The evening world. Newspaper, May 26, 1922, Page 27

CHAPTER XVIIL Continued.) ‘ FE sent Henri away and sa’ down beside the divan to watch with a feeling of weariness that was not bodily. For a time Ahmed Ben Hassan lay motionless, and then, as the day crept “m and the early rays of the warm sun filled the tent, he moved uneasily, and began to mutter feverishly in confused Arabic and French, And beside him, with his face buried in his hands, Raoul de Saint Hubert thank- ed God fervently that he had saved Diana the added torture of listening to the revelations of the past four months. The first words were in Arabic, then the slow, soft voice lapsed into French, pure as the Vicomte's own. “Two hours south of the oasis with the three broken palm trees by the well. + Lie still, you little fool, it Is us to struggle. You cannot get away, I shall not let you go. Why have I brought you here? You ask me why? Mon Dieu! Are you not woman enough to know? No! I witl not spare you. Give me what I want willingly and I will be kind to you, but fight me, and by Allah! you shall pay the cost! . . . Diane, Diane, how beautiful youare! . . . What devil makes me hate Raoul after twenty years? Last night she only spoke to him, and when he went I cursed her till I saw the terror in her eyes. . . . Di- ane, Diane, how could I know how much you meant to me? How could I know that I should tove you? . . . Diane, Diane, my sunshine. The tent is cold and dark without you. . . . Dieu! If you knew how much I loved you. . . Diane, Diane, {t fs all biack. TI cannot see you, Dtane,, Di- aye.” . And hour after hour with weary hopelessiess the tired voice went on— “Diane, Diane.” . « « CHAPTER XTX, T was evening when Dtana opened drowsy and heavy eyes, a bitter taste in her mouth from the ef- fects of the drug that Saint Hu- bert had given her. She dressed with feverish haste and went into the outer It was filled with Arabs. ‘Gradually the tent emptied until onty Yusef was left. ‘The Vicomte came back, bringing 2 chair for Diana, and put her tnto ir with gentle masterfulness. Saint Hubert brought a chair for himself and dropped into tt wearily. He looked across the dtvan at her, and the change that the Inst few hours had made in her struok him painfully. She asked no questions and she shed no tears. She sighed once, a lon# qutvering’ sigh that nearly broke Saint Hubert’s heart. He rose and bent over the Sheik with his fingers on hts wrist. and as he Iaid the nervetess hand down again she leaned nearer and covered it with her own. “His hand 1s so big for an Arah's,” e said softly, like a thought spoken Jud unconsciousty. “He ts not Arab,” reptted-Gaint An bert with sudden, impatient vehe menee, “He te Fngtish.” She shook her head. “@ometimes I have wondered"’——she sald refisc- tively. ‘You ought to know,"’ sald aint Flubert, ‘his father in the Harl of Glenearyll."” “But T know him,” wonderingly. ‘He was e friend of my father. I saw him only a few months zo when Aubrey and I passed through Parts."* “Y had better tell you the whole story,” said Raoul, dropping back into his chair. “Thirty-six years ago my father, who was as great a wanderer as I am, was staying here in the desert with his friend the Sheik Ahmed Ben.Has- san. The Sheik was a wonderful man, very enlightened, with strong Buropean tendencies. One evening rhortly after his arrival at the camp a party of the Sheik's men who had been absent for some days in the north on the chief's affairs arrived, bringing with them a woman whom they had found wandering in the desert. From her accents my father decided that she was Spanish, but she would admit nothing, not. even her nationality. In due course of time the child was born, a boy." Saint Hubert paused a moment and nodded toward the Shetk. “Even after the child's birth she refused to give any account of herself. There was an element of the mysteric that had taken hold ‘of the su- perstitious Arabs, and the baby was looked upon as something more than human and was adored by all the tribe. The Sheik himself, who had never looked twice at a woman he Sore in his life, became passionately attached to her. My father says’ that e has never seen a man so madly In love as Ahmed Ben Hassan was with the strange white girl who had come so oddly into his life. He re peatedly implored her to marry him Bhe would mot consent, though she Would give no reason for her refusal, and her refusal made no difference seta Diana pe ed a with the Sheik. His devotion was wonderful. She knew that she was dying, and a few days before the {J end she told them her pitiful little history. She was the only daughter \hof one of the oldest noble houses