Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1926, Page 33

(™1926. by Furang MacLesn.) SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS (HAPTERS. take—except my dagger, which he just restored to me.” He looked beside his low bed. comrade did not take the tra: sajd. “They are of rare workman- 1 | ship. Since he forgot them, there is ! of the vil he had planned bat Antonius' com: r. and . charged with guiding their compa o Ewa idier. who comes Himselt an; glanced at the white ki scarlet mantle and the jeweled sword that Omar wore, You are a trader, perhaps,” he il “4 trader—-after a fashion.” stranger replied. “You were speaking. were vou not, of taking my t trade?” The soldler 1. “And 1 think 1 shall do = B and sell | with An them and shar sanius." {rmar quietly moved into the room “One time,” he sald, softly, “I told Antonius here that 'mo man ever took from me anything that is mine—un ave it freely. Also I showed ne reason wh; cing the soldier, he stretched out his arm and lifted the Roman shield from the other’s shoulder. The shield was curved and bound with heavy tron. Taking it between his two hands, Omar pressed upon the ed s. In a moment there was a loud crack, and with a twist of his powerful wrists Omar held the shield in two | completely through | sectlons, broke the middle lier,” he repeated. han, looked > in his hands. ou could have proved it to me in a less costly way than this,” he said. “I shall triced up and whipped when the com mander sees my shield.” Omar stepped to the door and whis- tled upon his fingers. A servant ap- -one of those who had brought kfast. one of the two Roman shields,”” he ordered. As the man trotted away, Omar turned to the trio inside the house “My men hrought to me the arms of the soldiers who were slain beside the | " he satd. “I shall give o 10 to veplace the one broke. But. soldier”—he laid his fore finger Roman's breast—*do not seek ever 1 to tamper with any thing that is mine.” ha soldier drew hack a pace, b he said. His gaze was in fascination upon the black es of the stranger. *'1 shall do what command me and be your follower whenever yvou desive.” | no reason why he should have them, is there?” He did not wait for a reply. “Just take them over to your own home and hide them until the sol- diers are gone. Then your father can cell them for me, and I shall have all the money.” He beamed with pleasure. “I may vet be rich—eh, Maryam?" The girl was walking toward the door., “The stranger gave the trays to “I cannot You will not obev me?" ad back. * said she, “vou are not my nor my master. And I do not have to fulfill vour orders when they are wrong.” “Then,” he said, impatiently, “go, and do not return. And when your voung man comes in search of Laila, I shall tell him—" The girl whirled about and came s bedside in two rapid steps. I shall do.as you command!" she cried. She stooped and lifted the ¢ trays. “I shall give these to my ther to sell for vou.” Her voice {became coaxing. “And when the | comely youth appears you will tell him where my father will be found? Will you?” Antonius lay back, a maliclous | twinkle in his eyes. *I shall tell him | nothing until those trays are sold and | the money in my hand,” he said. “I shall ask my father to sell them at once for my lord,” she said, anx- ously. “But If the young man should come before a buyer is found—" “I shall send him away,” pronounced Antonlus. Swinging the weight to her head, aryam answered, the corners of her drooping: “I shall hasten—but do send him aw swung out the door, her body ng as she balanced the heavy | tray The soldier laughed. The jar | of wine that Jared had brought stood | near his hand. and Antonius poured himself a drink. He sipped it slowly |and appreciatively. When the cup was empty he thrust cushions under | his injured leg to make it comfortable, and, muffling his face in his mantle, he fell asleep. The afternoon was far advanced when he awakened. He stretched his arms, yawned and raised his head. The girl Maryam was sitting be- side him on a cushion. “I have brought you the money for | the trays,” she said, “and have waited | here for my lord to awaken these two hours. She extended her hands, and from | them dropped onto a bed covering a | | heap of bronze and silver coins. | “My father took them to the market T | place and sold them at a high price,” she continued. “Now will you give to the young man when he message for him to go to the . my father, = - do honor to one anothe; Omar s “Well said, soldier. | he upon the gronnd Divide the meney with Anton With that he was gone. dlers and fooked at one another blankly. “I fear 1 her volee sl “And 1 do,” said the soldier at the door As e spoke On and thrust into h servant came hands o shield. and sell them, i you will. | The sol 11 watched his mantle | Autter throush the doorway and then | “Well done,” “T shall instruct you now what (Continued in Tomorrow’s Star.) The Skibhereen Eagle, the famous | Trish provincial ~ publication that startled the world a number of Ve ago by telling the Czar of Ru; it had its eve on him, I | sumed public | eral year: fashioned exactly like the broken one | that now lay upon t ound. Hold carefully exam- ¢ took his depar- “A strange thoughtfuily. ught to Omar his first news of the battle beside the | | sald Antonius. | Jordan. And vet here he has the | shields of-the men who were slain The girl shuddered look at me, and he did not speak to | me, yet my flesh quivers as I think of him.” Sha moved to the door upon her hands and knees and looked out. “Ile has gone,” she said, returning. “My father has told of strange things that were done in the old davs, when s were captive in Bahylon v of evil power, w and soothsayers and childven of Israel into She sh again s day our speech is not in the ancient tongue o only in the syn ple that lebrew is spoke Her eves were upraised i Ing. “They corn thetr charms and def and bowed down our God of lsrael shall atood up and stret her head. “The st v and the ont law sit in the 1 Maces of Tsrael, and the bart s Jaw to the elders, and slave sits on the throne hold, 2 new time come She drew her hands slowly dow ward and clasped them at her breast Antonlus stirred uneasily. “You in the tone of priestess uttering a curse,” he com iden praving for her L ¢ normal manner. *“But if this lan, then what is it?” he'demanded. She shook her head. "It is not He- brew. It is the t e the Jews learned in Cha to this day > of 1 ne do not know v which Solomon gave the Scriptures e into the new. Tt it was cast upon us £ Baby priest,” e has 1 her hand his arm ice will he ask? What n the time hand indiffer. g for him to “He did not | #l RICHEST ] STRCNGEST - BEST |1 * ; HIGHEST IN QUALITY ASK ANY s DEALER Hospital Policy The Policy Different Since the introduction of this form of family protec- tion through the medium of this newspaper and our sales representatives, the de- mand has been continuous. The unpleasantness of be- ing confined in a hospital is bad enough, but when vou are confronted with the bill for services rendered and vour bank account is de- pleted, what happens? We will pay the hospital of your choice your bill for 13 weeks_at the maximum rate of $70.00 per week for a small annual deposit. No examination required. Adults and children accepted. uth . Washington, D. C. 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