Show of the Sheik By E. E M. M HULL H Sequel to The ing Story Sheik h Absorbing AbsorbIng Absorb Absorb- U u Copyright 1925 Small Maynard Co Continued from yesterday Caryll was waiting even now at atthe atthe atthe the little town of or with Rauol de do Saint HUbert HlIbert for tor the letter letter let let- ter that should summon him to his fathers father's campIt camp It was only from Raoul that she had learned anything at all of ot the son who was wa waa a stranger to her Th The The sole link still as he had been Inthe in inthe inthe the past between the divided fam fam- fly ily his occasional visits had meant more to her than Just the advent of ot ofa ofa ota a trusted and beloved friend She had never guessed the love he had kept hidden In his heart for twenty years had never suspected the pain those visits occasioned His comIng coming coming com com- ing had always meant news of Caryll news o of the stately house in England where he was a frequent and welcome guest Through his eyes she had seen her son grow from childhood to boyhood from boyhood to adolescence And yet pow how little after all he had been able to tell The passionate devotion and lavish generosity of ot a sorrowful sorrowful sorrowful sorrow sorrow- sorrow sorrow- ful old man toward a much loved and Jealously guarded heir the al almost almost almost al- al most womanly tenderness of ot the boy In all things that concerned his grandfather grandfather that that much she had gleaned and other little details of his daily dally life She knew him to be serious beyond his years immersed in the management of ot the estates that would be his his a shy reserved young man who had always re remained re- re somewhat of an enigma even lo to the Frenchman who had known him all his life So of the real Caryll she knew nothing She had bad had to feed teed on the dry husks of ot bare facts While she starved for tor the deeper more In Intimate Intimate In- In knowledge that had b been en withheld from her And when he pe e came what would his attitude be Much as she longed for tor it there were moments when she his coming Reading between the lines line of his liIs last letter she had sensed the reluctance with which he viewed the forthcoming visit had become painfully painfully pain pain- fully tully aware o of an impression or Ot hardly concealed hostility She shrank from the thought But bitter though it might be It was perhaps natura natura He could scarcely be expected to entertain any feelIngs feelings feelings feel feel- ings of ot affection toward the parents parente who had apparently neglected him Nor could he be expected to know the causes that had bad led to this seeming neglect There was so much he did not know It was impossible to Imagine that the proud old Ear Ear EarT could ever have confessed to his grandson the shameful story of his own short married life lite could ever have havo told him of ot the happening that I had lost him wife and son and left him to face long years of or sorrow re remorse re morse and loneliness It seemed equally impossible to blacken the memory of the dead by revealing i now to Caryll the true reason of the estrangement between the Sheik and his father tather Caryll must be left lert to think what he would to blame e the on one who was least blameworthy There was as only one other who I I knew the real history of tho the Glen- Glen caryll family and Diana guessed i that the tho Innate chivalry that was so much a part of or him would uld keep Raoul de Saint Huberts Hubert's lips clos closed d. d Unless necessity obliged him to sp speak ak And in her passionate love for her husband Diana found herself almost hoping that the necessity would I arise It was horrible to think that I wrong motives could be to I t him horrible to think that the es estrangement egi eg- i that had begun in generation one I w might C 0 VU 5 a be oe ue carried on into I C 0 w VU 5 might a be oe ue carried on into a second merely through a mIsunderstanding misunderstanding misun mIsun- that might never neve- be elucidated For she knew Ahmed ben Hassan well enough to realize reaUze that he would never rever refer to the subject he would Ignore the possible ble condemnation of his son as he had ignored the tho relationship he had repudiated so many any years ago In the early da days s 's ot of her married life Diana had exerted all her influence tp bring about a reconciliation but her endeavors had been unavailing for flexible ible as he had always been the Sheik had not only turned a flea deaf ear to her pleadings but had finally i definitely refused to discuss the matter matter- wit with herShe her I She had done al that she could do God alone knew what tho the fu- fu S bring V She sigh sighed ed again and setting the the- photographs aside turned once more to the letter lying on the pad before herBut her But the Ink dried slowly on herpen her herpen herpen pen and no more words were added to the clo closely ely written sheet Her Her- S J letter was to Raoul waiting at a t I She hid had told him 0 of ot otI f I the Sheiks Sheik's absence had gaven him hin himI 1 i I directions where to find the camp I IJ J 1 and had begged him t tl tp set out immediately im im- im- im i I mediately There was nothing ti to 0 I add nothing that she could add Much as she wished it It it was Impossible impossible im Im- possible for tor her hex to io ask Raoul to ex explain explain explain ex- ex plain the family history to Caryll Caryn Sh She Sha signed her name and directed I the envelope with a gold cold old little feelIng feel feel- l I ling Ing of mental chillS chill fighting a se sen sensation sensation of or foreboding that seemed ti to S Shave have bave taken a firm hold on her Angry with herself herselt but unable t to 0 shake ot off the strange apprehensions apprehension S that beset her she leaned her arms arm armson armson SS S on the writing table and buried burled he her r face tace in her hands After so many peaceful years year 5 ever everything seemed to be changed I and she had a curious Instinctive e feeling that trouble wa was drawing g I very near to her The concrete ex cx exI expression ex- ex of ot what had been vaguely vague a I In her mind for tor days gave her ber a aI I kind of or sh shock ck as she whispered ered th the e words N It was unlike her to have havo misgivings ings It was foreign to her nature e to meet trouble halfway haway What L then was the matter with her n-h n why V w was as she ahe oppressed with this feeling g of coming disaster It was true that she was worried worrie S about Ahmed worried about th the e Boy too worried lately even to alec sleep p properly But she had been anxious 5 about them before many times It I t was not only fear for them that distressed distressed distressed dis dis- her It was a new dread drea I that she had never experienced be tie tie- fore tore She checked her racing thoughts thought q with a little shudder I I i I S She knew the danger of ot solitary brooding that led to shaken nerves and self pity knew the danger of unrestrained m mental Introspection that was born of loneliness Resolutely she gripped herself herselt What That was to be would be and no power of or hers could either stop or alter It She would leave to the futures the things of ot the future and live from day to day as she had trained herself to live fighting the fears tears that seemed unworthy God leep Keep me are strong she prayed and guard them both those both those men of ot mine She smiled suddenly through S her tears and brushed them hastily away as IlS ts though ashamed of them How many times Umes she he had agonized over their absence absence how how many times the had returned to her unharmed If then why not now Why torture torture tor- tor ture herself needlessly So easy to o sa say so difficult to practice Difficult but not Imp impossible s- s sible Determined to conquer her weakness she sat up suddenly glancing at ather her watch Cont Continued tomorrow |