RED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF
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King of the Khyber Rifles
A Thrilling Story of German Intrigue Among
the Fierce Hillmen of India During the War
KING FACES THE BIGGEST ADVENTURE OF HIS CAREER
SO FAR WHEN HE COMES TO THE ENTRANCE
OF KHINJAN CAVES AND PROVES HIM
SELF A MURDERER.
8ynopsls. At tho beginning of the world war Cnpt. Athelstnn
King of tho British Indian army nnd of Its secret service, Is ordered
to Delhi to meet Yasmlnl, a dancer, nnd go with her to Klnjan to
meet tho outlaws there who arc Bald by spies to bo preparing for a
Jihad or holy war. On his wuy to Delhi King quietly foils n plan to
assassinate him nnd gets evidence that Yasmlnl Is after, htm. He meets
Itowa Gungn, Ynsmlnl's man, who says sho lias already gone north,
and at her town house witnesses queer dances. Ismail, an Afrldl, be
comes his body servant and protector. He rescues some of YnRinlnl'a
hillmen nnd takes them north with htm, tricking tho Hangar Into going
ahead. The Rnngnr deserts htm at n dangerous time. He meets his
brother at AH MasJId fort. Tho disguise ho nfumes there fools'even
tho sharp-eyed cutthroats composing his guard.
CHAPTER X.
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Even with tho man with tho stom
ach nchc mounted on the spare horso
,for tho sake of extra speed (nnd ho
'was not suffering one-fifth so much as
,110 pretended) ; with Ismail to urge,
.'and King to coax, nnd tho fear of
mountain death on every side of them,
.they wcro tho part of a night and a
day and a night and a part of another
;dny In reaching Klilnjan.
At night and nt noon they slept fit
fully nt tho chance-met shrine of somo
holy mnn. Tho "mils" arc full of
them, marked by fluttering rags that
can bo seen for miles nway; and
though tho Quran's mcnnlng must be
Btrctchcd to find excuse, nnd hillmen
are adept at stretching things nnd hold
thoso shrines as sacred as tho book It
self. Men who would almost rather
cat thronts tlinn gnmblo regard them
as sanctuaries. So a man may rest
In temporary peaco oven on tho road
Ito Khlnjan, although Khlnjan nnd
peace hnv,o nothing whatever In com
toon. It was at such a shrine, surrounded
by tattered rags tied to sticks, that
fluttered In tho wind threo or four
thousand feet nbovo Khyber level, that
King drew Ismail Into conversation,
and deftly forced on him tho rolo of
r' uestloner.
"How enn'st thou sco tho caves I" ho
asked, for King bad hinted nt his In
dention ; nnd for answer King gnvo him
a glimpse of tho gold bracelet.
"Aye I Well nnd good I But even
eho dnro not disobey tho rule. Khlnjan
iwns thcro before sho come, and tho
fnlo was thcro from tho beginning,
jwhen the first men found tho caves I
Some hundreds havo gained admis
sion, lacking tho right. But who ever
E"w them again? Allah I I, for one,
ould not chnnco Itl"
"Thou nnd I nro two men l" answered
lag. "I shnll see the caves."
"Aye I But listen I How many In
Jttlan servants of tho BrltlRh ItaJ havo
Wet out to see tho caves? Many, many
'aye, very many I Some, having got
by Khlnjan, entered tho caves. None
Ter came out again P
7 "Then, what is my caBe to thee?"
Sag asked him. "If I cannot come out
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"Who Are You?" Howled a Human
Being. Whose Voice Was So Like a
Wolf's That the Words at First Had
No Meaning.
gain and thero is a secret, then tho
secret will be kept, and what Is tho
itroubler
"I love thee," the Afrldl anowered
Blmply. "Thou art u man after nilno
wn heart. Tumi Go buck before It
Is too Intel"
King shook his head.
"I was In Khlnjan onco before, my
friend I I know tho rulol I failed to
reach tho caves that other tlmo be
cause I had no witnesses to swear they
had seen mo slay a man In tho teeth of
written law. I known
"Who saw thee this tlmo?" Ismail
asked, and began to cackle with, tho
cruel humor of the "Hills," that sees
amusement In a man's undoing, or In
the destruction of bis plans. "Be
wnrned and go back!"
