The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-12-15
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DIVA'S RUBY
BY
F. MARION CRAWFORD
ILLUSTRATIONS AUTHORIZE
BY "SARACINESCA,'
A VEIL "ARETHUSA." HTF ETC
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sac was aPpe5l-eu AT t,1ur ~.
saw nothing extraordinary in his sug-
gestion. She looked at him quietly
and smiled, for she saw her chance.
It is emptiness" she said. q will
have a man who has no other wife"
Precisely, Logotheti answered.
smiling I never had one"
Now you are indeed hooking mel"
she said, bending her sharp-drawn
eyebrows.
No. Every one knows it who
knows me. In Europe. men do not
always marry very young. Tt is not a
liked custom"
4 have heard SO" Raral,a an
swered, her anger subsiding but II
IS very strange. If it be so and if all
things should happen as we said.
which Allah avert and if you desired
me for your wife, would marry Won
without doubt. You are a great man
and rich, and you are good to look at.
as Saad was Also you are kind. but
Saad would probably have beaten me
LOT ne beat every one. every day. and
should have gone back to nv IA
Tiers house. Truly" she added. in q
thoughtful tone. you would make
desirable husband for Baraka. But
tne man l seek must marry me If
hno MIN alive, for I gave him the
riches of the earth and he gave me
nothing and departed, leaving me IN
die | have told you, and you under
stand Therefore let US not lest about
these things any more. What will
be. will be, and if he must die if is
his portion. and mine also. though II
is pity.
Thereupon the noble little features
became very grave, and she leanad
back in her chair and folded her hands
in her lap, looking out at the violet
light on the distant volcano. After
that, at dinner and in the evening,
they talked pleasantly She told him
tales of her own land, and of her
childhood, with legends of the Altai,
of genii and enchanted princesses;
and he, in return, told her about the
great world il which he lived; but
of the two, she talked the more, no
doubt because he was not speaking
his own language Yet there was
bond of sympathy between them more
natural and instructive than any that
mad ever drawn him and Margaret to-
gether
When the sun was up the next
morning and LOgotheti came on deck
10 drink his coffee alone. he saw the
magic straits not many miles ahead,
in an OpaIescent haze that sent up
vapor of pure gold to the pale blue
enamel of the sky. He had been just
where he was now more than once be
fore. and few sights of nature had
ever given him keener delight On
the left. the beautiful outline OF the
Calsbrian mills descended softly into
the still sea, on the right the noun
tains of Sicily reared their lofty
crests: and far above them all. twice
as high as the highest, and nObler in
form than the greatest, Etna tow
cred TO the very sky. and vast cloud
Of smoke rose from the summit that
streamed westward as far as the eye
could reach.
Let her go half speed, captain"
said Logotheti as his sailing-master
came up to bid him good-mOrning I
should like my guest to see the
straits"
Very good, sir. We shall not go
through very fast in any case, for the
tide is just turning against us.
Never mind" BOgOtheti answered,
The slower the better today, till we
have Etna well astern."