The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-02-08
lhe House Of a Thousand Candles
CHAPTER Il.
A Face a. sherrv,s

somewhat emazing in view az The tac.
v'nt We had met last al Cairo
Allah u Allah."
/" vas undoubted " Larry. | fell d.
leat Of the dsssrt and heard the Canal
eflvern cursIng and our sudanese
galdes plotting mischief under win
SOW far away.
.welIl" We both exclaimed interro-
Gatively.
he rocked gently back and forth.
Nth hls handn u bic pockets. on the
aie noor o. the bauldhg house. | had
sen him stand ihua once on a time
When he had eaAsa nothing in four
Hys-ii was In Abgsslnla. and our
ehldes had lest ~ In the worst posi-
sle place-with the same unlroubled
bok IN bis eyes.
Please don't appear surprised. o.
rared or anything Jack he said
Nth his delicious intonation. Il saw
: fellow looking for me an hour or q
ago. Hes beon At II for seyera
months; hence my presence on thes,
shores OF the brave aud the free. He',
probably still looking. as he's Dor
nslent devil. I'm here. as We ma,
~. quite incog. Staying at an Eaa
elde lodging house. where shan't a
Ute you 10 call on mo But must 50,
rOu-
Dine with mo tonight. at sher
y'a---
Too biz too many people"
Therein lies security. II you're Il
trouble I'm about to go into crlI,
ua ! want 70 eat one more ciyiliEe
sinner before ! 20"
Perhaps It's Just a. well Wher
ara you N for. not Africa 4 ainYe
No. Just Indiana. on. 81 the 80,
,rcign American states. as you ough
D know"
'tndlAaaf"
No warranted ali dad"
Pack tain-halloon- automobile
umria.-how DO you ret there
Faraifhei cars It's easy Irs n,
Ne getting there; Us the not dying
saerl after ynu'ro on the spot"
Hliumfh' What hour dld you "a
Or tho dinherf-
Seven O'Clock Meet me At the q
rance
IN be there n I'm no, IN jail Kin
allow me to precede you. and don
f,iiow. rlcasei-
10 walked away. his gisvsd han,
siasped laslly behind him. loungcd o
apon Broadway and turned toward Il
asffery waited until he dIsa
pfared. then took an uptown car.
= Ny hrst meeting with Lauranes DO
sven was IN conshntinopls. at a ca
abere vas dining He got into re
Eith an Englishman and knocked nj
Town, Il was not my AGAR. but Nh
ne ease and dchnilsness with Viii
Larry put his Zoe out Of commission.
camed later that Il was a way ne Ia
=, Ny friend. the American consul q
rrai At constnntinopls. was not vii
: cut = sense OF hamor. and easily ,
listed him IN lArry'r behalf The =,
ishman thirns~d Tor vengeance aud
seized all the powers He insist,
sith reason. that Larry was a Britt
ruoiect and that the American conf
fad no rirht 70 give him ASYLUM. r
~ rciut that was. ! understand. IN
yughly well.groundcd "a law and ia
larry maintained. on the other hal
rat he was not English but Irish. a
nat a. hts country maintained
representative In Turkey. II was
privilege 90 and refuge wherever
Has o1ered Larry was always
nost plausible Of human beings. a
tctwcen ns.--hs. tho American con
and I've made an Impression. a
~ him on
did not realize until later that
nai Joke lay In the fact that La
sas English born. and that his de
Don 10 Ireland was purely scntimen
and quIxotlc. HIS family had. to
sure. come out Of ireland some q
|. n ;he dim past, and settled In L
and: but when Larry reached years
knowledge. n not Of discretion. be
oxford and insisted on taking bis
erce NJ Duhlln lie even believed
thought he believed In bushes.
allied himself during his uniyer,
days with the most radical and tur
itnt advocates Of a separate natio
existence for Ireland. and occasions
spent month In Jail for rio,lng.
Larry's instincts were scholarly.
made a brilliant record At the unit
sity: then. a 2. he came forth 10 ],
az the world, and liked II exceed
we'll. Hls father was busy man
he had other sons. so he granted La
an allowance and told him TO X
away from home until he got read,
b. respectable, So. from Consta
nople. after a tour Of Europe. we
ecthcr crossed the Mediterranean
search Of the foshroN Of lost H
dcms. spending three years In the
suit We parted AZ Cairo on excel
terms. Tie returned 10 ENGLAND
later to his beloved Ireland. for
had blIiheiy sung the Widest Ca
songs IN The darkest devs Of our
ventures. and never lost his love
The Sod. as he anoatrnphrcd-
eapltallzed-,ils adopted country.
larry lad sc aahlt OF immacul
nos lie cmcrrei from his ras, s