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V&tttt 1 1 I ' Moham medanism By Edward A. MarshaD, Director of Muaontiy Count of Moody DiUo Institute, Qiiueo TEXT Beware of false prophets, which como to you In sheep's clothing, but In wardly they aro ravening wolvej. Matt MHHHniavHlaiaHMniaaanNBiniaaMaBanaaBaHaRBaHaHMHaaaiipavw .. - . mum w tfii.. - . ISiHllBTlMiiMfr kt i hi a if, """5 rr5"o'7 - I K 'BIBcK.Wff I "-5?i!M ... JWW A&ZV 7:15 it f hi ir&i P m, I , Stf" COPYRIGHT 1909 y LOUIEPHTjI!3 "" j r & vS 8YNOP8I3. The story onens nt Monto Carlo with !:ol. Terence O'Uourke, a military froo anco and something of a gambler. In his lotcl, leaning on tho balcony lio sees a oautlful Klrl who suddenly outers tho ilovntor and nnnson from HlRht. At tho Knmlng table O'llourko notices two men ftvatching him. One Is tho Hon Bortlo fa ynn, while his companion Is Viscount (pcVTrt-bes, a duelist. Tho viscount tolls liltn tho French government lias directed lilm to O'llourko ns a man who would undcrtnlco a secret mission. At his apart ment. O'Uourke, Who had agreed to un dertake tho mission, finds a mysterious Jcttor. Tho Y'count arrives, hands a Boaled package to O'Rourkc, who id not to open It until on tho ocean. A pair of dainty slippers aro seen protruding from tinder a doorway curtain. The Irishman finds the owner of tho mysterious feet to fco his wife, Beatrix, from whom ho had run away a year previous. Thoy aro reconciled, and opnlng tho lottor ho finds lhat a Rangoon law firm offers him 300.000 pounds for a Jewol known as tho Pool of Flamo nnd loft to him by a dy ing friend, but now In kcoplng of ono named Chambrot In Algorlo. O'llourko worsts tho nobleman In o duo!. Tho wife bids O'llourko farowolt and ho promises lo soon roturn with tho reward. Ho dis covers both aiynn and tho viscount on board tho ship. As ho finds Chambret Ihcio Is nn nttack by bandits and his friend dies tellltiK O'llourko that ho has Vft the X'ool of Flaino with tho governor general, who at sight of a signet ring Klvon tho colonel will dellvor over tho Jewel. Arriving at Algeria tho Irishman finds tho governor gonornl away. Dos ITrebes makr a mysterious appointment. End tolls O'llourko that ho has Rained hosBcsilon of the Jowol by stealing It. In k duel O'llourko masters tho viscount, secures possession of the Pool of Flamo nnd starts by ship for Rangoon. CHAPTER XIII. (Continued.) He mopped Ills brow, simply (aa bo Ittcd one of hlB apparent Btntlor In life) with the back of ft hand, nnd Stood erect, exulting In the scent, tho Indescribable, Impalpable, Insistent odor of tho East that Is forgotten of none who had ovor known It. Tho hot wind drovo It gustily In his faco, and lie sniffed nnd drew great lungfuls nnd was glad. I "'TIs good!" ho said simply. And. Sblt later, while on tho short-lino tho razen arcs wero beginning to pop out Silently: "There's tho customs boat. m thinking I'll slip below." I No lamps had yet boon lighted bo low, but O'llourko know tho way to pis room. Ho entored and shut tho Door. Tho nftorglow of tho sunset, entering through tho porthole, ron lorcd tho Uttlo coop light enough for la purposo. Dropping to his kneos, :ho Irishman pulled his kit-box from beneath tho bunk. Tho lid camo up freely as ho touched It. For a full mlnuto ho ,dld J tot breathe. Then, In ominous si once, ho bent and examined tho lock., t boenmo Immediately ovldont that tils memory had not trlckod him; tho trunk wjir locked, as ho hml loft It that morning. But tho clasp had yielded to a cold chisel. It was hardly worth tho trouble, bm O'Rourko rummaged through tho contonts of tho box, assuring hlmsolf that tho chamois bag was gono. So far as ho could detcrmlno thon, noth ing else had beon taken. Ho shut down tho lid and sat down fo think It out, yes hard, faco grimly expressionless, only an Intermittent Eorvous clenching and opening of his nnds botraylng his gnthorlng rago ind oxcltomont. At length ho nroso, ilotormlnatlon in his port. Ono phrnso alono escaped