New-York tribune., 1908-03-08

seated near the tlrr with Royson and stump
Irene. had gone 20 Mr. HaNt'n the instant
she heard Dicks traglu story
Has Mr. Haxtor thrown any Hght On
vents" Feushawe asked You say she Was
completely broken down Dld you gather
from her words that Won kerber brought her
lere. knowing that tins oasis was the place Lt-
scrlbed by the Drreek,
Perhaps I could have induced her t' speak.
but"
You forborc am glad Of II. Has any of
the loot been discovered
II was dark when [ visited the trench Won
Kerber was cutting Alher1 sent 4 volley at
him and stopped the work before much was
done. but the Arabs tell me that some leather
wallets are visible. The men who were here
this morning know that the contents are Valtia.-
BILE. 50 have stationed an armed guard there
wish ! could destroy every Ve>uge % the
wretcled stuff There Is a curse on II. rem
shawe's tone revealed how deeply he was
moved. Where Is Abdullah, Le crled sud-
denly. If he VIII tell Us the truth. we may
reach firm ground II the midst y all TINS
-uorass of lies and trcachery- send Tor Aln-
He Is an Arab. and If he thinks lss interests
are bound up with ours he WlI speak
Abdullah. surveying the cunclaVe from aiar'
had arrived IT an oplmon t1-t JuSi-iie- l-.l7
estimate. HIS urst words shed hglr on a DARK
place IN the records Of the two men who were
living SIDE by side N the safe keeping q the
desert HIS command Of French rendered con
versatlon easy except 70 stump. and he was
qElte explicit.
indicating Mrs. Haxton's tent 10y q graceful
gesture Seven wears ago she was the most
beautiful woman II Egypt her husband
should not have brought her here BY Aonaru-
med Egypt Is no place for the good iootiilS
wife Of a poor man. That IS the cause 1t al
the trouble. 1nessleurs Elegant birds require
gllded cages. and Monsieur HaNton had not
money enough | met them ur>t N Aiass1V--,
where Sire lived n the hotel. while her husband
went up and down the Red sea IN a snip
Alher7 was there and he also was poor, but he
ruined himself n trying u WIN her away from
Monsieur Haxton. He failed. and, like many
anoaer man. that only made him worse.
When Monsieur Haxton was sent TO Assuan
by a new company, Alnerl went there too. Ii
was at that time found the papers which tel
about the treasure
" How do you know they tell about the treas
ure?' broke II Fenshawe.
" Because | stole them from Monsieur HaX-
ton. was the cool reply " ! had sold them 70
Monsieur Alneri. and he gave them 70 madam
husband. Monsieur le Baron was his doctor
and a friend, but when he found out how
valuable those papers were ne hired me To St
cure them from Monsieur HaXtOnS bureau
while he slept. Unfortunately. there was IN
accident. Monsieur HaxtOn was IN a fever,
and the doctor gave hIn a sleeping draft
Monsieur HaXton took too much. and ne never
woke again
" You scoundrel'" he cr1ed. Between you,
you poisoned the man I recoliect the incident
now. l saw It IN the paper at the time.
" You are wrong. monsieur, said Abdullah
calmly There was an inquiry, and II was
proved that the draft was only a strong one
quite harmless If the doctors written orders
We're Obeyed. True. none bat | and the Baron
knew why the EnglIshman should sleep so
soundly that night but II was not meant 10
Kill HIM Monsieur AlhtrI charged the doctor
with having committed a crime. So Monsieur
Haxtons friends had the affair fully examined
INTO Il was really an accident Monsieur le
Baron was exceedingly Erleved-
But he kept the papers was tensIawe
grim comment
BY the kaaba' and why not Here was
Monsieur AlheT TRYING t. hang Ei-r. and al
because madam would not have anything 10 do
with hlrn- You sce there was every reason why
the HakIm Efentl should get the papers
Monsieur HaXton was fool enough II tell Alter.
something about them
Probably Monsieur HaNton meant q play
the part of II honest man
1t may be Who knows Yet II Is certain
that AIher would never have shared the treas
ure with Monsieur HaxtoG II he had known