Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-09-05

hunt him up IN Cairo. In Constantinopie.
IN Smyrna. OF In amy OF the Oriental |
cities where his business itinerary led |
him. Tho house % Mortimer g. Jones /
was widely known. This man Ryanne /
might have been anywhere between /
thirty and forty. Re vas tall. well set /
~. blond and snooth-skinned. True.
- appeared 20 have been ill-fed re-
Gently. little moro hesh under the
eheek-bones. touch OF color. and tho
irishman would have been a handsome
man. George could read a rug league
| or. as they say. but he was a child IN
| the matter OF physiognomy, whereas
| Ryanne was a past-master 10 this 80
gard: Il was necessary both for hia
business and safety.
Certainly. III take a look AZ a.
But ] tell you frankly vent on
| George. that 20 interest ne it's got
90 Be a very old one. You see. its a
little fad OF mine. outside the business
end OF 70. I'm crazy over real rugs.
and know something about every
rare one IN existence. or known 20 eE-
Sat Is n a oopyf-
NO. III tell you more about II
when 40 get 10 my room
Come on. then George vas now
quite willing 20 discuss rugs and car
| Its
Having gained the room. Ryanna
threw OF bis coat and relighted bis
cigar. which. IN a saving mood. he had
allowed 20 20 out He m0tioned George
20 be seated.
Just little yarn bsfors show ycu
the rug. See these cuEsf''
Yes
You win observe that have hAd
20 reverse them Note this collarY
Same thing Trousers hens = bit
/ frayed. coat shiny at the elbows
Rysnne exhibited his sole fortuna.
-Four soveroisns between me and .
jail
George became thoughtfuL BE vas
generous and kind-heartsd among
those he knew intimately OF alightly.
but hs had the instructive reserve OF
tho seasoned travsler IN cases like
this. he waited.
The truth is. In All but done for
And II I fail TO strike bsrgain hers
with you Well. ] should hate
10 tell you the result Our consul
would have 20 furnish ne passage
home. Were you ever up against Il TO
the extent CT reversing your CUTS and
turning your collarsf You don't know
what life is. then
George gravely produced two good
cigars and offered one to his host
There Wa an absence OF sound,
broken presently b the cheerful
crackle OF matches: Two believing
clouds OF smoke hoatsd outward and
. | upward. Ryanne sighed. Here was =
cigar one could not purchase IN al the
length and breadth q the Orient. a
, Pedro Murias. In one OF bis doubt
fully prosperous spOchs be had smoked
| them daily. How lOnx ago had that
beenf
"Honder Is a rug. q prayOrrug. az
B holy 20 the Moslem as the IDOLS eye
] Is TO the Hindu. as the Bible % 20 The
s Christian. For hundreds % years q,
= never saw the outside Of the Sultan
P palace. One day the late. the recently
1 late. Abdul the Unspeakshls Turk
{ gave II 70 the Pashs 81 Bagdad
, Whenever thiE rug makes its appear
+ ance In Holy Mecca. Il Is wo-shipsd
Il
favorite may kneel upon Il, BREdRd
. the hundred mosques. tbs old capital
? OF Suleimsn the Great. the dreary
K Tigris and the sluggish Euphrates, q
, mueEzin from the turrVt calls TO pray
eY. and all that; ahr
] George leaned forward from M
Z chair. a gentle terror IN his hsart
& The YhiordSsH BY Jovsi Is that ths
. Yhiordesf"
I Admiration kintled IN Ryannei
eyes. To have hit the bulis-oye witt
so free and quick an aim wAs ample
proof that PsrciVAl Ngsrnon had no
o boasted when be sale oaRt he knew
. something about rugs.
You've guessed t."
a How aid you eoms b. ltS- Georr,
: demanded excitedly.
. why do you Ask thatr~
Man. ten-thOusAnd pounds cOul.
q not purchase that rug. that bit OF car
> pet Collectors from every port hav.
y been after IL In vain And you meal
- 20 tell me that II lies there. wrApps,
n in butchers paperr'
~Right-Ol"
a Ryanns solomniy detached . cut
= and rolled up bis sleeve. The bar
. muscular arm was SCARED By tw,
. long. ugly knits-wounds, scarcsl.
D. healed Next be drew Up q trouserS
y leg. disclosing a battered shin. AN,
a there's another On nay shoulder-blads
y the closest cal I ever had. A maj
- who takes hSs l3fe an Ma handa an