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I (Continued From Bnturday. "And thou’rt the jester.” replied Ayoub with forced calm, "thou’lt find the Jest a costly one." With a shrug Tsamannl turned again to the dalal. “A thousand phil ips,” said lie shortly. “.Silence there!" cried the dalal again. "Silence, and praise Allah who Bends good prices.” "One thousand one hundred,” said Ayoub the irrepressible. And now Tsamannl not only found - himself outbidden, but he had reached the outrageous limit appointed by Asad. He lacked authority to go fur ther, dared not do so without first consulting the Basha. Tet If he left the BOk for that purpose Ayoub would meanwhile secure the girl. Ho found himself between sword and wall. On the one hand did he permit himself to he outbidden his master might visit upon him his disappointment. On the other, did he continue beyond the Unfit so Idly mentioned as being beyond all possibility, it might fare no less 111 with him. He turned to the crowd, waving his arms in furious gesticulation. “By the beard of the prophet, this bladder of wind and grease makes sport of us. He has no Intent to buy. What man ever heard of the half of such a price for a slave girl?” - Ayoub’s answer was eloquent; he produced a fat bag and flung It on the ground, where It fell with a mel low chink. “There Is my sponsor," he made iinlwer, grinning In the very best of humors, savoring to the full lfis enemy's rage and discomfiture, and savoring It at no cost to himself. “Shall I count out one thousand and one hundred philips, O dalal?" "If the wazeer Tsamannl Is con tent.” "Dost thou know for whom I buy?” roared Tsamannl. "For the Basha himself, Asad-ed-Dln, the exalted of Allah." He advanced upon Ayoub with hands upheld. "What shalt thou say to him, O dog. when he calls thee to account for daring to outbid , .lfim?” But Ayoub remained unruffled be fore all this fury. He spread lfis fat hands, his eyes twinkling, his great lips pursed. “How should I know, since Allah has not made me all knowing? Thou shouldst have eald so earlier. 'T Is thus I shall answer the Basha should he question me, and the Basha is Just." '"I would not be thee, Ayoub—not for the throne of Istambul." "Nor I thee, Tsamanni; /or thou are jaundiced with rage.” And so they stood glaring each at the other until the dalal called them bark to the business that was to do. "The price is now one thousand and one hundred philips. Wilt thou suffer defeat, O wazeer?" I "Since Allah wills. I have no au thority to go further." "Then at one thousand and one hun dred philips. Ayoub, she is . . But the sale was not yet to be' com pleted. From the dense an eager throng about the gates rang a crisp voice— "One thousand and two hundred philips for the Frankish girl.” The dalal, who had conceived that the limits of madness had been al ready reached, stood gaping nof in fresh amazement. The mob crowed and cheered and roared between en thusiasm and derision, and even Tsa flianni brightened to see another champion enter the lists who perhaps would avenge him upon Ayoub. The crowd parted quickly to right and left, and through it into the open strode Sakr-el-Bahr. They recognized him instantly, and his name was shouted in acclamation by the Idoliz ing multitude. That Barbary name of his conveyed no Information to Rosamund, and her back being turned to the entrance she did not see him. But she had recognized his voice, and she had shuddered at the sound. She could make nothing of the bidding, nor what the purpose that surely under lay it to account for the extraordinary excitement of the traders. Vaguely Jiad she been wondering what dastard ly purpose Oliver might intend to serve, but now that she heard his voice that wonder ceased and under standing took its place. He had hung there somewhere in the crowd wait lng until all competitors but one should have been outbidden, and now he stepped forth to buy her for his own—his slave! She closed her eyes a moment and prayed God that he might prevail in Jhis Intent. Any fate but that; she would rob him even of the satisfaction of driving her to sheathe a poniard In her heart as that poor Andalusian girl had done. A wave almost of unconsciousness passed over her In the Intensity of her horror. For a moment the ground seemed to rock and heave under her feet. Then the dizziness passed, and she was herpelf again. She' heard the crowd thundering "Ma’sh'Allah!" and “Sakr-el-Bahr!" and the dalal clamoring sternly for silence. When this was at last re Btored she heard his exclamation: "The glory to Allah who sends eager buyers! What sayest thou, O wazeer Ayoub?” "Ay!" sneered Tsamanni, "what now?" "One thousand and three hun dred," said Ayoub with a quaver of uneasy defiance. "Another hundred, O dalal,” came From Sakr-el-Bahr in a quiet voice. "One thousand and five hundred," screamed Ayoub, thus reaching not mly the limit imposed by his mistress, but the very limit of the resources it her Immediate disposal. Gone, too, with that bid was all hope of profit to himself. But Sakr-el-Bahr, Impassive as fate, and without so much as deigning to bestow a look upon the quivering eunuch, said again: "Another hundred, O dalal. ' "One thousand and six hundred philips!" cried the dalal, more In amazement than to announce the lig ure reached. Then controlling his emotions he bowed his head in rever ence and made confession of his faith. "All things are possible If Allah wills them. The praise to Him who sends wealthy buyers." He turned to the crestfallen Ayoub, so crestfallen that in the contempla tion of him Tsamanni was fast gath ering consolation for his own discom fiture. vicariously tasting the sweets of vengeauce. "What say you now, O perspicuous wazeer?" "I say,” choked Ayoub, “that since by the favor of Shaitan he hath so much wealth he must prevail.” But the Insulting words were scarcely uttered than Sakr-el-Bahr's great hand had taken the wazeer by ihe nape of his fat neck, a growl of anger running through the assembly to approve him. % “By the favor of Shaitan, sayest thou, thou sexless dog?" he growled, , nd tightened his wrip so that the wazeer spuirmed and twisted in an agony of pain. Down was his head thrust, and still down, until his fat body gave way and he lay supine and writhing in the dust of the sok. "Shall I strangle thee, thou father of filth, or shall I fling thy soft flesh to the hooks to teach thee what is a man’s due from thee?" And as he spoke he rubbed the too daring fellow's face roughly on the ground. "Mercy!” squealed the wazeer. "Mercy. O mighty Sakr-el-Bahr, as thou lookest for mercy!" "Unsay thy words, thou offal. Pro nounee thyself a liar and a dog." "I do unsay then). I have foully lied. Thy wealth Is the reward sent thee by Allah for thy glorious vlcto ries over the unbelieving." r New York —Day by Day— _<J By o. o. McIntyre. New York, May 19.