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THE SEA-HAWK 1 r,rItrs.'t”™'?*rwi«T'. Part Two Hy Rafael Sabatini. v.____._I_j (fontlmiert From Yesterday.) "How remove that cause?” he , asked. "Wilt thou atone for the mock ery of thy marriage, pronounce her divorced and relinquish her?" ■ "That were not to remove her,” re plied flakh-el-Bahr. "Consider well, Asad, what is thy duty to the faith. Consider that upon our unity depends the glory of Islam. Were It not sin ful, then, to suffer the Intrusion of light that may mar suc h unity? Nay, nay, what I propose Is that 1 should 1 e permitted—assisted even—to hear our the project I had formed, as al ready I have frankly made contes 1 slop. Let us put to sea again at • dawn—or this very night if thou wilt—make for the coast of France, and there set her ashore that she may go hack to her own people and we he rid of her disturbing presence. Then 1 we will return—there Is time and to spare—and here or elsewhere lurk in wait for this Spanish argosy, seize i he booty anrt sail home in amity to Algiers, this incident, this little cloud in the splendor of our comradeship, 1 behind us and forgotten as though it ’ bad never been. Wilt thou, Asad— for the glory of the prophet’s law?” ) The halt was cunningly presented, - so cunningly that not for a moment , did Asad or even the malicious Mar zak suspect it to be just a bait and I no more. It was his own life, be ■ mm a menace to Asad, that Sakr-el Bahr was offering him in exchange for the life and liberty of that Frankish J slave girl, but offering it as If uncon scious that be did so. ,* Asad considered, temptation grip • ping him. Prudence urged him to I accept, so that affecting to heal the • dangerous breach that now existed 5 be might carry SnkrelBahr back to i Algiers, there, beyond the aid of any J friendly mutineers, to have him stran ' gled. ft was the course to adopt in J such a situation, the wise and sober pttk • course by which to Insure the over throw of one who from an obedient and submissive lieutenant had slid ! denly shown that It was possihle for ; him to become a seriouh and danger i oils rival. Sakrel-Bahr watched the Basha’s averted, gleaming eyes under their ' furrowed, thoughtful hrnws, he saw Marzak’a face white, tense and eager J In his anxiety that his father should > consent. And since his father con ! tinued silent. Marzak, unable longer >■ to contain himself, broke into speech, t "He Is wise, O my father!” was ■ his crafty appeal. "The glory of , Islam above all else! Let him have his way In this and let the infidel , woman go. Thus shall all be well ‘ between us and Sakr-el-Bahr!” He laid such a stress upon these words that It was obvious' he desired them to convey s second meaning. Asad heard and understood that r i New York 4 --Day by Day Ry o. o. McIntyre. Xour York, June 9.—A page from tlie diary of a modern Samuel Pepys: Awake fairly betimes and greeted by Ji postcard from Roy Howard who •was in Jerusalem and ram* IT. SVitwer in a merry mood and told Jam some gay tales of California. L To breakfast at the Uptown club Twith Will Edrington and Eddie Can dor. the actor, and Cantor told me •bow Will Rogers gave UH.OOO to New ri'ork hospitals in one year, this sum 4 ** Jbr-ing the total of Ills earnings for • otter dinner speaking. And all big a dmiratlon. j Hnpie to do my stint and after •ward fell asleep in the bath the “water overflowing and wetting a. T-eiling below which will cost me a pretty penny I'll be bound. " In the evening to the Dutch Treat -annual show and much to amuse In •especial the antics of R. C. B»nchley. ^Afterward to a midnight birthday 'dinner to William Kerry Halligan, • the actor, and ao to bed very tired. * Down in the neighborhood of Wash ington Square is an old hotel built 3>efoVe the days of private baths. It •has one of those grand and gloomy ’lining rooms with muddy murals and ^pot even a picture of A Stag at Bay. There Hr* massive monastic chairs ,iind one Is able to see the high born _J)Ut Impoverished old ladtes of the •Square dimly. This generation would probably see it sll as cultural starva tion. At my table was a little gray haired lady swathed In black. At on* side was sn ascetic snt of a son and on the other a beautiful but pathetic daughter who might have been often a bridesmaid but never a bride. The waiters moved sluggishly. The room wss musty and dark. At another 'table a group in hushed tones were discussing a funeral of the morning. .After leaving