Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15

to his feet as if Mortified by the sounds He next won
dered if his friend had gone mad when Hamilton
cried out The Baby! The Baby know that cry!
They here'
Cyril Cyril l know you are ill, not yourself
That is only another COMPOUNDED screaming Arab kid
Come along with me. | will take you back to Shep-
heard's and that you get good rest
lust bear with a Bit Major Blunt. if you
really believe am ill; But assure you know what
| am about Ask the sheik for if there is
American young lady with Baby under his roof
now Perhaps she is visiting his wives.
Major Blunt still believing his friend under
strange delusion, decided to humor him. He inter
preted his question to the sheik who watching
them both narrowly
Say to the Pasha from England that l never have
the great pleasure to be honored by visit from
American lady with Baby. Say to the Pasha that
it is Arab baby he heard crying in my womens
apartments. | have four wives and many babies.
replied the cunning oriental bandly. The infante
screaming in the meanwhile had ceased suddenly
it had begun.
Say to the Pasha" he went after a moments
pause and a glance at Ahmed, that command my
son to go into my womens apartments and bring here
the child that cried. Perhaps your noble friend
wishes to an Arab baby.
A HNIED hastily left the room at his father order
Major Blunt, amused interpreted to Hamilton
the sheik's reply Hamilton grew red under the older
officers keen eyes He was embarrassed nonplussed
worried. He felt that if he explained himself to
Major Blunt he would only incur his ridicue. If he
did not he must let his friend continue to think his
head was not yet quite clear. He now began to Won
der if he really had quite recovered from the effects
of that hurt at the Blue Grotto Would every in
fantie that he heard sound like that last cry
he had heard from the Madonna s charge as he was
going out of the grotto9 He no longer doubted now
that he had heard real baby crying; but he de
cided that it must have been only his imagination
that had caused him to connect the sound with the
American Baby Was it indeed possible to recog-
nze babys cry from anothers: tie knew
fathers who scarcely familiar with their in
fants' faces
Hamilton had again reasoned himself out of his
supposed deuson by the time that Ahmed returned.
The young Arab led with him soft eyed. plump
baby girl clothed picturesquely in big lowered
silk slip and ornamented with rings, necklaces, and
silver anklets. She gravely approached the shelk,
took his fat hand and kissed it, then tremendously
pressed it to her forehead AS Ahmed conducted her
to the two Engllshmen she repeated this little cere
mony with each in turn. Captain Hamilton looked
on the placid faced little maid and wondered that
she could cry SO loudly and angrily.
Turing the few moments that Ahmed had been
- absent the pretense of bringing in this child,
innocent little confederate, he had deity accom-
pshed his real mission. He had had his instructions
beforehand from his willy old father for Just such
emergency this If anyone came searching for the
American girl and her party, Ahmed was to send the
prisoners out by back entrance to the house OF a
relative while the shek detained the searchers in the
front.
Both Ahmed and his father knew it the Amer
lean Baby that had cried. They had heard his vigor
Gus protests against his environment fire.
quently during the day that they had become too
well acquainted with his voice to mistake it. No
AraD Cn1lQ nad a cry SO lOud ana 11npel1OuS.
Ahmed when his father dismissed him. hurried to
the room where Mary confined. He told her in
the best way he could with his meager English that
his father was sorry she wished not to be his wife;
but that Mohammed would come for her at
her door and take her and the black Slit back to
Cairo
Mary and Roxie were overwhelmed with surprise
and Joy. When Ahmed entered, and at safe dis
lance from Roxe began his speech Mary thought he
had only come with more overtures from the she1k.
Roxie also. She drew her knife and threaten
ngly to her feet prepared to fling defiance again at
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