—A page from the diary of a modern Samuel Pep\ffc l/p betimes and ddhned my new black and white house robe, very brave. Breakfast and then out into town with my wife to Peter’s to have her hair trimmed. And Mrs. Rube Gold berg there. Afterward to Dr. George Dorsey's to meet his bride and C. D. Williams, the illustrator, showed me a picture of myself upon which he had pasted the head of a horse and so much did it resemble me all laughed, but 1 could see no similarity at all. Back borne and waited at the lift with W. R. Hearst and was tempted to speak with him but lost courage albeit I am an occasional workman of bis. At my scrivening and very dull it was too. In the evening to Ray’s for dinner of my cho’osing, old-fashioned hash and waffles, and Peter and Helen Kyne there and much rag tag and liob-tail about Peter's flat-topped derby, fame also Lillian Lauferty (Beatrlt - Fairfax! and more foolery. So home and to bed. In that period which New York calls the "good old days" there were types never seen now. Mostly they were re Ured bachelors. Many lived in the old Hoffman House. They were up at nine to be off for the barber’s minis tratiofis. This was followed by break fast usually at ths Brower House. In fair weather they strolled up Broadway in the afternoon attired In gray Prince Alberts with top silk hats, nml carrying gold-headed canes. Around 5 they dropped into Parker’s for a cocktail. George C. Boldt, who later became proprietor of the Wal dorf, was the hcadwaiter there. Then came dinner in the window of Del inonieo’s on lower Fifth Avenue. These men knew how to enjoy life to the fullest. They drank and smoked moderately. They were patrons of art museums and back stage doors were unknown to them. They col lected rare volumes agd attended opera. New York bring* about some quick changes. In a raid on a Greenwich village coffee shop they found a very worldly looking girl who wore a sombrero and a’ scarlet blouse. She puffed lazily at a clgaret and might have posted as a sort of she sheik. At the police station her worldly veneer cracked in a flood of tears. She had only been In New York 21 days and before that had not been beyond the limits of a village of 2,000 souls in West Virginia. In a like manner excitement dries up quickly here. I chaticed to lie walking along Central Park West one evening recently. A horse flung a rider on the park bridle path across the street. The rider was one of the biggest railroad executives in Amer ica and he was instantly killed. A big crowd collected as he was carried for the rush to the hospital, but In 10 minutes there was nothing to In dicate anything out.of tha usual had happened In the vicinity. New York’s visiting list reaches the staggering number of 220,000.000 yearly. Fifteen new hotels In the past eight months have failed to alleviate the hotel shortage. It used to be New York had a dull season In Its hotels where half rates were offered to lure more patronage. nils custom was abandoned three years ago. Rates are going steadily upward. Without a. reservation In advance It Is almost im possible to secure comfortable quar ters In New York. However, con vention crowds, It Is promised, are to be taken care of aatlefactorlly. A young man and a girl within the space of two weeks committed eulrld> In New York because they discovered they were born out of wedlock. Tli* youth whs making headway In a cor poration* Ills future was bright. The girl was to have married a wealthy business man. To my mind the most wonderful career In the history of mankind was that of Leonardo da Vinci. He was a "love child." Jle knew It but carried on. ^ (CourjuUt. 1 “Put out thine offending tongue," said Sakr-el-Bahr, "and cleanse It in the dust. Put It forth, I say." Ayoub obeyed him in fearful alac rity. whereupon Sakr-el Bahr released his hold and allowed the unfortunate fellow to rise at last, half-choked with dirt, livid of face, and quaking like ft jelly, an object of ridicule and cruel mockery to all assembled "Now go tlice hence, ere my sea hawks lay their talons on thee. tJo:" Ayoub departed In all haste to the Increasing jeers of the multitude and the taunts of Tsamannl, whilst Sakr el Bahr turned him once more to the dalal. "At one thousand and six hundred philips this slave is thine, O Sakr-el Bahr, thou glory of Islam. May Allah increase thy victories!" Pay him. All." said the corsair shortly, and he advanced to receive his purchase. Face to face stood he now with Rosamund, for the first time since that day before the encounter with the Dutch argosy when he had sought her in the cabin of the carack. One swift glance she bestowed on him. then, her senses reeling with horror at her circumstance, she shrank hack, her- fare of a deathly pallor. In his treatment of Ayoub she hail just witnessed the lengths of brutality of which he was capahle, and she was not to know that this brutality had been a deliberate piece of mummery calculated to strike ter ror Into her. Pondering her now he smiled a tight-lipped cruel smile that only served to increase her terror. - "Come," he said In Kngllah. She cowered back against the dalal as if for protection. Knkrel-Bn ir reached forward, caught her by toe wrist*, and almost tossed her to his Nubians, Ablad and Zal Zer, who W'cre attending him. "Cover her face." he bad# them. “Bear her to my house. Away!" (To He Continued Tomorrow.) Most Traveled V onian. Belfast. May 1«. 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