Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-20
THE
FIRST SECRETARY
Continued from page "a

pretty byplay in the game of love, were the
consequences not so fraught with tragedy.
Madame turned to peak to the picture
dealer, and Ferguson thumped his hand with
his clenched fist
"Oh, You dolt, YOU ass" he growled to him
self STOOD there and never guessed-while
Chrysanthy was talking of 'impressionist style
and keeping at a proper distance And she
there before your eyes,.
He turned to madame, who had begun, even
in her preoccupation, to notice his mumbling
to himself, and asked, with an irrelevance that
struck her as almost heartless, if any Turkish
girls had been to her fiesta.
None, she answered.
DO any ever come to your house:
oh, yes, good many. All of my daughters
have Turkish friends who come to the house
She was surprised at his questioning sur
prised still more when with a mumbed excuse
he went away, although he had been there for
only few minutes and they had talked hardly
at all of the lost daughter about whom he had
called.
Like most young people, Weir was uncon-
scious how selfish he was. What concerned
him could not but be important that all else
must give way to it. From the Mavrocorthatos
villa he went straight to Mrs Blake.
Grace" he said, soon as she appeared
/" do you know, or is there anyway of discov-
erng the name of that Turkish girl whom we
saw in the carriage last Friday?
No Steve, l don't; and l should advise
You not to try to learn it, either. she replied
surnising something of his state of mind.
Thank you | know that's first rate adj
vice
Which you haven't the faintest intention
of following ;" she went on with some exaspera-
ton.
Weir shook his head dePrecatingly.
Steve do be sensble!"
THE last thing want is to be sensible" he
said, with forlorn grin
You can't really care so much, after just
one glance"
disposed of her side of the argument abso-
lutely.
Annie sighed, vet would not desist: She $
somebody of importance. or she wouldn't have
been in one of the Sutan's Carriage
And I'm somebody OF Importance. since
she looked at me.
Grace would not be routed by repartee.
dare say you've got most OF the things you
wanted in life far; but have lived here a
good deal longer than You have, and can tell
there is about as much chance OF Your
even getting to speak TO her, as there Is OF sam
Blake's being elected Pope of the Eastern
Church"
Weir stared straight in front of him, silenced,
vet not deferred
Aren't YOU convinced" Grace asked after
a short pause during which her evaporation
over his pig Medicines grew within her.
Convinced of the wisdom of Your words,
yes; of the wisdom of following them, no"
But Steve, you will be at the bottom of
the Bosporus before this thing is ended she
pleaded.
Weir showed his strong white teeth. :" !
don't feel in the least like going to the bottom
of the Bosporus; in fact, | never felt less like
it in my life. If things come to pinch, if We
need a preacher and aid and abetting very
badly. can We come to you?" he branched off
with disheartenng hopefulness.
Steve, you are incorrigiblel You would
risk the existence of the only Protestant church
in Constantinope for the sake of girl"
"Oh, if you'd rather not"
You goose OF course, we'll help you.
That's the trouble she ended pathetically.
To be continued next Sunday