Undoubtedly the sheik was about to lead them into the desert for no good purpose.

A dreadful fate seemed in store for the girl, but she must be left to face it without the support of Merton Gill.
The lately hired extras were now dismissed.

They trooped back to the dressing room to doff their flowing robes and remove the Bedouin make-up.

Merton Gill went from the dressing room to the little window through which he had received his robe and his slip was returned to him signed by the assistant director.

It had now become a paper of value, even to Mrs.Patterson; but she was never to know this, for its owner went down the street to another window and relinquished it for a five-dollar bill.
The bill was adorned with a portrait of Benjamin Harrison smugly radiating prosperity from every hair in his beard.