Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-19
SYNOPSIS.

George Percival Algernon Jones. vice
president of the Metropolitan Oriental
Rug company OF New York thrsting for
romance, is in Cairo on a business trip.
Horace Ryanne arrives at the hotel in
Cairo with q carefully guarded bundle.
Ryanne sells Jones the famous holy Yhi-
ordes rug which he admits having stolen
from pasha at Bagdad. Jones meetn
Major Callahan and later Is introduced to
Fortune Chedsoye by a woman to whom
he had loaned 150 pounds at Monte Carlo
out TO be Fortunes mother. Jones takes
Mrs. Chedsoye and Fortune to polo
game. Fortune returns TO Jones the
money borrowed by her mother, Mrs.
Chsdsoye appears TO be engaged In some
mysterious enterprise unknown to the
daughter. Ryanne interests Jones IN the
pany. a concern which for atprice will
arrange any kind OF an adventure 70 or
der: Mrs. Chedsoye. her brother. Major
Callahan. Wallace and Ryanne. as the
United Romance and Adventure company.
plan q risky enterprise involving Jones
Ryanne makes known to Mrs. Chedsoye
bis intention to marry Fortune. Mrs.
Chedsoye declares she will not permit II.
for home. Ryanne steals Jones letters
and cable dispatches. He wires agent In
New York. in Jones' name. that he Is
friends. sMahomed. keeper of the holy
carpet, IL on Ryanne's trail. Ryanne
promises Fortune that he will see that
Jones come: 20 no harm q. result Of his
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
mysterious actions. Fortune gets a mes
sage purporting to be from Ryanne ask
ing her to meet him in a secluded place
that evening. Jones receives a message
asking him to meet Ryanne at the Engisn,
Bar the same evening. Jones Is carried
of into the desert by Mahomed and his
accomplices after a desperate fight. He
discovers that Ryanne and Fortune also
are captives the former is badly battered
and unconscious. Ryanne RECEIVERS con-
seriousness and the sight OF Fortune in
captivity reveals to him the fact that
Mahomed intends TO get vengeance on
edges that she stole the rug from Jones.
room. She offers to return 1t to Mahomed
II he will free all three of them. Ma
homed agrees to liberate Fortune ana one
Ser Is sent to Cairo for the rug, but re-
turns with the information that Mrs.
Chedsoye and her brother have sailed for
New York. Fortune spurns offered free
dom which does not include her two COM
panions The caravan continues the jour
ney toward Bagdad. Ryanue tells Jones
that Mrs. Checseye Is the most adr1i oft
Fortune. The three captives are rescued
by Henry Ackermann. whosts In charge
OF a carpet caravan. Mahomed escapes
Mrs Cbedsoye discovers the absence of
Fortune and leaves for New York. taking
the girls belongings with her. Through
forged letters Mrs. Chedsoye. the major
and their accomplices take possession of
Jones New York home. Jones. Ryanne
and Fortune arrive at Damascus, Ry-
anne fails In his resolution'to lead a bet
ter life. Ryanne secretly leaves for New
York At Jones' solicitation his partner
Mortimer, offers Fortune a home. but
she declines. Jones then declares his love
and finds that II IL reciprocated. Jones
and Fortune arrive in New York and go
10 the Mortimer home. Jones finds Mrs.
Chedsoye. Ryanne and the rest of the
gang in his home with million in money
looted from an adjoining bank packed
ready for fight. Jones summons Wads-
worth. president of the bank. who II de-
velops Is Ryanne's brother.