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A NILE LOVE STORY.
ΗΣ
JAMES BAKER (Author of "John Westacott." "The Glerwing Dazon," "The Cardinal's The,” &e.),
It was a grey, crisp morning, with quite a respectable white fog veiling the domes and mindots of the mosques in Cairo. But we were going south, up the Nile, on into Nabis, leaving von Cairo mists behind us, so what did we care for this kind of England's climate: Boon the Melemet Ali was churning up old Nile's brown waters, our traps were all arranged in the comfortable little berths, and we began to look short to so with whom we should cham during the six weeks to be spent on board the boat.
As a journalist I had plenty to de in inter. viewing Mudirs or Omdehs, and studying the work done simon our occupation, but my com. Pauion, Frank Clynton, had nought to do bat amuse himself, so he promptly strolled round the ship to look up pleasant company.
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whilst the light from the crescent of the rukly, deep-goldenfmoon, it threw a golden waka en the sweep of the Nile waters, lit up the face of Helen Daere. He would has liked to have tilted that doctor over the side, "
*
The days went on right morrily on board the Mahomet Ali. Land partios explored tommples, and dived into subtorinasan passages. Little accidents and little ailments brought most of the ladies to the doctor. One morning as I was reading in the little-saloor, I heard Miss Fan- shaw, a fair-haired London girl, stop him with "Oh, deatur, my lips are no the complaint:
terrible sand and heat p rough: ti
I will wake you up a little salve," said the' thin, weak voice of the doctor.
Oh, thank you, yo
, you are kiad," came the re- sponse, nad the interview ended. had become fast friends; we worn at the suge Frank and the little American and the Ducres table for meals: bat at other times the doctor userted his sway, and with's protence of chat- ting to Mrs. Daczo on her ailments, really talkod intimately with her daughter. After luneli in the heat of the day, as the ship slowly charned stream pwards, the passengers generally lounged in deck chairs on the shady site of the THE deck, bat pretty often Miss Daure might be found seated in the sun with the doctor,
"That man's a perfect bore," said Frank one day, as this sort of thing was going on.
Frank spelt his name with a y. His ancestors fought at Agincourt, and so the name was written
tton in the roll of the retinue of the Duke of Gloucester, who fought on that fatal field: and as his ancestors had decided that England, France, should be victorious, he felt a pride our Egyptian work. He was a cynic woman hater loved to lead women on in con- versation until they had made pretence of this do
subject, then put a pointed knowledge of u question that discomfited them, and then with cruel courtesy helped them in their difficulty.
jn
I was longing to see him caught by some clever girl, who would foot him as wenien cen fool s man: he deserved it, but yet be tras such
good follow at heart, I hoped his punishment would be light. At present he seemed inval nerable; would some Egyptian Cleopatra make an Antony, of him.
Ere many hours we were both on dark, for we were nearing Memphis, where we should get our first gallop ashore, and see all our com panions.
In amongst the crowd of shouting Arabs we pressed as we landed, and astride a couple of tall white nases were soon riding away, when there passed me at fall gallop, a young girl. keeping her meat with diffoulty "Here, sir" she called as she passed. "Sir!" with a shriller accent. Frank galloped up to bor. Just you tell this boy not to bang this donkey; overy time he does I nearly go off." Her accent betrayed her for an American. Our riding up lessened the vigour of her mount, and she was able to place her hat firmly upon her head, instead of its Boating away behind, to press her dark wavy hair into order, and as Clynton was suring her he would prevent the Arab banging her stead, there rode past an English girl and the young doctor of the ship.
Mr. Clynton has just saved me,' cried the American, and the English girl laughed heartily at her tumbled appearance, and said. as she rode on, "Congratulate Mr. Clynton
on his reacne."
Who is that Pasid Frank. That's, the ship's doctor, he's just got to cure us if we get fever, and we've all got to get it, they say."
"I meant the lady."
"Oh, Miss Dacre. She eams on board the Oroya ut Gib. Don't you know her?"-
Well, you'd better, she's just rico." So the doctor seems to think." The Doctor was riding close to Miss Daore with his head bent towards her.
It's well to koup friends with the doctor on this trip," said the American.
That evening when all were on board again, and the little steamboat was paffing along past tall palms that came out dark against the sky, and oren and camels, with the Arabs leathing against the orange them, were silhouetted black glow, the deck was crowded with chatterers talking over the day's adventures: a musical Gorman Baron was rippling over German and English melodies on the piano, a little group | near him sometimes joining in low harmonies.
