think he winded me and was following--I was terribly frightened."

"What a brave girl," he said. "And you ran all that risk for a
stranger--an alien--an unbeliever?"

She drew herself up very proudly.

"I am the daughter of the Sheik Kabour ben Saden," she answered.
"I should be no fit daughter of his if I would not risk my life
to save that of the man who saved mine while he yet thought that
I was but a common Ouled-Nail."

"Nevertheless," he insisted, "you are a very brave girl. But how
did you know that I was a prisoner back there?"

"Achmet-din-Taieb, who is my cousin on my father's side, was
visiting some friends who belong to the tribe that captured you.
He was at the DOUAR when you were brought in. When he reached home
he was telling us about the big Frenchman who had been captured by
Ali-ben-Ahmed for another Frenchman who wished to kill him. From
the description I knew that it must be you. My father was away.
I tried to persuade some of the men to come and save you, but they
would not do it, saying: `Let the unbelievers kill one another if
they wish. It is none of our affair, and if we go and interfere
with Ali-ben-Ahmed's plans we shall only stir up a fight with our
own people.'

"So when it was dark I came alone, riding one horse and leading
another for you. They are tethered not far from here. By morning
we shall be within my father's DOUAR. He should be there himself by