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diff --git a/43749-h/43749-h.htm b/43749-h/43749-h.htm index d575e89..41741b7 100644 --- a/43749-h/43749-h.htm +++ b/43749-h/43749-h.htm @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> -<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /> <title>The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Carpet from Bagdad, by Harold MacGrath</title> <style type="text/css"> @@ -106,25 +106,10 @@ table { </style> </head> <body> +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43749 ***</div> <h1>The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Carpet from Bagdad, by Harold MacGrath, Illustrated by Andre Castaigne</h1> -<p>This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with -almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at <a -href="http://www.gutenberg.org">www.gutenberg.org</a></p> -<p>Title: The Carpet from Bagdad</p> -<p>Author: Harold MacGrath</p> -<p>Release Date: September 16, 2013 [eBook #43749]</p> -<p>Last Updated: July 13, 2016</p> -<p>Language: English</p> -<p>Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1</p> -<p>***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CARPET FROM BAGDAD***</p> <p> </p> -<h4>E-text prepared by Annie R. McGuire<br /> - from page images generously made available by the<br /> - Google Books Library Project<br/> - (<a href="http://books.google.com">http://books.google.com</a>)</h4> <p> </p> <table border="0" style="background-color: #ccccff;margin: 0 auto;" cellpadding="10"> <tr> @@ -581,7 +566,7 @@ brunette; and you may take it from George and me that there is always something left in the casket.</p> <p>George closed the book and consulted his sailing-list. In a short time -he would leave for Port Saïd,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> thence to Naples, Christmas there, and +he would leave for Port Saïd,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg 19]</a></span> thence to Naples, Christmas there, and home in January. Business had been ripping. He would be jolly glad to get home again, to renew his comradeship with his treasures. And, by Jove! there <i>was</i> one man who slapped him on the shoulder, and he was no @@ -896,7 +881,7 @@ may be some good bouts between here and there. I<span class="pagenum"><a name="P would say if she knew why I was so eager for this game?"</p> <p>He went down to dinner, and they gave him a table in an obscure corner, -as a subtle reminder that his style was <i>passé</i>. He didn't care; he was +as a subtle reminder that his style was <i>passé</i>. He didn't care; he was hungry and thirsty. He could see nearly every one, even if only a few could see him. This was somewhat to his vantage. He endeavored to pick out Percival Algernon; but there were too many high collars, too many @@ -951,7 +936,7 @@ communication. And all because of the girl across the way. He couldn't keep his eyes from wandering in her direction. She faced him diagonally. She ate but little, and when the elderly gentleman poured out for her a glass of sauterne, she motioned it aside, rested her chin upon her -folded hands, and stared not at but through her <i>vis-à-vis</i>.</p> +folded hands, and stared not at but through her <i>vis-à -vis</i>.</p> <p>It was a lovely head, topped with coils of lustrous, light brown hair; an oval face, of white and rose and ivory tones; scarlet lips, a small, @@ -1006,7 +991,7 @@ might apply.</p> more important than a pineapple ice detained him, got up and followed. Mr. Ryanne almost trod on his heels as they went through the doorway into the cosy lounging-room. George dropped into a vacant divan and -waited for his <i>café à la Turque</i>. Mr. Ryanne walked over to the +waited for his <i>café à la Turque</i>. Mr. Ryanne walked over to the head-porter's bureau and asked if that gentleman would be so kind as to point out Mr. George P. A. Jones, if he were anywhere in sight. He thoughtfully, not to say regretfully, laid down a small bribe.</p> @@ -1054,7 +1039,7 @@ idleness.</p> <p>Ryanne presented his card.</p> -<p>"How do you pronounce it?" asked George naïvely.</p> +<p>"How do you pronounce it?" asked George naïvely.</p> <p>"As they do in Cork."