The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1901-06-26
MYNHEER JOE.
SsssSSsSssSSSsSS
BY ST. GEORGE RATHBoRNE
ss3sssssssssssss
RoBERTB
CHAPTER XVI.
Continued

I~NS~~~S~I
so they drift upon other subjects.
Of uhich there are plenty to discuss.
During the day Mynheer Joe has
met Molly's father and talked matters
over, so that he knows much Of their
plans for the future, and can shape his
Own accordingly.
It Is their last night in the grand
old city Of Cairo. When darkness
again descends over Egypt they hope
to be on the crack vessel Of the Pen
lnsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's feet, heading for Port Said
and the Suez Canal.
Whether Joe Is conscious of the
fact or not, Molly soon discovers that
her companion is the observed Of all.
Women and men look at him secretly
or openly stare. The news Of the duel
has permeated society in Cairo; 1t is
a secret no longer. Nearly every one
Is glad the affair turned out as 1t did,
for the baron had made few friends
In Egypt. Besides, it is human ma
ture to delight in seeing pride lowered;
and ever since the Russian came to
Cairo his reputation as a duellist has
been noised abroad. The man who
has downed him must naturally be a
hero, outside Of the fact Of his con-
nection with the fall of Khartoum.
Molly sees the admiring glances, and
she Is proud Of Joe; the very fact
that he seems unconscious Of his ex-
alted position raises him still higher
In her estimation. AS for that worthy,
he thinks Of nothing beyond the fact
that he is in the company of the girl
he loves, that her smiles raise him to
the seventh heaven Of exaltation, and
that he would gladly bask in them for
ever.
1t may be readily imagined that with
the evil genius locked up in his room'
groaning and cursing with the pain
of his wound inflicted by a rival, the
two young people pass a delightful
evening, which neither Of them will be
liable to forget in time to come.
Mr.. Grimes Is present and keeps q
watchful eye upon them, for he mas
a grave suspicion that further mischief
will be hatched out by the ingenious
mind Of the baron and, under such cir
cumstances, it behooves him to be
constantly on guard in order to thwart
any diabolical plans.
At last the great caravansary be-
comes quiet, and the square in front
loses it's brilliant bustling appearance.
The bowls Of stray ours alone break
the stiffness of the night, as they gath
er here and there to hunt in packs,
often rending each other.
Morning again!
It is the day when the Alhambra is
due at Alexandria, and the train leaves
Cairo for the city at the mouth Of the
Nile at eight What is an early break
fast for sojourners in Egypt Is dis
patched, and then the travellers are
taken to the train that is in waiting.
As yet they have seen nothing of
the baron. Mynheer Joe wonders If
the Russians absence Is in any meas
ure due to the Vaccinations Of Sandy.
He endeavors to read the face OF the
little war correspondent, but it is no
70. The great Napoleon could not have
presented a more unruf1ed counte-
nance. Sandy looks as innocent as q
babe.
It lacks but five minutes to eight
when a carriage drives up. The baron
alights from it. All notice that his
right arm is in sling, but his face
has a smile upon it as he bows.
He does not 80 alone. Colonel Tay-
lor and the Hindoo servant are in his
company, and look after the portman'
teau and various packages.
Mynheer Joe realizes that Sandy has
not yet had a chance, in all probabili.
ty, to put his little game into opera.
ton. Perhaps he does not desire to
do so until the last hour. He Won
ders what sort of a scheme it may be,
and how the little correspondent will
manage to manipulate the wires.
Then, as the baron and his com.
paninns enter a compartment, Joe loses
them. and they drop from his mind
at the same time.
Our five friends occupy one car
riage, and have quite an enjoyable
time during the seven hours it takes
them to make the hundred and thirty
miles between Cairo and Alexandria.
Lunch has thoughtfuliy been pcovid
ed, and is enjoyed en- route. Mynhcel
Joe sees more to admire in Molly Tan
ner with every hour Of his acquaint
ance. and if the thought had not come
to him before, he is now fully resolved
to win her for his wife.
Why not, when fate seems to have
made them for each other? He has
saved her life; they meet again in O
peculiar fashion and are mutually at
tracted; she is the one who would
benefit by his uncle's will in case he
never turns up-all these things cal
mean but one result. She must bt
his.
He revels in the thought that th'
worthy old pater may return to his be
loved Chicago while the young people
filed with the desire to see more O.
the world, visit tie strange places o.
earth. to add to the geographical
knowledge Of humanity. With sucl
a companion. it will be happiness tt
isolate oneself for months, if need be
in the wilderness. He only longs 60
the chance to try it.
Mynheer Joe is no fool, if he ha
spent much of his later life away fron
society. He does not wish to be to-
abrupt. 1t is just as we'll that the.
ont +n l-pnu- oo.1, otbor hotter bpfcr