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

locked up as thief in London police station
She guessed well enough that she would be tried
the next morning in the police court for Spiro who
knew much about Europe. and England in particular,
had told her great deal during their travels She
had learned that England was land of justice and
she would probably get it in the end; for the rest
she good Mussuman girl and looked on whatso-
ever befe her as being her portion for good evil
to be accepted without murmurng.
I ADV MAUD could not know ANYTHING of this but
- when the Englishwoman thought of what must
have gone before and of the part Logothet had
almost certainly played in the girls life her anger
was roused and she sat down and wrote to Margaret
on the impulse of the moment. She gave detailed
account of her experience at the police station,
including especially description of the way Baraka
had behaved in trying to send message Logotheti
She wrote In conclusion.
tell you quite frankly that my friend Mr. Van Torp
may to induce you to reconsider YOUR
ment because he hopes that you will accept him instead
may ask his best friend help him to marry the girl he
is in love with, told him that / would not
am making trouble now by writing ali ths it is there
fore not to help Mr. Van Top but because the impression
made such wretched failure of my married life
that have right to friend who to be
that spite of all your celebrity and gores
nothing but young girl still under twenty five but
you not schoolgirl dear and YOU do expect
find like Logo who is well on toward forty
now. perfect Galahad but you have right to be
won't suddenly lovely girl of twenty who
claims him after think he yours and friend
has right you. if she feels that he mixed
up in affair that ism over yet m not that
should be good friend you if held my tongue But
you think I'm doing wrong that I'm making trouble
out of nothing just help Mr. Van Torp you can tell
and shall part suppose. and that will be the
end of it: except that | shall very verv sorry to
lose you.
don know where Logo is but if he near enough
should 60 to him and tell him what think OF course
he not in town nownobody and We stayed only
to clear everything out of house that I'm giving
up suppose he is with though You said You did
not want him at Bayreuh Show him this letter if you
like: for I'm quite ready to face him if he's angry
interference would even join you in Paris, if you
have little money I've sold almost all my furniture
you know; I'm not such total pauper usual But
done right wrong just you feel about t-and then
will being friends, good by whichever you
decide.
Lady Maud signed this long letter and addressed
it to Margaret at Bayreuth feeling that it
would be delivered, even without the name of the
hotel, which she did not know. But the Bayreuth
postoffce was overworked during the limited time
of the performances, and it got pigeonholed under
Margaret did not receive it till the morning after
the performance of Parsfal to which she had taken
Van Torp, though it had left London only six hours
after him.
FURTHERMORE it also happened that Logothet
cooling himself on the deck of his yacht, the
Ernna, in the neighborhood of Penzance while poor
Baraka half-stfed in the police station. The
consequence of this that when Baraka's case
came up the next morning there was no one to say
word for her and Spiro Pinney identified the ruby
Ito the best of his belief. as the stolen from
his counter. and the fact that Baraka had been
disguised in mans clothes a misdemeanor in
itself and aggravatng circumstance. So she and
Spro regularly committed for trial at the next
assizes. and sent to Jail accordingly.
Lady Maud read the police court report in an
evening paper. cut it out and sent it to Margaret
document belonging to the letter she had posted
on the previous evening; and owing to the