Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-11

 wine. 1t won't hurt us Al 10 o'clock sharp Dr. Browne will begin operating the distilllng apparatus In the labora- tory By love. will you listen to the row my clients are making out there , in the woods! They seem to be an- moved over something" Outside. the walls the islanders were shouting and calling to each other. Rifles were cracking far and near. voicing In their peculiarly spiteful way the rage that reigned supreme. As Chase ascended the steps Bobby 1, Browne and his wife came up beside him.
 | Chase" said Browne in a low voice, l his face turned away to hide the mor- tlfication that filled his soul, you are man, I want you to know that | thank you from the bottom of my | heart"
 Never mind. old man! Say no more." interrupted Chase. suddenly embarrassed.
 i've been fool, Chase. don't de- serve the friendship of any one-not even that of my wife. It's all over. though. You understand? I'm not coward I'll do anything you say, take any risk to pay for the trouble I've caused you all Send me out to fight
 "Nonsensel Your wife needs you, Browne. I dare say that wouldn't have been above the folly that got ! the better of you Only"-he hesitat- ed for minute-"only 1t couldn't have | happened to me If had a wife as dear and as good and as pretty as the one | you have"
 Browne was silent for long time. his arm still about Drusilla's shoulder. At the end of the long hall he said, with decision in his voice:
 Chase. you may tell your clients that. so far as I am concerned. they may have the beastly island and every thing that goes with it. I'm through with it all shall discharge Britt and
 | My dear boy. it's most magnani- nous of you"' cried Chase merrily. But I'm afraid you can't decide the question in such an ofrhand manner. Take good care of him. Mrs. Browne. Don't let him talk
 She held out her hand to him impul- sively. As he gallantly lifted the cold fingers to his lips she said, without taking her almost hungry gaze from his face: Thank you. Mir. Chase. I shall never forget you"
 He stood there looking after them as they went up the stairway. a puzzled | expression in his face
 ''I guess he'll he good boy from now on." But he wondered what it was that he had seen or felt in her somber gaze.
 In fifteen minutes he was sound asleep in his room, his long frame re- laxcd, his hands wide open in utter fatigue He dreamed of Henner girl with Genevra's brilliant face instead of the vague, greenish features that haunt the vision with their subtle mysticism.
 | He was awakened at noon by Selim, who obeyed his instructions to the minute. The eager Arab rubbed the soreness and stiffness out of his mas ters body with copious applications of alcohol.
 I'm sorry you awoke me. SelIm," said the master enigmatically Sellm drew back, disnayed. You drove her | away" Selim's eyes blinked with be- wilderment. I'm afraid she'll never come back"
 "Excellency" trembled on the lips of the mystified servant
 "Ah. mer' sighed the master resign ! edly. She smiled so dlyinely. Henner girls never smile. do they, Selim? Have you noticed that they are always pensive? Perhaps you haven't. It doesn't matter. But this one smiled. say" coming back to earth, have they begun to distill the water? I've got frightful thirst"
 'Yes, excellency The Sahib Browne is at work. One of the servants be- came sick today. Now no one Is drink ing the water Baillo is bringing in ice from the storehouses and melting 1t, but the supply Is not large. Excel lency, you will take Selim to live with you in ParlsT he said after awhile wlstfulIy. "I will be your slave"
 Paris? Who the dickens said any thing about ParlsY demanded Chase, startled.
 'Neenah says you will go there to live, sahib. Does not the most glorious princess live in Paris?"
 "Selim, you've been listening to gos- sip. It's frightful habit to get into. Put cotton in your ears. But if were to take you. what would become of lit tie Neenah?"
 "Oh. NeenahY" said Selim easily. If she would be n trouble to you. excel lency, can sell her to man l know"
 Chase looked blackly at the eager Arab, who quailed
 You miserable dog"