South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-09-19

Then by the BestOwer Of life and
love, viii I quicken the end Oy feed
ing thine ears with my knowledge
Of his buying and selling" cried AL
COLON.
Then hearken." Chu's voice
dropped TO a whisper Thou must
cCrsent tt all Ash. aul when this
market is a. an end. DO thou COM
1laud Abdullah's guard Of scimitars
10 attend thee 20 thy palace. That
done. the rest will be my care and
caring. BID the sale begin"
AlCOlOm struck a gong hanging
forth slaves. Display their points
unto the buyers, and let the sale be-
g:n."
The buyers leaned forward
eagerly TO get the best positions
from which 20 view the slaves, and
chartered among each other in
great excitement Abdullah went 10
the slave pens and opened them one
by one. Beating his tom tom, Abb
dullah described each Of the slave
girls as they came forward. Some
black. some brown. some Oriental
from China and Japan, others from
the [ubian country, from Egypt
and Nineyah.
The first lot of slaves passed in
review. Mukbill then struck his
gong
..zahrat-al-K uIub and the desert
dancers come into the ring" COM
manded AbduTah.
With a Wild shrill cry and many
strange wells, a dozen Of the desert
girls sprang over the bars OF their
pens and leaped into the ring. their
hair flying wildly, their bodies pant
Ing and twisting as they gyrated
this way and that, keeping time 20
strange wierd music that seemed
20 come from the tom-tOms. Behind
them came Zahrat-alKulub herself,
dark fierce. sullen. yet strangely
beautiful.
The buyers crowded around
eagerly 90 inspect the desert women.
For Zahrat-al-[ulu and the
desert women, what is bid asked
Nukbu.
I her hand. Before we bid for the
desert women. ON Mukbill. let them
+ display their gifts she cried, in a
shrill voice
'.Yeh. mako them display their
gifts added the chorus Of other
Makbu pounded upon his gong
/ for silence.
..Zahrat-al-IIulub and the desert
7 women, display your gifts he COM
manded.
Then began scene OF almost in
/ desc iba BILE color. life and motion, as
the wild desert women danced
/ madIv in an orgy OF animation.
/ whirling, throbbing, twisting their
/ bodies throwing themselves pros
7 trate upon the ground 10 keep in
/ rhythm with the strange music Of
I the tom-toms. and above all else, as
they shouted in their wild dance.
/ could be seen the sullen. grim fig
ure OF Zahrat-al-Kulub. the secret
slave Of the robber shayk, who had
I BETRAYED 20 him the secret OF this
slave selling which brought out so
many beautiful slaves and so much
I wealth on the part of the buyers.
7 It was indeed q rich harvest she
I had prepared for him. thought Zah-
rat-al-Kulub, as she stood in the
/ center OF the slave market OF El
I Kabar and faced the sinister Abu
I Hasan the rObber Of mankind.
CHAPTER VIII
The Raid on the slave Market.
As the dance OF the desert women
ended and thew threw themselves
I PROSTATE upon the floor. perfect
Babel OF noise enSued.
Give thousand dinar." cried one
ruver "A thousand more" cried
another. III bid ten thousand for
the lot" shouted another. Two
hundred more than thee" yelled the
little Fat lady buyer at the top Of
her voice. The shouts and cries
made II difficult 20 understand any
thing.
The drum Of the auctioneer made
all pause. Then was heard the voice
of Chu.
Nay. hold" he cried. put all
The lots together, all the slaves. and
I viii bid against the buyers. What
! saycst thou. Oh Mukbill-"