Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-02-03
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CHAPIER AVll. (COnLlnuou.)
Its all right, Kate; plenty of room
on the Ludwig. We shall take the
afternoon train for Port Said, She sails
at dawn tomorrow instead of tonight.
" T. What's up?" suddenly noting
his sisters face.
Fortune did not return to her room
last night"
what? Where do you suppose the
little fool went them"
They both seemed to look upon
Fortune as a little fool.
yesterday she threatened to run
away 49,.
"Run away? Kate, be sensible. How
the deuce could she run away? She
hasn't penny. It takes money to go
anywhere over here. She has prob
ably found some girl friend, and mas
spent the night with her. Well soon
find out where she is" The major
wasn't worried.
''Have you seen Horace?" with dis
cernible anxiety. y.
mo. didn't wait up for him. He's
sleeping off night of it. You know
his falling" }....
'Find out if he is in his room. Go
to the porter's bureau and inquire for
both him and JONES'"
The major, perceiving that his sis
ter was genuinely alarmed, rushed
over to the bureau. No, neither MIR.
Ryanne nor Mr. Jones had been in
the hotel since yesterday. Would the
porter send some one up to the rooms
of those gentlemen to make sure? Ger
tainly. No; there was no one IN the
rooms. The major was now hlmseH
perturbed. went back to Mrs. Ched-
soye.
"Kate, neither has been in his room
since Yesterday. If you want my
opinion, it is this: Hoddy mas Sc
ouestered Jones all right, and IS
somewhere in town, sleeping OF lhe
effects of night Of il" 80,
"He has run away with Fortune!
she cried. Her expression was tragic.
She couldn't have told whether 1t was
que to her daughters disappearance
or to Horace's detection. did ne not
threaten?"
"Sh, Not so loud, Kate"
"The little simpleton defied me yes
terday, and declared she would leave
me-
"Oho!" The major fingered his ln-
perial "That puts a new race TO the
subject. But Jones'! He has not turned
up. We can not move till we find out
what has become of him. l know. II
lump into a carriage and see II ne
got as far as the English-Bar.
Mrs. Chedsoye did not go upstairs,
hut paced the lounging-room 1.-the and
pantherish. Frequently she paused, as
If examining the patterns in the huge
carpets. She entered the reception
room. came back, wandered off into
the ball room, stopped to inspect the
announcement hanging upon the bulle'
tin board, returned to the WINDOWS
and watched the feluccas sail past as
the great bridge opened; and during
all these, aimless occupations. but
single thought busted her mind: what
could man like Horace see in chit
like Fortune?
It was an hour and a half before
the major put in an appearance. He
was out of breath and temper.
Come up to the ROOM Once there,
he sat down and babe her do like
wise. "There's the devil to pay. You
heard Hoddy, speak of the niger who
guarded the Holy Yhiordes, and that
he wanted to get out of Cairo before
he turned up? Well, he turned up. He
fooled Hoddy to the top of his bent.
So far as I could learn, Fortune and
Hoddy and Jones are all In the same
boat. kidnapped by this Mahomed, and
carried out into the desert, headed,
God knows where Now, don't get
excited Take it easy. Luck is with us,
for Hoddy left all the diagrams with
me. We need him, but not so much
that we can't go on without him. You
see these Arabs are like the Hindus;
touch anything that concerns their re-
ligion, and they'll have your hair off,
How Fortune got into it I can't
imagine. unless Mahomed saw them
together and jumped to the conclusion
that they were lovers. All this Ma
homed wants is the rug; and he is 60
ing to hold them till he gets it. No use
notifying the police. No one would
know where to find him. None Of them
will come to actual harm. Anyhow.
the coast is clear. Kate, there's big
thing in front No nerves. We've got
to go today. Time is everything. Our
butler and first man cabled this morn
Ing that they had just started in, and
that everything was running like
clockwork Well get into New York in
time for the coup. Remember, was
against the whole business at the
start, but now I'm going to see it of"
Feverish1y Mrs. Chedsoye prepared
for the journey. She was irritable to
Celeste, she was unbearable TO her
brother, who took a seat in a forward
to be rid of her. 1t was
only when they went aboard the
steamer that night that she became
reconciled to the inevitable. At any
rate, the presence Of Jones would
counterfeit any influence Horace might /
pave gained over Fortune. That the
,hree of them might suffer unheard-of
niseries never formed thought in her
mind 1t appealed to her in the sense |
If comedy which annoyed rather
han amused her.
They were greeted effusively by |
Wallace, he of the dubious nose; and |
lis first inquiry was of Ryanne |
Briefly the major told him what had |
and added his fears. Wal !
a NJ Woo oraof1v cast down Hnddv had |