Part 24 (1/2)
Suddenly be closed with King and hugged hi sobbed for breath a the strands of the Afridi's beard He had to use knuckles and knees and feet to win freedoht and hurt the old savage fiercely, he ood will
”Afterone! Worker of spells! Allah! That was a good day when she badeHe wanted tiet his breath back and a little of the ache out of his ribs, but he did not care to waste any more minutes, and his eyes watched the faces of the other fourof what Is” and knew that he had even greater hold on theave hi dawned and they recognized a ician in their midst ”May God protect us!”
”May God protect”What shall my new naed Is nearer ”We have seen one miracle; now let us hear another!”
”Very well Khan is a title of respect Since I wish for respect, I will call e the first name you can think of-quick!”
”Kurraood Kurram I am! Kurram Khan is my name henceforward! Kurram Khan the dakitar!”
”But where is the sahib who came from the fort to talk?” asked the man whose stomach ached yet from Ismail and Darya Khan's attentions to it
”Gone!” announced King ”He ith the other one!”
”Went whither? Did any see hi, and the man collapsed It is not considered wise to the north of Jaue with a wizard, or even with a ed his very nature alone!”the packs
”And now, Ismail, Darya Khan, ye two dunder-heads!-ye bellies without brains!-as there ever a dakitar-a hakim, who had not two assistants at the least? Have ye never seen, ye blinder-than-bats-how one man holds a patient while his boils are lanced, and yet another makes the hot iron ready?”
”Aye! Aye!”
They had both seen that often
”Then, what are ye?”
They gaped at him Were they to onders too? Were they to be part and parcel of thedawn behind Is ht be weeks before the truth was out, but it seemed to him that Ismail was at heart his friend And there are no friendshi+ps stronger than those formed in the Khyber and beyond-no more loyal partnershi+ps The ”Hills” are the home of contrasts, of blood-feuds that last until the last-but-one man dies, and of friendshi+ps that no crime or need or slander can efface If the feuds are to be avoided like the devil, the friendshi+ps are worth having
”There is another thing ye rown men are afraid to see a boil slit open Always there are ti back and refuse to drink thethe croill coerly, in proof that no harely
”Nay! Bis firmly on their bellies-so-or between their shoulders-thus-when the boils are behind! Nay, I will drink no draughts! I am a man, not a cess-pool!”
”And I will study how to heat hot irons!” said Darya Khan, with gri worked for a blacksh! I have tasted physic! I have drunk Apsin Saats! (Epsom Salts)”