The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-03-08
sionary was swaying backward and
forward, and staring into the Doctors

sionary was swaying backward and
forward, and staring into the Doctors
eyes.
"Hajid!" said Emmanuel. and then
followed some Arabic words whose
meaning I did not know.
Axel stopped rocking and his whole
body became rigid as steel. His
hands fell to his sides, his arms stiff
fened.
"Hajid!" said the doctor again, but
now in English. "You have been hid
den too long. Come FORTH"
what is the meaning of this tom
foolery?" exclaimed Lady Sibyl in
dignantly. Mr.. Axel-"
Speak to him, madam" said Inn
manuel blandly. "You will have hard
work to find him" He addressed the
figure again. "Hajid! l 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 Beni-Mizroum, of the Great
Mountain" he answered heavily.
'"They would not embrace the faith
taught by the prophet. Therefore l
fulfilled my masters command"
What did you do, Hajid??" asked
the Greek doctor.
O" slew them-ive hundred of them.
grown men and children"
"And the women
"The women we carried away for
wives"
you m%onster!" exclaimed Lady
Sibyl's indignant voice. "Mr. Axel, l
mean-what are you saying? o, he
has gone insane!"
Look up, Hajid," said Doctor I'm.
manuel, "and tell me what you see."
He raised his head and his eyes
fell upon the yataghan. Instantly, it
seemed, p"andemonium was let loose.
He sprang for the blade, seized it,
and brandished it, shouting unintel.
lightly in Arabic. With his DISNEY
eled clothes, his sweeping beard, his
bloodshot eyes and fearful yells, he
seemed like a demented man. He
sprang at Lady Sibyl, clutched her by
the hair, and, still f1ourishing 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
the walls; his strength was about
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. I'recollect that he was
seated on Axel's 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 hall
filled the street. The evening news
papers brought out special editions
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 l was SO near
to sailing with a maniac! Why. he
might have murdered me. And he
pulled out a great handful of hair.
and mine is none too thick" she
sobbed.
To my mind this tardy awakening
to the virtues of beauty was the most
hopeful sign of Lady Sibyl's CONVEX
sion.
But that proves nothing, Imman-
uel," said the Turkish ambassador
the next day. "You hypnotized him
and told him he was an Arab-that's
all. You can't prove that he was an
Arab, you know"
THE proof" said Emmanuel blandly.
rests with you. I have ~pragmatical-
ly proved my case, for I have saved
Lady Sibyl. Do you think she'll fall
into his clutches again when he gets
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 an
insane asylum would discredit any
prophet in the modern world. Be.
sides, don't you know that Lady Sibyl
Is growing enthusiastic about the
mixed nut diet?"
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