Evening star., 1923-01-02

(Continued from Yesterdays Starr
His enemy's daughter! This still,
white, lovely girl. This pearl among
women, whom he had tried to hate.
And now!
Pain twisted his face.
He thought Of Pansy as he had last
seen her, that night on her yacht.
She had wanted to bring about an
understanding between them. She had
tried to see things from his point of
view. She was prepared to make al
lowances, to find excuses for him.
And he had treated her with harsh
ness; wilfully set her at disad-
stood her; deliberately had said all
he could to wound her.
He had done his best to hate her.
He had put vengeance before love.
Now he had his reward. His wild
lust for revenge had stilled that kind
all.
A stified groan came to his fps.
What trick fate had played upon
him.
Leaning over the couch he took
one of her limp, white hands into his
strong brown one. The little hand
whose touch could always soothe his
restless spirit, that had once teased
and caressed him, opening out visions
of Paradise that his own deeds had
now smut out MIN IOIcNCIs
The fruit of the tree of vengeance
is bitter. And this LIE Breton realized
to the fullest as he gazed at the silent
girl.
"Pansy. don't mock me from beyond
the Styx," he whispered. For you
know now chat my heart is broken,
There's nothing but grief for me here
and hereafter"
Then it seemed to the tortured man
that q miracle happened.
The girls eyes opened.
For a brief second she gazed at
him in a dazed, bewildered manner.
Then her lids dropped weakly, as II
even that slight effort was too mucn
for her.
CHAPTER vi.
Blue-black night surrounded the
Arab encampment. Here and there q
red watch-fre punctuated the DARK
ness
Although we'll past midnight
light burned in the sultan's tent. II
came from a heavy silver lamp siuns
from the bar joining the two main
supporting poles. A., o,,o,,
The light f1ickered on tne couCn
where Pansy still lay. imp anu har cnris
among the silken cushions, ner curas
making a halo about her pain ora
face She was no longer clsd in her
muslin frock, but in silk nigntso"n
with her namesakes embroldeTeu upoii
it. a light silk rug covered her ,aY up
to her waist; on IL ner hapus 4o''
weak and helpless.
On discovering there was spaIS
of life left in his prisoner, the sultan nao
sent post-haste to an adjacent teht
for Edouard. p..,
stood silent while the patient was ex-
amined, in an agony of tortured love
awaiting the verdict.
There's no hope unless l can get
the bullet out" the doctor hdd re-
marked at the end of the examlnatlon; n;
eft escaped her heart By about hait
an inch: but it means constant ncin-
orrhage if it's left in the lungs"
And If it's removed the Sultan
asked hoarSely. =,
a non-committal manner.
fItIl be touch and go. even :hen'
But she might pull through with care
and attention. She's young ana
healthy. But If she survives. she'll
feel the effects of that bullet for some
time to come"
with that Edouard left to fetch ms
| instruments, leaving the sultan gaz-
| ing down at the result OF his own
mad desire for vengeance-a req, ooz-
| ing wound on a girls white breast.
| When the doctor returned, while ne
/ probed after the bullet Lc Breton neto
! lest. in pain, she should move and
! send the instrument into the heart
4 Cameron's shot had just missed; bu'
| she was unconscious through II All
! Although the probing brought FUR,
| ther gush OF blood. Edouaro naneseo
1 to locate the bullet and extract 1t.
! After the wound was dressed, and
4 Pansy bound and baudaged up, the
| doctor left ="
| with his departure the sultan sent
| for Pansy's belongings, wnicn ms SOL
| diers had brought up as plunder from
| the raid.
| There was no woman among bis
1 following so he sent one or me
| guards to inquire IL there was one
among the captives.
| Presently Pansys mulalto halu "as
Alice was a pretty brown girl OF
| about seventeen. clad in d blue cotton
slip, and she wore yellow SILK nano
| kerchief tied around her black curis
! with awe she gazed about the sump-
tuous tent; with admiration at hef
handsome, kingIy captor.
1 He. however, had nothing TO say 70
her, beyond giving her instructlons
to serve her mistress ana warning
her TO use the utmost care.
| when Alice set about her TASK nc
want from the tent TO interview
Pansy:s condition had upset his
plans. Even il the girl recovered
she could not be moved for q week Il,
least, no matter how careiuIIH het
litter was carried. And force as
large as his could not stay week IN
the neighborhood withous the fact be-
coming known.
when lie Breton returned he dis.
missed Alice, and he seated nlmseii
by the couch and stayed tnere "atch'
ing the unconscious girl.
/ Evening shadows crept into the
| tent bringing q deft-hanoed, ellen,
| servant, who lighted the heavy silver
lamp and withdrew as silently as NJ
had come. Dinner appeared a sump-
tuous meal that the sultan waved aside
| imuatiently. Then Edouard came
again, to see how the patient was far'
/ ing; to give an injection ond so, att
4 er a curious glance at the big, tmpas 8.
sive figure of his patron SITTING ;d siieh'
| Gradually the noises of the camp
| died down, until outside there wac
| only the sough of the forest, the whis'
| per of the wind in the treetops. the
Il occasional stamp of horses moor
! every now and again in the distance
the mocking laugh Of hyenas. Mock
/ ing at him, It seemed to lie Breton: n
i a man whose own doings had brought
! his beloved to deaths door.
Within the tent there was no long
4 er silence. Faint little moans whis
| nered through 1t occasionally, min
Cling with the rustic of silken cur
tains and the sparkling Of the lamp
4 And every now and again there wer'
I weak bouts of coughing; coughs tha
brought an ominous red stain TO Pan.
4 carefully with a handkerchief, hi
strong hand shaking slightly, his ar
rogant face working strangely, fol
he knew he was responsible for th'