The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-25

maj, artificial and somewhat pa- thetic garden, sacred to the use of the hous h old, the big Moor turned to Margaret, threw back his hood and smiled his friendly beam of greeting.
 Well Mademoiselle?" he said ! in French. This is a good spot for quiet talk. We shan't be dis turbed or seen here. Clever Made moiselle."
 Not Fraulein, or Frau, Herr Schlacht?" answered Margaret, de- srous of discovering, if she could, why this man whom she instinc- ltively trusted, talked sometimes in German, sometimes German Eng fish, sometimes in German-French, sometimes perfect French, and at times excellent English.
 No, Mrs. Malig1ii. No more Frau lein, nor Frau. And no more Herr Schlacht between us. We're friends, and we're going to be partners. we'll talk in English. We're going to help each other. Now, you tell me exactly what Riccoli said to you-and then I am going to tell you the truth about myself. Cards on the table, eh?"
 Yes" agreed Margaret. Major Riccoli said nothing about respect ing condolences, or indeed that he was being confidential. In fact, he rather gave me the impression that he has said it all before, and per- haps many times"
 Her Schlacht" laughed.
 Clever girl. He has said some of it before, we may be quite sure Did he rise to the bait of the man who made himself king?"
 You should have heard himl And he was equally eloquent on the subject of a Captain Cauroi." |"
 Ono! That is really helpful, Margaret. May call you that?"
 Of course"
 Really helpful, interesting and valuable. Tell me all about it."
 "I'll do my best to remember every word" replied Margaret, and did so.
 Oh, splendid!" commented Herr Schlacht when she had finished her story. T think that quite set ties it. Now really do know where II am"
 And where are you?" asked Margaret.
 Just exactly where I thought I was" smiled Herr Schlacht. And now I'll tell you something in re- turn. And something that I hope will help you as much as you've helped me-"
 God knows want help" said Margaret. Someone to whom I can turn, and whom I can trust"
 The man put his big hand over hers.
 sYou can trust me-" he said, "as I trust you. Listen. I am French officer, Colonel Le Sage, secret service, in fact; and I'm here on very special job
 I'm telling you this because I know that wild horses wouldn't drag it out Of you. and because I want to win your complete trust 7 by giving you mine have lived in England, and I know your type, Margaret, both intuitively and from observation As I have said, I want your help. And as I have promis- ed, you can count on mine-abso- .utely. The positions this.
 "The Kaid, like his father, has been nuisance, an embarrass- ment and a danger, to France, ever since she began to extend her sphere of influence and civiliza- sion in this direction. Like his father. he has been a thorn in the side of the military authorities, constant menace, and an ever present cloud on their horizon.
 And now it's going to end. It's going to end because he has be- come an anachroniSm; because he preSumes to hinder Frances great work in Africa; because he is try ing to bring German and Italy in- to this part of the world, and turn the march of progress into dog-f fight; and because his son bids fair to be far bigger en- emy.
 And that young man is neither mad nor a megalomaniac, but he intends to be Sultan of Morocco, and that merely for a start.' Copyright, 1882, F. A. Stokes Co.)
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