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"Como with me, then."
"Nay, I nm her man. She waits for
mel"
"I Imagine sho wnlts for mel"
laughed King. "Forward I Wo havo
rested In this place long enough 1"
It wns ten of a blazing forenoon, and
the sun hnd heated up tho rocks until
It was pnln to walk on them and agony
to sit, when they topped tho last es
carpment nnd enmo In sight of Khtn
Jan's walls, ncross n mlle-wldo rock
ravine Khlnjan tho unregeuernte,
that lias no other human habitation
within a march because nono daro
build.
It was midday when nt Inst they
stood on bottom nnd swayed like men
In n dream fingering their bruises and
scarcely able for the heat haze to sco
the tangled mass of stono towers and
mud-nnd-stono wnlls that faced them,
n mllo away. They wero nearly ncross
tho valley, hunting for shadow where
none wns to be found, when n shotted
snluto brought them up all-standing In
n cluster. Six or eight nickel-coated
bullets spattered on the rocks close by,
and ono so narrowly missed King thut
ho could feel Its wind.
Up went nil their hands together,
nnd they held them so until they ached.
Nothing whatever happened. Their
arms ceased aching and grew numb.
They advanced another two hundred
yards and another volley rattled among
tho rocks on cither hand, frightening
ono of tho mules so that It stumbled
and fell and hud to bo helped up again.
When that was done, and tho roulo
stood trembling, 'they all faced tho
wall. But they wero too weary to hold
their hands up any more. Thirst had
begun to exerclso Its sway. Ono of
tho men was half delirious.
"Who aro ye?" howled a human be
ing, whoso voice was so like a wolf's
that tho words at first had no meaning.
Ho peered over tho parapet, a hundred
feet above, with his head so swathed
In dirty linen that he looked like a
bandaged corpse.
"What will ye? Who comes unin
vited Into Khlnjan?"
King bethought him of Ynslmlnl's
talisman. Ho held It up, and tho gold
band glinted In the sun. Yet, although
a Hlllmnns eyes are keener than an
eagle's, he did not believe the thing
could bo recognised at that angle, and
from that distance. Another thought
suggested Itself to him. He turned his
head and caught Ismail In the act of
signaling with both bands.
"Yo may cornel" howled the watch
man on tho parapet, disappearing in
stantly. King trembled perhaps as a race
horse trembles at the starting gate,
though ho was weary enough to trem
ble from fatigue. But that passed, neJ
was all in hand when he led bis men
up over a rough stono causeway to a
door In tho bottom of n high bnjtle
mentcd wall and waited for somebody
to open It.
Tho great teak door looked as If It
had been stolen from somo nindu tem
ple, nnd ho wondered how nnl when
they could have broucht It thcro across
thoso savage Intervening miles. High
above tho door was n ledgo of rock
that crossed like n bridge from wall to
wall, with a parapet of stono built
upon It, pierced for rlflc-flre.
As they approached a Hangar tur
ban, not unlike King's own, appeared
nbovo tho parapet on tho ledgo and a
volco ho recognized hailed him good
humoredly. "Snlnnm nlelkouml"
"And upon thco bo peace 1" King an
swered In the Pashtu tongue, for tho
"Hills" nro pollto, whatever tho other
principles.
Kcwa Gungn's fnco beamed down on
him, wreathed In smiles that seemed to
Includo mockery as well as triumph.
Looking up at him nt nn nnglo thnt
mndo his neck ache nnd dazzled his
eyes, King could not bo pure, but It
seemed to him thnt the smtlo said,
"Hero you nro, my man, and wren't you
In for It?" He more than half sus
pected ho wns Intended to understand
thnt. But tlio Hangar's conversation
took another lino.
"By Jovel" ho chuckled. "She ex
pected you. Sho guessed you aro a
hound who can hunt well on a dry
scent, and she dared bet you will conn
in spite of all odds I But who didu'l
expect you In Itnngar dress I No, by
Jovol You Jolly well will tako tho
wind out of her sails I"
King mndo no nnswer. For ono thing,
tho word "hound," even In English, Is
not essentially a compliment. But he
had a better reason than that.
