The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-02-03

sake her IN my arms, ,Sbut sine sank upon
her knees with supplcaton Tor
mercy, nots recognizing me in my dis
ruise. Raising her gerslN soon sue
ceeded i'm III : ar1ng her TINT, IL was in
deed | who hid come TO her rescue,
whercat she fnr*y to ME with such low
ing trust that uls pain in.iry head was
suddenly gore. and / feS that had
been endowed vi. n a-gsant's strength.
Then / learned how half an hour be-
fore the outbreak her urS her had gone
rpon an cri,lnd tc-hcr~ tnpthcT's bazar;
how Glauce had lastsnsi in horror TO
the attack upon the cgsrch; how, one
by one. the houses i'm ttr vicinity had
lesn assailed, and the trm;tes butch
cred: how. when she had heard the
,nurderers Mt the eut',lIce 10 her own
home. She had irsistedor, ,secreting her.
self behind some boNs 9n closet in
the storeroom. though hnr maid be-
sought her to hide clssyh ere; how she
lad remained there for is,urs in awful
suspense. and fiaa lly ho~v' she had ven
fured out at the.-sound, of some one
shouting her mann. although she had
not recognized the voica
"Oh. Arvlreas," she cried. when this
recital was finished, ''mymother! Can
she have escaped?'
"Ycs. il she is with your brother.
have little doubt but wha'.she is safe"
answered for how could L tell her
that the Christian ba2ars would he at.
lacked ard looted ard perhaps those
dear TO her pitilessly mrrder,d?
She brigna'ned visibly ursi ~ this as
surnnce. ard for the first tirat began to
look about her. Then l ours "a my care
lessness in not removing the bodies OF
the two serp Eits. As stood " ordering
how could for a few momeu Is engage
her attention she suddenly frightened
her grip upon my arm.
"See!" she whispered. ".,rhere is
some one in tine outer court"
We were ernctly opposiw tlsc'passage
connecting tfr- t.+t courtS..tsrri 4 iooisrri
IN the direction indicated .,ist in time
10 detect shallow slowly moving across
the open spece. An instant 's' hesitation
might prove fatal 10 both OF rs. and l
pushed Glance gently within ythe store
room.
"Quick!" said. Conceal aleyourself
again"
Seeing that she ,was fastening TO
Go as ! bade. i slipped off my loose
shoes, and with drawn scinltar in hand
sped silently across the marble pave
mcnt TO the passage by which the
courts were joined. Alongthis crept
until / was within four or five feet
os the further entrance. wdiere hung a
heavy piece of Bagdad d1apery. Here
crouched and listped. Ihe approach
ing footballs told nH that there was but
one foe to be met, and, / brcathed a
prayer of thanksgiving. Now the car-
tiuus steps were close ,at hand and
now l heheld, outliiedl clear against
the noonlit bacl,grou al, ,the cruel and
cunning face of Druse. AS he un- |
snspcctingly advanceda i swung my
scimitar and Glove his mead TO the |
chin. Down he sank irA a. limp heap. |
and i surveyed my bloody work with
out q shudder such was the avengirg |
fury that possessed me. Hastily drag |
ging the body of the Druse to a shad- |
ovy corner. and having gently laid the
maid and manservant side by side in |
one of the outer rooms, l. summoned |
Glauce from her concealnent.
''Wc are safe for the present" said,
TO reassure her. She seemed TO UNDER
stand, and did not question me. Then
told her of Nine. Evander's.offer.
''Oh. let us go to her at,once!" my
betrothed cried.
But you cannot venture hnto the
streets dressed as you are!" / ex-
claimed. "Even in my present. array
] could not protect you for n moment"
She glanced ruefully down at her
soiled and tumbled gown.
IL suppose a suit Of Constamtine's
Constantine was her brother) would |
not do?" she said with charming
look, forgetting for the instant the
gravity of the situation.
"No," i replied, "but one belonging
TO Fetros, your man, might answer"
fetros' toughest clothes were finally
found. Fortunately he was of small
stature, and when Glauce appeared be-
fore me in her new attire | saw that,
with few additional changes in her
appearance, she would without much
difficulty pass for an Arab youth.
i stained her face and hands with kohl,
and dexterously concealed her hair be-
meath black kaffeyeh which we were
% fortunate as 10 discover.
"Remerlber," / said to her smiling
ly. as kissed her, ''you are Hassan. the
servant Of Abdul-Hamir, a Druse trader
fivm Dekir."
So we went boldly out into the street.
For time we were not accosted, but
We soon realized that we must seek
other shelter than Nine. Evandcr's
house, since the disturbance in that di-
recfion was 10y far the greatest.
Glsuce bore this disappointment brave
IL. though II was bitter indeed.
Eve nust try for the English consul
ate" said. as We began TO retraoe our
steps.
On we pressed. now avoiding riotous
i'frd by hiding ir a cul.de-rac. now rs-