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CHAPTER XV—Continued.
—18—
Tlie cry of the watcher at the top
•ent a galvanic shudder over them all.
The riders!
Con went up with the Kill lor, nnu
from the mouth of the pit they saw
three score horsemen strung across
the plnln. They were like a sword
cutting Into the desert surface, al-
ready far on their way to retrieve
their Ill-starred prince. Away to the
•(null, ns If driven by Invisible Rods,
Yekutol’s horse was running. Levlng-
ton grew conscious of many bodies
pressing about his own. The little
men were creeping up to peer out at
their fute. The riders had but one
meaning to them.
Helen had lied candidly and we.l.
In the wind, u screen of line sand rose
behind the flight of horsemen.
The miners were heartened by their
first favoruhle turn In their history.
The Arab seized the opportunity to
Inflame them further. They began to
moan with unger, sensing vaguely the
opportunity that had come. The city
was open and without protection.
Like the rush of a subterranean riv-
er their voices came up, a choking
rumble. Insectlike they surged up
out of the shaft. In the blinding day-
light the Aral) fell back, and living-
ton had no choice hut to captain them.
He got a Joy from It all, a flash of
power. They were coming behind him,
score upon score, the honeycombed
earth giving up her strangest.
Their fueea were hairless ana
pinched, grimy. Each man hnd a
wenpon. They were a terrifying rab-
ble. Strong arms carried earth claus
that had yesterdny combed the Im-
memorial Clay for the seeds of koresh.
There were also duggers and pointed
horns nnd a number of dull swords.
From the houses beneath the city
wall, the women and old men ran to
the gates and swung them shut; but
they could not hold back the ugly
swarm of workers. There was
strength In the arms that had tolled
so long underground; new, fierce pow-
er In the twisted spines. II was a
mad holiday of revolt. The big gates
were pressed In.
Wives and maidens of the monzoul
ran across the lawn, Kalka, Ttirkladi,
and Arabian; delicate feet were nim-
ble beyond the fountains, and the
feminine cries were forbidden music
to the Invader* But there was first
a matter of work to be done. 1 tie
miners hurried on, resistless ns lava.
Itlnck slaves, and gray nnd brown,
whined and crouched upon the rugs.
It was early, and the palace was but
half awake. In the throne room, filled
now with golden light, a woman fled,
ecrenmlng. Beyond were the monzoul s
apartments. This soft and ancient
lord reclined among his feathers and
silks nnd fans, like a precious grub.
His doorway darkened, his slaves went
giown, hut he gave small heed to the
msh that profaned his chamber, lie
was dreaming, perhaps of dainty white
ankles and the tinkle of wind-bells.
The Miners Hurried On, Resistless
as Lava.
The wrinkles of his countenance
sagged with fat and drug. Now the
brazen teeth of an earth-hook gave
him a Anal caress.
Here, on the walls, hanging amid the
most prized trophies—scimitars of Per-
sia antique firearms of Cathny, and
jeweled knives of Hindu hill princes—
were the wenpons recently taken from
Andrew March, also the carbine Lev-
inson had oboe hought for better
luck. He reposscscsd himself
Down a corridor that thuudered
with the lust of benighted men. Lev-
insrton went to Helen’s door, nnd bade
thP nearest of his followers reronln
outside Tliev clamored and content-
ed themselves with exploring plages
and winding stairs, and halls fend
secret rooms from which their lords
hud sent only cruelty nnd constant op-
pression. Levlngton entered and
closed the door behind him, uud nar-
rowly missed the slash of a sword In
the hands of the familiar Chinese serv-
ant. Con took the weapon from Fu
Ah, and commended him for Ids zeal.
“Where Is my father?” asked the
princess.
"He Is with another division of the
men. We will go to him directly. You
told your story very well.”
“Your story,” she corrected him. “I
was without breath. I spoke rapidly
to the guards, pointing. They saw the
loose horse, far out. It was saltlclenL
They were enraged.”
