Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-10

come 10 NeTSeu again. anu ne as ElGCll q" oht-
IS determined, and as brave as ever. nut she
was quiescent now. and the mere thought 81
effort would be really painful. Perhaps DO
enc who has not lived in Asia can quite under
stand that.
7 OGOTHETI took out his notebooks, which
- had a small calendar with a few lines tor
each dav in the wear ami began 10 count
Gays and calculate dates; for when ne had
expected to go to Bavreuth with the prltlla
donna ne had found out all about the per
;crmances. and knew how long She meant TO
srav.
His calendar told him that this was the OF
Cay, between the second and third representa-
tons of " ParSifal. and that Margaret mad
her rooms at the hotel for another week. he
would allow two DAYS more for her 70 reach
Versailles and rest from the Journey before
she would wish to see him: and as he thought
she had treated him rather badly IN not let
ing him 60 with her. because ne Was not
enough Of Wagnerian. he intended to keep
Ger waiting even day or two longer. on the
sometimes mistaken theory that y IS better
20 make woman impatient than 10 t"res'"h
her wishes before she has had time 20 change
Ler mind. Besides, Van Iorps telegram
showed that he was in Bavreuth, and Logo
theti lattered himself that the more Margaret
saw OF the American. the more ANXIOUS she
would be to her accepted adorer II was
aer own fault. since LUgottetI might nave
been with her instead.
The result of his calculations was that ne
had at least ten DAYS before HIM. and that as
ne was not at all bored by the little Tartar
lady in blue serge. II was quite useless "a put
her ashore at Carterets and take her I" Pans
that way. The idea OF spending eight or
nine hours alone IN hot and Glrtv railway
carriage. while she and her maid passed the
night IN another compartment w"s extremely
drearv: and besides. he had not a. al made
y,p his mind what TO do with her. and y would
probably end in his taking her 20 ms own
house Margaret would have some night to
resent that, but as tor the tr1p II me vaSn1'
she need never know anything about II lie
girl was really as safe with INN as any g;Ti
could be with her own brother. and 50 long as
no one knew that she was With NH. nothing
else mattered Furthermore. he was gooG
enough TO be convinced that y sne was iet
loose in Europe by herself with F-enty 81
money, boundless courage. and such clever
courier as Spiro seemed to be, she would GER
ranIv find Kralinsky at last and murder hl1n,
regardless of having sworn by the inv1oiabie
water of the Stvx. Lastly, he saw that she
was at present in that state Of AsIatlC peace
in which il was perfectly indifferent 10 her
what happened, provided that she was not
disturbed
He rose quietly and went ait. Though She
was awake she scarcely noticed that ne had
left her and merely opened and shut her eyes
twice, like the happy cat ALREADY spoken o.
She not aware that the Yacht changed her
course again. though II was pleasant not TO
have the reflection from the n her eyes
heading 10 Seaward Of Cshant instead OF for
Jersey and Carterets, she would not have
understood. nor cared If she had. and would
have been annoyed at being disturbed uy the
sound OF his voice.
WHEN the sky redeemed At evening Logo
w theft was again in his char, reading.
She mad heard sin bells struck softly. the nrst
sound she noticed in four hours. and did not
know what they meant: perhaps Il was SIX
'111 .y{fv he 10 ii
it,-no one could understand European time,
which was one in Constant.nopie, another IN
Paris, and another IN England. Besides. Il
made no difference what time Il was: but k1j
was departing from her, gone already.
and the world was moving again,-not al all
in an unpleasant or disturbing way, but NOV
ing nevertheless.
when shall we reach that place" she asked
lazilv. and turned her face 10 Logothet.
Allah knows" he answered gravelv, and
laid his book on his knees.
She had been well used 70 hearing that
answer TO all sorts of questions since she had
been child that she thought nothing Of il.
and waited awhile before speaking again. Her
eyes studied the mans face almost uncon-
sclously. He now wore d feZ instead ot a
Yachting cap, and it changed his expression.
He no longer looked III the least Ike d Euro
pean. The handsome red felt glowed like
blood in the evening light, and the long blue