Show j.- j. 1 i DOOR 7 By Mary Hastings Hasting Bradley r Jack Ryder a young American I Is doln sm nm ex ex- rivaling rivaling- in hi E m pt t. t and Is induced br bY Jinny Jeffrie a ft pretty American it be ban has known to lo attend a maJ ball ban at her hotel He us obtains obtain a Scotch CO coumine cos- cos mine Irom a friend Andrew Andre McLean an ofU of U the Enl h government and at c t a he hears the torr of a French scholar who disappeared Inthe in inthe the d desert fifteen n years ears ears before The man mon wa reported re rc- rc potted ported dead and a wile and b bab bT Irl irI were tre left ett tow ROW the fhe inheritance of An estate estat makes It suddenly Important to bunt hunt up the child But all dl trace is irone rone McLean e lIn shows Ryder ft t miniature portrait of mounted At the the ht young roun Frenchman curiously ball Ryder is fascinated by br a a. mysterIOus girlIn girl In n a M Mohammedan h costume ho will give no hint of her ber Identity IdentifY Ho fib follows a as u she be he lip elp slips away an and fi ds she i if IS' the daughter of Pasha a Turkish TurkIsh Turk Turk- ish tah in the nei palace palace- The terrible eon ennui of ot her secluded life lUe- has baa led the girl to this escapade At parting in the tho garden to tt th the girls girl h horror and ADd Ryder kIsses her A moment later ister a servant ervant finds her bet and says her ber father wishes to 10 see her Her fear of or discovery proves proven around around- round lei Jeu but is It succeeded by bJ a greater ter one when hen her hu- father informs her he wishes her to marry a re repulsive rr re- ITe old man to UTe save himself from ruin The next day Ryder break bruk brcak politely with his bill American friends friend and arain aln finds the Egyptian girl He Ho la S. lond by bJ her distress at 01 her threatened 0 offer her hia his help belp FOURTH INSTALLMENT A FIND IN THE DESERT l FTER all ho did not know this girl If It Ithe AFTER he swayed her Judgment now and dragged s her away what life what hat compensation could he be otter offer her How did lie Jle know that she e would not regret It Would S she be happier In a a. world unknown She had been brought up to this sort of thing It was bred In her Marriage was WM washer washer her Inevitable game This very ery charm chann she sho e. e exercised this subtle haunting Invasion of his senses what was that but another proof of the harem existence where all Influences were forced to serve lIene the ends of ot sex And ehe was wa as so maddeningly resigned to taking this generall J A queer hot rage was gaining possession of him O 0 0 well If it you ou prefer this he said brutally with a a. youthful desire to wreak In return for tor that strange pain which owa was Inflicting upon him A girl who would let him kiss her one tight night and on the next Inform him that she sho was as giving herself to an unknown unknoWn an an old Turk If It she ehe could go 10 like that to some sonio others other's arms and lips Ups He wanted to take her fiercely in his arms and end cr crush sh her lips Ups against his and then fling her hel away and say fay II O 0 go go to him now now now-It If you ou ca can r rAnd And at the same same- time he wanted to gather her to him as u tenderly as if It ah she ehe were a flower he was Wall guarding and tell her that he ho protect her against all tho the world He WAS ws divided and confused contused and blindly angry He felt baffled and frustrated He was wu both aching and raging And yet he t tyas ivas yas c capable p le of ot reminding himself In some ome corner of ot his he mind that this was best thing for tor th m both What els else For him For her 1 And yet et his tongue went on stabbing her If It this Is what you ou are determined to todo SIG- SIG do he heard himself saying sang hardly yet with a hint of ot deferred deterred finality It waa was as if Jt he had said It If this then Is what hat you ar are ars like If It you are the soft submissive sub sub- missive e harem creature the tho to toy the odal- odal isque If It you will endure undesIred love rather than face the world world world- And she knew that was what he was sayIng say Bay Ing Sing to her The injustice brought a a. lump of or self pity to her throbbing throat at That he should not realize reaUze and honor the courage of or her sacrifice That he should reproach despise She had expected other entreaties protestations Her heart eart ached with a 8 throb of ot s steady eady dreariness But she did not stir sUr Not a 8 Une line of her draperies l 5 wavered towards him A L 4 AU on lump in ner her throat she ehe achieved ed a toneless That is what I Iam Iam Iam am going to do At tho the other end of ot the garden a n. sound came from fr m the house bouse Ryder seemed to rouse himself If Goodby Good then he said sald uncertainly y Good by 1 monsieur He looked oddly at her If Good by Good odby by he be muttered again and turned and stumbled out of ot the gate Bate A pool of ot moonlight lay without its arches archee and he stepped into it as 88 If It coming out of ot the shadows of ot an enchanted garden Ho He stood there in 11 the moonlight against the tho Jane lane A A slight sound drew his eyes back She Sile had followed him to tho the gate she sho tood and straightened himself as if It throwing throwIng throw