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THE SEA-HAWK n^orih.u°.“l3,pi.»«r.. Part Two H>’ Rafael Sabatini. V.__ _____' (Continued From Yesterday.) "It almost seems,'1 he said slowly, smiling, “as if thou didst not want ms. If so, it is unfortunate; for 1 have long neglected my duty to my sen, and I am resolved at last to repair that error. We accompany thee upon this expedition, Sakr-el Bahr. Myself I will command it, and Marzak shall be my apprentice in the ways of the sea." Sakr-el-Bahr said not another word in protest against that proclaimed re solve. He salaamed, and when he spoke there was almost a note of gladnese in his voice. “The praise to Allah, then, since thou'rt determined. It is not for me to urge further the unworthiness of the quarry since I am the gainer by thy resolve." CHAPTER XV. The Voyage. His resolve being taken, Asad drew Vsamanni aside and spent some mo ments In talk with him, giving him certain Instructions for the conduct of affairs ashore during his absence. That done, and the wazeer dismissed, the Basha himself gave the order to (ait off, an order which there was no reason to delay, since all was now in readiness. The gangway was drawn ashore, the boatswain’s whistle sounded, and the eteermen leaped to their niches in the stern, grasping the shafts of the great steering oars. A second blast rang out, and down the gang way deck came Vigitello and two of his mates, all three armed with long whips of bullock hide, shouting to the slaves to make ready. And then, on the note of a third blast of Larocque's whistle the fifty-four poised oars dipped to the water, two hundred and fifty bodies bent as one, and when .they heaved themselves upright again the great galeasse shot forward and bo set out upon her adventurous voy age. From her mainmast the red flag with the green crescent was un furled to the breeze, and from the crow’ded mole, and the beach where a long line of spectators had gathered, there burst a great cry of valedic tion. That breeze blowing stiffly from the desert was Lionel's friend that day. Without it his career at the Oar might have been short indeed. He was chained, like the rest, stark naked, save for a loincloth, in the place near est the gangway on the first starboard bench abaft the narrow waist-deck, and ere the galeasse had made the short distance between the mole and r x the island at the end of it, the boat swain's whip had1 colled itself about bis white shoulders to urge him to better exertion than he was putting forth. He had screamed under the cruel cut, but none had heeded him Lest the punishment should be re peated, he had thrown all his weight into the next strokes of the oar, until by the time the Penon was reached the sweat mas running down his body and his heart was thudding against his ribs. It was not possible that it could have lasted, and hts main agony lay In that he realized it, and saw himself face to face xvith horrors in conceivable that must await the ex haustion of his strength. He was not naturally.robust, and he had led a soft and /^tampered life that was very far from equipping him for such a test as this. But ns they reached the Penon and felt" the full vigor of that warm breeze. Sakr-el-Bahr, who by Asad’s command remained in charge of the navigation, ordered the unfurling of the enormous lateen sails on main and foremasts. They ballooned out, swelling to the wind, and the galensse surged forward at a speed that was more than doubled. The order to cease rowing followed, and the slaves were left to return thanks to heaven for their respite, and to rest in their chains until auch time as their sinews should be required again. The vessel's vast prow, which end ed in a steel ram and was armed with a culverin on either quarter, was crowded with lounging corsairs, who took their ease there until the time to engage should be upon them. They leaned on the high bulwarks or squatted in groups, talking, laughing, some of them tailoring and repairing garments, others burnishing their weapons or their armor, and one swarthy youth there was who thrummed a gimrl and sang a melan choly Khilha love song to the delight of a score or so of bloodthirsty ruf (Ians squatting about him in a ring of variegated color. The gorgeous poop was