The evening world., 1912-05-03
THE CARPET
|. from BACDAD
AROMANCE O RROADsVAY AND THE
BY HAROLD M'CRATH
By c. N. {.

need Of Sosas runnAns yous ssss q q
my account IN b bach eoartes afbaA"
He dug Into hb pocket and counted 81
Keep this all ! Get hAck."
0hs pushed u aAidA. hAl4 Astn9 49,
her chair.
"Fortuns. listen. Hsrsaftw -
ossrsN. your brother George: and I 70
not want you eve to question anV q.
nos q mAnA I I'm leaving this Moasy
n ~ ON accident bsfsll ne , You
eve can tell" He took has hanA ca
nrmiy presssd Il down upon the oonsy.
In half an hour. astsr. III - haak.
You aid not thinh that I vus seiAg b
y awayr" ,4-
mo"
re .'s ->'T's.sa n. .'vr
while ~ v~s soos - rsmaa.ss
seated 81 tAs tabIs. She made lsttls
oAtes = the ODD. arranged Maltese
crosses ssA circles ana stare
Pity. pityt Wa. W. sheutA she ssbsi
egainst ~ WAs u not merU than GAs
had had Mrhsrtof What should ~
DOT me siossl hsr sysA Ne wsulA
trouble her tired brah - more About
the futurs an thsy rsashsd Nab:sa
shs would iss IDS ens week draft ~
how Il would.
oeorxs came IN Under sAs tams-uuAt
Of hs adventure He had bosa uppn
the most dinicuf srrAaA Imaginable, at
leAst from . b~e0hsler's point q view.
He carried two hAnA-haeA Ons e
thess ~ deposatsd IN ysFtnasfs -.
shall ! epsa mr..
IT you wish"
0hA AnAAA IT. -A---- -
immediate curiosity vas not 70 b g.
MED. She slipped ths catch ana iouksd
Inside. There we're oomhs and brushsa
soap n tooth-powdsr and taja .
m~anicurs-sst. . paP o. sofs Wooasa
slippers. and sss Ghs eiAncs1 %
quickly. The faintsst 'rsss stole undsr
her cheshA u was Aroili q vas -
thstcaily funny. Che would have sivsa
worlds 70 have seen him making he
purchases.
Laughter ovsroams her. He Iauuhed.
too; NOT because the situation appaased
10 him % hushsbts. but bscauss there
was somsthing. IN inds6nAble ooms-
thins. In that huRhtsr q hsss Nat
mad: :S. HIN w'cs:'fsSy Aao'y.
~osorsA" he inssrruptsa dsssrms,sAy.
~Broth@ 0eorgs. 4 vas vsry hinl ed
~eAouehtfui Of you. Not ~ " b .
thousand wouif have thsuGas eS-Ss .
20 . hair-pinsr" Moro laughtan
= dtdn't think sf shsm; Il ~ -
elsrk."
! .Hs
I 'Shs."
wen, then. ~ WI saAasvs greaG
thinss." oighuy. sAsssA ~ hsart ~
fun
T.sstuny n. r,.sA.s ~ saa sv,ss
.sa:,i ! we - ss'' y '''.s ''s''
.Ysa. By istuns NJ - your seSuAsr:
BY not DECIDING ths future uri W hnA
In Naples; b. tstting ne kssp m touch
With you. whA&ever your ultimate a.
siaua may bAloThs4 imft much WIN
you promise theer"
Yes"
In dus time they arrived st Aisxan-
drfa. There they found the treat trans
atlantic liner homsward bound.
Ryanns would beat them into Nsw
York by ten days. He had picked up
sailing without sop to Marseinss. From
there to C~hsrbourg wa . trinins
Journey.
GEORGE knew the captain. and the eape
tain not only knew George. but had
known Georges father before him. the
younS man went to the heart OF the
matter at once: and when he had I'M
ishse his remarkable tale the captain
lowered his cigar. Il had rome out.
"And all this happened In the year
isoo-rsloi II any one but you. Mr.. Jones.
hal told me this. rd have sent him
asipss - . lunstlo Yeu have reported
tr"
What good would Il dof We are
out of Il. and that's enough. Mors, We
90 not want any q TO know what
we've been through. II the newspapers
got hold Of It. there would be no Nv
ing"
you leave h % me-" said the hg-
hearted German. From here TO Naples
she shall b a mine own daughter.
You have not told me ALI"
mo; only what ! had Of necessity to
tell"
wen. you know best shall DO my
share to make her feel At home. She
u as pretty a. . nower."
To this George agreed. but not ~.
baiiy.
The steamer weighed anchor ct six
o'clock that evening, with only . hand
rul OF passengers for the trip 10 Nap3ea
George had wired from Damascus 70
Cairo to have. his luggage ssnt on. and
I've saw II put aboard himself. withcut
letting Fortune know. he had also tsle-
graphsd the hotel to forward whatever
she had left; but the return wire IN
formed him that Mira Ohedsoye hi
taken everything.
cro BE Continued