"Did you find tho wny easily?" tho
Itangar asked ; but King kept silence.
"Is ho parched? Have they cut his
tongue out on tho road?"
That question was In Pashtu, direct
ed at Ismnll nnd tho others, but King
answered It.
"Oh, as for that," he said, salaaming
again In the fastidious manner of n na
tive gentleman, "I know no other
tongue than Pashtu and my own Rn
Jnsthnnl. My nnme Is Kurrnm Khan. I
ask admittance."
no held up his wrist to show tho
gold bracelet, nnd high over his head
tho Itnngnr laughed like a bell.
"Shnbnsh!" ho laughed. "Well done!
Enter, Kurrnm Khun, and be welcome,
thou nnd thy men. Be welcome In her
name l"
Somebody pulled n rope nnd the
door ynwticd wide, giving on n kind of
courtyard whoso high walls allowed no
view of nnythlng but not blue sky.
Through n gnp under nn nrch In n fnr
corner of tho courtyard came n one
eyed, lean-looking villain In Afrldl
dress who leaned on n long gun nnd
stared nt them under his hand. After
n leisurely consideration of them ho
rubbed his nose Blowly with one finger,
spnt contemptuously, nnd then used
tho finger to beckon them, -crooking It
qucerly nnd turning on his heel. Ho
did not say ono word.
King led the wny nfter hlra on foot,
for even In the "Hills" where cruelty
Is n virtue, a mnn tuny bo excused, on
economic grounds, for showing mercy
to his beast. His men tugged the
wenry nnlmnls along behind hlra.
through the gap under the arch nnd
nlong nn nlmost Interminable, smelly
maze of nlleys whose sides were the
wnlls of square stono towers, or some
times of mud-nnd-stone-wnlled com
pounds, nnd hero and there of sheer,
slab-sided cliff. Like Old Jerusalem,
tho place could havo contained n civil
war of a hundred factions, nnd still
havo opposed stout resistance to no
outside army.
Alley gavo on to courtyard, and filthy
square to alley, until unexpectedly at
last a seemingly blind passage turned
shnrply nnd opened on a straight
street, of fulr width, nnd more than
Phalf a mllo long. It Is mnrked "Street
of tho Dwellings" bn tho secret army
maps, nnd It has been burned so often
by Khlnjan rioters, as well as by expe
ditions out of India, that a man who
goes on a long Journey never expects
to find It tho samo on bis return.
It wns lined on cither hand with
motley dwellings, out of which n mot
Her crowd of peoplo swarmed to stnro
nt King nnd his men. There wero Hin
dus sycophants, keepers of accounts
nnd writers to the chiefs (since lit
eracy Is at a premium In theso parts).
In proof of Khlnjan's catholic taste
and Indiscriminate villainy, there wcro
women of nearly every Indian breed
and caste, many of them stolen Into
shameful slavery, but somo of them
thero from choice. And there were lit
tle children little naked brats with
round drum tummies, who squealed
and shrilled and "tared with bold eyes.
Perhaps n thousand souls came out
to watch, all told. Not an eye of
them all missed the government marks
on King's trappings, or the govern
ment brand on the mules, and after a
inlnuto or two, when tho procession
was half-way down the street, a man
reproved a child who had thrown a
stone, and ho was backed up by tho
others. They classified King correct
ly, exactly as he meant they should. As
n hakim a mnn of medicine ho could
fill a long-felt wont ; but by the brand
on his accoutrements ho walked nn
openly avowed robber, and that made
him a brother in crime. Somebody
cuffed tho next child who picked up a
stone.
Ho know tho street of old, althouch
It had changed perhaps a dozen times
slnco ho had seen It. It was a cul-de-sac,
and at tho end of It, Just as on his
previous visit, thero stood a stono
mosque, whoso roof leaned back at a
steep nnglo ngalnst tho mountainside.
It was a famous mosquo in Its wny,
for tho bed sheet of tho Prophet Is
known to hang In It, preserved against
tho ravuges of tlmo and tho touch of
Infldels by priceless Afghan rugs be
foro und behind, eo thnt It hangs Ilka
n great thin snndwlch beforo tho renr
stono wall. King had seen It.
