Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-07-30

science reused herself, feebly, for i
had been long time since occasion
had necessitated her presence.
Ryanne narrowed his eyes, carefully
balancing the possibilities. "Say, one
thousand pounds. 1t Is like giving Il
away. But when the devil drives, yot
know. 1t Is beyond any set price; T.
10 worth what any collector is willini
to pay for 1t. I believe know thu
kind OF man you are, Mr.. Jones, ant
that is why. when I learned you wers
In Cairo, came directly to you. Yo,
would never sell this rug. No. You
would become like q miser over hi,
gold. You would keep it with you
emeralds II have heard about them
too): draw the curtains, lock tbs
doors. whenever you looked at It. Eth.
You would love 1t for its own sake
and not because 1t is worth so man.
thousand pounds. You are sailing IL
q few days; that win help. The Pash,
Is in Constantinople, and It will b.
three or four weeks before he hears O
the theft, or the cost" with q certain
grimness.
"You haven't ki0e any one?" whls
pered George.
Il don't know; perhaps. Christian
lty against paganism: the Occidental
conscience permits It," Ryanne mad.
gesture to indicate that he wouls
submit to whatever moral arraignmen
Mr.. Jones deemed advisable to make
But George made mono. He ros,
hastily. sought his knife and. withou
so much as by your leave, slashed tn.
twine. flung aside the paper, and threw
the rug across the Counterpart.
was the Yhiordes. There was not tn.
slightest doubt in his mind. He hal
heard It described, he had seen
photograph Of it. he knew its histor,
and, most vital Of all, he owned
good copy Of It.
Against temptation that was robus
and energetic and alluring (like til,
man who insists upon your having
drink when you want 1t and ought no
to have iD, what chance had con
science, grown innocuous in the lon,
period Of the young mans good be
havior? Collectors are always homes
before and after that moment arrivei
when they want something desperate
ly; and George was no more saint!
than his kind And how deep Ryann,
and his confederates had delved int.
human nature, how we'll they coul,
read and Judge it. was made nantes
in this moment Of Georges moral re
lapse.
Bagdad. the jinns. Sfnbad, the Thou
sand and One Nights. Alibaba and til.
Forty Thieves: George was transport
ed mentally to that magic city, stand
Ing between the Tigris and the Eu
pirates. in all its white glory of &,
thousand years gone. Ryanne. th,
room and its furnishings, all had van
ished, all save the exquisite fabric pat
termed out Of wool and cotton and
knotted with that mingling love ant
skill and patience the world knows n.
more. He let his hand stray over it
How many knees had pressed its thicl
yet plant substance? How many
strange scenes had 1t mutely wit
messed, scenes Of beauty. Of terror? I,
shone under the light like the hide O;
healthy hound.
The nerves of . smoker are general
~ made apparent by the rapidly O,
bis exhalations. These two, In the
several minutes. had filled the room
with a thick. blue haze; and through
this the elder man eyed the younger
The sign Of the wolf cleaned In bis
eyes, but without luminosity, modified
as 1t was by the half.friendly, half
cynical smile.
"lll risk It," said George finally,
having stepped oil the magical carpet,
~ It were. Il can't give you thou.