Evening star., 1923-01-06
a Son of the Sahara
A Modern Story Of the Desert
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El.Ammeh IL my headquarters"
"BIt how did you know was
You told me you were coming out
to Africa. ! heard the governor OF
.. the adjacent English colony was on
tour, his ultimate point . spot some
sos mess ao sS hs or su.n Se nrS vent sss
on a foray. returning with some Eng
lish prisoners a girl among them.
There are not many blue-eyedi gold
en- haired girls in these parts, Pansy
so gussed who she was"
1t all sounded very feasible. And
with miracles.
"He hates my father; that's Why be
did It," she began In a weak. wild
"Nsysr mind about that 3uss now"
| to save YOU"
She cilng tighter to the strong
SACK srom @and The tsst S1nf had ., hs'
-oh., Raoul, what would have hap.
psnsd y you hadn't conner" she
well. i did come, so there's moth.
he ss saiS mSrs t.nSsrlyy' rSr you to worry about
There's my father. The Sultan
mas threatened to kill him." she be-
You mustn't worry about your
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him, too."
Under the tension of the last few
| weeks and the final reaction Pansy
StGSe nt1S n,sn down completely. In 2 weak
most as " her brain had snapped
under the strain and relief,
| evidently lie Breton had expected
something OF the sort. AZ:
Going 70 table. he poured some
couple of cachets into 1t.
When they, had melted he came
PACK to the distraught girl.
Seating himself on the edge of the
PEG; ne slipped an arm around her.
thorttatively; then, when you've had
adventures" ~. -
81 darsn't go to Sleep" she sobbed
fGF as fear earl ! should iS o,S wake up in hsilT
| touch
I'll stay with you and see tha,
doesn't happen" he said tenderly.
AZ the promise. Pansy drank the
proffered draught. Then she lay back
He held the empty glass toward
the Arab woman, She took IL. and
would have gt ne from the room, as
she was accustomed to going when
the sultan pleased to iinger with any
one OF his slave girls; but his voice
stopped her.
said.
Then he stayed, smiling down =,
the worn little. face on the pillows
until the wild blue eyes closed In
ldrugged slumber. - 5
Afterward he sat watching Panss
In ,s,s a saieulating tS.H !, mann manner; g. No..
that his plans had succaeded: that hs
was going TO have all he wanted
Revenge he had had; love now seem,
cd within his grip. -
A sense of gratitude for her sup
posed rescue. in conjunction with tn.
love PanSy still had for him, wouit
be a. strong snough combination Il
make her forget his color and bring
her into bis arms in the way ht
! iwanted-of her own free. will.
Yet he was not wholly satisfied FOL
the method he had used TO attain Nil
ends was not one civilized person
would approve of.
A hpddled heap against one OF tn,
watched him. From time to time sh,
muttered to herself and cracked hei
knuckleG for luck and to keep of
1.-The EVIL eye" =
! .tShe had seen another sultan be.
vitched by one of these lovely whit,
4 girls; and she hoped that this CIR
4 would prove kinder 20 the son thar
the LADY annette had been to th'
father. - -. -.--
[ ~ :. CHAPTER XIV.
/ Great stars flashed In a desert sky
3 sky deep and soft, like purple vel
vet. They looked down on a sea o
sand over which the wind roamed
and always and ever In its train ther'
followed a signing hiss, sometimes
loud, sometimes soft. but Away
there, q constant, stealthy menace II
the night. ...' :,
4 In the dark depths one great curl
ing, bllow OF sand showed. the ooars,
grass that frinEsd its crest iookint
like spray lashing. through the night
Beneath, a little yellow fre glowed
In the glimmer a few ragged tent
stood, patched and squalid dwellin gs
Among them NANCY camels lay ant
tgroaned and surgled and snored, will
their long necks stretched along tn,
sand, looking like prehistoric boasts
Here and there half-naked men ant
i boys slept and gaunt dogs prowled-
4 sinking. furtiye shadows through tn,
iencampment, nosfnR about for scrap
of the evening meal.
Thore had been no meal for th'
owner Of the caravan that night. J
hunger that could not be assuaget
with food. and thirst that no drinl
could quench, ragged within him. Nov