Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, April 3, 1923, Page 10

PAGE TEN of Ae La Erclext end Dramatic Nerel of * the South $ eh) il. PuoroRron AUTHOR E OF DARKNESS Al DAWN.” “TNE SECOND LIFE OF M. wit VIL," EPC. INSTALLMENT NO. SEVEN. HO'S WHO IN THE STORY. plots whom Lou-Lou rible man,” and 1 her against her her placed in an w York. mute servant of rescues her from S Hvarson, a white Luke Quail, a militant anies Lou-Lou, Fortesque to the Island 1ere he had once “been ssion, and where his w daughter of the old pirate merely smiled. to | vous; the as- ithe schooner “Clazelle* and conspir- ator with Zahri discusses with Hvar- son the failure, so far, of their plot. Hvarson declares he ues Lou-Lou more than the treasure of Sibuko. Her subjects already had acclaimed Tou-Lou Sultana and shortly before hour set for the meeting of the t council over which she was to eside Ra's Hamed ben Yusuf, clad Vivid scarlet robes, came swagger- jing to, the palace and demanded speech with Lou-Lou. She, however, sent back word that she would re- celve Rais Hamed with the council, and not before. At this rebuff the ko induces There was no particular wealthy young ity about the meeting. , The coun- n maintaining ‘cilors helped the: to chairs her father and{about. the throne appeared, looking exceedingly sulky and ner- then Luke Quail and Fortes: [que Joined the group. All rose as Lou-Lou entered, glit- tering in scarlet and gold robes. with two’ of her women bearing peacock fans behind her. As she entered the doorway, she sald: “Bismilah!” “Ahlan w'salan, arose the mur mur of greeting. “Worthy and gra- ‘clous!"* | Lou-Lou then came forward to the |throne and mounted it. Since all present uderstood English, she ad- dressed the uncil with a stagger: ing directness, omitting all bic {invocations and polite nothings. 1 and his little} “I teve just come from America, ught eared, following | where I met Hvarson and yonder fat f® raid by Dyak tes. While Lou-/fool Zahri,” she sald without prelim- *Lou and her party areon the way _|inary. ‘There these two tried to %.Franks, an exiled Virginian who |confine me in a house of madmen, ffs known to have been friendly to/and in fact succeeded. They then Biou-Lou and who 1s suspected of|started home again, meaning to tell Gknow!ng the whereabouts of the old| you that I had become mad, and that (Sultan's treasure is found dead. He | the throne belonged to Zahri. Is not has been stabbed with a dagger|this true, fat peacock?’ BWhich had been hidden in the old) Before her scornful and unex- (Sultan's tomb. pected assault, Zahri nodded sullen- ». Trehearne, a commercial agent and lend of Franks, is visited soon Bor by ©) Cerise, who induces him to try with er tho operation of a Ouija board. Within a few after the arrival Jef Lou-Lou and her party, Trehearne les, unable to give a lucid account the causes leading up to his death Excert to make known by signs that ip had been poisoned, and able only oreme effort to say the words note*’ He is referring to ed to him by Franks Lou-Lou in the event fe be given death. *2Rais Hamed Been Yusuf, owner of Oo WOMAN SO ILL COULDNOTWORK ®Gained Strength, Weight,and Now ‘Doing Own Workby TakingLydia *E.Pinkham’s VegetableCompound Marion, Ind. ‘I was all run-down, hervous and bent over. I could hardly drag around, let alone do my work. I read some let- ters in the papors | telling what Lydia E.Pinkham’s f it. Then — a mantold my hus- pi band about hig wife and what & ee} ood it had done her and wanted him to have me try it, 1 took one bottle and could see what it Said for mein a week's time,andwhenI ® had taken three bottles I had gained both in strength and weight and was doing my own work. 