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tax-gatherer, how the winters seemed the more cruel
when times were bad, and how for months following his
departure from Kabul the land was ravaged by outlaws
and outcasts.

But there is the stamp of truth in the new declaration,
and there are deeds to prove it, in the new and un-
familiar leniency of the Government collectors, in the
ordinances of the inspectors, and the demands of the
officials who take toll upon the roads, leading to the
capital.

The hillman is taking heart again. He is believing
the evidence of his own ears* Nadir Shah, donor of the
first gift of free speech, free lives, and free representation
to his country, has won already the grudging approval
of his critical jury in the outposts*