The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-20
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for gain or the love OF life. had held
her In leash when she ought 10
have been iooaened with great
shout TO holy war. The heads OF
Islam were quiet. but the tribes
were restless.
England. feeling always with her
delicate antennae. know this and.
always wise. moved first. She nad
withdrawn this man from India and
seat him here 10 set the butt OF tho
Lee.Endneid a little firmer In the
sand south toward khartum.
lie had a fortnight In Cairo be-
fore no took up this tremndous Ia.
Dor. and he used II 20 DO FREQ. TO be
alone. TO ride when he liked with.
out an orderly always at his hsela.
II was great honor that England
an him. lie might. In tho end. DO
come vicoroy Of India or sirdar OF
Egypt. hut on this evening he ~na
impressed with the value OF wha,
he paid-his youth had been re.
auircd OF him when he should
como up out % this desert he would
b old. And what had he got--what
would no set out OF these great
honorsf
The man rode slowly. holding the
nervous Arab In. Tho strange. In.
congruous curr~n, Of tho city
passed him. but he was thinking OF
something else. and he gave Il no
attention.
There WAS another thing. He
unused vaguely. He had seen on
this very day. In tho shade Of "A
magnificent Towering vine. n young
soldier and an English giri. They
were sitting on a bench: neither
moved. and only their hands
touched. They aid not speak. and
yet their faces were like tho faces
OF angels.
This wns a thing that he had al.
ways hated. IL VIA not the enemy
In the front thai threatened the
army. II vus these loving creatures
IN the rear. Ruthless and deter
mined. he had set his face asains,
H. The army should be oelihats.
And he had broken and elbo~ed
out the men who would cucumber
themselves with a loving heart
Well. he had lived by the ruis
himself There had been no wom-
an about him on the frontiers os
the Enpirei when he came now
and then. to London. thu currcn,
Of nfe In which they moved failed
10 touch him. They were creatures
apart.
He knew Of them only what ap-
pearcd before the eye. And. while
he saw tho beauty which they as-
sembied. no saw also the thousand
foliies that seemed 60 give them
pleasure. and he wondered IN what
mysterious charm lay their appai.
Ting influences on HIS soiaisrA
And On shis evening. alone IN shts
mystsrious afty. b baGHn 70 Be -.
sAtied By . cszr1ous con~umfng won
On. He basAn b dpuns shs value
a n ons shfng ehas h haA acsssn
cut a ufA. WHIST wAs this sehsr
thtng ghaa savs IN ignorant soldier
md . common hcussnaid motion
- and sfssne IN the snadows Of
. n0vsrfnG VIVA. ne fAo-s Of ms
angslsf
what IA ms u1ystsrsows word
mean thns man us~d 10 dcHwnate
this thingf He knew what ths love
of iifs wAa. for hs had seen every
sort Of creature fight desperately 70
ifv~< and hs knew the love OF gain
ana the love of power. But mon.
All men. sverywhsrA fmperfied and
abandoned these things for the love
OF women. and thsy did II with no
doubt like one who trades glass for
. jewel
He reflected. There was no virtue
In the thing that hs had. In the
thing for which he traded away his
life. thus 20 transfirure the human
faoe. And when he should come
mp out Of this great desert south
toward Khartum. he would be cidl
Suddenly he realized that the
horve could not TO on. and that he
was controlling II with difficulty.
He had traversed the Rue Muski.
skirtsd the Plao- EsbekiyA ana was
about 10 cross the kemai Pasha,
that short boulevard entering the
Place Esbekiya from the north
when a procession stopped him.
The sacred carpet had arrfvet
from Mecca. The streets before
him were gorged with people. and
the whole city echoed with wcirt
Oriental erica There was little nov