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THE SEA-HAWK eintrsmt!on*iKritun. Part Two By Rafael Sabatini. (Continued From Yeaterdsr.) The command had come, the thing that Tsarnannl had so ardently dc sired. He licked his lips. "And ths price mv lord?" he asked, In a small voice "Price?" quoth Asad. "Have I not bid thee purchase her? Bring het to me, though her price be a thousand philips." "A thousand philips!” echoed Tsa mannl amazed. "Allah Is greht!" But already Asad had left his side and passed out under the arched gateway, where the crowd was grov^ ellng anew at sight of him. tt was a fine thing for Asad to bid him remain for the sale. But the dalal would part with no slave until the money was forthcoming, and Tsa mannl ha<^ no considerable sum upon bis person. Therefore In the wake of his master he set out forthwith to the Kasbah. It wanted still an hour before the sale would be held and he had time and to spare In which to go and return. It happened, however, that Tsa mannl was malicious, and that the hatred of Fenzileh which so long he had consumed In silence and dis sembled under fawning smiles and profound salaams Included also her servants. There was none In all the world of whom he entertained a great er contempt than her sleek and greasy eunuch Ayoub-el-Samln of the majestic, rolling gait and fat, super cilious lips. It was written, too, that In the courtyard of the Kasbah he should stumble upon Ayoub, who indeed had by his mistress' commands been set to watch for the wazeer. The fat fel low rolled forward, hih hands sup porting his paunch, his little eyes agleqm. "Allah lncreaso thy health, Tsa manni," was his courteous greeting. "Thou bearest news?” "News? What news?" quoth Tsa manni. "In truth none that will glad den thy mistress." "Merciful Allah' What now? Doth 1 It concern that Frankish slave girl?" Tsarnannl smiled, a thing that an gered Ayoub, who felt that the ground he trod was becoming Inse cure; it followed that if his mistress fell from influence he fell with her, and became as the dust upon Tsa man - nl's slippers. "By the Koran, thou tromblest, Avoub!” Tsarnannl mocked hlqj. "Thv soft fat is *11 a-quivering; and well It may, for thy days are numbered, O father of nothing.” "Dost deride me, dog?” came the other's voice, shrill now with *nger. "Callest me dog? Thou?" Deliber ately Tsamsnnl spat upon his shad r New York —Day by Day— V-----J By O. O. M’INTYRE. New York. May 15.—It seems to me there Is some excuse for snippiness on the part of store clerks in New York. Consideration for them is slight. The biff-bang existence here results In many mental explosions on part of shoppers. When frazzled nerves reach the breaking point, the owners take It out on sales folk. There is Incessant jawing at the counters of the big de partment stores. It appears almost fitting that shoppers should carry boxing gloves in their shopping bags. The New York shopper develops a superiority complex almost the mo ment he comes in contact with a. cleik. The courtesy he would extend to a. street car motorman or subway guard is denied. The chip is on the shoulder and nothing pleases him. It had been my impression that clerks felt too big for their Jobs. Many times I had been the victim of unwarranted incivility. I began to think of the clerk as an obscure per son who thought in big red headlines. Then a department store head invited me to stand behind the counter. I epent two days selling goods In one of the largest stores In town. And I found, as usual, there was another side to the story. The New Yorker lives by the clock. He Is always In a hurry, possib’y to go nowhere. He fume* and frets over trifles. One woman reported me to a floor walker because I did not leave a cus tomer to wait on her. Had my posi tion been not as it was I would have more than likely been bounced. Another lady dubbed me an "im pertinent dunce" because I could not direct her to the rug department. I found the clerks pleasant fel lows, mostly married and with fami lies, who were really ambitious to get ahead in the world. If met half way they are extremely agreeable but have suffered so many Indignities they have become rather tactless when spproached. Elmer Davis, a Rhodes scholar, has for several years been one of the chief editorial writers of the New York Times, the youngest of the edi torial