The Son of the Sheik
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AGNES AYRES has courteously
consented to resume her
original role of Diana, wife
of the Sheik -- as a favor
to Mr. Valentino and this
picture.
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Not East of Suez --- but
South of Algiers.
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A camp of outcasts in
the desert night.
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Andr�, renegade French-
man, leader of a vagrant
troupe --- entertainers by
profession, thieves by
preference.
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Ghabah, The Moor, whose
crimes outnumber the
sands.
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"I'll send your remains
home. What's your
wife's name?"
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"I don't know her name.
When I want her, I
whistle."
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Yasmin, daughter of Andr�,
whose dancing feet sup-
port the troupe. --
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A few days ago --- in the
market-place of Toug-
gourt blossomed Yasmin's
first romance.
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"I am tired --- yet I must
dance. He is my father --
and we are very poor."
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"Your gold, my lord, could
not buy me even a day's
rest. They'd gamble it away
in an hour."
12
"Then wear this ring ---
for friendship --- till
we meet again."
13
"If my lord ever returns, he
might find me in the old
ruins. I love to wander there
in the moonlight --- alone."
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Then, in brief, stolen
meetings, romance
deepened into love ---
and tonight ---
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"Twenty leagues every
night for a dancing
girl! Allah give us
strength."
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"Wait here for me!"
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"Master, it is not safe
to journey alone!"
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"Ramadan, do I give
orders --- or do
you?"
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"If his father, the Sheik,
knew of this --- !"
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"Allah curse all dancing -
girls. Their hips full of
abandon, make young men
full of nonsense!"
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"Yasmin, my love, were
you afraid I would
fail you?"
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"Why fear me, dearest?
Love such as mine
can do no harm."
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"But who are you, my
Lord? I do not even
know your name!"
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"I am he who loves
you --- is that not
name enough?"
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"Remember, I want him
captured - not killed!"
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"My young Lion. Your
people would gladly
pay ten thousand francs to
look at your handsome face
again."
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"Your father's name ---
or must we loosen
your tongue?"
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"What have you done
with Yasmin?"
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"You fool -- to believe she
loved you! She was our
bait to lure you on, as she
has lured many another."
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"Your young gallant is lash-
ed to a grating in the
old ruins. Tomorrow --- its
ransom or --- torture!"
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"Long ago, you promised
her to me and I'm tired
of waiting."
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"What are you doing there,
Son of An Owl?"
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"Nay, my mother was no
owl --- only a little
cuckoo!"
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At a friend's home in
Touggourt, Ahmed's
bodily wounds healed
fast.
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"Like all youths, he loved
a dancing girl. Like all
dancing girls, she tricked
him."
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"I'll take my own revenge!"
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The night was young at
the Cafe Maure. Not a
knife had been thrown ---
so far.
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"Did we catch him?"
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"So, my young charmer,
your mission in life is
to lure men into lonely
ruins --- to be robbed and
tortured!"
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"I may not be the first
victim --- but, by
Allah, I shall be the one
you'll remember!"
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"An eye for an eye ---
a hate for a hate ---
that is the law of my
father!"
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"I hate you! I hate you!"
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"Your gang will not collect
from me this time. For
once your kisses are free!"
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The desert villa of Sheik
Ahmed Ben Hassan ---
young Ahmed's famous
father.
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Diana, wife of the Sheik.
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The Sheik -- English born,
Sahara bred -- undis-
puted ruler in this sea of
sand.
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"What news of my son?
Has he returned to
his camp yet?"
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"She will be to Ahmed what
you have been to me,
my dear."
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"That young rascal has
been gone a week --
against my strict orders."
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"Your son is back at his
camp. One of his
servants is here, as you
commanded."
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"Where has my son been
for the past week?"
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"He'll discover that I am
master here. Allah
help him when I'm done
with him!"
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"Remember, Ahmed is
only a boy ---"
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"I hate you! I will hate
you with my dying
breath!"
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"That is the first truthful
thing you've said."
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"And you'll have more
reason to hate me
before I've finished with
you!"
57
"I gave you strict orders
not to leave. Why
did you disobey?"
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"I had reasons of my own."
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"A woman!"
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"Out of here, first born
of a mule!"
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"You can't blame 'that'
on a parrot!"
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"Father, its not the sort of
affair you think --- and no
one in the world can
interfere."
63
"You dare to bring a woman
to the camp when I have
selected a bride for you?"
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"I am sorry, but when the
time comes, I'll select
my own bride."
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"Like father, like son. My
future is my own."
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"Ahmed, I'll bend you to
my will --- as I bend
this iron."
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"It is for hate -- not love --
that I brought this girl
here. I sought vengeance
as you would have done --"
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"No matter what she has
done, Ahmed, you
must free her at once."
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"Send her away --- and
come home."
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"Women -- bah! Heed them
not -- for today's peach
is tomorrow's prune!"
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"All the beauties of the
Arabian Nights ---
passing unveiled ---
couldn't get a look
from me!"
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"Allah! ... Help me to tear
him from my heart!
Help me to hate him!"
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"Escort her back to
Touggourt."
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"This is for her needs."
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"Young master bids you go.
You shall be suitably
mounted --- on a donkey."
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"Yasmin, no other man shall
have you. Why waste
your life in futile love -- that
I destroy so easily?"
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"It was I who poisoned the
mind of young Ahmed
against you --- saying you
betrayed him to us ---"
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"Let's start back to
Touggourt."
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"When you escape --- tell
Ahmed the truth ---
and say that I am trying
to forget."
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"Master, the girl did not
betray you ---"
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"I told you I'd curb him
to my will."
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"Not with force, my dear.
Ahmed is too much like
you to be curbed or driven."
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"Remember your own fiery
youth, dearest --- what you
wanted, you took ---"
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"Lie still, you little fool!"
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"Master --- your son --- he
has gone after the girl ---
back to that thieves den in
Touggourt!"
86
"Master --- please --- his
life is in danger ---"
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"Master, it is madness to
enter there alone!"
88
"Quick! Send Yasmin to
dance! A rich stranger!
I smell money!"
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"Yasmin, Yasmin, my
beloved. Can you
ever forgive --- ?"
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"I tried to hate you, beloved,
but - my heart has always
been yours!"
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"Ahmed, my beloved,
you must go! Quick --
please --- I fear for your
life."
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"Father -- the girl --
I love her -- !"
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