She had crossed the room with a
grace that found every nerve—the gen-
tleness of the oriental In her step,
hut more than that, the clear-lImbed
assurance of an American girl. I.e\-
Ington bowed and burned. He man-
aged to Inquire: “Are you ready to
go on a long Journey?”
“Does my father wish me to gor
“Yes,” he lied.
“I go.”
There wns nothing of koresh about
her now, unless In the faint shadows
below her eyes. Neither America alone
nor Asia unaided could have produced
her sweetness, this frnnk perfection.
She heard the rush of madmen through
her palace—nil the dread, sanguinary
confusion above and around—yet did
not tremble. It did not occur to her
to he nfruld. Her thoughts held to
other Issues. The wise writings of
two continents had tempered her mind.
Unlike those who knew the fruits
of one land or one age only, Helen
wns vividly aware of life In a larger
pattern, and though her keenness was
young nnd softly cloaked, it shone in
her eyes, nnd was mysteriously con-
veyed to him.
She smiled a little. “I do not see
what Is to come.”
“Will you give the order to prepare
many camels Immediately for a long
march.
“Has not my father done so?
"I agreed to arrange for It. He is
occupied at present,” Con eluded ngnln.
He went to the door and signaled to
the nearest rioter, who stopped his
play of tormenting a wounded Nubian,
nnd came shambling across the thresh-
old of the princess. Con stated the
needs to the girl, who spoke to the
Chinese. Fu Ah, in his own lan-
guage; and the latter, with a supreme
disgust stenciled across his fact;, re-
peated the order to the man from the
mines. The dwarf, abased himself,
having expected a death-blow Instead
of oral Instructions, and crawled out
at the door. „
“There are mountains to the north,
said the princess to Levlngton.
“And forests,” he added. “Do you
think there Is a better direction for
ua? We must not tarry.”
“No. We go to the north.”
Fu Ah then received further per-
sonal wishes from his mistress. To
Levlngton she explained:
“I am sending him up the stnir-
wnv. for things 1 shall require. Kind-
ly go with him and see that he is not
struck dead by your butchers.”
Levlngton bowed again, silently, and
his cheeks burned. Her bitterness
was iron. Had he not upset the world?
Escorting old Fu Ah down the cor-
ridor, Con went up with him to see
what gross mischief was being work-
ed in the higher floors. The top of
the stairs was clogged by two bodies,
miners who had fuiled to quell two
stalwart sons of warriors, who also
lay quiet now a little way •’own the
hall. The tide of dwarfs had passed
on. -
While Fu Ah delved In treasure of
silk and leuther and sliver, Levlngton
found an outer window. Far along
the road' beyond the city gates, he
noted two slaves mounted on camels.
The beasts were pacing at their ut-
most, southward, their mission to benr
word of alarm to the distant company
of riders. Con examined the carbine
In his hands. Resting the barrel upon
the latch of the open window, he aim-
ed very carefully, and ptessed the long
trigger. He repeated this process four
times, and was then ready to go down-
stairs with the old servant.
“When we leave.” he said to Helen,
overcoming n reluctance ?o speak,
“these little half-men from the mines
will close the gates after us. Your
wnrrlors, In returning, will be un-
able to force an entrance until we
have gained a greater distance to the
north.” , „
“Do not say *my wnrrlors. She
hesitated, then added: “Do not heed
my words, if they are quick. I would
not turn back.”
She was smiling gravely. Her hand
came out to him.
“A princess may 6peak as she
chooses,” said Levlngton.
“Not to her equals.”
The city was conquered, overrun.
The new enravan was being prepared
for Immediate departure. Con, feel-
I ing that he was not needed elsew-here,
j had a strong reason for remaining
: where he was, agnlnst the possibility
that some bold pillaging party might
I come and And her alona. _< ——
He endeavored to assist tn the hur-
ried gathering together of lovely gar-
ments, but he was useless. Also, the
delicate spice that urose from certain
of the dresses was like a thin knife
In him.
The door opened. The silent figure
of Chee Ming stood before them, his
robe torn, and murks of violence about
his head, steady, gray-faced, tense
with anger.
Helen paused beside the bamboo
chest. She felt a sudden renewal of
the ties of many years. Con sensed
the situation, nnd waited. The vizir
advanced upon the rug.
“I go,” said Helen In English. Chee
Ming replied shortly In foreign
speech. “I go, at once,” she repeated,
and her persistence with the English
seeemed to clear the air. It was her
declaration of choice. Chee Ming was
speaking to her, a great calmness
spread over his Intense rage. His eyes
grew magnetic with hate. His dream
cosmos was crumbling. rI he princess
appeared not to hear him. She gftl<l
pleasantly: “I am taking Carlyle to
read on the way, uud the Aquarian
Gospel.”
These two volumes were placed on
top of the fineries of all Asia. Chee
Ming had turned to the white man.
Levlngton said, “I am setting free
your prisoners.”
Helen added: “Mother once tried to
do the same.”
“My riders return,” suid the vizir
steadily.
“Not yet,” said Levlngton.
He saw a thin brass tube In tht.
yellow hands. In u flush he was upon
the old man. before the blower could
Helen stood there, then knelt Bh«
closed her eyes, but did not weep. Her
hand went to his shoulder, but th«
touch frightened her. Levlngton wna
bowed with the loss of his comrade,
the man who had shown him bow to
live.
“You need not go,” said Con.
“They ure both there,” she said
slowly.
“Shall I take you back to the gates?”
For a long minute she remained
motionless, kneeling, nnd the others
of the party showed Increasing agita-
tion, with much staring off southward.
Helen raised her hand.
“I am 111,” she whispered. “Take
me away, far.”
He lifted her to her feet. A runner
had been sent hack to the city with
word. The hammock would come
again, and March’s body be given final
attentions.
“It Is useless to remain,” she said.
"Take me away.”
The other woman of the party, an
ancient sister to Fu Ah, came to her
princess nnd soothed In the wonderful
Intoned speech of Asia. She placed
a Inrge motherly arm about the shock-
ed and saddened Helen, and, with Con,
helped her up Into the saddle. Haste
was Imperative. It was Helen’s own
choice.
Levlngton gave the word. 1 he
guide took orders from old Fu Ah, who
rode high up, his wrinkled and scarred
visage further complicated by the pres-
ent twists of fortune. He had no
heart-beat independent of his white
princess. For the sake of speed, the
sister, who was somewhat heavy, was
separately mounted. Helen rode
alone, as did Levlngton. The wind
was In their faces.
Levlngton looked back once, shud-
dering, across the rich low plain, to
the strange towering city, now but a
tawny Babe! In the hands Its ene-
mies, tb-jee sad hordes from the esv-
erns—It* destiny awry, all spendor
and quiet cruelty ended. The very
walls <jeemed pale now.
Th« white man was silent with a
grandeur of pain, a beauty that was
anguish. White-hot sun pelted through
his garments. Flying sand stung his
cheeks familiarly. Helen's head was
bowed in silent agony. It seemed
that the fierce, vengeful hands of the
miners pulled at his heart.
Back on the vanishing rim of the
world, the ancient, mysterious city
showed for an Instant like a faded
rose, and then the glaring heat blot-
ted It out.
WESTERN POWERS
THREATEN LEAGUE
ACTION’OF ARGENTINE DELEGA-
TION OPENS WAY TO RE-
VOLT OF OTHERS
,'osv Cheeks
SoatinSkin
Because of her rosy cheeks and
satin skin a woman attracts the
admiration of all men. When the
OTHER NATIONS ARE WORRIED
Must Officially Invite Bolting Nation
to stay—Argentine Delegate De-
Clares League Must Adopt
Proposals to Avoid Break
young woman
peers in her
glass, she may
see pimples
and blotches
im-
CHAPTER XVI.
Con Left His Strange Enemy Lying
Upon the Rug.
be raised to the narrow lips. It was
no task to subdue the vizir with physi-
cal force, for the Chinese had lost
courage, his leathery sinews slack-
ened. The darts fell to the floor. Hel-
en lifted the tube and placed It In
the bosom of her dress. She was not
smiling.
Upon the window-ledge rested the
yellow howl. Con picked up the vizir
and carried him across to it. He forced
hack Chee Ming’s arms and drew
up his chin rather Inconveniently. No
sound enme from the Chinese, to whom
such a defeat must have been thrice
hitter nnd unbearable. The koresh in
the howl was cool to Con s fingers,
the scent that Hrose was spice and
brandy. He applied the bluish oil
thoroughly to the eyelids and temples
of the vizir.
“lie has been my father,” said a
soft voice.
“I will not hurt him. This seems
wonderfully new to him; he has had
the world try It first.”
Word came that the camels were
ready at the gate. The bnmboo chest
was carried out. Con left his strange
enemy lying upon the rug. deep In
ghostly slumber.
The miners were finding their own
voices, roaring in new freedom, like
mnsqueruding children, before the
monzfiul wns cold In his blood. From
tlie higher windows and balconies of
the pnlnce came shrill screams. Twen-
ty camels were laden.
“Where is my father?”
Con asked the Arab, who sought out
the men who had carried the ham-
mock. Only one of these could be
found. He pointed back along the
road. Helen saw the gesture and in-
sisted on going with Levington. The
entire caravan was started out at the
gate, for the riders could not be sight-
ed. Certain of the dwarfs were aware
of their debt to the white man who
was departing, and these raised a
shout ns the caravan passed under
the fortification. Instantly the gates
were closed and a barricade begun on
the Inside.
“What have you not told me?” In-
sisted the girl.
“It will be all right,” he answered.
“Tell me.”
"He has remained behind.”
“Tell me!* she cried.
They found him near the rock that
marked Eithna’s grave. He was mo-
tionless In tlie morning sun, stretched
face downward upon the sand that
had once been a garden. Con leapt
down and ran to him. There wns no
response. An Insect walked across
Mnreh’s cheek. The deep-gray eyelids
were firmly closed. Ha waa quite
dead
Helen’s Ordeal.
Helen, in her great heaviness of
heart, stared down at nothing. Fu
Ah gave up the task of comforting
her, at the request of his sister, who
rode close beside the princess. Fansa s
attention was In fact sorely (
vided between the marvels of an un-
known world nnd the sorrows of her
mistress. The Mongollnn driver shoved
Levington Into the lead, and the white
mnn was alternately alarmed and Joy-
ous He looked back often, and hla
nerves crawled each time he fancied
a puff of dust In the south.
His best friend was gone, where
he had wished to go. Con saw what
had been In Andrew March’s mind
when he told of the seed-poison that
leaves no dream behind, only a stilled
body. Con was not holding that against
his friend. The quiet investigator,
who had weathered so much, whose
worldly grasp had seemed so strong
and sufficient, had.been broken when
bis illusion failed, a woman waiting
for him, but in another world. Just
now, Levlngton's deepest hurt was to
recall what he had seen In the devo-
tionul chamber underneath the pal-
ace his princess in the same fragrant
thrall. Her father had come and gone
by strange laws.
Helen seemed to live In a du
tangle of pain. She ro.le with eyes
closed. Training prescribed thoughts
of her father, the affectionate stranger
who had mastered the path to her lof-
ty city, only to meet ruin In the yellow
man’s form of sleep. The shock: of h
death brought a heaviness that was
unendurable, a new destiny drooping
down about her like a cloak. But
oddly, the images that passed before
her vision were not of Andrew Marc .
He was but the background.
She was thinking of Chee Ming, the
brutal mnrks upon his head in tha
last moment, his dignity In rage, the
magnitude of his defeat. p‘cture^
hts kindness came again and again—
how patiently he had taught her how
be had brought for her the pretty
things of the world. Once he had
Geneva, Dec. 6.—The League of
Nations Saturday faced a revolt of
the powers of the Western hemi-
sphere which threatened it with pos-
sible disaster.
