Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-12-20

silence. When this at last restored she
herd MS exclamation:
'''rhe glory 70 Allah, who sends eager buy
ers! What sayest q. D., WAGER Ayouh?'
"Aye!" sneered Tsamanni, what now"
zone thousand and three hundred said
aAyoub with quaver of uneasy defiance.
another hundred, o dalai came from
Sakr-el-Bahr in quiet voice.
core thousand and five hundred" scream
ed AyOub. thus reaching not olly the limit
imposed by his mistress, but the very limit
of the resources at her immediate disposal.
Gone, too, with that bid was all hope of
profit to himself.
But Sakrel-Bahr, impressive as Fate, and
without so much as deigning to bestow a
look upon the quivering eunuch, said again
Another hundred, dalai
cone thousand and six hundred philips,"
cried the dalai, more in amaZement than to
announce the figure reached. Then controll-
ing his emotions he bowed his head in rever-
ence and made confession of his faith.
"All things are possible if Allah wills them
The praise to Him who sends wealthy buy
ers.
IT turned to the crest IN Ayoub
what say you now, O perspicuous wa
zeer?"
Il say" choked Ayoub, that since bv the
favor of Shaitan he hath so much wealth he
must prevail"
But the insulting words were scarcely ut
tered than Sakr-el-Bahr's great hand had
taken the WAGER by the nape of his fat
neck, a grow of anger running through the
assembly to approve him.
BY the favor of Shaitan, sayes thou, thou
sexless dog?' he growled, and frightened his
grip so that the WAGER squrmed and twisted
in an agony of pain.
!,
until his fat body gave way and he lay supine
and writhing in the dust of the sok.
Shall | strangle thee, thou father Of filth
or shall I fling thy soft flesh to the hooks to
teach thee what is mans due from thee?"
And as he spoke he rubbed the too daring
fellows face roughly on the ground.
Mercy" squeaed the WAGER Mercy
o mighty Sakr-el-Bahr, as thou loOkest for
mercy"
"Unsay thy words, thou offal Pronounce
myself liar and dog"
Il do unsay them. have foully lied. Thy
wealth is the reward sent thee by Allah for
thy glorious victories over the unbelieving."
Put out thine offending tongue" said
Sakr-el-Bahr, and cleanse it in the dust.
Put it forth, | say
AyOub obeyed him in fearful a1acrity,
whereupon SCkr-el-Bahr released his hold
and allowed the unfortunate fellow to rise at
last, half-choked with dirt lvd OF face, and
quaking like jelly, an object Of ridicue and
cruel mockery to all assembled.
Now, get thee hence, ere my sea-hawks
lay their talons on thee. Coz
Ayoub departed in all haste to the in
creasing jeers of the multitude and the
taunts of Tsamanni, whilst Sakrel-Bahr
turned him once more to the dalai.
"A one thousand and six hundred philips
this slave is thine, O Sakr-el-Bahr, thou glory
of Islam. May Allah increase thy yictores."
Pay him, Ali said the corsair shortly,
and he advanced to receive his purchase.
Face to face stood he now with Rosamund,
for the first time since that day before the
encounter with the Dutch argOsy when he
had sought her in the cabin of the carack.
One swift glance she bestowed on him,
then, her senses reelng with horror at her
circumstance. she shrank back, her face Of
deathly paIlor. In his treatment of Ayoub
she had just witnessed the lengths of bru-
tally of which he was ca pa BILE, and she was
not to know that this brutality had been
Clibera,- .4ece of mummery cacula ted to
strike terror into her.
Pondering her now he smiled fight
Tipped. cruel smile that only served to in
crease her rror.
Come he said in English.
She Wered back against the dalai il
for protection. Sakr-el-Bahr reached for
ward. caught her by the wrists, and almost
tossed her TO his Nubians, Abiad and Zal-Zer,
who were attending him.
Cover her face" he babe them Bear
her to my house. Away"
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