The Washington times., 1922-10-15


LAURETTE No No, sir. III bite.
Who are your
SHEIK am the Sheik Abdul
Masharah fYeIIs) Don't yon
know enough to bowi tAstde tO'
BackJ I'm weakening.
LAURETTE Don't ven at me like
that. For goodness safe, why
don't ycu turn on tile electric
fansf Goodness
SHNIK ito Buck Major Andrews.
remove the prisoner until she
shows the proper deference.
MARIGOIDAP Please, Your Maj
esty, we were travelling from
Cairo and had 10 alight here. !
trust we are not intruding.
SHEIK Your manner
MARIG0Lb MarieOld. scmmes.
SHEIK (riscs) You please me,
Marigold. Yon know the Sheik's
law, when . woman pleases
\ him In the desert well, she be-
longs 70 him. What do you say
to . little kiss7 X
MARIGoL.D Oh. please no.
SHEIK fthredfeninOJ III am
Sheik ana ! know no law but my
own. EHc thrOiCs arms Gr0NMd
ker.l
MARIGOIsD (sttckisO an oatomafic
n his ribs l--No Law, perhaps.
but take q peek at this little
court. with twelve In the jury.
fEAetk backs GaOqv.J Now, what's
the idea, you rough guy. You
don't wait for an Introduction TO
grow GOLD before you 90 into
SHEIK Ito Buck what did / tell
y0u7 They're all alike. One Of
those ten tried TO stick q knife
in me. (TO MaSJO0IdI Well I'll
be nice. Drop the Court. please.
Your friend looks-I believe she
10 going to faint. II
(MGri0oId turns and the Eheik
is upon her IN q fash. He icrests
the gun from her. Buck has
\ rushed at TIE same time and
blocked any Gttsmpt at rescue Dv
LaHrette.J
SHEIK (coIdIvJ-You have pleased
me. / intend to marry both of
you. It would not be seemly Dor
the Sheik's wives to- ah send
post cards.
MARIGOLD fbeOigniaO to be ,cor-
riedl-You can't do this. You
r can't.
SHEIK (takes her IN his drnts and
Kisses her-Y0u may retire in
that room and costume yourself
fittingly as a wife Of the Sheik.
(ESit L0Srette and MGriOoId.J
.SHEIK fsoipes his brop )--Whew!
I'm going out and look at that
airplane. See that they don't
escape. fESit Sheik.l
BUCK Well. this Is queer cup
Of tea. I don't know what TO
make Of the old man.
LAURETTE fcOAsiaO from room -.
You're no Arab. Tell me what
this means.
BUCK Its true I'm not an Arab.
LAURETTE-Where your home?
BUCK West One Hundred and
Twenty-sixth street, New York
City.
LAURETTE-Are you going to
stand for this black devils keep
ing us prisoners7 II you're q
Yankee, act like one.
BUCK-I am chief OF staf to the
Sheik. He saved my life.
LAURETTE-You call yourself an
American and you win allow this
this pirate TO make harem Of
MS?
BUCK i'm sorry. can't help my
self. &.
5LAURETTE-You're 1 liar.
BUCK Be careful. Nobody can
call me that.
LAURETTE 1--we called you. II
you're white man you'll get q
gun or something and stand by
us. "
BUCKLE would mean death to all
Of us. Every one Of the guards is
a crack shot. I'm q horseman
and bum shot.
LAURETTE- Dash Il, you can try.
Think Of II. Perhaps you had "a
girl back in the United States.
Think of what she would suffer
In our position. Perhaps you had
sister. Can't yOu-won't you
be a regular man and fighff
BUCK. (bInshtHOI - It's death -
nothing but the curtain for all Of
LAURETTE tscorntsIlH - It's q
safe bet where you were In 1918.
Picking dates in some quiet oasis
or something.
BUCK (stroi0hteBia0) W That's
enough. was--in France.
LAURETTE-Huhl Paris7
BUCKLE the trenches.
LAURETTE-W Well, you-
BUCK (hlssih0J shut mp. III see
you through. This man, the
, sheik, saved my life. II he
hadn't I'd not be here now.
thought ! owed him something,
but guess, we've are fellow
citizens. re's-hafdly q chance,
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