Show Q qa 4 N V BY AJ va 0 RV THE STORY CHAPTER I 1 Roser rosemary nary crofton lovely english girl la is visiting tile governors palace in fez morocco with tier aunt lady Tre garten A handsome frenchman le de vries la is attracted by her beauty and makes ardent love one evening otter after a conversation dealin chiefly with a mysterious personage known only as the kald kaid in tile the service of the sultan of morocco abdel abd el krim do de vries grows erows importunate in hla big love making and Is repulsed N next ex t morning rosemary rides out e early arl y ln in order to forget tier her disquiet and her horse throws her rendering her unconscious CHAPTER 11 II A little party of 0 rift tribesmen comes upon her and unwilling to aban abandon doil her there takes her with the caravan through t the ibe famous pass behind which abd cl kr kalm m and his gallant men tire are hiding here Rober nary meets the U englishman Ag lishman about whom she haq bag heard 60 much the keilus behind the whole campaign the raid kald a sunburned war abNor bcd soldier CHAPTER III the kald tells her ho he la Is extremely sorry for her but the situation Is so delicate it will not be good for ills hla cause to return her to fez much aluch against rosemaryy Rose marys wish the he etab establishes lishes her in a guest house in Tele bill providing dete an australian orderly aid zarita a house servant to look after her 11 rosemary os emary Is detained I 1 there for an interminable time f and grows erows move and moro more restle and unhappy she again begs the kald to let her to the city she is 13 certain she could find tier her way unassisted put but again tho man refuses the girl learns learna the English mans name Is west wyn martenho Mart engo a spaniard one of abdel abd el krims recruits lured hy by rose marys beauty desires tier her he subtly its about getting what lie ho wants by pretending to aid her to escape jjr CHAPTER aa TER iv IV T martenes Mart lart eneo engo induces nee s her to go to his house by night and when the girl terrified at what she sees in ills his eyes lights fights him oft off she cha screams arrives in time to eive anve her and halt air choke martenho Mart engo tile the spaniard challenges him to a blind duel due in the native fashion an enemy of the kald kaid arranges with martenho Mart Ilar engo terigo to fix cx the pistols so eo that tile the spaniard will know which Is the one loaded but zareta witnesses the incident a and nd changes them CHAPTER V in awe the du duei e 1 1 martenho Mart engo Is shot through the shoulder by west wyn he head man of the tribe to which the party which had rosemary belongs tells Vest wYn he b e tears fears for the girls safety and will vill be b e unable to protect her from the dis europeans serving in the sultans army lie he advises advise NIest wyn to marry her and thus afford her der his powerful protection the kald kaid sees the torro force of the argument and decides to follow the head mans advice CHAPTER VI no rosemary agrees to go through tile the form of a ceremony with West wyn the understanding being that the marriage is to be one in name only after the ceremony a messenger arrives announcing the immediate coming 0 of f tire suitan to the village this makes it necessary for to take up her abode in West house t CHAPTER VIT VII the sultan tella tell s ile he has news 0 of an impending attack by the spaniards and abid french advises a bold stroke the blo blowing iving up of a dam releasing water which will flood a lalley alley into which the spanish force has been de coyed lie ha thinks that if tho the project is successfully cess fully carried out the french will be willing to conclude a satisfactory peace and volunteers to personally take charge ot of the operation the sultan agrees success of the project of cc course urge depends on absolute secrecy but Is confident of his ability to io carry it out in an interview with Ilo rosemary there Is 19 tit the closest app approach roach to a really friendly understanding which the two have reached CHAPTER vin VIII from his lim led wardrobe endeavors to tupule the dencher den cier es existing in the girls the result is more amusing than satisfactory satisfactory scenting the air of mys Y tery pervading erva ding the alie village rosemary attempts t to c amp pump West wyn but unsuccessfully success successfully full y jestwin vest w n begins to tee feel the attractiveness af t the girl and in a moment of impulse o kisses her she tells ells him he be Is as bad as martenho Mart Alart engo he leaves tier her in anger I j it if I 1 could get word through and the vengeance of abil abd LI el krim Is it a bit too certain I 1 os voice was regretful as he moved moed his bishop the half cast played carelessly I 1 that austral australian inn will be in charge char v of 0 orations operations at the lam dam lie sug yes yek nod and Vest wyn will go down alone at the last minute I 1 have friends along tho the road I 1 propose tc visit thiera tomorrow I 1 the spaniards hand hondred avei a piece 1 I theres only one path down west of the aher and ill watch it night and illy day tills this time the kald bald escape be better sport than ga and no man could miss at that thai short range 11 lie ile moved tits his knight with a leer mate to your k kang ai g it he sald said