The evening world., 1912-04-30
THE CARPET ,.s Il
4 from BACDADl
! a ROMANCE or RR0ADWAY AND THE SzAxiX
q By HAROLD M'CRATH sa|
By N. E.

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hrst inquiry was of Ryanns, Br}gfy
the Major told him what had hApp6ted
and added his fears. WaiiaoA was
greatly cast down. Hoddy had q 0es
his heart upon this venture that d 49,
a shame to proceed without hamL
had warned him at the b~eginning a66ut
that Internal rug but. Hodiy was A.
ways set In his daredevil schemes. 10
long ~ The Major had the plans Ne
supposed that they could turu the tS4ck
without Hoddy's aaistance: only 4.
se.med rather hard for him not - b.
IN the sport.
HE told me that nothing would ne
him greater pleasure than to stick h1u
hrt into the FIRST bag OF yeilowIboys.
There was something mywter1o0s In TIM
way he used to chucklc over the thing
when I first sprung u On HIM. H e6w
q Joke somewhere. Lst's 90 into the
smoke-room for . peg. II wont hurt
either Of ne. And that poor LITTLE Otsl,
It's . hell Of . world. ehr'
Tho Major admitted that Il wuS: Out
ne did not add that Fortune's welfare
Or m-fsre was little or no concern
Of his. The little spitnre had always
openly dcspised him.
They were drinking silently
~inor0sely. when Mrs. Chedsoye, pajo ond
anxious. appeared In the c0mpanl0G-
way. u beckoned them to follow her
down to her cabin. HaA FsStuns q.
rivedr Had Ryanns? She did not
anewer. Arriving at her 'cahin she
pushed tho two wondsr1ng mea inGo1e,
and pointed at the floor. A iaegs
steamsr.roil lay unarappsd. spssaA tot.
II ooly just opened H. she saad. II
never thought Of looking into L st
Cairo. Here u looked ~ bulky thot
wa ~curioua."
why. It's that damned Yhioross."
exclaimed the Major d Wvathfua1y.
What the devil IL It doing In Fortune's
steamer.roll?' 800
That 10 what I should nike to Know.
n they have been kidnapped IN ordsr
to recover the rus. whatsoever wa -
come Of themT" And Mrs. Chedsoys
toaiched the u with her foot, aaseuefy.
She was repeating In her mlR0 Mt
LOYAL I should have bssu!" - .e.H
They took the ant sailing ont Of
Naples. Twssvs days later they sns0od
at the foot Of Fourteeuth street, There
wos some trihing dlhscufty over the NJ.
u had been declared: but a Mn. Cd.
soye and her brother always declared
foreign r~estdsnce, there was Q Gueotion
81 to whether Il was dutishls a. not.
Being . COPY. Il was not ~ orlG1hai
work Of srt. therefore not sxsmpt. ana
% forth and N on. II was finally -
|cided that Mra Cedscye nuse paye
duty.
The Major pa4d srumbMnssyy vsvy
cleverly assuming an irrltability .ver
known to the inspectors. The way tho
United States Government mujo'ed her
c.tixens for the benefit Of the few was
Q scandal OF the nations. $50
A smooth-faced young man -
preached them from out h cr0wd."1
us this Major Callahan" ssaaa
Yes. This must be Mr.. ReynchA. ne
.sgent?" f.nL5 s6-
Yes. Everything II ready for your
occupancy. Your butler and ARst I'm
have everything shipshspe. could
nave turned over to you NJ. son:s:."
Major. They would have seen
strangers 10 US and We to <honcnour
own servants are best"
"You mus, DO very good frisnds Of
my cfcnt?"
Il have known him for years." aid
Mrs. Chedsoye sweetly. IT was 1t his
own suggestion that we take the house
over for tho month. He really insisted
that We should pay him nothing buf. OF
course. such an arrangement M not
be thought OF. Oh. sood-by. Mr.. Vel
lace" tolerantly. I'VE hope to zee you
again some day" n
Wallace. taking UP his role encs
more, tipped his hat and rushed away
for one OF his favorite haunts.
'Bounder!" growled the Major. well.
well; a ships deck Is always Liberty
Hail."
you have turned your belongings
over TO an expressman?" asked h
agent. These were charming people;
and n doubts he might have an
tertained were dissipatsd. And Why
should he have any doubtsf Jones WAS
an eccentric young chap. anyhow. An
explanatory letter written by tho
Major In Jones's careless hand. backed
up by a cable. was enough authority for
any reasonable man.
Everything Is out Of the way" std
tho Major.
Then, 10 you wish. I a take o
right up TO the house In my car. Your
butler said that he would have lunch
ready when you arrived"
"very kind OF you. How noisy New
York IL, You can take our hanI-luz-
gage" Mrs. Chedsoye would have
made 81. Anthony uneas OF mind: Rey-
nolds, young. alive. metaphorica,,y fell
at her feet. .
Plenty OF room for It."
II am glad OF that. You see. Mr..
Jones Entrusted D ine old rug to US to
bring home fQr him; and ! shouldn't
want anythlngfo happen to IT,"
Gsf' csA''aasae