The Mena weekly star., 1913-05-22
Copyrght 1911 by Bobbs-Merrill compar' fGontInued from last iSsue)
CHAPTER X.
Mahomed Laughs.


 oned Fl -Gebel meant to take repris. |in this congested quarter. It would 7re gained him no advantage what 4er. And Ryanne's perception of tho 1a eft situation enabled him to smila m the cool effrontery of a man in "a to sudden dangers.
 tWell, well! So you have found o1r way to Cairo, Mahomed?" *Yes, effendi," returned Mahomed, 1fh smile that answered Ryanne's < thought and expression, the only erceivable difference being in the ac. lntuated whiteness of his fine teeth IS, have found you"
 And you have been looking fol "a"
 *Surely."
 Ryanne, with an airy gesture, signt ad that he wished to enter his car &ge Mahomed, with a movement i&ally light, implied his determina. 5n to stand his ground.
 In a moment, effendi," he said npothly.
 Nahomed spoke English more or Fl fuently His career of forty-odd I1rs had been most colorful. Once mng sheik of the desert, of ample Rowing, a series of tribal wars left m unattached, a wanderer without Et, village or onion-patch. He had H appeared in Cairo. Here he had necessity picked up few words of 1slsh; and from laborer in the cot & fields he was eventually graduated |8he enyied position of dragoman or Dc. He tired of this, being nomadic #instinct and inclination. He tried Xhand at rugs in Smyrna, failed, and Ihd himself stranded in Constanti- @le. He drifted, became a steve H, hotel porter, burying his pride Fl that moment when he could. in Rity and security, resurrect 1t. For a, hanging fire, relented upon his pintment as cavass or messenger *the British Consulate. After "a, he became what he considered Eperous; and like all fanatic pa s of his faith, proposed to recon Rct his religious life by a pilgrim X 10 Holy Mecca. While there, he l performed considerable service Hpehalf of the future Pasha of Bag
 who thereafter gave him a place Dis retinue.
 ahomed was not only proud but
 and a series of events, sequences 2his own shrewdness, pushed him Eard till he became in deed, if not =<act, the Pasha's right-hand man in Xoad. That quaint city, removed es f from the ordinary highways of Orient, is still to most of us an
 remote and mysterious; and the lent Pasha enjoys great privileges, i property, over life and death;
 1t Is not enlarging upon fact to that when he deems it necessary pp off a head. he does so, without ulting his master in Constanti- e. It is all In the business of a
 Next to his celebrated pearls and diamonds. the Pasha held as his II precious treasure, the Holy zprdes. And for Its loss Mahomcr " that his own head rested but il. 'Arely upon his lean neck. That his # Was still in ascendancy, he be- M The PaSha would not be in *pad for many weeks. The revolu- m Constantlnople, the success of oung Turk party, made the aa 8 future incumbency a matter of
 cture. While he pulled those
 familiar to the politician, Ma. set out bravely to recover the n rug. He was prepared to pro-
 to any length to regain 1t, even
 e horrible (to his Oriental mind) ssity of buying 1t. He retained raVelworn garments circumspect- |*or none would believe that his ouse was we'll lined with English -notes.
 eily' said Ryanne, whirling his
 lie was by no means at ease. e was going to be trouble some
 e along the road.
 nave come for the Yhiordes, eff. ne rug? That's too bad. haven't
 no hasH" One fear beset Mahom.
 neart; this dog, whom he called
 ' might have sold it, since that
 nave been the ultimate purpose
 theft. And if he had sold it
 "ho had left Egypt Ma
 5 neck grew cold. "Who has
 enulY Is the man still in Cairo?" es' If you and your two friends 'olhe with me to the English.B
 plain many things to you" as-
 Nyanne, beginning. as he be-
 i' 10 see his way forward. "Dont
 'aiu' I'm not setting any trap for
 III tell you truthfully that I
 expect to see you so soon. If
 csme along I'll do the best can
 aisnten out the matter. What do
 noned eyed him with keen dis-
 This white man was as strong
 lnihg as he was in flesh. He had practical demonstrations Still.
 yer road led to the recovery of
 s must needs be travelled. His
 though it still reposed in a sling.
 not totally helpless. It stood
 'o one, then. He spoke briefly
 companions. over whom he
 10 have some authority. These
 "'ehtoried the smooth.faced Fer
 ohe replied. Mahomed ap.
 Three to one. and in these
 many to call upon. in case of