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WC -w BED OLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF u n ' ei rc ( - I..,,. King of the Khyber MxltlCS CHAPTER XXI Continued. 13 But ont of the eornur of hlfl oyc, and oneo or twlco by looking back delib erately, King bow tbnt Ismail wos taking the members of his new bund ono by one nnd whispering to them. What ho sold wns a mystery, but ns they tnlkcd each man looked nt King. And the more they tnlkcd tho better pleased they seemed. And ns tho day wore on the more deferential they grew. By midday If King wanted to dismount there were three nt least to hold his stirrup and ten to help him mount agnln. Four thousand men with women and children nnd bngguge do not move so swiftly as one mnn or n dozen, espe cially In tho "Hills," wlicro discipline Is reckoned beneath n proud man's honor. There were mnny miles to go before Khlnjnn when night fell and tho mullah bade them enmp. Ho bni'e them camp becuusc they would have done It otherwise In tuiy case. When the evening nicnl was eaten, and sentries hnd been set nt every van tago point, there cnino another order from tho mullnh. Tho women nnd children were to be left In enmp next dawn, nnd to remain there until sent for. Thcro wns murmuring nt that around the camp, and especially among King's contingent. But King laughed. "It Is good 1" he said. "Why? How so?" they asked hlra. "Bid your women make for the Khy ber soon after tho mullnh marches to morrow. Bid them travel down the Khyber until we nnd they meet!" "But" "Please yourselves, sahibs 1" Tho hakim's air wns ono of suprcmest In difference. "As for me, I leave no women behind me in the mountains. I am content" They murmured a while, but they gavo tho orders to their women, and King .watched the women nod. Even as Ynsmlnl hnd tested hlra nnd tried him before tempting him at last, he must be watching him now, for even tho East repents itself. She had sent Ismail for that purpose. It was likely that her courso would depend on his. If he failed, she was done with him. If he succeeded In establishing a strong position of his own, she would yield. With or without Ismail's, aid, with or without his enmity, ho must control his eighty men nnd give the slip to the mullnh, nnd he went ut once about the best way to do both. "Wo will go now," ho said quietly. "That sentry in yonder shadow has his back turned. He hns overeaten. Wo will rush him nnd put good running between us nnd the mullah." Surprised Into obedience, and too de lighted at tho prospect of action to wonder why they should obey a liaklm so, they slung on their bandoliers and made ready. Ismail brought up King's horso and he mounted. And then nt King's word nil eighty mndo n sudden swoop on tho drowBy sentry nnd took him unnwnres. They tossed him over the cliff, too startled to scream an alarm; and though sentries on cither band heard them and shouted, they were gono like wind-blown ghost's of dead men before the mullah even knew whnt was happening. They did not halt until not one of them could run another yard, King trusting to his horso to find a footing long the cliff-tops, and to the men to find tho way. CHAPTER XXII. "Whither?" ono whispered to King. "To Khlnjnn 1" he answered; nnd that wns enough. Euch whispered to the other, nnd they nil became tired with curiosity more potent thnn money bribes. When he hnlted nt lost and dis mounted nnd sat down nnd the strag glers caught up, panting, they held a council of war nil together, with Is-1 mall sitting nt King's bnck nnd lennlng a chin on his shoulder In order to henr better. Bono pressed on bone, nnd tho place grew numb; King Bhool: him off a dozen times; but 'each tlmo Ismail set his chin back on tho same spot, as a dog will that listens to his master. Yet ho Insisted ho was her man, and not King's. "Now. so men of tho 'mils,'" said King, "listen to mo who am political- offender - with - reward - for - capture offered l" Thnt wns n gem of n title. It fired their Imaginations. "I know things that no Boldtcr would find out In a thousand years, nnd I will tell you some of whnt I know." Now he had to bo careful. If ho were to Invent too much they might denounce him as a traitor to tho "Hills" in general. If ho were to tell them too. little they would lose In terest and might very well desert him at tho first pinch. Ho must feel for tho middle way nnd upsot no preju dices. "Sho hns discovered thnt this mul lah Muhammad Anlm Is no true mus Urn, but an unbelieving dog of a for eigner from Farnnglstanl Sho hns discovered that ho plans to mnko him self nn emperor In theso hills, nnd