The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-05-16

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 a 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 a small can of
tea.
What on earth is this?" Quest de-
manded.
The captain, without a 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 man to have hidden,
especially if he could crawl out on
deck at night. | couldn't make out
why the dickens Brown was always
sweeping out ray room, and | took up
this thing little time ago and looked
at it, This is what | found
Where's Brown?" Quest asked,
quickly
Il 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 a 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
our fingers. Girls he went on brisk
ly, turning towards Laura, who had
just come up, '1ndias off. Well
catch this barge, if there's time. Our
luggage can be put on shore when the
boat docks
The captain walked gloomily with
them to the gangway
Professor" Quest asked, how long
would it take us to get to this Mongar
village you spoke about?'
1.-TWO or three days, if we can get
camels," the other replied 81 see you
agree with me- then, as to Craig's
probable destination"
Quest nodded.
What sort of fellows are they, any
way" he asked viii 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.
81 found dragoman whom | knew.
We shall have four of the best camels
and a small escort ready to start to-
morrow morning. Furthermore, |
have news. An Englishman, whose
description precisely tallies with
Craigs, started off only an hour ago
in the same direction. This time,
at any rate, Craig cannot escape us"
They made their way back to the
hotel dined in cool, bare room, and
sauntered out again into the streets.
The professor led the way to little
building outside which a man was vol
ubly inviting all to enter.
You shall see one of the sights Of
Port Said" he promised. This is a
real Egyptian dancing girl"
A girl who seemed to be dressed in
little more than a winding veil, glided
on to the stage, swayng and moving
slowly to the rhythm of the monoto'
nous music She danced a measure
which none of them except the pro-
fessor had ever seen before, coming
now and then so close that they could
almost feel her hot breath. and Lenora
felt somewhat vaguely disturbed by
the glitter of her eyes.
Suddenly Laura leaned forward
Look at the professor she whis-
pered.
They all turned their heads. A queer
change seemed to have come into the
professors face. His teeth were
2 cleaning between his parted lips, his
head was thrust forward a little, his
eyes were filled with a strange, hard
light. He was transformed being
unrecognizable perturbing. Even
while they watched, the girl floated
close to where he sat and leaned to-
wards him with a queer, mocking
smile His hand suddenly descended
upon her foot. She laughed still more.
There was little exclamation from
Lenora. The professors whole frame
quivered. He snatched the anklet
from the girl's ankle and bent over 1t
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