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Show . TV Mrold MacGRATH AvtW o HEARTS AND TASKS Uip MAN Ort THE BOX . Illusfraiiarvs M.G.Kcttjvem- . . I COPYRIGHT 1911 by BOBDd -MEHRILL COMPAMY wire familiar to the politician, Mahomed Ma-homed set out bravely to recover tb tolen rug. Il waa prepared to "proceed "pro-ceed to any length to regain It, even to the horrlbl (to hla Oriental mind) necessity of buying It. He retained hla travel-worn garment circumspect, ly, for none would believe that hit burnouae waa well lined with Engllsk bsnk notes. "Well?" aald Ryanne, whirling hla cane. He waa by no meana' at ease. There waa going to be trouble some-where some-where along the road. "I have come for the Yhlordea, effendl." ef-fendl." "The rug? Thafa too bad. I haven't It." "Who haaTM One fear beaet Mahom-ed'a Mahom-ed'a heart; thla dog, whom he called effendl. might have aold It, alnce that muat have been the ultimate purpoae of the theft. And if he had aold It to one who had left Egypt . . . Ma-homed' Ma-homed' neck grew cold. "Who haa It, effendl? la the man atlll In Cairo?" "Yea. If you and your two friend will come with me to the English-Bar, I'll explain many things to you," aa-aured aa-aured Ryanne, beginning, at he believed, be-lieved, to see hla way forward. "Don't be afraid. I'm not Betting any trap for you. I ll tell you truthfully that I didn't expect to see you ao aoon. If you'll come along I'll do the beat I can to straighten out Ibe matter. What do you aay?" Mahomed eyed him with keen dls-truat. dls-truat. Thla white man waa aa etrong In cunning aa he waa in fifth, lie had had practical demonstrations. Still, whatever road led to the recovery of the rug muat needs be traveled. Hit arm, though it atlll reposed in a sling wat not totally helpless. It atood three to one, then, lie epoke briefly to hla companion!, over whom he eemed to have tome authority. Thes two inventoried the smoothfaced Per-Inghi. Per-Inghi. One replied. Mahomed approved. ap-proved. Three to one, and In the streets many to call upon, in caae of open hottllltiet. The Engllsh-Rsr Mahomed Ma-homed knew tolerably well. He had known It In the lawleta and reveling . : j hla. They were rather upon even terma in the adjudication of each other' oth-er' character. The English-Bar waa not the moat Inviting place. Sober, Ryanne bad never darkened Ita doora. The odor of garlic prevailed over the leaner smells of bad cooking. It waa lighted only from the atreet, by two windows and a door that swung open all the daya In the year. The windowa were generally half obscured by bill announcing an-nouncing boxing matches, wrestling-bouts wrestling-bouts and the lithographs of cheap theaters. The walls were decorated In a manner to pleaae the Inherent Anglo-Saxon taste for strong men, fast horses, and plnk-tlghted Venuse. A few Iron-topped tables littered both room and aldewalk, and here were men of a dozen nationalities, sipping coffee, drinking ber. or solemnly watching the waterbubble In their Sheesbaa, or pipes. A curious phase of this class of underworld un-derworld is that no one is curious. Stranger are never questioned except when they Invite attention, which they seldom do. 80, when Ryanne and hla qua! companions entered, there wasn't the slightest agitation. A blowsy barmaid bar-maid stood behUid the bar, polishing the copper spigots. Ryanne threw her greeting, to which she responded with a smirk that once upon a time had been a smile. He, being maatei of ceremonies, selected a table In the corner. The four sst down, and Ryanne plunged Intrepidly into the business under hand. To make a tool of Mahomed, Ma-homed, if not an ally, toward thla he directed his eflort. Half a doien times, Mahomed dropped a word in Arabic to the other two, who understood little or no English. "So, you see, Mahomed, that'a the way the matter stands. I'm not so much to blame aa you think. Here this man Jones has me in a Vise. If I do not get this bit of carpet, off I go. Into the dark, into nothing. I handled you roughly, I know. Hut could I help It? It waa my throat or yours. You're no chicken. You and that other chap made things exciting." Mahomed accepted thla compliment