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Show THE SALT lmbU-Nt- , LAK-L si- i,n - JiuruNi.M,, Musarbf the Swerf0'(fdts JHAxW.il I Zi, lyo. By Achmed Abdullah Ribbon) Yousseff rang with an avalanche of square the throbbing, wing!ika call of, all tha un- ' night, when ha wa alon In hi room and always, s my ancestors In the olden days org how Dos Mohammed defeated the . used to hire bard and Jester! " born children of the world." tared from th window toward th purpl granite block and bold masonry and had English" been built, many centuries earlier, by cop" Pah! A silly bazaar dittyt I shall give "And atill I do not know if you really "I be rich?" asked Umteyra. silhouette of tha hill and tha forests, b "As poor as a rabbit In th bracken!" love me." per faced Tartar freebooter out of Central you a song of my own sighed. song of lovel Walt, " O my grief - ba whispered. "Am I not Asia who had scarred and conquered th "Then." h suggested, "ask him to llv my lord, until I find th proper rhythm and "Why not?" " clam-ro- u " land as far as Balkb and Kandahar with here. Pay him well. Your wealth Is great" too Is own because lova Maybe tha my poor caged ona that I must live In this rhymes! "Ha la aa free a a bird. He would not torch and rope and the ixackle of steel. because it deafen th song of your. grand stons palace and me choking for few met and hi Again eye Umteyra'; " , live In a cage." But Uzbek Khan Haydar, last of the line Ah sh want of air? That I must sleep in a silken whispered " thera wa never minute later b lifted hi voice in sweet " Even an eagle would live In a cage of of feudal lord, was even lea Ilk hi anbed and ma aching for a couch of sprue greater lova than mine. And I am ashamed melody: " ' Musa-of. mine! For she cestor than Goats wa i that I must say tt to you with words." 'gold. Ask him. cousin bough?'1 " forto lik Ha had. Ashamed? Allah! Is tha queen bee Ha leaned a little from tha window to Imagined that thus, by Musa' coming Since on dark those of fell my eye tight would hi of In Uzbek race cruel th Khan live ashamed ot her honey the jasmine ot it house, prowess Haydar gotten tha haughty, drink In tha fresh air; and suddenly he beard . thine. In the pleasures of the flesh pots, the wine cease a little from hi love making and give , cent?" faint, throaty laughter out thera in tha dark can ftever thine. of I that eyes lovely forget wa own Not her her He silken dlvana the for that time and loved "You hav soft, thoughts. and tha sound of bare feet running away; Jugs, before, Musa?" Of the hawk's are theyt The peacock' or " Let me tell you how it la with me." He her thoughts were much. Just a young hill valiant with steel only where the carving of turned as something, thrown from tha the t falcon's " of desires waa mutton and there smiled. a wa In aJ thoughts: concerned, tha th mingling misty it girl's joint juicy missed hi head by a hair1 breadth past ways Or of the d wa malicious gossip in th bazaar that It antelope'tt The glance for something she did not know and misty way my fancy went went th on way or and dropped on th floor behind Mm Of thine eyett , took (even yard of muslin tor a shawl to th other. And at time my fancy wandered melancholy for something (he did not underHe bent. He looked. ALL tha UwleM Afghan clan that As the lamb crouch hidden in the patture. stand. twist about hi enormous stomach. alone; and at time It sought a fine, marchhad one roamed th mountainous It waa a young eagle hi tribesmen had From the ehade of thy trettet look those Just then above the window sill showed Quick at forgiving h was, good natured, ing company with men ot hard daring; arttt Durrah Yousseff wilderness southwest caught. They bad tied it wings and claw , the top of Musa Khan's shaggy fur cap, and gentle eyee of thine, . at time It danced down th road with a easily moved to laughter, fond of a jest and and beak, and had tossed it into tha room. tha Russian Central Allan border, " As the armed trooper stands, hit lanoe in the Tartar cried: woman's subtle feet echoing alongside. Hey! Come up, a song and a salty tale and whp was there He laughed as ba read the silent message. only a few war left, still roving like ( ypsles, -- Coats ! " ' arm betide him, ' like Musa Khan to warble and rhyme and But lowered his voice; took her hand