The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1941-10-23
The Road to Ba6dad

lap of the gods"
"But suppose" she insisted,
'that the man there tries to pre-
vent our flying away"
'"That might create a difficult
situation" he replied calmly. ''But
there's always a way out"
AS they sped back toward the
landing field they were aware of
commotion from the garden
where Animal. who had succeeded
in releasing himself, was yelling
and waving his arms so that his
robes tapped in the air like the
wings of some gigantic bird. The
noise that he made was extraordi-
nary and they saw people come
running out of the fields from all
directions.
Ronnie drove out on the flying
field near his plane and helped
Osman and Camilla up into the
cabin. BY this time the cries of
Animal and his friends had
reached the flying port and it's
keeper came running out to see
what the noise was all about. AS
the plane began to move, a sus-
picion of what was happening
seemed to come to him, for he
rushed out and took hold of the
wing of the plane. But when Yu-
SET fired a shot past his head, he
relinquished his hold, stumbled,
and fell into the sand. The plane
gathered momentum and before
Animal could reach them they
were already off the ground and
clearing the huts and palm trees.
Shots were fired but Ronnie only
laughed while he gave his plane
the "gun," scared over the nina
rets of Wazemain, and squared
away for the West.
He was afraid to stop at Hit for
he knew the wireless would seen
be busy and Moslem planes
searching the sky. So, after a sat-
isfactory glance at his gauges, he
made directly west for Jebel Hau-
ran. According to Ronnie, the
party was not to be a complete
success until the descendant of
the Prophet could be securely
placed behind bars in a British
prison where no one would know
his identity.
And so Camilla's pilgrimage
successfully ended. They stopped
at the camp of Jebel Hauran for
a short rest and sleep and then
they took off again for the dis
tant mountains to the West where
in a few hours she would be in
touch with Josie and her friends in
America.
us it to be Jerusalem?" she
asked.
He nodded. Jerusalem and
then perhaps the fortress at Acre.
My jobs done. The camp at Je-
bel Hauran is to be broken up be-
fore the Anazeh can sweep down
upon it. Elek Kerak, the sheik
and robber baron, passes out of
the picture and becomes again the
name of village. Syria will see
me no more I'll fold my tents like
the Arabs and silently steal
away"
'"The death of Hassan Isar will
make a commotion?"
NATURALLY. I won't be coming
east of Lebanons for a while un-
less I find another identity. I'm
afraid my usefulness for England
in the East is gone"
II suppose you'll think I'm sell
fish when I say I'm glad"
His glance questioned. "Just
that there are other purposes, 9TH
er utilities for a man of your tai
ents, I might say another identi-
ty-'
WHAT"
"Why not your own? Hasn't it
occurred to you that you've taken
enough risks for England - that
you've right to become Ronald
Barker himself, man with two
countries instead Of a man with
out one?"
1T would be safer for WHILE"
he said quietly. as he watched the
saW-tooth peaks of the mountains
of Moab come out of the haze and
beyond them the sea that showed
the way to his country and to
hers.
(TFE END)