The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-04-02
MYNHEER JOE.
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BY ST. GEORGE RATHBoRNE
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they do not longer call out.
Some of the Arabs look rather the
wsrse for their little tusslc. and one
in particular seems TO be snch
wreck that Sandy proceeds TO draw HIS
picture for the great book which he
exDects to issue some day, ard which
will illustrate all that 4 wide-aWiEc
war correspondent mas seen CURING
his travels in times Of believing cali-
!on and piping peace. the world over.
They cast off and are soon beating
AGAINST the contrary wind. AS the
current of the river favors their re-
turn to Cairo, they make fair pro-
cress, and the glittering city, with its
MOSQUES and minarets, its ancient
buildings and modern quarters. seems
to draw closer all the while.
Mr.. Grimes seems thoughtful, while
Sandy can hardly keep quiet. 30 eX-
uberant are his spirits over the sue
cess of his friend.
When Mynheer Joe notices this, he
does not hesitate to speak to the pseu-
do silver king.
"You don't look satisfied. NJ.
Grimes?"
That's a fact" replied the other.
"Didn't the affair turn out to suit
you"
Not exactly
"Ah! You wouldn't have had the
boot on the other leg, my friend:
Never! But that man should just
now be lying there under the palms.
They used to say OFT West, the only
good Indian is a dead Indian; and
I'm sure the only time the baron will
be q gentleman in the true sense Of
the word, is when he is laid out"
"Welk we needn't worry; we leave
Cairo before many hours, bound for
India. Let the baron fume and the
heathen rage; we'll sail away over
the seas and be happy"
Joe Is thinking Of Molly, for he al
ready knows she and her father arc
to be members Of the company on
board the Alhambra, when the steam.
er leaves Alexandria for Port Said
and the Suez Canal.
Don't count on that. milord," re-
marks Sandy, looking up from his
drawing.
"What d. We mean. old fellow" asks
Joe, while Mr.. Grimes, who already
knows, mods his head and looks very
WISE
"The baron goes to India by the
same steamer, the Alhambra."
Mynheer Joe frowns; he sees trou-
bic ahead, knowing rs much as he
does of the man.
THAT is too bad. 1t will spoil all
our pleasure on the voyage. am sure
Miss Molly will regret to hear of it."
he says.
Like a deaths head at a feast"
| from Sandy.
If we could postpone our fitting
until the next steamer" suggests Mr..
Grimes,
impossible for me-" he says sober
ly.
! 1--WE got it," eXclaims Sandy, be.
! ginning Il war dance on the roof OF
the cabin, paper in one hand, pencil in
the other. "Yes. I've got it."'
What! The Nile fever?' demands
Mr.. Grimes.
"A subject for dancing dervish,"
suggests Joe.
Wrong, both Of you, gentlemen.
What I've got concerns US al. It's an
idea"
At this both Nr. Grimes and Joe
make out to be dreadfully excited,
appealing to Sandy not to let it get
away and to be very careful lest his
brain should burst.
These sudden ideas are danger
ous," declares Grimes, with great sob
erness.
"They may be for you. but my bread
and butter depends on them. you see."
returns Sandy, not at all annoyed BY
their joke.
"Well, share it, old fellow"
Don't you see we're anxious to hear
all?"
But Sandy takes his time.
IT concerns you b"fh. Of course,
but, most of all, it interests the baron
"Ah, yes; of course, it does"
"The next steamer after the one We
take arrives a week later at Alexan-
dria. It is called the Malwa. What
propose is that the Russia bear shall
1 miss the Alhambra and be compelled
to lie over a week at Alexandria.
The others soberly take his hand
and squeeze 1t to show their appre-
citation of his brilliant idea, which ap-.
pears to strike them in a favorable
light At the present they do not
stop for investigation.
How will you do it, Sandy" asks
Joe, his eyes bent upon the wonder
city ahead on the east bank of the
Nile, the environs Of which they have
now reached.