SYNOPSIS. Jen-fa Perclval Algernon Jonea. vice. B-ree'rtVnt of the Metropolitan Oriental tn company of Naw York. thlrallns; for mian', la In C airo on a hualnaaa trip. W. r Hvanne arrives at the hotal In Cairo Willi carefully suarilad bumlla. Ryanne aella Jotiee th fmnoua holy Yhl-nln Yhl-nln rue which he admlta having; atolen from paaha at HaR.U.I. Jonea meals V)or Callahan nt ltr la Introduced to Virtun Chedaoya by a woman to whom aW hail loaned IM pounde at Monta Carlo miM mnnihi nravloualy, and who turna avl to na Fortune's mother. Jones lake Itfra. t'hadsoya and Fortune to a polo arame. fortune returna to Jonra tha uinvr norma ad ty her mother Mra. e"het!aove appears to he anaed In Boms aavaterloua enlerpriaa unknown to tha daughter Ityanna Interrats Jones In tha I nlied Human. and Adventura roiti-aaany. roiti-aaany. a concern which for price will aurane-a any kind of an adventura to or-ar or-ar Mra. fhedaoys, her brothar, Malor Callahan. Walla, a and Kyanua. aa tlia f ailed ltoniance and Adventure company, lea a. rtaky enterprtaa Involving Jnnea. Jtyanne makes known to Mra t hedoye S.ia Irlend.in to marry Korluna. Mra. a-twdaoya declarea aha will not permit It. 'lane are laid to prevent Jonea aalllnic nr home. Itvunne stents Jones' letters nd -ahe dlnpalches. He wlrea sent In New ork. In Joiiea" name, that ha Is eetiiana house In New York to aoma rrteaxla. Mahomed, keeper of tha holy rarat. la on Kyanns'a trail. Hyanna rfwilMea Kortune that h will aea that J.-m c.imea to no harm as a leault of hla Kaa. of tha rug. CHAPTER IX. (Continued.) -Tvn years sgo," abstractedly. -What a lot of thlnga may happen In ten years! Deaths, births, marrlagce." tie went on; "tha snuffing out of kingdom king-dom and republics; wars, panics, famine; honor to some and dishonor to others. It kind of makes a fellow rtnd bis teeth, little girl; it kind of stink him shut his fists and long to run tnuik." -Why should a strong. Intelligent nan, vi( h as you are, think Ilk that? Tub ure resourceful and unafraid. Vhy should you talk like that? You re young, too. Why?" II stopped and looked full into her eye. "Do you really wish to know?" Had I better?" with a wisdom beyond be-yond ber years. "No, you, had Utter not I'm not a (good man. Fortune, aa crlteriona go. I've) slipped here and there; I've gam-tiUxl gam-tiUxl and drunk and squandered my CJxoe. Why, in my youth I wss aa anodel a boy as ever wss I'erclval. Where the divarication took plaoe I rami say. There's always two forks fn the road, Fortune, and many of ua -" - take the wrong one. It's caster going. ayine, excuse; eh? Some persons would c&U me a scoundrel, a black-leg; in ota ways, yes. Dut In the days to , com I want you always to remember Eh two untarnished spots upon my bleld of honor: I have never cheat-aid cheat-aid man at rarda nor run away with fctla wife. Tha devil must, give me tJaaae merits, however painful ft msy e to blm. Ten yeara ago, only a decade; good Lord! It's Ilk a bun-sired bun-sired years ago, sometimes." Fortune breathed with difficulty. Kever before bad b taken her Into aVIa confidence to such extent 8h ataaayed to speak; the old terror sseemed fairly to smother ber. It wa mot what he bad told her, but what ha wished to but dared not ask. She era Ilka Bluebeard' wife, only lha bad not tha moral courage to open the door of the grialy closet. . . . Her another, her uncle; what of them, ah, what Of them? Toe crooked atreet vanished; the roar dwindled away; aa waa alone, all, all alone. l suppose I ought not to have told you." be said troubled at the misery t aw gathered in ber eyea and vngwly conscious of what had written lit Uhere. "Your mother and uncle !lia been very kind to me. They Snow lesa of me than you do. 1 have 1een to them a kind of errand boy; a appy go lucky fellow, who cheered them when they had tha doldrums." With forced cbeerfulnesa he again U ok her hand and snuggled it under tU. arm. giving It a friendly reassuring reassur-ing pat. "Ill not apeak to you of Sovt, child, but a hair of your head la more precious to me than all Mldaa' awid. Whenever I've thought of yon, I've tried to be good. Honestly." "And can't you go back to the beaconing be-aconing and