Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1913-03-05

| ioaleu nothing; women sang Mt their
work 1t was only at the close OF day
that despair/and defeat stalked the
highways. So she was up with the
sum- whether in her own garden or I'm
these odd and mystical cities. Thus
she saw the native as he was, not as
ne later In the day pretended TO be,
Io1 the benefit OF the Feringhi about
20 De stretched upon tho sacriicial
| stone She saw, with gfadness. the
honey-bee Thrilling the rose, the plow-
mans share barring the soil; the morn
Ing. the morning. the two or three
hours that were all. all her own. Her
mother Wa always irritable and petu.
liant In the morning. AID her uncle
never developed the gift OF speech TIL
after luncheon
she had the same love OF providing
that lured Ryanne from the beaten
paths. She was not inquisitive but
curious. and that ready disar1ning
smile OF hers opened many a portal.
She was balancing upon her gloved
palm, thoughtfully. q Soudanese head.
trinket, a pendant OF twisted gold
wires. fawed emeralds and second
pearls. really exquisite and not gen.
orally to be found outside the expen.
sive shops In the European quarters,
and there infreQuently. The merchant
wanted twenty pounds for It. Fortune
shook her head. regretiully. 1t was
far beyond her means. She sighed
Only once In n great while she saw
something for which her whole heart
cried out This pendant was one OF
F, these.
II VIII give you five pounds for It.
That Is all l have with me"
"Saiaam. madame" eald the jeweler.
reaching for the pendant.
! If you will send IT to the Hotel Sc.
miramis this afternoon :" But
Sue faltered ut the sight OF the mer-
{ chants incredulous emile.
III give you ten for It; not pias-
: ire more. can get one like II In the
Sharia Kamel for that amount"
Both Fortune and the merchant
! turned.
You. Horace?"
Yes. my child And what are Won
doing here alone. without drsgo-
MANI"
ooh. have been through here alone
many times. I'm not afraid Isn't Il
beautiful? He wants twenty Mounds
for 1t. and cannot afford that"
she had not seen him in many
weeks. yet she accepted his sudden an.
pearance without question or surprise.
She was used to his turning up at un.
| expected moments. Or course. she
had known that he was in Cairo
where her mother and uncle were this
secretiVe man was generally within
calling. There had been a time when
she bad eagerly piled him with cues
tons, but he had always erected bar
riers OF evasion. and finally she ceased
her opportunities, for she concluded
that her questions were such. No mat.
ter TO whom she turned there was no
one to answer her questions. questions
born of doubt and fear.
Ten pounds repeated Ryanne. q
hand IN his pocket.
The merchant laughed. Here vero
young man and his sweetheart. HIs
experience had taught him. and net
unwisely. that love Is an easy victim
too proud to hagglo. too generous 10
bargain sharply. Twenty" he re-
iterated.
"Salaam!" said Ryaunc Good
day!" He drew the somewhat resist.
ing hand OF Fortune under his arm
and made for The door "Sh!" he wits
pered. Leave It TO me" They gained
the street
The merchant vas dazed He had
misjudged what ne now recognized a.
an old, hand The two were turning
mp another street when he ran ont
shouting to them and waving the
pendant. Ryanno laughed.
Ten pounds. I am a poor man. a..
fenGi and I need the money. Ten
pounds I an giving Il away" Tho
! merchants eyes filled with tears. n
! trick LETT 20 him from cut Of the ruiua
or hts youth, that ready service IN
forestal tho merilcd rod
Ryanne counted out ten sover.irus
and put tie pendant I'm Fortunes
hand And tho pleasure in his heart
was such as he had not known in
many days. The merchant wisely bur5
ried back 10 his shop
But D." she began protest.
lngly
Tut tut have known you since
you wore short dresses and tam.o.
! shauters"
II really cannot accept 81 as a gift
let me borrow tho ten pounds"
And why can't you accept a nine
aft from NOR
She had no ready answer. She
gazed steadily at The duh pearls and
me naky emeralds She could not ask
! him where he had got those soysr
eigns. Sho could not possibly he 40
cruel She could not dissenbie IN
words like her mother. That gold she
knew 20 be a part o. . dishonest bar
gain whose forester had been n theft
more. a aacrilege. Her honesty was