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) The Evening World Daily Magazine, Saturday, May 2 A COMPLETE NOVEL EACH WEEK IN THE EVENING ALADDIN FROM BROADWAY 2[f" Juz ize ae Fi by Robte-Mertil Co.) aromatic hempen quids they bad been he did @o he felt @ sudden chill; the camel man, white bearded, venerable, he had won the wager, But he won- dreas. She certainly looked well in it, RECORDING CHALTERS, chewing. Others had barely evaded world of convention once more asking for some paper that vouched dered if he would ever win? though. So gracefull—so slender!— a Yorter, who seat his the violent rush of the great stal- imed him; he wi bout to become for the child's safe delivery, One deserve success, old man,” bortend inthe Orica mate 930000 meget ion, “ioettoney wn Pieter a civilized being. jot hia wife’-- can fancy the mother, far, far away, ith Lord Fitegerald that he can go to Mees, Ailewcatin yd Mako It as tet and never had been! He experienced « prisoner, if you will, though a wife, ‘the forbidden city,” as a Moaiem Pilgrim and UNEXpectediy lashed him. 4 dread premonition. Bofore he waiting for that paper- heart find and bring back @ little book left tiere years =A tow desultury ueivnations bad might have claimed her; he had in- torn, yet thankful, wafting prayers j before by Fitugeraid’s uncle, Stanton performs the enilvened the situation, without, ap- tended to. But mows Uneasiness across distance. ‘There's « situation pilgrimage in safoty, secures the took, and gets pUrentiy, alrecting the resuit, “he his soul, tor you. » would be indoors = “It is.” n the story- Fitagerald paused. Stanton's mind a iong time at this rate, He would They had lapsed tnto the conven- ‘ne bride bad CHAPTER XXi1, Tas making pictures. The white- have to stay in--he couldn't go out tional, It seemed inevitable—a mysteriously. She Jed camel inan, the child, the haif renovated. He was neither one of that process of readjusting, or find- WORLD> By Frederic S. ] Isham Author of “uN UB 14B Lbhednd o e Exploits f the Orient young man rubbing the chemical once more on his face and " “Hang this stuff It woks like a nice place.” Oe for back as Damages, There, diguued asa Vanisuing Bridegroom,” Gervisb, be is hired by Amad, a rich oid mer. teliers culleu o ebant, to act as “nuletitite huslian Amary VuNisoed yot mor Matma, o besutiful ert whom Amal, ina fit of had simply become as not and pe ) Ie —he could see them winding thing nor the other. themselves anew, “natl® ue Anger has divorced, By Mosiom law, Amad can. Uy kiiew Why. due narrative made Mary Carruthers. F sandy placer, the long shadows “Maybe if sou nut it on a Httle ike any other young ent Poker sweats aay w au excellent one tor tue hsteners in 8 IL told you, on her father’s 7 the great ungainly beasts, the lit- stronger?” suggested Fitegeraid sym- upon her, He didn't, ike” It, Atte. tila ‘cerwacny Patan tees Jack nol to HCUiON uiaers aMfusinig ite Ne o apie “ side, she to”—Fitzgerald ayo ga aw broad’ orenst wonenth a eeeoaly. this the end-the very end? tial be hers a - n * ar” bu! je end ~~ ver mi ‘\ bates Amad, Jack kidnaye her Ut the supernatural, Mise how could pees impressively -~ venerable beard -on-on yo ne ain, orn, thank’ vou," 4 only been nourishin, if ‘mirage in hie | ‘ cecne tr only to Chey expan Cue CuMMX f Snglish.” The two now on the child, wonderful, b krumbled. breast? Of course, she was friendiy— ] ach. fuariel, Jack mens Fivaerail, — itow could the judy bave been fn the nobleman’s room [OW Ing beneath the sombre — “Patience, then, counselled the Very. No denying that, Pg) fl Ble er. and ermal the et whisked uway, Unless (oe substitute were seated shadow of those great trees whereof He regarded her fi rey Fatma out of the city and to a place of bridegrovin Was Ih reallly a genie In the ous fairly pretentious hotel the ine temple of Solomon Was builded, 'stenton’ # reply wan inaudible perlod of. allence ensued. 