stsrt anew?" tremulously. "Can any one go back? The moving fhkger writes. Aa hour Is a terrible thing when you look to tea what can 'liappen In tt Hut come; sermons! I'd far rather see you smile. Won't : you?" Eb tried to, but to him it was sad-cter sad-cter than her tear would have been. ror an hour they walked through the dim and musty atreet. H exert- d blxeelf to amuse ber and fairly aocedd. Dut never tlld the unac- countable fear, that preaage of mlsfor-tone, mlsfor-tone, sleep In her heart. And at laat. -srben he took her to her carriage and " bade her good by till dinner, a half-formed half-formed idta began to grow In her brain; to aava Mr. Jones without betraying be-traying Ryanne. The latter's carriage was st the oth-r oth-r end of the biuaars: so be strode Sullenly through the press, rudty elbowing el-bowing those who got In Ms wsv, Aa 4xcasioaal curse wss flung after him; but his height, tls breadth of sboul-aU-r, bis lowtiing face, precluded any-filing any-filing more active. The Moslems had at dtel cf fcl:b In the efficacy of ur;.ao the Ju led one reved open op-en the prorr'ie of these, satlsSed that 4tee r e iBa xr futUPS, Allah would blast the unbelieving dog in bis tracks. 1 Whst cleverness the mother and scallawag of an unci bad shown to hav kept the child In ignorance all these yeara! That ahe saw darkly, aa through a fog, ha wa perfectly sure. Sooner or later tha storm would burst upon her innocent bead, and then God alone knew what would become of her. Oh, damn the selfish, sordid world! At that Inatant a great longing long-ing rolled over blm to cut loose from all these evil webs, to begin anew somewhere, even If that somewhere were but a wilderness, a clearing In a forest This moment flashed and was gone. Next, ha reviewed with chagrin and irritation ir-ritation the folly of bla ultimatum of the preceding night. Ha bad had not tha slightest semblance of a plan In hla head. Sifted down, h saw hla aavage and aenseless humor and the desire to stir up discord. Oloconda wss right Fortune wa above them all, In feeling. In Instinct, in loyalty. What right had ha, roisterer by night that he was, predaceous outlaw, what right had he to look upon Fortune a hi own? Harm her! He would hav lopped off blf right hand first Well, he had but little time, and I'ert-lval Algernon called for prompt action. The young fool waa smitten with Fortune. Any ona could see that. Aa he shouldered his pathway to the carriage, hla eyes seeing but not visualizing vis-ualizing objects, three brown men glided in between blm and tb car-rlage-step. CHAPTER X. Mahomed Laughs. The drawing back of Kyanne's powerful pow-erful arm waa produced by th stimulus stimu-lus of self preservation; but almoat Instantly thought dominated Impulse, and all Indications of belligerency dls-appesred. dls-appesred. The arm sank, relaxed. It waa not possible nor politic that Mahomed Ma-homed El Uebel meant to take reprisal repris-al In tbla congested quarter. It would have gained him no advantage whatever. what-ever. And Ryanne'a perception of tha exact situation enabled blm to smile with the cool effrontery of a man inured in-ured to sudden dangers. "Well, well! 80 you have found your way to Cairo, Mahomed?" "Yes, effendl." returned Mahomed, with a smll that answered Ryanne'a In thought and expression, the only perceivable difference, being In the accentuated ac-centuated whiteness of his fine teeth. "Ye. I have found you." ""And you have been looking for me?" "Surely." Ryanne, with an airy gesture, signified signi-fied that h wished to enter his carriage. car-riage. Mahomed, with a movement equally light. Implied hla determination determina-tion to stand bis ground. "In a moment, effendl," ha said smoothly. Mahomed spoke English mora or less fluently. His career of forty-odd years bad been most colorful. Once a young sheik of tba desert, of ample following, a series of tribal wars left him unattached, a' wanderer without tent, village or onion patch. He bad first appeared In Cairo. Hera be had of necessity picked up a few words of English; and from a laborer In the cotton cot-ton fields he waa eventually graduated to the envied position of dragoman or guide. Ha