fitted with a spacious cabin, to which admission was gained by two archways cur talned with stout silken tapestries upon whose deep red ground the crescent was wrought in brilliant green. Above the cabin stood the three cressets or stern lamps, great structures of gilded iron surmounted each by the orb and crescent. As If to continue the cabin forward and increase its size, a green awning was erected from it to shade almost half the poop deck. Here cushions were shown, and upon these squatted now Asad-ed-DIn with Marzak, whilst Bis knine and some three or four other officers who had escorted him aboard and whom he had retained beside him for the voyage, were lounging upon the glided balustrade ht the poop's forward end, immediately above the rowers' benches. Sakr-el-Bahr alone, a solitary figure, resplendent In caftan and turban that were of cloth of silver, leaned upon the bulwarks of the larboard quarter of the poop deck, and looked moodily hack upon the receding city of Al giers which by now was no more than an agglomeration of white cubes plied up the hillside In the morning sun shine. Asad watched him silently awhile from under his beetling brows, then summoned him. He came at once, and stood respectfully before his prince. Asad considered him a moment sol emnly, whilst a furtive malicious smile played over the beautiful counte nance of his son. "Think not, Sakr-el-Bahr,” he said at length, "that I bear thee resent ment for what befell last night or that happening is the sole cause of my present determination. 1 had a duty —a long neglected duty—to Marzak, which at last I have undertaken to perform." He seemed to exruse him self, almost, and Marzak misliked bolh words and tone. Why, he wondered, must this fierce old man, who had made his name a terror throughout Christendom, be ever so soft and yielding where that stalwart and arro gant infidel was concerned? Sakr-el-Bahr bowed solemnly. "My lord," he said, “it is not for me to question thy resolves or the thoughts that may have led to them. It suf fices me to know thy wishes; they are my law.” "Are they so?" said Asad tartly. "Thv deeds will scarce hear nut thy .protestations." He sighed. "Sorely was I wounded yesternight when thy marriage thwarted me nnd placed that Frankish maid beyond my renrh. Yet I respect this marriage of thine, ns all Muslims must—for all that In It self it was unlawful. But there'" he ended with a shrug. "We sail together once pgain to crush the Spaniard. Let no ill will on either side o'er eloud the splendor of our task." "Amcen to that, my lord," sadi Sokr-el-Bahr devoutly. "I almost feared . . .” "No more!" the Basha Interrupted him. "Thou wert never a man to fear anything, which Is why I have loved thee as a son." But it suited Marzak not at all that the matter should be thus dismissed, that It should conclude upon a note I of weakening from his t\ upon what indeed amounted tc peerh of reconciliation. Heft ire B.l.rel-Bahr could make answer lie had cut in to set him a question laden with wicked intent. "How will thy bride beguile the season of thine absence, (> Bakr-el* Baht?" "1 have lived too little with women to lie able to Rive thee an answer," said the corsair. Mnrzak winced before a reply that seemed to reflect tipon himself. But he returned to the attack. •'! compassionate thee that art the slave of duty, driven so soon to aban don the delieht of her soft nrms Where hast thou bestowed her, O captain?" "Where* should a Muslim bestow his wife but according to the biddings of the prophet—in the house?" Marzak sneered. "Verily, I marvel at thy fori it tide in quitting her so soon!" But Asad caught the sneer. And stared at his son. "What cause i« there to marvel in that a true Mus lim should sacrifice his inclinations to the service of the faith*1 Ilia tone was a rebuke; but it left Marzak un dismayed. The youth sprawled gracefully upon his cushion*, one leg tucked under Km. "Place no < •• ' 'Ms in appear mces. O niy father!" he said. "So more!" ,. • i Mu Flyha. "Peace to thy tongue, Marzak./and may Allah the all-knowing, smile upon our expedition, lending strength to our arms to smite the infidel to whom the fragrance of the garden is for bidden.” To this again Sakr el Rahr replied "Ameen,” but an uneasiness abode in his heart summoned thither by the questions Marzak had set him. Were they idle words 'calculated to do no more than plague him, and to keep fresh In Asad's mind the memory of Rosamund, or were they based upon some actual knowledge? His fears were to be quickened soon on that same B<ore. He was leaning that afternoon upon the rail, idly ob serving the doling out of the rations to the slaves, when Marzak came to Join him. I To Ho Continual Tomorrow) j - ----—---- \,,a New York --Day by Day V/ By O. 0. M’INTYRK. New York, May 31.