him: 'And not a gun to mo namo!" Ho wont on dock. Already tho trop- io night, had closod down upon tho iarbor, but It wna easy onough to lo- into tho captain and first officer, slll waiting at tho gangway. From over aldo nroso tho splutter of a launch a raucous sound, yet ono that barely rip pled tho surface of O'llourko's con taclouLncss. Ho stopped quickly to jtho cnptaln'B sldo and touched him nontly on tho arm. f )"Captaln," ho Bald quickly, "I'll be tasking tho favor of a word with yo In yrlvato." Hole caught tho gleam of tho Irish man's oyo In tho lamplight nnd eteppbd back a pace. "Got forrnrd," ho said curtly. "Carn't you boo tho customa ofllcor coming' bboard? I'll soo you lator." ' "Yo will not. Yo'U hoar mo now, captain " Holo backod further uway. "Wot I" bo barked hoarsely, raising his volco. ''Wot! I'll show you Wn mastor pboard this ship. Got forrard to your quarters! S'help'-mo-gawdl" ho ox- filodcd violently. '"Oo ovor heard tho Ike of It?" 1 O'Rourko stopped nonror, his lists teloslng. "Drot) that tone, yo scud!" be cried. "D'yo want mo to spoil your llttlo gamo?" Tho shot went home. Tho captain teaapod. nud in tho darkness O'Rourko landed ho lost a shade or two of his ruddy color. "Wotchor mean?" ho demanded, low ering tils tone. -, "V monn," .replied O'Rourko In a quick whisper, "that tho Egyptian cus toms officer Is at tho side. Roturn what yo've stolen from mo this day, or I'll tell the wholo harbor what yo've been up tol And, If yfc want mo to bo more oxpllclt, porhaps tho word 'hashish' will rofrc3h your mem ory!" "I'll talk to you later" "Yo'll glvo mo back mo property this mlnuto or, " O'Rourko was at tho rail In a. stride. "Shall I toll him?" he demanded. A swift step sounded beside him. Ho turned an Instant too lato, who had reckoned without Dennlson. As ho movod to protect himself tho first of ficer's fist caught tho Irishman Just under tho ear. And one hundred and seventy-five pounds of man and mallco woro behind It. O'Rourko shot Into tho scuppers as though kicked by a mulo, struck his head against a plcco of iron work and lay still, half stunned, shutting his tooth savagely upon a moan. Holo and tho first mate stood over him, and tho captain's tolce, guarded but clear enough, camo to hja oar: "You'll Ho thoro, mo man, and not so much as a whimper till I glvo you loavo. Tako 'oed wot I says. Mr. Donnlson 'ero Is goln' to clean 'Is re volver." O'Rourko lay silent, savo for his quick breathing. Tho first officer, grinning malevolently, sat down nearv at hand, keeping a basilisk oyo upon tho proatrato man whllo ho fondled an able-bodied, hammerless Wobloy. Holo moved off towards tho gang way, whonco his volco arose, an ln Btnnt later, greeting his visitor. Tho lattor put a hurried question, which O'Rourko did not catch, but tho cap tain's reply was quick onough: "Only a mutinous dorg of a deck 'and. Wanted shoro loavo and refused to go forrard when ordered. 'E ain't 'urted nono. Mr. Donnlson oro juBt gyvo 'Im a tap to koop him quiet" Tho Irishman sworo benoath his breath and watched tho first officer. Tho light from tho lantern at the gangway glancod dully upon tho pol ished barrel of tho revolver, and tho gleaming lino was steadily dlrectod towards O'Rourko's head. JJpon re consideration ho concluded to lio still, to wait and watch his opportunity; nor tho present, nt least, ho was in disposed to question Dennlson'a wil lingness to use tho weapon. O'Rourko Offlcor'a was to bo kopt quiet at all hazards, and ho knew it full well; for once ho conceded discretion tho bottor part of valor, and was patient. CHAPTER XIV. In tho faco of tho fact that tho Im portation of hashish Into Egypt has boon declared lllogal by Khedlval log lulatlon, tho drug Is always to bo ob tained In tho lower dlvos of Alexan dria, Cairo and Port Said It ono only knowB whoro to go and how to aBk for It Manufactured In certain Islands of tho Groclan Arcblpologo, it la mysteriously exported undor tho vory noeoa ot complaisant authorities