Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-22

bulk. He explained that he
was going to give the beads to the little
typewriter in the office, to Mrs. Burns
and to his landlady. and the smokers
articles TO the boys in the shop and over
at the engine house.
He had picked up one phrase in
Arabic: Ma andish fulus" means IL
have no money" He sang 1t in tenor.
baritone and bass. If an Arab po-
1itely said. "Salaam!" william would
hurl his phrase into his teeth and
pass on. Many reviled him for a dog
OF giaour. but he brushed aside the
curses as he brushed aside the flies,
which was ceaselessly during the day.
Unwisely. he had begun the first day
In Cairo by giving aims. About three
hundred beggars from the tombs OF
the caliphs now loitered on the curb
opposite his hotel, and they loved
him as the ladies in "Olivette" loved
the whale
The night previous TO the departure
Tor Port Said, where they were to go
aboard the Ajax. Camden invited Will
liam to 60 to the Theater des Nou-
veautes, where three or four good
boxing bouts were to be held. will
liam threw up his hat. After ten
thousand painted saints. and as many
cathedrals and tombs. this prospec-
tive entertainment was mama in the
desert.
But. with the exception of five SOW
ereigns to meet the expenses of the
evening, he wisely turned over his
money to Ruth: and. ironical as it
may seem, this very caution was the
cause of his downfall.
Don't go prowling around after
your boxing match is over" she adj
vised. THAT is the last night, and
IL anything happened to you you
would miss the boat"
'T'll never miss it, sister; take it
from me-"
Camden announced. as they entered
the theater, that after the bouts VIII
liam would have to shift for himself.
I'm OF for rubber or two of bridge
at Shepheard's; so you'll have to guide
yourself back to the hotel. And re-
member the boat"
Il know the way" replied william
William knew the return route to
his hotel. But he who hesitates is
hesitated against his better Judgment.
A man had followed him from the
theater. and when William became
detached from the crowd, the man
approached him secretly.
would the American gentleman
like. to see the celebrated Cairene
dancers?"
mot at ALL" said william.
"Ah, but you do not see Cairo If you
miss these dancers. If you have not
been to Madame Rene's. you have not
seen Cairo, SIR"
William. recalling the twenty-one
nationalities in the dance halls of
Smyrna's water front. paused Had
he been carrying large sum OF
money he would have gone on in
stantly. 1t was a questionable ex-
plot; but. then, he was no prude. He
recalled that only this very night
Camden had spoken in regret of his
inability to see some Of the Cairene
dancers this trip. William was out
TO see the world. and Cairene dance
hall might as we'll take its place on
the program in exchange for some
future tomb or ruin.
Asay On MacuuH, out i tell you
what, IL these dancers aren't up to
the mark, I'll sic Thomas Cook on
to YOU"
He was not very much impressed by
the scene at madame's. 1t was sor-
did. and William did not like sordid
pictures. The dancing girls were
even less graceful than those ladies
in Naples who danced the tarantella
in the drawing rooms OF the hotels.
Sold! He was certain at last that
the skilled bankers at the side shows
home had been born and reared In
this part Of the world. He kept his
eyes, open. bought a bottle of cheap
wine, but declined to drink II or touch
the pasties laid out before him. When
he looked around presently and found
his guide absent he got up.
Madame regretted that he was not
amused. Nobody made the least at
tempt to stay him. Indeed, the
dancers at once lost interest in him.
They invariably lost interest in men
who bought one bottle of wine and
no more.
To reach Madame Rene's door you
had to pass down a dark alley whose
single illumination came from a wall
lamp at the corner. II was in this
alley that william was struck down.
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