The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1917-03-09
'olery?- exclaimed Lazy SiDyi

IOOAOA CACldluuO4 AdQy 0lOyA al
dignantly. "Mr. Axel-"
Speak to him, madam" said I'm
manuel blandly. You will have hard
work to find him" He addressed the
figure again. "Hajid! / command you
to come forth. Where have you been
all these years."
The syllables fell haltingly and gut
turally from Axel's lips.
ITO the Benz Mizroum, of the Great
Mountain" he answered heavily.
They would not embrace the faith
taught by the prophet. Therefore /
fulfilled my masters command"
What did you do. Haji3?:" asked
the Greek doctor. E.ry
Il slew them-five hundred of them,
grown men and children"
"And the women?"
"The ONE we carried away for
wives"
You monster" exclaimed Lady
Sibyls indignant voice. "Mr. Axel. ]
mean-what are you saying? o, he
has gone insane!"
Look up, Hajid," said Doctor I'm.
manuel, land tell me what you see."
He raised his head and his eyes
fell Upon the yataghan. Instantly. it
seemed, pandemonium was let loose.
He sprang for the blade, seized it,
and brandished it, shouting unintel.
lightly in Arabic. With his dishev-
eled clothes, his sweeping beard, his
bloodshot eyes and fearful yells. he
seemed like a demented He
sprang at Lady Sibyl. clutched her by
the hair, and, still fourishing the
sword, began to drag her round the
room.
Carruthers leaped at him; Imman.
uel seized his arm and shouted, but
he was beyond the reach of words
We fought all round the room, STUN
bling over the rugs and the couch
coverings, bruising ourselves against
equal to the combined strength of us
all, and the most we could achieve
was to prevent him from wounding
any of us with the sword. At last we
had released Lady Sibyl and had him
down, pinned under our united weight,
Just at that moment the door was
flung open and two policemen ap'
peared.
Its Mr.. Axel, the missionary. He
has gone mad!" painted the Turkish
ambassador. l recollect that he was
seated on Axels head, and l remem
bered that that is what we do to
horses, to keep them still when they
have fallen.
They got his hands into the hand
cuffs, and somebody procured an am
bulance. The crowd outside the hal
filled the street. The evening news
papers brought out special edition.
which were shouted all over London
When at last we found ourselves
alone Lady Sibyl' collapsed into Car
ruther's arms.
"What a terrible experienced" she
moaned. 20, Raby, can you ever for
give me? To think that / was so neal
to sailing with a maniac! Why, hi
might have murdered me. And hi
pulled out a great handful of hair
and mine is none too thick" sht
sobbed.
To my mind this tardy awakening
to the virtues of beauty was the mos
hopeful sign of Lady Sibyl's CONVEX
sion.
But that proves nothing, 1mman
uel," said the Turkish ambassado
the next day. "You hypnotized hin
and told him he was an Arab-that'
all. You can't prove that he was al
Arab, you know"
"The proof" said Emmanuel blandly
rests with you. l have pragmatical
ly proved my case, for have savet
Lady Sibyl. Do you think she'll fal
into his clutches again when he get
free?"
mot if Carruthers knows it," an
swered Noureddin Bey. II fancy, too
that the man is thoroughly discredit
ed now. To be taken raving to 81
insane asylum would discredit an.
prophet in the modern world. BE
sides, don't you know that Lady Shy
is growing enthusiastic about til,
mixed nut diet?"
! Copyright, 1917, by w. G. Chapmap.)