The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-05

Kettle was jostling heavily on court ETH
quette, and at first the lady Emir was
very clearly inclined to resent it, and had
sharp orders for his repression ready upon
her lips. But she evidently changed her
mind. in the meanwhile Mr..
Wenlock was stating his case
with small forensic elOquence. The
sight of Miss Teresa Anderson in the
flesh awed him. The woman before him,
whose actual age was Is, looked 50. and
even for desperate man like himself was
impossible as a wife in England. He felt
daunted before her already.
But che lady Emir looked on Wenlock
in very different way to that in which
she had regarded Kettle Mr.. Wenlock
possessed las indeed he had himself pointed
out on the ParakeeO a fine outward pres
ence, and, in fact, anywhere he could
have been remarked on as a personable
man. The Lady Emir had not remained
unmarried all these years through sheer
dstaste for matrimony. She has been cell
bate through an uncomfortable pride of
blood. Here now stood before her a male
of her own race, handsome, outstanding
and obviously impressed by her power and
majesty. He would not rule her; he would
not even attempt a mastery; she would
still be Emir-and a wife. The chance had
never occurred to her before; might never
occur again. She was quick to make her
decision.
Ruling potentates are not as other folk
with their love affairs, and the Lady Emir
of Dunkhot unconsciously fell in with the
rule OF her caste. The English speech long
d,sused came to her unhandily but the
purport of what che said was plain. She
made proclamation that the Englishman
| Wenlock should there and then become
her husband, and let slaves fetch the null
lah to unite them before the sun had
dropped below another bar of the win
dows
She did not ask her future husband q
wishes or his permission She simply stat
ed her sovereign will, and looked that it
should he carried out forthwith.
For long enough Wenlock stood word
less in front of the Oivan, far more like
a criminal than a prospective bridegroom.
| The lady with the tube of the water pipe
between her lips, pulled smoke and made
no further speech. But at last Wenlock
! as though wrenching himself into wakeful-
ness out of some horrid dream. turned
| wildly to Kettle, and in torrent OF words,
| implored for rescue.
The little sailor heafd him quite I'M
moved. you asked my help" he said.
| 'in a certain matter, and I've given ii,
| and things have turned out just as I've
| guessed they would. You maundered
! about your dear Teresa on my steam
boat till l was nearly sick, and, by James,
| you've got her now, and no error about
| it,"
Now the Lady Emir was not listening
! to all this TRADE by any means unmoved
! Although she did not understand one word
| in ten of what was being spoken, she
| gathered the gist of it. She threw away
! the snaky stem of water pipe, and grip
ped both hands on the troopers sword
| till the muscles stood out in high relief.
do you say" she demanded, you I'M
Willingly marry me?'
yes" said Wenlock, with sullen en-
| phass.
! She turned her head and gave curt or
| ders in Arabic. With marvellous readI-
| ness, as though it was one of the regular
amendments of the place, a couple of
! The guards trundled a stained wooden book
! into the middle of the floor. another took
his station beside it with an ominous ak
| poised over his shoulder, and almost be-
| fore Wenlock knew what was happening
| he was pinned by dozen more, pinioned
| at wrist and ankle, and thrust down TO
kneel with his neck over the block.
do you say" the Lady Emir repeated,
you unwilling marry me?"
I'm a British subject" Wenlock shout
| ed. "Pve a foreign office passport in my
pocket. III appeal 10 my government
over this"
my lad" said Kettle "you won't nave
| time to appeal The lady isn't being fun
ny She means square biz. If you don't
| be sensible aud see things in the same
way she does, it'll be one che-opp, and
what happens afterward won't interest
| YOU
Those spikes" said Wenlock family.
above the watergate2" said Kettle.
queer, but the same thing occurred to
| me, too You'd feel bit lonely stuck up
there getting sundried."
"Tll marry her"
With this Wenlock poured out all the
pretty speeches which he had in store,
| and which he had looked 20 use to this
| very woman under such very different cir
cumstances. But he did not even suggest
| taking his future spouse back to England.
She too. when she graciously pardoned
| his previous outburst mentioned her de-
cision on this matter also. II am Emir
| here" she said, ''and l could not be Emir
I'm your England without many fights So
here l shall stay and you with me-"
The mullah had come in and they were
forthwith married solemnly and irrevo-
cably according to the rights and cere-
monies of the Nahometan church, as
practiced in the kingdom of Dunkhot.
And now, Mr.. Wenlock. if you please, -
said Kettle, "as you're comfortably tied
| 20 the lady of your choice. I'll trouble you