tired of thla, being nomadic by Instinct and inclination. He tried his hand at rugs In Smyrna, failed, and found himself stranded In Constantinople. Constanti-nople. He drifted, becama a stevedore, steve-dore, a hotel porter, burying bis pride till that moment when ha could. In dignity and security, resurrect It. Fortune, For-tune, hsnglng fire, relented upon his appointment aa cavass or messenger to tha Hrillsh Consulate. After a time, he became what ha considered prosperous; and Ilka all fanatic pagans pa-gans of his faith, propoaed to reconstruct recon-struct hla rellglona lira by a pilgrimage pilgrim-age to Holy Mecca. While there, he had performed a considerable aervloe Id behalf of tha future Pasha of Hag-dad, Hag-dad, who thereafter gave him a place In hla retinue. Mahomed wa not only proud but wise; and a aeries of events, sequences of his own shrewdness, pushed him forward till he became In deed. If not in fact, the Pasha's right hand man in Rsgdad. That quaint city, removed as It la from tha ordinary highways of tba Orient. Is atlll to most of us an echo remote and mysterious; and the present Pasha enjoys great privileges, over property, over life and death; and It Is not enlarging upon fart to say that when he deems tt necesssry to lop off a head, he doe so. without consulting his master In Constantinople. Constanti-nople. It Is all In tba business of a dsy. Next to bis celebrated pearls and rose-dlamnnds, tha Pasha held as his most precious tresur, th Holy Yhlorde. And for It loss Mahomed knew thst bts own head rested but Insecurely In-securely upon hla lean neck. That his star waa still In ascendency he believed. be-lieved. Tba Pasha weald not be In ttagdad for many weeks. Tba revolution revolu-tion in Constantinople, tba success of th Young Turk party, mad th Pasha's future Incumbency a matter of J conectur. While be pulled tboaa I not a plaster, not a plaster! Can't you understand, I had to do It?" "Is he going to sell It?" "Sell It? Not be! He's a collector, and craiy over tba thing." Mahomed nodded. Ha knew some-, some-, thing of tha habit of collector., "Is ha atlll In Cairo, and where may h be found?" Ryanna began to believe that tba game wa going along famously; Mahomed Ma-homed was sura of It "Ha I George P. A. Jone. of Mortimer Morti-mer 4 Jone, rich rug dealers of New York. Money no object" Though hi face did not show It, Mahomed Ma-homed was singularly depressed by this new. If tbla man Jone had money, of what usa waa hla little packet pack-et of note? "I muat hav that rug, effendl. There are two reasons; It I holy, and the loaa of It mean my head." "Good riddance!" thought Ryanne, a f ympathetlc look upon his face. "What have you to suggest In th way of a plan?'; asked Mahomed. Ryanna felt a tingle of Jubilation. He aaw nothing but plain sailing into port. Hut Mahomed had arranged to guide his craft Into tba whirlpool. Unto Un-to himself be kept up a ceaseless reiteration re-iteration of "latlence, patience, pa-tlence!" pa-tlence!" 8ald Ryanne: "You do not care how you gH tha nig, so long aa you do get It?" "No, effendl." Mahomed smiled. "A little rough work wouldn't disturb dis-turb you?" "No, It would not." "Well, then, listen to ma. Suppose you arrange to take my friend Jones Into tba desert for a little trip. He his dragoman for a while. In fact, kidnap him, abduct blm, ateal him. You can hold blm In ransom for th rug and a nice little sum of money besides." "Can they do such things these days In Cairo?" "Why not?" "Truly, why not?" Mahomed sat thoughtfully studying tha outrageous prints on tha cracked walls. Had he dared h would have laughed. And ba had thought thla dog cunning beyond be-yond all hi kind! "I agree. Dut tba arrangement I must leave to you. Bring him here at nine .o'clock tonight." to-night." ha continued, leaning across the table impressively, "and I will give you ona hundred pounds English." Eng-lish." Ryanne quickly aaaumed tba expression expres-sion needed to meet such splendid news. "I say, Mahomed, that la pretty square, after what has paased between us." "It Is nothing," gallantly. If Ryanne laughed In bla sleeve, Mahomed Ma-homed certainly found ample room In his for such