the place I felt like ‘shouting "Three cheers for Jazz and the younger generation." t An actor visited a tailor oVer on t the east side. There was a gaudy 'suit he admired. The proprietor took It from the window ^nd had him try it on. “It is such a fit,” he exclaimed, "your friends won t know you. Oo rhead. I ask you, lust step outside 'a few moments." The actor walked out hut after a short time came In "again. The proprietor came up to him rubbing his hands snd said: "Stranger, what can I do for you?” * The most beautiful women I be lieve are those who hurl their beauty at the world without decoration. In a cafe the other night, there came a -young woman clad In a severely plain black evening gown. Kho was without a single piece of jewelry or hair adornment. About her were women with gleaming jewels, furs and frills Yet this young woman fit Araoted more attention than any woman there. And there were many •others just as beautiful too. At. another table in the same cafe group of four young people—two girls and two boys—were drinking contraband wine. Suddenly there “was a hush to the conversational -buzz. One nf the young men arose 'to greet a white haired man wilh finely chiseled feature*. The Intro duction was with the Inevitable adolescent awkwardness: "Folks, my father." The elderly man eat down took a small sip or two of wine and then bowed to one of the girls to dance. He was a splendid dancer and so was *he. He entered into the spirit of the party and even suggest ed they go to a famous delicatessen pV place for dawn sandwiches. They | didn’t know it but I have a stiapiclon tbs father was chaperoning them without their knowing it. If mors parents would chaperone children in that fashion the children would be far better off. Youlh ir sents restriction but when elders swing along with them they are flat fared and pleased. (Copyright. ItiO Marzak, too, perceived what was here 1 to do; tighter upon him became temp tnHon’s grip; but tighter, too, became the grip of a temptation of another sort. Before hie fierce eyes there arose a vision of a tall, stately maiden 1 with softly rounded bosom, n vision so white and lovely that it enslaved 1 him. And so he found himself torn ; two ways at once. On the one hand, if he relinquished the woman, he could make sure of his vengeance upon Sakr-el-Bahr, could make sure of removing that rebel from his path On the other hand, if he determined to hold fast to his desires and to lie ruled by them, he must be prepared to risk a mutiny aboard the galeasse, prepared for haitle and perhaps for defeat. Tt was a stake such as no sane Basha would have consented to set upon the board. But since his eyes had again rested upon Rosa niund, Asad was no longer sane. His thwarted desires of yesterday were the despots of his wits. He leaned forward now, looking deep into the eyes of Sakr-el-Bahr. "Since for thyself thou dost not want her, why dost thou thwart me?" he asked, and his voice trembled with suppressed passion. "So long as I deemed thee honest in taking her to wife I respected that bond as be come a good Muslim; but since ’tis manifest that it was no more than a pretence, a mockery to set'VP some purpose hostile io myself, a desecra tion of the prophet's holy law, I, he fore whom this blasphemous marriage was performed, do pronounce it to be no marriage. There Is no need for thee to divorce her. She is no longer thine. She is for any Muslim who can lake her.” 8al:Hfl-Bahr laughed unpleasantly. "Such s Muslim," he announced, •'will b<* nearer my sword than the paradise of Mahomet." And on the winds In stood up, as if in token of his read! ness. Asad rose with him in a bound of a vigor such as might scarce have been looked for in a man of his years. "Dost threaten?” he cried, his eyes a flash. "Threaten?” sneered Sakr-el-Bahr. "I prophesy.” And on that he turned, and stalked away down the gangway to the ves set's waist. There was no purpose in his going other than his perceiving that here argument were worse than useless, and that the wiser course were to withdraw at onre, avoiding it and allowing his veiled threat to work upon the Basha's mind. Quivering with rage Asad watched his departure. On; the point of com manding him to return, he checked, fearing jest in his present mood Sakr el Bahr should flout his authority and under the eyes of all refuse him the obedience due. He knew that it is not good to command where we are not sure of being oheved or of being able to enforce