Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-23
CHAPTER XIII.

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and his guests had a desire TO
i see even u little of the northern
coast OF Africa. 1t was decided, there
fore, that after Athens the Filter
should go south. The yacht had met
them at Naples after the automobile
procession-a kind of triumphal prog
ress-was disbanded In Florence, and
they had taken a hurried survey Of
Rome. BY the middle OF July the
party was leaving the heat of Egypt
and finding 1t not half bad. New
York was not more than a month
away as Brewster reckoned time and
distance. and there was still too much
money In the treasury. AS September
drew nearer he got into the habit
Of frequently forgetting Swearengen
Jones until IL was too late to retrace
his steps. He was coming to the
death struggle" as he termed II. and
there was something rather terroriz-
ing In the fear that 1.-The million might
die hard" And so these last days and
nights were glorious ones, IL one could
have looked at them with unbiased,
~untroubled eyes. But every member
Of his party was praying for the day
when the Filter would be well into
the broad Atlantic and the worst over.
At Alexandria Brewster had letters to
some Englishmen and In the few en-
tertainments that he gave succeeded
once again In fairly outdoing Aladdin.
A sheik from the interior was a
guest at II Of Monty's entertain
ments. He was a burly, hot blooded
fellow, with a densely populated
harem. and he had been invited more
as a curiosity than as II to be hon
ored. AS he came aboard the Filter
Monty believed the invitation was
more than justified. Mohammed was
superb, and the women of the party
made so much OF him that ii was small
wonder that his head was turned. He
fell desperately in love with Peggy
Gray ON sight, and with all the com
posture OF a potentate who has never
been crossed he sent for Brewster the
next day and told him to send her
around" and he would marry her.
Monty's blood boiled furiously for a
minute or two. but he was quick TO see
the wisdom Of treating the proposition
automatically. He tried to make 1t
plain to the sheik that Miss Gray
could not accept the honor he wished
TO confer upon her, but 1t wal not Mo-
hammed's custom to be denied any
thing he asked for, especially anything
feminine. He c~omplacently announced
that he would come aboard that after
moo and talk 1t over with Peggy.
Brewster looked the swarthy gentle
man over with unconcealed disgust In
his eyes. The mere thought Of this
ugly brute so much as touching the
hand Of little Peggy Gray filed him
with horror, and yet there was soine
thing laughable In the situation. He
could not hide the smile that came with
the mind picture Of Peggy listening to
the avowal OF the sheik. The Arab
UNINTERRUPTED this exhibition Of mirth.
TO him the grin indicated friendship
and encouragement. He wanted to
give Brewster a ring as a pledge Of
affection but the American declined
the Offering and also refused to carry a
bag Of jewels to Peggy.
It'll let the old boy come aboard just
to see Peggy look q hole through him.
he resolved. mo matter how obnox-
ious II may be. 1t isn't every girl who
can say m oriental ~potentate has ask
"a her to marry him. IL this camel
herder gets ~disagreeable we may tum-
Bile him into the sea for q change
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