THE NINTH VIBRATION AND OTHER STORIES
By L. Adams Beck
Contents
THE NINTH VIBRATION
THE INTERPRETER A ROMANCE OF THE EAST
THE INCOMPARABLE LADY
THE HATRED OF THE QUEEN
FIRE OF BEAUTY
THE BUILDING OF THE TAJ MAHAL
“HOW GREAT IS THE GLORY OF KWANNON!”
THE ROUND-FACED BEAUTY
THE NINTH VIBRATION
There is a place uplifted nine thousand feet in purest air where one of the most ancient tracks in the world runs from India into Tibet. It leaves Simla of the Imperial councils by a stately road; it passes beyond, but now narrowing, climbing higher beside the khuds or steep drops to the precipitous valleys beneath, and the rumor of Simla grows distant and the way is quiet, for, owing to the danger of driving horses above the khuds, such baggage as you own must be carried by coolies, and you yourself must either
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