to sell hlllincn Into slavery I" Might as well servo tho mullnh up hot while about it I Beyond any doubt not much more Uian a pile away the mullah was A Romance of Adventure By TALBOT MUNDY Copyright by the tJobbt-Merrlll Compnny getting even by condemning tho lot of them to death. "An eye for the risk of nn oyo I" sny tho unforgiving "Hills." "If one of us should go back Into his camp now he would bo tortured. Bo sure of that" Breathing deeply in the darkness, they nodded, ns If the dark hud eyes. Ismail's chin drove a fraction deeper Into his shoulder. "Now ye know for all men know that tho entrance Into Khlnjnn caves Is free to any man who enn tell n Ho without flinching. It Is tho way out again that Is not free. How many men do yo know thnt have entered nnd never returned?" They nil nodded again. It was com mon knowledge thnt Khlnjnn was a very graveyard of tho presumptuous. "Sho has set u trap for the mullah. Sho will let him nnd ull his men enter and will never let them out again 1" "How knowest thou?" This from two men, one on cither hand. "Was I never In Khlnjnn enves?" ho retorted. "Whence camo I? I nm her mnn, sent to help trap the mullnh 1 I would hnvo trapped all of you, but for being wcarv of these 'Hills' and wish ful to go back to India and bo par doned! Thnt is who I ami That Is how I know 1" Their breath came and went slbl lantly, and the darkness wns alive with the excitement they thought them selves too warrior-like to utter. "But what will she do then?" asked somebody. King searched his memory, and In u moment there came bnck to htm a plcturo of the hurrying Jczallchi he had held up In the Khyber pass, and recollection of the man's words. "Know ye not," ho snld, "that long ago she gave leave to all who ate salt to be true to tho salt? She gave the Khyber Jczallchls leave to fight agalust her. Be sure, whatever she does, she will 'stand between no mnn and his pardon 1" "But will she lead a Jihad? Wo will not light ngnlnst her 1" "Nny," said King, drawing his breath In. Ismull's chin felt like a knife ngalnst his collar bone, and Ismail's Iron fingers clutched his arm. It was time to give his hostage to Dame For tune. "She will go down Into India and use her Influence in tho matter of the pnrdonsl" "I believe thou art u'very great llur Indeed 1" said the man who lucked part of his nose. "Tho Pnthan went, und ho did not como back. What proof have we?" "Yo have me!" said King. "If 1 show you no proof, how cun I escape you?" They all grunted agreement ns to that King used his elbow to hit Is mail In tho ribs. He did not dnrc hpcnk to him; but now wns tho time for Ismail to curry information to her, supposing thnt to be his job. And after n minute Ismail rolled into a shadow nnd was gone. King gave him twenty minutes' start, letting his men rest heir legs und exercise their tongues. Now that he was out of tho mullah's clutches nnd ho suspected Ynsmlnl would know of It within an hour or two, nnd before dawn in any event he began to feel like n player in a game of chess who foresees his opponent mate In so many moves. If Ynsmlnl wcro to let the mullnh and his men Into the caves and to Join forces with him In there, ho would at least have tlmo to hurry bnck to India with his eighty men and glye warning. He might hnve tlmo to call up tho Khy ber Jeznllchls and blockade the caves before the hive could swarm, and ho chuckled to think of tho hope of thnt. On the other hand, If tliero wns to be a battle roynl between Yusmlnl nnd tho mullnh, he would bo there to wntch it nnd to comfort Indln with the news. "Now we will go on again, In order to be closo to Khlnjnn nt break of day," ho said, und they ull got up and obeyed him ns If his word hud been law to them for years.. Of nil of them he wns the only man In doubt ho who seemed most confldent of all. They swung along Into the darkness under low-hung sturs, trailing behind King's horse, with only half a dozen of. them a hundred yards or so ahead as an advance guard, and nil of them ex pecting to see Khlnjnn loom nbovo each next valley, for distances nnd dnrkness nro deceptive In tho "Hills," even to trained eyes Suddenly tho advance guard hnlted, but did not shoot. And as King caught up with them ho saw they were talking with someone. no hnd to ride up close beforo ho recognized tho Ornkznl Pnthnn. "Salaam I" said t tho fellow with n grin, "I bring ono hundred nnd eleven l" As ho spoke grnveynrd shadows ros.o out of tho dnrkness around nnd lenned on rifles. "Bo yo men nil ex-soldiers of tho rnj?" King usked them. "Ayql" they growled In chorus. "Who gavo you lenve to come?" King