In vain the professor urged him not to send a note, nor to attempt to communicate in such a manner with the mysterious girl.
“Don’t get fluttery, professor,” advised Frank, coolly. “If you try to be too strict with me, I may take a fancy to run away again.”
The professor groaned.
“You are incorrigible,” he declared. “It is impossible to do anything with you.”
So Frank wrote the note and sent Azza out with it, offering him a tempting reward if he would deliver it into the hand of Igela, and warning him to give it up to no other person. He worded it briefly as follows:
“To Igela, ‘The Pearl of Tangier’:
“Are you in trouble? Do you need assistance. If so, tell me how I may aid you.
“Frank Merriwell.”
Azza was away from the hotel for nearly two hours. At length he returned and placed a folded paper in Frank’s hand, saying simply:
“This is her answer.”