in @, | Spain, as poor as they were noble he’ | ana she had been married when she ble wee seventeen to Lord Glencaryll, 7. fe Who had seen her with her parents My tn Nice She had been afraid to say who she was lest she should be sent back to her husband. And with the birth of ( he child shé became more than ever a Hetermined to preserve her The boy should he spared the ing she had herself endured. made my father and the Sheik swear t nat until the boy grew to man ood should Lord Glencaryll be told THE MOST TALK mM am Hy WY 1 : ED ABOUT. STORY_IN SMALL. MAYNARO U CO, PUBLISHM® CHARACTERS IN THE STORY. ~ My IANA MAYO, nineteen, beautiful, aristocratic English girl, deter- mines to make an expedition into the Arabian desert from Biskra. Her brother, AUBREY MAYO, by whom she has been brought up, virtually as @ boy, tries to dissuade her. So does JIM ARBUTHNOT, who loves Diana and wants to marry her. At a ball given to celebrate her departure she tells him she has none of the feelings of a woman, has never been kissed and can obey no man. Her expedition into the desert is led by MUSTAFA ALI, an Arab with a fine outfit of well-bred horses. Disturbing signs appear before the journey is a day old. Diana is captured by SHEIK AHMED BEN HASSEN and taken a prisoner to his caravan, where she is subjected to his passionate attentions. Diana is served by an Arab maid and by GASTON, a young Frenchman who has long been attached to the Sheik’s entourage. Ahmed’s attentions become so distasteful that Diana while out riding with Gaston runs away into the desert. She is recaptured by the Sheik and while being brought back she realizés she loves her captor. The Sheik has a visitor, RAOUL DE SAINT HUBERT, a French author and traveller, who has known Ahmed for years and is his closest friend. He falls in love with Diana but will not declare himself. The Sheik’s jealousy begins to show as Diana, while out riding with Gaston, is cap- tured by Ibraheim Omair, Ahmed’s desert enemy. The Sheik pursues and kills [braheim as Diana struggles in the loathsome Arab's arms. Wy Y “AHMED BEN HASSEN BEGAN TO MUTTER FEVERISHLY IN CON- FUSED ARABIC AND FRENCH.” =) Las ST » ee ii as noon as his time in the cavalry was up. A letter that Lord Glencaryll wrote to him, addressed to Viscount Caryll, which is, of course, his cour- tesy title, hegging for at least an in- terview, and which he gave to us to of hie existence. for her husband which she gave into She wrote a letter my father’s keeping, her wedding ring “The boy grew up believing that Ahmed Ben Hassan was his own together with father. When hea was fifteen my| forward, was returned unopened, and father induced the Shetk to send him|scrawled across the envelope: ‘In- to Parts to be educated. It was then{connu. Ahmed Ben Hassan.’ And that I first saw him. since that day his hatred of the Eng- lish had been # monomanta, and he has never spoken a word of English.” There was a pause, but still Diana dia not move or speak. “The curse of Ishmael had taken hold of me by then and I wandered continually. Sometimes Ahmed came with me; we have slot big game to- “After a year with us in Paris, my father, always mindful of his real nationality, sent him for two years to a tutor in England, where I had my- self been. The tutor was an excep tional’ man, used to dealing with ex- ceptional boys, and Ahmed did very well with him “My father entertained very largely | gether in most parts of the globe, A and Ahmed became the fashion-—'‘Le| few times he stayed with us in Paris, bel Arabe’’ he was called, and he en-| but never for long; he always wearled Joyed a succes fou which bored him to extinction—and at the end of the year, having written to the Sheik for permission to go home, he shook the dust of Paris off his feet and went to get back to the desert. Five years ago the old Sheik died. Ahmed's de- votion during his illness was wonder- ful. Since he succeeded to the leader- ship of the tribe he has lived contin- back to the desert. I went with him.| uously among his people. He has “I had never seen him in anything} never been able to seek relaxation but European clothes, and I got quite] further than Algiers or afield a shock when I came up on deck the S morning that we arrived at Oran and] She had realized the meaning of found an Arab of Arabs waiting for| Raoul’s carelessly uttered words and ine. they had hurt her poignantly, but it “The meeting between the Shelk and| was no new sorrow. He had told her Ahmed was most touching. I had a} himself months ago, callously, bru- very happy time and left with regret.