e wall.

"Stand as steady as you can," I whispered, "for I'm going to jump."

I did so, and clutched the edge. When I had pulled myself to the top I
was so completely exhausted as to be unable to do anything for more than
a minute. Then I whispered to another man to climb upon the first man's
back, and stretch his hands up to mine. He did so, and I pulled him up
beside me. The guide came next, then the other tourist, then Lord
Beckenham. After which I took off and lowered my coat to the man who had
stood for us all, and having done so, took a firm grip of the wall with
my legs, and dragged him up as I had done the others. It had been a
longer business than I liked, and every moment, while we were about it,
I expected to hear the cries of the mob inside the mosque, and to find
them pouring into the yard to prevent our escape. The bolts on the door,
however, must have possessed greater strength than we gave them credit
for. At any rate, they did not give way.

When we were all safely on the wall, I asked the guide in which
direction we should now proceed; he pointed to the adjoining roofs, and
in Indian file, and with the stealthiness of cats, we accordingly crept
across them.

The third house surmounted, we found ourselves overlooking a narrow
alley, into which we first peered carefully, and, having discovered that
no one was about, eventually dropped.

"Now," said the guide, as soon as we were down, "we must run along here,
and turn to the left."

We did so, to find ourselves in a broader street, which eventually
brought us out into the thoroughfare through which we had passed to
reach the mosque.

Having got our bearings now, we headed for the harbour, or at least for
that part of the town with which I was best acquainted, as fast as our
legs would carry us. But, startling as they had been, we had not yet
done with adventures for the night.

Once in the security of the gaslit streets, we said good-bye to the men
who had got us into all the trouble, and having come to terms with our
guide, packed him off and proceeded upon our way alone.

Five minutes later the streaming lights of an open doorway brought us to
a standstill, and one glance told us we were looking into the Casino.
The noise of the roulette tables greeted our ears, and as we had still
plenty of time, and my companion was not tired, I thought it a good
opportunity to show him another phase of the seamy side of life.

But before I say anything ab