The evening world., 1914-04-29

door," she observed. As IL the dervish
did not know! He had been glad
enough to pass out of 1t safely once
before that day. Would he be as
fortunate on this occasion2
"Is he alone?' the dervish asked In
4 low voice. His eyes bad begun sud
denly to glitter.
was with him. I was to admit you
when he left"
The saddler possibly still there! And
Amad had sent for the dervish! On
nous circumstance, or coincidence.
But very little seemed to matter now.
The dervish felt about as puissant as q
babe. Amad mad worsted him. He
was going to be married on the NOR
row-this fact kept repeating itself
In the dervish's brain 1t stood out
above all else.
They halted at the door. Voices
came from the inner room.
"Why did you not speak OF this
sooner" Annals tense voice. within,
was heard to say.
II wished to make sure" Sadi an
swered.
and now you are sure?" Incisively.
Something he left behind him, when
he went so hurriedly last night. makes
me so. Something which dropped from
was thrust with them under the settee
In the sufYeh!"
"You have TT" Quickly.
Sadi's reply was inaudible. They
spoke in lower tones now-excitedly.
Their accents were staccato. denot.
ing keen interest, but what they said
was still unintelligible to the dervish'
Were they examining that some.
thing" that had once been all In all
Ii. l,A hal n
ticed it's loss. His mind must nave
been strongly engrossed otherwise.
Even now he felt an odd apathy that
they should have it-though II repre-
scented q fortune, his all. and he had
left II behind him. In her house Tne
fact didn't seem to matter so mucn'
somehow.
IT remember a legend Of an Eng
lishman"--they heard Amad say In
a rasping voice, but his other words
were lost.
murmured the woman at the der
visits side.
He shrugged. He felt no great con-
Germ over Sadi's discovery" few
days ago II would have meant every
thing to him, but now-an extra haI-
ard or two-when his life was already
forfeited! Tho morrow-thats what
he was thinking of-tho ,rrevocable
morrow! Sadfs words. now heard,
had almost frivolous, unmeanins
sound:
IT ran across him accidentally one
day after dusk. In our holy city OF
one Of the Enclosure walls OF the
mosque. He had removed few OF
the bricks. When he saw ! had dis
covered him he made some excuse
about a miracle hole, and OF draw
ing virtue from the tomb OF rela-
tive of the prophet on the other side
but / learned there was no tomb
near. Then remembered the lege.id
or story you speak Of
Sadis satisfaction seemed painfully
Irrelevant to at least one OF the
Il suspected at Light of Afe's.'
Had I been consulted-but then. a.
that late moment. what could
without authority, do? Besides. one
should. not speak upon mere suspi,
cion, however strong. What IL hac
been In error? The law against Sian
derers Is severe. Sometimes they are
beaten and there are both prisons
and fines for them as penalty.
who am poor man dared MOI
r1Sk-
You have done WELL" interrupted
the diamond merchant, as II impa'
tient OF further explanation. "A
least, you are not a fool, like man,
others. And no doubt you are right
This proof Is conclusive. To thinl
Of the insult of our sacred religion'
Explosively. But that is neithel
here nor there now" he went or
more calmly. THAT idiot Of a dyel
tells me you do not think the fellow
IL dead?"
Sadi's reply TO the diamond mer'
, chant was the same az ne had made
, to the dyer and the others. only III
gave now moro emphatically his rea'
sons for his belief.
IT do not agree with you In this
] for obvious reasons." Amad snappet
back. Think of the reward I Of
tered for any information concerning
himi And not one traee Of him, Nv
; = - Ssia sssaA.