THE SEA-HAWK 1
Firft’r>«'tjin'Ji* pirfurc. Part Two By Rafael Sabalini.
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(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
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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*.
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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
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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. Sh*
shall he taught the true faith. ?he
shall he naved from the furnace."
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