New-York tribune., 1909-08-15

lost his nerve in the late war when he him Jump
his feet if Mortified by the sounds lie next Won
dered if his friend had gone mad when Hamilton
cried out, The Baby! The Baby know that cry =!
They are herei -
Cyril. Cyril l know you i'll, not yourself
That is only another confounded screaming Arab KID
Come along with me- | will take you back to Shep-
heards and see that you get good rest.
Just bear with me bit, Major Blunt, II you
really believe | am i'll. But assure you know what
am about Ask the sheik for me il there IS an
American young lady with Baby under his root
now. Perhaps She is visiting his wives
Major Blunt still believing his friend under
strange deusion decided to humor him. He inter
preted his question the sheik, who was watching
them both narrowly.
Say to the Pasha from England that never have
the great pleasure to be hOnOred by VISIT from an
American lady with a Baby. Say 10 the PaSha that
It is an Arab baby he heard crying in my women $
apartments. | have four wives and many babies,
replied the cunning oriental bandly. The infantIle
screaming in the meanwhile had ceased as suddenly
as it had begun.
saw TO the Pasha" he went on after a moment s
pause and a glance at Ahmed. that command my
son go into my women apartments and bring here
the child that cried. Perhaps your noble friend
wishes 70 Arab baby.
HMED hastily left the room at his father order.
"A Major Blunt amused interpreted 70 Hamilton
the shek 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 rdiCule. Ii he
did not he must let his friend continue TO think his
head 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
fante scream that he heard sound like that last cry
he had heard from the Madonna charge as he was
going out of the grotto' He no longer doubted now
that he had heard a real baby crying, but he de
cided that it must have been only his Imagination
that had caused him 10 connect the sound with the
American Baby. Was it indeed possible 70 recog-
nize babvs CRY from anOtherS> He knew
fathers who We're scarcely familiar with their own IN
fants faces.
Hamilton had again reasoned himself out of his
supposed deluSOn hV the time that Ahmed returned.
The young Arab lei with him soft eyei. plump
baby girl. clothed picturesquely in big lowered
silk slip and ornamented with rings necklaces, and
took his fat hand and kissed it, then tremendously
pressed 10 her forehead. As Ahmed conducted her
10 the EngliShmen she repeated this little cere
mony with each in turn. Captain Hamilton looked
the placid faced little mail and wondered that
she could cry so loudly and angrly-
During the few moments that Ahmed had been
~ absent the pretense of bringing in this child
innocent little confederate he had deity accom-
plshe 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 TO send the
prisoners out by back entrance To- the house OF a
relative while the heik detained the SearcherS in the
front
Both Ahmed and his father knew it was The Amer
lean Baby that had cried. They had heard his vigor
Gus protests against his new environment SO ire
quently during the day that they had become too
well acquainted with his voice 10 mistake II. No
Arab child had a 50 loud and mperious.
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 sorry she wished To be his wife;
but that Mohammed would come for her at
her door and take her and the black Sti back 70
Cairo.
Mary and Roxie were overwhelmed with surprise
and JOY. When Ahmed entered and at a safe dis
tance from RoXie began his speech Mary thought he