and the eyes of tile the two men met 0 0 rote role was not enthusiastic about the job assigned to him poor fun IV h grunted dont I 1 get any innings at al nil all its a matter of timing reiterated West wyn tile the men are arc nil all down in the lower hills I 1 hope to god they the keep well hidden the air plants are arc pretty blind but theres not too loo much cover near the plain well go up to morrow morning and have a look tit nl tile the dim I 1 calculate it if I 1 start from there about sunset I 1 ought to be all ali to join tile the men shortly after mi midnight the explosion must bo be on an hour later see I 1 want time to make any anny final adjustments and gc kot A in n touch with the officers but the flood should be 10 working before flawn dawn the dont thi flip call K narl f I 1 can can tell you man the fai more muddled tile flioy nrc are the lie hotter bet terl 1 rioth both men grinned weve got to got get I 1 em cal on 11 the run by sunrise finished find and smote tits ills henchman on oil the shoulder lord ill he glad to got get out of this place he ended to petes intense surprise ive under kinder got used to it we do when this Is finished it never occurred to him that they might separate 1 I dont know shoot something I 1 suppose or grow something flow would farming suit xou sou ive got a place in england for the rest of the day the australian was ruminative sounded darn like settling down marriage always played the ii I 1 with a mans job lie reflected nest morning while a fringe 0 of mist swirled over the village the two men started for the dam accompanied by a score of riffs miffs curtly because he was afraid of letting himself go west wyn had told rosemary ive got to be oft off for a few days were rather expecting a scrap if anything should happen not 1101 that its at all likely you can rely on old hell blell stick to you and see you safety safely out or of this besides have peter lies iles got to do a job in the mountains and then ill send him back to you the girls expression pm puzzled aed him she seemed frozen only tier lier eyes were alive and as pitiful as a childs c it elds lie ile knew sho she wanted to say more inore tjan than tile the few words with which she wished him good luck hut bill slie she wa watz startled and unprepared tor for this sud den oil departure well have a talk when I 1 got get back lie he table at the the pain in tier her eyes got get the matter out of lils ills mind women always want ed to drag things up and pull ell ein to ile ces lie he reflected as ills horse sidled ll along it 11 e trail it was no use list tal kill nebout things that were finished words neier did anyone any good gid but bill 1 lise fise iii irys elm shadowed beyond its it auth went with him film up tile the old hei heal dinan linan who ha had alfill insisted bcd lcd nn in accompanying tile the party roi for the I 1 lie clr first t few nilles miles as lie would hai hac alne a grent great ian of liis ills own falih reid short answers to lits his questions alwn llroy drew geln on MC die first 1111 11 11 gi ground ill d iid 11 mii aliv diew arvi arld to take fm ciril 11 lont it westby West vy I 1 dill not if it icci I 1 ae the hie bawl the lie old ninn mail e d 11 abil iii lit lii said aid liang ij ang for tile lie first thoo tile hifle of honor 1 I my lily house I 1 li if your hands if things s go wrung wrong I 1 connit on oil you aie understood i but the on ang lish nian v aa w in no mood for the polite diplomacy of Is islam troit trent my illy wife as one of your tam fam fly lie insisted liter her safety Is on your lionil alio lie old vinn replied gravely on oil illy bicad and my illy byest eyes I 1 swear she shall 1 ag protected here and when allala wills go in ili safety out of our ur voun fry II 11 or la 12 bor hours hour wesleyn fill anil pete d WeSt westward WOrd their rid hig an fn berit not as suited to the as the soft swid als hut but illey iii ellade ilu goof good progress pro brogi giess drag 1 gin ing iligir horses after them by 1 y t noon oc n licy iley were veye in sight of tile lie idill all that flint day ly hy it foreboding which site she told her self uis its illogical moved restlessly from one roain to another A dozen tit went on to the roof to in look ishii pt ni the i ilage deserted except for tile the yemen and slie site aind a poor fire onse of enting editing the couscous iari on which abided had ex lienden extra care for lie inea of hut but ono one cuic c aie for the ills of mend or body food enod 1 cattle came t to see her in the hie noon ile iio was huking ills re Elinn sib 11 I 1 ties heavily and tits his mys gerlous were as exa exasperate ing as hie lie fervor of his assur assurances ames of protection prote cllon 1 I have my husband huband interpolated no rosemary with some coldness aies yes may allah keep blin said the old man departing alth less than ills lil usual iii nal stateliness stat cliness it was it a fitting climax to a day clay when tin an hour later zarifa burst into the room lung flung herself at tier mistress feet and shrieked we are betrayed bel rayed our house Is lost the kula kald will lie ijo dead before morning she throw threw herself back and forth with the of the native mourner rosemarga nose Rose marya heart missed a beat for n R she alie was conscious of intense cold