Show 1111 7 06 L 01 IND t A ten pounds repeated bryanne a hand in his pocket 8 SYNOPSIS george percival val algernon jones vice pres dent of the metropolitan oriental rug company of ne v york thir thirsting tin for romance Is in cairo on a business tr p horace horoce rianne arrives at the hotel in cairo with a careful ly guarded bundle r bryanne sells jones the famous h holy oly yli 1 ordes rug which he admits having stolen from a pasha at ba bagdad dad jones meets major callahan and later Is introduced to fortune Ched sove by a woman to whom he had loaned 14 pounds at monte carlo 0 ome monti s previously and who rho turns out ut to be fortune fortunes s mother jones takes mrs Ched soye and fortune to a polo game fortune returns to jo jones nes the money borrowed b her mother mrs Ched soye appears to be engaged in some enterprise unknown to the daughter bryanne interests jones in the united romance and adventure corn com pany a concern which tor for a price will arrange any kind of an adventure to or der mrs Ched soye her brother maior callahan wallace and bryanne as the united romance and adventure company plan a risky enterprise involving jones bryanne makes known to mrs airs Ched soye his intention to marry fortune mrs chedie Che doe e declares she will not permit A it plans are laid to prevent jones saling sa ling for home bryanne steals jones letters and cable d snatches spat ches he wires agent in new york in jones name that he Is renting house in new york to some friends mahomed keeper of the holy carpet Is on bryanne s trail CHAPTER VIII vill continued what to do mused the rogue on the morrow mr jones would leave for port said bryanne shook his head and with hia his cane beat a light tattoo against the side of his shin tion was rather out of his sphere of action and yet the suppression of percival val was by all odds the most im move to be made he had volunteered this service and accod it he must in face of all cles or poof went the whole droll fabric for to him it was droll and never it rose in his mind that he did not chuckle it was a kind of nightmare where one hung in midair mid air ones one s toes just beyond the flaming dragon dragons s jaws the rewards would be enormous but these he would gladly surrender tor for the BU su preme premo satisfaction of turning the pol poisoned arrow in the heart of that 4 canting hypocrite that smug church deacon the sanctimonious the sleek the well fed firstborn and poor per caval algernon for no blame of his own must be taken by the scruff of his neck and thrust bodily into this tangled web of scheme and under scheme it was infinitely humorous he ile had had a vague plan regarding mahomed guardian of the holy ahi ordes but it R was as not possible tor for him to be in cairo at this early date that bs he would eventually appear bryanne never doubted he knew the oriental mind mahomed el gebel would cross every barrier less effective than death it was a serious matter to the mos few egl it if he returned to the palace at A baga id minus the rug it would mould mean free transportation to the arabian gulf bereft of the most important part of his excellent anatomy his head some day it if be lived bryanne intended telling the exploit to some cleav clever chap who wrote it would look rather well in print to turn mahomed against percival val as being the instigator would be an adroit bit of work ork and it would rid him of both of them gioconda Glo conda said that she wanted no rough work how like a woman moman here was a mans man s game a desperate one and gibcon da not forgetting that it was her inspiration wanted it handled with gloves it was barehand bare hand and the sooner she was made to realize this the better it was no time for tuning fiddles mahomed out of it there was a tain english bar in the quarter roset tl ti a place of dubious repute many derelicts drifted there in search of employment still more dubious dregs scum the bottom and the top of the kettle outcasts whose hand and animus were mere directed against society black and brown and white men not soldiers of fortune like bryanne but their camp followers in short it was there and bryanne still felt a dull shame hame of it thit wallace carrying the final instructions of the enterprise had found him sleeping off the effects of a shabby ro t of the night before it was wa there also that he had heard OL of the e history and the worth of the Yh lordes rug and the po sivility of its theft he laughed to have gone upon an adventure III e that with nothing but the fumes of wine in his head for ia a few pieces of gold he might enroll under his shady banner three or tour four shining lights who would un dermake the disposal of percival val not that he wished the young man ai at y harm no but business busine qs was business and in some way or another he must be made to vanish from the sight and presence of men tor for at least two months As for major callahan s unforeseen danger the devil could look out for that bryanne consulted his watch a cheap but trustworthy article costing a dol lar not to be considered as an aall able asset he would give it away later in the day for he had decided that while he was in funds there woul I 1 be wisdom in the purchase of a fine gold longines A good watch as ev ery one knows Is always as easily converted into