The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-17
| I seized him by the throat, and shaking
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seized Sc ed him n BY the throat, and shaking
You consummate rascal, believe
you have the Jewels all the time; if you
don It bring them in an hour, l will take
you to the police myself.
Ny anger availea me no more than
that inherent dignity before
had done w sIMso him. any he I left me
and came no more for three days. On
the third morning when he returned he
looked at me with reproach marked In
hands to heaven he protested once more
in the old words, and to the old con
clusion. / was then SO wearied of the
very sound of his voice that I took, him
by the shoulders and held him down
to bargain with me, shekel by, shekel,
for the return of my gems; and in the
end he consented to make me the long
est speech that I had yet had from his
lips -. .o,,., ~ eo., -,
nor my people have the precious thing
he wots of; but the dog of a thief,
upon whose head be desolation, is
known to me. For money he took the
jewel, for money he shall lay it again
ho"e Of ffe yet eeop nGt 3 Wee but e
shall see and mono shall know
A long argument, and some fine bar
gaining, enabled me to get to the bot
tom of the whole story; but only under
secret should be shared by no one.
With much fine recital and many APP
peals to the holy marabouts to bear wit.
ness, Sid demonstrated that the thief
was no other than Mohammed the
porter, who had the stone hidden with
extraordinary cunning, and from whom
sonal risk.
"Under the shadow of the Kasbah It
lies said he; "under the shadow Of
the Kasbah must you seek it with those
I shall send to. you, and no others. Obey
them in all things; be silent when they
a ayo l0S0 n0' AAS'' "A'H 'A'' 0l0 ''u
This was all very, vague, but a deeper
acquaintance with his purpose made it
the more clear. In answer to my CUES
ton why, he could not bring the jewel
to the hotel, he said that it would never
Forces. and with that force he would
supply me. He himself seemed to be un-
der an oath to bear no hand to the en-
prise and he was emphatic in laying
down the condition that must go ab-
ssolutely alone; or, said he, "the hand Of
which you seek come to you.'
have 1 r'eceived this Suggestion Would
have been that of an uncompromising
negative, Chassaigne had cautioned
me particularly against going, into the he
a proposition to visit it not only by
night, but in the company Of those who
possibly were honest, but more possibly
were cutthroats. I knew well enough
what he would say TO the venture; and &
truly was much disposed to refuse it
7 had at first intended. This told
Sid, and he gave me for answer shrug
Of the shoulders, which implied that if
! I did, my property, for which 1 hoped to
get thousand pa pounds, W " dee certainly
entreaties move him one iota from his
position, neither on that day nor on the
next two; so that I saw in the end that
I had better decide quickly, or take ship
and fly a city, of indolent ;Frenchmen
, and rascally Moors.
! 1t would prove tedious to recount, tc
> by which, finally, I found myself of 8
mind to court this hazard and agreed te
Sid IS terms. He on his part hal
youched for my safety; and after all
the man who ever wraps his life in cot
ton wool, as it were, must see little be
| .yOuu CuC oCuII WA O1l ulo wv Ii 11el NJ q
J tion. Here was chance to see the
brofen head With them IN any cas e
chance which an adventurous mar
might be thankful for, and which
: took.
: Having once agreed to Sidi's terms
he set upon the realization of the pro
! ject with unusual ardor. The very mex
I evening was chosen for the undertaking
. the hour being close upon ten, and thu
q Moor himself accompanying me SOM
l part of the way. He had ID advised me t.
i and this I did with some little discom
d fort, especially in the manipulation O.
the long burnouse, and in the carriag
e Of appalling headgear which he woul'
d not allow me to dispense with. ha,
9 put these things, on at hotel; but as i
Il is not unusual for Frank to ape tn
o Moor when wishing to explore the up
per town at night, I escaped unpleasant
8 curiosity, and arrived at the stee
|, ascent Of the Rue de la Tyre, feelin
that was like, at any rate. to get NOR
n excitement out of the old city tina
q her.
h Moors friends met me: I could see lii
g tie Of their faces, for they covered the1
Il as much as possible with their sombel
IS hued cloaks, but they salaamed pro
foundry on greeting me; ana Sldl too
his leave when he had exchanged fe1
q words in Arabic with them. Frol
\. that time onward they did not speal
a but went straight forward into the oil
+ quarter, and soon we had entered a ma
I row way where flights OF stairs, fir!
j. quently recurring, led one up towarc
It the Kasbah: Here the gables seemed
n be exchanging whispered condolences E
% they craned forwards across the ston
+. paved ascent; you could see the zenit
A. of the silver sky shot with starligl
j. thru the iutting angles Of rickety roo
I and bullying caves; the hand OF Fatm
h protected the hidden doors Of the pol
shored but singularly picturesqr
ia houses; the sound Of tomtoms and de
l. boukas came from the courts Of the K
IT houji. The peace of the scene, deri
le ing something from the distant and $
Or ductive harmonies, got color from tt
O. slanting flood of moonlight .whit
n streamed upon the pavement, from tt
v: swell Of song floating upward from II
In hidden courts. Here and there OF
m imagined that black eyes looked dow
t. upon one from the gratings Of the sha
I'd owed windows above; a Biskri, stro1
q of limb and bronzed, lurked now al
in then in the dark angles of the qgai
IF labyrinth; a few Moors passing dow
hit to the lower city inclined their hea
he gravely as we passed them. But for t
at most part the children Of the Proph
81. had gone to their recreations or the
"a sleep: the narrow path of stairs was u