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ne gave vent 10 WARM eApTeSSlOu vi
gratitude for the favor granted. He was
quite aware of the relations that had ex-
listed between Miss Masterson and Mr.
Jessup. and Constance. who was always
pheasant to servants, had been frequent
visitor to Mr. Jessup's houses and yachts.
so that Dawson had learned to esteem her
highly.
The breach between them, which Daw-
son suspected as the cause of ais en-
ployer's venture forth into the world, had
made him most unhappy, for he had long
thought it unfortunate for a man Of Mr..
essup's means and position to be living
r,agly. when every consideration seemed
40 point TO a successful married life. 1t
as true that he. Dawson, had made one
Or swo unfortunate experiments in that
direction and that women were an uncer-
tain quantity, but Miss Masterson was
very fine Young lady and quite the person
to make Mr.. Jessup happy. He was sure OF
it. To think that she was at this moment
at the mercy of This Captain Won Hengel.
who was beyond doubt a German villain
and capable therefore of any atrocity, was
enough TO make any man eager to try to
save her.
Jessup strode rapidly around the Es-
bekiyeh Gardens. Dawson struggling to
keep pace with him as they made their
way toward the Mousky in the direction
of the native quarter. At first Jessup had
been tempted to go to the Governorat and
seek cut Northby Pasha. laying his infor-
nation before him and asking his assist
ance But two considerations restrained
him
He felt a sense of persona! responsible
ity for this calamity which had come
about through his own Indifference and
stupidity and wished therefore to be the
means of setting things right. And with
Connie prisoner, in all probability in this
very house to which they were going, the
impulse to take the affair into his own
hands was too strong to be resisted. To
his own mind, which reasoned with singu-
lar. if egoistic directness, his own quarrel
with Won Hengel now took precedence.
There was, too, slight feeling of super
iority over the skillful Northby in having,
through the surprising Dawson, discovered
the clue which the Governorat had sought
so vainly
If Conrad Won Hengel was within the
house of Hassan Isar, he meant to gain
access, find Connie and bring the arch con-
spirator to Justice. The finger on the
trigger would not hesitate now and he
would shoot to kill He had confided these
intimate plans to Dawson in the train and
Dawson had nodded a respectful acquies
cence
"Of course, sir. Kill him. 1t is the only
thing to do"
Had he said, "Of course, sir-the green
cravat-it goes very well with the brown
flannels." he could not have spoken in
tones more matter of fact. Jessup had
examined him with a smile-and thought
of the mans wasted years as a valet.
Dawson should at least have been presi-
dent of a corporation. The man grew more
calm. more confident with each increase
of difficulty, faced each new problem with
placid determination. Jessup began to feel
more satisfied with his plan in attempting
The affair with Dawson than if he had had
the whole Of Northby's police at his back.
But before leaving Alexandria Jessup
had fortified himself in various WAYS. He
had armed both Dawson and himself with
automatics and ammunition. At first he
had had some doubts as to Dawson's
knowledge of firearms, but when the man
confded that he had once been in the
British army and showed an immediate
familiarity with the weapon handed him.
Jessup smiled his satisfaction, realizing
that if Dawson had lived in his service in
New York for fifty years he could never
have known him so well as now.
Jessup had also taken the precaution Of
bringing money-murh mOney-in English
soyereigns. disposed in belts about his
person and Dawsons. II Won Hengel found
bribe money useful. there were two who
could play al that game Jessup had al
ways had a kind Of gOOdnatured contempt
for the huge fortune to which he had
fallen heir. II was. of course, necessary
that he should have it because it had been
left to him, and TO nobody else, but it had
always Deen ueep source OF dnHOgdHct
because II gave him grave responsibilities
which bored him to extinction. But he
was beginning to realize that here at least.
in this land Of baksheesh. ii might have
its uses His own much-abused money
was quite as good as Conrad Won Hengels
perhaps a little better.
II was. therefore, with an air of consid-
cradle confidence that he entered with
Dawson the shop OF Abou Hilal in the
Sharia el-Akkadin. II was past the hour
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