1 tod PR spenjers oe S the aoe book or an aint? iwehievous and town boast. Stanton had had bis heedioss of destination—-minding not —— say!" What a joke! Doubts begas r ages . i corllagdho-chngdhntty yg uncanny on ume human “bawth.” He bad shaved, The first the whither, the how, the where? a CHAPTER XXIII to pop Into bis mind, numerically ag 4 eo, Wiirasbee Sadi and recovery the bok, lot yentiemen inartied. t young pease, had partly removed the dye. Another rao,” Le Mead Like tdel The Mission Gardens. tranquil Sntriowaly walt He couldn't } Se eee Sad Sas’ Wounded Kimi wit ‘his genie bud the gift of appearing application would remove It entirely. “After the mother died”—Fitzger- OME time later he strode ] CHAPTER XX. sume young man, He Had mage veloped in @ voluminous bathrobe, b* 1, Ringeit g mrcomd favmcttos ae prin. clothes. ‘They didn't Ot very te looked around, . to the fair young bride right listened intently to his host. cipal wife, Light of Li Now comes (im well, but they were the best ‘ou will be going te (Continued,) under the former husband's nose, He ‘Her father was from Devon— good another epoch in the child's life. The that could be procured. Ms One Way. hehea played Sihecry wad arte ot family," the nobleman went on, He Ut bieschor remembers some one nad had the hotel proprietor send out 4 any plaasyece entS one M4 UT that comforting reflection hide-«na-se rather emphasized the latter fact. oosn't romember very vividly, forhe for them, After the looxe flowing, if it me to congratulate you on =‘ yi had beet Si Amada Ph this version of the “The young lady's mother, also, in getting old and absent minded. sometimes disreputable, garb he bad the felicitous turn of your fortunes,” > n dissipated. Sadi Erignetul eb be bad learned about the fo tie cea rae frighteul to bee had excellent connections—excellent! Ld worked tn TMDY guinalons 80 been accustomed to so long, these gar~ he observed. “1 umn glad—very ‘y a transaction in the grave- for ‘street-corner. entertain Blue blood, a bit of property om BoD Wiis st watisned to give ber up. how. Mente seemed Atif and uncomfortable "do thank "you bo “much for yard, and had recognized at In May Lory UF bis sarelicition sides, I fancy.” ee A ¥ Hoe tae she was removed sur- But he carried thom well wn . Once in the romance-reciter his for- K#nven! he story v Fitagerald's jee trail ol reptitiously--smuggled away” “If cnly 1 could get in toue th a aved his hi Bhe listened to by th ing multitude! y x mer acquaintance of the march. Had Intolerable! He tole Laght of Lite Stanton atirred uneasily. Ho hoped | (il) why should EO ene got real live American tailor!” he said to ng 10 Drotenn arate for tbe is he imparted his information to others? what he thought of her, what # bne the blood wouldn't be tuo blue; that himself yearningly, ‘ He had a very hungry feel- 4% No doubt of it! Stanton could hardly ’Uardian she had been. they wouldn't remove her altogether “iter back? ‘There are several rea- He longed for that subtie cut whirit It was not her gratitude se +f Venture now to tell many tales on the td Light of Life told him what from the ephere of his hopes. fond Mere conjecture! The girl was only the sta” of his native land but moure—more— af she thougnt of him. Fool! ever to ; k beautiful. ‘The stepmother may bave can tmpart. Me felt he wasn't doing sped his strong + street corners, or in the cafes of huve divorced the young minx. And They couldn't very well make ® iin avaricious —- himself in these duds. He @Sers, looking straight before him. { Damascus. Confound the strollers! then ever to have allowed himself to princess out of his “wife,” the way Muy have been!” From the young just toh - sos ete Their conversation seemed doomed to $ They probably had been but too glad BE Wed and gagged by the fellow, they do In the story books, unless man, sotto voce Wasn't at all like the picturesque bride- be punctuated with long allences, | to nibble at the reward the dia. [2° Dad the better of the argument. through her mother she might in- “She may have planned to sell her groom who had invaded her courtyard. 'We--I went every day to the cara. } She always did have. Amad was in marriage to some benign old Mus- 5 different and she was different, Yansaries to ing mond merchant was sure to have of- fuvlish to indulge in recriminations, herit—maybe she would prove to be {f mArriaxe to some 0 was ent and # manne fered. Stunton sighed. He seemed He retired frog: the field of battle a Lady Somebody, or an Honorable ‘ wan it Wouid everything else be different hat was very kind of you.” 5i + with strange rumblings in his chest. to be getting back to where he had “When he had recovered a little be been some time ago, tried to induce authority to step in He had to leave town, The conclu- and stop the story-teller on the street sion was like a retrogression. How Corner, but the zabit of police : shrugged in a lukewarm manner at Jong ago had he been thinking the SNTUKEed Jn & ji ewe ers had ine —- Awful thought! She, a “Also, Light of Li been Hie again reached the miasion gar- “We hoped to hear from some of Aacyhtae ad toeaneat, hobs wonder- most devout, . fana n rescuing dens and walked through the gate, the camel men that you were safe.” ful deep, dark, postic