The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-04-19

her knee and bent FORWARD 10
catch each note and syllable.
IL waters are blue as the eyes Of the en-
psror's daughter
n tbs crystal pools Of her sys mere are salt
NJ water Is both salt and fresA
Over the vster 70 ny love. this night
Over the water
The voice had died away and Zoe
no longer heard the words distinctly;
presently she could not hear the voice
at al, yet she strained her ears for
few seconds longer. The boat must
have passed on its way down to the
Bosphorus.
For & whole month she had sat IN the
same room at that hour and many times
already she had heard men singing IN
Their boats. sometimes 20 that same an
client Lydian mode, but never once had
they pronounced those meaning words
Often and often again she had passed
within sight OF the Anena tower. but
nor llntT today had she seen g solitary
. fisherman sitting at the piers edge be-
low IL and he had waved his rod thrice
over the water when she passed by.
And now II fash OF intuition she
guessed that the singer was the fisher
Il
.'7-ax FOR her. and for no one else; and II
was q signal which she could under
stand and should answer II she could,
and there was but one way OF answer
ing. and that was to show some light.
III IS hot" she said. reckoning to
Yulis. open the large window wide
f6r q few minutes and let in the fresh
Yulia obeyed quickly. The night was
::-Verv dark
. = Besides Zoe continued careIessiy.
as Zeno looked al her. that fellow has
a nne voice. and we shall still hear
him"
. opened, the song was heard again, at
some distance
over the water 10 ny love. she Is aware 20
Rs ss see her the ees a. rn0h sus to.
I shan see the day in your face.
I shall see the noon In yeu eyes. snAli
: over the wster. ne blue water. the water
,. both salr aud fresh
= 81. Once more the voice died away and
The faint plash OF oars told Zoe that
The message was all delivered, and that
: Gorlias was gone, on his way down
= stream
Zeno. whose maternal tongue was not
Greek. could not be supposed to Under
: stand much OF the song. for unfamiliar
. words sung 10 such ancient melodies
. can only be caught by native born ears,
and sharp ones at that At signal
:: from Zoe the maid shut the window
again and drew the curtains
:: Gould you understand the fellowr
Zeno asked. glad IN reality that the
- conversation had been interrupted
yes" Zoe answered lightly. "as you
would understand an Italian fisherman,
:: suppose The man gave you q mes
sage. my lord. Shall interpret what
he said7'
.Can your He laughed little.
he tells you that II you Will not try
= TO force Arethusa to keep away from
the window tomorrow she win probably
: do as you wish-probsblyf
your friend must have good earsP'
: zeno smiled. But then he only said
probably That is not promise.
why should you trust the promise OF
q Door slave. sir7 You would not be-
-. ltevs a lady OF Constantinople IN the
same case II she took oath on the four
gospels Imagine any woman missing
a chance OF looking at another about
whom she Is curious"
who is the other2" asked zeno, not
much pleased
-she is young and fresh as spring
Her hair IS ike that OF all the Venetian
p ladies-
@stnce you have seen her. why are
you so anxious to see her againT
=. ..~Aht You seei Il is shell knew 81
: she Is coming tomorrow with hel
father"
:. sTvveuz II she is. what OF TT" asked
Zero fmpatiently.
=. Nothing. Since you admit that 1t IL
she I do not care to see her ct all
VIII be good and you need not lock me
!. up
= ;. Theueupon she bent toward the tabl,
and began TO eat again, daintily, but al
II she were still hungry. Zeno watched
her IN silence for some time. consctoul
that Of all women he had ever seer
:. none had so easily touched him. mons
had played upon his moods as she did
making him impatient, uneasy, angr1
and forgiving by turns within quar-
ter OF an hour. few minutes ago a.
;. had been so exasperated that he hat
rudely longed TO box her ears; and nov
he felt much more inclined to kiss he
and cid not care to think how verl
eass and wholly lawful IL was for hin
70 DO so That was one OF his man,
3. dlsemmas; II he spoke 10 her as MI
equal she told him she was slave
but when he treated her ever SO ittl'
as II she were one her proud little hea'
went Up and she looked Ike a.
empress.
she had never been so much like on
as tonight he thought, though Their
was nothing very imperial In the &C
ton OF eating a very sticky straw
berry drawn up out Of thick syrup wit
q forled silver PIN She did IT witt
grace, he thought, twisting the pin oex
terousIy, so that the big drop OF syrul
spread all round the berry Just at Tn
right moment and il never drippec
Zeno had often seen the wife or IN
Emperor Charles eating 'stewed prune
with her fingers. which was not nea
OF pleasant 10 see, though 1t might b
imperial since she was genuin
empress. But it was neither Zoe
grace nor her delicate ways tina
pleased him and puzzled him most-th
mystery lay IN the fearless tone OF he
voice and the proud carriage Of he
head when she was offended. in tn
flashing answer OF her brave eyes AM
the noble curve OF her tender mouth
for these are things given, not learned
and II they could be taught at all
thought Zeno. they would not b
taught TO a slave.
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