New-York tribune., 1909-11-21

I DO not Ike YOU 10 think I am very wicked.
/ shall | tell YOU about the conspiracy now,
But you want 10 60 70 Your sleep am selfish.
Do YOU want me 20 stay | asked
Yes" she said. You see" she paused.
You poor lonely child'' l said. She was
| very young.
Il am not so lonely when YOU stand on the
deck and l can see YOU she said. and Of
course | am not lonely now.
l STAYED till the first glimmer OF dawn, and
she told me her story. 1t concerns others than
herself and contains many things that must not
be told l cannot set It down here. l sighed ~
the end.
Il am glad that your share in these things
was no more, Abdullah,' / said. As YOU saw
l cannot realize the circumstance. and 1 VIII
not judge, but am glad that the deeds were
not yours"
And YOU can be my friend:" she asked
anxiously.
I was your friend before YOU told me. l
said. and whatever YOU told me could not
alter that
And Abdullah. a fugitive for her life. threat
ened with aSsaSsInatlon and starvation laughed
under her breath and clapped her hands softly.
And If they hurt Your little friend. She
asked what would YOU do' Think OF that
before YOU judge our society. We had friends
who died IN Russia. Goodnight and the dear
God reward YOU, nv kind friend That IS the
PRAYER of-Of Your little black slave"
OF my little white Princess" I contra
dicted.
Then helped her on top Of the crates and
handed up the rug and cushions and she
crawled away 20 her narrow hiding place, and
climbed up the ropes and went 20 my cabin.
There was far FAINT light IN the skv. and /
stood al my cabin door and watched I'LL Moga-
dor rose gray out Of the darkness. They look SO
clean and dignifed at distance, those Moorish
towns and those Moors,
THE next day | obtained sandwiches and
boarded them closed up IN box. 10 keep
them fresh l looted the table of biscuits and
fruit AT every meal put my early morning
Tea INTO a flask and saved 10 for her. / did not
60 ashore, but STAYED watching the unloading
talked % the second officer. and he remarked
upon the weariSomeness of tallying. 7 offered
20 keep his tally while he had a cup of tea and
went down into the hold
hid bag of provisions and the sandwiches
and the flask between two crates. and while
the Noors were yelling at one another aS they
stacked the cargo / called and told NI,.iii1fah
where 10 find them.
1t was we'll that / did so: for we left Nog-
ador al SIN that night, Thursday and as the
weather was rough, they put on the matches and
did not open them Till We came 70 Las Palmas
on Saturday. / was sick with anxiety IN with
IT during the day; for they were loading till
we left at midnight. and II was two O'Clock on
sunday morning before | got down IN the
hold 70 Abdullah. And when I found her I
held her handS-and she cried-and I believe
did.
She had been sick on the passage. and was So
weak that she could hardly crawl over the
crates 20 me. They had put in So much cargo
that now she came up instead of down She
could scarcely SIT up. and held her IN one arm.
with her head against my shoulder and fed her
and gave her water. and Stroked her hair as If
she was a little child.
thought they would shut the hold again.
She S,sld' and then YOU would tell the Captain
and he would give me up. You had hem Irt
me starve If they shut IT up again. than do
that"
IN break into the hold frst'" 1 declared.
The next day We were at Teneriffc | went
ashore and bought a couple of blankets and "a
stock OF provisions. including a cooked fowl
W hen We were on the way 10 Nader, IN tb,.
early morning / took them down 10 my EttI.
them % her $50
Vow, she SAID. Il can live all the wav 10
England, even If they close the hatche>. but
nope they won't, because like 10 look up ,n,
see You standing by the smoking room and
IKE ~ best when YOU come and talk 10 me
They dld not close the hatches-thank Cod
and every night. or rather early morning I
went down and talked 70 Abdulllh and rvcr,
DAY pondered more and more anNiouslv upon
the problem of her eSraDt. wh,,, ,-.. r..,.b..t