The Argentine delegation had with-
drawn from the assembly- All the
other Latin-American nations were
reported preparing to follow. Cana-
da, New Zealand and Australia have
swung to support of Argentine.
“There is no knowing where this
will halt.” Arthur Balfour, British
representative, declared in an agi-
tated manner to the United Press
correspondent.
Viviani of France and Littoni of
Italy also were plainly excited. Of-
ficials hurried about with tense, wor-
ried expressions. Many conferences
were scheduled for the week end in
an effort to agree on a line of action
before Monday’s meeting-
Several delegates said that what
they feared would happen had hap-
pened; that the new world was ar-
raying itself against the old world s
ideals and ideas. Many well informed
delegates were admittedly alarmed,
fearing that the whole league struc-
ture built up out of blood and agony
of the war was crumbling away be-
fore their eyes.
The breech was opened when Ar-
gentine’s delegates absented them-
selves from today’s session on the
ground that President Paul Hymans
had unjustly overruled the vote of
Honorio Pueyredon against the pro-
posal to defer all amendments until
1921. However, when Hymans called
on Pueyredon and told him the ques-
tion probably would be reopened,
Pueyredon refused to return unless
four amendments introduced by the
Argentine delegation were passed at i
once.
The chasm was opened wider when
Charles J. Doherty, minister of jus-
tice of Canada, introduced a motion
to eliminate Article 10. which has
been described by President Wilson
as “the heart of the covenant.” This
is the article guaranteeing the terri-
torial integrity of member states
against outside aggression.
The Canadians were understood to
be thoroughly determined to force the
measure through, virtually demand-
ing favorable action on it. It will be
up for discussion Monday.
C. N. Rowell of Canada, exploded a
bomb shell when he declared he
would back up Pueyredon and at-
temtp to secure action on Argentine’s
amendments.
The Australians and New Zealand-
ers swung into line and threw their
support to Argentine.
There was the widest conjectures
as to what would result from the bolt
and the threatened bolts. With
Latin-America, Canada. Australia
and New Zealand trembling on the
verge of quitting the essembly, the
more pessimistic of the old world
delegates did not see how the league
could hold together.
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Breathe the medication through the
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laughed outright when a golden butte,
fly bad wandered In at the window and
% ____ talcs
rested upon his nose.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
China a herbaceous plant Is found
which has ery curious tenves _ Each
leaf has the mid rib prolonged to a
great extent, far beyond the leaf prop-
er terminating In a very singular
pitcher, from which the plant derive.
Its common name of “pitcher P ant
This again terminates in a Ud vhlch .
regarded by botanists as the tru.
blade of the leaf. .. h
In this pitcher a fluid Is found which
comes from the plant Itself and Is
probably necessary for its nourish-
inent This fluid, which contains soma
potash, varies much In duantlty.
sometimes only a drop or two. bn*
often there Is enough to drown any m-
qulsltive insect which may venture In-
side. and such ‘"sects are»«>««»“»
found In the pitcher.—Brooklyn Engl*
Geneva. Dec. 6.—Honorio Pueyre-
don. bead of the Argentine delega-
tion, informed The Associated Press
today that he would return to tho as-
sembly if he received an official in-
vitation to come and discuss his four
amendments. His appearance under
these coditions would in no way
change his persent position of having
withdrawn form the assembly, he ex-
plained. and failure of the assemblv
to adopt his proposals would result
in his immediate retirement.
Senor Pueyredon has not yet re-
ceived official word from Argentine
regarding his action with reference
to the possibility of Argentina defi-
nitely withdrawing from the league
a matter for the Argentine congress
Itself.1 He pointed out that this was
to decide.
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dunate Echeverria, the foreien min-
ister. issued a statement, emphatical-
ly denying "absurd rumors published
in the Eureapean and American press
regarding an alliance between Chile
and Japan.” “There is not the slight
basis of facts in them,” the state-
ment said.
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Washington, Dec. 6.—A total of
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14.1 out of every 100.000 population
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