|tally, sparing her nothing, extenuat- Tho charm of the desert took hold of|ing nothing. She pressed her cheek me then and has never left me since. | against the hand she holding as But I had to return to my medical she knelt by Ahmed’s couch studies, I left Ahmed absorbed in Her fingers crept up lightly across his life and happier than I had ever| nis breast, fearful lest even thelr ten- seen him in Paris. He was nineteer | der touch should injure his hattered then, and when he was twenty-one | pody. my father had the unpleasant task of] And now the knowledge of his boy- ( ing out Lady Glencaryil’s dying | jood seemed to make him even dearer wishes, He wrote to Lord Glencaryl! | than he had been before. asking him to come to Paris, where he| ‘Diana's thoughts strayed back to UE ele Oe ee ae Glen-lthe story that Saint Hubert had told vary! br completely her. ‘Does Lord Glencaryll know “His happiness in the knowledge of Ahmed's existence was pathetic, he was consumed with impatience for his son's arrival. Nothing had been said to Ahmed. The old Shetk let him go in ignorance of what was coming. I shall never forget that day. It had been arranged that Ahmed should be told first and that afterwards father that you see Ahmed?’ she asked, “Oh yes. He and my father became Breat friends. He often stays with us in Paris. We are a link between him and Ahmed. He ts always hun- gry for any news of him, and: stil! clings to the hope that one day he will relent. They have almost met accidentally once or twice, and Glen- and son should meet. Ahmed arrived] cary! has once seen him. It was at in the morning and my father told] the opera. Glencaryll asked the name him the whole story as gently and as] of a stranger he saw-in a box carefully ashe could. Ahmed never} ‘A man next to him looked In the said a word the whole time my father] direction ho was looking and laughed. was speaking--and then his fiendish} ‘That's the Saint Huberts’ wild man temper broke out suddenly, It was a] of the desert. Looks fierce, doesn’t he? terrible scene, He cursed his father] The women call him ‘le bel Arabe.’ in a steady stream of mingled Arabic] He ts sald to have a péculfar hatred and French blasphemy that made]of the English, so you'd better give one's blood run cold. He cursed all] him a wide berth, Glencaryll.” English people impartially de refused to see his father, re- CHAPTER XX. fused to recognize that he was his HE night grew hotter and the father and he left the house that afternoon and Paris that night, going I SEEDEA ROPER: HATE « CADE YS straight back to the desert, taking Wrapped In a thin silk kimono with him Gaston, who had arranged Diana lay very still on the out some tme before to enter hig gervice gide of the wide gouch ip the immer TENLYEARS room, propped high with pillows. It was three months since the night that Saint Hubert had almost given up hope of being able to save the Shelk's Ife—a night that had been followed by days of suspense that had reduced Diana to a weary-eyed shadow of her former vigorous self, and had left marks on Raoul that would never be effaced. It had been @ very silent service, for the Sheik would le for hours with closed eyes without speaking, and something that she could not master kept her tongue- tied in his presence when they were alone. Only once he had referred to the raid. “Was it—In time?" he whispered slowly, and as she nodded with crim- son cheeks and lowered eyes he turned his head away without another word, but a shudder that he was too weak to control shook him. Ahmed Ben Haasan's final recov- ery was quick, and the camp soon settled down into normal conditions. And with the Shetk's complete. re- covery his attitude towards Diana had reverted to the cold reserve that had chilled her before—a reserve that was both courteous and Indifferent. He had slept in the outer room since his ilness, and tossing feverishly on the soft cushions of the big empty bed in which she lay alone Diana had euf- fered the greatest humiliation she had yet experienced. He had never loved her, but now he did not even want her. She was useless to him. Sho was humbled to the very dust by his indifference. At last Raou! had announced that his visit could be protacted no longer and that he must resume his journey to Morocco. To Diana his going meant the hast- ening of a crisis that could not be put off much longer. The situation was becoming impossible. She had said good-bye to him the night before. She had never guessed the love she had inspired In him, and she wondered at the sadness in his eyes and his un- accustomed lack of words. He had wanted to say so much and he had sald so little And this morning he and Ahmed Ben Hassan had ridden away at daybreak. The camp had seamed