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CHAPTER II (Continued).

CHAPTER II (Continued).
- URRoUGHs smiled and glanced
d risd. ~ ~ " "
that" he answered. as he tucked the
stick under his arm and niipped the
Il, atted snugly and Miss Dexter
That's It. Nov let's hurry and over
take the folks. We go straight down
this street. don't we. and then one turn
.0us to the rs >. right brings us to the bis
Burroughs wa. looking at some cof-
bench under an awning and did not
heed her. question.
ed. ''Thsrs's plenty OF time. We can
get back to the hotel long before din
But Mrs. Ragsdale?'
not % hsr too Closely TSe
young thing should have q chance for
herself. Shes forgotten us. 80 let's re-
turn good for good and forget her.
terious East Of Hsroun-aI-R Raschid at
your elbow. Let's sit down and watch
Elise laughed little in answer to his
ana sy asy nssro ssr down on IT
them black coffee In little cups.
On bench near them, drinking cof-
fee and smoking cigarettes. were two
silent Arabs, black-bearded. eagie-eyed.
What viii you bet they aren't ban.
dits?" whispered Burroughs "One Of
them might be Raisuli"
II hope not
"Goodness! Is there such a thing as
a Pretender In Morocco2 I don't know
anything about their politics."
"Thsres Sultan. an an up;to, date chap
err, ,Muley- Hand. wants him out. Raj
sun's supporting the latter. The Eng
lish support the present Sultan, ana SO
do the French, except that they're sus-
somebody else shakes the tree"
And to think that we're In the mid
ole OF IL! Two Week; weeks ago ! was In Ohio
trying to raise money for the Moham-
"And two weeks ago / had never seen
you.'
Elise looked at her coffee.
But on shipboard one day IL a. q
thousand years." said Burroughs SOL
I'm sorry w I, seemed .,sn.. 80 long" . -
What are they7" asked Elise. indi-
eating two persons who had just seated
One Of the men she spoke of was a
small. thick-set person. with a thread of
q black mustache. He wore the full cos
tune of Moor. The other was q non
Sessript; imnsr|Si with srizsled mustache and
As she looked at him Miss Dexter
noted that his left eye gave q peculiar
jerk upward. It could hardly have been
classed as wink. but It made the
where.
Burroughs. however. attempted to get
look at them. and in doing 30 he yelled
* rssnT ss. his the head .I.sf on ys s:
low sard and at once became the prom
inent point about the artist. ~
It caught the thick-set mans eye. He
with Ms open s' mouth cup at h:n n: ps sns
shifting his position, he cautiously
| touched his companion with his foot and
drew the iatter's glance toward the
The wall-syed mans Jaws came tc
with q snap and his bad optic jerked
rowed TO a crafty slit He leaned owe,
and "lp' spoke is.s. casually snI 70 his comrsde
tered on In the direction Of the square
When Elise and Burroughs finally rost
to go the man with the imperial ros'
also making the deferential little bow
with which one foreigner recognizes an
other In q country where both are out.
landers.
Burroughs, who had sized the man VI
as Frenchman. bowed also and as q
matter Of preoaution' asked the way te
The wall-eyed man smiled.
The shortest cut, he explained. was Il
| go to the first corner, then turn to the
left. and then to the right. Quite simple
Tha Ar1Arron fha nkaA him and thav
started. the Frenchman following at al
inconspicuous distance, but always care
ful to keep the two in sight
Some time after taking the turning IN
| dicated the travellers became consctoui
that the way was longer than they hat
supposed. This brought up the ques
tion whether. after all, they were no
/ going wrong.
street; @ the the isne AN they We're in was mar
row and steep. 1t led down hill uncer
tainly. and was practically deserted
| The windowless houses. crowded It OF
the pavement .'or below It, and reached
Burroughs halted. half inclined to be
lieve that Elise was right when she GO
Slared they we're Of Sifn the ts.rs track Came
noise OF some one running. The step
| came nearer, and small, half-nake'
boy carted around the corner, pursued
| by q huge Moor. - -
Just as they passed the Americans tn
man overlook the youngster. sticl
| flashed from under his robes and tn
cries Of the boys rose In an agonizin
| appeal.
Now, an American instinctiyely re
volts against oppression. and to see
brutal Moor thrashing defenseles
| child reused all the blood OF the Sir
With the mien Of an empress she ra.
forward to the pair. At the same IN
slant the wall-eyed Frenchman cam
round the corner and stepping betwee
burroughs and the trio, bowed low an
begged the young mans pardon.
There were ten PAGES between the Ia,
ter and Miss Dexter; the Frenchmar
with his lowing burnoose, was also DC
tween them. Miss Dexter plucked tn
Moor by the sleeve.
"stopH' she ordered. II won't hav
you beat that child that way"
Naturally, the words were lost on IN
native, but the tone Of righteous tndie
nation was unmistakable. He desistet
but the child. instead of being silence<
set up a louder yell than before an
seized Elise by the hand.
The man made another dive al MN
There was a short scuffle, In whic
Elise was jostled between them. The
the boy darted under his enemy's arr
and made of down an alley, with tn
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