The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-03

tA ASDtdbSQ Ill 1od IVO1l t1 ALI, 1llll laughed gently.
 Where is Jules?" asked Mar garet, fighting back a slowly rising ltide of fear, cold and horrible.
 Up here, in my husbands bed room"
 Where's that?"
 Through there" replied Fl Isa Beth el Ain and pointed to small door in a moorish horseshoe set ting, opposite the one by which she had entered. Without further remark, Mar igarst ran to the door, only to find it entirely devoid of any kind of handle, latch, bolt or keyhole-and entirely immovable. Having pushed with all her strength, and thrown herself against the door as heavily as she could, Margaret rushed across to the oth- CT one, determined to find a way round. Pulling back the curtain that hung on the inner side of the thick wall, she tried to open the door. This also was immov- able, presumably locked from with out.
 Hammering upon the heavy mass of wood, endeavoring to shake it Margaret realized that she was pan ic-stricken; that the cold tide of fear was rising higher and higher.
 This would not do. She must not lose control. Panic was never any good to anybody. She must be cool. and wary and brave.
 She turned back into the room.
 "Is this trap?" she said.
 "A trap?" smiled Fl Isa Beth el Ain. of course it's not. Don't be so absurd. You came here of your own free will, and you can go whenever you like"
 Jump over that balcony, do you mean?' asked Margaret.
 If you wish But it would be pleasanter to give the signal to Hassan el Miskeen that we want the door open. You knock twice quickly and three times slowly and hard, for Hassan is getting a little deaf and might not hear knuckles. Use the handle of that dagger"
 And Ell Isa Beth el Ain pointed to where, on the table, lay large dagger with hilt and sheath of heavy cut steel, the top of the han de flattened out into the shape of an open fan, and the end of the sheath curved sharply round in a small semi-circle.
 Thank you" she said. Could you give me this? Might I take it with me?"
 Certainly. Souvenir to take home when you go7
 Margaret hung in doubt for a moment, and then came to a de- eision.
 re I'll tell you something" she said, sAand then perhaps you'll under stand-if you didn't before-why I insist on being with my husband.
 Last night, knowing that my husband was not there, Raisul came to my bedroom and insulted me unbelievably, unspeakably :. Made love to me :" "Raisul did?" "Yes, Raisul.''
 He made love to you?"
 "Insulted me, I said. Told me that he loved me, and that he"
 Only told you?'
 Only? Yes"
 How did you get rid of him, then?"
 It was quite dark in the room, and I told him I would shoot him if he did not go. pretended had a pistol. Could I get one?"
 NO, you couldn't. And you had better not take that knife if you're thinking of stabbing Raisul."
 Thinking of stabbing him? Of course I'd stab him or anybody else who came into my room in the night and ''
 Well, you'd better stab anyone else, then Don't stab Raisul, unless you want to suffer a more terrible death than you can imagine. The Kaid would .n
 "Id rather suffer the terrible death"
 And Jules? And his father. my husband? And I, his mother? Are we all to die, because you're a silly English Miss, cold and flat and skinny? Can't you take a ioke?" Copyright, 1892, F. A. Stokes Col
 Margaret finds herself locked
 in Fl Isa Beth el Aims room
 tomorrow.