'sThat there is in samarkand one Z
man who can defeat the rebels" q
$50? And who is hep" {
MY father, Prince Mansur.' II;
Not to forget my father, Prince e
Timur" hi
''They disobeyed me !" e
"And are in prison-O yes-when d
they should be astride their horses, gall
Looping across the steppe Ah-they
know the steppe and the ways Of the
Besides" argued zuleika, my faith
er will do his utmost to capture Ali
For is not Ali the son of his brother-i
whom he hates?"
and does not my father hate 2" Il
''Waitl" The Grand Khan was as
here you are-young and pretty-and -
willing to sacrifice your own broth n
RS :" ~
Because" interrupted zuleika, @of b
he reward" So
Indeed. Did you not promise the -
hearts desire to the one who would oU
ell you how to crush the bandits? And
lave we not told you, o Heaven-born2vs
mo doubt of it. And-the reward
"A free pardon for Ali-whom love-" CT
"And for Mehmet-whom love- DO
1hom I want TO marry" fill
AS I want to marry ALI" tic
How can that be2" demanded the III
irand Khan? There is the oath I in
ave-that punishment shall be theirs
such gTisly punishment as never be-
pre- has been known in High Tar ,
He unused, then. all at once. ex- VII VII
aimed: cns
"By the Book Revealed have It'll In In
here Is a Way!" re-,
He would say no more. But he 49,
ughed His laughter swelIed, peaked, b Saas
lread. 1t filled the audience han with A'e,'
S reverberating echo g
Early the next morning, Prince Man :
U and Prince Timur left the prison -.
de by side. For long time they did 1 1s1s
1t speak; and, presently, Prince Man WI
U said, half to himself: ION
My soul is heaVy-when think s sln
mo heavier than my soul !" Ma
Their glances met; and Prince IT, req
UNI continued IN a whisper. tne
I'VE might :"
What 2" RO
~Be beaten in battle 2" 7
Yes" fees
~We cannot do it. We have sworn hiel
Atty to our sovereign lord" sine
That Is So" figu
They walked on Again they were job
emit; and Prince Timi1r said: date
The bitter, black grief OF itl" Nov
And all Tor the sake Of childhood the
a footing quarrel-which was my
NO. Miner 7se
Perhaps both our fault D.. 2" ship
r Te5l'I Signed. they Thought Of the Ct at.
st as it had been and as it might re- tiSsA
We been; thought Of the fate In store s 600
their sons. And yet-what could y
y do? They were loyal men. There r. ~ !,
ss sII " VAC ialiu hAii''n anu insp
They reached the Western Gate
ere servants waited with horses =,
ey mounted and were off. AZ
hey were not followed by gathering outli
opers Ia pomp and panoply Of war. 10y
e. a few there: no more than 200. wln1c
taught, tried old sergeants and 1reta
tains and all familiar with the instr
1pe. And as, some time earlier, the 81 8
ldits had surprised the Grand educ
ans soldiers, now they were sur work
ed In their turn-with, suddenly,
an afternoon, a blast Of hot wind
lpang up on the feathery skyline IN
mass OF purple nimbus, slashed by q rel
hin, wavery, gray line OF mist cloud, state
ing down and gathering momentum; satios
ummlng and cumming that steadily who
70 q roar; then sharp flash OF critics
e points ana sword blades-the lions
Lnnalc Lettoo o. galloptng horses the ]
lort Highland victory to the Grand was
ms men -. 4, WI
}, few days late, Mehmet and Ali, dIrari
wrists chained behind their backs,