New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-04-26
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR APRIL 20 1908


and looked up TO her face with besecchng look that
could not bc misunderstood. She wished Logotheti
to be informed OF her captivity and WAS apNouttIE
confident that he would help her out OF her trouble
Lady Maud was less OF that. however and SAM
So but il was clear that Baraka did not SPEAK
word of any language known TO Lady Maud. who
was no great lingust best Under these Clrcu1r-
stances II looked If there nothing 70 bc done
for the poor girl who made all OF signs OF dis
trcss when She that the Englishwoman was
about TO leave her in sheer despair OF being OF any
use lust then. however, the sergeant came % the
door, and informed the visitor that the girl had an
acconplIcc who spoke her language and knew some
EnoI,~i and that he would bring the Ms
FoNweI wished 70 talk with him
The result was that less than half an hour Lady
Maud heard from SpIro a most extraordinary tale oi
which She did not believe single W'rd, TO heT
plain English mind. all seemed perfectly mad a.
first. and reflection She thought II an outrageous
attempt To play upon her CrcdulitNr whereas she
was thoroughly convinced that the girl had come 10
grief IN some way through Log'thctl. and had fol
lowed h:ru from Constaninoplc probably supporting
herself and her companion by stealing ON the way
Lady Mauds husband had been brute but he
knew the East tolerabv well. having done some
military duty the Caucasus before he entered the
diplomatic service His stories had chiefly Illus
tratcd the profound duplcIty OF all Asatlcs. and
She had reason TO dlsbclleVe them
When Spiro had nothing more to say, therefore,
She rose from the only seat there WAS and shook her
head with of utter IncredulIty. mingled with
the sort OF pitying contempt She felt for all lying
general She could easily follow the case. by the
help of the sergeant and the police court reports.
and might be able 10 help BIraka hereafter when the
girl had served the she would certainly get
for such important and ClcVerlv managed THEFT
The poor girl mplored and wept IN VAIN. Lady Maud
could DO nothing. and would stay 10 be told any
more inane stories about ruby mines IN Tartary
She called the sergeant, freed herself from Barakd
despaIrng hold on her hand, and went out
THOUGH II was hot. Lady Maud walked home
She always walked when She was IN any distress
or difficulty for the motion helped her think since
she young, strong. and healthy. and only in her
twenty ninth lust now. too. She a good
deal disturbed 10y what had happened besides being
ANNOYED by the attempt hat had been made To play
on her crcdulIty in such a gross way.
She was really fond of Margaret Donne. quite
apart from any admiration she felt for the prIuIu
donna's genius, by which She might have been m
tlucnCcd. In her opinion. the Tartar girls appeal
for help To reach LOgothetI could MEAN only
thing and that very far from being To his credit
If the girl had not been positively proved to be
thief. and had not attempted 10 impose upon her
by what seemed the most absurd faschoodS. Lady
Maud would probably have taken her under her
protection. far as the law would allow But
her special charity not for criminals cheats.
though She had sometimes helped and confortcd
women accused of far worse crimes than stealing
In this instance She could do nothing. and She did
not wish To do ANYTHING 1t was a fragrant
case, and the law would deal with IN the right way
The girl had come to grIct. doubt. by trusting
LOgOthcti bllndlV. and he had thrown her Oft
If She had sunk into the dismal depths of woe
behind the Virtue Curtain, most of her kind did
Lady Maud would have gone IN and tried to drag
her out, as she had saved others. But Logothetis
victim had taken a different turn. had turned thief
and had got into the hands Of Justice Her SIN
would be on his head no doubt. but no power could
avert from her the Just consequences of a miStleed
that had no necessary connection with her fall
Thus argued Lady Maud while Baraka Iay ON her
pallet bed in her calico skirt and white cotton Jacket
neither weeping nor despairing by any means nor
otherwise yielding to grlISh weakness. but already
devlsng means Tor carrying on her pursuit of the