</p> @@ -1409,7 +1394,7 @@ reminded him of the old French courts, of rapiers and buckles, of powdered wigs and furbelows, masks, astrologers, love-intrigues, of all those colorful, mutable scenes so charmingly described by the genial narrator of the exploits of D'Artagnan. And abruptly out of this age of -Lebrun, Watteau, Molière, reached an ice-cold hand. If that elderly +Lebrun, Watteau, Molière, reached an ice-cold hand. If that elderly codger wasn't her father, who was he and what?</p> <p>The Major—for George had looked him up also—was<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[Pg 59]</a></span> in excellent trim for @@ -1629,7 +1614,7 @@ the eye and nodded affirmatively.</p> <p>"You never will, Wallace, old chap. I am the prodigal son whose brother ate the fatted calf before I returned home. I had a letter to-day. She -will be here to-morrow sometime. You may have to go to Port Saïd, if my +will be here to-morrow sometime. You may have to go to Port Saïd, if my little plan doesn't mature."</p> <p>"The <i>Ludwig</i>?"</p> @@ -1895,7 +1880,7 @@ complexions. Jones—it makes you laugh."</p> <p>"I grant that. But a Percival Algernon Jones!" Mrs. Chedsoye laughed softly. It was one of those pleasant sounds that caused persons within hearing to wait for it to occur again. "Come; let us go up to the room. -It is a dull, dusty journey in from Port Saïd."</p> +It is a dull, dusty journey in from Port Saïd."</p> <p>Alone, Fortune was certain that for her mother her heart knew nothing but hate. Neglect, indifference, injustice, misunderstanding, the chill @@ -1941,7 +1926,7 @@ the sort to whom one gave letters of introduction.</p> <p>Where her mother went she never had the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[Pg 83]</a></span> least idea. She might be in any of the great ports of the world, anywhere between New York and Port -Saïd. The Major generally disappeared at the same time. Then, perhaps, +Saïd. The Major generally disappeared at the same time. Then, perhaps, she'd come back from a pleasant tram-ride over to Nice and find them both at the villa, maid and luggage. Mayhap a night or two, and off they'd go again; never a word about their former journey, @@ -2254,7 +2239,7 @@ former suspicions had been most unworthy. Mrs. Chedsoye had never received his note.</p> <p>Some one was sitting down beside him. It was Ryanne, in evening clothes, -immaculate, blasé, pink-cheeked. There are some men so happily framed +immaculate, blasé, pink-cheeked. There are some men so happily framed that they can don ready-made suits without calling your attention to the fact. George saw at once that the adventurer was one of these fortunate individuals.</p> @@ -2369,7 +2354,7 @@ this?"</p> <p>"You put your finger upon the one great obstacle. No one will believe that such a concern exists. Yet it is a fact. And why not?"</p> -<p>"Because it wouldn't be real; it would be going to the moon <i>à la</i> Coney +<p>"Because it wouldn't be real; it would be going to the moon <i>à la</i> Coney Island."</p> <p>"Wrong, absolutely wrong. If I told you that I am a stock-holder in this @@ -2417,7 +2402,7 @@ laughter because Ryanne's face was serious enough.</p> <p>"Unfortunately, no. But if you will give me your banker's address I'll be pleased to forward you the prospectus."</p> -<p>"Knauth, Nachod and Kühne. I am shortly leaving for home. Better send it +<p>"Knauth, Nachod and Kühne. I am shortly leaving for home. Better send it to New York. I say, suppose a chap buys an adventure that is not up to the mark; can he return it or exchange it for another?"</p> @@ -3153,7 +3138,7 @@ bed of ease. Let him sleep. Many days were to pass ere he would again know the comfort of linen sheets, the luxury of down under his ear.</p> <p>What to do? mused the rogue. On the morrow Mr. Jones would leave for -Port Saïd. Ryanne shook his head and with his cane beat a light tattoo +Port Saïd. Ryanne shook his head and with his cane beat a light tattoo against the side of his shin. Abduction was rather out of his sphere of action. And yet, the suppression of Percival was by all odds the most important move to be made. He had volunteered this service and @@ -3368,7 +3353,7 @@ pendant was one of these.</p> faltered at the sight of the merchant's incredulous smile.</p> <p>"I'll give you ten for it; not a piastre more. I can get one like it in -the Shâriâ Kâmel for that amount."</p> +the Shâriâ Kâmel for that amount."</p> <p>Both Fortune and the merchant turned.