He picked up the bird, put It on the winpreferring tha deer and wolf trail to th on the Thus round stand A moment later the Afghan appeared those In his "It Is now th final way my fancy long lathe string together a grand lilting of words? dow sill, and cut It bond. H watched it smooth road, and th forest and moor to " Who is there like him in all the world's the threshold and bowed politely. ha gone straight to your soul, child to warring eye of thine. its wings, then suddenly whir away into tight, warm, stone built house; plunging to try to th hills?" he said fresh, sweet wlldernes tha knee at Icy ford below tha shadow of the night at curled there and th bird In " It la thus my way lie," ha said. " Let girl who sat th bridge they looked on askance a meant ' his feet. It chiming and warfor women and Persian and wag bellied the eagle show it to me! and sun the bling bazaar trader; mocking at tha proper, And he swung himself from th window Umteyra wa h r above tt shining poltoll of the field and cattle pen; living name", which and went out Into tha wood to look for hia " and ished wind on th hearty! 8ha a the Afghan saying baa it own people. So they kissed. wa bis second cousin and tha pine and th gray rock' lichen. Half an hour later ho found them. and, sine her parent aTha men were there, jaunty, ragged, lean Even these clan, scanty in numbers, grew So it was day after aa rakes, a bit hard in tha look, a bit braghad died, his ward, and smaller year after year as brazen freedom day. ha loved her vary gart; and tha tall, supple women, loud of Habeebah knew. But gar way to barter, and the age of steal to voice, stag Sure of step. th ag of coined silver. And while their dearly. she never spoke of it They hardly looked up when Muaa Khan father had felt a fidget in their scabbards Her looks? , to her master. Per- - . loomed into the ruddy light of tha camp Are. and their sword arm, they felt a fidget In ha did not want hap There, we have a tha waist shawls where they hid their money. to make him unhappy. . Only ona young girl spoke. triple testimony. " So you have coma back to us, While their father had bunted men. they For Usbek Khan Perhap she imagined ?" she asked. were satisfied with pilfering the fanner' that thus, because of Haydar, who wa a "I have never been farther than tha width" her lova for Musa, Umchicken roosts and sheep folds. While their sentimental as ha wo of a passing thought, O child of the moon! father had danced over crossed blades and teyra wouid step out of fat, com pared her to a he replied; and ha lay down on tha ground roared defiant war song to tha disgrace of Uzbek Khan Haydar Ug,ht burning In a dark ' with his tousled head In her lap, life. Perhaps her hi highness th Amir's very nose, they v bouse, a jewel to be Neither the next day, nor aver again, was crooned mora sober melodies and stepped gnarled, tough old worn in the' turban of heard sound hia voice there of the softened tha at more gentle dance for the price of clipped echoing heart t hi soul, a precious through the Tartar castle, except far, far off, rupees at village fairs or at soma rich peassight of the lovers' casket Oiled to overof Not that aha drifting from the hillside with tha ant's marriage feast. flowing with all th a riotous, carefree song; and aa tha week ceased from her grumTh freest of th remaining wandering art of charm and passed, and never a sign of him, fear and bling and storming. ' tribes was a band of twenty men and women grace and coquetry. anguish grew in Umteyra's soul until thera Often and vociferous. Many other compliled by Musa Khan. came a night when she sobbed out loud in an the ly she ments stilted, extrava- ' Jaunty, ragged fellow they were, lean as agony of despair that .shook her from head Afghan aa a vagabond, for gant, rakes, a bit hard In tha look, a bit braggart. ne'er-dto foot. :a tramp, a he was nearer fifty 'Tall, supple woman, unveiled, loud of voice, ot It was at supper time. Sha waa sitting father and the well, of step. And Musa Khan himself than thirty he paid stag-auracross from her cousin, while Habeebah waa one seventeen and pigs; , Habee-bahHis muscle.' and when a grand six feet of brawn and her, bustling about with steaming platters of day, aeeing Umteyra bis wrinkled, beard waa long and curled and russet red, come from