Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1923, Page 31

$4225820530 A Modern Story of the Desert (Copyright, 1922, by the Macaulay Co. ISSHGREEEAEIPIZENTNINN) (Continued_from Yesterda; There was a big square beneath, seething with dark-faced, ~white- rohed men, all gazing in one direc- tion—in the direction of a raised plat- form where a girl stood. A slim, white girl. It would have been much easier for Sir George to have faced deatn than on the platform. JIis Standing there in full wild crowd. Beins sold iarket of this desert the property of one went across his an- to try and shut out'the orrible sight Tt could not be true! me hideous nightmare. Yet there she was. with white face nd strained e meeting her fate hravel s his daughter would. Pan- - he had often seen her, in a imple white muslin dress, and a wide . drooping hat with a long, blue, floating veil. Garbed as she had gone about his camp during his fatal tour as Sir George looked, Pansy's met his, and she tried to It must: de vou unders ffered when you sh andir ind him n a khaki riding suit. a 1 look or the moment im for his enemy, the Sul- sim Ammeh When he recognized h what he would never have done he begged for inercy. s sake, for the sak: of the ation you know, don't condemn d to such a fate!” he entreated ce hoarse with agony. “You showed my father no mercy. Why should I show you any now? the sultan asked coldly. least have pity on the girl. Do like with me, but spare my he did for s| v me any pity when I gged for n father's life? ‘A w, so shall ye reap.’ Isn’t that what Christians sav. There is your hartest. A pleasing sight for me, when I th of my father.” The suitan's gaze went to the win- dow, there was more tenderness tha thing else in his eyes as they rested on the slim girl who faced the crowd with such white courage Now one figwre stood out from- the . that of a big, lean man in tur- nd loin-cloth, with long matted nd_beard, the latter foam- vcked. He stood at the foot of the orm, and his eyes never left the as he bid up and ap against the ompetitors; curs'ng every one d against him, yet always go- that wild n desert.” the sultan sail He is a feather merchant. A muser. His home id tent, yet he has more money than any man who comes to El-Ammeh. Love has unlocked his heart. He will give all his hoarded wealth to possess that pretty slave on the platform there. Ife will be a fit- ting mate for your daughter. f her in his arms, and remember the an you murdered—iny father, the Sultan Casim Ammeh, whom I have row avenged. the taunts, ence in_their Georgo Barclay mentor. “You brute! You devil!” he cried, springing at him. With easy strength , caught and held him. You misjudge me,” he said; “it's y ‘An eve for an eye, r a tooth. Then he pushed the older man from him and, turning on his heel, went rom the room. from the 1 know hi:n. despite the differ- years anl physique, turnsd on his tor- the sultan XIL The market of El-Ammeh was situ- | ated in the center of the citv. It was surrounded by a huddle of white- vashed houses, of varying heights , and shapes, leaning one against the 'ther, Wwith here and there, over some igh wall, a glimpse of greenery— e feathery head of a palm, the shiny aves of a camphor tree, a pomegra- te, an orange or a fig tree. On the de overlooking the square the houses were practically without win- dows, and the few there were were 1l and iron-barred. Under most of the buildings were dim, cave-ltke shops hung with rare | wilics and ostrich feathers, or littered with articles in beaten silver, copper and iron. There were quaint leather- work and coarse pottery and a good | E nkling of European goods. Sev narrow, passage-like streets Med into the square entering it, in some cases under dark archways. | Sometimes these ways were barred 1o the mere public—the poorer peo- vle who daily sold produce in the and only those with special permits were allowed to enter: men of wealth and substance. Every month a sale of slaves was -held in the market, generally of Arab d negro girls; but occasionally very ' different figured Think | By Louise Gerard sssassswssrsssssssssusasn be happening to her in the twentieth century! A riot of thought ran through the girl's head during the journey from the palace to the market; a riot of numb, sickly terror, the outstanding feature of which was an inability to credit the fate before her. When Pansy reached the room she gave up ail hope. She knew she was awake—painfully, horribly wide awake, with a future before her that made her shudder to contemplate. There were a dozen or more girls in the room, but they were railed off from Pansy by a thick wooden trellis, like sheep In & pen; brown and black girls, the majority attired in nothing more than a cloth reaching from waist to knee. They had been chattering shrill: among themselves at her entry, apparently in no way appalled at the fate before them; but they broke off when she came in, and crowded to the lattice to get a closer view, gazing at the newcomer and giving vent to little exclamations of awe and envy and admiration. Pansy's arrival brought a stout, bearded man in white burnoose in from the house behind. His glance ran over the English girl, but he made no attempt to touch her. Then he looked at her escort, who had stationed themselves on cither side of her. “By Allah!” he exclaimed. a houri straight from have brought me. Never