Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-01-07
gagged, aren't you?"
ITO whom, pray?"


and showed the whole OF her splendid
height and figure. @b
"I'd scorn to deceive you, Mr.. Der
gash--or | should say, Saint | was
engaged to the captain once. But II
was mistake, both on his part and
on mine, and it's over and dole with
wouldn't marry him now. no. not II
he was to come down on his Bonded
knees to me, no, nor even If he was
to ask me on paper. If any ladys seen
the foolishness Of marriage, without
going so far as to have her finger
burned with a ring. it's me. That's
straight. You can loo upon me as ar
old maid. and glad Of 1t. No, Mr.
Saint, there's no marrying for yours
truly" $50
81 can imagine that being wife to g
man who's behind on harrow income
would be an overrated amusement"
at would he all right snapped
Miss Dubbs. "if the man was the right
man." ,...a.- H
:, "Oh, quite agree with yon-as lone
as the novelty of it lasted. Only. don't
you think that the old saying about
romance is pretty true?"
(which old saying?"
"Why, that romance flies out of the
window when there are not enough dol
lars on the hearth to keep it warm
Mark you, I'm only theorizirg or. OF he
more accurate. quoting theory Fol-
myself. I've always been one Of those
very ordinary men who have nave,
known what it Is to he otherwise thar
well-off I've always had more money
than T knew how to sDena. and more
servants than I could koe0 amused
and more power than | really know
what to do with. Ever try power, Miss
Dubhso Ever occur to vow that in nv
small KINGDOM up here I'm the most
absolute monarch now reienn" on
earth? I've the high justice, the mid
die. and the low. If I took the richest
of my subjects this afternoon, or the
poorest, and cut off his head. and MT
into my own house the uttermost mart
Of his possessions. do you think any
BODY would object?
mot a solitary man. woman or child
Iof them If tomorrow morninp called
'out every man among my subjects he
tween the ages of sixteen and sirtv
and led them against the srftan q,
Morocco--or say against the Wan
garoo-led them. if you like. to what
they knew would be certain death. dc
you think there would be a question
asked or an objection raisedo Not
one. Oh. ! tell you there arc no mod
ern ideas of the peoples rights among
the Berbers OF the Atlas. They are
firmly mbued with the idea that thev
merely remain alive for the narthl'
honor and the heavenly delie" NJ
serving a saint, and | haven't il in me
to teach them anything different"
"You ought to he happy"
81 ought I believe I should he il
nv father had ,Ot made that one fata
blunder of sending me to England fol
an education. It was GOOD for the
tribes: admit tina, But it has ius
been hell for me- After J have seer
English women like yourself who are
free, practically. as men who ride
dance, play tennis. write books ride
to hounds. how could I marry woman
of my own people. who has h4er
drought I'D behind veil. and thinks
It immoral to know how to read and
write. or to have any idea Of hel
own"
II must say I think the wav vonr
ladies tattoo the tops Of their noses
disgusting"
"And il you like there's that also
couldn't sit down for tho rest Of life
opposite a Mrs. Bereash with he,
family coat Of arms tattooed in wavv
lines across her face. | thought moth
ing of it once, but now simply
couldn't do it, And that. I'll trouble
you, is only one result Of Cambridge
But wouldn't your people be an
4 81 ~ ;of, ~
for your wife?"
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 permitted to be on
earth for the one and only purpose OF
doing their saints will. And besides
it has almost always been a custom
with us kaids to 60 abroad for our
wives. The records carved up on the
stone of one of the rooms below, and
I'll show 1t to you II you like.
I'VE can't read lot Of the earlier
inscriptions. But one of the more re
cent queens was a Phoenician: two
more were Carthaginians; one was
brought from that bigamous old sweep
Solomon. as the price for a Barbary
Il lion: several were Roman in Rome's
prime: then there we're Visigoths. and
Huns, and 1berians and Morse girl
and some French. Two were English
taken from ships by some Of our peo
pie who went a-raiding from Sallee
My grandmother was daughter of a
Spanish consul at Mogador."
"But your mother?"
"She is a pure-blooded Berber. My
father was the exception to our rule
And, moreover, he loved her. AS dc
also"
I'm sure she's very pleasant lady
though must admit that she strikes
me as 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 queen"
"She did not"-Miss Dubbs shivered
81 don't speak Berber. of course. and
Il don't understand lot that goes on
but l rather thought she ordered one
lady we called on to be flogged.'
"I'm not supposed to know what
goes on behind the curtain and make
a point Of not knowing. But II admit
if you like, that it's quite possible. My