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Wanderer followed his example.
at Just occurs to me. " said Keyork.
fixing his keen eyes on his compan-
ions face, 'that you have told me alb
~solutely nothing. except that Kafka i.
mad and that Unorna is safe"
Those are the most important
points" observed the Wanderer.
Precisely. But l am sure thai
you will not think me indiscreet ii ]
wish to know a little more"
The Wanderer saw that some ex.
PLANTATION was necessary, and he de.
termined to give one in as few words
as possible.
'Unorra and l had strolled into ths
Jewish cemetery" he said. '.While
we were talking there, Israel kafka
suddenly came upon us and spoke and
acted very wildly. He is madly in
love with her. She became very an.
CRY and would not let me interfere.
Then by way of punishment for his in.
trusion | suppose, she %hypnotized him
and made him believe that he was ST.
mon Abe es, and brought the whole Of
the poor boys life so vividly before
me, as l listened, that | actually
seemedt to SEE the scenes. / was quite
unable to stop her or to move from
where | stood. though l was quite
awake. But l realized what was 60
ing on, and l was disguised at her
cruelty to the unfortunst e man.
He tainted at the end but when he
came to himself he seemed to remem-
Der nothing. l took him home and
Unorna went away herself. Then he
questioned me so closely as to what
had happened that was weak enough
TO Tell him the truth. Of course, as a
fervent Hebrew, which he seemed TO
be, he did not relish the idea of having
played the Christian martyr for
UnOrna's amusement, and amidst the
grave of his own people. He there
and then impressed me that he in
tended to take Unorna's life with
out delay. but insisted that 1
should warn her of her danger, saying
that he would not be a common MUIR
derer. Seeing that he was mad and in
earnest, | went to her. There was
some delay, which proved fortunate,
as it turned out, for we left by the
small door just as he was entering
from the other end. We locked it be-
hind US, and. going around by the
passages, locked the other door upon
him also, so that he was caught in a
trap. And there he is, unless some
one has let him out"
'tAnd then you took Unorna to the
convent"
81 took her to the convent, promis-
ing to come to her when she should
send for me. Then l saw that I must
consult you before doing anything
more. 1t will not do to make a scan
dial of the matter"
No" answered Keyork, thought
fully, sit will not do"
The Wanderer had told his story
with perfect truth and yet in a way
which entirely concealed the very i'm
portant part Unorna's passion for him
had played in the sequence OF events.
There will be no difficulty in Sc
curing Kafka," Keyork said. The
real question is, what shall we do with
him? He is very much in the way at
present, and he must be disposed of at
once, or we shall have more trouble.
How infinitely more to the purpose it
would have been if he had wisely de-
termined to cut his own throat instead
of Unorna's!n
81 will only say n thing" said
the Wanderer, land then I will leave
the direction to you. The poor fellow
has been driven mac by Unorna's ca
price and cruelty. l am determined
hat he shall not be made to suffer
gr~atuitously anything more"
..Do you think Unorna was inten-
tionally cruel to him? She has not d
cruel nature
You would have changed your
mind, if you had seer her this after
noon. I will not allow Kafka to be
i'll treated"
mo, no! of course not!' Keyork an
swered with eager assent; ''but it may
be necessary to use whatever means
are most sure and certain"
II shall not quarrel with your
MEANS" the Wanderer said quietly,
provided that there is no upneces-
sary brutality"
Certainly, certainly!' said the
other, eying with curiosity the man
who spoke so confidently of taking out
of Keyork Arabian's grasp whatever
had once found its way into it.
He shall be treated with every
consideration, the Wanderer contin-
ued. 'EOf course. if he is very violent,
we shall have 10 use force"
ITO avoid an enormous scandal
things must be done very quietly.
said Keyork.
Il cannot see anything to be done,
then, unless we bring him here" said
the Wanderer, falling into the trap
from sheer perplexity. What hey
ork said vas ~undeniably true.
'He would be a nuisance in the
house." answered the sage. mot
but that the Individual would make a
capital keeper. He is as gentle as he
is strong, and as quick as a tiger cat"
80 far as that is concerned" said