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SYNOPSIS.

George Percivsl Algernon Jones. vice.
president Of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company Of New York. thirsting for
romance, ID In Cairo on business trip.
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel In
,Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi.
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from o pasha at Bagdad. Jones meets
Major Callahan and later 10 introduced to
Fortune Chedsoyc BY O. woman to whom
he had loaned 16o pounds at Monte Carlo
1s 70 psns, g. and oa., ~S .:
A1. Chedsoye and Fortune to polo
game. Fortune returns to Jones the
money borrowed BY her mother. Mrs.
Chedsoye appears to be engaged In some
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
SIS,!gis S4InIghteT; Ryanns interest: Jones in the
pany. concern which for q price will
arrange any kind Of an adventure to or
der. Mrs. Chedsoye. her brother. Major
Callahan. Wallace and Ryanns. a. the
United Romance and Adventure company.
plan a risky enterprise involving Jones.
his intention to marry Fortune. Mrs.
Chedsoye declares she will not permit It.
Plans are laid to prevent Jones sailing
for homo. Ryanne steals Jones' letters
and cable dispatches. He wires agent In
New York, In Jones' name. that he Is
Tenting mouse IN New iork 70 some
carpet, Is on Ryannes trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune that he will sec that
Jones comes to no harm as result Of his
purchase Of the rug. Mahomed accosts
Ryanne and demands the Yhiordes rug.
Ryanne tells him Jones has the rug and
suggests the abduction Of the New York
turn. The rug disappears from Jones'
room. Fortune Quarrels with her mother
when the latter refuses to explain her
mystesious actions.
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orable to break his parole. And where
was Ryanne? "Help!"
Mahomed swung his arm round
Georges neck. and the third cry be.
gan with gurgle and ended with q
sigh. Deity. the Arab rebandaged
the prisoners mouth. So be 1t. He
had had his chance for freedom; now
ne should drink to the bottom Of the
bitter cup. along with the others. He
had no real enmity against George;
he was simply one Of the pawns in
the game he was playing. But now he
saw that there was danger In liberat.
Ing him. The other! Mahomed ca.
ressed his wiry beard. To subject
him to the utmost mental agony; to
break him physically. too: to pay him
back pound for pence; to bruise, to
hurt, to rack him, that was all Ma.
homed desired.
George, made no further effort to
free himself. nor apparently to bestir
himself about the future Somewhere
IN the fight. presumably as he fell
against the table. he had received a
crushing blow In the small ribs; and
when Mahomed threw him back, he
tainted for the second time in his life.
he reclined Imply in the corner of
the carriage, the bosom of his shirt
bulging open: for the thrifty Arabs
had purloined tho pearl.studs, the
gold collar.buttons, and the sapphire
cuff.links. And consciousness re.
turned only when they lifted MIN out
and dropped him inconslderately into
the thick dust Of the road He stirred
again at his bonds. but presently lay
still. The pain in his side hurt keen
ly, and he wasn't sure that the rib
was whole. What time had passed
since his entrance to the English. Bar
was beyond his reckoning, but he
knew that, 1t was yet In the dark of
night. as no light whatever penetrated
the cloth over his eyes. That he was
somewhere outside the city he was
assured by the tang Of the winter
wind. He heard low understandable:
and while he possessed smattering
OF the tongue. his head ached too
sharply for him to sense word.
Later. camel coughed. Camels? And
where were they taking him upon a
camel? Bagdad7 Impossible: there
were too many white men following
the known camel-ways. He groaned a
little. but the sound did not reach the
ears OF his captors. To ride camel
under ordinary conditions was pain.
full affair; but to straddle the ungainly
brute, dressed as he was. in a swal.
low.tail and paper.thin pumps, did not
promote any pleasurable thoughts.
They would in all truth kill him be-
fore they got through. Hang the rug!
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CHAPTER XII.
Tho Caravan In the Desert.


Yes, George vanished from the
haunts Of men as completely as II the
Great Roc had dropped him into the
Valley Of Diamonds and left him
there; and as nobody knows Just
where the Valley Of Diamonds is
George was very well lost. Still. there
was, at the end Of a most unique ex.
perience. a recompense far beyond its
value. But. Of course. George, being
without the gift Of clairvoyance, saw
nothing save the immediate and immi.
nent circumstances: a door that
banged behind him. portentously: n
sack. cloak, burnouse. or whatever
It was. flung about his head. and
smelling evilly.