Musa' pre . lice and curried mutton. of ram ahead old houseIlka out brown a battering berry sticking Uzbek Khan Kaydar rose; He walked enc with shining eyes his thick chest or. If th wind veered, flutkeeper overheard him, around the table. Ha put hi fat, clumsy, and heightened color, banlik lmwould a shoulder across broad ah hi . Interrupt tering be said to her: Wahf gentle hand upon Umteyra' shoulder. Hia ner. His aye were chilly and gray; his nos patiently: heart waa filled with love and pity. But ha The dinner over, an un" Wafil , You are a was an eagle's beak; his mouth was wide could not think of anything to say. Ha grateful dog values not and crimson and with aver a laugh lurking fool, O my master! A might have said a dozen things to her the spoon! Have you at tha corners; In the shadow of his huge, tilted, 'extravagant, old fashioned In an " already forgotten how slashold scar lived an fur fool! ton cap Zulxaban, shaggy By hour of gladneea. But not in an hour of sorromaster you. picked my of the devil! What do through the sun burned brow; and his was a w-He a scrawny and most trick and twist of putting large, hairy hand you see In her? Why turned when he heard Habeebah' gruff gusting child, from the " upon whatever h fancied with a certain Indo you' let her step on voice: ' gutters of nowhere solent possession. you with the Impudent "Be pleased to go away, O my master) a slight exaggeration. of her feet? him called What stepping they good are men in time of trouble? " inee Umteyra' parent And she nothing but a because for which h had been soundly 'basShe took the weeping girl to her room. had been rich and noble " tinadoed by an Afghan judge ha had stolen wisp of a girl nor her She raised went on In the same gruff voice: " B and Tartar nose very straight that same Judge's seven goat In on memquiet. Uttle Tartar cat! Hey! What is th you to a high seat of nor her ear very orable night' exploit. matter. O Quite Useless? Are you crying ' dignity in hia own small!" had been his grandfather' proud which, being because of that tramp that vagabond thai castle? And here like Musa Khan looked at her. Their eye met, and quickly he turned back and spoke erne mora tat tha Tartar. nickname because the latter, in one night's th second, was also hound of the wilderness? Allah! A. flni a shameless Persian ba scarlet encounter, had sliced off tha handzaar goat you coma thing it Is to redden your noao nor such a perhaps the more truth" Tou called, my lord? " ful testimony aa to Umteyra's locks. Ah! on each one' heart they feed, those some, pallid head of seven Persian gentlfrom your lover small nose and your eyes nor auch largi ""I did." And Uzbek Khan Haydar fold emenand ha alone and armed with nothing of thine! , cruel eye " No, no, no! " exclaimed the girl, blushThere was finally Musa Khan's Judgment. eyes for his sake! Wah! Thera are other him what was on his mind. "Leave your Tet whatever thou, icouldst gaze on, look bat a short dagger, and the seven Persian " H said that her face waa like a baffling. stout lads and no lack ot them to b even rose. " I did not a ing deep, . wild tribe," he invited. "Live In my castle. well upon me, gentlemen with iron bossed bucklers at their sweet melody of spring floating on the curpicked up hereabouts by a shrug and s in your eyes! of It "You did! The-talYou shall have whatever you wish. A silken left elbows and curved Bokharan scimitars 0 Child! while there U power of teeing in Come tell me what la the mat rent of a far wind, that all Allah's mounglance. a sudden lie Do with to me!" And. not to bed thine eye sleep in money to spend rich food." circling from their right wrist! ter? ' tains must have stood around to shelter her Child! A manner accent: and of change " I have what I wish now! " replied tha " I cannot tell you," stammered the girl. But while Musa Khan waa more peaceful birth, and that, a glance of her black eyes drop of peach perfume on the back ot your The song finished, suddenly, on a high, hillman. " I have the heather to sleep In waa-- Ilka the sudden unsheathing of a sword. "You must. Am I not your friend? Has than hi grandfather, he was still a man of Is that a lover ear! hand behind It your vionote. Th Tartar quavery applauded tha hidden glens and th high, torn crag. not my old heart and Allah alone