eyes belonging Pele l oe from vad Mh oF Christians But be walked slower now. What? nae ther perfunctory acknowledg- a . an Ir pernictous influence, she +p to an “Honorable Miss!” Perish the waa Pérforming a service to Allah, /Mnld? Like bie sire one bred nd then we heard nothing— pose buity) ie craw wp bis lees; (Be fina opera ti Sy bg ad Sitnone Ma Dine linet oe i aaa fae Ye a ear itera @ alight catch in Mary ¢ a es ind some trace of her, but without adored object of hia } ‘ emg thing, with her at his side? An gitenabie Fights. For ey bycens hugged them are ae rarcan. success. Light of Life saw to that.” gtanton frowned. Of course he felt © oy obdlgae voice? He must be mis- ft jour, two houre? It must be nearly years they had been accorded privi- Remember me to our mutual — "Are you eure the lady 1s your arma, Were the fcy fingers of an ““Tignt of Life!” Stanton murmured as bold as @ lion. It was only theae ‘ken, The wish was father to the > 2 o'clock by this time, But he must leges. Besides, the hero of this se friends, Sadi, the dyer, and"—— wife?” artificial civilization reaching out to something softly In Arabic. Tt was ts rad bi (7 thought, not think of that, or of her now. Only WS supposed to be a genie, one Of j14., he mentioned one or two | “The Mohammedan ceremony ts as grab her from him, to whisk her not a blessing on the head of his clothes that bothered him—that made Yen: news doesn't travel very fast ) {t was difficult to avoid doing so, He {hose evil spirits of the alr, and it ceners, ‘The name, “Jack Stanton” binding as any other.” ‘There was @ away from him even as he had atepmothor-in-law him feel strange. They must have over here.” observed the young maa. hud not realized how near and dear It might be displeasing to the genie, followed, {ruculent accent In the young man’s whiaked her away from them? Irony | And the English father—how did been cut by « sheep-shearer, be Thin he crowed the other leg. | . ry ' . was He might, in revenge, haunt the za- Amada regarded the note and he s y' no Ky ee pieces of Jewelry. grumbled to himself, And that hat? handsome, but sombre. He was're- " 7 - _,"Yes, but you are a Christian,” said jous, but something seemed to point bit's home, One has to be very polite didnt say a word. | There are limita. sitzgerald with a smi to trouble, Anyway, he would BEE THe young indy brought thon away He took It off and surveyed it Mecting. ‘That loh-tike boldness Re he had become. Why, she was in- dispensable. That was the word, In- tions even to camel language, Below Fit : auenine waa digpensabie! He had to have her, % these supernatural badiepal dex. the signature was more writing. But the lady ien't"— spectre ayron, took a good Witt her. Perhaps you did not know scornfully. One uf those Sngliah lide more deere fo asaume ‘ence 4 She was necessary to his existence. | AmAd scomed at tne eet a “My regards to dear Light of ¢ father, like Byron, took & £004 she was the ponsonsor of several fine that are imported by the hundreds Where she went he would follow, though to the ends of the world. He no longer felt physical weakness, or deal of interest in the sanguinary 0 " Struggiee of Greece,” continued the “amples of the goldamith’s art?” | to the seaport towns of the world, for the more mung Dryly. “Didn't ¢ ta hola nobleman, “He was a man of rather gp, th th natives and poor exiles! All this trony of fate that he should be made solitary habits and a good deal of @ gente Crive me with them once?” i he hadn't progressed very far to feel thus, now when he had ber Life.” What a charming woman! gente, and why, but the head of po- 1 n lice only listened incredulously. ‘The Cherlah her. Preserve her as ane rich diamond merchant could not ex- 4PP!® of your eye. My one reg : ey mae! ‘Wasn't magic, the za! was no is you. “4 oung man stared at him. 1c 4 ra! ‘or what?” ng furio! le 33 } rine strong enough 10 get out of Of magic, and there was no such thing fron {0 you. Lowe you some. TMK Hoy one of the contracting par- of the ‘sick man of Burope. My “Neyer mind.” It to cut ub so before, Hla atitt shirt, No, dagwere faahed im the air the intolerant city. ced 48 magic. And every true follower of Gon ‘pad writing. I haye a little ties is a Christian, a Mohammedan countryman saw her, fell in love with —«Sfan of mystery!” laughed the —hadn’t worn one for monthal— ai ve to say tang and faith knew magic did exist, and, Cyt, Don't worry. It doesn't marriage may still be considered her—she must have been @ very beau- nobleman.