Evening star., 1924-01-27

In the afternoon she came for about
half an hour; to wish him Godspeed,
she said. "And you have to be good,
you know, because it Will count TO
me"
About five o'clock the guard came
to take him aboard. The consul had
obtained a considerable armed party
from the local authorities, az the
feeling of the populace ran high: not
so much against the prisoner him.
self as against as against his being
taken away from the Judgment of
their law. There was kissing and
cursing and splitting as the party
passed through the narrow streets;
but the super-sheik and the other
sheiks sat at the customs by the quay
with folded arms. When the crowd
had passed them they looked at each
other.
Allah is great" the super-sheik
murmured. Among the guards or
the infideI on the ship is Muley, the
son Of Hassan of mine. He VIII see
to it that the prisoner is free to cast
himself into the sea of the straits,
after he has eeen the blue light OF the
vessel Of the Englishman Davis"
The Englishman, Davis, is he to
trustc Says not the prophet: He who
, betrays his own blood will betray the
. stranger"
.The man. said the super-sheik,
''has cast his eye upon Davis woman.
, She would have Davis contrive his
escape. And so he came to me-"
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A S the Armadilio neared the Straits
"A of Gibraltar Muley came softly
into the cabin. "I am the man of
the worshipful Sir Davis" he whis-
pered, "and am sworn to aid you. |
will watch for the boat and the light
and warn you, all in good time. 1t
is but to drop lightly and swim; and
the rest Is to Allah
Did the worshipful Sir Davis come
aboard your ship and arrange this
with you?" Frankland asked.
Truly So" the man declared.
"I mean did he come himself"
Very truly himself" Muley assert
ed; II tell you it is but to drop softly;
and / will be singing at the time, lest
any should notice a sound. Float for
a while and do not swim until the
ship is past sight. Be sure the boat
Will search very diligently for YOU"
ct am sure" Frankland said. GO
now, lest any should suspect; and
come again when it is time"
When he had loosened the bars he
put the iron case-opener inside his
vest--a strange thing to swim with,
but he knew that Davis had not been
aboard the Arnnadillo.
$50" he muttered now, that's it.
The sheik has outwitted Davis, or
Davis has outwttted her. The boat
II there is q boats to take me TO
the sheik. Well, I'm going over, any
how I'd risk my life for the bare
chance of heing able TO save her from
! him.
Presently Muley entered softly
again. '"The boat is just ahead" he
whispered. I'VE are catching up to it
fast Count two minutes by your
watch, then go. I viii be singing
Allah IS greatr
Frankland waited the two minutes,
then pushed the bars aside, stood in
the bunk, with his head and shoulders
out Of the portfolio. A man above
that would be Muley-began chanting
some weird thing. II was what they
sang at Moorish funerals, he thought.
There was q boat, a big lateen-
sailed craft OF thirty feet or more
three men: Noors apparently. They
had a blush lantern in the stern.
Frankiand looked at his watch. Five
seconds overtime: He replaced it,
squeezed through the portfolio and
dropped. He heard Muley's voice rise
/ In a great wall then. IL was the song
for the dead. When he rose he lay
stilly and fioated. The boat was keep
| ing it's course. But he must not call
or signal yet Presently the boat was
, level with hin1-perhaps a hundred
yards away. 1T still did not turn.
Was this a refinement OF cruelty-to
] pass him and not to pick him up?
Gibraltar was several miles distant,
| he thought. He doubted II he could
swim 1t. Perhaps he might wave now.
| The steamer must be half a mile
| away. All! The boat was turning
| toward him, He struck out for it: at
first strongly; then decided that he
| had batter pretend to be exhausted.
I For, fS his suspicious were right, it
was not a rescue. but a capture. He
sank Imply on the seat when they
| pulled him in.
ITO Spain," he suffered then.
ITO Spain!" The gigantic helmsman
laughed. The two great negroes who
sat amidship laughed.
I'VE take you to Sir Davis" the
| helmsman said, land to his friend the
! iIlustrious sheik--' The case-opener
descended upon his head just then!
He dropped like a log across the
gunwale. The two negroes drew
| pistols.
Drop them" Frankland roared.
"Or-" He sprang toward them with
| the case-opener. They dropped the
! pistols and he took those and their
daggers and sent them forward and
1 went to the 'tiller. In a few minutes
he was sailing for the coast Of Spain.
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TT was perhaps 2 o'clock when he
, found a sandy stretch under some
| cliffs. He went close in, and made
| the negroes swim and wade the few
yards to the shore, dragging with
| them the Moorish helmsman. who was
just conscious now, but unable to
| swim. Then he sailed along the coast
! in a favorable breeze until half-past
8. when he thought he must be
twenty miles from them. and landed
at a little fishing village.
| He professed to be a yachtsman
| Srop, cthraItar who had damaged his
boat and gave 1t over for repairs