The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1913-01-02

van in truth, prepared for a long and
continuous journey. There were three
pack-camels, laden with wood, tents
and such cooking utensils as the fru
gal Arab had need of. Certainly Ma
homed was a rich man, whether he
owned the camels or hired them fol-
the occasion. Upon one Of the beasts
they were putting up mahmal. a can.
opy used to protect women from the
sun while riding. One Arab, taller
more robust than the others, moved
hither and thither authoritatively
Wound about his tarboosh or feZ was
bright green cufa, signifying that
the wearer had made the pilgrimage
to Holy Mecca. This individual
George assumed to be Mahomed him
self. And he recognized him as the
beggar over whom he had stumbled
two nights gone. Pity he hadn't
known, and pitched him into the Nile
when he had the chance.
Mahomed completed his directions,
and walked leisurely toward George,
but his attention was not directed
toward him. A short distance away,
at Georges left, was man, stretched
out as If In slumber. Over his inert
figure Mahomed watched. He drew
back his foot and kicked the sleeping
man soundly, smiling amiably the
while; a kick which, had Mohamed's
foot been cased in western leather,
must have stove in the sleepers ribs.
Strange, the victim did not stir. Ma
homed shrugged, and returned to the
business of breaking camp.
George was keenly interested in
this man who could accept such
kick apparently without feeling or re-
sentiment. He stood up for a better
view. One glance was sufficient. 1t
was Ryanne, the erstwhile affable
Ryanne of the reversible cuffs: his
feet and hands still in bondage, his
clothes torn, his face battered and
bruised like a sailors of Sunday
on shore-leave. The sight of
Ryanne frightened him considerably.
Although he was singularly free from
She spirit Of malevolence, he was, new
human enough to subscribe
to that unwritten and much denied
creed that the misery of one man rec
onciles another to his. And here was
such as misery loved; here
was a man worse off than himself,
whose prospects were thousand
times blacker. Poor devil! And here
he was. captive Of the men he had
and beaten and robbed. AS
seen through Georges eyes, Ryanne's
outlook was not a pleasant thing to
But oh! the fight this
one must have been! If 1t had taken
five natives to overcome him, how
many had it taken to beat Ryanne
into such a shocking condition? He
was genuinely sorry for Ryanne, but
in his soul he was glad to see him.
One white man could accomplish
nothing in the face Of these odds; but
two white men, that was a different
matter. Ryanne, once he got his legs.
strong, courageous, resourceful, Ry-
anne would get them both out of it
somehow. And If Ryanne
hadn't the rug, who the dickens had?
The tumble Of questions that rose
n his mind, seeking answers to the
riddle of Yhiordes rug, subsided even
IS they rose. The bundle to the far
side of Ryanne stirred. He had, in his
general survey of the scene, barely
set glance upon 1t, believing it to |
)e a Conglomeration of saddle-bags
made Of wool and cotton) and blan-
kets. 1t stirred again. George stud
ed it with a peculiar sense of detach-
nent. A woman; a woman in what !
lad but recently been smart Paris
an tailor-made street-dress. The
rubbing her eyes, bore her
self up painfully to sitting posture. |
She was white. All the blows of the |
hight past were as nothing in COM
)arison with this invisible one which |
seemed to strike at the very source |
If his life.
Fortune Chedsoye! ;