| Show T THE HE dippy dippy lippy fakir of here he is again and somebody will write a song about him some day like the one about the abdul abdul TI the v dippy dippy r bul ameer lippy fakir of api the ger G e ris quite slippery giving mans are him another workout among the wild tribes of afghanistan and northwestern india having used his incendiary talents for years before the start of this war kippings Kip lings man who would be king operating in the same territory was just an old stick in the mud compared to the emaciated wild eyed little man with his bis hair dyed bright red and a yell that gives everybody a nervous breakdown for miles around his dish Is scourging the infidel british he Is the avenger of the church of islam 11 an ace troublemaker for the germans and japanese just now with his skill in provoking murderous religious wars the british take him seriously as his inflammatory range is such that it might necessitate the with drapal of troops from burma and bengal to guard the kaber pass As As a matter of fact the british have taken him seriously tor for many years they have chased him on fo foot 0 t and on horseback with planes a and id armored cars with an army ot of soldiers and with everything but bloodhounds but he has always slipped just out of reach he has been known as the holy man ol 01 the suleiman mountains and among the tribesmen the legend grows that he can do a clever disappearing a ppe aring act when the police are ar closing in although lie be is now only 41 years old he has been a practicing hell bell raiser tor for 20 years one of the best in the business he grew up in the bazaars of peshawar Pe in northwest india a coolie and the son of a camel driver he has led border tribes in several violent uprisings notably in 1931 and 1932 his fashian raiders have been notoriously bloodthirsty news reports are thai tha Axis tAxis agents are gearing him in widely organized radio campaigns |