silent and figurative each-Innatlons. each-Innatlons. He knew very well that Ryanne had received a goodly sum for his adventure. No man took bl Ufa in hi band to cancel an obligation which wa not baaed upon disinterested disinterest-ed friendship; and already tha man had disavowed any such quullty. Also, ba hsd not been a teller of rugs himself, him-self, or guardian of the Yhlordea all these years, without having had some contact with collectors. Wby, If there wa ona person dear at thla moment to Mahom' El Gebel's. heart. It wa this man sitting opposite. And h a anted him far more eagerly than the rug; only, th rug must be regained, for it loss wss a passport Into paradise; para-dise; and ha wasn't quite prepared to be received by tha hourls. "Mr. Jones, then, shall be her promptly at nine," declared Ryanne, beckoning the barmaid. "What will you haveT' ' Mahomed shook his head. HI two companlona, gathering the significance of the gesture, likewise declined. "A smoke, then?" A smiling negative. "Beware of the Greek bearing glfta," laughed Ryanne. "All right You won't mind If I have a beer to tba suo-cess suo-cess of th venture?" "No effendl." Ryanna drank the lukewarm beverage, bev-erage, while Mahomed toyed with hi turquoise ling, that aacred badge of ao honorable pilgrimage to Holy Mecca. "Tba young lady, effendl; aha wa very pretty. Your !ster?" casually Inquired In-quired Mahomed. "Oh, no. She 4s a young lady I met at tha hotel the other day." The liar! thought the Moslem, aa ba recalled the light In Ryanna' eye and the tenderness of his smile. Apparently, Ap-parently, however, Mahomed lost Interest In-terest directly. "At nine o'clock tonight, to-night, then, thl collector will arrive to become my guest V "By hook or crook," wa the answer. an-swer. "Ill bav him here. Cash upon delivery, a they aay." "Cash upon delivery." Mahomed repeated, re-peated, tha phrase being familiar to his tongue. "Frankly. I wast thl man oat of tb way for a while." "Ah!" "Yea. I want a little revenge for the way ha ha treated ma." "So It la revenge?" softly. Traitor cue to both aide. "And when 1 get blm here?" "Leav the rest to ma." "Good. I'm off, then. Take htm to Bagdad. It will be an experience for him. But whn you get him there, keep an eye out for tba Shah Abba la th Pasha' work-room." Tba affair bad gone so smoothly that Ryanne'a usual keenness fell below be-low the mark; fatuity was the word. There bad been so many twists to tha morning that hi abiding distrust of every one became, for tba time being, edgeles. The trick of purloining th cable had keyed him high; the subsequent subse-quent meeting of Fortune had da-pressed da-pressed blm. And besides, he wa too anxious to be rid of Jone to consider tb possibilities of Mahomed state of nilrld. H got up, paid hi score, turned a Jest for the amusement of tha barmaid, bar-maid, and went out to bla carriage. HI deductloa atlll fallow, b rode away. Lord! how easy It had been. Not a hitch anywhere. And here, for days, he had Imagined all sort of things, and his dreams, a Jumble of dungeons, of tortures. He understood. Tho old rascal's own bead hung In the balance. That's what aaved blm. To Mahomed the rug waa the paramount feature; revenge (and be knew that Mahomed waa longing madly, fiercely for It) must wait And when Mahomed Mahom-ed turned his attention to this phase, why, he, Ryanne, would be at the other oth-er side of the Atlantic. It was very hard not to drop off at Shepheard'a and confide the whole droll conspiracy to a bottle with a green and gilded neck. But, no; he bad had no Bleep th night be-fore; wine and want of rest would leave blm witlea when tha time came to see that Perclval waa aafely atowed away. A fine Joke, a monstrous fine Joke! By by. Perclval, old chap; pleasant Journey. The United Unit-ed Romance and Adventure company gives you this littles romance upon approval. ap-proval. If you do not like It, return It ... If you cant Mahomed sat perfectly atlll in hi chair. His two companion watched him carefully. Tb maak had fallen, and their master's face was not pleae-ant pleae-ant to tee. Suddenly be laughed. Tba barmaid stopped at ber work. She bad somewhere beard laughter like