Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-07

quite easy
PUT Lpgotheti, looking past her as she came
forward, had met Spiro's eyes; and he felt
not even the slightest anxiety for krallnskyS
safety. nor for Barakas. He was still wonder
ing what he should say to Margaret but while
he tried to think it over, his eyes dwelt on the
noble little profile of the slender oriental girl
! at his side; and it occurred to him that, al
though she had worn mems clothes and done
things that few women would dare to do, for
the one purpose of her life. she would much
rather die than show herself the stage in
very low dress before thousands OF people, and
sing to them, and take money for doing it; and
he remembered a time. not much more than
two years before, when that mere thought had
driven the idea of marrying the pr1ma donna
quite out of his head for awhile, and that after
all it had been her physical attractions that had
overcome the prejudice, making HIM say that
he was as much in love with Madame Cordova
as he had been with Margaret Dome, that
very nice English girl
At a distance. Logotheti had supposed that
he would somehow account to the diva tor the
position in which he had foolishly placed him.
self because he had done nothing and said
nothing that he would have been ashamed OF
before her. if she knew the whole truth: and
he fancied that even If they quarreled she
would make up with him before long, and
marry him in the end. He had good opinion
of himself as desirable husband; and with
reason. since he had been prosecuted for years
with offers of excellent marriages from mothers
of high degree that had daughters to dispose
of. And beneath that conviction there lurked,
in spite of him, the less worthy thought that
singers and actresses generally less
squeamish than women of the world about the
little entanglements of their intended hus-
bands.
But now, at the very moment of meeting
Margaret. he knew that if he found her very
angry with him. he would simply listen to what
she had to say. make humble apology state
the truth coldly and return to his own yacht
with Baraka under her very eyes. and IN tull
sight Of Lady Maud and Mrs. Rushmore. Be
sides. he felt tolerably sure that when Spiro
failed to carry out the young Tartar girls muir
derous instructions, she would forget all about
the oath she had sworn by the "inviolable
water of the Styx" and would try to kill him
with her own hands, SO that it would be neces-
sary to take her away abruptly, and even
forclbly
MATTERS did not turn out as he expected.
"a however, after the two yachts had
stopped their engines.
Before the Ernna had quite lost her way.
Logotheti had his naphtha launch putting
alongside, and he got into it with Baraka and
Spiro. and the Lancashire Lass had barely
time to lower her ladder before the visitors
were there.
Baraka babe Logotheti go up first and trod
daintily the grated steps as she followed
him. The chief mate and chief steward were
waiting at the gangway. The mate Saluted;
the steward led the visitors to the main saloon.
| ushered them in. and shut the door, Spiro
was left outside.
Lady Maud was there sitting in easy
chair in the farthest corner. She nodded to
Logotheti but did not rise. and paid no more
attention to Baraka than if she had not ex-
isted.
Van Torp shook hands coldly with Logotheti.
Baraka walked directly to kralinsky, and
then stood stone still before him, gazing up
steadily into his eyes
Neither Margaret nor Mrs. Rushmore was
to be SEEN Van Torp and Logotheti both
watched the other two, looking from one face
to the other. kralinsky with his eyeglass
in his eye, surveyed the lovely young bar
barian unmoved. and the silence lasted half
a minute Then she spoke in her own Ian
guage, and kralinsky answered her and only
Logotheti understood what they said to each
other
You are not Ivan. You are fatter, and you
have not his eyes
Logotheti drew long breath.
No" answered kralinsky. Il am Iuryi,
his brother. | never saw you; but he told me
Of you"
where is Ivan?"
Dead"
The proud little head was bowed for a mo-
ment, and Baraka did not speak till several
seconds had passed. Then she looked up again
suddenly. Her dark eyes were quite dry.
How 1ong9"
More than four months"
"You know IT ,"