The evening world., 1912-04-09

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tor would b IN aArolt blt OF
WORK; and Il weuSd "a h1m
q both q them. odooonAa
saAd that shs wanted ~ rouUA werk.
How hks Q woman! Here va . man's
gams. Q desperate one, and 0tooonAA.
not norgsttng that Il was her inptrN-
don. wanted 4 handled With 0sevssi
II was barsJhAnA wors, and NJ sooner
she was made 20 realise thAs the bst.
ter. II yas no time for tuning Addiss.
0f0hAmmsd on q Il. thsrs was . csr-
tain Ensiiah bar in the ouartsr Rosstt,
Q piacs Of dubious rspute. Many lsrsiiGts
drifted there IN search Of smoaoynsut
stiil more dubious. Drsss. SCUM; ne
bottom and the top OF the kettle; out
casts. whose hand and animus were a.
rooted against society: blsnk end brown
and white men: not soldiers OF fortune.
like Ryanne. but their camp-fotowsrN
In short. Il was there land Ryanns
still felt . dull shame OF ~ that Wal.
lace. carrying the hnai Instructions OF
the enterprise. had found him. sleeping
OF the sffsots d . shabby rout Of the
night before. Il wa there also that he
had heard Of the history and the worth
OF the Yhiordss rug and the possibility
oe it, theft. He laughed. To have gone
upon IN adventure like that. win moth.
ing but the fumes of vine In HE hsadi
For Q few pieces Of gold he might 81.
roll under ME shady banner three o.
four shining liGhts who would undertake
the disposal Of Psrcivai. Not that he
wished the YOUNG man any harm-no;
but business was business. n In some
A-->. - $50 a
vanish from the sight and presence Of
men for q least two months.
A. for Major Calahanis unforeseen
danger. the devil coui9 look out for
that.
Ryanne Consulted his watch. . cheap
but trustworthy article. costing . dollar.
not to he considered N an availaole ~
set. He would give II away later In the
day for he had decided that, while he
wal In funds there would be Aisdom In
the purchase Of Q lne sold Lohe1nss. A
gold watch. ~ every n knows. 10 a.
ways a. easily converted into cash ~
q London bAnknots. providing. of course.
one 10 lucky enough 10 possess either.
Many watches had he left behind IN
this place or In that; N often hs hAd
with Q green neck. Wherever fortune
had zone against him heavily 81 cards
thsrs he might nnd his latest watch
besides getting Q new timspiecs. he wa
strongly inclined TO leave the bulk Of his
little fortune In the hotel safe. One
never could tell.
And another good idea, he unused. ~
he swung tho timepisce into his vest
pocket, would be to add the splendor OF
a small white stone to his modest scarf.
There u only one ~well-dsdned precspt
amonE the sporting f~rstsrnity: vhsn
6ush. buy Jewelry.
Not to the cause Of vanity. not at all F;
but precious stones and gold watches
constitute . kind Of reserve fun against
the evil day. When n has money In
the pocket the hand II quick and eager
10 md Il. But 1ewelry 10 protected by
a certain quality Of caution /; Il 10 not
too readily passed ovsr bars and gam
ing tables. While the p%swnbroker stands
between the passion and the green oA'se
there's food for thought.
Having settled these questions to his
satisfaction there nrmained but one
other. how 10 spend his time II would
be uselsss to seek the English bar be-
fore noon. Might a. wen rambls
through the native town and the b.
saar. He might pick up some little
curio to give to Fortune. 30 he beck
onsd to an IDLE driver. climbed Into the
carriage. and was driven on - q en-
pires hung upon minutes.
Ryanns wsarisd Of the oesaars
In Cairo. They we're to him no lses On.
chanting than the circus parades of HE
youth. In certain ways they wsre not
to be compared with those In Constants.
nopls and smyrna; but. on the other
hand. there was more uGht more
charm. more color. Peehaee the magic
neasnsss Il the desert had soasthing
70 DOT with u. the sAiAasw skies. The
svsr-e eusrtn6 s~uGssotions q a~ntiQuity.
ma vvkav a-anvaNlan IA s~aan ~ ~