The Daily Alaska empire., 1933-04-04

Laughed gently
 Where is Jules?" asked Mar garet, fighting back a slowly rising tide of fear, cold and horrible.
 up here, in my husbands bed. room"
 Where's that?"
 Through there" replied Fl Iss Beth el Ain and pointed to a smal door in a moorish horse shoe set ting, opposite the one by whicf she had entered.
 Without further remark, Mar garet ran to the door, only to finc it entirely devoid of any kind oi handle, latch, bolt or keyhole-a entirely inmovable.
 Having pushed with all hel strength, and thrown herself against the door as heavily as she could Margaret rushed across to the oth. CT one, determined to find way round. Pulling back the curtain that hung on the inner side ot 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 il 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 land 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 Ithe 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 Fl Isa Beth el Ain pointed Ito where, on the table, lay a large dagger with hilt and sheath of heavy cut steel, the top of the ham, 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 go."
 Margaret hung in doubt for a moment, and then came to a de- ciSion.
 a I'll tell you something" she said, Bffand then perhaps you'll under fstand-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?" is "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?"
 Tt was quite dark in the room, and told him I would shoot him II 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 :"
 I'd 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 joke?" Copyright, 1892, F. A. Stokes Col
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