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When he does returne, {it is my order that he be e’ain; he is outlawed, and the man who se- cures his head shall be rewarded. |His house and goods here are con- |fiseated to me.”” ) This summary justice had a di- |versity of effect upon the auditors. |The councilors broke into a gut- tural ‘Al hamdu 'allah!"—a pious. utterance of thanksgiving and de- |lght, for they saw that a firm hand had come to the throne. Zahri turned pale, and watched his sister in frightened suspense. Rais Hamed watched her also, but with a grim smile. “As for you, Zahriy a little color rising in her cheeks, “get you gone from the council, and stay gone. You are the son of my father; therefore I pardon you.” “Praise be to God!" said Zahri. He rose precipitately and went from ;the room in obvious relief. Hamed, who returned the look. For a moment their eyes clashed tn sil- ence, until at last the Sultana spoke: “You, Hamed ben Yusuf, who are |the partner and friend of Hvarson, knew about hts plan to. leave me in America.” “Aslahek allah!” Hamed quickly. right! at allt” “A le." salad the girl calmly: ‘What know you of the death. of Tuan Frangis?" “Nothing. the time.” “Some say that you were,” re- joined the girl. ‘T am inclined to haye you hanged at once.” Now there was breathless silence exclaimed Rais “May God set you I knew nothing of it, nothing if I was not even here a: indeed, for her eyes were very stormy. At last Rais Hamed re- plied. “I deny all," he said, his musical jYoice suddenly become harah. s this Justice, to doom without proof? Is it the law of the Prophet, to kill without evidence?” “It is not the Prophet who gives Justice here, said Lou-Lou. “It is I! But let that pass. I shall not hang you. This is my order: You are banished from Si- buko, and if you reappear here you shall be hanged. 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CRYING OVER Our HARD Luck Now THAT WE ARE ons OoR DLPPERS WE GOTTA putt “To. ) GETHER AND GET To Thar ‘Tia DANA RACE TRack - Now. LISTEN. THERE'S 4 AUICE ; CATTLE TRAIN LEAVING HERE, WESTWARD Bound, AND IM WJ GONNA Fix IT UP FoR You } lo SNEAK IS WITH The, Cows = Tit RIDE = TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1923. By Billey De Beck Che Casper Daily Cribune IBARNEY GOOGLE--There’s No ““Mistake’’ Ab out Where Sp: WALK RIGHT INs SPARKY, } AND. Moo FURDER WE Go- \F NOUSE 3S Gor @ HOSS IN Dis CAR MER OUTTA LUCK — SAN- Dio Nov See WAT ROLLS=RoucH™ Out THeRe — ~ NIFTY Boat - UM-WonKDER. MIHAT THAT SWELL Totes -Roven™ tS DOIWG ouT IN FRONT OF THE ~—But—THERE's NoTHIic GoltG To STOP US FROM GETTING A DEMONSTRATION OW A NICE DAY Lise THIS. “You WHAT 7! You KNow THOSE THINGS SET ABiRD Bacic TEN THov: Bucks —7— | @NT AFFoRD CNTBING, Uke THOUSAND t “You have until midnight tonight. After that hour there is a reward of one thousand pesos on your head Go!” Rais Hamed turned on his and swaggered out of the room. To Barak, who was standing by the entrance, Lou-Lou now spoke. “Follow Rais Hamed,” she said “Report to me what he does today, and with whom he talks.” ‘The mute departed also. Now, since the ruling sultan of | Slbuko did business with the trad-| ing company, Lou-Lou that same {day dispatched Rais Sipek to zam- | | boanga, to report by cable the death | Jor Trehearne, and to request that | j tho, company send a new agent to Sibuko, | This little matter of business was destined to have consequences Cech he * hee’ pod little later Lou-Lou | Fortesque and Luke Quail in the garden, her guards following, and a number of her women at her side. pre was always thus that Fortesque was to see her, he realized—seldom alone. The girl here became = su'- tana. Here she was hedged about jalways with Moslem etiquette, even | more strict than the etiquette of po sition. That night, however, he saw Lou: | | Lou awaken into a frantic, passion. | joined fate fury. The mute Barak had van shed. Also Ra's Hamed's schooner, the |Gazelle, had left the harbor, — slip- ping silently away, as was her cus- tom When the sun rose next