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t - A Strange. Story of War. and Passion T in the Orient--- ‘ii King's first Love---ftlte’s Red Decree.
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low range or ills in eastern Turke n, 9 CHAPTER II Ken e soft, sweet word: 0!
par lri, til 5 sa descendant , I ' r I an insin atlng ami their praise of the
of that w etched class of omcas 5‘ “h Zellir-ed-din Muhamlnhd, surnamed "Ba- Conqueror hints ot the might of their Sav-
ber" (Tiger) by his followers. owing to his ereign, and urg al-'
wild might which had strewn the wake of iiarme with the Rana. against the Rajah: D1
his army w I ruins and vnsknis, nmv rash the Pun . .
d t Ghazhi in Kabui. as the tiger rests, 11. was agreed that Baber should much i
' crouching all his ainewy might for 9. crusbn upon Akfag Delhl,. while simultaneously.
leap. - h AK
It was an important day at (ht? Nlurt of which A, union of forces should be accom-
Baber. Ilumor had rushed across the in- piished. Baber beinz made Suzerain of
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owy ancestor, are compelled to haunt the ’ “.3.
jungle depths or rugged mountain wastes, ' it
lest that they might contaminalefsociety
with the clinging curse at their birth, t
solitude of her hill cave-home wiLh an t e
, . tender fancies that spring rrom the warm
‘brain 0 an enamored maiden . ..
.Something 0! the tigress' subtle . grate t
passed inta er hod with t her assion. .
Something or the wild but (and iiizht or the '
jungle blazed in her eyes at the i'Flought at
her Ynuthflli lover. ' - - -
er‘ angerwas-the.rus ,0: he
phoon that whip: the, tropic W
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, . daring : an
’ his first breath the boundless, restless spirit‘
oft e steppe. n ' was in pursuit I
' Izzitioni Di-sputii had yielded all the subtle ‘
‘ . beauty of her untamed being to the nary ,
passionot er. ' V 7 ' --
enevcr Ihsynew moon dismayed her ar- K
siiven '
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t :t ay.
b. that yuur father would come."
saidphiill to hersell and half to the boy.
ut,the other did not answer; he was
born sch
ienre. - ' . i
.And as manual looked lmon the lace of
the silent boy .kher heart glowed warmly,
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same pmud curl of the lip; only youth was
there and silence. oh, the torture of that
Hence! 3 i
A long time they sat. silently peering into
-me gloom. mumen y in ensirie b the
sinking of the moon. ll no horseman
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The right was old when they arose and
’ cirnlte dow ro is rocky wall stl.
' ra ‘lit u he poll 5 bhd
sparkling in the unce ,
> ‘ y W 3.. Ell weapo hdupnn not
‘ its steel was 2 ave it Kori: verse. zs Ir
3. a left t with her. saying: “K en it; t
my end; often ave 1 kisaed its steaming mg up, . I
blade when "has ed HEPC me Her xi - u
me andndeath. And now she gazed upon it arrived at Kokand with her child. Hut aim ' . 7 ' - . - , " ' V >, = ,.;;‘t,
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M-9, regs . - as he . no ze ir Uni - the silent ‘ ' .
on pun it him, d klaelniz the httt streets. with o 5 ’t, W...‘ 41 pt" .
rondly when his ‘hand ha oiu g in the wlid- use nerveles-I nnnd h km 1., m.m..m, , ‘
convui n ht jltilu nh teilimleep. cunning llh the srimiter: nd r e .
dreaming it was Zehlr In her arms. she learned how the old Sultan had died,
Nights passed and t e crescent moon and Zctlir-ed-din Muhammad, lmvint; be-I-n ‘
rounded to its run and waned, but zehlr proclaimed Sultan and impelled 1) his
“Zthir, Zzhir," the woman cried. -
(ills. shullting in the startled 9 5 I H‘ d
mm“ 0! me lmmuible Adillgnge Mung: S;Iel(gi;‘eBll:‘dve(:‘: principalities of the land o:
M MI W‘'"!- daring. had led the whole of the
I The Mill had HEVEI‘ seemed so lonesome to Mogul army southward in th pa ha of
their pining prisoner before and never had . conquest. -
