The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-03

amongst the number.
Il have something Of importance to
tell YOU" Logotheti said
Baraka prepared herself against be
traying surprise by letting her lids
droop a little, but that was all.
Speak" she answered. Il desire
knowledge more than gold"
You are wise said the Greek
gravely. mo doubt YOU remember
the rich man Van Torp. for whom I
gave you a letter, and whom you had
seen on the day you were arrested"
Van Torp." Barska promo need
the name distinctly. and nodded Ies,
remember him Well He knows
where the man is whom 7 sees ard
he wrote the address for ne. / have
it. You viii take me there in your
ship, and I shall find him
IF you find him, what shall you say
to him?' Logotheh asked
Few words. These perhaps 'YOa
left me to die, but I am not dead, I
am here Through me you are a rich,
great man. The rubies are my mar
riage portion, which you have taken.
Now you must be my husband That
is all Few words"
1T is your right" LogOtheti an
swered But he win not marry you"
Then he shall die" replied Baraks,
as quietly as if she were saying that
he should go for a walk
IF you kill him, the laws of that
country may take your life" objected
the Greek
That viii be my portion" the girl
answered, with profound Indifference.
You only have one life" LOgotheti
observed. 1t is yours to throw away
But the man you seek is not in that
country. Van Torp has teIegraphed
me that he is much nearer. Neverthe-
less, if you mean to kill him, I viii
not take you to him, as 1 intended
to do
Baraka's face had changed. though
She had been determined not to be-
tray surprise at anything he said; she
turned to him. and fixed her eyes on
his, and he saw her lashes culver
You viii tell me where he Is" she
said anxiously. IF you will not take
me / VIII go alone with Spiro I have
been in many countries with no other
help 1 can go there also, where he
Is You viii tell me"
Not if you mean to murder him, %
said Logotheti, and she saw that he
was in earnest
But if he viii not be my husband,
what can ! do. if do not kill him ?"
She asked the question in evident
good faish
! If l were you. I should make him
share the rubies and the money with
you, and then / would leave hin 10
| himself"
But you 90 not understand Ba-
! raka protested. He is young, he is
beautiful, he is rich He viii take
some other woman Tor his wife. if 1
/ leave him You see, he must die,
/ there is no other way If he viii not
marry me, it is his portion. Why do
YOU talk Have l not come across
the world from the Altai, by Samark-
and and Pfis, as far As England, 10
find him and marry him? Is it 10th
ing that I have done, a Tartar girl
alone, with no friend but a bag OF
! precious stones that any strong thief
might have taken from me? Is the
| danger nothing The travel nothing
Is it nothing that I have gone about
like a shameless one, with my face
| uncovered, dressed in a mans clothes
That l have cut my hair, my beautiful
! black hair. is that as nothing, too?
That have been in an English prison?
| That I have been called a thief
have suffered all these things to find
him, and if I come to him al last, and
| he will not be my husband, shall be
live and take another woman? You
are a great man, it is true But you
/ do not understand You are only a
Frank. after all That little maid you
have brought for me would under
stand me better, though she has beer
taught for six years by Christians
She is a good girl She says that il
all that time she has never once for
gotten to say the Fatiheh three times
d day, and to say el hamdu illah' tC
herself after she has eaten, She
would understand l know she would
But you, neveri"
The exquisite little aquiline fea
lures wore a look Of unutterable con
tempt
If I were you" said Logotheti
smiling. q would not tell her what
you are going to dc"
You see," cried Baraka. almost an
grily You do not understand 4
servant Shall I tell my heart to N!
handmade. and my secret thoughts tc
hired man? I tell you. because YOU
are a friend. though you have no IN
derstanding Of US Ny father feeds
many flocks, and has many bondmeT
and bondwOmen, whom he beats wher
it pleases him, and can put to deatE
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