writing staff. He was gradu » ated to the post from a reportorial Job. Two years ago he decided to give up newspaper work to write novels. The first, "Times Have Changed," went Into the fourth print ing and his latest. "I'll Show You the Town," has started off with a big sale. Davis came to New York from Aurora, 111. The other evening I witnessed a sharp contrast in etage life. I had been to see a very striking drama of backwoods life. The characters were rough hewn mountaineers who lived by the gun, wore corduroy breeches, blue flannel shirts and Davy Crock«tt raps. Later I attended a little sup per for them. Each might have stepped from the fashion pages of Vanity Fair. They were Immacu lately groomed and polished In man ner. My admiration for the stage Jumped several notches. The best Illusion I ever saw created on the stage was In "Way Down East." The actor who played HI Holler amelt of the soil. As a rural type I do not think he ha* ever been equalled. He gave the entire play the aura of crosa loads simplicity. After the same fashion. John Drew in his hey-dey had parlor tricks that gave a Fifth avenue boudoir atmos phere to his fellow players. You could not imagine him associating with any one save those who are horn to the purple. Mr. Drew still remains a fashion plate. Jte spends a large part of his time at the ex clusive Racquet club. His shirts are especially made in Paris and, W'hlle quite dazzling, the remainder of his •arterial adornment Is in keeping with his years. (Copyrlrht, lt2< ) ow. "Go tell thy mistress that I am hidden by my lord to buy the Frank ish slave girl. Tell her that my lord will take her to wife, even as he took Fenzlleh, that ho may lead her Into the true belief and cheat Shaitan of so fair a jewel. Add that 1 am bid den to buy her though she cost my lord a thousand philips. Boar her that message, O father of wind, and tr.ay Allah Increase thy paunch!’’ And l>« was gone, lithe, active, and mock ing. "May thy sons perish and thy daughters become harlots,” roared t lie eunuch, maddened at once by this evil news and the Insult with which it was accompanied. But Tsamanni only laughed, as he answered him over his shoulder: “May thy sons be sultans all, Ayoub!” Quivering still with a rage that entirely obliterated his alarm at what he had learned, Ayoub rolled into the presence of his mistress with that avil message. She listened to him In a dumb white fury. Then she fell to reviling her lord und the slave girl In a breath, and called upon Allah to break their bones and blacken their faces ami rot their flesh with all the fervor of one horn and bred In the true faith. When she recovered from that burst of fury it was to sit brooding awhile. At length she sprang up and bade Ayoub see that none lurked to listen about the doorways. "We must act, Ayoub, and act swiftly, or f am destroyed and with me will he destroyed Jlarzak, who alone could not stand against Iris father's face. Sakr-el Bahr will tram ple us Into the dust.” She checked on a sudden thought. "By Allah It may hwve been a part of his design to hate brought hither that white faced wench. But we must thwart him and we must thwart Asad, or thou art ruined, too, Ayoub.” "Thwart him?” quoth her wazeer. gaping at the swift energy of mind and body with which this woman was endowed, the like of which he had ver seen in any woman yet, "Thwart him?” he repeated. “First, Ayoub, to place this Frankish girl beyond his reach." "That is well thought—but how?” "How? Can thy wit suggest no way? Hast thou wits at all In that fat head of thine? Thou shalt outbid Tsamanni, or, better still, set some one else to do It for thee, and so buy the girl for me. Then we ll contrive that she shall vanish quietly and quickly before Asad can discover s trace of her.” His face blanched, and the wattles about his jaws were shaking. “And . . . and the cost? Hast thou consulted the cost, O Fenzlleh? What will hap pen when Asad gains knowledge of this thing?” "He shall gain no knowledge of It,” she answered him. "Or if he does, the girl being gone beyond recall, he shall submit him to what was writ ten. Trust me to know how to bring him to It.” “Eady, lady!” he cried, and wrung hiq bunches of fat fingers. "I dare not engage in this!” "Engage in what? If I bid thee go buy this girl, and give thee the money thou’lt require, what else