Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-18
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,,o. mere @ is no doubt of t. Ma,bibn.o he
tha as SAYING. Not the slightest but ,vhv
ia, ne olu scoundrel hasn't claimed tbe reward
'0"s since Is what puzzles me"
mere are some things dearer 10 an
| aiap' Jenssen, than money" returned tho
90, al,sr' spsaNer' Revenge is one of them"
anyhow It will not harm To trv Tho
power of gold" replied Jensen.
Malbihn shrugged
| Not on the sheik," he said "vvo mich,
| IE on one Of his people, but the sbeils
| VIII not part with his revenge for goId
I 40 oHer 1t to him would only confirm his
,,,tI. aItsplcIons that we must have awakened
| wneh we were talking to him before his
tent II we got away with our lives then
| we should be Fortunate
| sen. 9Sei'eu Jehs-
But bribery failed-gruesomeIv The
| tool they selected after stav Of sevorai
days In their camp outside the VILLAGE v,ss
tail old headman of the sheiks native
| contingent He fell to the lure of tho shin
ing metal for he had lived upon the coaet
ana ne Knew the power Of gold. He prom
that night. 'N'o
Immediately after dark the two white
| men commenced to make ARRANGEMENTS to
preak camp BY midnight ali was nre-
pared. The porters lay beside their loads
ready to swing them aloft at a moments
notice. The armed askaris loiter,d between
, tle paIance OF the safir and the Arab viii
| Iage' ready to form a rear guard for the
retreat that was to begin the moment that
| the headman brought that which the white
masters awaited
| Presently there came the sound of foot.
steps along the path from the village. In.
stantly the askaris and the whites were on
tne alert More than n single man was
approaching.
Je'ssen stepped forward and CHALLENGED
the wcomers in low whisper.
~ 40 comes?" he uuered
| "Mbeeda," came the reply.
Mbeeda was the name of the traitorous
headman. Jensen was satisfied, though he
| VIC ldered why Nfbeeda had brought others
| with MIN. Presently he understood. The
| thing they fetched lay upon n litter horne
| by two men. Jensen cursed beneath his
breath. Could the fool be bringing them a
CORPSE? They had paid for living prize!
| The bearers came to halt before the
| white men
This has your gold purchased" said one
| OF the two. They set the litter down.
| turned, and vanished into the darkness to.
| ward the village. Malbhn looked at Jens-
| sen. a crooked smile twisting his lips. The
| thing upon the litter was covered over with
a piece of cloth
"Well?' queried the latter. "Raise the
covering and see what you have bought.
Much money shall we realize on corpse
especially after the six months beneath the
burning sun that will be consumed in car
| ryng it to it's destination!
"The fool should have known that we
desired her alive grumbled Malbihn grasp
ing a corner of the cloth and jerking the
cover from the thing that lay upon the
litter.
At sight of what lay beneath both men
stepped back with involuntary oaths upon
their lps-for there before them lay the
dead body of Mbeeda the faithess head
man.
Five minutes later the safar of Jensen
and Malbihn was forcing its way rapidly to-
ward the west nervous askaris guarding
the rear from the attack they momentarily
expected. ...