Evening star., 1899-03-04

ne was in another bottle-shaped chamber
simllar to the one he had left. but in this
s,,ea1s s,,eis was a doorway. There was pungent
smoke reek here also, and though its slen-
oerness came to him as a blessed relief
aIter What he had been enduring he lusted
side. Poie Oil oot-
The door gave to his touch. and he fonnd
stair He ran up this and stepped out
INTO INTO the corridor. where Rad had lured
MN 10 capture, and then, walking eau
sn'- 10y ns me wall SO as not to step into
any more BOBBY traps. he came to the
pIace Where he calculated Qrom their con-
versation) Murray would be Jailed A large
sliick carpet had been spread over the door
80 as 70 prevent any egress of the singing
smoke, or any ingress of air, and this he
pulled away and lifted the trap.
ho h.ele was no sound from below. "Great
aeaSens' aeaSei3 ne thought, was the mate
uead lie hailed sharply, and a husky
voice answered. Seeing nothing else az
mana that would serve he lowered an end
VI ,he carpet Keeping a grip on the other.
hnred dP'eseItiy ',S @ murray got hold and clam
| IN dozen whispered words Kettle to,d
ms piaals' ana they were on the point of
starting off to carry them out when the
slop-sIop OF slippers made itself heard adj
raneiig uoWn the corridors. PROMPTLY the
pair OF them sank into the shadows and
presently the ex-fireman came up whistIina
cneerfully an air from some English rnusio
nan, n1 he dld not see them till they were
almost within hand grips and then tbe
tune froze upon his lips in a manner tbat
was ludicrous. tnal
But neither Kettle nor his mate had anv
eye ior the humors of the situation inst
e,en, ertirt,oa Murray plucked the mans legs
arslstlcaily y from beneath him, and Kettle
gilpped his hands and throat He thrust
ms ms savage little face close down to the
Ps piaca mans. Now he said, where's
RAD! Tell me truly, or I'll make YOU into
dogs meat And speak quietly, If vo,,
| make a row I'll gouge your ewes ont ;, w
had he IN divan," the fellow suffered
IN sacred whisper: Sort o. front shop,
you savy, sar? Don kill me-, p'
81 can recommend nv late state roor, ;,
said Murray ''e fooih'
Just the ticket" said Kettle. So into
1he oubllette they toppled him. ciappins
uown ,,o's line tne door In its place above. There
you may stay, you black beast" said tbe
judge, to stew in the smoke Won raised
yourself If any of your numerous wives
are sufficiently interested to get Won ont
sHey stey may nay 40 SO. If not. You pig, you may
stay ana cure into bacon. Pm sure 7
sha, mt miss You. Come along, Mr. Mate
Tney fell upon Rad el Moussa placidlv
resting among the cushions of the divan.
his teeth, and his mind (probablv, fienrins
out plans OF campaign in which the can,
| tured rifles would do astonishing work,
Kettle mad no revolver in open view. hut
Rad mad already learned how readily that
| instrument could be produced on occa sinn
| and had the wit to make no show of re-
sls'ahce Ihe sailor went up to him. deli
cateiy extracted the poignard from his sash
ana proke the blade beneath his feet Then
! he said to him, Stand there" polntine ~
| the middle of the floor, and seated himself
on the divan, in an attitude of a iudpe
| NOW Mr.. Rad el Moussa advise you
| TO understand what's going to be said To
you now. so that it'll be a lesson to Won IN
| the future. 'oU iii
i came to you not very long ago, asking
for your card to the kady. I told you my
yXnc OH
! said you were kady yourself Whether yo..
are or not, don't know and doa't vastly
bara are @ nu,, anyway, l paid for justice In
marc marc meney' %n and you said you'd give up the
trick on me. which I'll own up I was a fool
10 get caught by. and I make no doubt thai
goo,,ve goo, ,,i,s peen -, laughing at me behind my
| Dack with that nasty niger partner Of
| yours Well, prisoner at the bar. let alone
] I'm blooming Englishman. and 1Snplisho
M men !. areh sent into this world to be laugh
| ed az py any foreigners, I'm myself as Ney
| and let me tell You don't stand either he
| Ing swindled out of justice when I've pai5
Ior II, or being played tricks on afterward.
So you are hereby sentenced to the fine Of
one bag OF pearls, to be paid on the spor.
and, furthermore, to be incarcerated in one
OF those smoke boxes down the aileyway
| Now, prisoner, don't move during the next
| operation, or I'll shoot you Mr. Mate
| you'll find a small bag inside the ton ma p,
Of OF his nightgown. ON the left-hand side.
Here they are, sir" said Murray.
Thanks" said Kettle and put the ba.
In his pocket. "And now, if you please Mr.
Mate. Wen Just put his whiskers into that
cellar with the niger, and leave him there
| to get smoked into a better ana veil hone
a more penitent frame of mind"
| They completed this pious act to their en-
| tire satisfaction, and left the house with
out further interruption. The townspeonie
were just beginning to move about again
| after the violence of the midday heat hut
| except for curious stares they passed
| through the narrow streets between the
| whirewashed houses quite without interrup-
ton. And in due time they came to tie