The Washington times., 1922-12-17
Confined from Prscsdiss Pass)

me this little send-ef. sh1M
treasure the recollectioa sf h i
would like very much T. Be able
so bring back q souvenir for, yen
Lif you would permit ms--psr-
haps a leopard skin - something
like that-curios-if we have the
lack to find any. Nay II" =
"why, Of course. II you would
like that. You shall give me =
leopard skin-they have fasei-
mated me from the time saw my
first circus. ! think every women
has a weakness for leopard and
tiger skins"
He was immensely Paeased.
"That's splendid. ! dsat know
whether l shall have the luek 10
meet you again In Egypt. Per
haps, il you are staying long ]
may. But if not, I promise that
some day you shall receive the
trophy at your home in America"
'Thank you" she gave him q
New York address and offered her
hand. ''Here is my csusin-we
are going to explore Cairo. Good
bye, Mr.. Marchurst and-8"ed
luck"
She smiled and moved away 10
meet her companion Of the pre-
vious evening. For q msment he
gazed after her, then turned to
H,odless, who was approaching
quickly.
"Been making friends with the
beautiful Mrs. Lammarsh, DickT
he said. "A bit late in the day,
old man-but there's nothing
wrong with your taste. ] should
have liked to meet them. They
are delightful people. But it can't
be helped-and, anyway, her hus-
band has gone to Alexandria for
a few days. They say he hss
plans to take financial interest
in this country. We may meet
again when we get back" =
He laughed rather mirthlessly.
1.-THE sort of man l like to meet.s
he added, with the air Of one who
half jests. There was neither con
viction nsr sincerity in his voice.
and as he spoke bis fngsf-tips
brushed lightly against the outside
Of his breast pocket in the halt
conscious gesture of, one who. r&-
assures himself thst the contents
Of that pocket are safe. Nene
knew better, than Crichton, HsSa
less that neithef he nor ~.
Marchurst 4awere ever likely to
meet Charles Lammarsh. a$s
I Nor was that exquisite wonsaEs
his wife. -.
"Well, allons, Dick" \
= Half an hour later theyawefs q
route, to Shellal, whence they
would take the Nile steAmer y
Halfa. shs,sA ~ y
But it was NOT ths joyous 'iovt
ney which it would have. .besn M
they started foresight Aarlisr.l
before the evening u thas visis
Sais. fx7s Yt
Both of them ssensd ebntset 4 (,
smoke, more Or Iss IN lsilsseS
each busy with NJ swr thods sAte
There had been . time, nst -
long ago, when DIX Asrchaau
would have watched with the 60
erness of . boy every furaong q
the country u Il went sliding pa@e
the window Of their earrAgSs
looking for game In ! ditxi6t
which he well knew was Dew -
void of any worthy ssDs q -
tention, joking about his keeanets,
his impatience, even as he looked.
He would have talked almost
endlessly Of high-velocity rides
and their builders, Of Lancaster,
Bland, Holland and Holland, cf
cartridges deadly with seienti6cah
ly sounding explosives, Of bullst1
soft-nosed, coated with nickel
guaranteed to expand % that they
entered the body ef beast LIKE .
stubby pencil but emerged me- :
mushroom terrible things, ous =
which could bring an elephant 70
his knees more quickly thar thirty
Of the spherical lead balls pro-
pelled by the black powder 1t the
DAYS Of Gordon Cumming end the
early trips Of. Selous. ~
He would have made . geo&
,humored nuisance Of hiuaeeA
threshing out purely speculative
and often fanciful detaiI1 sf The
expedi. .on, dwelt lovingly upea
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