knows during the burning of summer, and a camel's But this he said afterwards. likes. I know. I. too, was once desired in lently until hi immense stomach shook like hair cloak In the biting of hard winter. I There lay hi kingdom and his subjects tha " why, O Less than Nothing! gone out to For that day, when Uzbek Khan Haydar hill and the fine house the . jelly. was' and " Umteyra silent; strangely have money enough he slapped his waist fish of tha pools, the dappled deer that your young heart? Come tell me tell me." But never a word did she say spoke to her of Musa, the two were unknown Habeebah broke Into cackling laughter shawl so that the rupees three of them roamed through the laurel wold, the birds She folded the girl to her lean old breast. to each other, since the girl had only arKhan Haydar, and It is a debatable point " laughter repeated, bloating reverberating, clicked as I and clanked. for food, And - whether, at least at first, he knew what waa She paled when Umteyra sobbed out the full that clucked and chirped In the thickets, the rived at the castle a week earlier a week Uzbek turned as Khan grotesquely, Haydar fish have and game." brown foxes that barked In the underbrush. tale ot her shame and despair. during which Uzbek Khan Haydar had told going on. If he did, he wa willfully blindto Musa with a question:.. " Fish and game are scarce at times." Winter and summer, with sky serene or dark But she spoke with the same sort of negliher of his love over and over again, to hear because, in th great, simple, ludicrous gento a love?" "A song sun's clouds surly and threatening, with the girl you And wjiat r " My hands are clever. There are always gent, passionless ferocity: her smiling reply: tlenes ot hia soul, he did not want Umteyra to lord. whom. A A I snow or the my "No, like molten gold girl song that? Why are you ashamed, small tool! thudding rays to know that he knew, for fear of hurting "I like you, cousin mine. O, so much! the peasants' goats." " love hall Is presently! down in blinding,' white addle, he would It tha way of God the way of nature th But no I do not love you. Shall I ever her fluttering young heart. "And always." laughed the Tartar, "the So the hillman came to live in tha proud lead his band through the mountains, the way of fate. A life must ay bring forth I love you? Who am I to know? Love is like There waa, of course, gliding, malicious punishment the soles of your feet to be and he to used the walk about castle, splenmoors. life it is so written! " ' : the forests, slashed to ribbons by the bastinado! " the flying of the wild goose. It Is a sending gossip In the village below the castle. did rooms with an air and a swagger and s And sha sank on her knees by the side of " The soles of my feet heal again. I know of fate fate which la written on the waa also hi own ancient, racial Els work beside stealing since man canBut thera ' say to himself: "Allah! Am I not the the weeping girl and prayed to tha Lord not live by stealing-ejone- ? of all of us! " a salve of wild herbs that Is cunning and pride; and on day, when a peasant made God: " By tha night when sha spreadeth hot sturdy fellow. come Into his own?" "Will you be angry If I tell you again " I have played at seventy-sevesoothing." slurring, malicious allusion, he replied: "I things." ' And at night, when his clansmen would veil by. the day when it is manifested by " Stealing Is a bad deed." that I," he slurred,' am of the Ghllxai Tartar lords. We are the many, many time he would say, "and tired of them and finwhat made the male and tha female I be" What of It? If other folk could get a stop before the room where he slept, and sons ot kings. The tree la not more old than stopped. ished nothing. And If I be tinkering above call to him from tha dark with tha crane' seech Thee, O Allah, protect Thou this girll sound contentment out of their good deed we, nor yet tha mountain,, nor yet the sky. you love me? Why I like to hear an anvil. I would be dreaming of herding call and tha eagle's, and soma of the younger Praise be to Thee tha Lord of tha Sevez as I out of my bad deeds. It would be the I am fat yes and I am old. But I am still it!" cattle up there In the northern steppes, and lads would scurry ua the outer wall Ilka " Of course you do! Pah! Little Tartar