Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-18
THE SEA HAWK
BY RAFAEL SARATINI
published by Arrangement National Pictures
Inc Copyrighted by Houghton- Mifflin ComDany.l
<<TTTE must act, AYOub, and act

/ BY RAFAEL SABAllNl
i"e Gooyrsbed by Houghton Miit@ company
t.VX7E must act, Ayoub. and act
w swi'y With or me will Am be Sestroyed
Marzak, who alone could not stand
against his fathers face. Sakr-e-Bahr will
trample us into the dust" She checked
on sudden thought. by Allah, it may
have been a part Of his design Ito have
brought hither that white-faced wench But
we must thwart him, and must
thwart Asad, or thou art ruined, too,
Ayoub."
"Thwayt him?"
"First, Ayoub, to place this FranIish
girl beyond his reach"
THAT is well-thought-bu how?"
How? Can thy wit suggest no way?
Hast thou wits at all in that fat head
of thine? Thou shalt not outbid Tsaman-
nj, or better STILL set some one else to do
it for thee, and buy the girl for me.
Then We'll contrve that she shall vanish
quietly and quickly before Asad can dis
cover a trace of her"
His face blanched, and the wattles about
his jaws were shaking.
"And-and the cost? Hast thou count
ed the cost. Fenzileh? What will happen
when Asad gains knowledge of this thing?"
He shall gain knowledge of it," she
answered him. cor if he does, the girl
being gone beyond recall, he shall submit
him to what was written. Trust me to
know how to bring him to it,"
Lady, LADY," he cried, and wrung his
punches of fat fingers. Il dare not en-
gage in this,'
Engage in what? If I bid thee go
buy this girl, and give thee the money
thoult require, what else concerns thee,
dog? What else is to be done a man
shall do Come now, thou shalt have
the money all | have, which is a matter
OF some fifteen hundred philips, and what
roho A.
shalt retain for myself"
He considered an instant, and conceived
tnat she was right. None could blame
hlm for executing the commands she gave
MIN. And there would be profit in it,
clearly-aye, and it would be sweet to
outbid that dog Tsamanni and send him.
empty-handed home to face the wrath of
his frustrated master
lie spread his hands and salaamed in
token OF complete acquiescence
CHAPTER XVIII
The Slave-Nlarket
I the Sok-elAbeed it was the hour of
~ the cutlery, announced bv blast Of
trumpets and the thuddng of tom-toms
Inc traders who until then had been licensed
10 ply within the enclosure now put up the
shutters of their little booths The Hebrew
teddler of gems closed his box and effacea
himself. leaving the steps about the we'll clear
Tor the most prominent patrons of the market
lhese hastened to assemble there surrounding
1t and facing outward, whilst the rest of the
crowd was ranged against the southern and
western walls of the enclosure
came negro watercarriers in white turbans
with asrersers made of palmetto leaves to
sprinkle the ground and lay the dust against
the tramp of slaves and buyers The trumpets
ceased for an instant, then wound fresh IN
perlous blast and fell permanently silent Thz
crowd about the gates fell back to right and
leit, ana very slowly and stately three tall
dalals, dressed from head to foot in white and
with immaculate turbans wound about their
heads, advanced into the open space They
came to halt at the western end of the long
wall, the chief dalai standing slightly in ad.
vance Of the other two
The chattering of voices sank unon thnir
advent, it became kissing whisper then
faint drone like that of bees and then inter
'llehce In the solemn and grave demeanor of
Tue CALAIS there was something almost
sacerdotal, that when the silence fell mon
the crowd the affair took on the aspect of a
sacrament.
Inc chief dalai stood forward moment as
II IN abstraction, with downcast ewes then
with hands outstretched to catch a blessing
lie raised his voice and began to pray in a
monOtonous chant:
In the name Of Allah the Pitviny ana
pItlful Who created man from clots of blood,
All that is in the Heavens and in he
harth praiseth Allah, Who is the Mighty. the
wise! His the kingdom of the Heavens and
OF the Earth. He maketh alive and killoth
ana lie hath power over all things He is the
first and the last, the seen and the unseen
ana tie knoweth all things"
Amen, replied the crowd as win . stir
ana rustic the close ranks relaxed from tha
tense attitude OF prayer, and each man s,,ught
elbow-roOm
Inc dalai beat his hands together where
upon the curtains were drawn aside and the
huudIed slaves displayed-three hundred N
an occupying several pens
IN the front rank of the middle nan-t,o
one containing Rosamund and LioneI-stooi
d coulie or stalwart young Nubians. sleek and
muscular who looked on with COMPLETES IN
dltierence no whit appalled, by the fate which
had nailed them thither. They CAUGHT two
eye OF the dalai, and although the usual c,,,so
was LOT buyer to indicate slave he was
prepared to purchase. yet to the end tba4 oond
peSlhnlnS should be promptly made. tho DALAI
hlmsef pointed out that staIv,art nair 70 ~
rorsa1rs who stood on guard In compliance
lhe TWO negroes were brought, forth
Here is noble twain" the dalai an
,.ounced strong of muscle and long of
.lllo' as all may see, whom it were a shame
ful thing 10 separate Who needs sncb
pair Tor strong labor let him saw what no
will give" "H"t lie
he set out on slow circuit of the v.a11
me cofsalrs urging the two slaves to follow,
MIN that all buyers might see and insnoct
them. anu inspect
In the foremost ranks of the crowd noor
Tue safe stood Ali, sent thther by Othmani