roncerns thee, dog? What else is to he done, a man shall do. Come now, thou shalt have the money, all I have, which Is a matter of some fifteen hun dred philips, and what Is not laid out upon this purchase thou shalt retain for thyself.” He considered an Instant, and con ceived that she was right. None could blame him for executing the commands she gave him. And there would he profit in it, clearly—ay, and it would be sweet to outbid that dog Tsnmanr.i and send film empty-handed home to face the wrath of his frus trated master. He spread his hands snd salaamed in token of complete acquiescence. CHAPTER X. The Slave Market. At the Sok-el-Abeed It was the hour of the outcry, announced by a blast of trum; ets and the thudding of tom toms. The traders that until then had been licensed to ply within tho enr'osure now put up the shutters of their little booths. The Hebrew ped dler of gems dosed his box and ef faced bin:self, leaving the steps about the well clear for the r^ost prominent patrons of the market. These hast ened to assemble there, surrounding it and faving outwards, whilst the rest of the crowd was ranged against the southern and western walls of the enclosure. Came negro wafer carriers In white turbans wtth aspersers made of pal metto leaves to rprlnble (he ground and lay the dust against the tramp of slaves and buyers. The trumpets ceased for an Instant, then wound a fresh Imperious blast er.d fell perma nently silent. The crcwd about the gates’ fell back to right and left, and very slowly and stately three tall dalals, dressed from head to foot, in white and with Immaculate turbans wound about their heads, advanced into the open space. They came to a halt at the western end of the long wall, the chief dalal standing slightly In advance of the other two The chattering of voices sank upon their advent, it became a hissing whisper, then a faint drone like that or bees, and then utter silence. In the solemn and grave demeanor of the dalnls there was something almost sacerdotal, so that when that silence fell upon the crowd the affair took on the aspect of a sacrament. The chief dalal gtood forw'arif a moment as if in an abstraction, with downcast eyes; then with hands out stretched to catch a blessing he raised his voice and began to pray in a mo notonous chant. "In the name of Allah the pitying the pitiful who created man from clots of blood! All that is in the heAvens nnd in the earth praiseth Allah, who Is the mighty, the Wise! His the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth1 He maketh alive and kllleth, and he hath power over all things. Up is the first and the last, the seen and the unseen, and he knoweth all things." "Ameen," Intoned the crowd. "The praise of him who sent us Mahomet his prophet to (lie the world the true belief, and curses upon ShHitan the stoned who wages war upon Allah and his children." "Ameen.” “The blessing of Allah and our Lord Mahomet upon this market and upon all who may buy and sell herein, and may Allah increase their wealth and prant them length of days In which to praise him ” "Ameen,” replied the crowd, as with astir and a rustle the dose ranks re laxed from the tense attitude of prayer, and each man sought elbow room. The daial bent his hands together. whereupon the rurtnin* were drawn aside and the huddled slaves displayed —some three hundred in all, occupy ing three several pens. In the front rank of the middle pen —the one containing Rosamund and Lionel—stood a couple of stalwart young Nubians, sleek and muscular who looked on with completest lmlif ferenoe, no whit appalled by the fat< which had haled them thither. They < aught the eye of the dalal, and a l* though th** usual course was for a buyer to indicate a slave he wu pre pared to purchase, yet to the end that good beginning should be prompt ly mads, the dalal himself pointed out that stalwart pair to the cor* sairs who stood on guard. In compli ance the two negroes were brought forth. (Te he Cob tinned Tomorrow.) THE NEBBS OPPORTUNITY. Directed for The Omaha Bee by bol Hess II the ^inmER , or the ' BEST NAME Contest' WlU BC ANNOUNCE! IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS 5:15 _ ■ A WONDERFUL * j >«-TVW\LLE — VT'S \ FANVLS FOR NEARS ENT A WAR LOAN I ITS BEAUTIFUL) ; "TO SPEND VOUR ( N DOWN THERE J ! 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