Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-10
=. AL EnGAR RICE BURROUGHS
antkot of the Tartan Tales
tuAprrR xxiv-tcontlnuedI.

- saw" he said tne 49,, 80, ,,go,s
have just hidden ..isas ~ = sSud May see
u ,,sss,s sssnn drew away froi, him, =, g.,
: Merlsir eiyo Il back" he said. II have
ss.ad ~ YOU, and know that you nave
= ave Tor the SHELF your iasnsr s IS, Ne'pea ,,a
have I. l viii not O''N'
zee the sSs among cruel enemies Meriem
TEN Al me straw that Abdul katnak
clptcnasadt aat tn hef Perhaps In him she might
selSg saeS M friend she needed anyway ne
lad seen the picture, re-, fbs tbs sheiE about IT,
irieHnu. irH u.,nnid BE taken away from her
ana .,sSt ma well grant his request and
50 sne .hat he had spoken fairly and would
shs drew the photograph from It's hiding
.,snS and handed II to him, ...,..
AVAIL Kanak examined II carefully, COM
-. 4, FEATURE BY feature with the girl
pptt,iSS cross-legged upon the ground look
sltl'nS info MS face Slowly he nodded
his head -. :. ,.,,. hnt ,,,,,oro
~ ,ai,en9 How does 1t happen that
4 NJ sSh,t'a dnuehter is clothed in the gar
aeAts OF the unbelieverT ,,..,... -,
...ar sa,y the picture until couple of
svs ago, when / found 1t In the tent or
tSs swede, Malbihn." ...a.,,
.,tnsd the picture over and as his eyes
al ,,nnn the old newspaper cutting they
s,ant vide. He could read French-with
SiIssulty il Is true but he could read It,
sIs hnd been to Paris. He had spent six
aontha there on exhibition with troup of
nv da.ort fellows, and he had improved
his time learning many of the customs
.nr,a ~, Of the language and most Of the vices
Of his conquerors ....,ul M. .,..
= Nav he put his learning to use. Slowly
hbbfiously, he read the yeliowed cutting:
t1is hves were no longer wide. Instead
ttny narrowed to two Sits of cunning
whsn he had done he looked at the girl
YOU have read this?" he asked,
II have not had the opportunity" she
replied.
Abdul tamak stood long in silence look
ing at the girl. She was very beautiful
Id desired her, as had many other men
Tho mad seen her At last he dropped to
one knee beside her
A wonderful idea had sprung to Abdul
Kainaks mind. It was an idea that might
M firthered IL the girl was kept In ighor-
hhce OF the contents Of that newspaper cut
Ting 1t would certainly be doomed should
Abe learn its contents.
dMefiem." he whispered, never until to-
das have my eyes behed you, yet at once
they told my heart that It must ever be
your servant. You do not know me, but I
Ask that YOU trust me. | can help you. You
hate the sheik--so do !. Let me take you
away from him. Come with me and we will
20 back to the great desert, where my
father is a sheik mghtier than Is yours.
will you Gomez ..
Merlem sat in silence She hated to wound
the only one who had offered her protection
ana friendship, but she did not want Abdul
KafnaRs love. Deceived BY her silence the
man seized her and strained her to him. but
Merlem struggled to free herself
81 do not love you - she cried. "Oh,
ma IHt vnh 10
IT, AN, ana ,,hn nae sbn,vn li,dnsas To-
ward me ana / want TO like YOU. but / CAN
mt love Won"
aESri Ksn,at draw b,msa,s "a b,s fru
sstsgt ->"'> ms
you Will learn to love me" he said. "for
I sbal, take vnn yybether van will or NO
You hate the shsiI, and SO Won viii not tell
Rim for n Vol do Will tell him of the plc
.i,hs + All. ~ ~ III, ant, !, '' 0- 0 H'o
,tydb bats fhs shall, D, ram. +, yrin, vo,c.
frum behind them
Both turned 10 see the sheiIs bimself
standing A few noces Fror, thatn Abdul
ttill held the pieturS N hIs hand Now he.
thrust It within his bnrnnose
'SYes," he said, Il hate the sheik." And
5 es he smoke he snranp toward The older
man. feiied him with n b,6w ana dashed On
across the village IN mo Iiha ,vhnrs hIs horse
was pclctsd. saddled and ready. for Abdul
Kamak had been about to ride forth TO hunt
whsn IL had sean tbo Stranaar sirI aioha Nv,
the pushes,
LeabIhe into thu saddIe abdtu Kamak
dashed for the VILLAGE gates The shelly
n1omentarilv stunned Nv 1be hloyv that Mad
ieiled him, now staggered TO his feet. shout
Gaping Arab. '''P '''e
4 dozen blacks leaned forward IN inter-
eept the horseman only 70 he ridden down
Of brushed nsiIa h,, ~ 49, sEs,,,
Kafnaks lang tn,sI,st ti,htrb Nc In sbeI fro,,,
side to side about him as he sn,irred on to-
ward the gate
nnshiu tle nc wv w plaSks statloneu there were
tRe barrel Of The f,,sitive's % Sne,,n s With Win
felns flyins loose an5 HE hor,a at ,nad
gallon, The son of tba is das,rt sraS go iaNN
and one keenan, NJ No 49, d.a,,,,ea in HI,
tracks An instant Iatst. Ia othar ma baon
ridden down.
with wild whom of axuItat,on tv,r,ipr
his musket high above bis baaa a,d tnrntng
In his saddle to laugh back into the faces
of his pursuers, Abdul Kamak dashed out
pt the village of the sheilx and was swal-
loved up by the jungle
F0aming with rage, the sheilS ordered i'm
mediate pursuit, and then strobe tapidly
back to where MerIent sat huddled bv the
bushes where ne had left her
The picture - he cried nor what p.c-
tufe did the dog speak? Whore is IL? Give
T. me at once p