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PAGE TWO 7- T==" BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA *7"*Tf" l ""y7T7nBf9y^^ ■fir I u 1 ■ / / /' ■1X3 r > ’L' .'i f «T-. Zj? TtTy- . -X 7 i / ^4rsSi'--4{ ^ Talbot M/'X./'’-. / A Story^That Combines the Thrill of Modem Detective Fiction With the Romance of Arabian Nights Tales Copyright by the Bobb*-MorriIl Company / /. / ■( , ' ' i ' . I WHEN ISMAIL AND THE OTHERS COMPOSING KING’S GUARD DISCOVER THE CLEVERNESS OF HIS DISGUISE THEY ARE FIRSf PUZZLED, THEN DELIGHTED. . U * T- * ii\. ** Synopsis.—At the beginning <>f tilip world war Capt., Athelstan King of the British Indian army and of its secret service. Is ordered “TO 'TtoTht' to meet Ynsmtnt, it ftnurer, and go with her to Klnjan to meet the on Ha \vs there who are said by spies to be preparing for a Jihad or holy war. Off" his way to Delhi King quietly foils a plan to i-juwasjitnnte him and ’fjeti evidence that Yasmini Ispftfr HeiqCetB Hewn Gunga. Y’lisminl’s marc, who says she has already gone north, and at her town house witnesses queer dances.- 1 •ftohiifl, An Affadl.^ie- • Comes hisbody servant and protector. Ho rescues some of Ynsmini's , hill men and takes them north with him, tricking the Rangar Into going ah<*nd. The Hangar deserts him at a dangerous time. He meets his brother at AH Masjld fort. CHAPTER VIII—Continued. The packsr. wcr<>Jald on’the ground, and the mules shookAhemSelvea, while the Jackals that hahnt the Khyber came closer, to sit ln\a. r * n K and watch. King dug a flashlight out of one of the packs, guve it to xsmall to hold, sat on the other pack nnd\began to write on ,a memorandum pau\ It was a minute before he could persunde Ismail that the flashlight was harm less, and another minute before he could get him to hold it still. -- Then, however, he wrote swiftly. • ’ - InTthe Khyber, a mile below you. Dear Old Man—f would like to run In and 86© you; but' circumstances don't permit. Several people sent your their 'regards by me. Herewith go two mules and th*lr packs. Make any uise of the mules you like, but store the loads whore I can draw oh thejn .In case of need. I would like to have a talk with you before taking the rather desperate step I’ In tend. but I don’t want to be seen enter ing «r leaving All Masjld. Oan you come down the pass without making your In ti tendon known? it is growing iputy now., in his eye and in his attitude—n 11 subtle* suggestive somethlng-or-other He put Angers between his teeth fine blew until the . night shrilledb hack at him. Ismail seized the leather bag and started to obey. -a "Leave that bag. Leave it, I sayl "But some man may steal It, sahib now shall a thief know there is no money In.It?” . "Leave It and go!" Ismail departed, grumbling, anc King turned on Darya Khnn. "Take the remaining men and go up pass!” he ordere(L7”Stnnd out of ot and keep watch. Come when I whistle! Is one has a bellyache where Ismail smbfe him! 'Can a man with a bellyache- ala ml guard? His moaning will betray both him and me!” ob jected *Lord of the Rivers." "Take him and\go!” commanded Klqg. "But King was careful now bpt to show his bracelet. But there was something llm and Top the war Why pot destroy this letter?—Atneletan. He folded the note and stuck a post age stamp on; If In Hetl of n sea! ; Then be e^UDJined th('t>ifeks with th$ aid of the flashlight, sorted them und ordered ’ two of Jhr fmrnnrTfwmwr-- — "YoC^hree!" he ordered then. "Take the !