Show INK 21 0 o 0 0 01 va 5 A IV WR ofle V aa k J A V 1 IF I 1 ta it was bryanne the ie le affable bryanne 0 1 12 1 SYNOPSIS ge george orge percival val Alger algernon xion jones vice vic L president of the metropolitan 0 len al at rug company ot of new to yo k thirsting for or romance la Is in cairo on a business tr p horace bryanne arr ves yea at the hotel F in n cairo with a ca etui y guarded bundle bryanne se la Is jones the famous holy ahl ordes rug which he admit admits ha ing stolen from a pasha at bagdad jones meets major cal ahan and later Is introduced to tc fortune Ched soye by a woman t M who whom 1 he lad 1 ad loaned pounds at monte car carlo in sone son e montha months previously and who turns out to be fortune fortunes mother jones takes N mrs airs e and fortune to a polo game gam fortune return returns to jones the money borro borrowed bor roved Ned by her mother mrs Ched soye appears to be engaged in some mysterious enter pese unknown to the daughter ryanna ryann int interests e rest jones in the un ted romance and adventure corn com pany a concern which for a price will min arrange any kind of an adventure to or der mrs Ched soye her brother malor callahan wallace and bryanne as the united romance and adventure company pan an a risky enterprise involving jones bryanne makes known to mrs airs Ched soye his intention to marry fortune mrs Ched soye declares she will not perm t it P pans ans are lad U d to prevent tones jones sailing tor for home bryanne steals jones letters and cable d snatches spat ches he ile w res agent in new york in jones jone i name tl ti at he Is renting house in new york to some friends mahomed keeper of tl it e holy carpet Is on giannes aral bryanne promise promises fortune that he be will see t at jones comes to no harm as a result of hia his p lchase of the rug Ma mahomed horned accosts avanne and demands the yh ordes ru ry anne tel s I 1 allm im jones has the rug and suggests the abduction of the ne v york n erchant as a means of securing its re turn the rug disappears from jones room fortune quarrels with rith her mother when the latter refuses to ep ain aln her mysterious actions fortune gets a me s ge purporting to be from avanne ask mysterious actions fortune gets a mes sage purport ng to be from bryanne ask fisk in her to meet h m in a secluded far that bening jones receives a ma av 1 as ing him to met bryanne at the en eno uh h bar the same evening jones Is ca I 1 off into the desert bv by mahomed and his ces after a desperate fight CHAPTER XI all I 1 cont continued aued the wind blew cold against his chest and the fact that he could nei ther see nor use his tongue to moist en his bruised lips added to the dis comforts back and forth he swayed and rocked the pain in his side was gradually minimized by the torture bearing upon bis his ankles his knees across his shoulders finally when in dull decair he was vas about to give up and slide off OR indifferent whether the camels following trampled him or not a halt was aas called it steadied him some one reached up ard un tied the thong that strangled the life in his hands forward again this was as a trifle better he ile could now ease himself with his hands no one interfered with him when he tore off the bandages over his eyes and mouth the camels were now urge urged to a swifter pace egyptian night well called he thought he ile could discern nothing but phantom like grey silhouettes that bobbed up and down after the fashion of corks upon water before him and behind him how many camels made up the caravan he could not tell he could hear the taint faint slip slip as the beasts shuffled forward in the fine line heavy sand they were well out into the desert but what desert was as f a let a mystery he ile had forgotten to beep keep the points of the compass in his f mind and to pick out his bearings rby by any particular star was to him no more simple than translating chinese 4 far far away behind he saw a lumi I 1 pallor in the sky the reflected lights of cairo and only a few hours i ago ha he had complained to the head waiter because of the bits of cork floasin floating 9 in his glass of wine ah ali for the dregs of that bottle now warmth revival new courage curse the luck alere went ment one of his pumps he called out the man rid ing in front and leading george georges s camel merely gaic gave a ark at the rope the camel ded with a cough and a quickened gait presently george became aware of a singular tact fact that he could see out of one eye better than the other and that the semi useless orb shot out little stars with every beat of his heart one of his ears too began to throb and burn he felt of it it was less like an ear than a mushroom room it had been a rattling good mix up any how and he accepted the knowledge rather proudly that the george pere val algernon who but lately had en the engi engl ah h bar sprucely and had made mace his exit in a mild of degli able g ble attire had left behind one char acter actor and brought away another nev er or again was he going to be shy the lame tame tiger as it were mere had had his fl first rs t taste of blood dawn dawn if only the horizon aou would id brighten up a little so that he could get his bearings by now they were m er e at least fifteen or twenty miles from cairo gairo but in what direction 9 hour