The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-04-23
CHATTER III.

CHAPTER III.
So he thinks he shall take to the sea again
For one more cruise with his buccaneers.
To SINCE the beard Of the King of SpaiD
And capture another dean of Jaen
And sell him in g1erS.
A Dutch Picture
The Soudan campaign and Dicks broker
head had been some months ended anC
mended, and the Central Southern Syndicate
had paid Dick certain sum On account fos
work done, which work they were careful
to assure him was not altogether up TO their
standard. Dick heaved the letter into the
Nile at Cairo cashed the draft in the same
town. and babe warm farewell to T0rpen-
hoW at the station
t-ss.:t am going to lie up for while and rest, .
said TOrpenhow Il don't know where !
shall live III London, but if God brings US to
Ia. we shall meet. Are you staying here
49, 49, y Of another row There
on Iiie oH chanH4 --4hArn Soudan is
will be none till the oou..-.
reoccupied by our troops. Mark mar
Good-by, bless you, come back whar a5,l'
moneys spent and c-'--~'--- Your
r. eye me your address"
T. LICK loitered in Cairo, Alexandria Is
MALTA, and Port Said, especially Port Said
There is iniQuity in many parts of the world,
and vice in all, but the concentrated essence
Of all the iniquities and all the wees in all
the continents finds itself at Port Said. And
through the heart of that sand-bordered
hell, where the mirage fickers all day long
above the Bitter Lakes, move if you only
wait, most of the men and women you have
known in this life. Dick established him
self in quarters more riotous than respecta-
BILE He spent his evenings on the quay,
and boarded made ships, and saw very
many friends gracious Englisnwomen with
whom he had talked not too wisely in the
Yeranda of Shephards' Hotel, hurrying war
correspondents, shippers Of the contract
troop ships employed in the campaign, army
officers by the score, and others of less
reputable trades. He had choice of all the
races of the East and West for studies and
the advantage Of seeing his subjects under
the influence Of strong excitement, at the
gaming tables, saloons, dancing bells, and
elsewhere. For recreation there wae
straight vista Of the car s yHe
.-.,-, yne Bi8zlng Sands,
ms PROCESSION Of shipping, and the White
bo5nitals Wh5te the English soldiers lay.
Dick stfove To Pen down in black and white
and color ali that Providence sent him, and
when The supply was ended sought about Tor
fresh material 1t was a fascinating employ
Ynent but it ran away with his money, and
he had drawn in advance the hundred and
twenty pounds to which he was entitled
YEARLY. .sNow I shall have to work and
starvew thought he, and was addressing
himself to this new fate, when mysterious
telegram arrived from TorpenhOW in En-
GLAND which said 'Come back, quick;
Won have caught on. Come" A large
smile overspread his face. 80 soon! that's
.pood hearing, nsaid he to himself. ''There will
he an orgy tonight. I'll stand or fall by
nv luck. Faith, it's time it came" He de
posited half of his funds in the hands Of his
Tvell-known friends, Monsieur and Madame
Rinat. and ordered himself a Zanzibar dance
of the finest. Monsieur Binat was shaking
with drink, but Madame smiled sympa
thetically.
Monsieur needs a chair, of course, anC
of course Monsieur will sketch; Monsieur
amuses himself strangely"
Binat raised blue-white face from co
in the inner room ''L u--3er@taa--,,S, " +:
ouavered. I'VE all know Monsieur is al
artist. as I have been" Dick nodded. III
the end. said Binat with gravity, "Mon
sieur will descend alive into he'll, as have
descended" And helaughed.
ssYou must come to the dance, too" sal;
Dick; II shall want you"
s.For my face? knew It would be so
For nv lace? My God and for my de
graduation so tremendous! will not. TAX
him away He is devil. Or at leas
do thou Celeste, demand of him more.
The excellent Binat began to kick an
scream
sAI things are for sale IN Port Said, sal
Madame. If my husband comes it will b
so much more. Ell, 'oW you call-'alf
sovereign"
The money was paid, and the mad dane
came off that night in a walled courtyard a
the back of Madame Binet's house. Tn
lady herself in faded mauye silk Away
about to slide from her yellow shoulders
played the piano, and to the tin-pot music c
a Western waltz the naked Zanibari girl
danced furiously by the light Of kerosen
lamps Binat sat upon chair and stare
with eyes that saw nothing, till the Whirl c
the dance and the clang of the rafting plan
stole into the drink that took the place {
blood in his veins, and his face glistene(
Dick took him by the chin brutally an
turned that face to the light, Madal
Binat looked over her shoulder and smhe