“ fvidently you did not ed and he didn’t seem to bave then jump and run. The enough for deep breathing. He ought to be propitioug as the as- : like lightning, was apt to strike any- 01 o anything. I am feel- binding.” observed the nobleman. tiful woman--and married her. For examine the pieces very closely." Bo Hane to eneept No do; 68 Mhe Where, The’ visitor had better go Ing much better, You will be so “When both are, it ia not_binding. a while they were happy. ‘Then bual- °™y"4ie ane Pausod to readjust himself trolorere cay —or nly they weren't. He h would break the bars of this Moslem home and make the best of it. Noth- jieased to learn this, ‘The moun- ‘ore, you never were a real aub- ness called the husband home. Du “That you should have done, my | He? unsupuisticated ! eetta ing might be ai ing in may Park prison, he did not much care how, !ng would be gained by attempting to tiin air has such tonic properties. stitute husband, You were only an ing his absence a tragedy befel. The good and incorruptible friend Had Why, badn't he taken ber in oa ee, ianenee a jady. in nor at what risk to himself. cross a spirit of the air, Perhaps some = Once more affectionate saluta- imitation imitation-husband, Your little principality had long been a seat you done so you would have discov. ~ yes, in bis arms raya has 7 ere ke it as at To-night—it must be to-night he day the aforesaid spirit would conde- ting, ete, bride was only an imitation imitation- of intermittent strife and turmoll. It ered on one or two of them certain the casement, and hadn't i rt Awad o4 er det ag ea A on her fath- 4 would go. Reiteration! Helpless, scend to return the young lady, “Postscript No. 2: Note the bride. A mustahall is only 4 shadow till ts, and will be, until the followers marks—old tracings of a coat of arma hid. Stanton flushed ae ntly. ue es ad 4 acomed drifting ‘ peleas, almoat childish reiteration! Again Amad used camel language. marks on the road, What do they of @ husband, You" Mitegerald of the prophet are driven out of bol ngliah, Knew it vory well. Ques- badn't Beelvateg then. Scone col 7 end further away. ag we least, he didn't have to think “Return?” He almost choked. The gpellforyou? Rubber? Ever hear seemed to enjoy his owr wit—"wero rope. Even then"—— res tioned the young lady. Seems there bave been bolder, pe fi bens It was the silence now that was i of her now in any plans he might substitute husband was an American, of tires? Automobiles but a shadow of a shado made a cynical geature, lin aome lo; is a caretaker aod his wife, Chris. quite like) Those confounded iis; punctuated with talk—brief remarta. i make. He did not have to ask her to he protested, a dog of @ foreigner, 4 flood of knowledge suddenly il- The young man stopped. He eyed Gooblatat war becomes a fut tO tans themselves, who were devoted sion Aha wary 80 sole evn Bh re He became moody, but what ee. share any risks, the way he had when who had been to Mecca, The zabit jumined the reader's brain, The mys. the other savagely. "Why don't you return: bi the % her mother. The latter, just be- Convent onal tte edo the door, quiliity now was i he had left her in the market place. jooked queer. No doubt this caller tory of the vanishing lady wau no Say something?” h vied, “Idon't ,“During the husband's absence th® fore ghe died, kave these old trinkets UP to them and knock on oor, Yet ehe looked as if could ‘- The market place? Suddenly ho was a little touched in the head by jonger a mystery. Afar up the moun- like a lot of word Turks, half brigands, half soldiers, ¢, them to keep for the child. This He would e a What were those wonde: deep, 6 y iran Shay hy made one of their periodical descents. geryicg they faithfully performed. s Miss Carruthers in dark eyes given to her for? 4 started. The stall? The Star of the nis loss, The diamond merchant went tain now he thought he saw eome- “Has it never occurred to you, your- 7 Was the greatest stallion on that he would prove his assertions thing flutter—a Tageed cloak of a aelf that the younx lady might not They looted, pillaged still there, where he had left him? py Sadi, but he couldn't just now. distant wayfarer on the road. But he be a Mohammedan?” asked the other. My Nha apared Ra abocuat ed eee eee ie an brokably devoting The saddier was at present indis- saw, also, houses; the fellow was “What do you know? You pave RAMONE those spared on \\ likely, Amad was probably devoting posed, unconscious, Some one had leaving desolation behind him, Amad rd something? What ts it?” git bis efforta principally to Kuarding the considerably damaged his head. It suppressed the temptation to follow. "Sine girl's mother was