New-York tribune., 1908-01-26
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man spoke her name readily whereas Miss Fen
sbawc's was unknown either of them.
Monsieur sad he. addressing DICK quietly III
excellent French. can YOU ride,
Yes" said Dick. hoping against hope ihat TINS
calm eyed stranger might be able - give hiin some
sorely needed clue is to the manner at least Oh
Come With me. then" continued Abdullah in
tn. same guarded tone i think may be able II
find out where madam has been taken
You can demand Your own reward II YOU SPEAK
truly" said Dick Let me bring YOU % NJ Fen
shave. He will tell YOU .
1 seek the aid Of none but YOU, whispered Ap-
dullah Il come to YOU only because YOU are q
European and | must have some one 10 Justify me
lest trouble should arse | am unknown here. ana
nv words would fall on deaf ears You look Ike a
man who can handle affairs Come, monsieur, We
are losing time.
But | must tell my friends.
No that is not to be thought OF. monsieur. II
am right YOU and alone must deal with tins affair
These others are excited. They will shout their
news to the whole bazaar. And II We tall we StaIi
return in half an hour. Not u word TO anyone OUT
follow mel,
Abduilah had the air of a who knew his own
mind He strobe away at once without looking %
RIGHT or left and Rovson welded to the impulse
which badc HIM hesitate but accept the prot
fered assistance III the search for Irene Action OF
anv sort was preferable to maddenIng wait Tor
tariy offcialdorn; he fastened after the Arab
The latter turned into the first side street. he
absence of lamps, and thin stratum OF smoke
cnging to the surface of the ground, made the
Gloom almost impenetrable; but Abdulah kept on
with unhesitatng steps and Rovson walked behind
him rather than risk the chance of coimg with the
strange shapes of men and ANIMALS which often
doomed up abruptly out of the VOID
In a few minutes the smoke cloud cleared, and he
found that they had reached the outskirts OF the
native quarter The houses were no longer hudded
together; small hovelS took the place OF Cramped
and lofty tenements Soon he could see dark masses
of hills slhouetted against the sky where its dense
blue merged into the amber and green OF the last
flicker of ayght Not far distant sheet OF water,
still as mirror reflected sky and hills IN even more
pronounced ChlaroScuro, and he had lust dstn-
guished the straight black ridge of the landward
Causeway when Abdullah dVed into waffle built
hut.
The Arab had not uttered a syllable during their
rapid walk and Royson determined not to question
him. since his offer of help made voluntarily.
and he seemed prefer silence to speech. The
Englishman was undecided whether not to enter
the hut which apparently untenanted; but the
eager whnny of a horse quickly explained Alb
dullahs disappearance There stamping
Of unsiod hOofs the hard earth, some strainng
of girhs and cnk of steel, and the Arab led forth
a slendery built animal which at first sight seemed
to be far too light for a rider of Dicks proportions
The horses owner, however, showed no msgivings
on this point He handed the bride to Dick " Wait
here moment if YOU please, monsieur he
said and ran off toward another hut The horse
tried to follow its master, and Royson found dis
traction for a tumble of ncoherent thoughts in the
need there was to restrain it's fretfulness The
NAL was afraid of all probability had never
been handled by a European betore-but Dick spoke
to the lingo of the stable and was soon allowed
to stroke the archcd neck and wine his fingers in the
thick yellow
Abdullah did not return speedily was his
intent. He had gone to borrow another mount, and
met with delay, because the owner IN the bazaar
But fortune helped him by sending the man back
earlier than usual for the evening meal and when he
canered up after absence OF ten minutes he lost
more time.
You are sure you can ride well, monsieur?" he
demanded.
Quite sure.
Into the saddle then and let the reins hang