The evening world., 1912-04-01
CHAPTER w.
(Coatannsd.)
An Old ~Ac0u0jnt0nce

- GORGE dreamed that night Of
magto oarpsts. q saA-sysd
matdsnn. II fierce Bs6ouins.
Of battles N the desert. q
- genu swelling tsrftflnAty ous
Of squat bottles. And once ne ~ ~
turned on the ughts 10 assuse hmssaS
thai the Old Yhiordss ~ not . pa@ q
these vv3d dreams.
He was up shortly after lawn. u vehs
riding toys. for . final cantsr ~ Asna
House and return. In " daye mofe
he would DO leaving ngyot bsh'na.
Rather glad in one ssnsa. rather sossy
in another. Where TO pue the . ~
problem. He might casry II n ~
steamer roll; 4 would b handler shsre
than In the bottom Of hi truuA, stored
away In the shAU's hold. Bsssdss ~
Axpsrisnce had taught aim that steamN
rolis were only Inadvertently inspsoes4.
lie wished now that he WA Gotn9 70
spend Christmas in Cairo; but II wa TOO
late 10 change his booking wtthout -
rious los Of time md moasv.
lie had Q light breakfast On ne vse
anda Of the Mana House. climbed up 70
the desert, bantsred the donkey boys.
amused himself by Watching h dssesns
of some German tourists VITO he'd
climbed the big Pyramid before dawn
to witness the sunriss. and threw oso'
MES to the horde ok blind bs0gArs WOO
instantly swasmsd about him and De-
mandsd, In the name Of Allah. . CON.
pstancs for the rest Of thslr dayu. He
finally ESCAPED them by footing II OWN
the incline to the hotel gardens. wh~e
hs horse stood watttng.
II was long after D whom he slid IRON
tho saddle at the aide entrance OF the
semiramis. He was on his . 20 the
bureau for his key. when an exQuisatssy
giovsd hand lightly touched his arm.
Don't you remember me. NJ. Joossr'
said . voice Of vocal honey.
George did. In his confusion hs
dropped his pith-hslmst. and In stoop-
Ing TO pick II up, bumped into che porter
! VINO had rushed 10 his aid.
Remember her! Would he svor corget
herr He never thought Of her without
! clubbing himself an outrageous ass. He
straiEhtened. his checks ahrs; blushins
was another Of those uncomfortable A.
| ininities Of his. II was really she. coms
out of q past he had hoped to b. stsf-
nnlly inresuscitant; the droii. the witty
woman, TO whom in n mad moment
Of liberahty and Galahadism he he'd
loaned without security one hundred n
nifty pounds At the roulette tables In
Monte Carlo; she. for whom he had al
ways blushed when he recalled how eAe
lily she had muicted him! And hero she
was, serene. lovely ~ ever.
my dear" aid the strange George
couldn't recall by what name he had
known hsr): my dear" to Fortune
Ohedsoye. who stood Q little behind her.
this Is the gentleman I've often told
you about. You were 1t school at the
time. borrowed q hundred and nifty
pounds Of him at Monte Carlo. And
what do you thinkf When I went to
nay him back the next day. he wNs
gone. without leaving the slightest Glue
to his whereabouts. Isn't that droli?
And to think that I should meet him
hereV"
That her name had slipped his nom.
CRY, II indeed he had ever known Il.
was true: but one thing fingered mean
d~evcently In his mind. and that waA no
had written her. followtng infinitely her
own specific directions and inciosins his
bankers address In Paris. Naples and
Cairo; and for many pasSinss Of moons
he had opened his foreign mall eagerly
and hopefully.
But hope must have something TO feed
upon, and after a struggle lasting two
years she rendered up the ghost. .
II wasn't the loss Of money that hurt;
n was the finding OF dross metal whore
he supposed there was naught u gold.
Perhaps his later shyness was due ~
much TO this disiliusioning incident ~
TO his middle m
isn't II droli. my dsarf" me en-
chantrsss repeated; and George usv
redder and redder under the bsavt4ful,
grateful. ayes. u must give him . draft
this verS morning"
sSDut $50 WAN ~ -1ear OaAoAS