The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-06-11

der a9T Dt did you get the detans?" Won
IN me E7- official smiled. systems" he said
for tba sententiously, were devised
ro sn Is for the inconvepience al
n Mire lies he thought. and he made
55o orv the whole probIem by return oHle
Thanks" he said. .eh,,+ 49,.
need this. I shall BE- 1o oGt Sha.n.t
0 0g the nrst boat I can get passa sts
/, I'm ! 1bs afraid not Mr.. Anthony! There
- q Charge against YOU Ne4s
L5nsen you mean that I'm under ar
Since you elect to use that word +.
assumed an angle tbsf w w MS MS chin
SgIoquent than a thousand arS1,,,, ll,oIe
me; ne oHcial leaned forward coneiiisef-
You overlook a few tbt,
1Ahthony. Our attitude is ver-y feia, n
Very conslderate. We snnrac4st,
news p Of Tonr I srTs.+ We know what
MI MI, should II reach England. YoT
VII understand that piracy is not -
c5arge which can be lightly ovarioS1-1
vesttgated" - must De IN
- Thanks" said Dick. ..ru watt :.
s ans h9Iel can't AFFORD to travel
The official opened a drawer 5r.w
e 81 tb SMo earos, signed them and pass
Make use of these. Mr. Antbo,,
OIncIal passes on the main Transes1s
Caslan railway. Take a look a. a.,
SSssIP ti5,l and come back. Batum is IN
Dick was prevailed on to accent tha
passes, Tor that did not imply the
obligation to make use az fbar u
drove back to his hotel ia 5ras1 81
ouageon, too gloomy to observe fhay
6ir, : ~ : u ~ gentleman was waiting for
MY name is Usbeg All khan" said
ao Fo bs 81, u w, would speak where we can
DICK hesitated. The man looked ire
q gentleman and stood like ones 4h ~
was no rufftanly bravado about M
nor any sign OF cringe. But Dick re-
him last.
i III have a ssrvgnt." said Dick. one
I have seven servants sabib w
are eight we
7 haven't anything to OFFER vo,, "
sald DICK, moving forward, and the
Afghan, who was considered a nobJae
man beyond the Himalayas. had effbsr
10 eat his pride or leave. He vsnt
NTH e0urtlsyy X, salute which Dick re-
luted him, for the Afghan looked
spoke, STROBE and argued like man
r,,, lack .e, me bag. Andry!" commanded
PICK. We've got TO get away from
these people or they'll give me no no
80 ne and Andry went to Baku. and
S som INNS told Dick Anthony that this
was the pushing-off place into worlds
worth or strong mans while. where
age-oId chiyalry was not vet dead and
good to him, As he stood staring AZ
the Caspian he forgave Fate. who had
seemed see ca, SO cruel to him. Suddenly,
d st,SlsaSf stR9 S showing why, ne knew
There, where the pipe lines come To
gether and the trains of oil cars baclr
down, screaming. to be fned--whi1a =
southeast hurricane played havoc with
tReo afT Tame from req With the
A5t tibm6ne devil came and te gnpni5g oil
u he / , had been in Baky A.
ebh aS LIng about and wonde2g;S, ALREADY,
where n SiGe OF West and East E, t the
out savagely distrusffnI patlent as JOB
va ~ stood, one eyenfn,
see how o,, 81 oil trains, wate5gg,1wse Tween
1ad ersian in semi-Persisp hlled; and
,sTs ena I erneath the coupIineIs Slip
70 trT q anu spoke to him . 81 two
.s4W no are your" denarzz
ian am from Muhan1r,9ga n 9ed Dick.
E4Yen Dick, who IynaS1u All Mira"
'ersia. me name of the exiied gp5Sa5ibtiosk
. What about him?"
TIE mlghness sent for vor -
i'm from h msttef a. and nd Dick looked A.
: Come along, Andry !
1e way. 2 Sign to the man sa Is an, and
o W 5th 1l ten minutes he -
sman ~ me dark courtyard n of .Andry
vung fyo,,, fortress. Two Is an Ola
oked ill., oln r the hands Of men 1nte eLE
] light on o abaIits and threw a 1T
no sheItero5 mem in Persian gsrb
wiling VIM themselves from ~,
ais. uHuer one Of the ruined
v " am IMuhammed All Mr..
r. aS am Shaa1 Of psraitzas said
N its uuently and era ~, ~ 6se5rsian.
III nov y. Of you. What d AZ va, ally
WA. use Of that sword %
Az r,eS ora Is my ownlp ss;I
h IN r. from the canvas e sS5e DICK lex,
! eight men on the rf.-LnaII a step
de. he VI Jhem touched the sln
-Ee he examine " on one knea
~ Dicks eve e4ee IL. Then he looked
ess W. FJsbeg All Khan Iecog-
ID Dick ~ ~ Lhe service Of the D.,
ny NY $ ,Persi5sTTo rgoYich?" demand
ooked hints my ownt' Iausb,s
IF cheap lIg straight 4nd the
sto[m-sws9e eyes. by the iII gbf
Now a man s,asDian nisbfo Il Of
Dick aside. and
7- H. went 6,s On s. t29 forward and led
allied with regret a'e him tba.
sponsibility for his sovicb LAT the
had used her inhuencesbsr Wss so
this meeting with the is ttoA re-
Saws eQr the third time tLdt she
The sr6nTRte attempt on Nt5}ffa oout
r ,dl5te 10 fsSfi g N 5s@S5!a a9E
three weeks you+empt, an
a+fc in Persia howRs have ewopr
THE shah viii be a. eTeSs4hivs
fbe power behind the <eron<All
yoIlr firm friend MI
Dick laughed but said nav
nicture was not uninviting.
ssyViII YOU lend your sWor'
shah of Persia"
no" said Dick, and he stepp
from the wall. He was thtnklr
/ TrSe man who had argued vi
4 went on speaking. There was
\; fbe wall beside where Di
4 stood and the voice that Whi
/ through il was woman s.
ssAre YOU thinking Of going
g;a ~ asked Dick, walking stBaia
IL TTsbee Ali Khan.
Gro Afghanistan, sahib, IN
Persia, First across the Casplai
boat"
) as the boat ready2'
"All is ready but the Weather.
e boat can start in this storm
e Dick laughed again " III you
d If / show you how ne asked
e saThen you are for the ex-shahg
d ssNo I am against him.
Then, ], too! Sahto, 1 VIII 81