The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-05-02

camel man, white bearded, venerable,
asking FOR some paper that vouched
for tho child's safe delivery. one
can fancy the mother, far far away,
prisoner. IL you will. though a wife,
waiting for that paper-hcr heart
torn. yet thankful. waiting prayers
across distance. There's a situat ton
Tor you"
Fitzgerald paused. stanton's mind
was making pictures. The white.
bearded camel man, the child, the
camels-he could SEQ them winding
over sandy places, tho long shadows
OF tho great ungainly beasts, tho lit
tie one nesting perhaps as n snow
hake on a broad breast beneath q
venerable beard on rythmicaliy
on tho child, wonderful. beautiful
now lisping beneath tho sornbre
shadow of those great trees whereof
the temple Of Solomon was buiided,
heedless OF destination--min not
tho whittier, the how. the where7-a
mite In great caravan big eyed.
smiling confidently into swarthy
facss.
After the mother dled"-Fi,zrer.
AID plunged again into tho narrative
the Mohammedan husband took I'M
70 himself second fayorite. or prin-
cipal wife. Light Of Life. Now comes
another epoch In tho child's life. Tho
old preacher reinern bers some one
presenting a paper for the child. He
doesn't remember very wildly, for he
IN getting old and absent minded
Has worked In many missions so
very. very long! The old missionary
was not satisfied to give her up. how
ever. and later she was removed sur
rsptitiously --smuggled away
Hut why should they Light OF
Life have wantsd"---- began stan
ton.
Her back? There are several rca-
sons Mere conjecture! The girl was
beautiful. The stepmother may have
May have BEEN" From tho young
man. soto voce.
"She may have planned to sell her
In marriage to some benign old Mus
sulman Of means"
mo doubt that was IT,
Also. Light Of Life may have been
most devOut, n fanatic. In rescuinx
the child from the dogs OF Christians
and their pernicious influence, she
was Performing a service to Allah.
The missions did what they could TO
md some trace Of her. but without
succeSs. Light OF Life saw TO that"
Light Of Life!" Stanton murmured
something softly In Arabic. It was
not blessing on the head Of his sx-
stepmother-in-law.
And the English father--how did
you find out about %
Tho young lady brought them away
with her. Perhaps you did not know
she was the possessor OF several fine
examples Of tho goldsmith's art7"
'Oh, yes. I did" Dryly. Didn't
she try to bribe me with them once?"
Stanton's eyes became half whimsi-
cal. half tender.
"Brbs7 For whatT
Never mind"
Man Of mystery" laughed tho
nobleman. Evidently you did not
examine the pieces very closely"
81 did not"
THAT you should have done. my
good and incorruptible friend. Had
you done so you would have discov-
cred on one or two of them certain
marks-old tracings OF a coat OF arms
-English. KNEW It very weil. oues-
toned tho young lady. Seems there
In a caretaker and his wife. Chris
tians themselves. who were devoted
10 her mother. Tho latter. Just be-
fore she died. gave these old trinkets
to them to keep for tho child. This
service they faithfully performed.
When she showed them to mo began
to wonder.
Happened b know something OF
the fathers family. Used cable.
Kept tho wires sizzling. a. you Amer
leans say. You know the result.
Verified all the facts. Traced record
of marriage. too. How'd she happen
To show me the jewelry7 Oh. she
didn't try to bribe me. No such
luck! Not 20 sure I'd be no incor-
ruptible. Truth II. we'll. you know.
the lady had some vague ideas about
the wolf at tho door. between ideas
about something else that might or
might not have happened at Damas-
Gus. and, chatting aside. she felt Inn
PEELED tO-you understand? Didn't
want to be a burden on the mission
folks. No danger OF that now" the
nobleman added. 'She can get along
nicely, tndeedV'
The other did not pursue tho sub
ject. she knows all this?' he asked
abruptly.
"She does"
whats" - Stanton swallowed -
whats her name?" Fancy having to
ask the name OF ono whom once you
fondly imagined was your wife!
MARY Carruthers."
"Carruthers? Miss Carruthers."
Stanton repeated the name like q
child In the first grade saying his lot
tors. MARY Carruthers''-- II wasn't
n bad name. In fact. II was a very
nice name. But II was like getting
acquainted with her all over again.
He sighed. Then he frightened. Al
lab be- praised she was not an Honor
able Miss Anybody. He had been
spared that. lie felt confused, how
aver. He couldn't help II. He had
felt that way before, only this was o
now variety OF tho mixed up feeling.
Maybe. he would have to ask some
body for her hand. There might APP
pear q brand-new lot OF relatives
md meddlers and people who advise.
Sometimes these people talk OF
grand matches" or desirable
"Desirable7" That was the
word. Was he desirable? Some Of
that fanciful batch of new relatives
might have doubts. There might be
IN Anglo-SaxOn Light Of Life among
'hem-a regular terror. His heart
sank. He could imagine as many oh
stacles az a timOrous boy sees bogy
'aces on tree trunks In q forest At
iusk time.
Sure you aren't q romancs-re-
,iterY" no said grufrly to the noble