nsked. "Nonol no told us of tho pardons and wo cnino I" "Aye I" sold tho Ornkznl Pnthnn, drawing King nsldo. "But she gnve mo lenve to seek them out and. tempt theml" "And whnt docs sho Intend?" King usked him suddenly. "She? Ask Allnh, who put tho spirit In her I How should I know?" "Wo will march again, my brothers 1" King shouted, nnd they streamed along behind him, now with no advance guard, but with tho Orukznl Pathun striding beside King's horse, with n grcut hand on the saddle. Like the others, he seemed decided in his mind (hat the hakim ought not to be allowed much chance to escape. Just ns the dawn was tinting the surrounding peaks with softest rose they topped a ridge, nnd Khlnjun Iny below them across the mile-wide bone dry valley. And while they watched, and tho Khlnjnn men were beginning to murmur (for they needed no lost view of tho place to satisfy ony long ings 1) none else than Ismail rose from behind n rock nnd cnino to King's stir rup. He tugged and King bucked his horse until they stood together apart. "She sends this message," said Is mail, showing his teeth In the most peculiar grin that surely the "Hills" ever witnessed. "Many of her men, who have never been In the army, are done the less true to her, and she will not leave them to the mullah's mercy. They will leave the caves In a little while, and will come up here. They lire to go down Into India und be made prisoners If the slrknr will not enlist them. You nro to wnlt for them here." "Is thnt nil her message?" King asked him. "Nay. That Is none of It! This Is her messnge: THOU SHALT KNOW THIS DAY, THOU ENGLISHMAN, WHETHER OR NOT SHE TRULY LOVED THEE 1 THERE SHALL BE PROOF SUCH AS EVEN THOU SHALT UNDERSTAND!" Ismail slipped away and lost himself among tho men, nnd none of them seemed to notice thnt he had been uwny nnd had come again. It was a little more than nn hour after dawn nnd the chilled rocks were beginning to grow warmer when tho head of a pro cession came out of Khlnjnn gate and started toward them over tho vnlley. In all more than five hundred men emerged nnd about a hundred women nnd children. Then: "Muhummnd Anlm comes 1" shouted a voice from u crug top. They snuggled Into better hiding, nnd there wns no thought now of leav ing beforo the mullnh should go by. It needed nn effort to quiet them when the mullnh rose Into view at last above the rise and paused for a minute to stare across nt Khlnjnn .before lead ing his four thousand down and on- wnrd. no wns silent as an Image, but his men roared like a river In flood and ho mndo no effort to check them. He dismounted, for he hnd to, nnd tossed his reins to tho nenrcst man with the ulr of nn emperor. And ho led the wuy down the cllffslde without hesitation, striding like n mountulneer. Ills men followed him noisily. It was thirty minutes nftcr the last of the mullah's men had vanished through tho gnte, and his own men In dozens and twenties were scattered 'Thou Shalt Know This Day, Thou Englishman, Whether or Not She Truly Loves Thee." along tho cliff-top arguing ngalnst de lay with growing rancor, when a lone horseman galloped out of Khlnjan gnte and started ucross the vnlley. He rode recklessly. He wns either panic stricken or elso bolder thnn-tho devil. In n minute King bud recognized the marc, and so hud the eyes of fifty men around him. No man with half nn eye for a hor&o could have fulled to recognize that black mare, having ever seen her once. In another two minutes King had recognized tho Ran gar's silken turban. Most of the men wero staring down ward at tho Rnngar's bend ns he urged the mnre up tho cliff path, when the explanation of Ynsmlni's message came. It wns only King, urged by soiiTo Intuition, who hnd his eyes fixed on Khlnjnn. There enmo n phock thnt nctunlly swnyed the hill they stood on. The V aCjCkK f .'BbBsbbI - STBMyyMSSSSlSSSSSSSB Rare on tho path below missed her footing nnd fell a dozen feet, only to get up again nnd scramble us If a thou hand devils wcro behind her, the Ran gar riding her grimly, like n Jockey In a race. Three moro shocks followed. A great slice of Khlnjnn suddenly enved In with a ronr, and smoko and dust burst upward through tho tum bling crust There wns a pause after that, as If tho wnttlng elements wcro gathering strength. For ton minutes they wntched nnd scarcely breathed. Rewn Gungn gained tho summit and, dismounting, stood by King with tho reins over his nrm. Tho marc was too blown to do anything but stnnd nnd tremble. And King wns too enthralled to do nnythlng but stnre. "That Is what n womnn enn do for n man!" said Rewn Gungn grimly. "She sot n fuso and