Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1912-07-18

i%Earently Of the felIah class. They wore the
common blue kimona-lfke garment, held to-
Setner seemingly by luck, and their small black
S~Rs were thrown over their heads. leaving
rheir faces bare and thus placing them out
slide the pale of Egyptian responsibility. / was
aa1otIt to walk away to avoid their Fostering
'sTgfen my eyes met those of the one who was
I'm the lead, and instantly I was attracted In
Hhace of being repealed.
Her sparkling eyes, turned full on me and
Ignoring all else, told me as plainly as words
could have done that she had some message
Gsor me, and, suspecting that the moment for
which I had been waiting for weeks had ar
rived, | walked slowly toward her, as though
81 a mood to barter. AS We met, seemingly
somewhat Disconnected by M steady gaze of
profound and unconcealed admiration, she
farew her uncouth veil across her face and held
GGut her hands. like one trained to tourist trade.
Enat I might examine her wonderful rings.
TTdose hands could never have known work.
flaey were 30 soft and small; and arms moro
perfectly rounded were never modelled in mar
Tho by a master. Plainly this woman was not
fuE the servant class, to which her companions
I'm. clearly belonged.
One of her hands was half closed, and as
sac laid 1t In mine it opened and a small piece
CT folded paper fell into my palm. Long &C.
cushioned to ways out of the ordinary, / gave
nH sign beyond an involuntary start which she
gsit, but no one else noticed, and proceeded.
With much elaboration, to select a ring which
nj purchased as a souvenir of our first meeting.
Not a word passed between US except as to the
yxice Of the ring, over which there was no
zaaggling.
The women who were with her made a pre-
raznse Of showing me their wares, but 1t was
Gully a show for the benefit of any inquisitlve
persons who might be watching and. without
urging me to buy, they passed on.
Curious as to the contents of the m
cation which had come to me so strangely, but
1sarful Of being watched by l knew not whom,
nc was some time before I went to my room
40 read the note by the light of a tallow can
die. The mysterious missive read: =,
You are Captain Boynton. Are you willing
TO undertake a difficult and perhaps dangerous
snlssion? Answer tomorrow night through the
Sshannel by which you receive this"
Here was a romantic promise Of something
new and real in the way of excitement, for I
could imagine nothing stereotyped growing out
of such an unusual beginning, and 4 rejoiced.
Inasmuch as the only man in Cairo who knew
me as Captain Boynton, and who was a~cquaint-
ed with my ~favorits occupation. was a conf.
4dant Of the Khedive, It naturally occurred to
me that the oily Tewik Pasha was mixed up
In It some way, and I suspected that It involved
another secret movement against British rule
I'M Egypt The latter suspicion was soon veri-
Haed, and there never has been any doubt In
my own mind that I was equally correct in the
conjecture as to the participation, or at least
The silent approval, of Tewfk.
The next evening, before going down to din
ner, I wrote my reply:
Yes, provided 1t Is something a gentleman
can do. and ! am well paid for 1t. But 1 will