Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-05-16
reminded me of my adoring, pups


expression.
On silly impulse | called across to
,Jamal, who was coming back from an
inspection of the horses. With him
were Serkeese and two of the mule
teers.
I've thought of a first rate name
for the dog!" 1 announced. I'm go
ing to call him Abdul Hamid. de
looks like the sultan-especially when
he's scratching fieas. Abdul Hamid he
shall be to the end of the chapter The
name might have been made to order
for him."
/ had blithered thus far, when l
stopped to note the rigid attitudes ana
the starkly Mortified faces of my hear
ers. They looked like men carved out
of stone and with unbelievins horror
stamped all over their swarthy faces.
Then Jamal gave a sharp order IN
Arabic and the group dissolved-stlll
in that queer shocked silence.
| did not understand. But though l
was then new to the East there had al
ready been so many thingsa had not
understood that / gave little enough
thought to this latest one,
The Dog That Was Not.
Next morning when l awoke / glanc-
ed as usual at the doorway Of the tent
where always the puppy slept AS a
rule nv first move brought him scam
perine gleefully up to me for a pat and
a word of greeting. But this morning
he was nowhere in sight. Nor did my
whistle bring him to me. Imbarak was
crossing the space between the well
and the cook tent. l hailed him, ask
ing:
"Seen anything of my dog?"
what dog, Howaji?" he asked
blandly.
What dog?" 1 repeated. There's
only one dog in camp. Where is heT
81 have seen no dog" was the stolid
reply. II know of no dog
Serkeese was grooming my mount
some fifty yards away. demanded OF
him:
where is the dog? Have you seer
him this morning."
"Howaji," the groom answered in his
halting French. 81 have seen no dog
No dog have l seen for this past week
Perhaps you have dreamed. There II
no dog in camp"
I hunted up Jamal.
whats become Of my dog?' ask
ed, none. too civilly.
"I trust the Howaji slept well" sai'
he. by noon we should be at Nab
lous."
Where is my dog?" 1 insisted, break
ing in upon his talk.
Dog, Howaji?" he echoed, in pollt
amaze. What dog? l know OF NJ
dog"
l walked away to my tent. AS sool
as reached it sent Serkeese for tn
dragoman. Jamal obeyed the sum
mons belatedly and in evident reluc
tance.
Now, then, l challenged, as soon
he and were alone together. "SpeaI
up! What's the idea of all this lying
| want to know where the puppy !:
Get down to facts. What has becom
of him?"
Jamal Explains.
"Howaji," began Jamal, uneasil!
sinking his voice and looking arount
"Nablous is a garrison town. In 1t al
Turkish officers and soldiers. Thes
folk serve the Padishah (sultan) an
worship him. They"
What has all that rigmarole to d
WITH"
with a dog, Howaji?" ventured ia
NAL. "I know of no dog. AS | tol
you. But if-if there were a dog al
tached to any feringhees camp and
the feringhee who was Howaji Of tn;
camp, should commit the blasphemy !
. naming so vile beast after the Pad
shah-on whom be peace and the Ag'
: of the Ages!-and if there should |
r some loud mouthed and wicked mule
teer or other man in that camp, and
I such child of Shaitan should t'
n some soldier that the holy name of Il
Padishah had been thus defled-we
= Howaji, that tale would reach the con
n mandant of the garrison. Then
f But suffered. 'But why
f Then" went on Jamal, a subnote
h frightened solemnity in his deep voi'
n then that unhappy Howaji might W
S disappear by an accident. His dra
Il oman might be thrown into prison
= for the Turk does not love the Syri
e and even the servants of his car
e might suffer. There might well be o
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