The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-14

soldier would not hear Of H. "a
as travelling with bis friends. he
I insisted that I should be his guest
then. turning to Lady olivia. he said
Nth a smile. s&ett 20 my wife. my
dear. you must remember that am
All powerful hefes
As Ne cut our way through the
stllI water Ne ovefhauied shore
boat Ia which were seated my two
raseally ahadoweFH They were Lea
lbs no time IN getting ashore. With
what purpose. I Woudsred1 To com
munleafs with their Infamous mas
ter I looked At the beautiful girl
SEATED opposite 20 me. and felt like
= murderer II tie worst Kind.
Had Lady olivia received admira-
ton upou the NYauxa she received
twice as much now. The command
er=in-ehief poaHesaed several hand
some young aides and secretaries.
while there were the officers Of the
garrison. who we're all prepared to
ray her homage.
Sert morning | made an excuse
and escaped into the town. There
Was a man / particularly wanted to
see. ard had no desire to be ae-
runrauisd by any one from gov
eminent house. A. I strolled along
the picturesque main street. with IL
wealth Of color and extraordinary
variety Of population. l thought OF
the men With whom I had visited &c
in days gone By.
Where were they all now There
vas Jack Richards. who MS killed
ON the Afghan frontier. Jack Maliin.
who went down in trading sehoon-
er off the west cuant. Harry Durn-
field. who. when I last heard Of him.
was running a sheep station in
Queensland. and Tom Quincy. one
OF the best OF US all. who went home
10 England. married a wife. and set
tied down as a peaceful country
squire.
I had almost reached my friends
what. led me "a believe that | was
round. but there waa no one there
save small Moor hoy who was
marching along sucking industri-
ousIy an orange which he held in
both hands resumed my walk.
but the feeling would not be shaken
off. once more turned sharply
round. The only person near me
WIS the same boy. Reaching my
destination. I turned into the patio
aud crossed IT to the door l knew
so well OF old. In response To my
knock a CHEEKY voice called upon me
10 enter. aud I did -.
Goodness gracious. Gavessonl
can Il be YOU" cried my old friend.
sprluglng from his chair and hast
eniug forward 10 greet me with out
stretched hand. 4 understood that
you were in England. hunting In the
shires. and enjoying yourself gem
'erally."
so have neen. but tired OF Il.
and. as some Of my friends were
coming down To the Mediterranean,
thought I would accompany them.
You haven't tired of the cid love.
them can remember the time
when You used 70 vow that II ever
you got away from this part Of the
world nothing would induce You TO
come back to H. Where are you
stayinE9 At the old place.
/ laughed My dear fellow" /
said. Z am no end Of a swell now.
I am staying with the commander
in-ehief. eonsorting with dukes and
such like"
I thought you had turned over a
new leaf. aud we're going tn he re-
speetahle.s he remarked. That Is
the result OF your trip TO England
You Will be marrying a lady OF title
next
| WINGED as II he had struck mo.
Nv mood changed Immediately.
Look here. Maxwell" I suid. 7
want you TO do me a favor IL YOU
can
Anything In reason. my dear fel-
low was his reply. What Ia it,
You remember Muiey Hassan
and his brother Ihrahim %
4 should think I do he said. a
pair of the most unmltiEated seoun=
drels on earth. What about them p
only that they are on the Rock.
As you may have heard. l got into
trouble with the sultan over the way
some months ago. lie showed me IN
the kasbah. but released me on con
dltlau that I would do some dirty
business for him. knowing what
would happen If did not consent l
gave In aud started FOR England.
All Now I begin TO understand