very lonely and the day, very long. She had ridden with Gaston, and hurried over her solitary dinner, and since then she had been waiting for the Shelk to come back. In what mood would he come? She wondered numbly what would become of her. It did not seem to matter much. Nothing mattered now that he did not want her any more, The old Ife was far away, in another world. She could never go back to {t. She did not care, It was nothing to her. It was only here in the desert in Ahmed Ben Hassan's arms that she had become alive, that she had learned what life really meant, that she had waked both to happiness and sorrow. There was nobody to hear the agon- izing sobs that shook her from head to foot. Tears were not easy to her. She had not wept since that first night when, with the fear of worse than death, she had grovelled at his feet, moaning for mercy. She wrestled with herself. The weakness that she had given way to must be conquered. She knew that, without any possibility of doubt, his coming would seal her fate—whatever it was to be, She must watt until! then. A long, shuddering sigh ran through her “Ahmed! Ahmed Ben Hassan,’ she murmured slowly, lin- gering with wistful tenderness on the words. She pressed her face closer into the cushions, clasping her hands over her head, and for a long time ‘ay very still Quite suddenly her mind was filled with thoughts of her own peopie, the old home in England, the family for whose honor her ancestors had been so proudly jealous. She was torn with a mad, primitive jealousy, a longing to kill the un- known woman who would inevitably succeed her, It was very airless even out of doors, She peered into thé darkness, but there was little light from the tiny crescent moon, and she could sce nothing. She moved a few steps for- ward from under the awning to look up at the brilllant stars twinkling overhead, She had watched them so often from Ahmed Ben Hassan’s arms; they had become an integral part of the passionate Oriental nights. “Madam is tired?” a respectful voice murmured at her ear. Diana started. She had forgotten the valet. “It is so hot. The tent was stifling,” she said evasively Gaston’s devotion was of a kind that sought practical demonstration. “Madame veut du cafe?" he suggest- ed tentatively. It was his universal panacea “No, Gaston, It makes me ner- she said, gently. limonade?”* he Une persisted, hopefully. She let him bring the cool drink more for his pleasure than for he: own. “Monselgneur is late,” she said slowly, straining her eyes again into the darkness, “He will come,” replied Gaston confidently. ‘‘Kopec is restless; he is always so when Monseigneur ts com ing.” At last the sound of his coming came, Only a suggestion at first—* wave of thought caught by her wait ing brain, an instinctive intuition, and she started up tense with expectancy her lips parted, her eyes wide, hardly breathing, listening intently. At last she heard the divan creak under his weight, but not until ¢ ton came back bringing his supper “'Monsetencur desir d’autre ehos: The Sheik must have signed in t! negative, for there was no audib answer, “Ron Sotr “Bon soir, Monselgneur,** Gaston. &To be Continued. ¥ | Fulton St. Bond St. Livingston St, Elm Place BROOKLYN-NEW YORK Business Hours 9 to 5:30 ee Suits and Coats At Great Savings For Misses and Small Women. Also for Large Women Not All Sizes in All Models | At left, Costume Suit at $89.75. At right, Two-piece Suit at $25. Center, Utility Coat at $18.75. HESE ARE FULLY REPRESENTATIVE of the re- markable values that will be offered here tomorrow. Some cial purchases to be sold at special prices; others are broken lines that have been reduced to clear | Every garment is a Loeser Garment, which is backed by the famous Loeser Guarantee. This, then, is truly -a remarkable opportunity for summer merchandise at new of the garments are s} right out. low prices. These Costume Suits have the waist and céat lining of gay crepe de chine, while the rest of the garment is of tricotine or twill. decorations, too. Colors chiefly navy; a few tans. lines—that’s the reason so low in price. 