Greek. It would seem almoat like asking for those eyea would shine on eome other a stranger. And then once inslle with follow somewhere —when abe had : bis very soul pinch y four emil- taken her place in the world te whieh pened to know something of nently dopventianal walls, he or she @he belonged. bs “ut the husband?” Stanton’s eyes Weep the wire eli Ay eed, cable: would may; (So lad to seo youl YOu He would be but an inaséeat im that exita at present. Ho would play ey « ‘ is 4 . Aparkled. “Did he make no move + - are well, i trust?” Following wi other lite of here—that mere | Niet city of mystery and a mytlad was more magic, The genie was molest the fellow, “Positive, Her father was Eng- of marriage, too. How'd she happen cunvontionul conversation forest, Peruana she would be alate d killed in the usual manner. ‘The girl's mother, ‘When she showed them to me I began ding places while it was dark, 4 ; ; , He would, no doubt, have done #0, viauitudl- forget it and him. And he ‘ ery. Are not the tales full of in- Revenge would be sweet, but he fish. a ubt, bave to show me the jewelry? Oh, she 4, more or less sprightly, maybe— anti mould wath foe the morn to, do stances of their wrath?’ And there- was old and cautious. ‘Tho evil one “[—1 don't understand.” Here was but, unfortunately, just at thie time qian't try to bribe me. No such pode, Wore or tess sprightly, may fcetunlz, ana (radually fade away } , would have wearied of burning and 'on the magistrate called before him tuke that zone of safety for dogs of the opening of a new chamber of he was himacif stricken i, 1B juck! Not ao sure I'd be ao incor- "Hut the situation had to be met. He “Know my name?” he asked oud Meticg in the vacive christian aiaes (ele t the gate and questioned Christians!) And Amad prayed in- mysteries, He strove to readjust his London, An old trouble, I under- Truth is, well, you know, went on. Croak! Creak! That sbirt denly, He experionced a weird oca- ter and be more ready to devote them. They, scenting which way the wardly that in that old, old town of jdeas tu new conditions. Was he stand, Was taken to a hospital and yy had some vague ideas about was certainly starched hard as a gation of Joculurity as he spoke, = wind blew, affirmed that from the his there might be a al massa- pleased, gind, his wife was not a died there, Exact details are hard the wolf at the door, between ideas . Hang native laun- — “"c irse Agaii q horse's nostrils had come flames, cre of all foul unbelievers, Untor- Mohammedan? He knew at to get at. Remember this happened grout something else that might or nt aoa tie hat pinched his head. eta No doubt ‘she Thoeeet ee ‘ When he snorted, sparks flew. This tunately, it did not seem as if his the moment. It i long ago. He may never have Tearned might not have happened at Pamas- pig miged the soft caressing folda of manner rather strange. She couléa't . y out of a predica- wish would come to pass. The riot- wanted, He had given the su What befel his wife. Home office, too, cus, and, chafing aside, she felt im- } ering of the wild people ace. down into. the, dept St "themselves tu the diamond merchant's reonal concerns, fh Tiuch confusion in the city ' cemducted a very systematic search Was the easiest Pry ment for them. Perhaps, too, by this ing and looting of the night before her nationality no thought, Sh may never have known. Outrages of pelied to—you underatand? Didn't h felt light f ‘ eyoung man started toward the time, they had almost persuaded had, after ally been of a desultory waa ail In. all--everythini-— this Kind were frequent. The mother Want to be a burden on the mission °%,th®, donert. | Ills ot Sicrareeeut toe ereeainet t i market place. If only he could reach themselves thers had been fiery indi- and non-sanguinary character. No “But how?” he began. may have been reported dead. folks. No danger of that now,” the “Perhaps he waa ® bit light-headed. — Of course! His queation had been *) there, mount the Star, and “rush cations. Ergo, the horse was en- true prophet of blood had arisen at “Suhh!" said Fitzgerald. ‘As @ matter of fact she was not nobleman added, “She can IONS He want poltie ta bon Hor ite release rages eran! File, questi tet ttempt to do so! chanted, and, ergo again, you couldn't the opportune moment, as had been ‘They had reached a gate and Slain, but carried to a fanatical picely—very nicely, indeed! 