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CHAPTER v (Continued).

IY = e could see the halo OF light hair.
IL with the soft gray Fedora PIN
i i ned over It; he noted the gray
suit, which fitted the girl snug
ly, and he caught the spot OF crimson
at the throat.
Was this the person he was seeking?
She answered the description; but she
was alone and the old man had said
that there was young man with her.
It was unusual to see an English
woman alone in the streets at that
hour. In a moment he became sus-
at once. he followed al a little dis
lance, keeping an eye on her.
The wisdom OF his caution was seen
at the first corner, when three Moors
girl The Jew sulked in a doorway till
the group had passed him on its re-
/ turn. Then he followed till he saw
them enter a greasy fritter shop =.
expectation Of learning something
about Burroughs. On their arrival
among the men. and the girl was as
Get him tonight" said the shopmanl
Again she put 1t to the man that she
would like to go and get help from her
friends, but he discouraged 1t by a mo-
ton toward the others; and; by the
4
'e Ordinarily q arh; this was not the sort Of
pabulum she would have preferred, but
and, suddenly discovering that she was
| hungry, began to eat the cake, watch.
Ing the men as she did so. Because OF
| the occasional .glances that came her
way. she knew that they were talking
stand the. words and take the full
meaning Of the glances she would not
have looked on SO calmly.
she s,i speaks ,., truth" ., said one man. a
What was It doing here. and why
should i be in shop for any man
The first speaker could find no salts.
"What We must do first" said the
so@e pee s sfods viii iii
the darkness comes, and them
He finished with a shrug.
And In ., the me meantime tsa e.: what about
There is Just chance" replied the
They may be in league with the wall.
S Is Well i to hold her Til we are sure.
free her, she will 80 back to the Euro.
peans' and we shall have them Ssc paving y,
secret. II Muley-Hafid has messenger
in Tangier. they must be put out Of tins
way. bat not openly. The Sultan's hand
must not be seem fat
"But IL we do not let her 70 We shall
have tile Christians bawlin9 Just tn,
same" objected the second.
He was cut short in his speech by thu
| entrance Just then of a drunken Jew
who sidled up to a bench BY the shop
He leered at the greasy-fitter man; M
leered at the other customers. Then
putting down a piece of money. he or
dered a fritter, ana was SO drunk thai
he forgot to take the change.
The Moors sneered at the fellow II
liquor. The shopkeeper. however, witt
an eve to further patronage. smiled
The Jew took a huge mouthful of HI.
tit-bit, ad fell asleep with his head u
i his hand.
| The talk went on:
"But they cannot locate her for 1
day or two. Meanwhile we shall get t
the bottom of this business. Then
| will be time enough to let her go. Sh
will have been lost, and we will find her
They will pay us handsomely.
The yellow-faced man considered thie
"They will offer a rich reward. tn
sheik Raisuli, when he makes pris
| oner. gets a reward and immunity int
the bargain. When the reward Is OF
fered we have but to release her. AM
explain that she fell into the hands