obedience, that an authority once successfully flouted is in itself half-shattered. Whilst still he hesitated, Marzak, who had also risen, caught him by the arm and poured Into his ear hot. urgent arguments enjoining him to yield to Sakr el-Bahr's demand. "It is the sure way," he cried in slstently. "Shall all be jeopardized for the sake of that whev faced daugh ter of perdition? In the name of Shaitan, let us he rid of her; set her ashore as he demands, as the price of peace between us and him, and in the security of that peace let him lie strangled when we come again to our moorings in Algiers. It is the sure way—the sure wy!" Asad turned at lust to look into that handsome eager face, for a mo ment he was at a loss; then he had recourse to sophistry. "Am T a cow ard that I should refuse all ways tint sure ones?” he demanded in a with ering tone. "Or art thou a coward who can counsel none other?” "My anxiety is all for thee, o my father." Marzak defended himself in dignantly. "I doubt if it he safe to sleep, lest he should stir up mutiny in the night.’’ "Have no fear,” replied Asad. "My self I have set the watch, and the officers are all trustworthy. Blskalne is even now in the forecastle taking the feeling of the men. Soon vve shall know precisely where we stand." "In thy place T would make sure [ would set a term to this danger of mutiny. I would accede to his de mauds concerning the woman, and settle afterwards with himself." “Abandon that Frankish pearl?" quoth Asad. Slowly he shook Ills head. "Nay, nay! She is a garden that shall yield me roses. Together we shall yet tnate the sweet sherbet of Kansar, and she shall thank me for having led her Into paradise. Aban don that rosy limbed loveliness"’ He laughed softly on a noje of exaltation, whilst In the gloom Marzak frowned, thinking of Fenzlleh. "She is an infidel,” his son aternly reminded him, "so forbidden thee by the prophet. Wilt thou be aa blind to that aa to thine own peril?" Then his voire gathering vehemence and acorn as he proceeded: "She has gone naked of face through the streets of A! giers; she has been gaped at by Ihe rabble of the sok; this loveliness of hers has hoen deflowered by th» greedy gaze of ,Tew and Moor and Turk; galley slaves and negroes have feasted their eyes upon her unveiled beauty; one of thy captains hath owned her his wife.” He laughed. "By Allah, I do not know' thee, O my fath er! Is this the woman thou wonldst take for thine own? This the woman for whose possession thou wouldst jeopardize thy life and perhaps the very Bashallk itself!” Asad clenched his hands until the nails bit Into his flesh. Every word his son hart uttered had been as a lash to his soul. The truth of it was not to be contested, lie was humjli.it ert and shamed. Yet was he not con quered of his madness, nor diverted from his course. Before he could make answer, the tall martial figure of Btsknine earn* up the companion "Well." the Hasha greeted him enperly, thankful for this chance to turn the subject. Bii-knine was downcast. His news was to be read in his countenance. "The task appointed me wns difficult,” said he. *T have done my best. Vet 1 could scarce go about it in such a fashion as to draw definite conclu slons. But this I know, mv lord, that he will be reckless indeed if he dares lo take tip arms against thee and hallcnge thine authority. So much at least I am permitted to conclude ’ “So more than that?" asked Asad “And if I were to take up arms against him, anti to seek to settle this matter out of hand?’ Blskaine paused a moment ere re plying. “I cannot think but that Allah would vouchsafe fh°e victory." he said. But his words did not de hide ilie Basha. He recognized them to be no more than those w'hlch re spect for hint dictated to his officer. "Yet," Continued Biskaine. "I should judge thee reckless, too, pty lord, as reckless as I should judge him in the l.ke ctrcumetnnces.'1 "I see." said Asad. "The matter stands so balanced that neither of u* dare put it to the test ' "Thou hast said it.” "Then is thy course plain to thee!" i vied Muzak, eager to renew his argil' merit*. Accept hi* term* and * But Asad broke in impatiently. "Everythin* in it* own hour and each hour 1* written I will consider what to do." Below on the wa let •<!*<* Sakr-sl Bahr was pacing with Vlgllello, and Vlgitello* word* to him were of a tenor identical almost with'those of Biskalne to the Bapha. (To Bo ( ontlnnert Monday.) 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