‘d|jjed mules into All Masjld fort- Takje this chit. yob. Give It to' the ~ sahib tff command there.” "Tfirtenr Is to obey!” said the aeEr- est nyitfC They took the mules’ leading relnw jpad before they had gone ten pacesjofere swallowed In the mist that had bdgun to flow southeastward. The nig^t*4fH w still, except for the wldin- perln«ref jackals. MiSwl came nearer and squatted at Klnf^fnf^et. Darya Khan came closer too^OSJhK had tied the reins pf the twot 4 heroes and the one remaining muIajSjgether In a knot and was slt- tln^lwj the pack. Solemn, almost motiiidless, squatted on their hunkers, they Ijooked like two great vultures watching an animal die. They sat In MTefiCe for Tire tnttmtes. Then suddenly the two htllmen, shiyd- dered^jdthmigh King did ndt bat an eyellit^Dln burst into being. A volley ripped*but 6f thto night End thundered dovm^lhe pass. “Hovrorft! Hukkums * dar?” came the 'iimolent chnlience half a minute aftef R—the" proht positive' that Air Masjid’8 guards neither slept nor were adwnwawMMMMMiMMiiil I A weird wail answered the chal lenge, and there began a tossing to and fro of words, that was prelude to a '/shouted invitation: “Ud-vance-frr/enpen-orsssAverrul!". English can bo as weirdly distorted as wire, or any other supple medium, and native levies advance distortion to thq, poipt of art ; but the language sound's no less good'In the chilly gloom, of a Khyber night. Followed another wait, this time of half an hour.. Then a man's„ foot steps— a booted, dekther-hoeled man, striding carelessly. Not far behind him was the softer noise of sandals. The man hegnh to whistle.‘‘Annie Lniirte.” “Charles? That you?” called King. “Thut you, old man?” A man J In khaki stepped Into the' moonlight. He was- so nearly the Im age of Athelstan King that Ismail and • £>arya Khan stood up and stared. Athelstan-strode to meetf him. Their walk was 'the same. Angle ‘for angle, line fpr Uhe^thej’ Height, have bart on man nnd hts slut(H)w,- p*of*f>t foy thn quarters of an Inch of stature.. “Glad to see you, old Inun,” said Athelstan. ’ l_rJ « & j mows,. You can th ‘JEure,- old-cha.pl”-said Charles; and. ■bonds. about hinr-that' was rather more Con vincing than a pistol or a stick. DaCyiL Khan thrust his rifle's <?nd inth fre hurt man’s stmunch for encDuragement and started off in the mist. ■..■J’CuiiMt.aiLd acho out ot-kh% sahibs sight!” he snarled. In a minute King and his* brother stood unseen, unheard in the shadow by a patch of silver moonlight. Athel stan sat down on the Aiole’s pack. “Well?" said the youngeV. "Tell me. I shall have to hurry. You see I’m In charge buck there. They saw me route 'otft. but I hope to teach ’em .a lesson going hack.” Athelstan nodded. "Good 1” he said, - "I’ve a roving commission. I’m or* dered'Ho enter Khinjan Caves.” His brother whistled. “Tall ordej^l “What’s your plan?” ‘TTaveh’t one—yet. Know when I’m nearer Khinjan. help nrt end.” "How? Name It!”. "I shall go In disguise. Nobody can put the.stain on as well as you. But tell me something first. Any news of a holy war yet?” His brother nodded. N TIenty of talk about one to come,” he said. "We keep hearing of that inshknr that we <an’t locate, under a mullah whose name seems Co change with the.duy of. the Week.! And there are everlasting tales about the ‘Heart of the Hills.’ ” "No explanation of ’em?” Athelstan afltert MtflV* ' "None! Not a thing!" “li’you know of Yasmini?” “lleurd of her, of course,” said -hl$ brother. ; “H«s'she comC up the pass?’*. His brother laughed. "No, neither she nor a coach and four.” "I have heard she’s up the pass ahead’of'mu,”’sai<l Athelstan.