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shop and ,;^H';^d alley, and 1 hanktr for open country." 
Tnis r ' " anded nonst-nsc was well received. Her pale 
eyes had ne juld light of the ianatic. With her bripht hair 
and the long e.xquisite oval of her face she looked like some 
destroying fury of a Norse legend. At that moment I tliink I 
first really feared her ; Ixfore I had half hated and half 
adniin>d. Thank Heaven, in her ahsoqition she did not 
notice that I had forgotten the speech of Cleveland, Ohio. 
" Vou are of the Household of Faith," she said. " You 
will presently learn many things, for the Faith marches to 
\ictory. Meantime I have one word for you. You and your 
companion travel eastward." 
" We go to Nltsopotamia," I said. " 1 reckon these are 
our passix)rts," and I pointed to the envelope. 
She picked it up„ opened it, and then tore it in pieces and 
tossed it in the fire. 
■ The orders are couiitermanded."" she said. " I have 
need ot you and you go with me. Nftt to the flats of the Tigris, 
but to the great hills. To-morrow you will receive new 
passjxirts." 
She gave me her hand and tunud to go. At the threshold 
she jjaused. and looked towards the oak cupboard. " To- 
morrow I will relieve you of your prisc«ier. He will be safer 
in my hands." 
She left me in a condition of pretty blank licwilderment. 
We were to be tied to the chariot-wheels of this fury, and 
started on an enterprise compared to which fighting against 
our friends at Kut seemed tame and reasonable. On the 
other hand. I had been spotted by Rasta. and had got the 
envoy of the most powerful man in Constantinople locked in 
a cupboard. At all costs we had to keep Kasta safe, but I 
was very determined that he should not be handed over to 
the lady. I was going to be no party to cold-blooded murder, 
which I judged to be her e.\p(?dient. ' It was a pretty kettle of 
ftsli. but in the meantime I must have food, for I had eaten 
nothing for nine hours. So I went in search of Peter. 
1 had scarcely begun my long deferred meal when Sandy 
entered. He was before his time, and he looked as solemn 
as a sick owl. I seized on him as a drowning man clutches a 
spar. 
He heard my story of Rasta with a lengthening face 
' That's bad." he said. " You say he spr.ttcd yov 
ou, and 
your subsequent doings of course would not disilh'sion liim. 
it's an infernal nuisance, but there's only one way out of it. 
1 must put him in charge of my own people. They will keep 
him safe and sound till he's wanted. Only he mustn't see 
me." And he went out in a hurrv*. 
I fetched Rasta from his prison. He had come to his 
senses by this time, and lay regarding me with stony, male- 
volent eyes. 
" I'm very sorry, sir," I said, " for what has happened. 
But you left me no alternative. I've got a big job on hand 
and i can't have it interfered with by you or any one. You're 
paying the price of a suspicious nature. When you know 
a little more you'll want to apolgise to me. I'm going to sec 
that you are kept quiet and comfortable for a day or two. 
■\'ou'\-e no cause to worry, for you'll suffer no harm. ] give 
you my word of honour as an American citizen." 
Two of Sandy's miscreants came in and bore him oil. and 
presently Sandy himself returned. When I asked where he 
was being taken, Sandy said he didn't know. " They've got 
their orders, and they'll carry them out to the letter. There's 
a big imknovvni area in Constantinople to hide a man, into- 
which the Khafiych never enter." 
Then lie flung himself in a chair and lit his old jjipe. 
" Dick," he said, " this job is getting very difficult ,and 
very dark. But my knowledge has grown in the last few 
days. I've found out the meaning of the secosd word that 
Hajry Bullivant scribbled." 
" Cancer ' " 'I asked. 
" Yes. It means just what it reads and no more. Green- 
mantle is dying lias been dying for months. This afternoon 
they brought a German doctor to see him, and the man ga\c 
him a few hours of life. By now he may be dead." 
Tlie news was a staggerer. For a moment I thought it 
cleared up things. "Then that busts the show," I said. 
" You can't have a crusade without a prophet." 
" I wish I thought it did. Its tlie end of one stage, but 
the start of a new and blacker one. Do vou think that 
woman will be beaten ? She'll find a substitute— one of the 
four Ministers or some one else. She's a devil incarnate, but 
she has the soul of a Napoleon. The big danger is only 
beginning." 
Then he told me the story of his recent doings. 
(To be continued) 
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