George hit out valiantly. and mer.
ry scufTle ensued. Tho room was
small; at least George thought It was,
for In :he sptee Of one minute he
thum ped against the four sides Of It.
He could see nothing and he couldn't
breathe very well; but In spite of
these Inconvenience he put up three
rounds that would have made some
SIR among the mIddleweights. In the
phraseology Of the fancy. no had a
good punch. All the disappointments
OF the day seemed to become SO many
pounds Of steam In his shoulder: and
he was aware OF kind OF barbarIc
Joy whenever no hit some one. All
the circumspcction Of years. all OF
the gentle blood OF his peaceful for.
bears. gave way to the strain which
still turks In the blood Of civilized hu.
manity. even In the veins Of poets and
parsons. He fought with all the tac.
tics Of a sailor In bar.room, not over.
nicely.
A table toppled over with smash.
Ing noise. George and his assailants
fell in q heap beside II. Thwack!
Bang! George struggled to his feet
and tugged at the sitting envelope.
Some one jumped upon his back, Old
Man Of the Sea style. A savage elbow.
jab disposed Of this incubua And
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was It, since he was now certain that
Mahomed had 1t not? 1t was Ry.
anne; Ryanne. smooth and plausible
Of tongue. Not being satisfied with .
thousand pounds. he had stolen Il
again to mulct some other simple.
trustful person. George. usually so
unsuspicious, was now quite willing
to believe anything Of anybody.
He felt himself being lifted to his
feet. The rope round his ankles was
thrown of. His feet stung under the
renewed flow Of blood. He waited for
them to liberate his hands. but the
CALLING rope was not disturbed. 1t
was evident that the natives still en-
tertained some respect for his fighting
ability. Next. they boosted him, flung
a leg here and leg there; then came
a lurch backward. the recurrence Of
the pain In his side. and he knew that
he was upon the back Of a camel. des-
ert-bound. There were stirrups. and
as life began to spread vigor oncs
more through his legs, he found the
steel. The straps were too short, and
in time the upper turn Of the steel
chafed his irsteps. He eased himself
by riding sidewise. the proper way
to ride camel. but with constant
straining to keep his balance without
the use Of his hands. Fortunately.
they were not travelling very fast. 9TH
erwise, what with the stabbing pains
in his side, produced by the unvarying
dog.trot, he must have fallen. He
was miserable, yet defiant; tears Of
anger and pain filled his eyes and
burned down his cheeks In spite Of
the cloth.
And he. poor fool, had always been
longing for an adventure, taste Of
life outside the peaceful harbor where
in he had sailed his cat-boat! Well.
here he was, in the deep-sea water;
and he read himself so truly that he
knew the adventure he had longed for
had been the cut.and.dried affairs Of
story.tellers. in which only the vii.
lains were seriously discommoded.
and everything ended happily. A
dashing hero he was. to be sure!
Why hadn't he changed his clothes1
Was there ever such an ass? Ryanne
had told him that there was likely to
be sport; and yet he had left the ho-
tel as one dressed for the opera. Ass!
And tomorrow the Ludwig would sail
without him. ......
CTo BE coNT1NuED.)
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And doubly hang the man who had
sold 1t to him!
His whilom friend, conscience. came
back and gibbered at him. Once he
said: Don't do III" and now she was
saying quite humanity: Il told you
sol" Hadn't she warned him? Hadn't
she swung her red lantern under his
very nose? Well, she hoped he was
satisfied. His reply to this brief jere.
miad was that II ever he got his hands
upon the rug again. he would hang
on till tho crack Of doom, and con.
science herself could 90 hang. Mere
perverseness. probably. And where
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CHAPTER xI.-tcon.Inued.)

She had gone scarcely a hundred
yards when she was accosted BY a
tall Arab whom she indistinctly recol.
iected having seen before: where. she
could not definitely imagine. 1t was
the ragged green turban that cleared
away her puzzlement. The Arab was
the supposed beggar over whom Perci-
val chow easily she had fallen into the
habit Of calling him that!) had STUN.
bled. He stood 80 tall and straight
that she knew he wasn't going to beg;
so naturally she stopped. Without
word, without even look that ex.
pressed anything. he slipped note
into her hand. bowed with Oriental
gravity. and stepped aside for her to
proceed. She read the note hastily
as she continued her way. Horace!
Why should he wish to meet her that
evening. at the southeast corner Of
the shari'a Mahomoud.El.Falaki.
step from the British Consulates?