PPSmlV Bin "TJBfl IB , w 1 C v' 'SBHK Wks wfLwtfWvr2'i'l0 F,, ,-' 7jiJwfeJiJCHBMaft"vG'g i5S Tho First and, eluding tho rigor of Egyptian customs, as well as the vlgilanco of Egyptian spies, finds Its way to the fellaheen among other nvld consum ers; speaking baldly, Is smuggled Into the land. Customs Inspections, fur thermore, aro as severe as might bo oxpectcd by anyone acquainted with tho country nnd Its inhabitants as was O'Rourkc. Ho felt, then, no cort of surpriso nt tho brovity of tho official visitation. The inspector, accompanied by an excessively urbano nnd Buave Captain Hole, consciously but brJfly glanced Into the hold, asked a fow quostlona which would havo beon pertinent had thoy not been entirely perfunctory, and took his loavo. From tho gangway tba captain turned back directly tu his first offi cer and tho lnttor's charge. Hearing his approaching footsteps, O'Rourko gathored himself together and sum moned all his faculties to his aid. "Troublesome?" demanded Hole, pausing. "Not n syllable" Bald tho mate. "Th mon's sensible. I ha'o mo doubts but he's too canny nltegither." "Peaceful as a by by, eh? Well," savagoly, " 'ell learn wot for. Get up, you Irish " O'Rourko lay passive under tho storm of Hole's profanity. Ho had nil but closed his eyes, nnd was watch lng tho pair from beneath his lashes. Falling to elicit any response, "'Asn't 'o moved?" demanded tho cap tain. "Not a muscle " "Shammln'l 'Ero, I'll show 'im." O'Rourko gritted hla teeth nnd sup pressed a groan as the too of Hole's heavy boot crashed Into his rlb3. "Th' mon's nao shamming," Donnl son declared. "He's fair fainted." "Fainted hell!" countered tho cap tain. "Glvo '13 nrm a twist, Donnl son." Tho mato calmly disobeyed. Tho arm-twist desired by tho captain re quires tho use of tho twister's two hands, and stoutly as ho defended his opinion, tho first officer was by no moans ready to put up hla revolver. He advanced and bent over the Irishman, who lay motionless, his up- Caught O'Rourko Just Under the Ear. por lip rolled back to show his clenched teeth. "Hough!" exclaimed tho first officer, peorlng Into his faco, hla tono oxpresslvo ot tho liveliest concorn. Without further hesitation ho dropped tho revolver Into his pockot and recolvod a tremendous short-arm blow In tho faco. With a Btlfled cry ho fell back, clutching at a broken uoso, and sprawlod at length: whllo O'Rourko, leaping to hla feet, dcllboratoly put a heol Into tho pit of Dennlson'a stom ach, thereby effectually eliminating him aa a factor In tho further contro versy. Simultaneously he advancod upon Captain Holo. Dut In tho latter ho encountered no mean antagonist. Tho man It has been said was as tall as and heavier than tho adventurer, and by virtue of his position a competent "and experi enced rough-and-ready fighter. In a breath ho had lowered his head and, hollowing liko a bull, launched him aelf toward O'Rourko. Tho Irishman mot tho onslaught with a stinging uppercut; which, nev ertheless, failed to discourage tho captain, who grapplod and began to belabor O'Rourko with short, stabbing blowa on tho sldo of tho head, at the same time endeavoring to trip him. Tho fury of his onset all but carried the Irishman off his feet. At tho same time It defeated Hole's own purpose. O'Rourko watched hla chance, seized tho man's throat with both hands and, tightening his grip, fairly lifted him off his foot and shook him as a tor rior shakos a rat. Thon, with a grunt of satisfaction, ho throw tho captain J from him and turned to faco greater odds. The noiso of tho conflict had brought tho crow down upon the contestants. Surrounded, he was rushed to tho rail. With that to his back ho drew on his resorvo of strength and, poising him self, began to glvo his assailants per sonal und Individual attention. Thoy pushed him close, snarling and curs ing, hindering ono another in their eagerness, and suffering variously for their temerity. O'Rourko fought with trained precision; his blows, lightning quick, wero