The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-02-21

She least Of Them v0HnG hdtsht. son
Chapter IL
THE BACKGROUND
CIGHING angrily-the anger at
- herself-Margaret glanced at
the man who eat beside her hns-
hand,
RaisHl.
First introduced to her at Oxford
as .Mr. Russell" introduced to
her that da, at Jacks luncheon
party in Jacks rooms at ST. Juet's;
that day when Ohio was so silly
and stand-offish and unlike himseif
las though for the first time In his
life he wished her TO remember
that he was Sir Ohio Vaudeville
Beileme and not her childhoodss
darling and hero. Tho OF Big At
tic...
When she had greeted him as
-dear old Tho he had called her
Miss Maykings instead Of Mnggie or
some other petname or the days
when he approved her as congen.
iai playmate and comrade, a good
chap.
Yes. that was the day on which
"Mr. Russell" had first met her. It
was also the day before that on
which he had declared his undying
passion for her. The amazing
creature. He had never taken his
eyes from her face throughout that
lunch; had inquired at which hotel
she and her father were staying;
had Immediately transferred him.
self from his own hotel to theirs:
stared at her unwaveringly at tea:
time. at dinner-time. at the boxing
match which followed: at break.
fast-time next morning. and then.
catching her alone In the lounge,
had laid his heart and fortune at her
feet and demanded her hand in re-
turn.
How she and Dad had laughed,
and how Jack and Jules and Mother
had laughed. about It.
"Mr. RUSSELL" otherwise the
Kaid Raisul Abd'allah Karin. son
and heir to the great Kaid Haroun
Abd'allah Karin, the most power
full man in Morocco. greater far
than the Sultan himself and able to
defy more than two or three Eu.
ropean powers when he could not
play them on one against the other.
"Mr. RUSSELL" late distinguished
alumnus Of the Paris Sorbonne. full.
Hooded Moor who spoke English.
French and Spanish as perfectly as
he did his native Arabic.
Strange that the true pure-bred
Moor. q princely descendant Of o
hundred princes, warriors. corsairs,
leaders and rulers OF armies and OF
Aeets. should be the one who sat
there In q chair of European origin
and dressed precisely rs he would
have been at q bachelor dinner-party
"a Mayfair-strange that It should
be he rather than Jules Maiigni Of
Eton and Oxford.
Did he, with his subtle clever
ness. wear that dinner-iackek black
tie those black silk socks and pat
ent shoes because he guessed or IN.
tuikiyely knew that she must hate
% see her husband with his bare
feet stuck into Arab slippers, squat.
ting there In native dFessf Strange
that the Etonian 0xonian English
man should dress and squat like q
native while the real Moor should
araaa, iook ana behave like an Eng
iiah gentleman.
Yes. almost certainly It was cal.
eniatsd. Cor Raisul did nothing
without q reason and q motive.
For how long would he shahave
IKE an English gentleman hare IN
Moroccof Had she been fancying
things or was he going to make him
self Q nuisance. and Il 90 would he
ne very diflcult 20 manager
Suddenly Raisul. Who had been
inanstrioasiy picking . flower 10
pieees. looked up. opened wide his
grsat dark eyes. gazed into hers
and. ~ though reading her thought
smiled with q lash az brilliant teeth.
not Q friendly pleasant smile Of
kindness and affection. bat . twist.
Cd smlla eardonie. sarcastic. enig.
matte.
Ignoring him, Margaret's glance
travelled on and rested for q mo.
mani upon the faL Jolly. evil and
cruel face of his father. the Kaid
Haroun Abd'allah Karin. Watch
Ing him - he sat chnekllng and
Whispering with zainuh. his siee,
wh0se lively salliea evidently
pleased him much. Margaret found
q almost impossible 70 believe the
tales Of bis appalling cruelty. tales
that her husbands mother. the
Kaid's ogn halfsisser. had told her
las interesting anecdotes and FAINT.
lyEosalA