7 It seemed rather a mad expedient, be expected to stop an enchanted the case on other occasions. Tho paused before it. Around then were Moslem centre and thereafter was lost — ‘The other did not puraue the wub- syecsihing clear Doults ane ieee: but it might not be impossible. In- horse, Thus they crawled out of a diamond merchant, however, yet orange trees, Afar they saw u figure to the world, Nothing so uncommon ject, “She knows all this?” he asked deed, the things that look hardest hole. savagely hoped for the best—or the passing in the garden. The young im that.” Stanton nodded, He was abruptly. bald, important fact expanded and “Prove 1 imes the least difficult, Had = Amad left, but not to go home, He Worst—and tearing the message into man gave a slight exclamation, The Intensely Interested, “Shortly aftor 6 does filled hin being. He was going to see that abrupt sensation of uni he not scen that demonstrated in the had alrewly sent horsemen down tha # hundred bits, he turned back dressed in Bur her captivity the mother gave birth hat's" — Stanton swallowed — hep nocne naw~ bis rivouity. Sapea’ be sunt eeu Great collexe ame? The uneapected way which is the shortest way to the — Several days later ho whom Atuad walking: wit Sn ee in Che Cais tee ine “whavaher name!” Fancy having to “Yoo. cowl, Mor ste had come awk, to Wear hee eae it’ tiers Mee Succeeded. He himself had once been goa, He, himself, now followed these had discerned afar, stood on a hill, Presumably the chief missionary. She Sold Into the ponltive slavery which, ark the name of ono whom onee YOU Ailih be praised, she was alone. She challenged her. selected by his team to pull off @ horsemen and with others of his some distance to the west, and gazed did not look toward them; her head @% you and T know, existed then, fondly imagined was your wife! came toward him; she saw him. The "Mr. Jack Stanton,” said the orl, Stunt, seemingly about as unachlev- friends and satellites. They might down upon a little seaport town. His Was down-bent; the wonderful face bd mother became ‘the wife of « Mary Carruthers,” dimming day softened any differences readily. able ‘as this one. yet catch the fellow, or at least find look wax euger, expectant. His quest 8eemed much paler ussulmun, Apparently be was not Fruthors? | Mise Carruthers.” jn him. His eyos, hiv expression _“Miater?” he ecoffed, recklensy. But it had been at a crisis: all waa gome trace of him. They did. Amad, was done, or practically had come to ‘The two men did not move; Stanton & bad sort of chap for his kind. stanton repeated the namo like though—that last was not different; “Among old friends? te my cous. Jost unless something of the kind after a tong, long ride, came up with an end. From this port he could take scarcely breathed. His burning gaze Anyhow, he seems to have been gen- child in tho first grade saying his let- she must remember that look, Buro- try old friends call each other by Sires gould be accomplished. And he, the those he had despatched earlier, They a ship for anywhere, He had won followed her as she went by on the Tous enough to his Christian wife. ters. "Mary Carruthers It wasn't ing, admiring! He stood as first he "ames. It's Tom, Dick, Harry, ep— lucky halfback, had turned the trick, had paused at the boundary line bee his wager, but he was not thinking distant winding walk, Oh, the grace, Presented her With @ fine house in a bad name, In fact, It was a very had before her, when the sight of her That goal had been for glory; thia yond which lies a non-Moslem zone, of that. His quickening gaze reated the charm of her! In that garb he Damascus, don't you know, nice name. But it was like getting face, in front of the pastry shop, bh was for partes. ia hae soared by In that independent liwa, over which On the walls of the solid old mission seemed to see her anew. Forgetful of Stanton did knot Sequainted with her all over again. awakened the flery poet in hime ote oa oe eR y NY faa® presides a Christian governor, ap- dulldings, not 40 far away. all hewiltered, perhaps n tittle dazed, there." He spoke absentiy. Ho gghed) hen be brightened. Al- | Something in him had called out He lot the word sink in, He sesmed briated? They had had an early atart, Pointed with the consent of the Bright spots—oranges in groves— h@ was about to spring forward, W Have, eh Hie lordship eyed [hl DA praised ane was not an Honor- to her then, aa voices call from # to like to hear the sound of bis Besides, they probably couldn't shoot Powers any Christian is safe. No danced around them. Stanton has- the nobleman touched his arm him sharply. The young man's at- iss Anybody. 