—. “She hasn't passed Ali 'Masjid !” said his brother, and Alhefstan m|dded. ‘‘^re the Turks in the show yet?!’ askeU Charles. * “Not yet. But I know they’re ex pected in.” v < VYou bet. they’re expected in!” The young man grinned from ear to ear. "They’re working -both tides under to prepare .the tribes for it. (They flatter themselves they can set alight a holy Av:ir that will put Timour IUmg to hhamo. Yqu should hear my jezailchles ■dalk at-Titght wheu they thiiilt Bra not listening!” "The Jezailchios’ll stund. though,” brother. "They’ll stick t6 the last man 1^” “I can’t tell yqu,” suid Athelstau, "why We’re npt attacking brother Turk helero rowly r But-rny job Ls.ta VWflM* tm»“ mi rdesperate*. proi >r. J iff ' 1 IT ^-hHp wwbmui. unpiofit- ypnngpr. jr i vj ,J S0Xf #heik we are utode?*^. brother; nqdde*L and sUumL a Jitep. 5 Mo TJve three, who had taken tm.5^ thfe forflifcne closer— tentlon totHemselves, partly os m call attention ta; themselves, partly to clatto^fedit, p# he^atme,o.utfif HiltWtfe’frighten^d them. Th^f^elbowed I*i® and JJarJya Kiidzv and arm'.of ‘received; a savage blow'-in the V .Jr . •*»•*> w - stomach f)y way of retort febtu l^tnall. was almost that family’s hereditary Before that, Bpark -fcould start ah ek- .jjlJfiSlJjAerfem^lJ^. t‘l' . “Ism^I TAe twf rqep v Go (Jowp the p*M ; b&> ff-"earshot, end* -keep watrh! Come back vrhen I-vrirf*t*e but T» 1 Eodoef r ' \ v •vui' " ’..v .5: ii ’ ■■ v .jlu trt>le to the #1 es, so that they’ll let , inM^k w Wa l^calls in fl-v^fYlii&y .ID ca< iiaHtlt to h**bl (Trrrtftf/ly. Khyhor I ft a day; 1#, rpy , favori There are sure to be raids. In fact, the mare the merrier, provided they‘re spasmodic. We must- beepi^nl •sepnrajtM^—kwp ’em swarm ing too l*st*-whlle i suw other seeds •mOMnittWlu; - i:.:-.; - ‘ ;; ,. y . * brother nodded. Sowing seeds Job. Athelstan oontlmied: . r • “Hang on to Ali Ma*Jtd like a leech, old inaa! day ;one raiding lash- tor - gottn (omnwad of the Khyber’s throat, the others'll all ^theve they’ve won tlie gauAe. Nothing'll stop 'em I Look gut for,'trjips. Smash ’em op. sight. Bpt don’t follow up tdo far!". “Sure,” said Charles. "Help me with the etaln now, will you?” , * I With his flashlight burning as If its hpttery provided current by the week instead of by the minute, Athelstan dragged open the mule’s 1 pack and pro duced a host of things. He propped a mirror against the pack and squatted in front of It. Then he phased a lit tle bottle to hU’brotber, and Charles attended to the chln-strajp mark thut would ItaVe betrayed hinrsn* British of fleer In any light brighter than dusk In A few minutes his whole face was darkened to one hue, and Chhrles stepped^ huidkl'to Took .srt it. -■ "Won’t nee^ jto wayh yourpelf for a month 1” he salJ. “The dirt won show!” Xle snlfTed at the tw tie. “But that stain won’t COhie off if you do wash—never worry I— Ypu’U do finely.” "Not yet, I won’t!” said Athelstam picking up a little safety razor and be ginning’ on his mustache. In a Inln^ ute he had his uj^er .lip bare. Then his brother befit over him and rubbed in stain \trhere the scrubby mustache V ' After that Athelstan unlocked the leather bag that had caused Ismail so much concern and shook out from It a pile of odds and ends at which his brother nodded with perfect under stunding. The principal Item was a piece of silk—-forty or fifty yards of It—that he proceeded to bind into a turban on his head, his brother lending him a guiding, umierstamling finger at every turn. , v When that wqs done, the man who- had ^aW he looked In the least like a British officer would/ have lied. - One after another he drew-on native garments, picking them from the pile beside him. So, by rapid stages he de veloped into, a native hatffin—fry*creed a converted Hindu, like Rewa Gunga —one of the nieh who practice yunani, jor modern medicine, without a license ^ind with a very great deal of added superstition, trickery and guesswork. woubUwfc tru+it- you withu j^o- Yiy!" apnontmed his brother'when he had donK’ ‘'The part to a T.