The Washington times., 1922-10-15
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cHARAcTERSs
ABDUL MASHARAH. A Shsik
BUCK ANDREWS.
La6kErTE. 3 'A''f' N'''
a Member Of The FeIliss
MARIGOLD Another
SAPHIs.
FSOENB-7The intcrjOr Of q large
TENT the travelling home Of the
2hetk AbdnI Mashor0h. IT'S Jtst q
teNta bit the fHfnishin0s are err
Qlsisite and shoiO . Discriminating.
taste.
Too mon arc sealed al q smou
portable table.
me frst man . ne sAsik AbdaI
Ngsh0rah.
llke other mGn " Buck AndrssCs:
an Americ0n. The too men are
AeuinO q quiet game Of cards,
AHEIK You are shy q the
BUCK fthrosos IN too chipsJ
Pardon me. sheik. Forgot. It's
the heat, ! guess.
sHEIK HeatI why this Is cold.
Il II but So.
BUCK Gee. 95i And i left New
York for = Spring like this.
fE'nrNe to side table, Well,
theyis one thing here 10 kill the
I heat anyways With your per
mission, Your Highness?
.Sf9EIK fIcdVes o hand Go ahead
and for the affection Of Pete.
play
BUCK (interraptinOJ Not affec-
,.tiOn Of Pete. Love Of Pete.
Sf5EIK (leGain0 forOordJ Ali
Vou are standing Patrick? So?
BUCK Standing pat. not Patrick.
Them's my sentiments. !.
SHEIK fbortn0 him toith Ais eyesJ
Buck, you arr, blufing. Well,
III raise you two bits.
BUCK (stOhs) You're hard man
to blum, Sheik (throIOs IN chips).
All right. I'll see you.
sSHEIK tlGHOhsJ--I was right.
I You had pair Of mines. You
see what / drew three skies.
BUCK (dis0gsted) -Hellg
sSHEIK [seri0asIy1- 1--You may try,
NJ to blum me all you like at cards,
you understand. But don't try
II at anything else.
sBUCK--Say. you know me, Sheik.
Didn't you rescue me from that
bunch OF cut-throats?
SHEIK ficdVes hand aud lights
ctOor1--I think you are honest,
z Then you like Il here with me?
BUCK Great! Course II amt
New York, but then Sa.
Your Highness, one thing that
gets me about this camp. You
have no haren not q woman. in
the outfit Got 4 grudge against
the skirts2 /.
SHEIK - There were women -
once Ten years ago I had
harem ten wives, In fact. NJ
BUCK Ieyes poppin0) Ten lovely
creatures!
SHEIK Ten little heilsl The man
who lives In q country where
monogamy is the law enyies rs
Fasteners who may have as
many wives as we wish. Little
does he appreciate the true state
Of affairs. Women are no longer
the docile creatures they were
twenty, thirty years ago. They
talk too much, demand too much,
and by the beard Of the Prophet
they are actually getting inde-
pendent. I--ah--canned my
I harem ten years ago--in q SEQ
I ond. Couldn't stand their chatter
and demands.
BUCK (fhOu0htfnIIy Don't you
think a man ought to think over
q problem like that before he let's
goi One second good-by ten
sweeties gosh!
SHEIK oh, they were not ALI
! --sweeties. In fact, half OF them
were what you would call-ah--
well, as an old horseman, you tell
'en. Buck.
BUCK 80 Spawned wind broken
knee-sprung. n,
SHEIK tIda0hiBOD Quite right,
~ Buck. But I tell you II was
relief. They got my-er
BUCK They got your goat, hey,
Your Highness?
SHEIK Correct as usual. Well,
/ let Us 60 on with our game.
! (GI1nces at BRck.) Have q drink
"a smoke? Not hoInesick, eh?
(EhxfIes cards and deGIs.J Hum.
(SHddcnJy the anmtstGk0bie
(. sound Of an 1irpIGne engine y
heard coming nearer and nearer.
! The motor stops suddenly. Buck
and the Shcik 90 to opening at
one side OF tent and peer 0Ht.|
BUCK Holy smoke. an airplanel
SHEIK-I know. have seen
pictures OF them In the maga-
/ zines. There are two persons
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