Toward tho mosque the one-eyed ruf
flnn led tho way, with tho long, leisure
ly-seeming gnlt of a mountnluccr. At
tho door, In tho mlddlo of tho end of
tho street, ho pnused nnd struck on tho
lintel threo times with his gun butt.
And thnt wns n strnngo proceeding, to
sny tho least, In a land whero tho
mosquo Is public resting placo for
homeless ones, nnd nil tho "faithful"
havo a right to enter.
A mullah, shaven llko a mummy for
some unnccountnblo reason even his
oyebrows nnd eyelashes hnd been re
movedpushed his bare head through,
the door and blinked at them, Thore
was somo whispering and mora star
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ing, nnd nt last the mullah turned his
back.
Tho door slammed. Tho one-eyed
guldo grounded his gun-butt on the
stone, nnd tho procession waited,
watched by tho crowd that had lost Its
Interest sufficiently to tnlk nnd Joke.
In two minutes tho mullah returned
nnd throw a mnt over the threshold. It
turned out to bo the end of n long nar
row strip that ho kicked and unrolled
In front of him nil ncross the floor of
the mosque. After thnt It wns not so
nstonlshlng thnt tho horses nnd mules
wero nl lowed to enter.
"Which proves I wns right after
all l" murmured King to himself.
In u steel box nt Simla is n mem
orandum, mndo nfter his former visit
to tho plnce, to tho effect thnt the
entrnnco Into Khlnjan caves might
possibly be inside the mosque. No-
"I Slew an Englishman!"
body had believed it likely, and he bad
not more than half favored It himself ;
but It is good, even when tho next step
may lead into a death-trap, to see
ono's first opinions confirmed.
Ho nodded to himself as the outer
door slammed shut behind them, for
that W" another most unusual circum
stance. .
A faint light shone through slltllko
windows, changing darkness into
gloom, and llttlo more than vaguely
hinting at the Prophet's bed sheet. But
for a section of white wall to either
side of it, the relic might have seemed
part of tho shadows. The mullah stood
with hl3 back to It and beckoned King
nearer. He approached until he could
seo the pattern on the covering rugs,
nnd the pink rims round tho mullah's
lashlcss eyes.
"What is thy desire?" tho mullah
asked as a wolf might ask what a
lamb wants.
"Audience with her!" King an
swered, and showed the gold bracelet
on his wrist
The red eye-rims of the mullah
blinked a time or two, and though he
did not salute the bracelet, as others
had Invariably done, his manner un
derwent a perceptible change.
"That is proof that she knows thee.
What is thy name?"
"Kurrnm Khan, hakim."
"We need thee in Khlnjan caves I
But none enter who have not earned
right to enter I There Is but one key.
Name itl"
King drew In bis breath. He bad
hoped Ynsmlnl'a talisman would prove
to bo key enough. Tho nails of his
left band nearly pierced the palm, but
ho smiled pleasantly.
"He who would enter must slay a
man bdfore witnesses in the teeth of
written law I" he said.
"And thou?"
"I slew an Englishman I" The boast
mado his blood run cold, but his ex
pression was ono of sinful pride.
"Whom? When? Where?"
"Athelstnn King a British arrflcer
sent on his way to theso 'Hills' to
spy I"
It was llko having spells cast on
himself to order I
"Whero Is his body?"
"Ask tho vultures I Ask the kites 1"
"And thy witnesses?"
Hoping against hope, King turned
and waved his hand. As ho did so,
being quick-eyed, ho saw Ismail drive
an elbow homo Into Darya Khan's ribs,
nnd caught a quick lutcrchungo of
whispers,
"Theso men nro all known to mo,"
said tho mullah. "They havo right to
enter here. They" havo right to tes
tify. Did yo sco him slny his mnn?"
"Ayol" lied Ismail, prompt ns
friend can be.
"Ayol' lied Daryu Khnn, fearful of
Ismail's elbow.
"Then enter 1" said tho priest re
signedly, as ono who admits a com
municant against his better Judgment.
