The Washington times., 1922-06-10
THE SHEIK
This Years Most Thrill
ing Serial Con-
tir1ued

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eyes filled with sudden tears, but
she blinked them back before they
fell. She wanted desperately to
cry. A wave of terrible loneliness
went over. her. a feeling of desola-
ton, and a strange. Incompetent.
sible yearning for what she did not
know. AS the sunset faded and
II grew rapidly dusk a chill wind
sprang up and she shivered from
time to time. dropping more and
more with fatigue. at times only
half conscious. She had drifted
into complete oblivion, when she
was awakened with a jerk that
threw her back violently against
the Sheik. but she was too tired
to more than barely understand
that they had stopped for some
thing. and that there were palm
trees near her. She felt herself
lifted down and a cloak wrapped
round her. and then she remem-
bered nothing more. She awoke
slowly. shaking off a persistent
drowsiness by degrees. She was
still tired, but the desperate wear
mess was gone, and she was con.
scious OF feeling Of well being and
security. The cool. night air blew
in her face. dissipating her sleepi.
ness. She became aware that night
had fallen, and that they were still
steadily galloping southwark. In
a few moments she was wide
awake. and found that she was
lying across the saddle in front
OF the Sheik, and that he was
holding her in the crook Of his
arm. Her head was resting just
over his heart, and she could feel
the regular beat beneath her cheek.
Wrapped warmly in the cloak and
held securely by his strong arm
at first she was content to give
way only to the sensation of bodily
rest. 1t was enough for the mo-
ment to lie with relaxed muscles,
TO have to make no effort of any
kind. to feel the soothing rush Of the
wind against her face. and the
swift, easy gallop Of The Hawk
as he carried them on through the
night Them! With a start OF
recollection she realized fully
whose arm was round her, and
whose breast her head was resting
on. Her heart beat with sudden
violence. What was the matter
with her? Why did she not shrink
from the pressure of his arm and
the contact of his warm. strong
body? What had happened to her?
Quite suddenly she knew-knew
that she loved him. that she had
loved him for a long time, even
when she thought she hated him
and when she had fled from him.
She knew now why his face had
haunted her in the little oasis at
midday-that II was love calling TO
her subconsciously. All the con.
fusion of mind that had assailed
her when they started on the
homeward journey, the conflicting
thoughts and contrary emotions,
were explained. But she knew her
self at last and knew the love that
Lad yhnI ri q.
sionate love that almost frighented
her with its. immensely and with
the sudden hold II had laid upon
her, Love had come to her at last
who had scorued II so fiercely. The
men who had loved her had not the
power to touch her, she had given
love to no one, she had thought
that she could not love. that she
was devoid of all natural affection
and that she would never know
what love meant. But she knew
nova love Of such complete sur.
render that she had never con-
ceived. Her heart was given for
all time to the fierce desert man
who was SO different from all other
men whom she had met. a lawless
savage who had treated her with
merciless cruelty. He was a brute,
but she loved him. loved him for his
very brutality and superb animal
strength. And he was an Arab!
(To Be Continued Tomorrow