The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-02-10
Chapter s
Ill LITTLE .JEWELs,n

THE LITTLE JEWELS"
CAD Sailor Harris. "oIe friend o.
mine. the Sultan IL.
Z sBloke told you about, Bob" he
added, turning to Ohio, that day
at the fair"
p Tins not likely to forget it,.
agreed Ohio, s"nor your message
about 'SGUe the little JeWels,' as
thought you said.
-'SGUe the little JaIes', MUIR
INJURED Ohio again, with short and
bitter laugh. ~
"Wot was that, 'Arris?" asked.
William Bossum. "You bin ERE be-
fore. d'you saynIf You bin 'ere be-
fore, why couldn't you say so be-
foreg
~Ho. yus, before and behind. i
didn't say before that I'd bin ERE
before becos we come some other
way. But been to Mekazzen before,
all right" replied Sailor Harris.
We'll, go on, get II up" requested
William Bossum, "and don't be so
biconin' iaughty and, mysterious.
Anybody'd think you was missin'
heir or s0methink.", II
srYou'lI be q missin' Legion.heir
all right. In a moment" replied
Sailor Harris with unwonted bril-
lance. 'Tf you could close your 'ead
Tor half second. I'd tell you. Be
fore ] 'ad the misfortune to meet
Jon in Tonbury. goes ashore from
OF my ship in Marseilles and gets
drank. So drunk gets that jos
the Foreign Legion. or else the Be, a
eign Legion joins me. 49,. I dunno.
.s-- Any'ow. my Section was garri-
son Of fort. and my. escoGGde was
dpin' a patrol and got mopped up
By some Beddoo boxes. Me an. my
ehnm, ole Peer Legrand, Is what
they calls the sole survivors Of the
bloomin' shipwFech.
"An' these Beddoo boxes takes
rs along to Mekaxzen an gives us
tQrthis Kite for q Christmas.hox or
q birthday-present or something.
t@cor lummel Roughi n was an
ole buzzard. We soon wished we was
back with the Beddoos. One day he
took my poor chum Peer Legrand.
an 'ad him chucked OF q tower on
to some sharp looks, 'arE-way down
the wall. An there o Jung till he
died. 'ooked through the leg. !.
Upside-down like q sheep IN a
butchers shop. Fite Harem Abdul.
Ter Kareem. The dirty dog I'd
like 70 !"
well. how did you come to get
away then7" asked Joe Mummery.
as Sailor Harris paused to think 81
exactly what he'd like to do TO the
Kaid Haroun Abd'allah Karin Of
Mekazzen.
"It was his sister done Il. Come
down IN the middle Of the night 10
the dungeon place, she ala, where /
was chained up like q dog. Sea she
can get me out and guided to q place
called TangIer II I'd give bIoke
there a message from Ter. Then the
bloke would give me two 'undred
and fifty francs for meseIe and see
me on my way. Likewise she done II
too. A dumb bloke, an an ole sas.
an q black piecanInny. An me mi
one o. their big cloalks like q great
'orsehlanket with a hood to Il
Well. the dumb hloko gets me
out al right and guides as to Tan.
gier. And all the way keeps 70.
peating the message 70 meself, not
knowing but what mo life depended
an It yer see. Tho message from
this girl to the bloko IN Tangier.
5eepyor Peteroh MuIleeny."
YES" murmured Ohio. ~Seiior
Pedro MallgniP
what was the messenger" asked
Joe Mummery.
"'Edre the Ilttls Jepels," re.
piled Sailor Harris, Gibraltar.
EH0iaad. Don't trust mv broth.
~ any more. his ,cife has ICON.
Gire this nsdn tico hundred ana
fftv francs and send Aim opcr
fAe sea. PeteFoA's 0ugelIe Ellso.
beta Ellen spc0ks. Sdve the ~.
Gle ieicels.'
Yes. that was the message an
III remember Il as long as / live.
-. Elizabeth Ellen was the girPs
nAme--the Kites sister. Only she
pernoaAced II like Fl Isa Beth n
Ain Like that. y. A lovely niece.
ahs was. too. Cor lumme. An
spoke some English with 'er French
and Arabic