Evening star., 1908-01-12

hundred yards to the left of the hotel l shall join
you there if possible; but in any event you meet
Abdulah. And, whatever you do, stop this non
about proceeding in secret. Ah yes, Irene,
your grandfather has his hands full but he knows
how to manage natives. You will see him in his
element when we come to collect kafila.'
So smiling and soft tongued Mrs. Haxton turned in
response to delighted exclamation from the girl
They made their way inland in the wake of swagger
ing negro, and Royson passed with the Others
by the Holy Kaaba!" said he, there goes
man! have seen few like him. even at Khartum,
where the giaours swarmed in thousands. But he
is young, and his flesh is soft The desert will thin
his blood. And that little bull who went before, he
too should feel the sap dry in his bones. Tomb of
my father if the Hakim Effendi has brought such
the foot of the Five Hills and l. Abdulah the Spear
Thrower, will be there to witness them
Fenshawe, renewing his acquaintance with Arabic
gutturas, and Kerber, walking apart with Mrs.
Haxton, in order to learn how and when she had
received tdings of Abdulah, had eyes ears for
naught else. Irene and Dick were thus given few
moments free from listeners, and the girl quick
enough to grasp the chance.
You know why we have come here!' she asked
IN low tone hating to look back at the belt OF
tiny islets which secudes Massawa's larger island
from the open
Baron Won Kerber told us at Marseilles," said
Dick wondering what development had chased
from the girls face the smiling interest of a moment
ago
"Us?" she demanded almost sharply.
Il should have said Captain Stump Mr.. Tagg
and myself
What did he tell you?''
The remarkable history of Roman expedition
against the Sabeans, of storm, shipwreck, the
burial of vast treasure and the ultimate discovery
of its hiding place by means of a Greek papyrus
found in tomb
That is what irritates me" she said in sudden
gust of anger His behavior is faultess, yet
certain that he is acting in underhanded way.
have ventured to say as much to my grandfather
but cannot obtain shred of actual fact to justify
my suspicious. Indeed, Baron Won Kerber is candor
itself where the genuneness of the papyrus IS con-
cerned. Did he endeavor to explain Mrs Haxton's
presence. or mine?"
When Captain Stump protested-before he had
seen you, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ladies accompanying
US, the Baron said that without you the expedition
could not proceed
Exactly. That is another bit of unconvincing
accuracy. Mrs. Haxton has always been an essen
did not think Mr.. Fenshawe should be allowed to go
alone,-alone in the sense that these people were
strangers to him. while he spending many
thousands of pounds for their very great benefit.
There again I find myself in a sort of verbal cul
de Under other circumstances l should be
delighted to take part in adventure of this kind.
Granddad promised me two years ago that we should
pass the present winter in Upper Egypt. Unhappiy,
Mrs. Haxton introduced Won Kerber to him at
place in the Highlands where were invited for
shooting. The instant he heard of the legend
asm for exploration work revived, and he has fol-
lowed their plans blindly ever since"
Il hope you will forgive me if | express a some
OUTWARD BOUND