day, the| Gazelle was clipping merrily along | |under shortened sail. Rais Hamed |scrutinized the horizon, located an jalmost invisible point of land, alter- ed the course a point, then Hitched |up his scarlet robe and prostrated | ezine US toward the west ina two- bow prayer. | Most ‘of the crew’ did ‘Ikewtse. | Hamed ben Yusuf and his men were exceedingly devout, even punctilious. “Did you ever see. more perfect weather?” said Rais Hamed, stand- ing beside Bantok, the mate. | Never, praise be to Allah! It ‘ts | quite perfect. this The only drawback is that nM tok. “So much the worse for him.” | Rais Hamed made a sign to the crew, who were watching. him in srinning anticipation, and they im- |mediately began to bustle about Certain of them brought a Singa pore chair painted crimson, tn which Rais Hamed seated himself with a comfortable sign of relaxation. Directly before him were a num- ber of ring-bolts in the deck. To these rings some of the crew drag ged two cylindrical affairs of each of which vomited thin smoke and an odor of charcoal through holes in the top. These were laid side by side, some four feet apart, | and were made fast to rings. | Their iron sides ‘glowed with a| | dull red of heat, Rais Hamed watch: | jed*them,, fascinated. . After a “mom- jent they began'to move slightly with the regular heave of the deck to the slight seas; they moved on rollers, jane sliding. somewhat toward tha, other, then sliding back and. tugging atthe lashings as the other moved forward. “Less slack,” critically. man is dumb,’ Y if fron, | The lashings were tightened so that the cylinders scarcely moved at all. } “That is better! Now let us re- |celve our guest in honor.” An appreciative cackle of merrt ment passed gustily along@the decks Bantok stared about, then lifted his gorilla-like arms and silently {n- body. The dicated three of the men. He lurch: @ flexible ed forward to the hatchway, they | links jafter him. Soon the four returned carrying among them a_ shapeless thing that looked not unlike a jelly onfined in a gauze net and held ter. This thir an in ¢ the three to the body and s as andin in another; amobea | en moves—now ex | shrinking BIG SHINY GRAY CLOSED WORRY - 15 ||| JOB-WITH THE CHAUFFE! 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KEEPINS ft LAIN'T SAID LAIN'T- AN’ TAIN'T SAID DON'T YOU READ THE: Losr | COLUMNS IN ANS FOUN NEWSPAPER 7? | HR) =; said Ra's Hamed WS now untwisting, in frantic writhes The watchers now this thing was a } | to strip away a portion of the net so| | that the manacles might be adjusted. out—all in a fraction of an instant, One of the seamen staggered back clasped both hands one agonized then slung against rail and began to gulp blood. | From the swirling mass of men that, al-jon the deck broke though Barak was motionless, those | sound. » bearing | two another |to the 4 , the other men moved, all ten | rose and closed ed figure, and began! holding mute wete manhacled fast With infinite caution ten ment then began to unfold the wrappings of the net in which Bara: ensnared and brought as they jerked it from him, his arms suddénly moved. terrible grip one of ‘the when he released This man was the mute Barak From among the meshes of metal net his flaming and bloodshot | ankle, and two of the men tried to in | draw down the foot in order to lock the iron to one of tho rings in the his breast, threw eyes gazed up steadily at his captor. Rais Hamed broke the silence. Welcome!” he satd, as | deck. some honored net of rusted metal ch which the body within, strong enough to enfold an elephant! though he and keep him motionless. With grunt Each seized was perceived Barak had laughed. Before the left ankle was clamped them both were Two men moved forwa esired position. The Bell Syndicate leg |to the rail had colla heap, with death on his g i But finally the two ankles of the! row of} tipon’ that net