And she mustn't come in q carriage
nor tell any one where she was 80.
ing! Why all such childish mystery?
He could sec her far more conven.
ieneiy In the lounging.room Of the
hotel. She tore the note into scraps
and flung them upon the air. She was
afraid. She was almost certain why
he wished to meet her where neither
her mothers nor her uncle's eye
would be within range. Should she
meet him! Deeper than this. dared
shei Why had she come to Cairo.
when a, Mentone she had known
peaoe. such peace as destiny was gen.
erous enough to dolo out to herr And
now. out Of this tolerable peace. q
thousand hands wero reaching TO rend
her heart, to wiring II. She decided
quickly. Since she had come this
ssr. TO 70 on to the end would add but
little to her burden. Better to know
sll too soon than too late.
Tim, the note had not been direct.
"A 10 her and that she was totally un.
familiar with Rysnne's handwriting.
sscapsS bAf. shs had too many other
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inquired about Fortune. and was In
formed that she had dined in hei
room. A case Of doldrums, Mrs. Ched
soye believed.
I'm In a peck Of trouble" said
George, craving . little sympathy.
In what way?"
THE rug I told you about Is gone
"What7 stolen?"
Yes. Vanished into thin air."
That's too bad. OF course the 20
lice will eventually find It for you"
"I'm afraid that's. exactly th<
trouble. I really daren't put the cast
in the hands Of the police"
"Oh. ! see." Mrs. Chedsoye looked
profoundly sorry.
And here am due for Port sait
tomorrow"
That's the kind that bowls yor
over" said the Major. III there Il
anything can do after you art
gone. :"
"oh. l shouldn't think Of botherint
you. Thanks, though"
you must have lost your key" sug
gested Mrs. Chedsoye.
mo. It's been hanging up in tn,
porter's bureau all day"
"Weli. I hope you find the rug" sait
the Major. with a sly glance at bill
sister.
Thanks. I must be Of. The chal
I bought 1t Of. says that the ofiicia
guardian from Bagdad has arrived
and that there's likely to be som,
sport. I'm to meet him at q plac,
called the English.Bar."
"The English.Bar?". The Majol
shook his head. "A low place. II l re
member"
And you are going dressed llk.
that" asked Mrs. Chedsoye.
Haven't time to change" He ex
cused himself and went In search O.
carriage.
"The play begins, Kate" whispered
the Major. This Hoddy Of ours Il
a wonderful chap"
Poor fellow!"
What; Hoddyi"
mo; Percival. He'll be very un
comfortable in patent.leather pumps.
The Major laughed light.heartedly
II suppose We might telegraph for res
ervation on the Ludwig"
II shall pack at once. Fortune car
find her way to Mentone from Naples
I am beginning to worry about tha
girl. She has temper; and she Il
beginning to have some IDEAS"
Marry her, marry her! How much
longer must l preach that sermon
She's growing handsomer every day
too. Watch your laurels, Kate"
Mrs. Chedsoye inspected her rings
Meanwhile, George directed hi,
driver to go post.haste to the English
Bar. That he found 1t more or less
of dive in nowise alarmed him. He
had been in places Of more frIghtfuI
aspect. As Ryanne had written him
to make inquiries Of the barmaid rela
tive to finding him, he did so. She
jerked her head toward the door a,
the rear. George went boldly to It.
opened 1t, and stepped inside.
And vanished from the haunts oi
men.
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things upon her mind to sec all things
clearly. especially such trifies. She
finished her walk. returning by the
way she had gone. gave the key to the
lift-boy. and in her room dropped
down upon the bed. dry-eyed and
weary. The most eventful day she
had ever known.
And all the while George sat by
the window and watched. and at
length fell into . frame Of mind that
was irritable. irascibls and self.con.
demnatory. And when he found that
his precious Yhiordss was gone. his
condition was the essence Of all disa.
greeable emotions. II was beyond him
how any one could have stolen It. He
never failed to lock his door and
leave the key with the porter. And
surely. only man with wings could
have gained entrance by tho window.
Being thorough business man among
other accomplishments. he reported
his loss at once to the management;
and the management set about the
matter with celerity. At half after
seven every maid and servant in the
hotel had been questioned and exam.
ined, without the least noticeable re.
suit. The rug was nowhere to be
found. George felt the loss keenly.
He was not so rich that he could af.
ford to lose both the rug and the thou.
sand pounds he had paid for 1t. His
first thought had been Of Ryanne: but
1t was proved that Ryanne had not
been In the hotel since morning; at
least, no one had seen him.