Worlds; tha Compassionate, tha Merciful and always of the Ghilzal lords. It sorrow happy, happy world to live In a while. I If I be driving cattle perhaps I would be weasel and stick their tousled head above The 1 worship, and Thee' I ask for help cat! " came Habec ban's screeching comment. , shall sing for you any time, my lord. I must happen to me, let it happen with bandreaming of climbing a tall, tall mast on on the sill, he would mock then and say: " Go " Young girls are like young fleas eager for Tboa art God tha Eternal! I beseech Thee shall tell you all the tales you desire. But ner and steel and tha roll of drums not of those ship In th couth the Hindu trader away, 0 creatures! You reek of woodfire and live here between these cramping, stifling blood! And Is there blood sweeter than a protect Thou this girl the apple of my aye!" with the twisting of unclean, whispered speak of. Bat. hail It Is because I am free gutted fish! " walls? No, no! It would kill me! " Sha r6se. Sha returned to her master. man's heart blood? And," turning to Uzbek words! " A tree aa the storm which eo my mother " " - Tomorrow," she said, " I shall go to th , Come to us! Few back they pleaded. He was on the point of leaving when Khan Haydar. "a for you? Vou O by And be smote the peasant heavily across told me, and she the most truthful woman are cur our sine tale and meager songs Umteyra moved a little, from the shadowy the face, and hereafter there was little gosIn all the Afghan hills was my father! I my teeth! you are old and not lean! Only village. I shall bring back Mustaffa Aziz, you took to living in a great ton house. place where she waa curled at her cousin's the man of the faith." am a perfect master only, of myself. But it' your waist shawl and the Lord Allah know siping In tha village. " No. no. Leave me in peace.' " feet. A ray of sunlight danced in. It cut "The So the long winter month and how not lean you a?e! What do you want priest?" a fine, gloriou thing la myself. And you passed, " Come with us to the peak, th cleft, and across her small face. ;.. with- love? What does a bald headed man "Yes." can buy m for a spice of love and friendspring came suddenly, almost overnight, aa tarn! Last night w heard a (tag there Musa Khan looked at her. Their eyes met; want with a hair comb? Kak mi kan, ball It does In this northern land. "Why?" ship. Or maybe If you be the other sort of to bis queen." roaring once he and turned back and "To make you and Umteyra man and wifi ke erman you are like the noseless and earquickly spoke It." said "And what sort of a heart man or woman I would not sell myself to "Let him roar! What have I to do with more to the Tartar. less one who yet desires nose and. earMusa to himself, looking one night from the according to the teachings- of tha blessed you for all the treasures of High Tartary! " an " tiered such and brown, stags "And savageries? he and " " and said; Koran." yet sighed; window, that would not lift and soar to SUU. he did work at times. rings! And there Am I not the fine gentleman who sleeps on was silent; and bowed his bead as though He shook his head. sea tha fresh, moist green blown upon tha And. squatting in a corner, she would waa none like him to mend a pot or shape I above silk and silk ha beneath and yah, ashamed. No," he replied. " Sha doe not love ma oaks to sea tha hedge 'burst white and a horseshoe, to sharpen a knife or weave glower and grumble and storm and pull at gray ,. " And yet what? demanded the other, him?" You saw, old woman, how aha grieves tot sea tha young firs prick up proudly to her waterplpe until it gurgled with splashwicker or carve wood; none like him to pink "Come back to ua, O our hero! Think ot who had not seen the " and Insolently among tha slower, . elder catch a hare with his bar hand or plunge ing, sucking protest. the brook mumbling and tha purple deeps "And yet," continued the Afghan, "per"She will grieve for him In vain. Th She did so today, with loud, contemptuous . these same hands Into a pool and grip th pines?" woods! scent Think of of of tha tha the haps you are right after alL Stealing; may snake back to the cactu hedge th dog r shout of: "Tahool Taheet Tellahl . And, tha next morning, to Umteyra, who brown, speckled trout by their gills and Jerk Allah forgive me! is