cash as a london bank note providing of course one is lucky enough to possess either many watches had he left behind in this place or in that and often he hid exchanged the ticket for a small bottle with a green neck wherever fortune had gone against him heavily at cards there he might find his latest watch and another good idea he mused as he swung the time piece into his vest pocket wo we ild be to add the asplen dor of a small white stone to his mod est scarf there Is only one well defined precept imong the sporting fraternity when flush buy jewelry not ot to the cause of vanity not at all but precious stones and gold watches constitute a kind of reserve fund against the evil day when one has money in the pocket the hand Is quick and eager to find it but jewelry is protected by a certain quality of caution it Is not too readily passed over bars and gaming tables while the pawnbroker stands between the passion and the green baize balze there s food for thought having settled these questions to his satisfaction there remained but one other bow how to spend his time it would be useless to eek the english bar before noon might as well ram T HAROLD author HEARTS AND 5 cho 0 PA MAN ON T THE H F 13 BOX OX 4 lion az 4 4 1911 y bobba VERRILL COMPANY 0 IL ble through the native town and the bazaars he might pick up some little curio to give to fortune so he beckoned bec kored to an idle driver climbed in to the carriage and was driven off as it if empires hung upon minutes rainne inne never neier wearied of the ba baars of cairo the were to him no less enchanting than the circus pa rades of his youth in certain ways they were not to be compared with those in constantinople and smyrna but on the other hand there was more light more charm more color perhaps the magic nearness of the desert had something to do with it the jainle rainier s skies the ever recurring bugge eions of antiquity his lively observation his sene of the esque and the humorous always close to the surface gave him that singular impetus which makes man a prowler this gift had made pos ible his sue cess in old bagdad some sears before he had prowled through the nar row city streets had noted the wind ings the blind alleys and had never forgotten faces races and localities were written indelibly upon his memory one rode to the bazaars but walk ed through them or mounted donkeys bryanne preferred his own legs so did mahomed once so cloe cloce did he come that he could have put his two brown hands round the infidel infidels s throat but patience did not the koran teach patience among the higher lawse patience devould he could not madly as he had dreamed throttle the white liar here in the bazaars that would not bring the holy to his hands he ile mu t wait he must plan to lure jute the man wan out at night then to hurry him into the desert out into the des ert where no man might be his mas ter oh the holy I 1 hl ordes should be his again it was written the cries the shouts the tower of babel reclaimed the intermingling of the races of the world the english man the american the german the ita lan the frenchman the greek the levantine the purple black ethiopian the bronze nubian the veiled women the naked children all the color tones known to art but predominating that marvelous faded tint of blue the blue in the heavens in tl e waters in the dyes make way 0 my mother bawled a donkey boy to the old crone ped matches hi Backs Bachs heesh in the eight tones of the human voice from the beggar his brother his uncle his grandfather his children and his children s children Blacks heesh backs heesh to the right was mas shrilled into bryanne s ear and he dodged A troop of donkeys passed laden with ts unhappy fretful self con A w ater carrier brushed against him and he whiffed the frash fresh dampness of the bulging goatskin A A woman the long black head y yell ell streaming out behind in the clutch of the monkey like hand of bf a toddling child carried a ter water mater jar upon her head the grace with wh ch eh she moved the abruptness of the col rol or changes caught bryanne s roving eye and filled if it with pleasure dust rose and subsided added edd cd and settled beggars blind and one eyed squatted in it children tossed it ip i n play and beasts of burden shuffled through it the roar in front of the shops the pressing pre sing and crowding of customers the high cries of the merchants the gurgle of the water pipes the pleasant fumes of coffee the hardy loafers lolling before the khans or caravan saries a veiled face at a lattice win min dow the violet shadows in a doorway ti tie e sunshine upon the soaring mosques a true bel ever eer e er rocking land and mumbling over his tattered ko koran T an gold and silver and jewels amber and copper and brass embroideries and rugs and carpets and the pest of fleas the plague of flies files the insidious smells bryanne found himself inspecting the largest emerald in the world worth twelve thousand pounds which looked more like a fine hexagonal of onyx than a gem it was one of the curiosities of the bazaars however and tourists were generally round it in force to his experienced eye it was no more than a fine specimen of emerald quartz woith what any fool of a collector was willing to pay for it prom from this bazaar he passed on into the next and there he