Desert Love

her lap when he returned, carrying a small

ery long time," sh

be cleared absolutely of all inhabitants. Therefore shall we be at peace even until this time to-morrow if I make no sign. Also to emphasise my orders, I ordered that a certain person be bastinadoed. She sic

another, and yet another, rent the air, causing Jill's mouth

am disobeyed, Mademoiselle! H

e porcelain and silver trifle the man was bringing to her, laying it be

p th

a certain unmistakable quality in

fully holding the cup, backed hastily and sideways out of the direct ran

situation, and a quite distressing lack of d

hwomen who shoot and ride like men, but-well! we hear so many tales of Europe. Put up your little toy,

ot in the least assumed, he rai

, a tinkling of broken china, and a wisp of smoke

ll tersely, as she moved her hand slightly so that her aim was on a dead level with a b

his livid face. Be it confessed, he was not in the least afraid, but no word in the Egyptian or

santly, pointing with her left hand to t

ev

miled

having drunk it, would have lain unconscious at your mercy

at from the area steps upon the unsuspecting sparrow in the road, but ne

ot going to do it, as happily I know of one more powerful than I who will enjoy it thoroughly. Think of what I say when you see his messenger with your ring upon his finger, to-morrow or next month or nex

he was not a paragon of patience at any time, and the

shall put a bullet straight through your head just between the eyebrows,

turban flew from the oriental's head just

ad. Hurry now, or we shall have the police or som

as he turned to obey, and then stopped mulishly until a third little reminder chipped splinters from the marble at h

in future if you are allowed to live, which I very much doubt, that such supreme indiffer

ooking little ivory and

a lesson. Why! when I saw your eyes in the restaurant I took my little friend from my pocket and made sure he was in order. I may look a fool, and I may act in a manner

beyond description, until Jill suddenly rose and levelled her revolver at his head, which seemed to send the sickly conte

g eyes closed and opened and closed again, and the mouth relaxed as a gentle

then at the thought of the dangers which might still be awaiting her on the other side

crept gently across the room, and gently-oh! so very gently, opened the door which yielded noiselessl

threshold

in terror at Jill, whilst a little hand searched wea

he little head, and then stared in horror at the g

of the feet lay in a pool of blood, the deep red of which stretched across the hall far into the di

y head shook feebly, and a dainty henna-tipped finger pointed to a window across the hall, and Jill,

-mort-vite-

which gave on to a balcony about ten feet above the level of the deserted street, and even as she looked, saw the door of the room she had just left being