Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-01-03

er was ~bandaged. In fact. the face ex-
hibited general indications of rough
warfare. the skin broker on the bridge
of the nose, a freshly healed cut I'M
der the seeing eye, a ong strip OIL
plaster extending from h ear to the
mouth. There was nothing Of the beg
gar in his mien. His lean throat was
erect, his chin ~protrusive, the set OF
his shoulders proud and defiant. Ordi-
narily, the few lingering guides would
rudely have told him to be OH about
his business; but they were familiar
with all turbans. and in the peculiar
twist of this one, soiled and ragged
though 1t was, they recognized some
prince from the eastern deserts. Pres
emily he strobe away, but with a stiff
ness which they knew came from long
journeys upon r~acing-camels.
George dreamed that night Of magic
carpets, of sad-eyed maidens, of fierce
Bedouins, OF battles in the desert, OF
genii swelling terriically out Of squat
bottles. And once he rose and turned
on the lights to assure himself that
the old Yhiordes was not a part Of
these vivid dreams.
He was up shortly after dawn, in
white riding-togs. for a fnal canter to
Mena House and return. In two days
more he would be leaving Egypt be-
hind. Rather glad in one sense, rath-
er sorry in another. Where to put the
rug vas a problem. He might carry
it in his steamer-roll; it would be
handler there than in the bottom OF
his trunk, stored away in the ships
hold. Besides, his experience had
taught him that s~teamer-rolls were
only indiferently inspected. You will
observe that the luster of his high
ideals was already dimming. He rea-
soned that inasmuch al he was bound
to smuggle and lie, it might be well to
plan something artistically. He wished
now that he was going to spend Christ
mas in Cairo; but it was too late to
change his booking without serious
loss of time and money.
He had a light breakfast on the
veranda of the Mena House, climbed
up to the desert, bantered the donkey
boys, amused himself by watching the
descent Of some German tourists who
had climbed the big Pyramid before
dawn to witness the sun rise, and
threw pennies to the horde of blind
beggars who instantly swarmed about
him and demanded, in the name Of Al
lab, a competence for the rest Of their
days. He finally escaped them by
footing it down the incline to the ho-
tel gardens, where his horse stood
waiting.
II yuo InnD oft0r nina whnp h. rI{l
from the saddle at the side entrance
Of the Semiramis. He was on his way
to the bureau for his key, when an
exquisitely gloved hand lightly touched
his arm:
Don't you remember me, Mr..
Jones?" said a voice of vocal honey.
George did. In his confusion he
dropped his pith-helmet, and in stoop-
ing to pick it up, bumped into the por-
ter who had rushed to his aid. Re-
member her! Would he eve forget
her? He never thought of her with
out clubbing himself an outrageous ass.
He Strengthened, his cheeks afire;
blushing was another of those uncon-
trollable asininities of his. 1t vas
really she, come out Of a past he had
| AOpCu " NC lhdlly AhlSSuSCltdAt,
the droll, the witty woman, to whom
in one mad moment of liberality and
Galahadism he had loaned without Sc
curity one hundred and fifty pounds at
tho roulette tables in Monte Carlo;
she, for whom he had always blushed
when he recalled how easily she had
mulcted him! And here she was, Sc
rene, lovely as ever, unchanged.
MY dear" said the stranger George
couldn't recall by what name he had
known her): my DEAR" to Fortune
Chedsoye, who stood a little behind
her, this is the gentleman I've often
told you about. You were at school
at the time. l borrowed a hundred and
fifty pounds Of him at Monte Carlo.
And what do you think? When l went
to pay him back the next day, he was
gone, without leaving the slightest
clue to his whereabouts. Isn't that
droll? And to think that l should
meet him here!"
That her name had slipped his
memory, If indeed he had ever known
1t, was true; but one thing fingered
inc~andescently in his mind, and that