saw fortune and as mahomed always close clos at hand saw the hard lines in bryanne s face soften the c cynical smile become tender he believed he saw his way to strike CHAPTER IX the bitter fruit fortune had a hearty contempt for persons who ate their breakfast in bed for her the glory of the day was the fresh fairness of the morning when every ones one s step was b and all life stirred energetically lj there was ft as cheer and hope everywhere men faced their labors with clear eve an and feared nothing women sang at their work it mas a as only at the close of day that despair and defeat stalked the I 1 highways igar ays so sl e was ras up with the sun whether in her own garden or in these odd and mystical icil cities thus she saw the nabie as he was mas not as he later in the day pretended to be for the benefit of the Fering Ferl nghi ht about to be stretched upon the sacrificial stone she saw with gladness the I 1 ony oncy bee the rose the plow man mail s share baling bating the soil the morn ing ohp morning the two or three hours that m were ere all all her own her er was as always irritable and petit lant in the morning and her uncle never developed the gift of speech till at af er luncheon she had the ame love of prowling that lured bryanne from the beaten paths she was not inquisitive but aurous cur ous and that ready ds disarming d smile of hers opened many a porta she was balanc ii g upon her gloved palm thoughtfully a Sou danese head trinket a pendant of misted gold wires mires flawed emeralds c and second pearls really site and not gen orally to be found outside the eapen sive tive shops in the european quarters and there infrequently the merchant R wanted anted t i enty poud pounds ds f for or it fortune sl ook her head regretfully it was far beyond her means she sighed only once in a great while she saw something for wh ch her whole heart cried out this pendant was one of these I 1 will give you ave pounds for it anat Is all I 1 have with me balaam salaam madame said the jeweler reaching tor for the pendant if ou will send it to the hotel semiramis this afternoon but she faltered at the sight of the mer chant s incredulous smile III give you ten for it not a plas tre more I 1 can get one I 1 ke it in the shana sharia kamel for that amount both fortune and the merchant burred lou ion horace yes mi child and what are you do ng here alone without a drago min oh I 1 have been through here alone many times time I 1 in not afraid isn t it beautiful 7 he wants twenty pounds tor for it and I 1 cannot afford tl at she had not seen him in many weeks m yet she accepted his sudden ap bearance pe arance without question or surprise she m was as used to his turning up at un expected moments of course she had known that he was in cairo where her mother and uncle were this secretive man was generally within calling there T ler e had been be e n a time when wh e n she had eagerly pi pl ed him with ques eions but he had al erected bar biers of evasion and finally she ceased her importunities tor for he concluded that her questions were such no mat ter to whom she turned there was no one to answer her questions questions born of doubt and fear ten pounds repeated bryanne a hand in his coclet the merchant laughed here were a man and it s sweetheart etheart his experience had taught him and not un unwisely that love is an easy victim too proud to haggle too generous to bargain sharply twenty he reiterated salaam said R bryanne anne good day he drew the son somewhat sone what resist ing hand of fortune under his arm and nd made for the door sh he ants leave it to me they gained the street a the merchant was ras dazed he had misjudged what he now recognized as an old hand the two were turn ng up another street when he ran out sli shouting guting to them and waving the pendant bryanne laughed ten pounds I 1 am a poor man ef fandi and I 1 need the money ten pounds I 1 am giving it away amay the merchant ner chant s ees ekes filled with tears a trick left to him from out of the ruins of his youth that ready service to forestall the merited rod bryanne counted out ten sovereigns and put the pendant in For fortune turie s hand and the pleasure in his heart was ras such as he had not known in many days the merchant wisely hur ned ried back to his shop but she began protest ainaly tut tut I 1 have known you since yet yo i wore short dresses and tarn tam 0 shan I 1 really cannot accept it as a gift let me borro the ten pounds and why cant can t 3 ou accept a little gift from me she had no ready answer she gazed steadily at the dull pearls and the flaky emeralds she could not ask him where he had got those deigns she could not possibly be so cruel she could not dissemble in wards 1 ke her mother that gold she knew to be a part of a dishonest bar gain whose to had been a theft more a sacrilege her honesty was like lite pure gold unalloyed unmixed with sophistic subterfuges that the A f I 1 young man who had purchased the rug might be mildly had not yet occurred to her why not fortune bryanne was very earnest and there was a pinch at his heart because don t you like me just a little why I 1 do like you horace but I 1 do not like any man well enough to accept expensive gifts from him I 1 do not wish to hurt you 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