Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-18

| All of our grand opera singers pFeath
( breathe, most of the breathing oeli.
sounds like a canary in q violent rage
dominated whiteness of his teeth. Yes,
I have found you 90, y,
,"And you have been looking for me?
,Ryanne, with an airy gesture, signi'
fed that he wished to enter MS car.
riare Mahomed, with a movement
equally light, implied his determlha'lon
to stand his ground.
I'm a moment, effendi." he said
smoothly.
Mahomed spoke English more or less
duentlv. His career of forty-odd years
had been most colorful. once
voung sheik of the desert. OF ample
following, a series of tribal wars lett
him unattached, a warderer without
tent. village, or onion-patch. He mad
Arst appeared in Cairo. Here ne had
of necessity picked up few words Oh
english: and from laborer IN the cot.
ton fields he was eventually graduated
to the envied position OF dragoman or
guide. He tired Of this. being noma'
die by instinct and inclination. He
tried his hand at rugs in Smyrna
failed, and found himself stranded IN
Constantinople. He drifted, became
stevedore, a hotel porter, burying his
pride till that moment when he could.
in dignity and security, resurrect 1t.
Fortune, hanging fire, relented upon
his appointment as cavass or messen'
ger to the British consulate. After
time, he became what he considered
prosperous; and like all fanatic pa
gans Of his faith, proposed to recon
struct his religious, life by Pilgrim
age to Holy Mecca. While there. ne
had performed a considerable service
in behalf of the future Pasha OF Bag
dad, who thereafter gave him Z piece
in his retinue. o. a,.,.t 3.sa..t
| Mahomed was not only proud put
wise; and series Of events, sequences
OF his own shrewdness, pushed
him forward till he became in deed, II
not in fact, the Pasha's right.hand man
| in Bagdad. That quaint city. removed
as 1t is from the ordinary highways
of the Orient, is still to most OF us an
echo remote and mysterious; and the
present Pasha enjoys great privileges,
over property, over life and DEAN;
and it Is not charging upon fact to
say that when he deems 1t necessary
to lop off head, he does 80, "l"houe
consulting his master IN Constantln-
ople It is all In the business OF DAY.
Next to his celebrated pearls and rose
diamonds, the Pasha held as his mos
precious treasure, the Holy Yh1ordes.
And for it's loss Mahomed kne" tnat
his own head rested but insecurely
upon his lean neck. That his star was
still in ascendancy he believed. The
Pasha would not be in Bagdad 10Y
many weeks. The revolution IN Con-
stau.lnopIe. the Success OF the Young
Turk party, made the Pasha's future
incumbency a matter OF conjecture
While he pulled those wires familiar
to the polit .;ia' Naiinmed set out
brayely to recover the stolen rug. He
was prepared to proceed to any length
e. regain even to the horrible ITO
his Orient mind) necessity OF buying
| IT.. He retained his travel-Worn gar
ments circumspectly, for none would
believe that his burnouse was well
lined with English bank.1otes.
! "Well?" said Ryanne, whirliug his
cane. H.. wae ly r means at ease.
There Was going r.. &c trouble some
where along the road.
II have come for the Yhiordes,
effenAi
; ; "The rug? That's too bad. I
haven't it.
"Who has? One fear beset Ma
homed's heart; this dog. whom he
called effendi, might have sold it. since
that mus: have been he ultimate pur-
nose of the theft And IL he had sold
| it to one who had LETT Egypt. Ma
homed's neck grew cold. "Who has
it, effendi? Is the man still in Calro?
eyes. # YOU and your two friends
will come with me to the English-Bar.
III explain many things TO YOU as
srred Ryanne, beginning, as he be-
lieved, to see his way forward. Don't
he afraid. I'm not setting any trap
for you. I'll tell you truthfully That
didn't expect to see you so soon. Ii
you'll come along I'll do the best
can to straighten out the matter. What
do you say?" ... g.
Mahomed eyed him with keen dis
trust. This white man was as strong
in cunning as he was In flesh. He
had had practical demonstrations.
Still, whatever road led to the recov-
|ery of the rug must needs be travelled
His arm, though it still reposed in a
sling, was not totally helpless. 1t
stood three to ona, then. He spoke
briefly to his companions. over whom
he seemed to have some authority.
These two inventoried the smooth
faced Feringhi One replied. Ma
:ss.n,e,1 .prroved Three to one. and in
these streets many to call upon, in
case of open l1ostilities. The English
Bar Mahomed knew tolerably we'll.
He had known 1t in the lawless and
reveling eighties. 1t would certainly
be neutral ground, since the proprietor
was Greek. With dignifed sweep
of his hand, he signed for Ryanne to
lget into the carriage. Ryanne did so,