Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1906-06-06
CHAPTER xxx.

tent where the brethren slept
 had there been any who cared to
 !, sometbing else might have been
 in that low moonlight, for now the
 and the heavy rain which follow
 had passed-namely t,,..' fat shape
 ,o eunuch Mesrour, slil'.5.ng after
 wrapped in dark camel hai1
 Hidden among some picketed
 ,odaries. he saw AbdG,iah enter
 tont of the brethren, then. waiting
 cloud crossed the moon, Mesroul
 to if unseen and, throwing hinl-
 down on it's shadowed side, lay
 like q drunken man and listened
 all his ears. But those within
 Q low. and he could only hear single
 Is such as garden" ''the star
 ncess.''
 important did these seem to him,
 lover. that at length Mesrour crept
 yard and with the sharp point of
 knife cut little slit in the taut Eas. To this he set his eye, only to
 that it served him nothing, for
 70 was no light in the tent Still
 were tbere who talked in the dark
 Food" said yoice-it was that of
 of the brethren, but which he could
 tell for even to those who knew In best they seemed to be the same. hod. Then it is settled. Tomorrow tbe hour arranged you bring tue bcess to the place agreed upon, dis sed as you have said. In payment
 this service I hand you the luck of ssan. which you covet. Take it, {e it is, and swear to do your part, re otherwise it will bring no luck YOU, for l will kill you the first time meet-yes, and the other also II swear it by Allah and his prophet y lit is enough See that you keep the th. And now away. It IS not safe 1t you should tarry here
 Then came the sound of man Ieav the tent. Passing round it eau |usly, he halted and, opening his nd, looked at it's contents to make re that no trick had been played on him in the darkness. Mesrour rewed his head round to look also. so doing his foot struck a stone and ,tantly AbduIlah glanced down to see dead or drunken man lying almost bis feet. With a swift movement, hid the jewel and started to walk ,ay Then. bethinking that it would well 10 make sure that tbiS fellow IS dead or sleeping, he turned and ice kicked the prostra.e Mesrour on the back. and with all his ength.
 J thought l saw him move," Abdul ISuttered after the third kick. It best to make sure," and he drew lis Ife.
 SoW. had not terror paralyZed him STOUT would have cried out, but fer lately for himself before he found voice Abdullah had buried the knife ee inches deep in his fat thigh, tn an effort, Mesrour bore this also. owing that if he showed signs of , the next stroke would be i'll his 'rt. Then, satisfied that this fellow, oever he might be woe o5thor 2 pse or insensibie, Ahdnllall drew out knife, wiped it on lis victims r3J' l departed.
 lot loa' afterv.orti <!esnoi.9 depart also to~~ar3 tho e,7''.,.-..'.. ,':.9,,,@-, bel ing with ,~..-o an' ,7.:..to an1 yow.sl@ .~eanco.
 'hat very ni%ht Ahnrllah was sa;z g i.ti f3i.t ti, t!t. Gna. s;i,n h his s2,. lil.,s l. ..1.,. t=,,z he i!2i aaa. he te..tt .ss' =. .,z.e' 70 ,r? o,so / .',e,>, ''z., ;r5z-.. .-.''e'l .--.,~ md r,.z,> li,.l nq J '9,';'er te N'in princess 10 co''tain 'ra'''lon O Q th" camp Bur hr n":-As'.'= one .ys.:,...n. ''.,rts'"..
 ed which Of 'la '~;.'aren II v.s ,v. .@ '..e.s. see@s W 2 alike ;.-a ..i' tent >vae i.. res. o?coveT, | ,.e ,}.a.s.. fly one | sls ,,~ = .e :ge. saw no CT. 1s =.4a.. 1.--. A2 = sum- ned 10 the ;@t r. ! A.f' man cm he Ead u4p4r s.. . before. but 0 told h:n, tlli If ii>' N.S.i@d for at he most desired oIsa good fortune was to be there at q certain hour er sunset. Then he faintcd and Was back in prison till the morning by command of Saladin.
 yhen the morning came Abdullah S dead, who desired no more tor nts with doom at the end of them, ing made shift to strangle himself h his robe. Thus died Abdullah, as thful as he could be in such sore aits. since he had betrayed neither souda nor his son, both of whom re in the plot, and said that only of the brethren was present in the f. whereas he knew well that the , of them were there and which of SC spoke and gave him the jewel. 'ery early that morning the breth- 1. who were lying wakeful, heard lnds without their tent and, looking :. saw that it was surrounded by melukes.
 The plot is discovered" said God q to Wulf quietly, but with despair his face.
 Shall we fight?' asked Wulf as they
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