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 ENDHome