—Chinatown's annual ball reveals the gloss of the underworld. Sweaters are discarded for white collars. There Is only one regulation. Every fellow must have his "podner” for the "spiel." The Chinatown balls were started by the late Chuck Conners. It Is a rough and tough shinklck ing crew that gather each year for the big event. It is given in a hall in Doyer’s street—one flight up and gas lit. Few Chinese attend but the Bowery and Chatham Square are well represented. The grand march was led this year hy Margola Nickerson, the Bowery duds, and his ''skoit'' Rebn the Doll. Margola was arrayed in a checkered suit with a flaming red vest and woVe the pearl white derby as a tribute to Chuck. Reba the Doll wore a Grand Street creation of green silk trimmed with pink. She has howed to the hair bobbing dictum uptown and her per oxide tresses were frizzed to a fare you-well. The opening overture was ' The Bowery, I'll Never Go There Anymore.” The dance started at 10 o'clock and long after midnight when I left ther* had been only two fisticuffs. Beezer Duff swung one from the ankle on "a stiff from uptown” who tried to cut in while he was dancing with Gold Tooth Fannie who is the pride dealer off the arm at Beefsteaw John’s hashery. Most of the dollar a couple dancers ■nerr well illuminated with "Bowery smoke”—the varnish and acid hooch that sells for 20 cents a shot. And almost every male hip showed the bulging of a gnt despite the stringent New Y'ork law against packing a gun. Among the ladies gold teeth were plentiful and screaming vests ap peared to be the most dominating factor of the male attire. There were gangsters, stick ups and dbpos with their "blue serges.” The best flash of humor at the Chinatown ball was when at midnight the duke of Essex street whanged a table with his fists for order and shouted: "Ladies and gents, I’d like to propose a little toast.” "Nothing doing. Bo,” said a rather buoyantly bunned lady, "I want a regular meal.” It Is said there is an Understanding with theatrical producers that they will not name any more theaters after players. Just now there are theaters named after A1 Jolsnn, Jul ian Eltinge, Nora Bayes. Mnxlne El llott, OeoYge M. Cohan, Henry Miller, Peter Daly. One is named for a play wright—The Broadhurst. Producers who have theaters named for them are Earl Carroll, Ham H. Harris, Sam S. Shubert, Mark Klaw. Oliver Mo rosco, Edgar Selwyn and Harry Fra zee. There Is a smart haberdashery in New York where clerks make from *10,000 to *15,000 a year. They re reive 15 per cent commissions on all sales, fine told me of a very rich man dropping in one day. and older ing two dozen shirts. "It used to be." he told the clerk, “that buying two shirts was nn adventure. Now all the kick I get out of buying two dozen at a time is to walk out without ask ing the price.” Another little sartorial doodad I saw In this haberdashery for those Brothers Fortnnatus of the bottom-1 less purse was a new type of dinner shirt. It has a hefty linen bosom and cuffs and the body and sleeves are of soft and sumptuous China silk. The tariff is *24 per shirt. This dally little amladverslon start ed out in the squalor of China town sad plopped into the perfumed haber dashery on the avenue. There ought to be some middle ground. Business of thinking. O, yes, In my favorite ham and eggery a fella next to me of fer-ed me a lob as head of a crew of traveling soap salesmen. "It's nice, clean money,” he said (Sopyrlfht, 1*24 > A&K fWO You SWNA. RECEW/ET Moafcrio Mtf^UCK MOW WfcS M(S GAS0L1NC PUKP 5-31 TODAY 2 00 P M. 1 The * 20.000 BARWY OiOotiE D8R8Y , ^snerai. admission 2° EMTOtS ft SPARK PUJ& VfJEE UJEENIE Hoo* AnO BROKEN! 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