The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1917-11-24

sage from his old friend D'ArnOt. 1t
was In the form Of letter of intro
duction brought by one General Ar
mand Jacot. Lord Greystoke recalled
the name, as who familiar with mod
ern French history would not? For
Jacot was in reality the Prince de Cad
renet, that intense republican who re-
fuses to use. even by courtesy. title
that had belonged to his family for
400 years.
'There Is no place for princes In a
republic" he was wont to say.
Lord GreyStOke received the hawk
uosed. gray mCstached soldier in his
library, and after dozen words The
~. zen had formed mutual esteem
that was to endure through life. And
tns. soldiers words laid wildly before
his host scenes and events nearly two
decades old. He told his host how he
had been q captain in the Foreign Lee
'ginn Of France stationed mt that time
in Africa. He told how he had hunted
down marauding bands of Arabs and
blacks in the heart Of the great desert
OF Sahara. He told how he had in
camp with him his little four-year-old
daughter and how he came back to
camp one day 10 find that she had
mysteriously disappeared.
Neither the wealth of her father and
mother nor all the powerful resources
of the great French republic We're able
to wrest the secret of her whereabouts
from the inscrutabe desert that had
swallowed her and her abductor.
A reward of such enormous proper
tons was offered that many adyen-
turers were attracted to the hunt
among them Jensen and Malbihr1.
This was no case for the modern de-
tective of civilization. yet several of
these threw themselves into the search.
The bones of some are bleaching be-
meath the African sun upon the silent
sands of the Sahara.
81 have come to you." explained
General JacOt rs he concluded. "be-
cause our dear admiral tells me that
there is no one In all the world who
is more intimately acquainted with
Central Africa than you.
1--WE did all that love and money and
even government resources could do to
discover her, but all to no avail.
"A week since there came TO me in
Paris a swarthy Arab. who called him
self Abdul kamuk. He said that he
had found my daughter and could lead
me to her. / took him ut once to Ad-
miral D'ArnOt, who I knew had trav-
eled some in Central Africa. The mans
story led the admiral to believe that
the place where the girl the Arab sup
posed to be my daughter was held In
captivity was not far from your At
ricAn estates. and he advised that l
come ut once and call upon you--that
you would know If such girl were in
your neighborhOOd."
"Nhat proof did the Arab bring that
she was your daugiiter:" asked Lord
GreystOke.
None" replied the other. '"That Is
why We thought best to consult you
before organizing an expedition. The
fellow had only an old photograph of
her, on the back Of which was pasted
Il newspaper cutting describing her and
Offering Il reward. We feared that,
having found this somewhere. it had
aroused his cupidity and led him to
believe that in some way he could OBJ
tain the reward. possibly by foisting
upon us white girl on the chance
that SO many years had elapsed that
we would not be able to recognize an
impOstOr as such"
"Have you the photograph with
yQu?" asked Lord Greystoke.
The general drew an envelope from
! his pocket, took yellowed photograph
from 1t and handed 1t to the English
man. Tears dimmed the old warriors
eyes as they fell again upon the pic.
turcd features Of his lost daughter.
Lord Greystoke examined the pho.
tograph for a moment. A queer ex-
preston entered his eyes. He touched
bell at his elbow. and IN instant
later q footman entered.
.Ask my sons wife IL she will Be q
good ~ 70 come 10 the library" hs
directed.
The two men sat in silence. General
Jac0t was too well bred to show In
any way the chagrin and disappofnt-
ment he felt in the summary manner in
which Lord Greystoke had dismissed
the subject Of his call. As soon as the
young lady had come and he had been
presented b would make his do
parture.
A moment later Meriem entered.
Lord Greystoke and General Jacot
rose and faced her. Tho Hnslishman
spoke no word Of introduction. he
wanted to see the effect Of the arst
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