Part 49 (2/2)
”So I heard”
”Ah! But I was seen to slay a i artfully
”On this side”
”Ah, but you were seen”
”Ay! But that is no man's business In India I earned in my salt I obeyed the law There is no law here in the 'Hills' I aood to stand in the rank again, with a stiff-backed sahib out in front of ood! Co objected, ”not for political offenders”
”Haugh!” said the Pathan, bringing down his flat hand hard on the hakih ”I will attend to that for thee I will obtain my pardon first Then will I lead thee by the hand to the karnal sahib and lie to hiainst iment!”'
”And he will believe? Nay, I would be afraid!” said King
”Would a pardon not be good?” the Pathan asked hiain and hters and wives of fat traders-a pardon-Allah! It would be good to salute the karnal sahib again and see hier, thus; and to have the captain sahib call me a scoundrel-or solish are a strange race-”
”Thou art a drea cuts ood to dream such dreams By Allah, I've a mind to see that dream come true! I never slew a o to them and say 'Here I ao! Co, ”I have another thought”
”What then?”
”You, ere seen to slay a man a yard this side of the border-”
”Nay; half a mile this side!”
”Half a mile, then You ere seen to slay a fellow soldier of your regiment, and I who am a political offender, do not win pardons so easily as that”
”Would they hang us?”
That was the first squeamishness the Pathan had shown of any kind, but ed in a , ”unless we caifts”
”Gifts? Has Allah touched thee? What gifts should we bring? A dozen stolen rifles? A bag of silver? And I a ”I aood vision”