Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

yellow wig and her European clothes, Haleb Bey
knew RhaSneh at
Daughter of traitor!' he Kissed in Turkish
"Ah, but you shall not enjoy your lover! The
Sultan wishes you as slave in his house. and l go
to inform himl
1t all happened quickly that not more than
three people noticed it: Rhasneh, Weir, and Dr.
Blake, who at her side.
Rhasneh turned to her husband. "Oh Stephen
he goes to tell the Sutan!" she said in tragic
whisper, the hope of happiness dying within her at
Haleb Beys sinister words
Before Weir could make move, the missionary,
who was used to grasping opportunities on the fly,
took hold of Haeb Bey's arm, and with force one
would not have suspected beneath the frock coat
showed him through door into the adjoining room.
Weir followed almost Immediately, shutting the
door behind him.
Il warned you not to cross my path again, he
said; "but you have your own head in the moose
by showing yourself The Sultan"
The Sultan will forgive my return as reward
for bringing him the daughter of Takshan Pasha,
cried the Turk triumphantly.
Leave him to me- Steve" interposed the minister
quietly. GO while you can, and I'll attend to our
friend. little missionary talk won't do him bit
of harm
Weir realized that any delay might upset his
whole plan of escape, and although he would have
preferred to deal with the Turk in his own way, he
accepted Blake's offer.
Hold him for two hours he told the missionary,
as he babe him good by. After that he may tell
the Sultan whatever he pleaSeS-we shall be out of
danger.
When the BlueD1rd nnaly steamed fOrtn from the
crooked Dardanelles into the broad Mediterranean
the last forality finished the last official convinced
by the papers Colonel Lufkin had procured, Weir
felt as If he was again escaping from Turkish
prison.
According to the Greek custom, quite party was
escorting the bridal coupe-the two bridal couples
part of their journey; on this occasion as far
Athens, since they did not wish to enter any port
that acknowledged the Sultan sovereign.
Stasopoulo and his bride in the PROV; in the
stern Weir and Rhasneh amidships
Mavrocorthato and his wife, and somehow they had
nearly as much the air of honeymoon couple as
any of the Others
Only Takshan Pasha, Tsatsar-ab- harlem, and
Xeny not "twos-ing.' On the faces of the
father and of the slave there serenity born of
the happiness they felt be hers they loved better
than anything else in the world. Xeny appeared
fairly pulled up with pride She strutted mpor-
family up and down the deck. Had not all of them
assured her that their happiness due to her
than to anyone else?-and was
this not fact that she well
Williamson knew herself? So now she
watched each happy couple
Conductor" out of the of her eye,
and regarded each personal
compliment to herself
Rhasneh" Weir said
King Alfonso and pointing to the little figure
arena, IN Madrid that had stopped to give
by the nero ana patronizng glance at the fad
1T OF France and ing shores of Turkey, what
,kground. An old shall we do for Xeny?"
S keep the reader Rhasneh out both her pret-
u.s. AND they nave ty hands into of her
$ OF the machines lovers. when she is grown
hrllilng adventure up she answered, "let us
give her an American hus-