Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-11-14
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BY
Harold Mac0raih

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no. I don't suppose It would I've
an idea that we're all on the way 70
the home of Haroun-aiRashid-
s'Bagdad," musingly.
.Tt's the rug. But do not under
stand you in the picture"
mo more do L"
with a consideration that spoke
well Of his understanding. be did not
speak 70 her again TIL food was
PASSED. Later, when the full terror
Of the affair took hold OF her. She
would be dreadfully lonely md would
need TO see him near, 20 hear his |
voice. He forced some Of the hot /
SOUP down Ryanne's throat, and was |
glad to note that he responded little |
After that he limpsd about the strange
camp. but was careful, 20 set In no
ones way. Slyly he took note Of this
| face and that. and his satisfaction
| grew as he counted the aftermath OF
/ the war. And Il had taken i've OF
them. and even then the result had
! been In doubt ND 20 the moment when
bis head had gone bang against the
stucco. He took q melancholy pride
in his swollen ear and half-shut eye
He had always been doubtful regard
ing his courage; and now be knew
that George percivai Agernon Jones
was as good a name as Bayard
The camelboys (they are called
! boys oil the way from ten years up 20
= forty. having hobbled the beasts
were portioning each q small bundle
of tibbin or chopped straw in addition
20 what they might find By grazing
Funny brutes, thought George, as be
walked among the kneeling aniTnalsi
: TO go FIVE days without food or water
z 20 travel continuously from twenty
a hve TO eighty miles the dayl Other
z vere busy with the pack-baskets. 1
tent. presumably MahOmed's, was be
'e ing erected upon a clayey piece o
ground I'm between the palms No on
entered the huts, even out Of curios
fly; so George was certain that IN
desertion had been brought about b
y. one plague or another. A smahe
tent was put UP later, and he va
grateful at the sight OF II II meeI
a little privacy for the poor girl Gre'
God. how helpless be was. how bel
less they all werei
no An incessant clatter. occasional
interspersed with a laugh, went o
81 The Arab. unlike the East Indian.
er. not ordinarily surly; and the
i seemed 20 be good-natured enoug
They eyed George without MALE
us The war OF the night before had be
re- all in a days work, for which n
had been literally paid. While be b
spent much time IN the Orient a
T had ridden cameis. a rsal carav
1 prepared for weeks OF travel, was
80. distinct novelty, and so he viewed
III with interest, knowing perfectly "
in that within few days he would i
NC upon these activities with a dull. no
less anger. He went back 20
IL Girl and sat down beside her.
lent Have you any idea Why you
-, hereg"
NO; unless he saw me IN the
lOI zaars with Horace. and thought
rch. torture him by bringing me along
,r Horacei A chill that was not OF
night ran over his shoulders. So
eve called the adventurer by his q
name? And how might her pres'
torture Ryanne2 George felt v
In that bitter moment. Ay. how N
not her presence torture him q
He had never, for the briefest sI
thought OF Ryanne and Fortune al
inv same time. She spoke. apatheti'
1t was true, as II she had known
-. Gil her life. The wisest thing he c
y do was TO bring Ryanne 10 a cond
where he could explain some par
the enigma and be Of some use.
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