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THE MYSTERIOUS EGYPTIAN. (By- William 13. Seabrook..) (Copyrklit 1909. by IV. B. Se ibrw_.k.) Special to The An asta Chro,?i'-le Used by permi ) of the atutlr. Cava dei Tir:em!. Italy.--During the latter part of Janary, while the American squadron was harbored at Marseilles. France. I arrivd in that city after a long journey afoot in Provence, bent on sailing for Naples at the earliest opportunity, but with pocketbook so depleted that it be hooved me to seek the cheapest pos sible means of transportation. I had left New York five months before, with the intention of becoming a "tramp" in Europe, and, now, for the first -time, found myself reduced literally to that status and forced to adopt the expedients of the real hobo. While knoeking around the port, my lucky star led ma to the Joliette, where the American men o'war were moored, and to the 'encounter of the eurious character. who was destined to become the deus ex machina of this adventure. Clothed in seedy, thread bar garments, with a battered derby cocked over his ear. 'he was seated in the sunshine on a crate of dried fish, reading the society page of the New York Herald's Paris edit-ion and holding between his teeth a big Ha vana cigar, encircled by a wide gilt band. Formal introductions not being required in the neighborhood of La Joliette. I ventured a word of inter rogative admiration with reference to the perfecto. "One of the Yankee officers gave it to me," responded the smoker with an accent that led me to suppose him English. though he told me a few moments afterward that he was an Egyptian and that his name was Ab dallah Casmir. For the past week he had been acting as guide and inter preter for a p.arty of American offi cers, but now the squadron was about to weigh anchor for Gibraltar and so his job was ended. Strange to say, he too was drifting in the direction of Nal)les and had only a few dollars in -his pocket, :o our community of in terests led naturally to a further ex change of confidences. I was drawn to him from ihe first moment, but de spite his clean cut features and frank manner of speech, I was puzzled more and more as our acquaintance grew by his cosmopolitan knowledge of the world, his su.rprising linguistic ac complishm'ents, and an indefinite air of r'efinement that at certain moments miade his ragged garments seem a !nasquferade. But, whatever .his real identity, he proved himself for the moment an ideal, -resourceful 'hobo. From the in stan't we decided to join forces, it was he who took the lead in everything and it was entirely due to his clever scheming that we stole a march on 'the Messagerie Maritime company and made the voyage to Naples for less than one-third of the ordinary fare. By consulting the bulletins of the various transportation companies we had learned that no tickets were on sale for less than 45 franes, and as such a sum was out of the question for eit'her of us, we began to cast about for some other expedient, spending the rest of the day in a v'ain endeavor to obtain passage on a -coasting schooner or freighter, and parting that 'evening somewhat dis couraged, after having agreed upon an early redezvous for the morrow. 'Next m'orning, Abdullah Casmir, as he styled 'himself, was waiting for tne at the appointed spot. "I've got it all fixed!'' he cried as soon as I hove in sight, "you can get your duds together and prepare to 'sail at 4 o'clock this afternoon." He had discovered,-goodness only knows how-that the Messagerie .steamer, Saghalien, which was sched uled to sail that afternoon for the Orient with a load of indigent re :tu.rning emigrants, had booked a small private party of first-class pas sengers for Italy, and would conse ~quently touch Naples. The company was under special agreement to trans port the emigrants, like so many cat tle, at 13 francs per head, each one h'aving to furnish his own food. Af ter listening to the details of Cas mir's plan, I consented to run the risk, and that afternoon we shipped -as Turkish indigents bound for Con stantinople, my companion doing all the' talking, displaying a fluent fa aniliarity with the Greek tongue, and 'glibly answering all the questions, propounde~d by the officer, who su perintended the embarkment. 'Once safe on board, I breathed more freely, but my mind was not al together at ease on the question of "gu. We had not brought with us even a loaf of bread, and I 'still shudder to think what might have become of us if Casmir's faith in his genius as a forager had been mis placed, 'but he was equal to the emer gency, and not only that evning, but regularly thereafter three times a dav we were surrepitiously provided with abundant food by an as.sistiint cook, who) stole the viands from the kitchen min' carried them to us in a tin pan .iden~ beneiath his apron. As a re ward fur his rascality we paid him in all thirty-live cents each, living on tender beefsteak and lamb chops, while the poor unfortunates, whom Casinir was pleased to designate "our brother indigents," sadly munehed their stale bread and salted herring. However, I had neither seen nor heard anything of the first-class pas sengers, and early on the second morning began to be assailed by the fear that we might, after all, be car ried willy-nilly into the far East. It was my first escapade of the kind, and I was far from pos.essing thi sang froid of my conpanion; oildish as it may seem, I could not even mas ter up courage to a41 one of Lhe