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

he heard from the doctor beside his cot the details
of his accident The observant physician quickly
added But your friends, learn from the morning
paper released from the grotto soon after your
injury. The storm ceased suddenly as it had
arisen Your friends fortunately came out just in
time to take the Naples excursion
boat back to the city. | shall be
pleased to send them information
about you, if you will give me ~.
their address. 1t is very possible ~<
that they do not know your where kAN4s
abouts MkA l.
You are very kind, DR.. =" MMN
Or Lomi; but my friends-my cSN
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friends-were booked for today's TX !
steamer to Alexandria. If they ~ IN II
did not go to Capri after their ~ MkS
lease they did not hear of my-my ~ AGNl
beast1y careessness. #5H ~,
After DIR. Lomi had gone Ham ~ ~
ton lay bitterly rejecting. Just ~ "a
at the moment when he seemed at @AAF "
tanning his goal, Fate had tripped TX
him up like this! If he had only - ~
been able to 60 back to relieve the |V~
Madonna's anxiety, if he had only ~
reentered the cavern trlumphantly =,
with the milk for that ever-hungrV MODEST Stein j.
Baby he felt that he would have
won gratitude from Miss Marshall
that would have gained him favor
in further acquantanceship He reflected in despair
that another than he had been the fortunate one to
appease that angry Baby.
Then another thought came to his mind that
made all his previous musings of little Importance.
What if the imperious American girl considered his
failure to call at her hotel in Naples after the groto
incident as an abandonment OF his interest in her.
a desertion of his colors9 What would she think of
the sincerity of who had begged for the priv-
lege of further acquaintance in Egypt and yet had
been too Indifferent to make of his evident pre-
text for call upon her in Naples? He racked his
brain in vain-and in his rather hay mental cond-
ton he reasoned things out slowly-to formulate
some less unfattering construction that Miss Mar
shall might have put upon his nonappearance in
Naples That she had not heard of his accident he
knew; If she had, she was too gracious too warm
hearted, not to have made some sympathetic recogn-
ton of the hurt he had got in trying to do her service
WITH the increasing energy of his thoughts,
" Hamilton felt his strength returning and his
mind growing clearer. When the sympathetic young
nurse came next to minister to him, she as
tonished at the difference in his looks and voice.
Yet to her further surprise it not about cabling
to his wife and Baby that he asked, but about the
sailing of the next steamer for Alexandria,
Then, signorina, will you please ask DR.. Lom to
come to me?" Hamilton said in reply to her informa-
ton. . If steamer leaves early in the morning |
shall be able must be able, to be on it. 1t is i'm
perative that get to Egypt by the next steamer
The olive checked young nurse much disturbed
did not venture to protest to this big, determined
looking Engllshman who already sitting UP in
bed If preparing for flight. She hurried off for
with more authority. When DR.. Lomi heard Ham-
tons request, he shook his head negatively. When
Hamilton, however, vaguely spoke of ambitions such
as army Preferments, etc. that might be blasted if
he had to take later ship the doctor relented. We
shall see, we shall If you gain strength very
the sailing he said.
Hamilton put the full force of his strong will on
recovering. DR.. Lomi saw him to his steamer next
morning, leaving him in care of the ships doctor.
Hamilton recovery advanced faster ship
board and he was soon able to go deck
THUS it was only day later than Mary and the
American Baby that Captain Hamilton also
arrived in Cairo. He scanned the visitors book at
Shepherds until he found the names, Miss Mar
shall, Master Clay, and Nurse KY" He easily
learned from the clerk that this party had taken the
previous night S train to Luxor