exploded nil the dynamite. There were tons of It 1 The galleries must have fallen In, ono on the other I A thousand men digging for a thousand yeors could never get Into Khlnjnn now, nnd the only way out Is down Earth's Drink ! She bade me como nnd bid you goodby, snhlb. I would hnve 'Rtnyed In there, but she commnnded me. Sho snld, 'Tell King sahib my love wus true. Tell him I give him Indln and nil Asia that were at my mercy 1'" While the Hangar spoke thcro came three more enrth tremors In swift suc cession, and n thunder out of Khlnjnn ns If the very "Hills" were coming to an end. The mare grew frantic and the Rnngnr summoned six men to hold her. Suddenly, right over the top of Khln Jnn's upper rltn, where only the cnglcs ever perched, there burst a column of wntcr, InFmensurable, huge, that for n moment blotted out the sun. It rose sheer upwnrd, curved on Itself, and fell In n million-ton deluge on to Khlnjnn and Into Khlnjan valley, hissing nnd roaring and thundering. Earth's Drink had been blocked by the explosion nnd hnd found u new wny over the bnrrlcr before plunging down ngnln Into tho bowels of the world. Tho, one sky-flung lenp It mnde ns Its weight burst down n mountnln wnll wns enough to blot out Khlnjnn for ever, nnd what had been a dry, mlle wlde moat was a shallow hike with denth's rack and rubbish floating on the surface. Tho earth rocked. King wns up on his feet In a second nnd fuced nbout. The Rnngnr laughed. "So ends the 'Henrt of the Hills 1'" he snld. "Think kindly of her, sahib. She thought well enough of you 1" lie Inughcd ngaln and sprang on the black marc, and beforo King could speak or raise n hand to stop him he was off at wondrous speed along the precipice In the direction of the Khy ber puss nnd Indln. Two of tho men who hnd come out of Khlnjan mounted und spurred after him. King collected his men nnd the wom en and children. It wns ensy, for they were numb from whnt they had wit nessed nnd dnzed by fenr. In half an hour he had them mu3tercd and marching. CHAPTER XXIII. They renched tho Khyber famished and wero fed nt All MnsJId fort, after King had given a certain password and had whispered to the officer command ing. But ho did not change Into Eu ropean clothes yet, and none of his fol lowing" suspected him of being an Eng lishman. "A Rangar on a black mare has gone down the pass ahead of you In a' hur ry," they told him at All Mosjld. '"Ho had two men with him and food enough. Only stopped long enough to make his business known." "What did he say his business Is?" asked King. "no gave a sign nnd snld a word thnt satisfied us on that point 1" "Ohl" said King. "Cun yon slgnnl down the pass?" "Surely." "Courtenay at Jamrud?" "Yes. In cluirge there and growing, tired of doing nothing." "Slgnnl down and nsk him to hove that both ready for mo that I spoke about Goodby." So ho left All MasJId at tho head of a motley 'procession that grew noisier and moro confldent every hour. Ismail began to grow more lively and to hove a good many orders to fling to tho rest "You mourn llko n dog," King told him. "Three howls and a whine nnd n Httlo Bulking nnd then forgetful ness l" Tsmnll looked nasty at thnt but did not answer, although ho seemed to hnve a hot word ready. And thence forward ho hung his head more, nnd at least tried to seem bereaved. But his manner was unconvincing nono the less, and King found It food for thought Tho cx-soldlers nnd would-bo soldiers mnrched In four behind him, growing hourly more like drilled men, and talk ing, with each stride that brought them nearer India, more as men do' who hnvo an Interest In law and or der. Behind them tramped the wom en from Khlnjnn, carrying their ba bies und their husbands' loads; and behind them ngnln wero tho other women, who hnd been told they would be overtnken In the Khyber, but who hnd nctunlly hnd to run themselves rnw-footed In order to cntch up. Down the Khyber hnve como con querors, n dozen conquering kings, nnd ns mnny beaten armies; but surely no stranger host than this ever trudged between tho echoing walls. Tho very cnglcs screnmed nt them, Slgnnls pre ceded them, and Courtenny himself rodo up tho puss to greet them. At Jamrud they wcro given food and their rifles wcro taken away from them and a guard was set to watch them. But the gunrd only consisted of two men. I both of whom were Pnthans, and they nssureu them that, rldlculoiii? though It sounded, tho British were actually willing to forgive their enemies nnd to pardon all deserters who applied for pardon on condition of good faith In the future. That they prayed to Allah like little children lost