He turned his back on them a as
to face tho Prophet's bed sheet and
the rear wall, and in that mlnut a
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hairy hand gripped King's arm from
behind, and Ismail's volco hissed hot
breathed in his car.
"Ready of tongue 1 Ready of wit I
Who told thee I would He to Bavo thy
skin? Beuthy kismet ns thy courage,
then but I nm hers, not thy man I
Hers, thou light of life though God
knows I love thee I"
The mullah seized the Prophet's bed
sheet and Its covering rugs In both
hnnds, with nbout ns much reverence
ns salesmen show forwhat they keep
In stock. Tho whole lot slid to one
side by means of noisy rings on n rod.
nnd n wall lay bare, built of crudely
cut but well laid blocks. It appeared
to reach unbroken ncross the whole
width of tho mosque's Interior.
On tho floor lny a mallet, a peculiar
thing of bronze, enst In ono piece,
handle and nil. The mullah took it In
his hand nnd struck the stone floor
sharply onct then twice again then
threo times thou u dozen times In
quick succession. Tho floor rung hol
low nt thut spot.
After nbout n minute there" came
one answering hammer stroke from
beyond the wnll. Then the inulluh laid
tho mallet down and though King
nehed to pick It up nnd examine It he
did not dure. Ills business wns to ut
tract us llttlo attention to himself ns
possible; nnd to that end he folded
his bunds nnd looked reverent, ns If
entering some Mecca of his dreams.
Through his horn-rlmmed spectacles
his eyes looked fnr nwuy nnd dreamy.
But It would havo been a mistake to
suppose thut n detull was escaping
him.
The Irregulur lines In the ninsonry
began to be more pronounced. All nt
onco tho wnll shook nud they gaped
by nn Inch or two, us huppens when
nu earthquake has shaken buildings
without bringing nnythlng down. Then
an irreguinr sectloii of wnll began to
move quite smoothly nwny from In
front of him, leaving a gnp through
which eight men abreast could have
marched a tunnel, split In two to
right and left. Judging by the ungle
of tho two divisions they became one
again before going very far.
The mullah stood aside and mo
tioned King to enter. But the one
eyed thrust himself between Dnryn
Khun and Ismail, pushed King uslde
und took tho lead.
"Nay!" he said, "I am responsible
to her."
It was the first time he had spoken
and he appeared to resent the wusto
of words.
The tunnel was pierced In twenty
plnces In the roof for rifle Are; a score
of men with enough ammunition could
havo held it forever against an army.
The guide led, and King followed htm,
filled with curiosity.
"Mnny have entered I" sang the
lashlcss mullah In a sing-song chant.
"More havo sought to enter I Somo
who remnlned without wero wisest 1
I count them! I keep count! Many
went in! Not all came out again by
this road I"
"Lead along, Charon I" King grinned.
He needed some sort of plcasuntry to
steady his nerves. But, even so, be
wondered what the nerves of India
would be like if her millions knew of
this place.
CHAPTER Xi:
The gap closed up behind them and
the tunnel began to echo weirdly. Over
their heads, at Irregular Intervals,
there were holes that if they led as
King presumed Into caves above, left
not an Inch of all the long passage that
could not have been swept by rifle fire.
It was Impregnable; for no artillery
heavy .enough to pound tho mountain
into pieces could ever be dragged
within range. Whatever biding place
this entrance guarded could bo held
forever, given food and cartridges I
The tunnel wound to right and left
like a snake, growing lighter and light
er after each bend ; und soon their own
din began to be swallowed In a greater
one that entered from tho farther end.
After two sharp turns they carao out
unexpectedly into tho glaze of bluo day,
nearly stunned by light and sound. A
roar camo up from below llko that of
an ocean In tho grip of a typhoon.
When bis wits recovered from tho
shock, King struggled with a wild de
sire to yell, for beforo him wns what
no servant of British India had ever
seen and lived to tell about, and that
Is an experience moro potent than un
broken rum.
They had emerged from a round-
mouthed tunnel It looked already like
a rabbit-hole, so hugo was the cliff be
hindon to n ledgo of rock that formed
a sort of road along ono Bide of a
mlle-wldo chnsm. Abovo him, It
seemed a mllo up, was bjuo sky, to
which umestono wans ran sneer, witti
scarcely a foothold that could bo seen.