have I sold such loveliness. There will be high bidding in the market of El-Ammeh this morning.” “I, for one, can’'t understand why the sultan has not kept this pearl for himself,” the leader of the escort said. The auctioneer smiled in & pecullar, knowing fashion, “Our sultan has been in lands where there are many such,” he re- plied. “Now he gives his subjects & chance to-revel in delights that have been his.” Other men appeared from behind, negroes. At a word from their master they opened the door leading out on the platform. Then they stood on either side whilst he passed through. Through the open door came a blaze of sunshine, the buzz of a mul- titude, and presently a long declama- tlon in Arabic as the auctioneer en- larged upon the quality of his wares. The girls behind the trellis craned their necks to see what was golng on, chattering shrilly among them- selyes. From where Paney stood she could see nothing. She did not want to see anything. The horror would be upon her quite soon enough. One of the negro as: a gate in the trellis and motioned to a girl. As she appeared on the plat- form, from outside there came a sigh “This is Paradise you WASHINGTON SALVAGE COMPANY 11 Stores—Army Celebrat stants opened | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C,. FRIDAY, JANUARY guttural eeal ! of disappointment, then m-—!‘ volices bidding. Another and another of the girls on of the Sahara ¢ passed out, all apparently indifterent 10 the ordeal before them. Thon the auctioneer appeared on the threshold. - On seelng him Pansy felt her turn had come, and the world started reel- | ing around her. She knew she passed from shadow into sunshine, that dead silence greet- ed her appearance on the dais—a silonce that was followed by a din of wild, excited shouting. It seemed to her that the world was nothing but eyes: the eyes, of a surg- ing crowd of dark-faced men, watch- ing her with desire and admiration. | To Pansy, high-bred and fastidious, it was a vision of hell, this swarm of { wild men looking at her with covet- ous desire. The pit gaped at her feet, peopled with demons, any one of which might spring upon her. Then the din died down to a sub- dued hum as men whispered one to another, their eyes still on the golden- haired girl on the dals. There was a horrible sort of despair on the faces of some as they thought of their more wealthy nelghbors; lustful triumph on the faces of others as they thought of their own hoarded gold. g Then outfrom the crowd a voice made an offer. The sum staggered the auctioneer. It equaled nearly 500 pounds of Eng- lish money. No girl, even the creamy Barbary beauties, had ever fetched that amount. Wild commotion followed. But the price went up and up, doubling itself in_ten minutes. To escape for a moment from the sea of covetous eyes, Pansy raised her own. There: was some one watching her {from a window, some one who looked las tortured as’ herself—another soul | condemned to hell. 1t was a moment before she recos- ! I nised that Jdrawn, haggard face as| | her fathers; it looked an old ma) IH;» wag there. the father she loved, !condemned by his enemy to see her { sold. i She tried to smile. It was a woe- ful effort. And when the blur of toars that seelng him . brought to | her eyes had passed he was gone. It seemed to Pansy that for ‘an eternity she stood on the edge of the | Dit, waiting_until one of the devils, more powerful than the rest, should drag her in. The din died down as the sale proceeded, lost in tense excitement. Of the twenty or more who had started bidding for her, only three were left now. One of them, mad with lust and excitement, had forced his way up to the edge of the dus and was clinging to it with grimy hands—a lean man in turban and loin cloth only, with long matted hair and beard, who, foaming at the mouth, was cursing his competitars, yet always bidding higher as he stared at Pansy with the glare of a maddened beast. Pansy tried not to see him, but he was always there, horrible beyond comprehension, the worst of the demons In the hell surrounding her. Presently, over the murmur of the crowd, came the thunder of a horse's hoofs; of some one riding at bredk- neck speed through one.of the re- and Navy Goods ing the Opening of Branch No. 11 3108thSt.N.W. (o o o e Ao Look for Red and Yellow Front Special R eductions - 99 5, 1923. “The sultan! 3 |on a huge, prancing black stallion. For Casim Ammeh had had hi Across the market place tortured vengeance, and now had come in pur- | blue eyes met flery black ones. realis nothing now but the half- | suit of love. | Then it seemed to Pansy that she naked, foaming-horror at her feet. The cry grew to such a roar ¢f must bé dreaming—a vision of heaven Suddenly another ofy rang through | sound that it penetrated the world beyond this hell. ’ the market place. : {of dumb terror in which Pansy moved, | Fortunately for L Breton's plans|and made her raise her eyes. | Pansy knew no Arablc or she wouxd] The crowd in the square had opened | have recogni that cry as: up, giving way to a khakl-clad man ' sounding arches leading into the market. 1 | Pansy did not notice this. She (Continued in Tomorrow's Star.) Anxious To Serve You When you make a purchase over a counter at a store or shop, you feel that you are better served if the clerk is interested in the transaction. 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