of sound approaching and receding of pain gripping tier her in a vise then tier lier common sense returned and nith it the dominant energy of the west what la Is it what do you mean she demanded and literally zarifa into coher enoc anee L t 1 Iha wJ arom the pr vant so ico I 1 inna it Is 19 arufe tru B the mild I 1 rifles rides down donn to the lie valley by the tarther farther tari fari I 1 path on the other side of the river and of cl martenho Mart engo lies in weilt for him with his rine rifle lie ile will kill liim him like a dog and who nho aill il allow that it Is not a spy or r one of the snipers zarifa rolled on the floor door in n tier her grief tearing nt her hilr but ro rosemaryy Rose se marys brain worked quickly slie site knew exactly what she I 1 roust must do ignoring the wild figure at her feet site she began tearing off her i skirt i 4 got get my riding boots slie site sald said kicking the prostrate zarefa at first lier her fingers wore were numb nt at tile the tips lips and she could button neither breeches nor cont hut but it was only a couple of nih minutes niteR after afler the file riff comins womans reve lotion hint flint she was in the court rami mine on oil tier her lint flat as ai she wort went A ahmed blundered to alq feet get my horse she told him film quick HIP flip kaid is in linger langer I 1 must go to in pi el she pushed him in he file direction of tilt the stable and seizing zarefa by the arnt literally dragged tier her out of the gate 1 I must find she said aloud lie ile will help hell rc M quiet you billot dont vou volt crint to help the kald she nd dressed the woman whose har barn ienn trilled trailed in ili the dust so lint flint she stumbled over it ns as she tried to keep pace with hor her mistress slie site boat bent against heinz door tear in nt the wood with her maln her brath coming in sob arler the train of the climb clineb but as soon scion ns tile the door opened she W was 1 3 calm exe exclaimed cairned the hip little gor german ninn was at it 1 nis 11 ang fug lish jumbled in his linin bement caught his bis arai linol it she poured out Z refas tory story R fidia in ill chenven len hen ven ili aliz the of the hert which lie he had been to pull across aig chelt walt he said and she recognized the that belonged to nil all these mn n who pitted pitied their lives and their brains the elpin entill forces around them picking up his and a 0 very verv disreputable coat called to bli hl servant saddle the horses horse get your rifle ride then to in a boy run ittin as fast as you yon can to el tell him I 1 must have isome some men lie must give me ills his two policemen aud and mount them got go I 1 1 i run I 1 follow with a few more orders to the servant he be started for abe ie h rosemary boull have followed hut but he stopped tier wiit valt fiere here tit zarifi lie suld said ill deal ik al ith fill me ale ne I 1 can manage liim film best alone then seeing tile hie agony which distorted tier lier faccio aiice fac eIo lie added 1 I wont full send the horses down to me tiny my men will come with them thein apparently parent ly unhurried lie he trotted down the path lint lit that jog of ills his covered tilt alio ground nt tin an astonishing pace while lie ran he thought coherently ond and to the point they would have no time little to get round found the top odthe of the I 1 Z she beat against heinzs door tearing at the wood with her nails per her breath coming in sobs after the strain af of the climb dam but there was a ford lower don doin they must cruss cross it before the dam dain burst lie ile knew the general plan hut but nut not the lie exact timing two things occurred to him it if the flood cut them off iestyn was done for there would be no way to get a wess message fige across that torrent on the hand they might get gel caught in it themselves the ford would not be easy to find and the moon lose jose late ile he swore violently They dd n well got to get across in antime time I 1 blen ebblie met him ou on the threshold allah keep us what has hap pe ried in few words and with ad marable lucidity told him the old elins mans face congested Wal Wall lahl ahll that man inan uiel diel lie he said 11 swear it by the head of my son but he wasted no curtier furt fur ler tier time with a glance at the sun run he 14 opined opened that they might just make to tle crossing you must ride fast lie sald at dont spare the horses lot let abdullah Ati dullah guide you lie ile knows the way like lin an eagle its nest allah hasten your steps lie ile hurried tits ills retainers to their saddles promising them rewards spir spin igual and earthly if they arrived in time iut but the men needed no spur the bald was the object of bf their superstitious reverence and ills life was la in danger CHAPTER X As ALO thal pads L headin ins yard they fliey inet a boulli leading tile lie C Cerin nna busill yi ailed pony him hill were several fl if ared inured in and it aris tint not till they nere a mile from tile alie village that rc realized hose mary wits ans among them wrapped in a borrowed the dark camels hair hood over tier her face she was astride tier her own horse cool find determined tel ter mined now that the strain of waiting was over heinz did not stop slop L their headlong downward pace you go back he said ills |