throw- ing off that gardens garden's spell spen He put back aek hia bie shoulders and took a a. quick step st p down the Inky wells of ot shadow into which her black robe flowed and in the moonlight her herI I face tace gazing gazing- after him was an exquisite etheral apparition like a spirit of or the garden She had cast east off oft her veiL velL He had a a. vision of ot her dark eyes aye shining over oyer rose flushed cheeks of or deeper rose red lips Ups In curves of ot haunting sweetness of the tender contour of ot her young o ng face tace fixed in the radiant moonlight only moonlight only an Instants Instant's vision islon for tor while the blood stopped in his hla veins the tho th darkness engulfed her like a a. magi clans clan's curtain But he waited while he heard the gate closed Still tie oe waited while white he heard her locking lacking it And then for all aU his hig hl hot young pride he turned back and knocked upon it He called calt d softly He whispered entreaties Not a a. sound Not an answer In In a revulsion of feeling he turned and m made de his way blindly front from the lane She Sho ho had hOod his bis voice Like Like a creature utterly spent spent ahe sh had had been leaning against the great gate tate from which she had with with- drawn awn the key But she ehe uttered not not a breath In answer answer and after alter sho she had heard his fo foot footsteps t. t steps die away she she- turned slowly back and and- groped among the rose roots for tor the th keys key's hiding nl pIa place ceo Mechanically she he smoothed d It over oer and moved on towards the house All was quiet there That sound round had haJ been no no ata alarm m Unobserved Unobserved Un Un- observed she fihe ho slipped sUpped within the little door door- and up tho the spiral steps She had not seen the dark eye cye that watching her from tho other side aide of or therose tho the rose thicket After the girl had gained the tho house the old woman man came forward and stooped before the marked bush muttering under her breath at the thorns After Alter a afew afew afew few moments she sho gave a n. little grunt of ot satisfaction satis faction and her exploring hand drew out tho the key She thrust it into her hr robes and md smoothIng smooth smooth- Ing again the rifled hiding place among the roses she ma made e her careful way Into tho house The siesta flesta was past pMt The sun was tilting towards the west and shadows were beginning begin begin- fling ning to put out acro across s tho the blazing l sands Over Oyer tho the mounds of or rubbish the bearers had hod resumed t their slow procession a a. picturesque frieze of tattered Indigo robed ebony figures fig ures baskets on heads against a a. cloudless cobalt sk sky and again the hot air was invaded with the monotonous rise and taU fall of or their labor chant chont chantA A man with a short pointed red red beard and an academic face tace beneath a helmet was stooping over the sittings from those bas be baskets keta intent upon the stream of sand took up tho the denial that an anything which had happened In Cairo Caho those two weeks before had nn anything thing to do with It As It if that rash encounter mattered As A if it he were the tlc silly t sentimental sort of or idiot to go so mooning about his work because of or a a. girl girland girland and a girl from a a. harem with witha a a. taste for tor secret masquerades and Turkish marriages As I if he cared Of or course h he admitted this logically lly an and coldly now nov to himself as he sat Bat there In thera the ra ray of or his excavators excavator's lantern on tho sanded floor floor at the end of or the tho hall hail of or offering ot offering of course h he was sorry for fOl the girl it wan no life for tor any young oung girl especially a I spirited spir one with her veins bubbling with French blood The system was RS wrong If It they were goIng going go ing to shut up th those se girls they had no business busi ness to bring them up on modern ideas If It tho they kept the on the tho windows and the yashmak on their faces th they y ought to kee the kohl on their e eyes es ant and the henna on on their fingers and education ou out of or their hidden heads It was too bad But of ot course the they were brought up to it Look how quickly that girl C a a J i. 4 1 Jt j- j I s. s J If ir It should provO prove the fhe same coat of or arms arnie that would be a 1 clew With Will hl his mind still piecing the recollection and surmise together 1 his 15 fingers pressed tho the spring There was as a n miniature within but It was n n not t the picture of Monster Ryder was looking down upon the face of or a girl a beautiful spirited taco face with v merry eyes and wistful lips Ups lips eyes eyu with a lovely lovely love Jove J ly arch of ot brow and rose red lips Ups with hauntIng hauntIng haunt haunt- Ing curves curve And eyes and brows and lips and curves It was th the face of or the girl who had gazed after atter him in the moonlight against the tho shadows of at the pashas pasha's garden I. I its it's no end good of or you Jack to take this trouble Andrew McLean remarked appreciatively appreciatively tI clr looking up UD from his hIe of ot tho the packet which his unexpected luncheon guest had pushed over to his plate Uncommon thoughtful Its It's