The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-12-17

/ lc' 10 mako any quarrel together
spu know me. and you Eu0s also
tbhi I gould not pIsY f.lso 10 You
/ m IL hAn .ssq anyone elise I uishf
have here DO shrugged bio Shout
dorH--'weii I might have d0Hs IT,
With you Il iH different They were
here. bat they are gone And when
meet ny two good friends who
were - watch this house well
promise you they will not make a
fool Of Manalaki again Now We WiIl
how you call it7-get out We
must look about"
You're stlll prepared 70 help me.
M en7@ I asked
10 gave a sr0rufHl sniff and then
added With Immense dignity
Il have called you my friend. II
not that enough
I was determined not % return to
government house until ! should be
ln a position 90 make some sort Of
report We took counsel t0net her
ln the deep shadow Of the lane.
See here" he cried. Il have a
friend who lives not far from here.
and IL may Boz that he can help Us.
I will 20 20 see him. ] have been
thinking and I have what you call a
notion"
We accordingly threaded our way
through some ~ the nlfhIc6t alleys
OF the native town
"Egad Munalaklf" remarked.
your friends don't seem 10 live IN
rnVory places This ia a. bad a.
the back blocks Of Port Said
But not a. bad a. the kasbah In
MAdrap1re." no aHaWered with a
laugh.
Approaching a door. Manalad
knocked upon n in a peculiar man
ucr After a While the signal Waa
returned from the inside Maualaki
whlEtled five times. and the sound
% heavy bolts being drawn came 10
uH from within. Tho door VAS
opened but on n chain. and n face
looked cut. but that side Of the
street being ga shadow. o. was tm-
possible 10 see whether u belonged
90 a man or a woman Maualak
said something In a low voice.
whercupan the chain was with
drawn and the door opened
The place was fun q surprises I
had expected 20 find IL AZ dirty az
that which he had lately vialtsd-
al any rate. nqualIdlY furnished To
my a9tonlshment. however. Il vas
nothing Of the kind For a house
In such a quarter lie appointments
were luxury itself The room into
which We were conducted was billed
from ceiling % floor with eafloa
collected from every country. /
should say Ia the Mediterranean.
But IL vas not 50 much the room
that aatonlshed me as the appear
ance q the man whom We had
come 20 Interview 4 stranger hu-
man being do not think / had ever
ST eyes on. lie vas little more
than a dwarf. and - thin that bis
clothes seemed % hang like sacks
upon him. His face. which vas
hairless. vas scanned with a thou
sand wrinkles He showed no sur
prise ct cur visit. though he gave
me n sharp glance. as N 10 famil-
iarlKe himself with my appearance.
then turning % Manalah. be babe
him welcome IN Gfssk. II was erl-
dent thai they we're well known 10
each other Bidding us be seated
he produced cigars. and excellent
they we're
When be heard the name of Mu-
hhmmld Iiassin he pricked up his
ears. and from his expression I
gathered that he was no better dis
posed towards that individual than
was nay companion When Man
alah had finished the narration Of
his tale eur host paused for up
wards 81 a minute and asked ia
what way ne could be Of service %
as For the life Of me I myself
could not see % what assistance he
could be to us.
Listen 10 me and I will tell you
What I think. said Maualak
With eXazperatinE elaboration he
proceeded TO roll a ciEnret and to
liEht II before be continued.
This s. what ! think Ne beau
uful young lady gone from ze Rock
altogether As they say IN Ameri-
ca. she vamooae ze ranch"
Do Won mean 10 say" burst