6 en tower at prayer time, Then and now bame immensely-—on her lips. , Mahommecin may harm him, Amad tened downward and his stride was "Ahem!" said Fitzgerald. “Those— tention, for an instant, out of SPared that. Ife felt confused, how. —that past and this presont seemed gaged at her rapturously, Then be my fone of the exits, robabl: ma Ings suddenly evaporated. The single, heard it once or twice cinoe— he “Jack,” a@traight anyhow. The thoroughfare it have proc 4 5 t tog: ever. He couldn't help it, He had proceeded further, but to once more vigorous. The patriarchal &W! togs are all right in the desert, the window. It was immodiately re. ub mulan’ jelp It. je had one they were one He started remembered and gazed a as Bis "alone, he could manage to Bt What purpose? Just to shake hin flat beard of the romance reciter had you know, but" called, "Odd how some of those Mom. felt that way before, only this was ® toward her Impetuously, but stopped. he looked at her oan more Thee he te: he would do it, Nerve would ft hia enomy? If he did more than been discarded. He didn't need It any Stanton paused. ‘The other was lem fellows do take to their Chria- "W variety of tho mixed-up feeling. None of that now—that old manner! sald quite abruptly and unexpestedies ; ‘a man far, Even as he told that the five powers, or one of them, longer. right, His cloak was ragged and tian wives,” resumed Fitzgerald. Maybe, he would have to ask some- He mustn't forget “Maury, I love you. i. ita this he stumbled, but recov. Would settle with him. He could not One of the first persons he met in Soiled; sleeping in it had not im- “The big Mogul of India, for ex- body for her hand, There micht ap- Miss Carruthors-— he began. It He was quite surprised at himself, Ml fred with a fecling of surprised im. 8¢ape; he would be sought for, wher- the town's principal winding little proved Mt Ills face was dyed He ample, wan inordinately fond of his, pear a brand-new lot of relatives seemed her absurd, but bow else He hadn't expect to say it just then | patience and continued. He saw at ver he was, and dragged forth, He reet was Lord Fitzgerald, on foot, Was in a Christian country or @ seg- “About the time of the marriages, and meddlers and people who advise. could he address her? His voice had or like thet. Why, bis tone was hardly fength the open apace of the market Atitted his teeth, Then there was @ Stanton hailed him joyfully: ment of and he had been about or shortly after, the child, by the Sometimes these people talk of @ lugubrioumly formal sound. The tender. tf before him and paused to rest. Not Pitterer pill to awallow, “Bh? What? Oh! said his lords t¢ Push | tthty toward her he, a English father, was placed ina mis. “grand matches.” | or desirable girl gave him her hand quickly, and A longer silence than @ 0 mee Jong!—conaciousness might leave him, Tied to @ bush at the very border ship, ‘This young American wag cers Vagabond of the devert, a scarecrow sion, Just how this came about fa matches, "Desirable?" That was the he clasped It eaxorly portentous one—brimming with catese i~ he had certainly lost a bit of blood, of the accursed zone, the diamond tainly a surprise maker. for earments; he mirht even have somewhat a matter of conjecture, Word. Was he desirable? Some of Nothing formal about that clasp of trophes! Mias ruthers did not look and the day would come and find him merchant saw the Star of the Desert, were his next words, been capable of clasping her in his Perhaps the mother stipulated {t as that fanciful batch of new relatives his! Her hand was delightfully soft nglishman nodded to- &PMs, willy-nilly. Had that actually a condition and he agreed, Possibly might have doubts, There might be and warm. I[t iinparted a glow been ‘his impulse? And with those it secretly pleased him to dispense an Anglo-Saxon Light of Life among over hit. at him now. He saw only part of that lovely profile, Now when a womap ry there. It would not be dark much The noble animal looked pretty well ‘Soon would be heard the call tuckered out, though the youns man » buildings. girl turns away? The ver; Ae inenilg prayer, A 7h Re Lee OR Eas acleclaa an aonehient Eeeuine cect : clothas stained with blood, too, as if with this reminder of the past. The tein—a regular terror, His heart aged to releas the hand, though it her head seemed to spell ny polae of ene Md with aneftort he did, for his equine friend, removed the eae aband had been in some low mother, though yielding to the in- sank. He could imaging as many oh- required @ heroic effort. “He felt he him, ‘The impression grew and grew. Se ere eT atatrahee cn the: paddle AN@ Inde Klin an Comeerianis tavern brawl evitabla herself, may have welcomed stacles aa a timorous