Dick Merriwell's Pranks

y began questioning them. Their passports were scrutinized doubtfully; and it began to appear that ther

rs, whose manner toward them underwent a most surprising change, for he politely assured them that their baggage would not be opened an

m all the tribes of the earth. This throng was made up of street venders who were peddling all sorts of goods, sugared f

t an Indian pow-wow! This beats

hem at bay, shooting violent remarks at them in a dozen different languages. With his aid t

laughed the Texan. "Pard, you sure did a right good thing when

discernment. It has aroused within my innermost depths unspeakable emotio

ual sensible manner. Up to the present occasion you have been running things, but your encounter with

success. Why, young as you are, I believe you c

sor. We'll let

the can and wooden mugs

er seller," ex

o dear on this range th

e never touches intoxicants. Unspeaka

d Dick; "but he doesn't

as soon as they were fairly on land. The mosques and towers had vanished, and their surroundings were decidedly repellent. Eve

"Here no one harms a dog, for if it were not for them the

much stuck on Constantino

such place as Constantinople. The European quarters of the

worse I shall be stuck on it to such an extent that I can't perambulate

k' tram car, we tak

r where several saddled horses were waiting,

broncho!"

am car," said Di

Mustapha, however, for all that he had invited them make their choice, argued against it, explaining

es. Soon they were mounted and on

erested the American lads. They beheld people of many nationalities, yellow-coated Jews, with

r-storied houses, new hotels, and shops filled with machine-made Oriental goods. The

re they settled with Mustapha, who settl

r dat spik lanquages well. I tak' you all ofer efrywhere

overed, and he made arrangements with th

he Nubian conducted them to their rooms in the upper story, where their luggage was presently brought. Finding the rooms fairly satisfactory, w

onto Galata and Stamboul, and again he was enchanted by the spectacle. The sun was shining on the palaces, mosques, and tall minarets,

ved a de

at the beauty should so quickly vanish on close inspection," he said

art. "All the same, we'll proceed

ry of a bath, taking turns, an

they could be served with anything they wished in the

icient delay to whet their appetites, and then the Nubian and an a

ared the Texan. "That being the case, I reckon I'll

than satisfactory. There

folded his tattooed arms across his massive chest and regarded them steadily with his eye

ce his paws on me in violence," observed

ke a Hercule

"I think I'll inform the proprietor that we would much

Merriwell. "I rathe

but finally the professor made an excuse to

was gone, "the old boy did get a ple

m away from her-and

seemed spying on us. Wonder what Aziz took us for. I believe he was some sort of T

duel!" exclaimed Dick, a

over the professor's protracted absence

wo men, who were whispering in

the gian

ziz Achmet, the