The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-04-08

Germ you. CO back and get your beau.
| ty nap" he growls.
"Not until you tell me what this
means. Three men leave the hotel at
daybreak. They talk about swords.
What is about to happen?"
bah. Some officers on lark, per.
haps"
"You know better. governor. You
betrayed yourself when you said the
report was true. What report? 1t
concerns Mynheer Joe. 1 remember
now how strangely they looked at him
last night"
| tyrant and l bulldozed old man!
Listen then. 1t was reported that
| Mynheer Joe and the baron were to
| fight a duel about sunrise this morn.
ing"
| Molly covers her face with her
hands and utters a low cry. Then
she eagerly questions Tanner and
| learns all that he knows, until at last
he stubbornly drops back on his pill
low and feigns sleep; so there is moth
| ing for the wretched girl to do but re-
turn to her room, and, sitting there,
| await the rising of the sun, with a
dumb feeling Of pain at her heart.
CHAPTER XIII.
| THE MISSION OF THE DAHABEAH.
When Mynheer' Joe and his two
friends, having secured cup of coffee
and bite of breakfast at the hotel,
pass down toward the river the very
first CLEAN of daylight is abroad.
though as yet kept in the background
| by the moon, which shines on the land
Of the Pharaohs with peculiarly dull
radiance, unlike the flood of light
poured upon the earth when the Queen
Of Night is at her full.
Knowing the way they experience
no trouble in reaching the point where
they have been informed the two
boats will be in readiness. This time
Perhaps the rascally Arabs who PROV,
about the narrow streets during the
night looking for victims have retired.
like beasts of prey, to their various
dens at the approach of dawn. AT
any rate. the three men meet with no
adventure as they advance to the Nile
Here we are" says Sandy, when
they bring up at the designated spot
Sure enough. two boats are seen
uDon the water. both of q trim model
Voices can be heard. as though the
sailors are on deck. and all is in readi.
ness for casting off.
Sandy takes one look into the face
Of Mynheer Joe as they come upon the
boats 1t is enough to reassure him
for the man does not show the least
emotion. If he were made of ice Myn,
heer Joe could not take the situation
in cooler manner than he does. This
satisfied the newspaper man that the
Russian duellist is about to be sur
prised. He may have had plain sail,
ing in past affairs of the kind, but
when he run across Mynheer Joe he
certainly struck a mag that now gives
promise of wrecking his bark.
Mr.. Grimes halls and a voice an.
swers-the voice of the French officer
who met him as the baron's represen,
tative. They are to take the daha,
beah nearer the shore. The others
have just arrived, and if all theii
party can be counted there is nothing
to be done but to push off and get up
sail.
Captain, one question: says Mr.
Grimes.
''At your service" replies the polite
Gaul whom they can just indistinctly
see standing on the roof of the second
cabin in a brave attitude, such az
French officers delight to assume, al
though those Of other nations are not
far behind them in this respect.
you spoke of doctor-the family
doctor of the baron. who understands
his constitution and knows how tc
treat him. Pardon me, but is he on
board with your"
Silence follows this cool question. as
though the Frenchman has been stag,
gered by it; then, in his courteous way
he would be polite even if thrusting
his sword through an enemy-the Off
Ger of the Khedive replies:
He is with us, SIR"
"Good. Then we consent to start"
says Grimes, conscious that the ba,
ron's ears have caught all that has
been uttered, and willing to let him
know that there is no such thing as
SCARE In their party.
No more rs SAID. ''-''--
Orders are given and the two Nile
River boats gotten under way with
the rapidity that distinguishes the pc
culiar model common to this country,
Mynheer Joe clasps the hand Of his
second and gives 1t squeeze.
Thanks, my good friend. That dig
Is worth something to me, you linden
stand" he says In his quiet but ear
nest way.
"Of course, sir. You know. my In
terests are bound up In yours. 1 an
determined that this story shall enc