Two Arabian Knights
1
France - - 1918.
2
"Playing safe - - eh,
Soldier?"
3
"We're dead men!"
4
"You mean - - we'll
never get out of here
alive?"
5
"You've booted and
bullied me all the
way from Hoboken,
Sergeant - -"
6
"- - now I'm going to
knock your ugly block
off before the Germans
get us!"
7
"Get up and fight!"
8
"Never lead with your
right, Soldier!"
9
Prisoners from the
Allied forces - -
Americans, French,
English, Belgians,
Arabs - -
10
A prison camp in
Northern Germany.
11
"As the highest in rank,
you will take charge of
your men."
12
"March them to the
de-lousing station."
13
"How's your ankle now,
gold-brick?"
14
The Cooties' Crematory.
15
"The sooner I get out
of here, the better I'll
like it!"
16
"I couldn't hold out
on a good guy like
you - -"
17
Days spent working out
a way to escape. Nights
spent watching for a
chance to use it.
18
"When things quiet
down, we'll try
again."
19
"Our uniforms will stick
out like sore thumbs
against that snow!"
20
"White against white
won't show!"
21
"We're sunk!"
22
"How's your nerve?"
23
"I'll draw the dog away,
while you crawl under
the first fence."
24
"I had to stop you from
sneezing!"
25
"I oughta stop you
from thinking!"
26 [small type]
"Brains, I'm really disgusted
with you."
27
"Swine! That is
forbidden!"
28
"They're shipping us
to Turkey!"
29
"That's Constantinople -
we'd better start
thinking."
30
"If you keep on thinking,
we'll wind up in China!"
31
"If I ever listen to you
again, I hope you
spit in my mess-kit!"
32
"Quit crabbing! If it
wasn't for me, we
wouldn't be where
we are!"
33
"Well, where are we?"
34
"Suffering catfish - -
what next?"
35
The hay was about
to set sail for
Arabia.
36
"Americansky - yes?"
37
"Oh, no! Chinese!"
38
"How you come here?"
39
"Ask Brains - he knows!"
40
"We came together!"
41
"Together, I put you
in irons!"
42
"Why doesn't someone
jump in and help them?"
43
"Cold water!"
44
"Never mind me!
Save the girl!"
45
"What's the idea of
socking me?"
46
"I thought you were
going to sneeze."
47
"I can hardly wait for
my uniform to dry
so I can see her."
48
"Me too!"
49
"One flash at that pan
of yours, and she'll yell
for Allah!"
50
"I've had more broads
yell for me than you
and this guy Allah
put together!"
51
"Just scrubbing down
to meet the Masked
Marvel."
52
"You wouldn't go
without me, would
you?"
53
"How about introducing
us to the dame we
saved, instead of taking
all the bows yourself?"
54
"The lady no understand
your language."
55
"The lady that don't
understand my
language don't live!"
56
"Watch me work, and
you'll never be lone-
some in a strange
town!"
57
"If the face is anything
like the chassis - - me
for her!"
58
"I wish I could tell you
in Arabic, what I think
of you in English."
59
"You're just the
Preliminary - -
I'm her Main Event."
60
"Who is that bozo?"
61
"Probably her eunuch."
62
"What's a unick?"
63
The magic of an Asia
Minor moon.
64
"Oh, hell!"
65
"You are quite an artist."
66
"You speak English?"
67
"I learned it at school
in Constantinople."
68
"When I think of the
things we've said in
front of you!"
69
"Skunk, where's my
pants at?"
70
"The lady's money she
drown - - I want fare!"
71
"With the lady's per-
mission, we'll gladly
pay her fare."
72 [small type]
"Sap - - we ain't
got a dime!"
73
"I'll pay you later."
74
"I want fare next time
I see you."
75
"I quite agree with him."
76
"Where's my pants at?"
77
Dodging the captain
had one serious
disadvantage.
78
"I've missed six meals
because you wanted
to play Santa Claus!"
79
"The boat's anchored
and her fare hasn't
been paid - - worry
that out!"
80
"May I see you a
moment, purser?"
81
"You pay fare now -
or you go in irons!"
82
"Just a slight oversight!"
83
"Here's your money."
84
"My father will repay
you -"
85
"Slip us a little note
to your old man."
86
"My people are coming
for me. I must leave
you."
87
"He is Shevket Ben
Ali - the man I am
to marry."
88
"The choice was not
mine - - in Arabia a
father's word is law."
89
"We're leaving!"
90
The palace of Mirza's
father, ruler of the
province.
91
"Allah be praised, my
daughter, for thy
safe return!"
92
"This is a happy day,
Shevket. Tonight we
sign the marriage
contract."
93
"There may be no
marriage. Mirza's
servant has told me
strange things of
two Americans - -"
94
"He has even said
she unveiled her
face before one of
the infidels."
95
"Take my guards and
seize these Americans
who have dishonored
me. They must die!"
96
"Let's go to our old
man and get our
dough - I'm starving!"
97
"For the last time no!
We're going to the
American consul!"
98
"There's our breakfast!"
99
"Wrong kind of goat!"
100
Shevket's guards.
101
"E Pluribus Unum!"
102
"That means - -
you eat!"
103
"Do not soil your
blade - I'll bring
the guards!"
104
"In Arabia it's an insult
to show anyone the
sole of your shoe."
105
"That's almost as
bad as spitting
at a person."
106
"Now will you go to
her old man and
get what's coming
to us?"
107
"All right, you win - but
I hope Shevket doesn't
get there first."
108
"I'll read it later!"
109
"It's personal!"
110
"You tell him, you're
educated!"
111
"And now, gentlemen -
to what do we owe
this visit?"
112
"I want some dough - -
he wants to see Mirza - -
and we both want a little
protection on the streets!"
113
"Your wishes shall be
granted. Follow me,
and you will never
be bothered on the
streets again."
114
"What'll we do now?"
115
"We've got to leave
town - - but first
we're going back
to the palace for
Mirza!"
116
"If I gotta die - - I'm
gonna die right here!"
117
"O.K., old pal - - I'll
go it alone."
118
"I'll see you again - -
if I get out alive."
119
"If you make another
crack about splitting - "
120
"Where'll we take her
when we get her?"
121
"To the American consul.
When he knows who
I am, he'll help us."
122
"We've come to take
you away."
123
"Your friend is being
suitably received in
the garden - - and
I myself have come
to welcome you."
124
"If he dies - - I die
with him!"
125
"Suppose I stake my
life against his, and -
to the victor belong
the spoils?"
126
"One of these pistols
contains a bullet -
the other, a blank
cartridge!"
127
"No skill is required at
this distance."
128
"Go in the next room.
One of us will come
to you."
129
"Very well, perhaps you
will help us - -"
130
"- strike that gong
three times. At the
third stroke, we fire!"
131
"He played fair - -
please leave us."
132
"Do you think I'd risk
my life with a dog?
Both pistols were
loaded with blanks!"
133
"But the last shot told
Mirza of your death -
to which my servants
will now attend."
134
"Sorry I can't stay, but
my carriage - and the
lady - are waiting."
135
"I can't speak Arabical -
but I've got a handful
of sure death, and I'm
nervous!"
136
"Would you mind
closing the door?"
137
"You might at least
thank me for bringing
the lady to you."
138
"Home, James!"
THE END
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