75 Sports Coats At $15.75 | Were $25 to $29.75 Broken assortments, but if your size is here you will get a really splendid 34 Coat for very little. Great variet; only one of a kind. Come early for first choice. Loesor’®-Becond Floor. others full silk lined. At $3.95 one kind, but plain, en, with the don’t miss this opportunity. Size 8x10—S T these PRICES are le: Rugs. Many delightful Broken Some are half and of materials, of which low price. $6.75 to $9 Values SALE EXTRAORDINARY; the best value in Cuff Links that we have ever seen. Think of it! Solid Gold Cuff Links for the price of Gold Filled, and not only Events for Saturday ws | 15 Different Designs to select from. Round, oval, square, octagon, diamond shapes; ved, engine turned, fancy moire designs and a few asonic emblem enameled on. If you have a graduation or birthday present to choose, or a man in the family who needs another pair of Cuff Links Just Inside the Fulton Street Door Loemer's Fine Jewsiry Section—Main Ficor. Imported Grass Rugs At Amazing Low Prices 1 Size 6x 9—Special at $2.65 cial at $3.85 / | Size 9x12—Special at $4.95 than the bare cost of bringing “ these Rugs to America, when purchased under ordinary circumstances. Once before this season a similar oppor- tunity has been placed before Brooklyn housewives, throngh Loeser’s, and the entire purchase of many hundred Rugs/was disposed of in a single day’s selling. ° While this purchase is no larger than the first one, the values are fully as unusual and the patterns as attractive as any we have ever had on our floors in low priced summer | These are admirably adapted to use both indoors and on the porch. The weaving is close and firm on a cotton warp and the ed neat and secure with a stout cotton binding of the same color asthe Rug. Loener'e—Fourth Floor, At $15. of Fur Scarfs $22 Values in Fox and Wolf ANY WHO HAVE been waiting for this Paris-ins} addition to their new spring outfit will be ab! gratify their desire for this particular kind of beauty. Loeser pelts—so you can depend on their high quality at this A Sale é Loeser'e—Becond Floor Silk Shetland Veils 95c and $1.75 Values $1.50 to $3.75 HESE TWO LOW prices for such attractive Veils are the result of a very special purchase. The Veils are splendid quality and are just the kind that one needs for traveling, motoring and general summer time wear. At 95e—Straight Veils in an octa- gon mesh with a deep woven border. At $1.75—Square Veils in octagon and filet meshes, with deep fancy borders, Black, White, Brown, Navy Blue, Gray, Taupe, Copenhagen Blue, Henna, Beige, Purple. Loeser’s—Main Floor, $1.75 Long Silk Gloves for $1.29 ILK GLOVES are here in plentiful variety, and in addition there are many special values, such as this, in Silk Gloves of the best quali- aes. Of Milanese silk in sixteen- length. White. black and col h self backs and double Regular $1.75 values for $1.29, F'—Main Floor, gy Cotton Wash Fabrics at 49c Tissue Ginghams, Ratines, Printed Voiles HOUSANDS OF. YARDS of handsome Cotton Wash Fabrics are marked at this very low price. There are Woven Tissue Ginghams in a great variety of plain and broken checks, 36 inches wide. Printed Voiles in small and medium designs and silk striped Voiles in lovely colorings, 36 and 44 inches wide. Checked Ratines for sports costumes in handsome color combina- tions and plain Ratines in tan, French blue, lavender, rose, green, gray, pink, gold and other shades. A wonderful collection to choose from for almost any kind of a summer frock. ‘Loower's—fecond Moor. Mau Net Ricisas At $3.95 T THE LEFT, the Puritan or Priscilla model is as quaint as you would expect it to be when it bears a name so charming. Particularly youthful with its little black ribbon cravat. Sizes 34 to 46. At the right, Peter Pan model—a style that will never go out of fashion! Sizes 34 to 42, The Net Is Like Silk in its fineness and smooth beautiful weave. The laces are choice and copy real Valenciennes in a very faithful manner. A cream tone pervades the whole Blouse, so that there is a sweetness and charm that is most effective; and all at so low a price, ‘ Locser's—Second Fioega) 3a Vestee Sets At 95c RISP white organdie Vestee with Peter Pan collar and cuffs trimmed with Va! edging and colored embroi 4 Exceptionally smart and dainty made for this special price. Sleeveless Guimpes | Special at $1.59 | Cream net Guimpes with Tuxedo collar trimmed with Val. lace and lace | insertions. Another model has a | lace-trimmed frill. Very good quality. Loeser's—Main Floor. Cool, Dainty, Summer Glovesilk Vests $1.69 NEW AND HIGHER PLANE of attractiveness is reached in this collection of Silk Vests offered tomorrow | They-are made with tailored and ribbon shoulder straps. tops fn | white, pink and orchid. | Vests and Bloomers at $1.98 _ Plain. and dropstitch Glovesilk Vests with tailored tops and ribbon also Bloomers, well reinforced. Glovesilk Chemises at $2.95 Envelope Chemises with tailored tops und ribbon shoulder straps, lxin and embroidered yoke effects, in orchid and pink colors only. One Piece Bathing Combinations Of cotton, mercerized cotton, cotton and wool and silk, at 59, 98c, $2.25, $2.95 and Loeser’s—Second Fiver, , s made fort