The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-05-22

meath that was hidden in gray mists
they heard the sound Of horses hoofs
and mems voices.
Push on" said Masouda. "Al-je-b bal
is on our tracks"
Upward they climbed through the
gathering light till at length they
reached great table land that ran
miles or more away. Among those
mountains SCARED two peaks. set close
together. To these Masouda pointed,
saying that their road ran between
them and that beyond lay the valley OF
the Orontes. While she spoke far be-
men shouting. although they could see
nothing because of the dense mist.
Push on said Masouda. There is
no time to spare" And they went for
ward, but only at q hand gallon, for
the ground was still rough and the
light uncertain.
When they had covered some six
miles of the distance between them and
the mountain pass the sun rose sudden
ly and sucked up the mist. This was
what they saw: Before them lay fiat
sandy plain; behind, the stony ground
over it. two miles from them, some
twenty men of the assassins.
They cannot catch u.s. said Wulf,
but Masouda pointed to the right,
where the mist still hung, and said:
'Yonder l see spears"
Presently it thinned, and there, q
league away, they saw a great body
of mounted soldiers Perhaps there
were 400.
Look" she said. 'Thcy have come
round during the I:G.It as l feared
they would. Now we must cross the
path before them or be taken"
Half mile farther on shout from
the great body of men to their right,
which was answered by another shout
from those behind, told them that they
We're seen.
On. said Masouda. THE race will
be close" So they began to gallop
their best
| Two miles We're done; but, although
that behind was far off, the great cloud
of dust to their right grew ever nearer
/ till it seemed as though it must reach
the mouth of the mountain pass before
! them. Then Goodwin spoke:
"Wulf and Rosamund, ride on Your
horses are swift and can outpace them.
At the crest of the mountain pass wait
awhile to breathe the beasts and see il
we come. f not. ride on again, and
God be with YOU
Aye" said MasOuda; ride and head
for the Emesa bridget can be seen
! from far--and there yield yourselves
to the officers of Salah- ed din
They hung back, but in stern voice
Goodwin repeated:
Ride, | command you BOTH
For Rosamund's sake. so be it." an
Swered Wulf Then h. called to Smoke
and Flame, and they stretched them
selves ont upon the sand and passed
| thence swifter than swallows. Soon
Goodwin and Masouda, toiling behind,
saw them enter the mouth of the pass.
who was the man who brought the
horses to u.s." asked Goodwin as they
galloped side by side, their eyes fixed
upon the ever nearing cloud of dust.
MY fathers brother-my uncle, as
I called him. she answered HE is a
shek of the desert. who owns the
ancient breed that cannot be bought
for gold
Then you are not Of the assassins,
MasoulaT'
'No. l may tell you. now that the
end seems so near My father was an
Arab. my mother a noble Frank. a
Frenchwoman, whom he found starv-
ing in the desert after a fight and took
to his tent and made his wife. The
assassins fell upon us and killed him
and her and captured me as child of
twelve. Afterward. when I grew older,
! being beautiful in those days. | was
| taken to the harem of Sinan and, al
though in secret | had been bred up a
Christian by my mother they swore
me to his accused faith. Now YOU
will understand why | hate him so
! sorely who murdered my father and
my mother and made me what | am
! why hold myself so vile. Yes have
been forced to serve as his spy or be
killed.
81 do not hold you vile" painted God
win as he spurred his laboring steed
Il hold you most noble
| Il rejoice to hear it before we die"
she answered. looking him in the eyes
in such a fashion that he dropped his
head before her burning gaze, who
hold you dear. Sir Goodwin. for whose
sake / have dared these things, al
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