The evening world., 1914-05-01
DIN FROM BROADWAY II
a New Workers. Strange Exploits
IN FORBIDDEN World" of the Orient

prlysr-booAn galore: you could f,nd
thsm even in the Christian quarter
In that conservative old city itself.
Their proof. par excellence. of his
~oztme." In their syes--ths one proof,
tnoontrovertible, of the sams-was the
man himself. Lot them catch him,
produce him. tear OF his cloak and
the rest would be simple. Ills skin
would proclaim the truth. for II was
E unlikely the dye extended much BE-.
yond faoo. shoulders and hands and
armA. and II It did Il could easily
b washed or or removed.
All this being 30. how would the
saAdler now regard the little article
Stanton had lost, and. what was more
important, what would Sadi DO with
~ Would he keep It. would he hide
It would he give II to Amad. or
another course Of action. In this CON-
nsction suggested itself
That object. for all true believers.
possessed. definitely and unQuaiinsdly
dslsterious and injurious attributes.
The mere personal possession Of Il
might bring all manner OF iii-luck, or
trouble. for thus strongly does super
stition reign in the minds OF those
people. Iblees. spirits. the evil eye.
bad gsnii and what mot, are real men,
aces to them. They murmur proprie-
tary words on many oocasions-"Allah
akbari"-And work out . score Of
charms. When they do not work them
out themselves they have others work
them out for them and pay for this
task.
Now, Il might be. sadi would not
continue to keep such An object on his
pervon, to permit II to rub its per-
niclous pages against those Of his
precious Koran. But Amad for the
same reason would not want II In his
house. A train of untoward events.
once started. Il not easy to stop. and
an English prayer book that has re-
posed. undotected for a long while.
even In the holiest city itself. should
DO handlsd with tongs.
That such proclamation had been
possible proved It . vsr1table instru-
ment Of the devil. . malicious child Of
the sheytans. or black ones. them
selves. No. Sadi would not run the
risk Of carrying II long. II Stanton
was any Judge Of MohammedAn
character. Perhaps the ssddlsr would
put II In his tiny safe. In that outer
onics7 And 20 cause his gold to turn
into nithy ptastsrs, or vanish alto
gstherf Hardly
Tho eye Of the young man. half
interpretive. CHANGED to rest on .
mankal or braxier. He hardly knew
he was looking at It but subcon-
sciousiy. his regard deepened. Then
consciously. he became aware Of the
fact and suddenly he got up and
walked over to the copper receptacle.
A few flakes Of dead ashes yet
smelled Of frankincense, and he
swept them aside. Whereupon an
exclamation fell from his lips and he
snatched at something. or part Of
something.
Charred paper-that's what II wasi
All that remained of the little vol.
umer His brain leaped rapidly. ir-
revocably. to the conclusion. Tho
saddler had procured from . faklr
the customary dyed salts. certain
seeds. and q few chips Of fragrant
bark. and had had . little incanta-
ton scene all to himself while con-
signing the prayer book to the Goals.
The young man stared blankly at
the ashes that had once been paper.
and tho moment was . bitter ono for
him. He had Loaf and no had an
especial reason for wanting to win
now. Intact or reasonably 90. tho
little volume would have meant ten
thousand pounds to him. Nay. morsl
For now that this souvenir OF his
pilgrimage was practically destroyed.
no would be out his own ten thousand
pounds, his all. He shook his head
sadly. One hundred thousand dol
larsi
It seemed . lot Of money-enoush
to start housekeeping with, II one
was lucky enough TO and q wifs-a
real ons-not . pretended one. with
that hundrsd thousand. he might
have had moro courage to hope; to
WOO and win. to have and to hold
Incidentally. to provide! or course.
love laughs at poverty. and very
properly. But It would not be easy TO
tell her what a COMPOUNDED ass he
had been-how he had lost his little
alto say:
Behold! I have reduced myself to
nothing Share IT," That would be
generous! A tine
He had wedded her be-
fore as tramp. He didn't have to
play at the role now. II fitted him to
a nicely. was tho heritage Of his own
Well. she was In good hands, at
least. he could tell himself. Fitzger-
aid would look to II that she was
we'll taken cara OF and that iuStics