, 1923-04-03

You have until midnight tonight.
After that hour there is a reward
OF one thousand pesos on your head.
Co..
Rails Hamed turned on his heel
and staggered out of the room.
To Barak. who was standing by
the entrance. Lou-Lou now spoke.
Follow Rails Hamed." she said.
Report to me what he does today.
and with whom he talks"
The mute departed also.
Now, since the ruling sultan of
Sibuko did business with the trad
ing company. Lou-Lou that same
day dispatched Rails Sipek to Fam
boanga. to report by cable the death
Of T~rehearne, and to request that
the company send a new agent to
Sibuko.
This little matter OF business was
destined to have consequences.
A little later Lou-Lou Joined
Fortesque and Luke Quail in the
garden. her guards following, and
a humber OF her women at her side.
pit was always thus that Fortesque
was to see her. he realized-seldom
alone. The girl here became SUI
tana. Here she was hedged about
always with Moslem etiquette. even
moro strict than the etiquette Of pc
sition.
That night, however. he saw Lou.
Lou awaken into a frantic. passion
fate fury. The mute Barak had van
ished.
Also Rats Hamed's schooner, the
Gazelle. had left the harbor, slip
ping silently away. as was her Gus
tom.
When the sun rose next day, the
Gaselle was clipping merrily along
under shortened sail. Rails Hamed'
scrutinized the horizon. located an
almost invisible point OF land. alter
ed the course a point. then nitched
up his scarlet robe and FRUSTRATED
himself toward the west in a two
bow prayer.
Most OF the crew did likewise.
Hamed ben Yusuf and his men were
exceedingly devout, ever punctflious.
Did you ever see more perfect
w%eather?" said Rails Hamed. stand
ing beside Bantok. the mate.
Never, praise be to Allahi It Is
quite perfect. The only drawback is
that this man is dumb said Ban.
tok.
80 much the worse for him."
Rails Hamed made a sign to the
crew. who were watching him in
grinning anticipation. and they i'm
medlately began Il hustle about
Certain Of them brought a Singa.
pore chair painted crimson. in which
Rails Hamed seated himself with a
comfortable sign of relaxation.
Directly before him were a num-
Der of ring.bolts in the deck. To
these rings some of the crew drag
ged two cylindrical affairs of iron,
each of which vomited thin smoke
and an odor of charcoal through
holes in the top. These were laid
and were made fast to rings.
Their iron sides glowed with a
dull red of heat. Rails Hamed watch.
ed them. fascinated. After a NOM
ent they began TO move slightly with
the regular heave of the deck TO the
slight seas; they moved on rollers,
one sliding somewhat toward tho
other. then sliding back I'M Juggling
~ tHc iaouhSs as INC other moN+u
forward.
Less slack said Rnis Hamed
critically.
The lashings were frightened so
that the cylinders scarcely moved
at all.
That is betteri Now let us re
ceive our guest in honor"
An appreciative cackle OF merit
ment passed sustily along the decks.
Bantok stared about, then lifted
his gorilla.like arms n silently In
dicated three OF the men. lie lurch.
ed forward to the hatchway, they
after him. Soon the four returned
carrying among them a shapeless
thing that looked not unlike a Jelly.
fish confined In a gauze net and held
beneath the water. This thing
moved continually. as an amobea
moves-now expanding IN one place.
| shrinking In another, uoy t1vlstfpv