The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1906-03-09

cuers returned to the vessel. Tho dor
Ing attempt of Mohammed,s amisson,a.
was discussed without restraint ona
every sailor had a story to tell Of tho
pursuit and rescue. The event furnish
ed conversation food for DAYS and dave
among both the seamen and tho no,
sengers. Dan DeMille blamed hinnsaIe
relentlessly for sleeping through u Oh
ana moped for hours because ho hoa
lost a MAGNIFICENT chance to do some
tnlng." The next morning he
10 hunt Tor the sheik and offered ~
iead IN assault in person. An nvastI,
gation was made, and government Of
nclais tried to call Mohammed to 90
count, but he had fed to the d.,or+
and the search was fruitless
Brewster refused to accent q share
oi ne glory OF Peggy's rescue, pushing
Conroy forward as the real hero NJ
the sailor insisted that he cou,d not
nave succeeded without help-that ho
was completely exhausted when MONTY
came TO the rescue. Peggy found It
lard to thank him gently while her
neart was so dangerously near the riot
point, and her words of gratitude
sounded pitifully weak and ns,rgic,ant
IT would have been the same had
anybody else gone to her rescue h.,
unused dejectedly. "She cares for mo
WIN tne devotion Of a sister, and that's
all. Peggy, Peggy he moaned, "lf
you could only love me, Td-Td-oh
well, there's no use thinking abo,,t r.,
she Will love some one else, of course.
and-and be happy too. If she'd an
pear only one-tenth as grateful tn mo
as to Conroy I'd be satisfied. He had
the luck to be first, that's all, but God
knows tried to do It,"
Mrs. Dan DeMille was keen enough
to see how the land lay, and she at
once tried to set matters straight. Sha
was far too clever to push her cam
paign ruthlessly, but laid her founda-
tons and then built c%unningly and Sc
curely With the most substantial mate
rlai mat came to hand from day to
day. Her subjects were taking them
selves too deeply to heart to anpre-
ciate interference on the part of an out
s1der, ana Mrs. Dan was wise in the
whims Of love.
Peggy was not herself for several
days after her experience. and the
Whole party felt a distinct relief when
the yacht finally left the harbor and
steamed off to the west. A cablegram
thai came the day before may have
had something to do with Brewster's
depression, but he was not the sort TO
confess 1t. 1t was from Swearenpen
Jones Of Butte, Mont, and there was
something sinister in the laconlc ad-
mOnition. 1t read:
Brewster, U. S.. Consulate, Alexandria
Have a good time while good times
last. .IONEs
His brain was almost bursting with
the hopes and fears and uncertainties
that crowded 1t far beyond Its ordinary
capacity. 1t had come to the point, it
seemed to him, when the brains of a
dozen men ut least were required to
operate the affairs that were surging
Into his alone. The mere fact that the
end Of his year was less than two
months off and that there was more or
less uncertainty as to the character of
the end was sufficient cause for wor-
~. but the new trouble was infinitely
harder to endure. When he sat down
to think over his financial enterprises
bis mind treacherously wandered off to
Peggy Gray, and then everything was
hopeless. He recalled the courage and