The evening world., 1912-04-08
H CARPET
from BACDAD|
A ROMANCE OF BROADWAY AND THE SAHARA
BY HAROLD M'CRATH


upo the head porter's counter. Nea-
c~halantly but deftiy. while the porter
looked on. the ~adventurer . through
Gable. the latter having bssn recsivse
by Georges bankers the day before -
mailed directly to the hotel. The porter
had no suspicion that . bold Their IVES
being committed under his very eyes.
Moreover. circumstances prevented, HE
sver learning Of Il. Ryanns stuffed ths
spofs into a pocket.
"Is n n asks for me-" HI sall.
Say that J shall be At my bankers. he
Angio-Hgyptian BANK. at 10 O'Clock.
Yes. SIR" replied the porter 90 -
began to sort NE rsst Of the mn. "
forgetting TO psSuse the poStals.
Ryanns vent out into the S(rsse.
walking rapidly into town. "Hohamed.
6l-0soel shook ths foids o. bic cloak
and followed. The adventursr az net
soacksn his AIT tiii he reached Asp-
hsasdrs Hotsi. Cpoa the steps -
pauSed.
some Dnssish troops we're msrchins
past. on The way 70 TIE railway sta.
don; b usual nuunbsr a natives wsee
petrolnns ~ aAswalhs. dangling
q pa0k-oAmsis, iaAsn With GOTTEN.
at On the cu1e IN Don't munchisSa
Deecs q sugas-eeaa NyNnne. assured
that No . - knew ~ ebeut. m.
cesded Int tie Willingness, wholly
6essrtsd at ~ 1917 hear.
He st down AAs dssk ana opeasl
the eaAas. II e~(ntaaasd sssetiy what
b s.ossssd. = w. cei' sor sdytce
p. 4. Jesss's Dansssa IN New Yora
ND the Temporary di0oseng Of ~
iooes vaiueolss. Rysnns rsaA Il svsr
. dozen ttmla. with puokssed. brow.
and fnaflv 6aa5sA 10 fsrcsly IN ~ Ast.
Fool! He could not. q that memsnt.
remember the most essential pslnt IN
the game. the aams n once q the
agent 70 whom he must this vssy
morning send rspty. Hurrisdly ~
thousand. He wore. but In rsisf. In
the osrnsr Of one II the isttsSs ~
sAw that for soms unknown q ~
code were sttn With h3m. Nsy1eels
and Reva0ed0. Estates. Broad 0ooot: -
r~smsmbseed. He wvotn cut . psu1v -
. pisos q hots, papse. lneea11ng =
copy Il Oh 4 the oooto-o0ee. u
reply covsesd me ground osswtUs1nUly.
Renting for tive months. oh e!0As.
Leave things ~ they ars. ,. A."
The initials we're . little strske. yroO
some sourcs Ryanns had picked - ths
fact that Jones's business ~corrsspodd0cs
was conducted over those initials. He
tore up the Cable into small f1eG1bSe
squares and dropped some into q bas-
ket and some into another.
Next he readdreseed OeorDo'e 0Aal -
Leipzig another stroke. msaninU . a.
lay OF two or three months; fre0 ne
head once Of his bankers there 70 pAs1sL
Paris 10 Naples. Naples to New Yosk-
eNhsS uu~AaA AlA 80 AA&m nmA nAH4~
was In nowtss due. 70 moral snSloo:
whatever they contained could BE- Of ~
vital importance to him.
An hour later the whoh sda1F wAp
nicely on his hands. the cable had coet
him three ~sovereiens. But what MO-
thatf Niente. risn nothing: . msso
basatells. For the frst time IN weso1
. ssnss Of security invaded his bsing.
II YES BY now nine o'clock. aSA Per-
civai Alsernon stiil rspossd upoa his ~
of sase. Lst him sleep. Many aays
the comfort Of linen sheets. the luxury
Of down under his ear.
What TO dot" unused the ogus. o.
the morrow Mr.. Jones would leave for
Port said. Ryanme shook his head ard
with hts cane beat . hight tattoo a4n1nst
the side oE MS shin- Abduction was
rather out Of his sphere Of aetion. And
yet. the suppression Of Percival wHs by
all odds the most Important move 20
He hsd volunteered this service ana
accomplish Il he must. In face of al
obstacles. or poof! went the whole
droli fabric. For to him Il NJ droii.
and never II rose In h1 mind TN he
I'D not chuckis s~aturninsiy. n was a
kind OF nightznars whsrs hunG In,
midair. ones o . tsst bsyoud the
flaming DRAGONS jawa. -
The rewards would b enormous. but
these no would gladly surrender for the
supreme satisfaction Of turning the poi
soned arrow In the heart Of tina can't
ing h~ypocrtte. that mug c~hurch-dsa-
son, the aanctimonious, the sleek. the
weii-fed' nrst-born. And poor Psrcivai
A~lSernon. for no blame a mis- own. must
be tak~n BY the scum Of his Aeck and
thrust bodily INTO this landed. WEB az
scheme and under-scheme. II was In.
nnitely humorous.
He had had a vaGue plan regardfng
lMohamsd. guardian Of ne Holy
Yldordes. but Il was not possible for
\ him to be In Cairo at this early do&e.
That he would eventually appsaF RNL
anne never doubted. He knew the Or
iental mind. Mohamed El-0sbsl would
crosA every barrier iess elective thar
death.
II ne returned to the palace at Basdsl.
minus the rus, u would meAn fsoO
transportation p the A1sAieh Oh. -
ri Of the mo- Important an - ~
sxceilsat asstoSSy. M 49, ~
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