El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-19
PAGES 9 AND 10

.'Oh, you are his worship, are your
said Kettle. "Why didn't you say 50
before? I don't think it was quite
straight of you. tintacks, but perhaps
that's your gentle Arab way. But. L
say, whiskers, don't you try being too
foxy with me or you'1I get hurt. I'm
not the most patient man in the world
with inferior nations. Come, now
where's the mate?
Rad spread his hands helplesSly.
"See herei It's no use your trying that
game. You know that want Murray.
my mate|'
''Savvy plenty"
.sThen hand him out and let me get
away back on board"
mo got" said Rad ell MOUSSE; no
can
"Now, look here, mister" said Cap
tain Kettle. 1--WE paid you honestly
for Justice, and if 1 don't have it III
start in pulling down your old town
straight away. Give up the mate. Rad.
and let US get back peacefully to my
steamboat or by James I'll let loose q
wild earthquake here. If. you want
battle murder and sudden death. MI.
Rad ell Moussa, just you play monkey
tricks with me, and you'll get EN-
cheap. Cadi, are you? Then. by
James, you start in without further
talk and give me the justice that I've
bought and paid for"
Though this TRADE was in an alien
tongue, Rad ell Moussa caught the drift
from Captain Kettles accompanying
gesticulations, which supplied a run
ming translation as he went on. Rad
saw that his visitor meant business
and signed that he would go out and
fetch the imprisoned mate forthwith
mo you don't" said Kettle prompt
w. eff your worship once left here.
might have trouble in finding you
again. 1 know how easy 1t is to hide
| in a warren like this town of yours.
Send one of your hands with mes
sage"
Now, to convey this sentence the
more clearly, Kettle had put his fingers
| on the Arabs clothing. when out fell
| q bag of pearls, which came unfasten-
| ed. The pearls rolled like peas about
the floor, and the Arab, with gritting
teeth, whipped out a knife. Promptly
| Kettle drew also and covered him with
| q revolver.
though perhaps you think pulled out
| that jewelry purse on purpose 1t was
| an accident, Rad, SO I'll forgive your
hastiness. But your worship mustn't
pull out cutlery on me. I'll not stand
that from any man living. That's right.
put it up. Back goes the pistol into its
pocket, and now we're friends again.
Pick up the pearls yourself, and then
No ~, hovv y,.Ch bod
any, and then send one of your men
| to fetch my mate and do as / want.
| You're wasting a great deal of my
| time Rad ell MouSSa, over a very SIM
| pie job"
The Arab gathered the pearls again
| into the pouch and put it back TO its
place among his clothes. His face had
grown savage and lowering, but it was
clear that this little spitfire of a sailor.
with his handy pistol, daunted him.
Kettle. who read these signs. was not
| insensible to the compliment they i'm
| piled, but at the same time he grew, IL
anything, additionally cautious. He
watched his man with catlike eau
| ton, and when Rad called slave and
gave him orders in fluent Arabic he
made him translate his commands
! forthwith.
Rad ell MousSa protested that he had
| ordered nothing more than the carrying
| out of his visitors wishes. But 1t
| seemed to Kettle that he protested just
| a trifie too vehemently, and his suspi-
cions deepened-
He tapped his pistol in his resting
| place and nodded his head meaningly.
you've friends in this town." he said,
land I dare saw you'll have n oOOdish
| bit of power in your small way. I've
neither, and l don't deny that if you
bring up all your local army to inter-
fere i may have toughish fight Of it:
but, whatever happens to me in the
long run, you may take it as straight
from yours truly that you'll go to your
own funeral IL trouble starts So out