The Washington times., 1922-06-19
By =. N. HULL
toepyrssAt is,l ~ small Maynard

Al they sat talking the contrast
between the two men was strong.
ly marked Beside the French.
mans thin. spare frame and pale
face. which gave him an air Of
delicacy. the sheik looked like .
magnificent animal In superb con.
dition. and his quiet repose -ac-
centuated the 'Vicomte's quick.
nervous manner. Under the
screen Of her thick lashes Diana
watched them unhesdsd. Their
voices rose and fen continuously:
they seemed to have - great deal
talked indiscriminately French
to say to each other. ana they
and Arabic % that much that
they said was incomprehensible
to her. She was glad that II
should be 90, she did not want
to know what they were saying.
It seemed a. II they had for.
gotten her presence with the &C.
cumulated conversation of two
years. She was thankful to be
left alone. happy Tor the rare
chance of studying the beloved
face unnoticed. It was seldom
she had the opportunity. for
when they were alone she
was afraid to look at him much
lest her secret should be betrayed
In her eyes. But she looked at
him now unobserved. with passion.
ate longing. She was 30 intent
that she did not notice CASTOR
come In until he seemed suddenly
to appear from nowhere beside his
master. He murmared something
softly and the Sheik got up. He
turned to Saint Hubert.
Trouble with one Of the horses.
Will you conner 1t may interest
you"
They went out, together, leaving
her alone and she slipped away to
the inner room. In half-an-hour
they came back. and for few min.
utes longer stayed chatting, th"n'
the vicomte yawned and held out
his watch with q laugh. The sheik
went with him to his tent and sat
down on the side OF his guests
campbell. Saint Hubert dismissed
the waiting Henri with . nod and
started to undress silently. Ths
now Of talk and ready laugh seem.
ed to have deserted him. and he
frowned az he wrsnched his things
off with nervous irritabtlity.
The sheik watched him for
while. and then. took the cigarette
out of his mouth with q faint smile
"Eh, bien! Raoui. say IT," he said
quietly. -.
Saint Hubert swung round. ''Yo,
might have spared her." he cried.
what? Good God. man! Me"
The sheik fiicksd the ash from
his cigarette with . gesture Of In.
difference. your courier was de-
iayed. he only came this morni7-
It was too late then to make other
arrangements" s8m
Saint Hubert took Q hasty turn
up and down the tent and stopped
in front of the Sheik with his hands
thrust deep in his pockets and his
shoulders hunched up about his
ears. Its abominabie." he burst
out. You go too far, Ahmed"
The Sheik laughed cynically.
"what do you expect Of q savagei
When an Arab sees q woman that
he wants he takes her. I only
follow the customs Of my people"
Saint Hubert clicked his tongue
impatientiy. 'Your peopleHwhicn
psople?" he asked in low voice.
The sheik sprang to his feet
with flashing syss. his hand DIR 'p-
ped heavily on Saint Huberi's
shoulder. stop. rAoui! Not even
from you---r' he cried passionate.
Iy, and then broke of abruptly.
and the anger died out Of his face,
He sat down quietly. with a little
amused laugh. "why this sudden
access Of morality. mon amir You
know me and the life I lead. Yoi
have seen women In my camp be-
fore now"
saint Hubert dismissed the re-
mark with . coftemptous wave of
his hand. There u no compari.
son. You know II a. we'll ~ l."
he said succinctly. He moved over
. slowly to the camp table. where his
toilet things had been laid out. a..d
began renewing the links from the
cuffs Of his shirt. "shs 10 Eng.
lish. surely that II reason enough. :
he flung over his shoulder.
.You ask me. me to spare q
woman because abe 10 Engiish? NJ
good Raoul. you amuse me-" 70
piled the shsik. with an ugly
sneer. 49,.