Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-08-14
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v Mn. ChedsoyS waSI gisd that the
halimaid knocked and came in just
then. Il Ct least saved her the Is
nominy Of . retreat. She dressed
however, with tho Same deliberate
care that she had always used. Moth
inx ever deransed her sense Of pro
portion relative to her toilet. nothing
ever made her forsst it's Importance.
"Good.by dear" she said. II shall
bo In ct dinner" II the maid had
any suspicion that there had been .
quarrel. she should 1t least be i'm
pressed with the fact that she. Mrs.
Chedsoye. was not to blame for It.
Fortune nibblsd the end Of her PEN.
Gil.
The door closed behind her mother
and tho maid. She waited for time.
Than she sprang to the window and
stood there. She saw her mother
driven of. She was dressed in pearl
grey. with q Reynolds hat Of grey
velour and sweeping plumes: 90 hand
some and distinguished . woman %
could be found that day in all Cairo
Tho watcher threw her Baedeker. hel
notebook, and her pencil violently
into . corner. It had come to her at
last, this thing that she had been
striving for since noon. She did moi
care what the risks were; the storm
was too high in her heart to listen
to the voice Of caution. She would
do It; for she Judged II tho ono thing
In Justice to her own blood. she must
accomplish. She straightway dressed
for the street: and II she did not give
tho same care AZ her mother to the
vital function, she produced an effec,
that merited comparison.
She loitered before the porter's blu.
reau till she saw him busily engaged
In answering questions Of some WON.
en- tourists. Then. with q slight but
friendly nod. she stepped into the blu.
reau and stopped before the tey-rack.
She hung up her key. but took II
down again. 40 II she had changed
her mind. At least. this was tho por.
ter's Impression - 10 bowed to her
In the midst q tie verbal lombard.
ment. Fortune went upstairs. Ten
or fifteen minutes elapsed. when she
returned. hung up the key. and walked
briskly toward the sideentrance Il
the very moment George. in his fruit
less search Of her. pushed through
the revolving doors In front. And q!
the time She was wondering how 4
was that her knees did not given I'M
der. Il was terrible. She balanced
between laughter and toaxs, hyst4r1
cally.
She had gone scarcely a hundred
yards when she was accosted by Z
tall Arab whom she indistinctly recol
lected having seen before: where. she
could not definitely imagine. It wal
the ragged green turban that cleared
away her puzzlement- The Arab wal
the supposed beggar over whom Perci
val (how easily she had fallen into the
habit Of calling him that!) had STUN
bled. He stood 20 tall and straight
that she knew he wasn't going to beg;
so naturally she stopped. Without .
word. without even . look that ex
pressed anything, he slipped q not>
into her hand. bowed with Oriental
gravity, and stepped aside for her to
proceed. She read the note hastily
az she continued her way. Horace
Why should he wish to meet her that
evening, at the southeast corner Of
the shari,a Mahomoud.El-Falaki, .
step from the British ConsulateSi
And she mustn't come in . carriage
nor tell any one where she was 90
ing3 Why all such childish mystery
He could see her far more conven'
iently II tho. lounging-room Of the
hotel. She tore the note into scraps
and dung them upon the air. She was
afraid. She was almost certain why
he wished to meet her where neither
her mothers nor her uncle's eye
would b within range. Should she
meet him7 Deeper than this. dared
she3 Why had she come to Cairo
when at Mentone she had known
peace. such peace % destiny was gen
ssous enough to dole out to herr And
Aow. out os this tolerabls peace. .
thousand hands wsre reaching to rend
her hsart, to wiring It. She decided
quickly. Since she had come this
far. to 80 on to the end would add but
little to her burden. Better to know
All too soon than too late.
That the note had not been direct.
ed to her ana that she was totally un.
FAMILIAR with RyannSs handwriting,
escaped her. She had too many other