Helen Dacro was seated with her mother in low deck chairs, and just as Frank and his new
*
Write a sarcastic epigram on him.” "He is too thick-skinned to take it," "Perhaps she is not," I said, "How would
Oertel was the sunny side, Twas crowdol whore 'twas shady. But in the sau still two there sut The doctor and-s fudy,”
"What's the good of that growled Frank," "Don't know, ask Miss Jaus Whitehouse," I answered. I saw Frank scribble the fines down, and he got up and walked away.
That: right hot at dinner Miss Daore was my and Frank was sitting opposite to her, this little American on his left, when just as the dessert appeared, Miss Jane produced a shoot of nota paper with some rade Egyptian hieroglyphics upon it-the usual winged orb and comb, the sacred hawk, half moon and circle, and two queer little figures. This sho handed to me, saying,
"That's some hieroglyphics I found in that temple to-day; seems to we they are modern." The paper is modern enough," I said. Now I wonder if anyone can read them ? Just think it out a hit.
•
I declined the task, and passed it on, wonder- ing what the little woman was meaning, The paper seat the round of the table, hat when it as to the end, a man who professed to have a fair knowledge of the bieroglypaics turned it. oyer and appeared to be writing a translation of it
Seonow the Professor has got it," or claimed Miss Whitehouse. Now that might be a real bit of old history. I just love history, don't you, Mr. Clynton
+
“Why, his ancestors fought at Agincourt.” I exclaimed. "Has he not told you so that o
counts for the y in his muma"
Is that so? Well now, that's just delicious, To think that I should meet someone whose an- castors fought at Agincourt. Why, we've got all about it in the school books; but this history about here is older."
**Life is the same, Miss Whitehouse. Human nature never changes," interjected an old Scotch traveller. And perhaps those hieroglyphics are a bit of homely life of long ago.”
The Professor's got them; they soom funny. The queer little drawings were being passed back along the table, and smiles were lighting the faces of those who looked at them, and then turned to the back for the translation.
"Capital translation, Professor. Those old. Egyptians ware very modern," said ona.
..
History repeats itself," muid another. *You don't say whether it was a templo or a boat."
"Oh, a boat," said the Professor; “don't you see the bark P
(To be continued,)
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She was a petite Cleopatra, bat an intellectual one, I thought, as I leant against the gouwhale, and watched the group.
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EYE-SIGHT. along," said Miss Jane.
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Frank bowed an acknowledgement of this queer introduction.
**We met very closely before to-day. I fear I startled you in the tombs of Apis."
Was it you!" exclaimed Miss Dacrə, " stand- ing near that great tomb? You did startle me, I wanted to get into the darkness alone to imagine what it all meant, and your white figure seemed so ghost-like in the gloom."
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Well now, that's just what you wanted,“ cbimad in Jane. “If you hadn't been frighten- Great proportion of cataracts and diseasesed it just wouldn't have been worth the trouble. affecting those advancing in life bear to Im't that so, Niss Dacre " those having some deficiency in the construction of the eyes-the many years of Eye Strain -ending in serious forms of dises. Glenses specially adapted in youth to those requiring them save and preserve the sight.
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"It did add to the sensation of wandering through those dark tomb passages," said Miss Dacre. "Oh, than you, doctor."
"But," said the ducter, whe had brought up the wraps, "you really must not sit so long. there is a heavy dow after sundown."
What, not with this beavy cloak ?" exclaim- ed Mrs. Dacro.
I thought you might be tired," said the doctor, but he throw a light wrap round her daughter Helen's shoulders, saying "shall we
a stroll, the moon is rising p
go
for
Frank Clynton felt savage at this pala-facad
tani what right had be to interrupt a chat that was just petting interesting? He looked after thomas they strolled away, but Mrs. Dacre compelled him to turn to her by saying: "Don't you dread this terrible fever, Mr. Clynton ?"
“Oh, but fow get it on this lower part of the Nile, Mrs. Daers," he replied.
young medical that an African sun sommet to
** I don't know; the doctor says we can't 'be too careful."
•Well, he's just got to frighten people into fees. That's what he's here for, I guess," chimed in Miss Whitehouse.
** Oh, I am sure Dr. Pembroke does not think of foes."
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