direct from the shoulder and vory finely placed; and so straight did ho strike that almost from the first his knuckleB wero torn and bleding from their Impact upon flesh and hone. Fight as fiercely as he might, how ever, tho pack was too heavy for him; and when presently ho discerned, not In ono but In half a dozen hands, gleams of light tho rays of a near-by lantern running down knife-blades ho conccdod tho moment Imminent when ho must sever his connection with tho Pelican. Moreover he had a shrewd suspicion that Holo wa3 up and only waiting for an opening to use his revolver. Leaping to tho rail, ho poised an instant, thon dived far out from tho vessel's side, down into tho Stygian blackness of tho harbor water; a good clean dlvo, cutting the water with hardly a splash, ho went down liko an arrow, gradually swerving from tho straight lino of his flight into a long arc so long, indeed, that he was well-nigh breathless when ho camo to tho surface, a dozen yards or more from tho Pelican. Spitting out tho foul harbor water, and with a swift glance over his shoul der that showed him tho Pelican's dark freeboard liko a wall, and a cluster of dark shapes hanging over tho rail at tho top vaguely revealed by lnntorn light, he struck out for tho nearest vessol, employing tho double ovorhaud stroke, noisy but speedy. That ho heard no cry when he camo to tho surfaco, that Holo had not de tected him by tho phosphorescence, and that ho had held his hand from firing, at first puzzled O'Rourko; but he reaso'ned that Holo probably foared to raise an alarm and thereby attract much undesirable attention to himself nnd his ahlp. In tho courso of the flrat fow Btrokea, however, ho managed to peop again over his shoulder, nnd from tho activity on tho Pollcan's decks concluded that ho waB to bo pursued by boat; which, In fact, proved to bo the caso. Fortunately tho Pelican rodo at an chor In waters studded thick with other vossols, affording plontyof jild lug places on a night as black as that Tho advonturor mado direct for tho flrat vessol, swam completely around It, and by tho tlrao tho Pollcan's boat was afloat and Its rowers bending to tho oara, he waB supporting himself by a hand upon tho unknown ship's cablo, floating on his hack with only his faco out of water. Undor thoso conditions, It was small wonder that tho boat missed him so completely. At longth rested, tho Irishman re leased his hold and struck out for laud at an oasy paco. Eventually ha gained tho end of a quay, upon which ho drew himself for a last rest and to let his dripping gar ments drain a bit ore venturing abroad lu tho streets. Not until then, strangely enough, did II como to him with Its full forco, how ho had beon tricked nnd played upon from tho very beginning. And ho sworo bitterly whon ho contemplated his present position ot a penniless outcast In n city almost wholly atrango to him, without friends (savo indeed, Danny wherevor ho might bo), with out a placo to lay his head, lacking even a chango ot clothing. Ills kit box was ahoard tho Pelican and likely to remain thoro, for all ho could do to tho contrary; in his pre3ent atato, to apply to tho authorities or to at tempt to lodgo a complaint against Captain Holo would more likely than not result In incarceration on a charge of vagrancy moro real than technical. And tho Pool of Flamo! He fumed with Impotent rago when ho saw how blindly ho had stumbled Into Holo's trap, how neatly ho had per mitted himself to bo raped of the jew el. For in the light of lato events he could not doubt but that Holo had sought him out armed with tho knowl edge that O'Rourko was in possession of tho priceless Jewels more than probably advised and employed by Des Trebes; assuming that ho had failed to Inflict a mortal wound upon that adventurer. "Aw, the dlvvle, tho dlvvle!" com plained O'Rourko. "Sure, and 'tis n pretty mess I've made of it all, now!" Saying which ho rose and clambered to tho top of tho quay with the moro haste than good will in view of the fact that tho splashing of oars, the dimly outlined shapo of a boat head ing directly for his refuge, had sud denly become visible. Of course, it might not bo tho Pelican; but O'Rourko was too thoroughly Im pressed with tho conviction that the laws of coincidence were working against him, just thon at any rate, to be willing "to run unnecessary risks. Chance, too, would havo It that there should bo an arc-light ablaze precisely at tho foot of the pier, be neath which stood, clearly defined In tho whlto glare, Jhe figure of a hulk ing black native representative of tho municipal police, whom O'Rourke must pass ero ho could gain solid earth. For this reason he dared not betray evidences of haste; his appearance was striking enough In all conscience, without any additional touches. So ho thrust his hands Into his pockets and sauntered with a well-assumed but perhaps not wholly convincing air of nonchalance toward tho officer. The latter remained all unsuspicious until and then tho mischief of it was that O'Rourko was still a full five yards tho wrong sldo of tho man Holo himself leaped from the boat upon tho end of the quay and sent a yell echoing af,ter tho fugitive. "Hey!" ho roared. "Stop 'Im! De serter! Thief! Stop thief!" Tho black wns facing O'Rourke in an instant, but simultaneously tho Irishman was upon him andhad put an elbow smartly into hlsNnildriff in passing, all but toppling tho man back wards into tho harbor. It had been well for him had ho suc ceeded. As it was tho follow saved himself by a hair's breadth and tho next mlnuto was after O'Rourko, yell ing madly. Tho Irishman showed a fleet pair of heels, be sure; but, undoubtedly, tho devil himself was In tho luck that night! Who shall describe in what manner n rabble springs out of the very cobbles of Alexandra's streets? Mon, women, naked children and ynp ping pariah dogs, fellaheen, Arabs, Be douins from tho desert, Nubians, Greeks, Levantines tho fugitive had not covered two-score yard8 ere n mob ot such composition was snapping at his calves. Turning and twisting, dodging and doubling, smiting this gratuitous en emy full In tho faco, treating the next as ho had the limb ot tho law (and leaving both howling), ho seized tho first opening nnd swung Into a narrow back-way, loading Inland from tho wa terfront. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Care of the Eyea. ir a woman has tho slightest diffi culty with her sight, sho should lose no time In consulting an oculist Notn lng will bring undesirable crows' feet more quickly than straining tho oyes, and local treatment to prevent the lines will bo inefficacious if the seat ot tho trouble is not attended to. it la tar better to wear glasses when sew ing and writing than to let tho whole face have a drawn and aged look. Ot course, massaging about the cor ners of tho eyes will make a tremen dous improvement in a woman's ap pearance, but tho work will bo with out results unless oho docs it regularly every night Also, If sho la trying to smooth away crows' foot she must re member that stroking Is not to be dono so severely aa to loosen tho akin, which would causo bagglness, but merely that friction la to stimulate cir culation, nourishing tho skin tissues. Foolish Question. "Aro you going to permit your son to play football when he goon to col lego?" "No. I'm going to keep him from It In tho aamo way that I have kept him' from" smoking cigarettes." "Oh, havo you kept him from doing that?" "Certainly when ho knows l' lookiug." Tho study of comparatlvo religions' la becoming moro and moro popular. It Is an excellent thing for Chris tian people to wolgh tho relig ions of tho world and for tho non Christians to real ize tho power of Christianity. Ono of tho systoms that is being stud led is Mohamme danism, and it ia hold by some to bo a stepping stono to Christianity. In examining tho various sys tems of religion, great caro must bo exorcised In searching for tho points of contact less wo strivo to make them points for tho amalgamation of Christianity with tho non-Christian system. Mo bammed is considered the last of tho great prophets who inaugurated theso groat religious systems. Ho was born In Mecca about 500 yeara after Christ. At tho ago of twenty-flvo ho married a wealthy widow for whom he had car ried on business,. by caravan, between Mecca and Damascus. Later ho be gan to havo religious aspirations nnd on various occasions whllo in seclu sion in a cave experienced strango hallucinations that ho attributed to the lnfluenco of angels. Ho consid ered himself constituted a prophet by Gabriel and took up the work of re formation. Ho became blttor against Idolatry and opposed somo of tho in consistencies of his time, However, as years went on, he became grasping, which caused him to break his own laws and do Inconsistent things. To Justify hlmsolf in this, lie claimed he had received revelatlonB granting him special permission to do them. Ho soon took up tho sword and became a leader of a band of brigands. After his death, Abu Bekr took up tho work and began tho conquest of Palestine and Syria. It was carried on by his successors until Asia Minor and North Africa, wero conquered. They then attempted to get into Europe through Constantinople on tho east and Gaul Dn tho west. They woro driven back, which dellvored Europe from the yoke of Mohammedanism. Tho conquest then went to the east toward India, and southward into tho Sudan in Africa. Mohammedanism Is a mlxturo of Paganism and Judaism. It is strong ly Monetheistlc; teaches absolute pre destination and that only Moslems aro Baved. Its spirit is "rulo or ruin;" peaceably if there is no opposition, but with tho Iron heel, if necessary. Mo hammed got his idea of God from Ju daism. Ho took only tho attribute of Justice and mado a god of law to whom ho gave absoluto sovereignty, but attributed to him Uttlo interest in tho weal or woo of tho human race. Since ho considered God to be but ono person, ho becamo very blttor against Christianity on tho ground that he con sidered it polytheistic because of tho three persona In tho Godhead. In or der to account for Christ, tho Moham medans teach that just before Christ was crucified, tho angel Gabriel ar ranged for somo ono else, who looked like Christ, to bo crucified in his place. Mohammed in order to secure for him self divine authority assorted that ho waa tbo parncloto whom Jesus had promised. Ho considered Jesus a moro prophet nnd inferior to himself. Ho hlmsolf being tho last of the prophets of God. Tho Mohammedan view of creation is vory much similar lo that found In tho BIblo. However, tho creation of man differed in that it 1b said that God took a lump of clay and broke it Into two pieces, creating mankind from them both. Of the ono ho said, "Theso to heaven and I caro not," and of thoso mado from tho oth er lump ho Bald, "Thoso to hell and I caro not." , Sin to tho Mohammedan la far dif ferent from sin to tho Christian. In the first place, sin haa nothing to do with our nature, for man Inherited nono ot tho sinful nature of Adam. Second, sins ot lgnoranco aro not counted as wrong doing. Third, only tho wilful violation of known law la considered sin. Their belief in predes tination and fatalism makes their fu ture fixed so that salvation through atonement Is not necessary. Neither have thoy any provision from tho pros ont power of sin. To match thla strange teaching regarding sin, tho Mohammedans have planned a heaven full of sensual Indulgences whero they expect to rest upon gold couches, bo attended by celestial bolnga and bo always eating and drinking. The treatrnent accorded Mohamme dan womon is almost aa severe as can be found under brutal paganism, A man may causo his wife to leave him by saying, "Thou art divorced." Her duty to him Is implicit obodlonco and reverential silence In his presence A Mohammedan woman's hopo of heaven Is to havo a husband nnd thus to get in to be his attendant. ftrnw -J 4v-4 if WU -
