The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-02-03


sharply away. when her hand was
caught In jaw swiftly closed. and she
sent out one cry OF absolute agony
'He has bitten my hand" she walled
when she could speak. pressing herself
TO Galvin's side.
Il know" he answered, poor Syhil,
dear girl. suck AZ Il for Gods sake. for
We must see this through. It's the big
gest days work We have ever seen.
Come. the chains are of: We must get
out OF this quickly"
He groaned when he saw her hand.
Keep on sucking" he whispered,
and help me help Fodder walk
At that the long creature beside
them stirred. Excuse the bite" he
said family. II am sorry. IL was purely
involuntary" He rose and fumbled az
his breast with some half-executed de-
sign OF signing the cross upon ~. and
Keeling between them rushed for the
shattered door. through which the
moonlight also had burst,
We have no camel for him." Sybll
cried
Have we mott" Calvin inquired
grimly. while they pushed on in dark
ness. suffering but alert
The hill they had toiled over in as
cent seemed swiftly steep in its down
ward repassing. but they avoided ths
cliff beside which the roofiess house
stood bare and tenantless. Tomioms
beat fainter in the peopled background
or deserted Bandi, and before them
the desert stretched. mute. empty ot
men. hut full OF meaning: its little hill
tops tawny under the flood OF a moon
AT the full. its empurpled- swales
stretching in sharp lines. like so many
arrows fallen from a CULVER II seemed
sheer impossibility that they could
hold out until the well was reached.
Pulses beat in Sybil's head and breath
rushed in and out Of her lungs. shak-
ing her as II came and went. Feeder
leaned on her intolerably and strange
thoughts OF wanting To lie down. OF
longing 10 die, shot like lightning
through her mind.
Then Calvin paused. in the shadow
OF an odorous locust tree. taking his
watch from his wrist where he wore H.
in leather bracelet and hiding Il
within his tunic.
The light caught Feeders face and
showed them his beard, the ends OF
which had been stuffed into his mouth
TO make part OF his gag The hairs
stuck TO his lips now and he picked
them of painfully. borrowing SYPHILIS
handkerchief TO wipe away the blood
When the came 10 BaltulS and the
camels. Calvin spoke: Go back TO the
N'garnbo. Baltuk. and tell your Mullah
that dropped my watch in his village
where ] lifted his sick man When r.
Is found. bid him keep IT, as a present
for his kindness 10 me tonight We
will stay here"
Baltuk stood staring nj them befors
he turned on his naked heel and ran
up the steep. scrub-bordered path. We
have now" Calvin continued. ever 40
gently. "A camel for Feeder. couldn't
think how else TO get one"
VI
Their flight was too serious for e,-
plantations or speech but when the
coral shades OF dawn fared in tho east
they saw Madceldar's walls white in
the distance and saw each others faces
white too. and liv'd With fatigue. an4
racked with the bitter pains OF such q
Journey
rs the first time old Calvin" FED
de' shouted. for their pace was Sill
swift. that the Mul'ah has had 70 siva
up his quarry lie had me four days"
Curse him. Calvin called Ceniailv.
Don't curse him. Feeder srrcamef.
He's q man and lives up 20 hrs IiehfA
who's This LADY
M wife when yor cef round IN g.
We needed par-on. 80 We rescued
Won Miss kse arrive. out with YES
terday's mail"
They pounded On THO cifts ra.r ~
opened for The fay ard sent i.o,s f9-
40 prominent Arabs to 10 witnesses
% Tho r7arriara
calvin taf t7-f w0rE r-~fnr riaue-
n Iar.s auav from Feeders teeth. i.s
a. 'asf they Uern s'f fhree irafh~f AMI
- dressed FED ard feaflve o. vas fhe1
fhaf Fr..dsr fO.I fNarr 30 Die capture