sail ors if the boat was going to touch at an Italian port. I think Casmir was secretly amused at my fears. At any rate the only comfort I could get out of him was the cheerfal declaration that Constantinople was "just as nice a town as Naples anyway.'' Mean while, the critical moment was draw ing near. "If the island of Capri appears off the port-bow," said the Egyptian, whom I cordially hated at that in stant, "it means that we are headed for the Bosphorous; but if Capri shows up on the starboard beam, we will be in the Vesuvian gulf by 9 o'clock.'" T.he next ten minutes, it seemed to me, were the longest of my life, as I swept the horizon with agitated eyes, and wondered whether my next-step on terra firma would be taken under the benevolent protection of St. Janu ary or of Saint Sofia. Presently we sighted Mount Solaro far to the right, and my suspense was ended. On entering the bay, however, an ot'her complication arose; the vessel carried no freight for Italy, and did not approach land, simply heaving to in the mouth of the harbor long enough to permit its half-dozen spe cial passengers to be transported to shore. But my wily partner cornered one of the Neapolitan boatmen, who had swarmed on board with oranges and coral jewelry, and while all hands were watching the disembark ment of speciAl party No. 1, spe'ial pariV No. 2 quietly slipped over the rail on the opposite side. The next day we separated, as Casmir was in a hurry to claim a position which he said had been offered him as inspec tor in a big hotel at Amalfi; he prom ised to write and let me know how he liked the job, but a week passed with out bringing any word, and I was be ginning to regard as terminated an adventure which had really only be gun. Another short period elapsed and then one Sunday morning, to my ut ter' amazement, I encountered my Egyptian on the Via Toledo, Naples, looking seedier than ever-and ped dling matches.. ."What on earth has happened to you'' I managed to gasp, but he was not at all non-plussed, and the only response he vouchsafed was a cheer ful grin, a grin that somehow exas perated me. It was so thoroughly op timistic, so self reliant and out of keeping with his sorry plight. "Now, ain't that a h-I of an Oe cupation for a man who speaks seven languages!'' I permitted myself to cry, "What 's become of your job at Amalfi?" "The bloody Frenchman wanted me to act as head-waiter!'' he re plied, with a disdainful sniff, and this answer, to which he appended no far ther word of explanation, confirmed me in a suspicion, which I had vague ly entertained from the beginning. Nobody but a gentleman born and bred could have made such a response under the circumstances. Remember, he was peddling matches, and wasn't a bit ashamed of that! At the same time, I recollected that, though he. knew my address, he had refiain d from approaching me. Considering the very meterial service 'he had ren dered in helping me reach Naples, he might naturally have loooked io me for sympathy and even fot wxhat lit tle substantial assistance I was in a position to offer. Now that the chance had again brought us face to face, he asked for nothing--and arose several notches in my esteem thereby. Act ing on the impulse of the moment, I insisted on lending him $5. The sum represented nearly half the remainder of my cash, but I felt morally cer tain that the resourceful Egyptian would land on his feet before the re mainder of my funds were exhausted. Strange as it may seem, I had not the slightest doubt on the score of his honesty. On the two following mornings he dropped by my ro.m before I was out of bed to chat for a half hour and discuss his c'hances of finding employ ment in Naples. Then he disappeared. Another week passed, and I began to give up all hope of ever seeing friend or '"five-spot '' again, but Sun day afternoon, February '14th, the n Ilsbrught me a picture p)ostal ard from Cava dei Tirreni, on the back of whKich I deciphered a elever +t.ud 2hsoechat aeaios para with the 1roiisc. -btut I w\\I 1Coie again in glorv.- It was sig-ned Ab dullah Casmir, and that same evening he made good the prophecy, appear ing transfigured before my astonish ed eyes, well groomed and stylishly clad in a travelling suit of tweed; up on his ruddy, cleanly shaven visage was beaming the identical eheerful grin that had seemed to me so out of place on a former occasion. He had providentially encountered a rich ho tel manager to- whom -he was quite well known. He had been, it seems, this manager's right hand man in Cairo two winters previous, and as the former was preparing to open a big establishment at Cava dei Tirreni. the Egyptian dropped right back into his old position as secretary and in terpreter. Furthermore, he invited me to spend two or three days at Cava as his guest, assuring me that it would cost. neither me nor him a single pen ny, as he was on friendly personal terms with his patron and had al ready made the necessay arrange ments. I gladly accepted the invita tion, and found the patron to be a pleasant gentleman, who set great store by his newly-found secretary, though he knew as little as I of 'his talented employe's real antecedents. Last night as we were d-rinking our after-dinner coffee in the grill room, Casmir drew from his vest pocket a handful of letters to find an address which 'he had promised me. Among the papers was the photograph of a young man in the uniform of an Eng lish army officer. 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