Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-11-22

pockets. by a Grstc.ass London
tailor
The rlrl was blush.ng slightly.
Tier eyes. coiored Ike the velvet nul
" an Italian chestnut were VIDE
under long lashes curling up.
81, was u nasty C.0pper" he said
Tho horse wen, down Ike a shot
Fortunately the helmet got the
blow"
And he pressed out tho pieces Of
broken cork.
Il thought you were killed." she
said Then she turned toward the
car. let me take YOU up
lie could not very woll refuse and
he GOT To-. Besides. his horse was
nowhere 20 bee seen. and bis ruined
helmet would make him conspicuous
ln the street.
/ Il was precisely sunset and from a
thousand m.uJycts the muozzin was
calling out. Tho whole city was
flaming pink. as though covered with
t1e wings o. iuHumeahle ilaminEoes.
. The horse had fallen as u entered
great square before a mosque.
when they were seated they zen
Immediately Into pleasant talk. The
charming thing about the SRI was
/ her perfect freedom. There was not
"a pretsuse IN her. She gave
houndsss confidence. She WIS
wholly absorbed IN the thing she
talk 81 about
Almost a. osce they were on a
friendly footing, ard tho man found
Himself speaking OF things which he
had never before discussed with ans.
F body-trlf.nE, Intimate things which
touch lie bore ana there.
She loved a jar.ny and q trumpet.
Wac, she said. II she could only see
the trumpet.vlns and hear Doe ilr as.
Ihe always became az once .Ueyrrcs.
sbly happy no matter .a what
mood. She tried 20 initiate the
sound, pg;;iag on; her Aps.
And no told her that a cock crow.
ing ga the afternoon strangely sad.
d1ncd him. Ike certain desolute
landscapes that Impressed the De-.
holder with the end % all things Il
made him uuuttorahly lonely. lie
was not usually lonely. bu, that note.
sounded IN tho sun. could change
him like a witch word.
The m0,0r-car which had onloay.
ored % enter a great boulevard
crowded with natives. made one or
TWO turns ana finally stopped before
a narrow. iron gate 90 a h.Eh wall
studded with spikes. Tho driver OK.
plaiacd that be could 90, reach .he
main entrance. The crowd was
strangely obstinate and wogld not
make way for the car
To go IN with the girl seemed 20
the man inevitable Stc Offered "A
cup OF tea and would send him on
when The streets waln opened The
crowds brought our by the sacred
carpet would presently scatter
! Besides. "a the fascination % her
delightful, chatter. b. was seeing Just
then a slim little g.r,, mostly eyes.
on the vcrluda % a big. Old house In
a southern state ot America sur.
rounded by magnolias through which
| you caught the glimpse OF white
washed cabins.
She was Wing down. with foreign
Illustrated paper before her. Wf.,.us
4 letter 90 a hero.
lie could see every detail. So vivid
wns the narration She kept put.
ting back a vagrant lock % hair
that constantly fen down Her lips
were stained with "a paint from
the penholder where she had chgwel
u over a difficult word. aud her
frock was daubcd with ink whore
she had wiped her thumb.
lie knew the worship % heroes AZ
that age Tor he had Latin gram.
mar On which was pasted a picture
% Nelson. tngcr.u-iutcl with hllos.
I And De- had "a warm. bew.idorcd feel
.ng. a. though the very day and
hour % that fascinating time were
restored
The place they entered was en-.
closed by the great wall sot with
spikes II WIS native lu is archl.
lecture on side. with a Fat roof. bat
inside Il was a white mans house.
with a drawing room on the second
] luur.
They slw no servant ne they went
IN. aith0leh tao house WIS lighted.
n the draw .uE room 90 one an.
svcrc1 i've bell and ihc SRI went
euf 90 discover tfe tea son.
The concluding insiallmen, Of this
unusual story viii appear In our
rcNi issue.