nnd found. The women crooned love-songs to their babies over the'clcor Ores nnd tho men tnlked nnd tnlkcd and tnlkcd until tho stta-8 grew big ns moons to wenry eyes and they slept at last, to dream of khaki uniforms nnd knrnel snhlbs who knew neither fenr nor favor and who said things that were so. It is a mad world to the Himalayan hlllmnn whero men In authority tell truth unadorned with out shame and without consideration a mnd, mnd world, nnd perhups too ex otic to bo wholesome, but pleasant while tho dream Insts. Over in tho fort Courtenay placed a bath nt King's disposal and lent him clean clothes und n razor. But ho was not very cordial. "Tell mo nil the war newsl" said King, splashing In tho tub. And Cour tcnay told him, passing him another cake of soap when the first was fin ished. After nil, thcro wus not much to tell butchery In Belgium Huns und guns nnd the overlnstlngly glori ous stand thnt suved Paris nnd Franco and Europe. "According to tho cables our men are going tho records one better. I think that's all," said Courtenay. "Then why tho stiffness?" asked King. "Why nm I talked to at the end of a tube, so to speak?" "You're under arrest l" said Courte nay. "The deuce ram I" "I'm taking euro of you myself to obviate the necessity of putting a sen try on guard over you." "Good of you, I'm sure. What's it all abont?" "I don't mind telling you, but Pd rather you'd wait The minute you were sighted word wns wired down to headquarters, and the general himself will be up here by train any minute." "Very well," said King. "Got a ci gar! Got a black one? Blacker the better l" Ho wus out of his bath and remem bered that minute that ho hod not smoked n clgnr slnco leaving Indln. Nnkcd, shaved, with some of the stnln removed, ho did not look like n mnn In trouble us he filled his lungs with the saltpeterlsh smoke of a fat Trlchlno poll. And then the general came and did not wait for King to get dressed but burst Into the bathroom and shook hands with him while he was still naked and asked ten questions (like a gatllug gun) while King was getting on his trousers, divining each answer after the third word and waving the rest aside. , "And why am I arrested, sir?" asked King the moment he could slip the question In edgewise. "Oh, yes, of course. Try the cose here ns well as anywhere. What docs this mean?" Out of his pocket the general pro duced a letter that smelt strongly of a scent King recognized, no spread It out on a table, nnd King read. It was Yasmlnl's letter Uiat she had sent down the Khyber to make India too hot to hold him. "Too bad about your brother," said the general. "Tho body is burled. How much Is true about the bead?" King told him. "Where's she?" asked the general. King did not answer. The general waited. "I don't know, sir." "Ask the Rangar," Courtenay sug gested. "Where Is he?" asked King. "Caught htm coming down the Khy ber on his black inuro und arrested him. He's In the next room I I hope he's to be hnnged. So that I can buy tho mare," he added cheerfully. King whistled softly to himself, and tho general looked at him through hulf-closcd eyes. "Go In nnd talk to him, King. Let mo know the result" Ho hud picked King to go up tho Khyber on that errand not for noth ing. He knew King and he knew the symptoms. Without answering him King obeyed. He went out of the room Into a dark corridor and rapped on the door of the next room to the right There wus a muffled answer from within. Courtenay shouted some thing to the sentry outside the door und he culled nuother man, who fitted n key In the lock. King walked Into a room In which ono lamp wus burn ing nnd the door slammed shut be hind him. He was in thcro nn hour, and it never did transpire Just what passed, for ho can hold his tonguo on any sub ject like a clam, and tho general, It nnythlng, can go him ono better. Cour tenay wus placed under orders not to talk, so those who sny they know ex actly whnt hnppcned In tho room be tween the time when the door wus shut on King nnd the time when he knocked to hnvo it opened and called for tho general, aro not telling tho truth. What Is known Is that finally the general hurried through the door and ejaculated, "Well, I'm a d!" be fore ho could close It ngnln. The sen try (Punjabi Mussulman) has sworn to that over a dozen cumpflrcs slnco tho day. Ami It Is known, too, for tho sentry hns taken oath on It nnd has told tho story so many times without much variation that no ono who knows tho man's record doubts nny longer It is known thnt when tho door opened ngaln King and tho general wulked out with tho Rungar between them. And tho Rangar