The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-09-03

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/ and hurried off across the docks. On
the landing stage, mind!"
| The captain came and put his head
out of the door.
Mr. Quest" he said, "can you spare
me moment? You can all come, If
you like"
They moved up towards him. The
captain closed the door of his cabin.
He pointed to carpet-sweeper which
lay against the wall.
Look at that" he invited.
They lifted the top. Inside were sew
eral sandwiches and small can of
tea.
What on earth is this?" Quest de-
manded
The captain, without word, led
them into his inner room A huge
lounge stood in one corner. He lifted
the valance. Underneath were some
crumbs.
you see,' he pointed out, there's
room there for a man to have hidden,
especially il he could crawl out on
deck at night. / couldn't make out
why the dickens Brown was always
sweeping out my room, and took up
this thing little time ago and looked
at it. This is what / found"
Where's Brown" Quest asked,
quickly.
I rang down for the chief steward"
the captain continued, and ordered
Brown to be sent up at once. The
chief steward came himself instead
1t seems Brown went off without his
wages, but with huge parcel of bed
ding, on the first barge this morn
ing, before anyone was about"
Quest groaned as he turned away.
Captain" he declared, Il am
ashamed. He has been here all the
time and we've let him slip through
our fingers. Girls he went on brisk
ly, turning towards Laura, who had
just come up, "India's of. Well
catch this barge, If there's time. Our
luggage can be put on shore when the
boat docks"
The captain walked gIoomily with
them to the gangway.
Professor" Quest asked, "how long
would 1t take us to get to this Mongar
village you spoke about?"
1.-TWO or three days, If we can get
; camels," the other replied. Il see you
agree with me, then, as to Craig's
probable destination"
Quest nodded
What sort of fellows are they, any
way?" he asked. will it be safe
for us to push on alone?"
with me" the professor assured
him, you will be safe anywhere. /
speak a little of their language. /
have lived with them. They are far
more civilized than some of the in
terror tribes
They disembarked and were driven
to the hotel, still discussing their
project. The professor had disap-
peared for some time. but rejoined
! them later.
: 1T is all arranged" he announced
Il found a dragoman whom I knew.
> We shall have four of the best camels
: and small escort ready to start to
morrow morning. Furthermore,
t have news. An Englishman, whose
description precisely tallies with
Craig's, started off only an hour age
in the same direction. This time
g at any rate, Craig cannot escape US.
t They made their way back to the
s hotel, dined In cool, bare room, and
: sauntered out again into the streets
|. The professor led the way to little
n building, outside which man was vol
| uhIv INVITING all RI pptnr
you shall see one of the sights O.
t Port Said" he promised. This is ;
/ real Egyptian dancing girl"
A girl, who seemed to be dressed IL
little more than winding veil, glideC
!" on to the stage, swaying and moving
slowly to the rhythm of the monoto
. nous music. She danced a measure
t which none of them except the pro
J, fessor had ever seen before. coming
now and then so close that they coult
9 almost feel her hot breath, and Lenor;
). felt somewhat vaguely disturbed b!
d the glitter of her eyes.
a Suddenly Laura leaned forward.
s Look at the professor" she whis
/. pered.
They all turned their heads. A quee
l. change seemed to have come into tn,
Q professors face. His teeth wer
cleaning between his parted lips, hi
head was thrust forward little, hi
It eyes were filed with strange, har'
light. He was transformed being
h unacceptable, perturbing. Eve
/ while they watched. the girl fioate'
close to where he sat and leaned to
q wards him with a queer, mockini
smile. His hand suddenly descende'
!" upon her foot. She laughed still more
=. There was little exclamation iron
It Lenora. The professors whole franz
y quivered. He snatched the ankle
6 from the girls ankle and bent over Il