The evening world., 1912-04-25
THE CARPET
from BACDADf
A ROMANCE or BROADWAY AND THE SAHARA
BY HAROLD M'CRATH

Round the IRE that night the eapoa
boys got out their torn-toms n reS~e.
and the eerle music affected the Waite
people hauntingiy n mysteriousiy. For
thousands OF years. the high n ow
notes OF the drums thollow earthen jere
or large xourds covered with goat sktn
at ono end ani the min. metallic VAN
Of the reeds had echoed across the des.
ert. unchanged. The boys swaysd 10
and fro to the rhythm. gradually WORK.
ing Themselves into an ecstatic frenzy.
Fortune always remembered that
night. Wrapped In her blanket she had
lain down Just outside the circle. and
hal fallen into "a doxe. When the Nu-
sic stopped and The boys left the pfis.
oners to themselves George and Rysnns
talked.
Il never forget faces" began 0eorgs.
"No' That's = gift"
And I have never forgotten yours. I
was In doubt At first. but not now"
Il never met you I'LL that night ~
the HOTEL
That's true. But you are Horaee
Wadsworth. all the same. the son Of the
milionaire banker. the man ] ussl 70
ADMIRE In the held."
You still think I'm that chap"
II am sure OF II. The FIRST morniA0
you gave yourself AWAY" ~
What did ! say?' t~snxiousIy).
You mumbled football phrases."
Ar Ryanne was vastly .rsusv<A.
He SEEMED to be thinking.
ID you persist In denying ~" =
IL ins deny II. but ! shan't. rm
Horace Wadsworth ell right. Fortune
knows somethinG, about tina chapter.
bu& mo- all. Strikes you odd, chr con.
t!nued Ryanns. Iron IN his voice. Every
opportunity In the world. and yet here
| Il nm. VynVe Vltlah Ia ksAta 49,. -
der?"
You took some money from the bank,
think they said.
'INsht-o' Wine. Percivai; cards. wias
and other things. Advice and warning
went into one ear and out of the other,
Always 10. Ell? You have heard Of my
brother. ! dare say. Well. h wouI6n't
lend me two stamps were I to write Tor
the undertaken TO come and collect my
remains. Beautiful history! rye been
doing some tall thinking these lonely
nights. Only the straight and narrow
way pays. he good. even II You ere
J lonesome. When ! get back. n ever
do, It's a new leaf for mine. Neither
wine nor cards o women"
silsnce. Tho IRE no longer biased;
It slowsd. 49,
Who Is Mrs. chcdsoyer" George o..
ally began anew.
First. how ala you chance to make
Some ago Al Monte Carlo"
! And she borrowed . hundred ana
nifty pounds OF you" ef-
Who told you that1'' quickly.
"she did. She paid you back"
Yes" y
And she hadn', intended to. ysu
poor innocent!'
Why do YOU call me thaty'
ITO lend money at Monte Carlo 10 q
woman whose name you did not know
nj thu time! Green. green a. q paddy
held! III tell YOU who she 10. because
you're 5ound to learn sooner or later.
She In u OF the most adroit smuG-
g'ers OF the age; jewels and rare iaces.
And never once has the secret-servfco
been able TO touch her. Her brother,
the Major. assists her when he Isn't
fieeclng tender lambs At all known
games Of chance. He's q c~ard.sharp,
one Of the best OF them.
He tried to teach me. but nsvsr,
could cheat IA man at cards. Never
makes n false moves. but waits nor
the quarry to offer itself. That poor
child has always been wondering and
wondering. hut she never succeeded In
finding out the truth. Brother and SIS
ter have made a handsome living, nd
many a time ] have helped them SGt.
There: you have me In the ring. too.
But who cares? y
THE father. ~ I understand. marrieh
Fortunes mother for love; she married
him for his money. and he hadn't any.
Drink and despair despatched him
quickly enough. She 10 a emarka BILE
woman. and II she had q heart, she
would be the greatest OF them oil. She
has as much heart as this beetfe.r'as
he fllped the green iridescent she'll INTO
the fire. But. after all. she's lucky.
It's a had thing TO have q heart. Per-
cival, a bad thing. Some c 80 Is sure
to come along n wiring It. to ssb It
and stab It," 30
The poor little xiri"'
"Percivai. I'm no fool. I've besn
watching you. Go In and win her. and
God bless you both. She's not for ne.
she's not for me-
But what place nave : In all thIs--'
evasively. M-
What do you mean by thstT' ~"
why did Mrs. chedsoye psy me back.
when her original intention had been
not to pay mel"
You'll find all that written In the
book of fate, as Mah0med would say.
More I cannot tell YOU"
"will notY" ~
well. that phrase expresses IT,"
They both heard the sound. Fortuae.
her face white and drawn. stood imnnv
diately bchind them.