undoubtedly a II twin to that lock locket t. t the portrait of ot the mans man's what wito-what- what whatever ever his n namo wan waa d said Jack Ryder r promptly Gratefully ho he drained tho the second lemon temon squash Quash which the silent footed tooted Mohammed J. J J 4 s k r p p 1 I o j t tr r f i I l J v t. a 1 t w 11 T 4 f y i w wT 9 r I y yI I H Ti TV T IL V 1 1 f r- r 44 1 f i t t S' S i i I y through the wire screens P Patiently he discarded discarded dis carded the unending pebbles rU discovering co at rare intervals some lost bead some splinter of or old sycamore wood some Bome fragment of or pottery potter In which a Ptolemy had sipped his wine or a kitchen wench had soaked her lentils Beyond the man were traces of ot the native camp a burnt burntout out fire a a. roll rolI of or rags a a. tattered shelter cloth stuck on t two o tottering sticks sUcks and distributed discriminatingly about a tethered goat a white donkey with motionless drooping ears and a few tew supercilious supercilious super super super- cilious camels The camp was in the center o of a a. broken line lino of ot foothills on the deserts desert's edge North orth and south and west est the wide sands swept out to to meet the sk sky and to the cat cast shutting shutting shut shut- ting out the Nile valley the hills reared their red rock from irom the yellow Among the Jutting rocks in the foreground yawned dark dalk mouths that were the entrances of ot the discovered disco tombs and within one of or orthe the these e tombs was another white while man He was c conducting his own siftings sittings In high solitude a lean Jean bronzed young man with mth dark hair and e eyes es and at the present moment moment mo ment an expression It had been two weeks since Jack Ryder had returned to camp Two interminable weeks They were the longest the dullest the dreariest the most most Irritatingly ing weeks that he had ever er lived H through But bitterly he tae resented any aspersion from the long suffering Thatcher upon his disposition Ho He wanted It distinctly understood understood under under- stood that he w was s not low spirited Not in inthe Inthe Inthe the least A man wasn't in the dumps Just because he be wasn't wasn't well well garrulous rust Just because he didn't go about whistling like a a. steam siren or e exult like a cheer leader Jeader when some one dug up the effigy of or a a. Hathor Rathor cow Just because he ho objected when tho the natives twanged their fool tool strings all night and wailed walled at the moon The moon was full tun now Round and white It went sailing blandly over the eternal monotony of or desert Round and white it lighted up the eternal sameness of or life He He- had never noticed it before belore but n a a. moon was wasa a e. poignantly depressing phenomenon He couldn't help it A man couldn't make himself bo be a a. comedian n It wasn't as ns If he ho wanted to be a a. grump He would have been been glad to be glad He wanted anted Thatcher to tomake tomake make him glad He defied him to He Ho didn't enjoy this flat fiat insipid taste of or things this dull grind this feeding of ot sameness and emptiness that made nothing seem worthwhile worth while A feeling that he had been maroon marooned d don on a desert Island far tar from all stir and throb of ot life Suppose SupPo e he did dig up a a. Hathor cow Suppose Sup pose he dug up Hathor Rathor himself or Cleopatra Cleopa Cleopa- tra or t ten n little What was waa the good of or It Not Jinny Jeffries s herself herselt could have cast east more aspersions lons upon the personal value vatu of or excavations When he was tired of denying to himself that there was anything unusual the matter with him he ho shifted the Inner argument and A fortune was WM coming to the pacha had given shen in She was Turkish through an and d through Submissive Docile And a darned good thing she was too Suppose she had tak taken n him at his fool word Suppose Suppo o she had real really wanted to get away Luck Lucky that's what hat hed he'd been And it would be a lesson to him Never Ne er e again No o mor more masked young things with their stolen keys key and their forbidden doors No o more whispered whispered whis whis- tales tale of ot woe in a Q shady garden No Nomore in more ore ore- Violently he wrenched himself l from om his No 1 Mores Recollection had a way of or stirring stir sUr ring an unpleasant tumult But It was Tas all aU over He had forgotten It It-he It he would forget 1 it Ho lIo would forget her Work rork that was the thing Normal sensible everyday work But there was no joy in this tonic work Somewhere between a night and a t mornIng morn morn- log iDS he had lost that glow of or accomplishment accomplish accomplish- ment which had buoyed him which mado made him fairly ecstatic over the discovery of or this cr very tomb For this tomb was his bin own find It had been found long ago o by the Persians Persian who had plundered It it and it had been found round by b- bArab Arabs Arab who had plundered the Persians but between between be be- tween and after those findings the oblivious Bands sands had swept over oyer It it blotting it from the world choking the entrance hall and the shaft shaft- seeping through scaled halt caled- caled entrances entrances en en- trances and packing its dry drift |