* Weil—take these into the fort for fire, will you?!’ His brother caught the bundle of dischrd/pd Enropean clothes 4ind tucked themNmder his arm. “N„ow, remember, old. n^an! We*vo got to hold the Khyber, and we cau’t do it by rid tng pell-mell into the first trap set for •us! Be a coward, if that’s the name you care to give it. You needn’t tell jme you've got orders to hunt skirmlsh- a* rsTOTH BfffhfWtnr, nwause I kmow tret* Iter." I Low d’you know; better?” Nevermind! I’ve been seconded to jyour crowd. I’m your senior, and I’m giving you orders. Hit hard when you have to, but for God’s sake, old man, .ware traps!” c "AH right," said hts brother. "Then good-l»y, old man!" "Good-by, Athelstan!” They stootf facing ahd khook hands, Where had been a man and his reflec tion In the mist, there now seemed to be the same man and a native. Athel stan King had changed- fiis very na ture with his clothes. He stood like a native-Xnioved like one; even his voice was chaugetL as if—like the actor who dyed himself gTtoyer to act Othello— he could do uothiqg by halves. v “/By, Charles f, Oflicers In that force ore not chosen for their clumsiness, or inability to move silently by night.. His footsteps died in the mist almost as quickly as his shadow. Before-he had been gon.e a minute The passe was silent .as death again, und though AtbetKtan listened with, trained ears:, the only SUUfid he could tdotect wis of a jackal crucking a bone fifty ofr sixty yards dway. CHAPTER IX. King repacked the loads, putting everything hack barefully Into the big eather envelopes and locking the empty handbag, aftof- throwing In u 'cw stones for Isiniyi’g benefit. Then ho went to sit If! the moonlight, with lls, back to ft great rock and waited there croAsdegge^ to give his brother ime to make golod a retreat through- the mist. When there was no~m<ite doubt that his own men^ at all events, tnjl ( ifailed. to detect the lieutenant, He put tV6‘ fidgeTs■ In ' hl^ mouth add whistled. > ; Almost ftt. once he beard sandftls coRne pattering from both directions. .As they emerged. out of the mist be sat silent and still. It waft Darya Khan who cflme firsf and stood gaping at him, hut Ismail was a ve*ry cloge sec ond, and the other three were only n ittle behind, ^or full two minutes after the roan with the sore stomach had come they all stood holding one another’s arrma, astonished. Then— '‘Our sahib—King sahib—where ^ls he?” asked Ikmail. "Gone T*’ 1 1 Even King's voice was so completely changed that men wh<J had been reared amid mutual 8nspleloa could not recog nize it. "But there/hre his loads! There Is his mulefz i - “Here Is his bag!” said Ismail, pouncing on it, picking it up and shak- ,r lng It. "It raitles not as form(*rly! There Is more In it than there was!”' “His two horses and the mule are here,” said Darya Khan. “Did I say he took them with him?" asked the hakim, who sal still with his hack to a rock. “He went because-1 came! He left me be^-e In charge! Shouhl he npt leave the wherewithal to make one comfortable, since I must do his work? Hah!. What do I see? A man bent, nearly double? That ftreans a bellyache.! Whoydiould have a belly ache when I have potions, lotjou*, halms to heal all ills, magic charms and-talismans, big and little tills—am!' at sych .a /ittle. price! So 1 spall d price ! - Show urc the belly and pay ■your money! Forget„nnt the money,; for ^pothing is free .except air k water und * th.e- Word of God!. I have paid money foe wiifrHH hfforq how, and where Is the mulLab who will hpt.