The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-12-05
CHAPTER XXI.
(COntinuedl

my faIner nhu not uauo hhdl OhS
fatal blunder OF sending me to Eng
land for an education. 1t was good
FOR the tribes: | admit that. But
IL has lust been hell for me. After
have seen English women like
Yourself, who are free, practically.
As men; who ride. dance, play ten
MIA. write books. ride TO hounds, how
could I marry q woman Of my own
people, who has been brought up
behind a veil, and thinks 1t I'm
moral 10 know how TO read and write,
or to have any idea OF her own7"
Il must say ! think the way your
ladies' tattoo the tops OF their noses
disgusting" ~
"And II you like. there's that also.
I couldn't sit down for the rest OF life
opposite q MIRA Bergash with her
family coat OF arms tattooed In wavy
lines across her face. / thought
nothing Of Il once, but now l simply
couldn't do II. And that, I'll trouble
YOU, Is only one result OF Cambridge"
dBut wouldn't your people be an
noyed II you went outside the district
for your wifef"
ANNOYED with me? They don't
know the meaning OF the word. As
have tried to tell you. their creed
Is that they are graciously permit
ted to be on earth for the one and
only purpose OF doing their saints
viii. And besides. IL has almost al
ways been a custom with US kaids
To 70 abroad for our wives. The
records carved upon the stone OF
one OF the rooms below, and III
show IL to you IL you like.
1--WE can't read a lot OF the earlier
inscriptions. But one OF the more
recent queens was Phoenician;
two, more were Carthaginians; one
was bought from that bigamous old
sweep, Solomon, as the price for
Barbary lion; several were Roman
In Rome's prime; then there were
Visigoths, and Huns, and lberians,
and a Morse girl, and some French.
Two were English, taken from ships
by some Of our people who went a
raiding from Sallee. My grand
mother was daughter OF a Spanish
consul at Mogador.
But your motherf"
"She II pure-blooded Berber. My
father was the exception to our rule.
And, moreover. he loved her. Al l
do also"
"Pm sure she's a very pleasant
lady. though must admit that she
strikes me az foreign"
The kaid laughed. she would.
But you've seen her here; you've
been about with her into other
houses on the rock. Did she leave
any doubt In your mind as to who
was queen7"
!, "she did not"-Miss Dubbs
shiyered. II don't speak Berber, OF
course, and / don't understand iot
that goes on, but ] rather thought
she ordered one lady We called on
to be logged"
"I,m not supposed to know wnat
oo.s on behind the curtain, ana !
make a point Of not knowing. But
ri admit, IL you like. that It's quite
oossible. NV mother prides herselt
on keeping up the old Berber tradl-
ton, and, anyway, she's grea. on
discipline. She's every ineh
queen
aWell. said Miss Dubbs pointedly.
"all I can say is you'd better not let
vour Miss Chesterman know. AT the
same time I'll trouble you not 10
scovl ut me like that. You'll kindly
remember that I'm lady and Intend
TO be treated as such.
with an effort Sidi Mahommed
Bergash did not beat the table.
should have thought It might have
occurred to you by this time that l
am not altogether a man 10 De tooleu
with. We will leave Miss Chester
man out of the conversation, II you
please"
"Then the conversation, as far as
[ am concerned, will end.
mot at all. II you wish me to ex-
pain, / will do so. l brought Miss
Chesterman and her brother here as
a means to an end
Precisely"
you say precisely Then you
recognize that II was to bring you
here, Emily, that used thens?"
Il recognize nothing CT the sort.
And you will please remember that
my name to you. and for that mat
ter to everybody else. Is Miss Dubbs.'
For the present, II you like, Miss
Dubbs II shall be. For the future
we shall see. In the meanwhile
have the honor to offer you mar
rage"
what, you want to marry me?"
"As you have known perfectly we'll
all along. Now come. my dear girl,
let us look facts In the face. You
are piqued for the moment and raw
CSC you like) from a trivial disap-
pointment. From your own telling
the affaire Kettle was only one OF
many"
cit was nothing OF the kind"
"well, have II your own way. But
your engagement with him is at ar
end. Now look at what / can oftei
you---lands. houses. servants. wealth
power. Did you ever think OF th'
sweets OF Absolute sway, Emily
You will be a queen, with power o.
life and death over all your subjects
and n I know your capacity I shall
be one OF those subjects also. Yol
will want an English girl as com
panion. / give you Miss Chester
man. II you wish for larger king
dom will conquer IL for you
Everything that power can get ant
love can think OF will be yours. Ant
please remember this: have love-
Won from the first moment put eye