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prestige of the country to a great extent. Such was the effect of this speech on the audience that there was general lamentation in Khost, and the happy day of Id actually became a day of mourning. In Khost not a single day passed without seeing a large number of the tribal men answering the call of help. On the second day of Id a batch of 1,000 men made its appearance. The Marshal with his brothers went out to meet them. Such was their enthusiasm at seeing him that they danced and sang for joy. Their number daily increased and everybody began to hope that this tribal lashkar would soon be able to extirpate the cruel regime. But unfortunately the many difficulties, some of which we have already discussed in the previous chapter, made immediate action nearly impossible. Dispute between the Wazir Refugees and the Southern Tribes.—It was at this time that the news reached the Marshal that there was imminent danger of a serious fight between the Wazir Refugees and the Southern Tribes. These Waziris, whose real home was in Waziristan, had left their territory and taken refuge in the 104