had no turban on, but carried It unwound In his hand. And his golden hair fell nearly to his knees und changed his whole appear ance. And he was weeping. And, be was not a Rangar at all, bm She, and how anybody can ever havo mistaken her for a mnn, even In man's clothes nnd with her skin darkened, was be yond tho sentry's power to guess. He for ono, etc. . . . But nobody be lieved thnt part of his tnlc. As Yussuf bin All snld over the cnmpflro up tho Khyber Inter on, "When sho sets out to dlsgulso her bclf, sho is what r.ho will be, and ha who says ho thinks otherwise has two tongues and no conscience 1" What is surely truo Is that tho four of them Ynsmlnl, tho general, Cour tenay and King sat up all night In a room In tho fort, talking together, while a succession of sentries over strained their cars endeavoring to hear through keyholes. And tho Bcntrlos heard nothing and Invented very much. But Pnrtan Singh, tho Sikh, who carried In bread and cocoa to them at nbout flvo the next morning, nnd found them still talking, heard King say. "So, In ray opinion, sir, there'll be no Jihad In these parts. Theroll bo sporadic raids, of course, but nothing a brigade can't deal with. Tho heart of the holy war's torn out and thrown away." "Very well," said tho general. "You can go up tho Khyber again and Join your regiment" But by that time tho Rangar's tur ban was on again and tho tears were dry, and It was Partan Singh who DAL1 VAU0T7V& He Said He Was Nearly Sure Heard Weeping. Hfl threw most doubt on the sentry's tnto about the golden hulr. But, as the sentry said, no doubt Partan Singh wns jealous. There Is no doubt whatever that the general went back to Peshawur In the train at eight o'clock and that the Rangar went with him In a separate compartment with about a dozen hill men chosen from among those who had come down with King. And It Is certain that before they went King had a tnlk with the Rangar in a room alone, of which conversa tion, however, the sentry reported aft erward that he did not overhear one word; and he had to go to the doctor with a cold In his car ut that He said he wus nearly sure ho heard weeping But, on the other hand, thoso who saw both of them come out were certain that both were smiling. It Is quite certain that Athclstan King went up tho Khyber again, for the official records say so, and they never lie, especially In time of war. He rode a coal-black mare, and Courtenay called him "Chlkkl" a "lifter." Some say tho Rangar went to Delhi. Some say Yasmlnl Is In Delhi. Some say no. But It Is quite certain that be fore he started up the Khyber King showed Courtenay a great go! brace let that he had under his sleeve. Five men snw him do It And If that was really Rewa Gunga In the general's train, why was the general so painfully polite to him? And why did Ismail Insist on riding In the train, Instead of accepting Kind's offer to go up the Khyber with him? One thing Is very certnln. King was right nbout the Jihad. There hns been none in spite of nil Turkey's and Ger many's efforts. There hnve been spo radic raids, much as usual, but nothing one brigade could not easily deal with. the press to the contrary notwithstand ing. King of the Khyber rifles Is now a major, for you can see that by turning up the nrmy list But If you wish to know Just what transpired In tho room In Jnmrud Fort while the general nnd Courtenny wait ed, yon must ask King If you dare: for only ho knows, nnd one other. It Is not likely you can find the other. But It Is likely that you may heat from both of them again, for "A wom an and Intrlguo are ono!" as India says. The war seems long, and the world Is large, and the chances for In trigues nro almost Infinite, given such combination as King and Yasmlnl and a love affair. And ns King says on occasion t "Kuch dar nahln hnl I There Is no such thing as fenr!" Another ono might sny, "The roofs the limit I" And bear In mind, for this Is Impor tant: King wrote to Ynsmlnl n letter, In Urdu from tho mullah's cave, In which he as good as gavo her his word of honor to bo her "loyal servant" should she choose to return to her alle giance. He is no splitter of hairs, no qttlbbler. His word Is good on th dnritcst night or wherever ho casts a shadow In tho sun. "A man nnd his promise a womaa and intrigue nro ono!" (TnE END.) Invented Cherokee Alphabet Sequoynh, Inventor of tho Cherokee nlphnbet, wos ono of tho great men of tho Indlnn roco. no was a half, breed, whose EngllHh nnmo was George Guess. His futher wos a white man nnd his mother a full-blood la dlan woman. 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