Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-10-26


his hands relaxed their hold upon the
strangling ord. and pushed him haeks
d ward in the direction of the door.
open, thou black son of offalw 7
said. "or will blow thee a cavity az
VIDE az thy blubber mouth through
the back of that fat and greasy neck"
When. a few moments later. stood
in the lane outside the gardens OF
Yussuf hey. and felt with my hand
the fat wallet at my waist. expert.
enced thrill OF professional satis<
faction. for had not successfully nee
gotiatsd duplicate veil. embroider<
ed with imitation pearls which the
excellent Suleyman Levi by dint OF
four days of almost ceaseless toll had
made for me? -
From the shadows Of the opposite
wall Abu Tabah stepped forth. stately.
"Quick" 7 said. II fear pursuit at
any moment! Is the arabiyeh waite
mgr
"You have it?" he demanded. some
faint sign of human animation creeps
ing over his impressive face.
II have" I replied. IT will give IL
to you in the arbiyeh."
Side by side we passed down the
deserted thoroughfare to where. be<
side a solitary palm. pair-horss
carriage was awaiting. After we
had started, appreciating something
of my companions natural impa<
thence, I pressed into his hand the
famous sandalwood box which once
had reposed in the tarbush Of ALI
Mohammed. The carriage rolled
around corner and out into tho
lighted Sharia Mobodayan. Abu Ta-
bah opened the sandalwood box. and
then. reverently, the inner box Of ail-
yer. Within shimmered the pearls OF
the sacred burke. He did not touch
the relic with his hands. but reclosed
the boxes and concealed the reliquary
beneath his black robe. heard the
crackle of notes. and little packet
surrounded by band of elastic was
pressed into my hand.
Three hundred pounds. English.-
pounds in recompense for the COM
mission you returned. and $500 for
the recovery OF the relic"
thrust the wad into the bag be.
meath my robe containing the other
spoiis Of the evening. A second and
even more grateful glow of profess
sional joy warmed my heart. For
in the reliquary which had handed
to Abu Tabah reposed the second
product of Suleyman Lewis scientific
tolls: his four days labor having re-
suited in the production Of two quite
passable duplicates: although neither
were by any means up to the stand,
ard Of Messrs. Moses. Murphy & Co.
Coming to the house wherein had
endued my disguise, Abu Tahah left
me to metamorphose myself into
deeently dressed Enslishman suitable
for admission to q hotel Of tntsFna-
tional repute. Abu Tahah bade me
good might. smiling upon me very
swsstly.
It vas after midnight when roe
turned to Shepherds. hut I went
straight to my room and. switching
on the table lamp. wrote a long let
ter to my principals. Something
seemed to have gone wrong with the
lock OF my attache case. and my good
humor was badly out Of Joint by
the time that succeeded in opening
1t. From underneath q MAS Of busi-
ness correspondence I took out .
large. sealed envelope. which I iRs
closed. with letter In one yet larger.
to be registered to Messrs- Noses.
& Co., Birmingham. In the
Exactly q fortnight later the fslA
owing registered letter vas handed
20 mo as I was about to sit down to
unch:
The Hon. Neville KeEnaby, m
ShspAaard's Hotel, Cairo. EsyRt.
Dear Mr.. Neville Ksrnab0:
We a,s,>rstusains bsrswitA ~ siihsa ven
which you describe a. tho authentic bsR1s e
The ssyyidsh Nsassh. stolsa from her ahsiss II
The tomhs Of the khalifs." Yese statsneat
that you can arrange fer il purchase at The
cost Of one thousand pounds does not interest
as. nor do We expect 80 high ssiaried an expert
Is yourself to send US palpshie and very ins
'erior forgeries. We are manufacturers Of
duplicates. not buyers Of sane.
Yssrs truly. LLOYD LLkwEILYN.
(For Msssrs. Moses. Asrphy 4 Col
I was positiyely arhast TaarinA