Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1904-06-23
CHAPTER XVI.
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u So they drift upon other subjects.
of which 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.
| 1t is their last night in the grand
again desccnds over Egypt they hope
to be on the crack vessel of the Pen.
insular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's feet. heading for Port Said
and the Sucz 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. Z he news Of the duel
has permeated society in Cairo; 1t is
a secret no longer. Nearly every one
Is glad the affair turned ont AS it 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 duellist has
been noised abroad. The man who
has downed him must naturally be a
hero, outside of the fact of his con-
nectlon with the fall Of khartoum.
Molly sees the admirns slances, and
she is proud of Joe: the very fact
that he seems unconscious of his cX-
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 tho girl
he loves. that her smiles raise him 70
the seventh heaven Of Xaltation. and
that he would gladly has'l in them for
ever.
1t may be readily imagined tlnn' with
the evil genius locked UP in his room.
groaning and cursing with the pain
of his wound inflicted by rival, the
two young people pass a delightful
evening. which neither Of Them will be
liable to forget in time to come.
MIR. Grimes is present and keeps a
watchful eye upon them, for he mas
q 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 thwar
any diaholcal plans.
At last the great caravansary be.
comes quiet. aud the square in front
loses its brilliant bustlng appearance.
The howls of stray ours alone break
the stiffness of the night. as they gath
er here and there to .unt in packs,
often rending each other.
Morning again.
1t Is the day when the Alhnmhra is
due at Alexandria, and The train leaves
Cairo for the city at the mouth of the
Nile at eight What is an ea"ly break.
fast for soiourners 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.
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He endeavors to read the face of the
little war correspondent, but it is no
20. The great Napoleon could not have
presented a more unruflied counte.
nance. Sandy looks as innocent as n
babe.
1t lacks but five !. inutes to eight
when carriage drives UP. The baron
alights from it. All notice that his
right arm is in sling. but mis- face
has q smile upon it :s he bows.
He does not 20 alone. Colonel Tay.
Tor and the HindoC servant are in his
company, and look after the portman.
teau and various packages.
Mynheer Joe. realizes that Sandy has
not yet had chance, in all probabili-
ty, to put his little game into opera
tion. Perhaps he does not desire to
do SO until the last hour. He won.
ders what sort of a scheme 1t may be,
and how the little correspondent will
manage to manipulate the wires.
Then, as the baron and his com
panions enter 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 thouchtfully been provid-
al n,,J t, i,,,oH nn NVnhppr
Joe sees more to admire in Molly Tan.
uer with every hour of his acquant.
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 a
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 can
mean but one result. She must bi
bis.
He revels in the thought that the
worthy old pater may return to his be
tofeu ShiIuSo Nbiic tbc souh6 pcopie
fllled with the desire to see more OF
the world, visit the strange places OF
earth, to add to the geographical
knowledge of humanity. With sucl
companion, 1t will be happiness te
isolate oneself for months. If need be
In the wilderness. He only longs FOL
the chance to try it.
Mynheer Joe is no fool, II he has
spent much of his later life away from
society. He does not wish to be toe