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Fred and I stood between the two of them and the parapet, because for the first few seconds we were not sure the Armenian did not mean murder. His eyes glittered, and his teeth gleamed. It was not possible to guess whether or not the hand under his goat-skin coat clutched a weapon. "It is now that you Eenglis sportmen shall endure a test!" he remarked.
He laughed outright, throwing out both hands toward us. "Eenglis sportmen!" he said simply. "What's that got to do with it?" Will retorted. He has the unaccountable American dislike of being mistaken for an Englishman, but long ago gave up arguing the point, since foreigners refuse, as a rule, to see the sacred difference. "I am, too, sportman. At Zeitoon there is very good sport. Bear. Antelope.
"Who threw Olim Pasha into the river, and pushed him in and in again for more than an hour with a fishing pole and then threw in the gendarmes who ran to arrest him and only ran when the Eenglis consul came?" "I remember," said the consul. "Yet you don't look quite like that man." "I told you you knew me." "Neither does to-day's wind blow like yesterday's!" "What is your name?" "Then it was Ali."
"There are four in our party," said Will, apropos apparently of nothing. The effect was unexpected. "Four?" His eyes opened wide, and be made the knuckle-bones of both hands crack like caps going off. "Four Eenglis sportman?" "I said four. If you're willing to tell the naked truth about what's back of your offer, I'll undertake to talk it over with my other friends.
"Since when have Eenglis sportmen waited on the weather? Ah, but you are right, effendi, none should tell the truth in this place, unless in hope of being disbelieved!" He laid a finger on his right eye, as I have seen Arabs do when they mean to ascribe to themselves unfathomable cunning. "Since you entered this common room you have not ceased to observe me closely.
"Eenglis sportmen!" said the man in front of us, raising both hands, palms outward, in appraisal of our clothes and general appearance. It was not surprising that he should talk English, for what the British themselves have not accomplished in that land of a hundred tongues has been done by American missionaries, teaching in the course of a generation thousands on thousands.
Then, either we'll all four agree to take you up, or we'll give you a flat refusal within a day or two. Now suit yourself." "I have told the truth Zeitoon caves boar antelope wild boar. I am a very good guide. You shall pay me handsomely." "Sure, we'll ante up like foreigners. But why do you make the proposal? What's behind it?" "I never saw you until this afternoon. You are Eenglis sportmen.
"What is it now?" "The name God gave me?" "Yes." "God knows!" "What do you want here?" He spread out his arms toward us four, and grinned. "Look see! Four Eenglis sportman! Could a man want more?" "Your face is hauntingly familiar," said the consul, searching old memories. "No doubt. Who carried your honor's letter to Adrianople in time of war, and received a bullet, but brought the answer back?"
Our Armenian servants ran to the door, and in a minute returned to say that fifty mounted men from Zeitoon were drawn up outside. Kagig gave a curt laugh and strode across to us. "I said you Eenglis sportmen should see good sport." Monty nodded, with a hand held out behind him to warn us to keep still. "I said you shall shoot many pigs!" "Lead on, then." "Turks are pigs!" Monty dd not answer.
He has perhaps he has it in his pocket now a concession from the politicians in Stamboul, granting him the right to exploit Zeitoon a place he has never seen! He has encouraged this present butchery in order that Turkish soldiers may have excuse to penetrate to Zeitoon that he covets. He wants you Eenglis sportmen out of the way.
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