-tajeO" a' fee? Nay, qnly air costs notblug! For a rupee, then—for one rupee I the sore belly ancLiorget to hie-‘ashamed for taking such a little fee V r r "Whither .went the sahib? Nay— show us proof!” objected Dary^ Klinn; and Ismail stood back a puce to scratch his flowing beard and think. , "The sahib left-this wfth-me!” said King, and held up his wrist. The gold bracelet Rewa Gunga had given] him gleamed in the pnle_ moonlight. ‘•May God be with thee!” boomed all five Tnen together King jumped to his fegt so sudden-j ly that all fiv£ gave way in front of him, and Darya Khun brought his rifle to the port. "Hast thou never seen me before?" he demanded, seizing Ismail by the shouldejrs and staring straight Into his eye?. ' w Jxjrj ' "iftry, f never law thee!” "Look again r He turned his head, to sfiow hleface in profile. “K«iy, I never saw theel** Jww TMpitlvllb ThO»! Tbou!^ ; T Ti»ey all, denlqd THrrt,* . ; SO he stepped .hack until’the jopon shoao full lu hls face and jmlled off his tutfiqfb changing hls expression at the same time. “Now look r” “Ma’uzblllah! (May God protect us "Now ye know me?” • \ “Ilec-yee-ycej” yelled Ismail, hug- gtoit himself by the elbows and begin ning to dance from side to side. “Hee- vtM^dt! What said I? Said I not so? SaidTl no.t (his Is a different hinn? Said I:not this Is a good one—a man of unexpected things? Said I not there wqdt fijaglc in the leather hag? I shoofc. It often and the magic grew! Heft^TSe-yee!, Look at him ! See such cunnlpg! Feel him! Smell of him! He is a good one—good!” ' Three of the others stood and grinned, now that their first shock of surprise had (lied away. The fourth mafi pok/>d among the packs. There was little to see except gleaming teeth‘ and the white of eyes, set in hairy faces In the mist. But Ismail danced all by himself among the stones of Khyber road and he looked like a boarded ghoul out for an airing. “Hee-yee-yee! She smelt out a go< zonal Hee-yee-yee! This Is a run . . / of It!” said King. “Wbat shall my hew name be? Give y,e* me a name! Khan lls a title of respect. Since I wish |or respect, ! will call myself Khan., - Name me a village the-; first mime you pan.thjnk of—qulql^ J” “Kin-ram/’,said Ismail, at a hazard. “Kurram, is good. Kurrnm I am! Kurrum Khan Ts~my name hencefor ward,! Kurrum Khan the dhkitar!” "But where Is thro sahib wlio enure frofli fhoTort to talk?!’ asked the man whose stomnch qched yet from Ismao and Darya Khafl’s attention^ to it. “Gone!” announced King. “He wept with thq other ofle!" ,r \Vent whither? : Dl(f any se? nlffi go?” “Is that tfry’affair?” afcked King, and the man collapsed. It is hot considered wise tjo'tli|(T myth of Janirud, to argue witliVa wljjard, or even with a man wtyo orfly claims to be one. This was a man who had changed hls very nature almost uuder UieiriC;^*.; ‘ V "Even his-otlie-r clot lies hi(ve gone!” murmured one-man,, he \yho diad poked about among the packs' “And now, Tsmail, Darya Khan, ye two duriderhendsi^-ye bellies withouj brains!