after hour went vent by over this huge grey roll of sand down into that cup like valley soundless cave ahen w hen the camels protested or his stirrup cl na abed ed against a buc bucce ile all with K ith the omber apeck of a scene from dante beveral black pots moving in circles far above once attracted george and he knew them to be kites which will follow a caravan into the desert even as a gull will folio follo v a ship out to sea later a torpid indifference took pos session of him and tl e sense of pain grew ics under the encroaching numbness I 1 and when at last the splendor of the dawn upon the desert doert do ert flashed like a sword blade along the sky in the east grev gre v and widened george corn com pretended ended one thing clearly that they were nere in the arabian desert out olt of the main traNe traveled led paths in the middle of nowhere his sense of beauty d d not rp roond ond to the marvel of the transformation rahe dark grey of the sandhills sand hills that became violet at their bases to fade away alvard into little pinnacles of shimmering gold the drab formless scattered boulders now assuming clear cut opt shapes transfused with ruby and sapphire f glowing the sun itself that presently 1 alfted its rosal warm ing circle above the stepping off place george saw but acted noted not the physical picture was overshadowed by the oi 01 e he drew in his mind the good ship ludmil boring her may out into the sea the sun was tree free from the desert a rim when the leading camel was halt ed A confusion ensued the camels following stupidly into one another in a kind of panic out of the silence came a babble of voices a grunting a clatter of pack baskets and saddle bags george as his camel kneeled slid oft off involuntarily and tumbled against a emall hillock and lay there without any distinct sense of what was vas going on round him the sand fine and mut mutable lible formed a couch corn com for tingly under his aching body and he fell asleep exha exhausted isted already the 0 0 b HAROLD weg il of AND 5 cho C ak TVAN ON 0 THE BOX daa y M 4 COP 1911 19 b by 1 5 ERRILL MERRILL CO impalpable dust which had bad rien and follo followed Ned the ito caravan all through the night had powdered his clothes ard h ka j face was aas stained tal nEd and streaked his head liy lay in the and his soft F fe e d ra cru had under his sho idera iders IN blat I 1 at with the bruises vis ble the rei ts is in h s coat the open shirt soiled crumpled collarless be in cited pit pity only none came from IN th buy arabs As he slept a frown fromn adhered upon his face and remained here hen herf he came ba be k fiam h s doubled dreanie a bowl of anve 1 enned by hot v ater was vas given h in he cleaned tie bowl bov I 1 not because to vas hungry bat because he knew that al ng this journey I 1 ie 0 bould rc reed ed tr ereth and the re tr i r ing fury against his dures caused im i in to V ng the empty bo vl vi at dt the I 1 lead cad of th camel boy who h d brought it tl TI e boy duck dueled ed laugh n ng g george lav lay do doi n again let hem cut his throat if they wanted to it was all the erne me to him again he be lep ip and when he was vas roughly ard forcibly awakened awak ered he be sat up will a narl and looked about his head bead was clear now no and hp be began to take notes he counted ten eleven twelve camels a car van in truth prepared for a long and continuous journey there were three pack camels laden with wood tents tent and uch cuch cooking uteri ils as the in fn gal arab had need of certainly md ala homed was m as a rich man whether he owned the camels or hired them tor for the occasion upon one of the beasts they were put ing up a a can opy aed to protect women momen from the sun while riding one arab taller more robust than the others moved hitler and thither authoritatively wound about his or fez was a bright green bufia signifying that he wearer had made the p to holy mecca alecca this individual george assumed acs Lined to be mahomed bm self elf and he recognized him asal beggar over oner whom he 0 had lad tumbled two to nights gone PI ply y he naan f known and pitched him into the nile when rhen he had bad the chance Al mahomed ahomed completed his directions and balked leisurely toward george but his attention was not directed tow tov ard 1 im A short distance away at georges left N was as a me man n stretched out as it if in slumber over his inert figure Al mahomed ahomed w Nat ancl cled ed he drew back his toot foot and kicked the sleeping man soundly am m ling amiably tl if e chile a kick which had Al mohamed ohamed 8 foot been cased eased in western leather must have stove in the sleeper 0 r bs strange the victim d d not stir ma ala homed shrugged ard returned to the business of elf breaking caira george was keenly interested in this man who could accept such guch a kick apparently without feel teeing ng or re he ile etwood up for a better view one glance was sufficient I 1 was bryanne the erst chile affably bryanne of the reNer reversible sible cuffs chiq feet and ha hads ids a ill in bondage hi hl clothes torn his face battered and bruised like a sailor sailors s of a sunday morning on sl ore leave the sight ot of bryanne bri brightened him considerably Althou although gb he was singularly tree free from the spirit of malevolence he was nev human enough