The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-11-04

you slowly. and you must Try to pro
nounce 1t right, word by word, holding
out your hands, like this, with the
palms downwards.''
! 'T am ready" said Baraka, doing as
he bade her.
I He quoted in Greek the oath that
Hypnos dictates to Hera in the
"Iliad." and Baraka repeated each
word. pronouncing as well as she
could
Il swear by the inviolable water of
the Styx, and / lay one hand upon the
all-nourishing earth, the other on the
sparkling sea, that all the gods below
may be our witnesses. even they that
stand round about Kronos Thus 1
swear!"
{ As he had anticipated, Baraka
was much more impressed by the i'm
portance of the words she did not un.
derstand than if she had bound her.
self by any oath familiar to her.
i am sorry," she said, "but what ia
done is done, and you would have it
So"
She pressed her hand gently to her
left side and felt the long steel bod
| kin, and sighed regretfully.
you have sworn an oath that no
man would dare to break" said LOGO
thed solemnly. "A man would rath-
er kill pigs on the graves of his ia.
ther and his mother than break it,"
Il shall keep my word. Only take
me quickly wher. I would be-"
Logotheti produced a whistle from
his pocket and blew on it, and a quar-.
| termaster answered the call, and was
sent for the captain, who came in a
/ few moments.
Head her about for Jersey and
Carterets, captain" said the owner.
'The sea is as fat as a board. and we
will land there. You can go on to the
Mediterranean without coaling. can
you not?"
The captain said he could coal at
Gibraltar, if necessary.
Then take her to Naples, please.
and wait for instructions"
Baraka understood nothing. but
within two minutes she saw that the
yacht was changing her course, for
the afternoon sun was all at once
pouring in on the deck, just beyond
the end of her chair. She was salts
hed, and nodded her approval.
When shall we reach that place!'
she asked lazily, and she turned her
! face to Logotheti.
Allah knows" he answered gravely.
She had been SO well used to hear
ing that answer to all sorts of ques-
tions since she had been a child that
she thought nothing of it, and waited
awhile before speaking again. Her
eyes studied the mans face almost
unconsciously. He now wore a fez
instead Of a yachting cap, and it
changed his expression. He no longer
looked in the least like q European.
The handsome red felt glowed like
blood in the evening light, and the
long black silk tassel hung backwards
with dashing air. There was some
thing about him that reminded Ba-
raka of Saad, and Saad had been a
handsome man, even in her eyes, un-
til the traveller had come to her ia
TIERS house with his blue eyes and
golden beard. But Saad had only
seen her unveiled face once, and that
was the last thing he saw when the
ball frols the Mauser went through
his forehead.
Il mean," she asked after some
time, shall we be there tomorrow?
or the next day? / see no land on
this side; is there any on the other?"
NO" Logotheti answered, there is
no land near. Perhaps, far off. we
might see small island"
'Is that the place." Baraka began
to be interested at last.
''The place is far away. You must
have patience. All hurry comes
from Satan"
81 am not impatient" the girl an
swered mildly. Il am glad to rest in
your ship, for 1 was very tired, more
tired than l ever was when / was
child, and used to climb up the foot
hills to see Altai better 1t is good
to be in your ship for while, and aft
er that, what shall be, will be- 1t is
Allah that knows"
That is the truth" responded the
Greek. Allah knows. / said so just
now. But will tell you what have
decided, if you will listen"
Il listen
1T is better that you should rest
several days after all your weari-
ness. and the man you seek will not
run away, for he does not know that
you are so near"
But he may take another woman"
Baraka objected, growing earnest at
once. Perhaps he has already! Then
there will be two instead of one"
"Spiro," said Logotheti, with perfect
truth, would as soon kill two as one,
am sure, for he is a good servant.
1t will be the same to him. You call
me great man and a~king; l am not
king, for / have no kingdom, though
some kingdoms would like to have as
much ready money as l. But here, on
the ship, I am the master, not only
because it is mine, and because /
choose to command, but because the
men are bound by English law to