—when .was there ever a dukl- tur—a hakim, w ho hud uot two assist ants at thedeast? -H{iye ye never seen, ye blipder-than-bat8—how one man holds a patient while hls boils are lhmdd. and yet another makes the hot iron ready?” ~ “Aye! Aye!” Tl^ey had both seen that often. "Then, what are ye?” - They garped at him. Were they to- work bonders too? Were they to be part and parcel of the miracle? Watch ing them. King saw understanding rhnvn behind Ismail's eyqs and knew be was winning more than n mere ad- ibiror. He knew It might bq days yet. rfight.be weeks before the truth was out, but.lt seemed to him that Ismail was at heart hls frlqnd. And there are no friendships stronger thnh those formed in the Khyber and beyond—no more loyal partnerships. The ‘Hills’ are the home of contrasts, of 1 blood- feuds tfipt lust until the last-hut-one man /lies, and of friendships that no crime or need or slander can efface. If the feuds are (o be avoided like the devil, the friendships are* worth hav- f ' “There Is another thing ye might do.” he suggested, "if, ye .two gj^uwu rpen are t/fraid to see a boil slit pyen. Alwnys there are timid patients who hang back and medicines. There should be one or two among »the crowd who will come forward and swallow the droughts eagerly, in pr<*>f that no harm results. Be ye two they!” ^ ’ Ismail spat savagely. “Nnv! Bisjriillah! Nay, nay! 1 will hold them who have boils, sitting firmly on their bellies—so—or .between their shoulders—thus—Khon the boils are behind! \ Nay, I will d[ink no draughts! I am a man, not a cess pool !” "And I will study how to heat hot irons!” said Darya Khan,' with grim conviction. “It Is Hkely that, having worked for a blacksmith once, I may learn quickly! Phaughghgh! I have :ed mednceen ! I have drunk. Apsiu (Epsoin salts).” ■ spat, too, in a very fury of remi- -4-ence. | "Good!" s$id King. '"Hehceforward, then, I am Kurram Khan, tiue jlakltar, jan<l ye two ate rpy assistant^ tsmail to hold the men with l>qil.s, and liana Khnn to heat tho irons— both of ye to be my men and support me with I g afterthought, Instead of hls chief rea son, "if her speoiaJ niun Rewa Cuh^ja is a Rangar, and is known as a Ran gar throughout the ‘HlllS/ shall I not tin* more likely win favor by being a / Rangar too? If ;I wear her bracelet , and at tlie same.! time am a Rangar, 1 who will not trh>rt me?” t ‘‘True!? agreed Ismail. “Trjae! Thou ftrjt a ttaglcitin!” but- the]ntoon was getting low and Khyber would be dark tvvflo in half aE hdur, for the. great Ciags In fee tils- ^ x K' A id / v i. D, 4 “Kurram Kahn Is My Name Hencefor ward! Kurrafn Khan the Dakitarl” r . «■ tnnee to either hand sluit off more light thao do the Khyber walls. The mist, too, was growing tlflcker. It wa* time to make a ‘move. .. King rose. “Back the mule and bring my. he ordered and they liuf- rled-to obey with alacrity born of new' respect,*.Darya Khan attending to the triinniing of the nnileX lend in pershi) instead of snarling at another man. It was adifferent little escort froiu (he-one that had come thus far. I.ike King himself, it had clmnged its very nature !n fifteen minutes! They brought, the horoe- and King laughed at them.-calHng them idiots— men without eyes. V "T utn Kurram Khan, the 'davits r, but Y*(»fto drink ‘the{'"ha in 4he ‘Hills/ would believe ITT? Look now—look ye and tell me what IsV3 wrong?” He pointed to the horse, and sto«d la- a row- and stared. 1 “The saddle?" Isnlarl suggested. "HkiO is a government arrfleer’s saddle." "Stolon!” said King, and they p nodded. “Stolen ul(>ng with the horse 1” , “Aye!" “Shorten thosp stirrups. ‘ then, six . holes,at the least! Men will laugh at - u me If I ride like a British arrlieer!” "Aye!” said Ismail, hurrying to obey. - * "Now,” he said, gaiherihg the rein*— ami swinging into \the saddle, "who knows the wuy to KTil LlT oaJ J ,v(’ v words when need be!”* "Aye!” said.(Isnialh quick to think of details, “and these others shall be the tasters!’