“And I never thought of it—I, who have been seeking the last of the Mamelukes—I——”
“What! do you know the story of the Mamelukes?”
“I have given my life to finding Emin’s descendants, and I never told the Mahdi.”
“Do you know the Mahdi?”
“I will reveal all, most noble Shula. The Mahdi sent me here. He is coming in all the glory of victory, and I am to prepare a way for him.”
Shula sprang to his feet and hugged and kissed the American until poor Max began to think his breath would all be squeezed out.
Had he wanted rest?
If so he made a mistake in telling Shula his mission.
CHAPTER XXVII.
SOWING THE SEED.
For no sooner had he done so than Shula sent out for three of his most particular friends and bade them hasten to his house.