"It's a very holy thing," Helen explained. "The Mohammedan stands on it facing the East and cries 'Allah!'"
"Alley!" repeated the trainer. "No. Allah!"
"'Allah' is the Mohammedan divinity," explained Speed.
"I've got you." Glass was greatly interested.
"Then he makes his prayer. It is such a sacred thing that when one's feet are on it no harm can come to one."
"Well, what d'you think of that?" murmured the trainer.
Fresno laughed pleasantly. "It's too bad it isn't long enough to run this footrace on."
"Do you believe in the charm?" inquired Speed of Helen.
"Of course I do," she answered.
He laughed sceptically, whereupon Larry Glass broke in with husky accents: