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THE SEA-HAWK 1 Firft’r>«'tjin'Ji* pirfurc. Part Two By Rafael Sabalini. L-~- t , (Continued From Yesterday.) Asad beheld a huddle nf men and women—though the proportion of women was very small—of all ages, races and conditions; there were pale, fair-haired men from France or tlie north; olive-skinned Italians and swarthy Spaniards, negroes and half caates; there were old men. young men and mere children, some handsomely dressed, some almost naked, others hung in rags, in the hopeless de jection of their countenances alone j was there any uniformity. But lt| was not dejection that could awaken pity In the pious heart of Asad. They were unbelievers who would never look upon the face of God's prophet, accursed and unworthy of any ten derness from man. For a moment his glance to held by a lovely black haired Spanish girl, who sat with her locked hand* held fast between her knees, In an attitude of Intense de spair and suffering—the glory of her eyes increased and magnified by the dark brown stains of sleeplessness surrounding them. Leaning on Tsa mannl's arm, he stood considering her for a little while: then his glance traveled on. Suddenly he tightened his grapa of Tsamanni's arm, and a quick interest leaped into his sal low face. On the uppermost tier of the pen that he was facing sat a very glory of womanhood, such a woman as he had heard tell existed but the like of which he had never yet beheld. She was tall and graceful as a cypress tree; her skin was white as milk; her eye* two darkest sapphires, her head of a coppery golden that seemed to glow like metal as the sunlight caught It. She was dressed in a close gown of white, the bodice cut low and re vealed the immaculate loveliness of! her neck. Asad-ed-Din turned to All. “What pearl Is this that hath been cast upon this dung heap?" he asked. "She is the woman our lord Sakr el-Bahr carried ofT from England.” Slowly the Basha's eyes returned to consider her. and Insensible though she had deemed herself by now, he saw her cheeks slowly reddening un der the cold insult of his steady, In sistent glance. The glow heightened her beauty, effacing the weariness which the face had worn. "Bring her forth,” said the Basha shortly. She was seized by two of the ne groes. and to avoid being roughly handled by them she came at once, bracing herself to bear with dignity v hatever might await her. A golden hatred young man beside her. his face haggard and stubbled with a beard of some growth, looked up In alarm as she was taken from Ills side. Then, with a groan, he made as If to clut9h her, but a rod fell upon his raised arms and beat them down. . Asad was thoughtful. It was Fen -Heh Who had bidden him come look HC the infidel maid whom Sakr-el :nhr had risked so much to snatch from England, suggesting that in her r~-- \ ^ I --Day by Day ' By O. O. MfINTYRE , New York. May 14.—Eddie Can ! tor has become, next to A1 Jolson, | the highest salaried actor in Amerl ; ta. His Income from the stage and phonograph royalties is $1500,000. Can ior is one of the amazing prodigies of the stage. He was raised on the East Side sidewalks and Is in Ills early thirties. He comes of Jewish parentage and begun his public appearance aa a singing waiter in one of the Coney 1 aland beer balls where the tables were filled with ladies of the evening. l.atsr he became a black-face com r iinn and a featured member of the Follies. Today he is starring sans ,,1'ii in one of the. leading musical comedies. lie is in.■cried and has four children. Off atage lie resem bles the bright faced office boys one sees in New York. Max Hart, a theatrical agent, gave Eddie lus first job. He doesn’t need an agent now. Any producer would welcome him with open arms but for entlmental reasons Cantor's check for $J20 goes to Hart each week. They have ne\er had, a contract. Cantor was for years a wastrel in finance although lie neither smokes j •ior drinks, lie was always trying to beat tho market and ns Uaiial lost. He wa’ on the "sucker list” of every - nek salesman. A few years ago he bad a bank take care of his money matters. Now he is rich. Jolson's salary is said to be more Ilian $500,000 a year. His annual levcnue Is Increasing by song-wilting ,<nd phonograph records. Jolson lias iIso become rich, but 'ike Cantor lias (be sporting instinct and plunges on the ponies. Tile third highest salaried actor Is probably Leon Errol, the comedian which goes to show that comedy payn the highest dividends—the three lead ing fn salaries are comedians. New York lias an entirely differ ent type of thug from the old thug Formerly there were Big Charlies and •Slugging Murphys—husky fellows who ate their meat and drank their liquor raw. They were mostly mid dle-aged. Today 98 per rent of the faces in the rogues' gallery ore those of young men not more than 25 years of age. They are fiail young dandies who prime themselves with drugs be fore a black-jacking or killing and spend the proceeds on fair com panions. Madison avenue is to have the dr luxlest hotel in New York. it will House 250 guests. A single room will have a tariff of $15 a dny and suites will be $40. A personal valet is pro vided for each guest, and stenography and manicuring will be free. Each room will have nri open fireplace and there will be masseurs In attendance gratis. It is said the hotel is com pletely booked up with patrons for the first year. He is one of those cafe rounder; with the hurut-ln mahogany expre* sion of perpetual sin. He always sits alone, hia beady eyes staring women out of qountenance. lie seems to face life with a yawn. Yet I am told he haa written many beautiful poems. Many of them have been printed anonymously. I presume thin poet while attempt ing flirtatious advances thinks poeti ■ ally. An he ogle* some beauteous creature, his thoughts are singing Madam, will you wine, madam, will you dine, madam will you wine and dine with me " There are 10 actora on tha New York stage who essay the parts of preacher*. (Copyright, lt$4.) he would behold some proof of the bad faith which she was forever urg ing against the corsair leader. He behold the woman, but he discovered I about her no such signs as Fenzileh had suggested he must find, nor in deed did he look for any. Out of curiosity had lie obeyed her prompt ing. Hut that and all else v.ere for gotten now in the contemplation, of this noble ensample of northern wom anhood, statuesque almost in her ter rible restraint. He put forth a hand to touch hei arm, and she drew it back as if his lingers were of fire. He sighed. “How inscrutable are the ways of Allah, that He should suf fer so luscious a fruit to hang from the foul tree of infidelity!" Tsamanni watching hint craftily, a master sycophant profoundly learned in tile art of playing upon his mas ter’s moods, made answer: “Even so perchance that a faith ful o£ the prophet’s house may pluck It. Verily all things arc possible to the one!" "Yet Is It not set down.In the book to be read that the daughters of the infidel are not for truu -dSc-Hev ers?” And again he sighed. But Tsamanni, knowing full well how’ the Basha would like to be an swered, trimmed Ids reply to that desire. "Allah is great, and what hath be fallen once may well befall again, my lord." Asad's kindling eyes flashed a glance at his wazeer. "Thou meanest Fenzlleh. But then, by the mercy of Allah, I was rendered the Instrument of her enlightenment." "It may well be written that thou : halt bo the same again, my lord.” murmured the insidious Tsamanni. There was more stilling in his mind than the mere desire to play the courtier now. 'Twixt Fenzileh and himself there had long been a feud begotten of the jealousy w’hich eaeli inspired the other where Asad was concerned. Were Fenzileh removed the wazeer's influence must grow’ and spread to his own profit. It was a thing of which he had often dreamed, hut a dream he feared that was never like to be realized, for Asad was age ing, and the fires that had burned so fiercely in his earlier years seemed now’ to have consumed in him all thought of women. Yet here was one as by a miracle, of a beauty so amaz ing and so diverse from any that that ever yet had feasted the Easha’s sight, that plainly she had acted as a charm upon his senses. "She is white as the snows tipon the Atlas, luscious as the dales of Tafilalt,” he murmured fondly, his gleaming eyes considering her whet time she stood immovable before him. Suddenly he looked about him, and wheeled upon Tsamanni, his manner swiftly becoming charged with anger. "Her face has been bared to a thou sand eyes and more,” he cried. “Even that has been so before,” re plied Tsamanni. And then quite suddenly at their elbow a voice that was naturally soft and musical of accent, hut now rend ered harsh, cut In to ask: "What woman may this be?” Startled, both the Basher and his wazeer swung round. Fenzileh. be comingly veiled and hooded, stood be fore them, escorted by Marzak. A little behind them were the eunuchs and the litter in which, unpercelved by Asad, she had been borne thither. Beside the litter stood "her wazeer, Ayoub-el-Samin. Asail scowled down upon her, for lie had not yet recovered from the resentment she and Marzak had pro voked in him. Moreover, that in pri vnte she should he lacking In the re spect which was his due was evil enough, though he had tolerated It. But that she should make so bold as to thrust In and question him in this peremptory fashion before all the world was more than his dignity could suffer Never yet had she dared so much, nor would lie have dared it now but that her sudden anxietv bad effaced all caution from her mind tfiie had seen the look with which Asad had been considering that love ly slave, and not only Jealousy but positive fear awoke in her. Her hold upon Asad was growing tenuous. To snap It utterly no more was neces sary than that lie who of late years had scarce bestowed a. thought or glance upon a woman should be taken with tlm fancy to bring some new recrult to his harem. Hence her desperate, reckless cour age to stand thus before him now. lor although her fare was veiled there was hardy arrogance In every line of hm figure. Of his Bcowl she tool: no slightest heed. "If this bo the slave fetched by Sakr-el-Bahr from England, then ru mor lias lied to me," eh" said. "I vow it was scarce worth so long a voyage and the endangering so many valuable Muslim lives to fetch this yellow faced, long-shanked daughter of per dition into Barbery.” A-ad's surprise beat down his an ger. lie was not subtle. "Yellow-faced? J.ung s banks d?" quoth lie. Then reading Fenzileh at Inst, he displayed a slow, crooked smile. "Already have I observed thee to grow hard of hearing, and now thy sight is failing, too. It seems. As The Days of Real Sport I NAH — mv mother VJOH'T l£T vME. suredly thou art growing old.” .\tul he looked her over with such an eye of displeasure that she recoiled. lie stepped close up to her. "Too long already hast thou queened it in tny haretn with thine infidel, Frankish ways,” he muttered, so that none but those immediately about overheard his angry words. “Thou are become a very scandal in the eyes of the faith ful," he added very grimly, "it were well, pit hups, that we amended that " Abruptly then lie turned away, and by a gesture he ordered All to return the slave to her place among the oth ers. Leaning on the arm of Tsnman m he took some steps towards the entrance, then halted, and turned again to Fenzlleh: "To thy litter," he hade her peremp torily, rebuking her thus before all, "and get thee to the house as be comes a seemly Muslim woman Sov ever again let thyself he seen roving tlie public plates afoot.” She obeyed him Instantly, without a murmur; and lie himself lingered at the gates with Tsamanni until her litter had passed out, escorted by Ayoub, and Marzak walking each on one side of it and neither daring to meet the angry eye of the Basha. Asad looked Hourly after that Uttar. a sneer on his heavy lips. "As her beauty wanes so her pre sumption waxes," he growled. "She Is growing old. Tsamannl—old and lean and shrewish, and no fit mate for a member of (he prophet's house. It were perhaps a pleasing thing ;n the sight, nt Allah that we replaced her. ' And then, referring obviously to that oth r one, his eye turning towards the penthouse the curtains of which were drawn again, he changed his tone. "Didst thou mark, O Tsamanni, with what grace she moved?—llthcly and nobly as a young gazelle. Verily, so much beauty was never created by the all wise to be cast into the pit." "May it not have been sent to com fort some true believer?" w*ondered the subtle wazcer. "To Allah all thin;.:* are possible.' “Why else indeed?' said Asad. was written; «/id even as none m*■■ obtained wha4 Is not written, fO none may avoid whnt i*». I am resolve* Stay thou, Tsainanni. Remain i< • the outcry and purchase her. 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