wicked, indeed. There moist, gusty forest nights! Think of tha back to tha dung heap tb vagabond back feared: " There rahmanl Irrahminl" aa her master r them out on the hank; none like him, finally, understood, vaguely vaguely moon in far skis and tha horned, sitting may be soft, golden truth In the soft, golden to th wilderness! But" and in these are place in tha high hill where the moat to teQ the many tale. ... peated: the wonderful, ancient wilderness! " summer days. But there is also bleak, bit" Who Is there like Musa Khan in all the Talee--mawords, calm, slightly dragooning, sha said and varied thing arc ever Allah forgive him! of hi own startling " " " I wonThera he Bail a laughed. In the ter truth bleak, bjtter winpr days! It "It is not proper that a woman of your world's hills? prowess a often as not. Tale may Allah penlng. One I saw a whit hare up there new derful wilderness walla these' within bun-ge- r cold the foe of Homeleaaneas and arid flesh and bone, cousin to you, a Tartar of tha " Who Is this Musa? " asked Umteyra. and with a white fox at were mostly Ilea play forgive him again where wonderful new thing happen! You on the heel of me! And here In this blood, should become a mother and no once I saw a heron's nest, with seven eggs, But they were splendid lies, with a swing "He might be your twin brother,1" sug" cannot Go mef to Begone! and food tempt you and warmth your place father to give to tha child name and inner like Persian Jewel of great worth, and a clank and a way to them, and so, gested Habeebah. "He Is another one of "Then why hesitate?" exclaimed Uzbek Jaunting and scraping and scrambling! " itance!" Allah's useless creations. At Ume I wonand I saw tha egg burst and aeven quaint, when h supped out of the wilderness, with " Live with me. O son of th left. Th mourned him a on dead Khan They Haydar. " He looked up. His face waa like a carved hi tail of twenty lusty followers, walking der why Allah, being gray birds come out and each with a fluffy on autumn day, an old woman ot tha world! until, " " Peace! he commanded, and ha explained Uttlai tuft on It head. And I know a pool on Ivory mask. behind another, all bearing weapon, to the ruddy campflra with tribe be win Allan shall!" up hut the this stepped "I lik a piece of tha sky to Umteyra that tha other was a man of "It Is not proper Indeed!" ha said,; and,, up thera that smelling of leather and heather, taunting excited words: " I have seen our Musa." grand, grand palace for my father's only to fan and into tumbled haughtily: "It 1 th pride of m whic ta tha wilderness. " the day's work." he added, tha echoes of tha Durrah Touaaeff peaks grasses among " ' "Where?" son! " ha no great hold on hi fancy." stiffens ma from heel to hip! I am ot th on a night,' would b to get all tangled uri It, with their roaring, guttural .voicea. there In the Seven "Far off "And the sorry, orry day for tha palaca Valley of Spears. G nazal Tartar lords. W ar tha sons ol "Nor th day honesty!" Interrupted with th moon and th stars." would be a great shouting of welcome and A woman wa In bis arms." Itself and It master!" grumbled Habeebah. " Tak m there, Muaa." Habeebah. "Father and mother 'b la of kings. Th tree la not more old than wa, the peasants' laughing demands: " " " . Who? Bit off to thus your your tongue, giving nor yet tha mountain, nor yet tha akyl" seven time seven unmentionable sins! " No. bo!" " Umteyra, th Tartar's ward." "Sing us a stave, O, pinched belly a square meal, O misbegotten " But also," smiled tha Tartar. " of seven " And the end of the tala? not?" "Why A ednr-looked of a i drunkard and a young up. spotted, girl daughter For this happened many, many year agqj I cannot!" And when she insisted, be tiroes seven glorious conga, of seven time Or: " He Is lost to us for good," sh sighed. ous the "Be laughed Afghan. at the time when th English, to th sorron even spiced jests, of seven times seven TeH us a tale, O son of the world!" repeated a little Impatiently: "I cannot! It " " He O has taken no silk all! road." children a at mother the of warm, soft, quiet, " Tell us how you battled with the Shiraxl of their woman and children, had Invades is not for you this far, wild place. It I splendid and incredible tales! Ah listen! " "A good road for winter," laujghed tha He walked over to