The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-11-25

declaration that he would come an
other day and that the whole world
wo d tremble at his approach. Dis
gusted with himself and afraid to
meet the eyes Of the other men, Brew
ster went below in search of Peggy
He took time TO comfort the anxious
women who crowded about him and
then asked for Miss Gray She was
in her stateroom and would not come
forth. When he knocked at the door
dismal. troubled voice from within
told him to go away.
"Come out, Peggy?its all over" he
called.
"Please 20 away, Monty" she said,
"What are you doing in there|
There was long pause, and then
came the pitiful little wall, Il am un
packing. please, sir"
That night Brewster entertained on
board the yacht, several resident
French and English acqualntances be-
ing the guests OF honor The story Of
the day was tol1 by Mrs. Dan DE
Mile, commissioned especially for the
duty. She painted the seene so vividly
that the guests laughed with Joy over
/ the discontinue of the sheik. Peggy
and Brewster found themselves look
ing sheepishly az one another now and
/ then In the course of the recital. she
I purposely had avoided him during the
! evening. but she had gamely endured
/ the raillery that came from the rest OF
the party. If she was a bit pale It was
not surprising. Now that it was over
the whole affair appalled, her more
than she could have suspected When
several Of the guests Of the evening
soberly announced that Mohammed
was q dangerous man and oven an OBJ
iect of worry to the government she
felt a strange catch IN her throat ana
her now mirthless eyes armed instinc-
lively to Brewster, Nno. it seemed,
was the sheik's special object Of aver
sion
The next day she and Monty talked 1t
over. The penitence OF both was beau
tiful to behold Each denied the other
the privilege of assuming all the blame,
and both were so happy that Moham-
med was little more than proposition
IN their conversation so far rs promi-
nence was concerned. But all day
long the harbor was full Of fisher boats,
and at nightfall they still were !olling
about. siG!ster. restless, mysterious
like purposeless buzzards. And the
dark men on board were taking NJ
no fish; neither were they minding th'
nets that lay dry and folded in the
bottom of their boats.
Far into the night there was revelry
E on board the Filter, more guests hay
ing come out from the city The darl
2 hours before the dawn Of day had ar
[ rived before they put of for shore, bu
G the fisher boats still We're bobbin;
! about in the black waters of the har
/ Dor. The lights gradually disappear
I ed from tho portfolios Of the yacht ant
the tired watch was about to be re
!, lieged. Monty Brewster and Peggy re
NAMED on deck after the guests ha'
/. zone over the side Of the vessel, The
e were leaning over the rail aft listenin
tosthe joyiai voices Of the visitors a
d they grew fainsar and fainter in th
u distance. The lights Of the town wer
J. few. but they could plainly be see
o from the ofiing.
r "Are you tired. PeggyT asked Brew
ster. with touch of tenderness. Som'
n how Of late he had often felt strang
p desire TO take her in his arms, and no'
1t was strong dpon him. She was yer
it near, and there was a drooping wear
q ness In her attitude which seemed
"a demand protection.
II have queer feeling that som
thing awful Is going 20 happen tonigh
ie Monty she answered, trouble IN h'
i. soft voice.
: You're nervous. that's ALL" he sal
"and you should 60 TO sleep Goo
" night" Their hands touched in Il
!, darkness, and the thrill that went or
!" him told a truth of which he had bee
only vaguely conscious. The power
~ IL made him exultant. Yet when
ld thought OF her and her too quiet affe
M tion for him II left him respondent
Something bumped against the sl'
li' Of the ship and grating sound follo'
or ed. Then came other gentle thuds cor
Cd bined with the soft swish Of water 81
turbed Peggy and Brewster were
10 the point OF going below when their Q
'e- tentlon was caught by these stran
Of sounds.
i ''What Is itgr she asked as they pau
''h ed irresolutely He strobe TO the ra
~ the girl following close behind. Thr
eS sharp little whistles came from abo
~ and behind them, but before they b
~ time even to speculate as 10 th'
'ns meaning the result was in evidence.
'eu over the sides of the ship came sha
an owy forms as II by magic; at thI
ep backs panther-like bodies dropped
to the deck with stealthy thuds, as II co
ing from the inky sky above. The
was an instant Of dreadful calm d
- then the crisis. A dozen sinewy for
80 hurled themselves upon Brewster, vi
- taken completely by surprise, "
~ thrown 20 the deck ia an instant
~ attempt 10 cry out for help being che
~ ed by heavy hands. Peggy's screi
~ was cut of as quickly. and, paraly'
~, by terror, she felt herself engulfed
"a strong rms and smothered into silen
,he II al happened so quickly that th
was no chance TO give the alarm, no
4t portunity 10 resist.
~. Brewster felt himself lifted bod
,as and then there was the sensation
se. falling. He stack something f0rci
~ with an his weight ana fell back "a
..o crash 20 the deck Afterward