! "We will cot ; <lrink the piedlclnes !” announced the tnah who had a stom- a<di ache: “Nay, nay !” But Ismail hit him-with the back'of his baud in the stomach aghin’. and daneci! away, hugfthg lumsclf iuj<) shouting “1 too-Vee-yeo!’’ until the jaftkalji. j<©ned him to., ^Ixcoiyoritfd* choru.4'and the^Knyuer pass bpedme full 6f weird Ho’wllng. 7jtH'n>suddeply the bid AfridI thought t^f Sohiethlng else and came back to ihruof his face close to Kin"g*s. , ’ 1 • "Why he a Rangar? W 7 hy he a‘ Raj ‘Which of us does not?”. ‘Ye all know it? Then ve all ore ( \* ,.j i * ladder thieves'and worse! No honest man knows that road! Lend on v Darya Khan, thou Lord of Rivers! Forward * inprcli”’ , \ So Dflryn fQiBfl led the way with his ri£p, jaml King’* face glowed in dga : r oilejijjht: licit very far behind him. a* ’ li6, legged hln hofse-‘up; ^the narrow- track that fed nnrthwai d ' out of the '<■* e ( k v ' ":•* Khyber bed. It woyld he ja long time : • hefoiX 1 'fia. would dare smoke a Cigar agwln. and his sijfply of cigarettes was destined to d'wijftJle d(»\vn tq nothing /^ before tlijit day ; f But he did not seem tf II to inimi. “(jheUih!” he ctilled. "Forward, men of the( njountdfinsl vKuch (iar nahinl Hal!” . “Thy mother and the s]>irit of a flght * '^.ei^^oni'l" swore Ismail just in front of him, stepping,qut like a hov going ./X pifinfc.'“Sfle Will love thee! Allah ! sir -Altah r ' ATraTTr HI ■A Mh She wifi-toye thect ......... ......... v,^ 1*lie thonghtr taeraried to appal him. For 1/ours aljter that he climbed ahead if. hi i ^ V" * . \jr — • I K put, sahib? tor!” She loves us hillmen bet- i 5- u -• ’ Gq cened to One Hue, iped Back to Look my heart! Hee-yee-yb^! God Ve me to see the end of this! jne will show Sport!. Oh-yee-yee- watched the faces of the othet/ Jen. He’saw them slowly waken lerstnnding of what Ismail meant forker of spells” anfi “magic In jg” and knew that-hfr-had even hold bn them nbw than Yns- brncelet gave him. ^uzblllah !’* they murmured as Ia- jneanfng dawned and they, recog- m magician In^helr midst. “May •Bfoteet us!” > > \ vA I • S' ^ A God protect id “Jfay, not nw>v. But he who can work one cih \vddc tiirtrfh^K’Ghlinfee thy skin once more and be a true • 'V 'v TTintt" "Kinglaiigliefi ‘‘ffid W 1 VltK 'every second I havA need *■ * * 53 heir eudVltfr eV^ry VecOnfi man I ebanfe uirop! Bftter be a converted Hirtdo and he desfyisefi by soute than have cousins in the ‘Hills’! Is that Clear, thou oaf?’* v "Aye! Thou art more cunning than any man I ever met!” 1 The great Afridi began to rub the tips of his fingers through his straggly' Ueaed la a-way, that might mean any thing, and King seemed to draw con siderable satisfaction from it, as if it were a sign language that just then he needed a friend, and he certainly did not propose to rWuse such a, useful one. * ^ *VAnd,” he tdded as If • ltj were an (> , T ’ St y • %■ Comes the big adventure for j, Ktog—he arrives at the entrance ’ tanKinJajf JfchWs and learns he must prove hejias slain an Eng- r Halfian- the guard will admit,him. (i)NTINUED.J * ~ i ) |Hail«torm-.insurance in Germany. } hailstorm insurance ,is more exteo-Qn sively curried on In Germany than in ^y any other country. During the last 45 years the German hall insurance*^ companies have collected the enoriiKnia^ sum of 1,14^,7911,000 marks (mark— 23.8 cents), Hn prenHEms, and hava^j Pftid.out, 902>42&j)Qfi.ljlHks in in^emni.^' ties. During the year 1915’the eorur^ij- panles realized a profit of T’OOO.OTS^"* marks, w’hich was much in excess their avernge earnings, and the busb 5 ** ness of the year showed an jtierea In insured values of 404,00( Ob marks —Scientific American. XT t » 2t i - » % -*^4 X' - V < r*\ V \ , ft. .. - ■ -