George gloomed about. A beastly
day. all told; everything had gone
wrong. and all because he had over.
slept. At dinner something was
wrong with the soup; the fish was
greasy; the roast was dry and stringy;
the wine. full Of pieces Of cork. Out
into the lounging.room again; and
then the porter hurried over to him
with q note from Ryanne. It stated
briefly that It was vitality important
for Mr.. Jones to meet him at nine
o'clock at the English.Bar In the Quar-.
ter Rosetti. Any driver would show
him the way. Mohamed.El Gebel, the
guardian Of the Holy Yhiordes, had
turned up. and the band was begin.
ming to play. Would Mr.. Jones like
little fun by the wayside!"
I'm his man." said George. But
how the devil did this Mahomed ever
get into my room?"
Had Fortune dined downstairs In.
stead of alone in her room, events
might have turned out differently. Ry.
anne had really written to George, but
not to Fortune.
Mahomed, fatalist that he was, had
thrown everything upon the whirllng
scales Of chance. and waited. Later.
no may have congratulated himself
upon his good luck. But It wasn't
luck; It was the will Of Allah that he.
Mahomed. should contribute his slen.
der share In working out the des.
tinies Of two young people.
George was In the proper mood for
an adventure. He went so far as to
admit TO himself that he would have
liked nothing better than q fsticuff.
Tho one mistake ho made In his cal.
cula tons was dress, Men didn't pen.
emily 80 a.venturing In such finical
attire. They wore bcwlers and sack.
coats and carried heavy walking.
sticks. The only weapons George had
were his two hands. now adorned with
snug.ntting opera.gloves.
He saw Mrs. che.dsoys. spoke to her.
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to be so bitterly offended. Great
wrongs may be righted. and the sky
be clear again. but the "all about
nothing quarrels have way OF last.
Ing indefinitely. There Is nothing TO
explain. and nothing 10 apologize for.
we tell ourselves: tho whole thing
was too eilly for words" Exactly
SO; and II Is n pity we did not think
OF this at the time.
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All About Nothinu.

Some OF the saddest "misunder
standings" In life have arisen all about
nothing. Looking backward, we can.
not think why We were SO angry or
what our friend could see in our words
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After Piece.

After Piece.
Tho man who has to eat his own
words has crow for dcssert.-Washlne
ton Post
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!nal owner who has devoted his roo' "
strange uses, often attractive and decoI'
tive. IN spite of the fact that the rulc
Of the Board Of Health regarding We
keeping Of livestock are occasionally W.
fringed upon. Goats are kept on sewers
roofs around town. and the SalVauOu
Army has an arrangement by "h'cn IL
horses are stabbed on the roof OF ~
building on West 18th street. ana al,
hoisted up there after work by means /"
a freight elevator. Hens, chickens QUO"
and geese are raised on the tops OF %,
most unpropitious looking buildings az.
the growing OF garden vegetables IS olu"
INDUCED In.
one enthusiast, whose roof IS 'nou.
and a joy. is the building superlntehusN.
Of the tall Office building at No. 80 "'''
SD street who not only grows SUI.
beans Oh his roof and has flower gs'u'-
there. but gives his attention to eNPe'n
menting with cotton and peanuts anu
even considering bee keeping The hA"'
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ZFr o1lzre1-12g -27 C226I1/l~ooav 90. Serv1 S>~~,

a delicate organism. would die m te"
days Typhoid can i've for years IN
chunk Of solid ice. but series Of success
siye freczings and thawings prove fatal
10 II.
Contagious disease germs vary good
deal IN sic. quite a quarter Of micron
at times. 4 micron is millionth part
of d metre The diphtheria germ IS large
measuring thrce-iifths OF micron IN
length by one-half micron in width. The
streptococcus that produces scarlet fever,
however is only onc-quarter micron
across the waist
one Of the chief illusions most OF us
have about germs is that they are con-
stantly wigglins around In state or
extreme fussincss \ germ without
wlgslc seems a contradiction in terms
which is due perhaps To unconscious as
similation of those terrifying enlargement
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the safe cumulative doses for horses.
which are inoculated again and again
over a term ~ weeks until the horse Is
reckoncd immune Blood drawn from the
immuniz,d horsc is then placed in re-
frirerator TN IL clots and the clear, straw
colored serum separates from the fbriu
and corpusclos. But this preventive
serum is capable Of an unknown degree of
power 300 combating the disease Further
incubation tests have 10 bc made 10 sec
how numerous p colony Of harmful hac-
tcria given amount Of this brew OF
autitoxiu will couutcract Thus its num-
Der Of immunity units is determined.
