Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-26

shop and locked it up in his safe with
the satisfaction and a sense ci profound
relief such as he had rarely felt IN long
and honorable life; and he would have
teen Mortified and distressed beyond
words if he could have even guessed that
lie had been the means of sending an l1lno-
cent and helpless girl to Holloway Jail.
0NE thing more which concerns this
~ tale happened on that same day.
Two we'll dressed young men drove up to
the door of quiet and very respectable
hotel in the West End. and packed their
belongings; and when they had paid
what they owed they told the porter to
call two hansoms, each had his things
put on one of them, and they nodded
to each other and parted. One hanson
drove to Euston and the other to Char1ng
Cross Whether they ever met again, L
do not know, and it does not matter;
but in order to clear Baraka 5 character
at once and to avoid a useless and per-
fectly transparent mystery, 1t Is as well
to say directly that it was the Young man
that drove to Euston. on his way to
Iiverpool and New York. that had Logo
theti's ruby sewed up in his waistcoat
pocket; and that the ruby really be-
longed to Margaret, since Logothet1 had
already given it to her, before he had
brought it to Pinney to be cut and set.
MARGARET received her friends let
AVA ter and the account OF Baraka
Cornmittal to prison by the same post on
the morning after she and Van Torp had
teen to hear 'Parsifal'' together, and
tpened the two envelops before reading
her other letters.
Margaret read the newspaper cutting
first. Barakas case was reported with
the rather brutal simplicity that char
acterizes such accounts IN the Enghsh
papers, and Logothetis name appeared
IN Pinnev's evidence. There were barely
twenty-five lines of small PRINT.
But the prima donna bit her handsome
lip and her ewes sparkled with anger. as
she put the cutting back into the first
envelop. and took the folded letter out
Of the other. The girl had not only
stolen a ruby, but it was Margaret
ruby. the one Logotheti had given her
for her engagement, which she had
insisted upon having set as a ing.
Further. it had been stolen by the very
girl from whom Logotheti had pretended
that ne had bought it: a feat that cast
The high light of absurdity on his unlikely
story 1t was natural enough that she
should have seen it. and should have
known that he was taking 1t to Plnney s,
and that she should have been able to
prepare little screw OF paper with bit
Of glass inside, to substitute for 1t. he
irllprobabilities of such an explanation
cid not occur to Lady Maud. who saw
only the glaring fact that the handsome
Tartar girl had accompanied Logothetl.
disguised as man. and had ultimately
robbed him. as he richly deserved. She
had imposed upon Van Torp too, and
had probably tried to sell him the very
stone she had stolen from Logotheti; and
the one she had made him take as a gift
was nothing but bit OF glass, as he said
it might be. for all he knew.
Margaret was really a sensible English
Girl. although she was so very angry.
This is ridiculous." she said aloud. with
emphasis, when she caught sight Of her
self in the mirror and saw that she was
quite white and her eyes were bloodshot.
Il won't be so silly" And she sat down
to try and think quietly.
1t was not so easy. A Tartar girl in
Decd More probably a handsome
Greek. How could they know the differ
ence in London police court: But it
did not matter. OF course she would
have been angry if Logotheti had made
love to the handsomest woman in Eng
land; but not so furious as she was now.
An ignorant Eastern girl! A creature
that followed him about in mems clothes !