Beneath, so deep that yes" could not
guess how deep, yawned the stained
gorgo of tho.underworld, mnny-colored,
smooth and wet.
And out of a great, Jagged silt in the
sldo of the cliff, perhaps a thousand
foot below them, thcro poured down
Into thunderous dimness a waterfall
whose breadth seemed not less thun
I half a nUe, It spouted levaatx ar
ctghty yards beforo It began to curve
ntld Its din was llko tho voice of all cro
ntlon. Ismail camo and stood by King In
silence, taking his hand, ns a little chlb
might Presently he stooped and
picked up n stone nnd tossed It over.
"Gono I" he said simply. "That down
thero Is Earth's Drink I"
"And this Is the 'Heart of tho Hills'
men bonst about?"
"Nay t It is not 1" snapped Ismail.
"Then, where"
But tho one-eyed guide beckoned Ira
pntlently, nnd King led the wny nfter
him, staring ns hnkim or prisoner or
any mnn had right to do on first ad
mission to such wonders. Not to havo
stared would 'havo been to proclaim
himself nn Idiot
They soon began to pnss the mouths
of caves. Somo were nbovo tho road,
now nnd then at crazy heights above
it, reached by artificial steps hewn out
of the stone. Others were below,
reached from the road by means of lad
ders, that trembled and swayed over
tho dizzying waterfall. Most of tho
caves wero Inhabited, for armed men
nnd sullen women camo to their en
trances to stnre.
Ears grow necustomed to tho sound
of wnter sooner than to nlmost any
thing. It wns not long beforo King's
ears could catch the patter of his men's
feet following, nnd the shod clink of
the mule. He could hour when Ismail
whispered :
"Be brave, little hnkim! Sho lovca
fcnrless men I"
At lust the guide halted, In the mld
dlo of u short steep slopo where the
path wns less than six feet wide nnd a
narrow envo mouth gave directly onto
it
"Be content to rest here I" he said,
pointing.
"Thy cuve?" asked King.
"Nay. God's I I nm the enretuker !"
Tho "'Hills" nro very pious nnd po
lite, between the nets of robbing nnd
shedding blood.
"Allah, then, reward thee, brother l"
answered King. "Allnh give Bight to
thy blind eye I Allah give thco chil
dren! Allnh give thee peace, nnd to
nil thy house I"
The guide snlnnracd, hnlf-mocklngly,
hnlf-wonderlng nt such eloquence,
paused In the passage to point 'nto
the side enves that debouched to elMicr
hand, turned on his heel nnd stacked
out of the cavern. It wns the tost
King ever saw of him.
King turned back and lapked Into
the other caves saw the weary Hrso
nnd mule fed, wntcred nnd bclded
down took note of the running vntcr
that rushed out of a rock fissure and
gurgled out of sight down nnothci ono
examined the servants' cave and raw
that they hnd been amply provided
with blankets. There was nothing lack
ing that the most exueting traveler
could hnve demanded at such a dis
tance from civilization. There wnD
more than the most exacting would
huve dnred expect
"Ismnll 1" he shouted, und Jumped at
tho revolver-cracklike echo of his voice.
Ismnll camo running.
"Mnke the men curry the mule's
packs Into this envc. You and Durya
Khan stay here and help me open
them. Remember, ye nrc both assist
ants of Kurrnm Khnn, the hnkim I"
"They will laugh nt us! They ill
laugh nt us!" clucked Ismnll, but ho
hurried to obey, whllo King wondered
who would Inugh.
Within an hour n delegntlon enmo
from no less a person than Yasmlnl
herself, bearing her compliments, and
hot food snvory enough to mnke a
brass Idol's mouth water. By this time
King hnd his sets of surgical Instru
ments and drugs and bandages nil laid
out on one of tho beds and covered
from view by a blanket
It .was only ono more proof of the
British army's everlasting luck that
one of the men, who set the great brass
dish of food on the floor near King,
had a swollen cheek, and that he
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Kurram Khan, the Hakim.
he lifted bis hand to shake back a lock
of greasy hatr. There followed an
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