to subscribe to that unwritten and much denied creed that he miery of one man rec ree another to his and here wa company such as misery loved her berc was a man worse norse off than himself hose ts were a thousand times blacker poor devil and her he was vas captive of tie men he had wronged and beaten and robbed A seen through george georges s eyes kyanne s outlook was aas not a pleasant thing to contemplate but oh the fight thi one must I 1 ive beell if it had taker natives to overcome him tov hon many had it taken to beat bryanne into such a shocking he was as genuinely sorry tor for bryanne bu in his soul he was vas glad to see h in one white man could accomplish nothing in the face of these odds bu two white men that was vas a different matter bryanne once he got his legs cotrona tron courageous resourceful ry anne would get them both out of it ltv somehow and if ryann hadn haan t the rug who the dickens had 0 the jumble of questions that rose in his mind seeking answers to the riddle of rug si at baided even as they rose the bundle to the far fat side of bryanne stirred he had in his general survey of the scene barely set a glance upon it bel eving it to be a conglomeration of saddlebag saddle bag made of wool and cotton and blan ke 9 it stirred again george stud led it with a lecul ar sense of detach ment A woman a woman in what had but recently been a smart paris lan fan tailor made street dress the won an rubbing her yes eyes bore her elf up painfully to a sitting posture she was mas white all the blows bloms of the night past were as nothing in corn com parison with this invisible one which 4 elwed to strike at tie deiy soura of his I 1 fe fortune bledsoe CLed soe et CHAPTER XIII not a cheerful outlook oi alock george brain in tumult a flere e ur ge gin ng fictitious strength tren th tabib dj d staggered monarc varr her it ws a n d dream a in rag of h s dmn c i s thoughts for une therea it was mas not believable bhat place had ch in this tangled v veba ba pe fe r n h a fil filreis get s into his bair r aped erd pulled if it az a a drearr bo bt pain d adnot d not N aacen a en t L in fortun a there still through what ter bors rn tr she not have haic pi apted ed th n alan in the deer dever without ny of tho e hid hie pre ore to w iren a ceary ne a I 1 e air tev e arf the he tn tri d to run out h s affet ank too deeply in tr it ale sand he eclid only pi pl d H hf mus toi tol h her or heir her no 10 e otherwise ther wise vise be stood upon the brink 0 redress there v a no doubt in h mind low be boned hr her h r od tier ber s r coply nd p ac ona one ely cly as any st t red r cd loica his lady loed he be ii 1 hait thought of reward renard un unest y with garat and tender pity for ur up on onci cl i ly he paw few she I 1 ke he as all alone not only here in th dc dart ert but the bleh her aren acet et up their d ell haning an eye upon pi h ggs rl tl euph tipp app bently seeing abit which was under his dimmed at concern eam the he ecung man mans s anten ion ton ard a more pod be tle secret in hi see pee he ats s infinitely amud there were t tn 0 of them so it qu ety etly be ye 1 in beewen geors and be girl and his lat freedl mini min I 1 of Us its bewilderment unhesitatingly ie 1 clurg h m elf lp r h ha ar b striving to reach the lean brown throat Al mahomed ahomed strong and innear in ed h hiving no hard in the ac ual george back so agoro aly ly hat the young man lost his balance nd fell prone upon th and he was vas so weak neak that the fal funned h in mahomed stepped tor for ward mard doubtless with the generous im pulse to prove stat in the matter of 0 ricks ticks he be to show no partial ity clen a hand caught at his bur ouse fe paused and looked down it v as the girl don dont t A brave man would ouid not do that Alah owed moved by some feeling hat eluded lir mediate analyse anal ysl arned about it was vas time to be off f he wished to reach the following night pursuit he knew to be 0 it of the question since who a there to know that there was any hing bing to pt arsue 9 but many in les in ter between here and his deti nation he dared not en er i the daytime alving lvin upon the canal bank bonk is s it d d the po sibil ty of en a tray white man con fronted him every camel way may fre tre quentel by europeans buro must of ne tie esita be avo ded every town of any size ize kirtee ard all he while he mut cop part with known paths or be ome lost not to become lost him elf that was Ms bis real con ern tie tle caraan was provisioned por months and he knew asia minor s well as the lines upon h a palms abre were and storms too but th abse se blighting vie atrops he would bratch his vigilant ee eye and the instinct of the camels the one way vay n which thee lecul ar storms might distress him lay in the total ob litera ion ton of the N ay igns certain rocks ertain hills wilhoit the gu dance of naich like a good slip bereft of its ornda compas as he might till away from his oure our e nitwit standing that he would always travel toward the sun and there was also the vi al a ques ion ton of water vater ie must leisure the ime fine betheen bet veen each well each oasis so then aside from t these iese dangers with which he felt able to cope there nas as one unforeseen the chance meet ng a caravan headed 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