The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-15

ANO' Auu you SOlQ IL 10 MT. Jones ?'
 Yes, and MT. Jones was only too glad to buy it. told him the facts. He wasn't particularly eager to bring up the ethics of the case. Why. child, what the deuce is Turk? I shouldn t cry out if some one stole my Bible"
 Good gracious! do you carry one?"
 Well, there's always one on the room stand in the hotels patronize." !"
 T suppose it all depends upon how we look at things"
 That's it. A different pair of spec tacles for every pair of eyes,"
 If only he weren't in love with herI thought the girl. He would then be an amusing comrade. But whenever he met her he quietly pressed his suit. He had never spoken openly of love, for which she was grateful, but his at tentions, his little kindnesses, his un- obtrusiye protection when those other ing between the lines no difficult mat ter.
 What shall you do if this Mahomed you speak of comes?"
 Turn him loose upon our friend Jones'" with laugh.
 And what will he do to him?"
 Carry him off to Bagdad and chop off his head" Ryanne tested.
 "Tell me, is there any possibility of MT. Jones coming to harm?"
 e. val annoyed him.
 'Is it fair, when he paid you gen. erously?"
 He did not look into the grave eyes. They were the only pair that ever dis concerted him. My dear Fortune, it's a question which Is the more valuable to me. my skin or Percival's."
 Tt isn't fair"
 From my point of view it's fair enough. warned him; told him the necessary facts, the eventual dangers. He accepted them all with the Yhior- des. I see nothing unfair in the deal, since I risked my life in the first place."
 And why must you do these des- perate things?"
 "Oh, love excitement. My one idea in life is to avoid the humdrum.
 "Is it necessary to risk your life for these settlements? Is your life noth- ing more to you than something to ex- pertinent with?'
 Truth, sometimes l don't know, Fortune. Sometimes l don't care. When one has gambled for big stakes, 1t is hard to play for penny points"
 "A strong, healthy man like you ought not to court death"
 q do not seek it. My only tempta- tion is to see how near l can get to the Man in the Shroud, as some poet calls it, without being touched. I'll make you my confessor. You see, 1t is like this. A number of wearied men recently formed a company wherepy monotony became an obsolete word in our vocabulary. You must not think I'm testing; I'm serious enough. rms company ferrets out adventures ana romances and sells them to men or spirit. became a member, ana the trip to Bagdad is the result. One nev CT has to share with the company. The rewards are all yours. All one has 10 do is to pay lump sum down for the adventure furnished, You work out the end yourself. unhindered and un- assisted
 Are you really serious?"
 Never more so. Now, Percival Al pernon has always been wanting an venture, but the practical side or him has made him hold aloof. told him about this concern, and he refuses to believe in it. So am going to un- dertake to prove 1t to him. This IS confidential. You will say nothing know"
 "He will come to no harm physical Tyr"
 Lord. no! It will be mild and in- nocuous. Of course, if any one toio him that an adventure was towaru for bis especial benefit, 1t would spoi' all. can rely upon your silence
 She was silent. He witnessed her indecision with distrust. Perhaps ne had said too much.
 wont you promise? Haven't l ai' ways been kind to you, Fortune titues when you most needed hndnessY fE1tT RIANKS-J0B PRlNllNU