The Washington times., 1910-11-17
THE SHADOW OF THE SPHI
BY ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE.
Copyrfght The Frank A Munsey Company.

pid time travelling tin I met you. since
then I've been looking forward to sec
ing the biggest sort Of excitement
I when our Sudan friends get TO mixing
II up with kitchener's Tommies- Et'h
/ be something 10 tell my grandchildren
about And DO you think I'm going 10
lose II Just because the others are
leaving2 Not me"
You don't understand" answered,
amused in spite Of myself. This isn't a
1 picnic It's war I've cast in my Tot
with my mothers people The best luck
/ I can look for is death on the battle
( held With you. its different You've
got everything 10 live for Clear OUT
while there's time
Look here. you old dufer," excIaim-
ed JACK losing his gsieJE Of manner
ana dropping INTO more serious vein
q an I had yet seen in him. Look
on needn't tell me what IL Is. and ]
Won LTE 10 guess though 7 think I've
q sneakInS idea about IL. That's you=
afIdlr. not mine BUT Just because you
choose TO play you're an Arab. doesn't
change the fact that you're the WhfteSt
chap I know. And it doesn't keep me
from being your Chum.
Eripped his big hand. more affected
than I dared show.
m your chum,' he went on, .'and
I / N going 10 see YOU through this streak
or dirty luck The time'U zOne when
EOuu get your senses back and remem-
/ Der you're an American When that
time comes, maybe it'H help you TO have
me on deck beside YOU and beside YOU
I m going 10 stick. We, buck the line
together. That goes Seeg'
/ knew his stubborn seif-wIII too thor
ot5---l1 70 waste words IN trying TO
shake H. and I was deeTly touched by
his rough loyalty
stay, then said 7, "and be my
guest IN all that the word means TO a
d" 'Bedouin.' your grandmother" he
SlloF Ted 81 OF re no more a Bedouin.
Hugh stands lsh, than I'm a paIe-blue
CDdO bird The
II am Sheik Nassau of the Fl Kan
I an, I replied If you stay here, pleas
remember that Hugh SIandish s dead
Hugh Standlsh IS dead wrong he
cut IN 1rreVerentiy- But go ahead With
your silly rot n II amuses YOU BE
gEand EzuJaudrum of the MOkamok
Islands or Pouudmaster Of Pompton,
y - Tor all care Anything TO
please But Temembe I'm with Won.
whatever same you're playing. And
when you're tired Of il all, I'll be on
ldnd 10 take yOu back 10 your own
people and TO Gods own country
where YOU belong"
These are my people, and here is
where ! belong I insisted
suit yourself he gTiuned. sFBut
when HaIloa"- he broke of
What's all the powwow about
Translate won't you2rT
Keyes had finished speaking. and
I the enir was earnestly advancing
some COunteT-aTSume As 7 stopped
L
No II IS quite lnpOSSl ble-l dare
not permit It The order that came 70
me this morning has gone forth 10
ether tribes as well The whole Su-
I dan Is mad against FerinEee- While
you are my guest / can answer for
S your safety with the lives Of all my
people But If you leave my prOtec-
tlOn you viii be sIaIn-by the first war
party YOU meet And the country is
fun Of such cannot let Eou 60"
we are prisoners them asked
rra eaaa=a &c
rather auNiousIv-
Your father. lady. and your fathers
daughter are our dear and hCnoTed
guests replied the eDir with unruffieI
ETaCIousnesS. Otherwise YOU would be
; free 10 go As soon as Il is safe, you
may depart IN peace But I would be
/ 20 send you forth at a time like this
Abide with my people until the country
Grows calm
''EEe is right, Hope admitted the pro
. fessor- 7 see II now can't put you
into peril by"
+ at is only my safety you are thinking
T Of she urged Please let Us go at
oncei ! would rather-far rather-take
my chances in the wilderness than
, I understood. and my heart bled for
But in the end her father overruIed
her wishes, and IL was decided that they
should remain with BasraOUl until after
could anT OF Us at that moment
have read part Of the future. 7 think
keyes would have set forth at once
across country, with Hone. bravinE the
most horrible Of fates at the hands OF
savage Sudanese. rather than remain in
what then seemed Ike perfect safety
But unfortunately for US ali. no shadow
Of what was 10 come fell across our
path
The Continuation of This story VIII
&c Found In Tomorrow
Times.