Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-10-31
CHAPTER KIN.
- ? cheerful outlook.

Not 2 Cheerful Outlook.
George. his brain Fin tumult. acrcc
tcyrish courage giving fictitious
strength 10 his body. STAGGERED toward
hlr. To was mad dream. q m.ra-a
cr IFS own disc-6srod thoughts. For
tune there? u was not benevan'e.
What place had she ln THIS tanri,d
web? Re ran his fingers into his hair.
erirUcd. and pulled. II ID was q dream /
the pain did not waken him; Fortune |
sat there stan. Through what ter \
rcrs might she not have passed ths |
preceding nirht2 Alone in the desert, !
without any Of those convenience /
which are 20 women az necessary IS (
the air they breathei He tried 20 run,
but HIS feet sank TOO deeply in tho
pale sand. he could only plod. Re
must touch her or hear her voice;
otherwise he stood upon the brink OK
| madness. There was no doubt In liza
| mind now; he loved her. loved her as
| dceulv and passionately rs any sto
ried knight loved his lady: loved her
| without thought OF reward. unselfsh
IS. with great and tender pity. for UNI
/ consciously he saw that she. Ike he,
was all alone. not only here I'm the
desert. bat along the highways where
| men set mp their dwellings,
Mahomed. having an eve upon al
things. though apparently seeing only
that which was under his immediate
concern. saw the young mans inten-
ton. and more. read the secret I'm his
face. lie was infinitely amused.
/ There were two OF them. so e seemed
| Quietly he slipped in between Georfa
; and the girl. and bis movement freed
| GEORGES mind 81 its bewilderment
Enthusiastically he fung himself upor
P | tho Arab. striving 90 reach the lean
brown throat Nahomed. strong and
& unwcaried. having no hand in the &c
e tual warfare. thrust George back 81
vigorously that the young man los
B. his balance and fen prone upon th
p. sand. he was go weak that the fal
3 stunned him. 1fahomed stepped ioi
r. ward. doubtless with the generous III
d pulse TO prove that in the matter q
Z kicks be- desired 20 show no parua
b. fly. when a hand caught az his bu
x mouse. He paused and looked dow
r. II vas che girl
IS "Dcntl A brave man would not q
3. / that"
IS. Nahomcd. moved by some feelir
q that eluded immediate analyst
turned about IL was time 20 be o.
70 he wished 20 reach Serapeum q
! following night Pursuit he knew
l be out o. the question, since 81
was there 10 know that there was an
thing 20 pursue2 But many miles
tervoned between here and hts des
nation. lie dared not enter Serapeu
In the daytime. Lying upon the can
bank as 80 did, the possibility OF 4
u / countcririg q stray white man c.
I / fronted him. Every camelway Z
/ ouenfed By Europeans must or
crssity be avoided, every town Of q
size skirtod. ard all the while he nj
keep parallel With known paths or
come lost himself Not 70 beco
lost himself. that was his real c
cern. Tie caravan was provision
for months. and he knew Asia MI
as vel as the lines upon his pail
There we're sand-storms. too;
against these biighting visitations
would match his vigilant eye and
instinct Of the camels. The one y
- n which these peculiar storms III
distress him lay in the total obht
lbls ton 81 the way-signs, certain ro'
certain hills. without the guidance
which. Ike a good ship bereft OF
1''o compass. he might fan away from
coursc, Notwithstanding that be We
ID always travel toward the sun.
And there was also the vital q
70 ton Of water; he must measure
yer time between each well. each o.
- so. then. aside from these dan
@Dis Win which he felt able TO cope. q
was one unforeseen: the chance n
Ing with a wandering caravan he'
e"o b. white men IN search OF rugs
noay carpets These fools were eteTi
by o. hunting about the wastes Of
eOy. world; they we're never satisfied
from Icrs they were prowling into coun
new where they had no business 20 be.
snDe always breaking tAe laws Of thf
'nieo Nphs and the Koran.
reo The girl was beautiful IN her