that It gave ber a tblver. Where bad the heard It? Yea, that wa It A man who bad played tba devil In an opera called Fawst or something Ilka that Would the ever tee dear old foggy London again? With a vain algh the went on rinsing the glasses and coffee-cup. When George rolled out of bed It wa eleven. He bathed and dressed, absolutely content, regretless of tba morning hour ba bad wasted. Truth to tell, he hadn't enjoyed sleep ao thoroughly In week. He set to work, ridding tha room of ita clutter of book and clothe and what-nota. Might a well get the bulk of bl packing pack-ing out of the way while be thought of It Wby bad ha been In such a dreadful hurry to pull out? Cairo waa Just now th most delightful place ha knew of. To leave behind tha bJoe skies and warm sunshine, and to face Instead the biting wind and northern snows, rather dispirited blm. He paused, a pair of trousers dangling from hla hand. Pabawl Why not admit It frankly and honestly? Wherever Fortune For-tune Chedsoye wa or might be, there waa the delectable country. He hadn't thought to ask her when h wa to leave, nor whither the waa to go. Tha abruptness with which b had left, blm the nlgbt before puttied rather than dlaturbed him. Ob, well; thl old planet wa neither ao deep nor so round a It had onoe been. What with steamahlp and railroads, the so-called four ends were drawn closely together. He would ask her casually, as If It did not particularly matter. In Naples It would be an easy matter to change hla booking to New York. From Naples to Mentone wa only a question of a few hours. "I doesn't seem possible, George old boy, doe tt? But It' true; and there' no us trying to fool yourself that It Isn't Fortune Chedsoye; It will be a shame to add Jone to It; but I'm going to try." He pressed down th last book, tb last collar, the last pair of shoes, and tat upon the lid of the trunk. Ha growled a little. The lock was always bothering blm. It was wonderful bow ma fly things a chap could take out of a trunk and how plagued few be could put back. It did not seem to relieve the pressure If be added a steamer-trunk steamer-trunk here or a suit-case there; tber was always Just so much there wssnt any room for. Truly, tt needed a woman's wom-an's band to pack a trunk. However hi mother In th old schooldays had got all bis belongings Into one trunk was still an unsolved mystery. (TO BE CONTINUE U) Object ta Large Hats In Church. The ecclesiastical authorities at Foret near the Slleaian frontier, have taken action against woman who per slst In wearing large hats la church. They complain that tbey are a eouree of Inconvenience during communion, aa the priest haa to stoop too much. Tha women have been Invlttd to wear bata with narrow brim when they com ta church. "I Hav Com for th Yhlordss. Effendl." eighties. It would certainly be neutral neu-tral ground, alnce the proprietor waa a Greek. With a dignified sweep or hi band, h signed for Ryanne to get Into the csrrisge. Ryanne did so, relieved. He was certain that he could bring Mahomed round to a reasonsble view of the affair. He was even willing to give him a little money. The three Arabs climbed In beside him. and the Journey to the hostelry was made without talk. Ryanne pretended to be vastly Interested In th turmoil through which th carriage rolled, now swiftly, now hesltsnt now at a standstill, stand-still, and again tortuously. Once Mahomed Ma-homed felt beneath hla burnouse, for his money; and once Ryanne, in the pretense of seeking a cigar, felt for to hi prowess In silence. Indeed, he gated dreamily over Ryanne's bead. The other fellow wouldn't trouble any one again. Tq Mahomed It had not been the battle, man to man; It bad been the guile and trlckefy leading up to It He had been bested at bla own gam, duplicity, and that Irked him. Death, be, a hi kind. looked upon with Oriental passivity. Ah. well! The game was to have a second sec-ond Inning, and he proposed to play It la strictly Orients! wys. "How much did be give yoa for It?" The expression open Rysnne's face would have deceived any one hut Mahomed. Ma-homed. "Give for It!" ladlgnantly. -Why. that' the whole trouble. All my trouble, all tha hard work, and |