boy aces bory Was practising enormous selt-dental. He arose, “y uare. His hand brushed against a4 possible, As Amad swung on the Fitzgerald was right. the chance to restore the child to faces on tree trunks in a foreat at Be looked at her, maybe not so con- —you are going?” eald the the wall and he groped his way along, scene the Star waa engaged in nib- wonderful haven the town seemed Trust an Englishma por the propri- a civilization where she belonged. dusk time. lonaily as he imagined, quickly, There was a catch in ¥ At last he stood before the stall. A bling languidly succulent blades on after al! she little vicissitudes of the eties anton laugh A “bawth” At any rate, a member of a caravan = “Sure you aren't @ romance-re- ver we are 80 glad. Lord Fitager- Woloe, by Allah! low whinney greeted him. Pegasus!— the mountain of holy associations, past. He walked on hardly noting attire brought her here, ho said gruffly to the noble- ld sent me word you were here. "he sald suddenly. For the Garden of Eden!—cedars of Solomon A shot or two had grazed him, but, where he was going he followed his lord- “An old praachar—you naw him to- Yes, got in to-day.” H facie of @ second he bad caught the —"song of sonza"—his thoughts were no doubt, he would be right enough “Have vay difficuity getting here?’ Shp on, the mission garden. Ha day—then connected with the mia- “TL haven't the talent," anawerea !f he bad arrived in the mo look in her eyes. would norer Chaotic. He hardly knew what he did, soon, Fastened to the saddle fluttered he asked, after a few ta cments turned his back on it—and her, Aa alon, thinks he remembers an old that pernon. “I leave the job t eee calm: (a 8 Pullman, perpape. leave her mow. Of that he was But he managed to unfasten Pegasus. ® bit of white; It was a message haa- No, Only once or twice your the M4 minions eave the Job to you, He told ma, too, how you manag It took him some time to mount. tly scrawled on a rather disreputable lad ary! She too, had arisen, and he caught wanted te jump out" hha, ' aa : : » 2 Fitzgerald eyed him with mild in- ih ¥, Good old Pegasus!—how atill he bit of paper. The diamond merchant — "Yot~did not let ery Cope?’ tm QS ‘ atu answered. her to hi ' eal q . uiry, The younk man did not seem looked at hi Ww 4 1 stood!--seemed to know. al! seized and visually devoured It quick alarm r} QUES, Ke is . - jooked at him, on't you alt ‘Mary arden!ernone!—lingine with sone ra tne iluateioun, ke "Naturally not" dryly nm | Wext Week’s Complete Novel |) jist o ts ih BG AME ck sunmeains weomed abrupts 7h Urwgae tn the orange tres sang e hand to the pommel of the saddli Amad Ahl-Masr:" — the fellow But why should she have The hapa bes |y. te have descended between them. of orange-flowa swaying like @ drunkard, he rede Gould be polite, exquisitely so young man began, then stopped The sory of a voldiey : the prayar-book,” Stanton hose? uld you rather go into the ange ry Chrintian wedding $ accustomed to cars, 1 supy forth. _ “Herewith, I am returning yo! of fortunes who wv. vs WCAPT. VELVET'S WELCOME ||; preuariae! ‘Pha Mecdte emcee. Dallave the eer saw on se ets p p00 n “I would not rather go into the And u wedding ring!" la ped Re = prope he r I slave sb i _ " house,” ho returned emphatically. “I i) dark princess of bi A Surprise. have rubbed him down well, Fure- face of his companion case has _ wearing a 830,000 dia- ae weitere Ae said you tone PiiMed glance “it is very pleasant out a-—? N the street of the bazaara Well! We meet no more, Gurac- aulite puzzled tho missionaries,” ho WILL BEGIN IN mena end sar it" ee ae Te naiety Rulte ean ante a hh mee Reade Ape Pm 0 added mn a satchel, aR . 7" o8 ® ha: °: owtationl “4 the story tellers told, the fleenawest, I have emioyea am What case?" NEXT He Salle so with threo Did." Lacontcally. "But ot ft Jast, or, at loust, to put It just that ding with the bride Present! a ed next day, how he got out. stay in your—oh, so Interesting 8. ay . — of ealgey ¢ create “et congratulate you." The noble- whey found themnelves on the Aen bat ies hought } It tad not been euch a dit- city. Twas a stranger and you Ce ’ , ies o bench, but for one who had av much oxnilarating, Wien { floult matter. Surprised, Attentions' thousand tmanksn'? Stanton tare os Athy do ve In of ban 1 You eyti with aisle be wad Araarely Suist, Jiwen Aga abet, followed eS bal | y n ‘ Not easy to adjust himself to the new any ot! ve scene, } vitig of the guard had swallowed the ghall never forget your hospitality, you say that?" “De ae ieeaien knew well enough conditions. He lodked at the European sf bg