Then preventative is added and a final
safety test is made hy mouse iuoculdtion.
II this gives good results the anutoNin is
o K'd and sent m on its healing mission
g. humauity M germ farms hy the
way. need a government license and gov
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eminent inspections are frequent and
searching
40 one knows how long germ of con
ugious disease viii live. 80 rapidly does
10 breed that II il impossible to isolate II
from its progeny FOR rrotractod period.
Il is a colJuy's NE feeding breeding and
d,ath-thIt occupies the attention of sci
eutists. Germs are friendly little folk
anyway. they always 60 around In gangs.
Heat and moisture are the contagious
disease germs thrivn, ground. Given
these they can flourish indefinitely for
centuries Serious danger attaches 10 the
removal of human remains from the chol-
era. yellow fever and smallpox grave
yards established during oldtime cpl
denies
cod stems the growth of germs At
- degrees Fahrenheit tuberculosis would
cease 10 grow. and meningitis, which is
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called upon 10 settle the matter.
Beer parties are frequent on the West
Side roofs. Informal picnics that are not
always carried out in the best Sunday
school style The roofs also serve for
various lawless and immoral purposes,
having the great advantage over the pub
lie parks that they are neither lighted nor
policcd.
Two small boys once used the roofs as
a camping ground They ran away from
home. supplied themselves with food.
making cache OF their stores on the
roof. and were away on d pleasant vaca-
ton for something over two months with
ont any trace OF them being discovered
by their families. When provisions went
low. they succeeded in ptIfering stores
from some of the tenants ~ the buildings
on which they campcd. and enjoyed them
selves hugely during the whole Of their
vacation.
There are many private homes and resi-
douccs in the city where the roofs have
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tubes are placed upside down in the pyro--
eallic acid the black stun that sucks
ott the air. and the oil layer above keeps
them free from further oil ingress
ITS Ike this you soc" continued the
bacteriologist enthusiastically When
TIC
Now. ii is not the simplest thine in the
world 10 talk about germs in the language
understandable by the laymau. They ar"
the smallest beasts on tho face Of the
earth, and they have the biggest names
Five letters are enough 10 spell whale. but
the Western Union would demand
double fee ir YOU telegraUhcd the name
OF a germ 5000. 900 OF which q houseN}
gathers up ON one foot and never knows
they are there We transferred the eX-
PLANTATION to the next room, for-hdve
mentioned tia germ incubator is pretty
warm The room Is kept At uniform
tempcraturc of 9S6 degrees Fahrenheit
and there is no electric fan to amciioratc
it This heat is provided only for breed
ing. however Normally germ colonies
are kent At ice box temperature about 20
degrees Fahrenheit.
Downstairs in his office the chief talked
Of germ farmers work.
When colonies Of bacteria have been
raised they are filtered and the potency OF
the poiscns they have produced Is asrer-
tanned b. injecting the poisons or toxins
into guinea PIGS and noting fatal dose.
From this test II is possible To calculate
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"HE EGYPTIANS sat on their re

~HE EGYPTIANS sat on their roofs
and would have smoked if they
Il had known about tobacco. The AS
syrians told the stars, and the Jews
threw bricks upon the Roman soldiery
from the same old-fashioned point Of
vantage-the fat roof. The Mahome-
tans built domes upon their mosques so
that the faithful might not do sacrilege
by climbing upon them; at least that is
one theory advanced. The Califonians
are famous for their knowledge OF roof
lore, and the Syrians and Orlentals put
their roofs to the proper employment,
namely. that of giving as much pleasure
and fresh air To the householders as is
possible.
Turning TO New York, a tropical city
for three sweltering months, what do We
find? 4 population OF cave jewellers con
tent 10 stew i'm alleyways. To them the
roofs are for the most part unknown-a
vast and trackless prairie where the TOM
cat still uplifts his voice at will and
where the chimney pot pollutes the ether
with the smudgy fumes of coal-often
soft coal, when the city officials are TAX
ing a nap around the corner.
Brick throwing still goes on, TO be sure,
and desutory ball playing, beer drinking
and kite flying take their place in the
lawless wild-roof life of the great me-
tropolis. where the housetops are used by
ganesters as strategic military positions
and where burglars and crooks too often
make their getaway by dropping through