The evening world., 1914-05-01


0rse[ - sns u the reasons Why hs
did not - Standing N he shadow
On the stAse slds q ne wan. - ~
net 70 esen ~ oongp1ouously inter
sstsd n - proceedings sheuld any
raaDsraoy avJroaoh. the AeFvish GAw
the git start a. the driver olessA the
doom Of ne oar.
He saw. tsA that involuntarily shs
half arosA But at the same instant
t1s driver reached forward. and the
caA under hi none too skilfui manip-
ulation. bad literally lsaped forward.
She looked around; An instant his
strained case received the Impression
Of . white face and startled eye, then
the car turned q corner.
How long aSo was ths4f 4 min
Ute or nvs minutes o. taAS Al
any rata thsrs was No NE In Stand.
ing there any lonGsr. and slowty As
turned away. Alonsi Wei. the SEN
sation Of headlines should not b Q
novel one 70 . man who had slept
nights and nights on the sanda But
even the solitude Of the desert vas
not like unto this solitude. How.
ever, nothing gained by thinking Of
I'll He squared his shoulders and
marched on. Then he stopped once
mere. overwhelmed BY something As
hadn't thought Of before.
He must be sure-knowIknow 70
. certainty, she had actually been
able to leave the city. that she waS
out there. At this moment, In the Gar.
den Of Eden. speeding away With
another. There was . possibility
that the motor might have broken
down once more. or-or-that some
other unforeseen misfortune had
arisen.
He accelerated his pace to tho near
est exit, the one tho nobleman had
said he would leave by. There. his
half fears were at once alleviated.
The car had sone out some ten or
fifteen minutes ago. She was safe!-
safe! No doubt Of It. The words
rang through his brain. Amad could
never again reach her. to prosecute
her. She was beyond his power and
Vaccinations. Allah DO praisedi
Ten or fifteen minutes ago!" That
meant they were miles from the city
wall now. and going fast! Right
through. or across. the mythical place
OF primevaI bliss. the original seat Of
this sometime Joyous world. And on
= comparatively virgin road for mo.
toristsl No constables to stop them:
NO one to arrest them for speeding;
no glas strswn on the way. Para
disc In this respect u still paradise
an up-to-dats onei ..--
He looked out over the blissful
prospect. Not much to see. Too
dark! But he got q whiff OF the
country-those nice smells that are
the lineai descendants Of tho am
brosial odors Of the poets. He could
and did-take a good sniff Of them.
II was the next best thing to being
In paradise himself. 1t was probably
a. near an he would got to It for
some tine. He had business. for the
present. In the other place." or back
there in the city which in some re-
spects might remind one Of tho other
place.
So he turned away, after murmur-
Ing something-for the benefit of the
soldiers he had QAaastioned-about
c9nines OF Englishmen who went
away and forgot TO reimburse poor
romance reciters they hsd employed
for the entertainment Vi guests. He
voiced this pretext with an attempt
at wofm accents.
"Gons!" He strove to vail, but IL
was not easy. with his heart athrill,
He retreated quickly from the neigh
borhood now. plunging straight into
the heart Of the city. Overhead the
clouds were darker: that sickly glow
was gone. Had the fanatics weartsd
Of their work. The city. too, seemed
quieter. for the moment though II
might BE- but the quiet before
another storm. At any rate, he
felt safe enough. Hts now was
the assurance Of the faithful
(tightrope walkers into hsaven) who.
By faith. are supposed to bs able to
cross Els Sirat that bridge finer than
= hair and sharper than a sword,
spannins 0ehenna, the Arabian pit.
He did not At the moment conceive
Of danger to himself. Why should he!
Al a romance-reciter,n no one would
question him. Her. they might have
recognized. but him. and alone. they
would not know; he could carry out
The role successfully unless?-
A sudden misgiving disturbed his
lpiomb. The strollins players might
tel. under certain circumstances, how
! mad. reckless fellow had forced
hose costumes from them. For q mo-
nent his figurative bridge wavered
Ind wobbled. Then he came once
more to a balance. He even shrugged
He had to take that risk. No way
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