the window. Outside, th hill, had been slaughtered in tha hula. giant for th necklace made of phoenix egg only for" h said it thoughtlessly "my old woman. " But winter will end. Spring his ragged followers war waiting and clamown people," The end of the tala la not yet. and dragon teeth and gen diamond from They toy: Dost Mohammed make ready for will come back and spring always bring oring. " nor et Kabul! the mountains of the moon!" She wa hurt. " Tour own people? But In tha ancient, feudal castle that top " Th day I open and wide and fart " they th rlddl of new Upe to kiss." " " No, no. no! Tell us tow you fell in love An d,sm I not? Loud i tte crackle of iteel in Kabul, the the crest of the Durrah Yoaseff range lives Bo for many month th clanamen were shouted. Com with us, with the red haired Badakshanl woman, and a wrinkled old woman. Sha la Umteyra, the "Of four, you are! Please rnlld forking's tmcn! seen no longer about tha castle, and Muaa ' The wilderness la lonely for th master of the svord Dost Mohammad is widow of Uzbek Khan Haydar. he, on the wedding night, turning out to be give tn! " Khan had almost forgotten them, bad almost feet!" treading of your " Tou do not lov me! a vampire with bird's claw for feet, and la in battle t She haa forgotten tha past. Sha has for " Hereafter,"- - be 'replied magnificently, forgotten the wilderness. Fer there were so -man at tvoraUmet back a little furry tall ah gestured with as Be U a reckle She and Ido!' " the wildemea shall know m no more. gotten many talea to telf and songs to sing ta the " " eword-plado You Boer is humans us their hands!" not! He a keen gambler at , this ta a truth which all women know and Hereafter my feet hall tread en silk and Tartar, whs wouid laugh and dap hi hands " " 1 " Aad a true tale It Is, too may I eat dirt on do! women hi men ta th few Be ha girt whom him purse filled with clanking apeak with free shining Persian xoeaponil velvet.- - Begone, children of polecats! " and to -" Then tak me with you Up to tb pool If tt Is not!" he would begin. He is a kOrr of the English, the eater of True by heart ha forgotten him completely. liver rupee; and other tale to tell and Ha closed the window with a bang, and " 1 of t a the tenor cf my beard. O Moslems! "and that like her And when a errly Kin. piece sky! burly man. with ether orr to lng to Umteyra, who would pig's flesh turned to his host. He snook his head. " And now to sal the bargain." he anlook st him tarry eyed. already the peasant would loosen rupees They say: Dot klohamtned violet ready for ruddy hair and chilly, gray eyes come into t from their knotted waist shawls, and the her vresenc and bows courteously, sh wUV trar at Kabul 1 "No, heart of my heart," h replied. "Tou lov me. Uuaa? Really really? " nounced, "I shall s'.ng you a sor.g the like "Your women' would klU and piuck a brae of lat are too small and tender and zclaim: " Look at Mm! I be pot a TarBail Laud is the crackle of ttcel in Kabul. of which ha not been heard In thftte hil s "Do not my lip ey o?" " Hut your heart? 'Hew can I read It fowl and set them to aimmer In an iron pot white. They cannot step the wildemes tar ot Tartar? I h not exactly like hi the king's totcn 1 mce the red Tartar g'.ant at the bull elewith saffron and honey and errplar.t. father like Uzbek Kheaj Harder? Ball rod." eere'.rt phant and choked to death on swaliowir.g Most wskom Was Musa Khan at th At last they msde up. They kUeed. The fi CnUhed on a hlsh. throc.tv yell. the-- trunk! " may my lord Yqu can read It herever you gn! You departed soul have Its full Hut fear grew In Urotejrra hJrt. sod In In th nlchtingale's cry. aare of Parade! " "Ah!" sighed Uzbek Kha HyUr, "I neeot, feudal cam; cf th Ghiiil Tartar Gfd by iry beard " UzlVk Khao liay-ci- r caa read it a; Mass's a deep, weillsg reUer,ega, and that was dei.fchted. "Let me lord thai topped th crest cf the Durrah CopyrUbi: In the blowing of the south wind, and la with I had fcim here .ih me in tu.s castle, tt Aiiaul AKaakJ the ar The Story of a Man Who Was a Gay Bandit, Wild and Free a Thief Who n . Stole a Girl's Heart and Ran Away. out-aid- e, toft-eye- Or "be - da-ca- v a. fMM' ' a tail-en- d ' i it r iiP bratd ' o ' - and" ' 1 e . " . : fare-head- n , i 1 - ...... 1 . ' " . 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