</p> @@ -4404,8 +4389,8 @@ going to beg; so naturally she stopped. Without a word, without even a look that expressed anything, he slipped a note into her hand, bowed with Oriental gravity, and stepped aside for her to proceed. She read the note hastily as she continued her way. Horace? Why should he wish to -meet her that evening, at the southeast corner of the Shâri'a -Mahomoud-El-Fäläki, a step or so from the British Consulate's? And she +meet her that evening, at the southeast corner of the Shâri'a +Mahomoud-El-Fäläki, a step or so from the British Consulate's? And she mustn't come in a carriage nor tell any one where she was going? Why all such childish mystery? He could see her far more conveniently in the lounging-room of the hotel. She tore the note into scraps and flung them @@ -4496,7 +4481,7 @@ the hands of the police."</p> <p>"Oh, I see." Mrs. Chedsoye looked profoundly sorry.</p> -<p>"And here I am, due for Port Saïd to-morrow."</p> +<p>"And here I am, due for Port Saïd to-morrow."</p> <p>"That's the kind that bowls you over," said the Major. "If there is anything I can do after you are gone...."</p> @@ -5927,7 +5912,7 @@ gives free-handed to another.</p> <p>Mahomed was not a bad man, neither was he a cruel one. He had been terribly wronged, and his eastern way had but one angle of vision: to avenge himself, believing that revenge alone could soothe his outraged -pride and reëstablish his honor as he viewed it from within. Had the +pride and reëstablish his honor as he viewed it from within. Had the courier returned with the Holy Yhiordes, it is not impossible that he would have liberated them all. But now he dared not; he was not far enough away. To Bagdad, then, and as swiftly as the exigencies of @@ -6849,7 +6834,7 @@ beguiling) evidences of youthfulness.</p> <p>"Yes, Madame."</p> <p>"And bring my chocolate at half after eight in the morning. It is quite -possible that we shall sail to-morrow night from Port Saïd. If not from +possible that we shall sail to-morrow night from Port Saïd. If not from there, from Alexandria. It all depends upon the booking, which can not be very heavy going west this time of year."</p> @@ -6913,7 +6898,7 @@ brother's room. No answer.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_307" id="Page_307" coming in from the street. He greeted her cheerily.</p> <p>"It's all right, Kate; plenty of room on the <i>Ludwig</i>. We shall take the -afternoon train for Port Saïd. She sails at dawn to-morrow instead of +afternoon train for Port Saïd. She sails at dawn to-morrow instead of to-night.... What's up?" suddenly noting his sister's face.</p> <p>"Fortune did not return to her room last night."</p> @@ -7140,7 +7125,7 @@ to remain for luncheon, the victory was complete.</p> <p>Mrs. Chedsoye strolled in and out of the beautifully appointed rooms. Never had she seen more excellent taste. Not too much; everything perfectly placed, one object nicely balanced against another. Here was a -rare bit of Capo di Monte, there a piece of Sèvres or Canton. Some +rare bit of Capo di Monte, there a piece of Sèvres or Canton. Some houses, with their treasures, look like museums, but this one did not. The owner had not gone mad over one subject; here was a sane and prudent collector. The great yellow Chinese carpet represented a fortune; she @@ -7713,7 +7698,7 @@ spin upon the whirligig of life.</p> transatlantic liner, homeward bound.</p> <p>Ryanne would beat them into New York by ten days. He had picked up a -boat of the P. & O. line at Port Saïd, sailing without stop to +boat of the P. & O. line at Port Saïd, sailing without stop to Marseilles. From there to Cherbourg was a trifling journey.</p> <p>George knew the captain, and the captain not only knew George, but had @@ -8659,7 +8644,7 @@ hall. Ryanne paused.</p> <p>"Good night, Arthur. I'm sure you will not sleep well. That handsome safe is irreparably damaged. I dare say you will find a way to cover the loss without any injury to your own pocket. Old top, farewell! Who was -it, Brutus or Cæsar, who said: 'I go but to return'?" The banter left +it, Brutus or Cæsar, who said: 'I go but to return'?" The banter left his face and voice swiftly. "You sneaking black-guard, you cheater of widows; yes, I shall come again; and then look to your sleek, sanctimonious neck! 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