The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-02-08

ION wrought frightful havoc among us
Nobody ever saw such workmanship,
''rut, tut" he answered, ''it was nothing
at all. was half sorry for Abou Kuram
and his general, who were brave men But
there they were, and we had to get rid ol
them"
"How did you manage Koor Ali? That
was terrible blow"
at was what British dragoon would
call the old cut seven. They don't under
stand the trick in Arabia yet"
You must have had marvellous adven
lures" remarked. ".-.....
He glanced at me quickly, as If suspect
ing was fishing for information.
Yes. But Well talk of them anothe,
time-thats all | need say now. Oh, by
the bye, my august patron, Yumen Yusel, is
making sure of heaven here. Would you
like to be presented to the old rascal2p
"Old rascal, /" repeated, laughing.
"They're all that" he said EVERY son
of lshmael'sa rogueb by nature They stand
to each other in degrees of comparison like
ndjectiyes- positive, comparative and su
perlative. Amood Sim was the superla
tive, Abou kuram the comparative, and Yu.
men Yuscl is the positive. | know them
all. Would you Ike TO see himin
But other thoughts were burning in my
brain, and begged to DO excused.
''The sun will be down in a little while"
/ said.
There's no denying 1t, Andrew. You
seem agitated over the matter"
promise to stay here half an hour for
me-
You grow mysterious, my friend. Mys-
teries are dangerous things in Arabia"
'Yes, there's mystery, but it's not dan.
l,g1., atr, ,.,., H..
quite alone?'
rs it to he an experiment in magic'"
you shall see, cried, getting more and
more excited with my own thoughts. "Wn
you waltz | specially wish you to be alone"
WELL well; YOU will be prompt"
The next instant was through the door
of the tent like an arrow and dying breath
lessly to Ranee's quarters. Luckily Baruk
was absent, aud broke in Oh her without
ceremony.
Something is wrongl" she cried, startled
at my appearance,
Nothing is wrong child" | answered
loudly, being excited beyond all self com
mand. Everything is gloriously right.
You spoke Of one who-who fought against
Amood Sim. He was Of my people, WIS
he mott"
The amazed girl answered in the affirma.
tive.
And he was a friend of thineS"
"Yes"
"1.ower thy veil, Rance, and come with
me as fast as thy pretty feet can carry thee,
asking no questions"
81 may trust thee'" ......
"If not, thou maycst KLINE. Make haste
Rance. Make haste; the sun is going
down"
took her hand and we flew through the
maze of the fair, she running by my side
like wondering child, and the people turn
ing to stare and critcse as we sped
Put on thy happest look, Rance, said,
with wild glee BE as the rose in lowell
ness"
"lEow can II" she asked. Thou talxest
the breath ont Of me. "
At last we reached Donnld's tent and
paused before the eurtained entrance
"trhOu wilt enter as draw the curtain, !"
gasped
"Thcrc he strange men within, she un-
swered irartully. II may not do it,"
"Eeyer was thy heart SO glad as it will
be when thou entercst," ! said
And being too impa lent for further
speech thrust aside the curtain and handed
the trembling Rance in. Donald, whose
back was to us, turned quickly Both
crying out in amazement, they were in
each others arms with n rush
II thought So, | remarked to myself
aloud, and quickly dropping the curtain |
ran bacli bit and threw myself ON the
ground to rock in gletlul satisfaction.
After awhile Donald appeared ut the etent
door.
"Kilgour' Klgour," he called, as | did
not immediately answer out of the dark
ness TINT had fallen" Andrew. man, come
here. We want to sec YOU
| rose and went forward, Chuckling and
trembling
This is an evening of surprises, !" he said;
"most astonishing surprises. Come inside.
God bless us. Come inside"
We went inside, and Rance, running first
to Donald and then to me, clasping her
jcweled hands and laughing and crying in
the same brenth, poured out her thanks
and JOY in her own tongue, which Donald
understood, though | couldn't.
There was II king of England" said
Donald, taking her hand as if she were an
empress. who, when any of his friends got
into trouble, always asked, Who is the
womanf Here is the cause of all disasters
that have befallen Amood Sim and his al
lies They ported us on our way hither
and vowed vengeance and took it. | saw
his palace burned though you were before
me and rescued Rance 1t is too long tale
to tell now. Some other time you shal
hear it. The business OF the moment is
What can do for you? Name something
quickly, Kilgour, Whatever you ask, ii
shall be done il man can do it"
II take you at your word, y answered
promptly. This is an hour OF triumph
and happiness to me as well as to you.
left tho hiphlands to find yGu nere vc