The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16
Continued From Yesterday J
SYNOPSIS,

CHAPTER .I.-Baraka. a Tartor ,,.,
eahe enamored of a golden bea rded
~, annser VINO was prospecting and study
oe s nerp asi in the vicinity of her home in
cation ~ Hfsia' and revealed to him the To-
~ III VI mine of rubies hoping that
s the Stranger would love her in return for
th a disclosure. They were followed to
BLOCKED oy the girls relatives, who
d dhe water supply. leaving the couple to
.t baraka's cousin Saad her betrothed
Inc e tbn TO climb down cliff overlook.
Sae e Stranger, revived from a water gourd
Saau carried dug his way out Of The
and d'e carp pnq departed deserving the girl
gathered all the gems she could carry q
ana started in pursuit -
rs EHiab az iI.-Margaret Dome MAR
sarlta ia Cordova), a famous prirna don
ne, became engaged in London to Kon-
stantln Logotheti, a wealthy Greek finan-
f ger, Her Intimate friend was Countess
p p mad been killed by a bomb in ST
netters6urs; and Lady Maud's most init
Am n.e TREND was Rufus Van Torp, an
'eiiGdn, VINO had been a cowboy in
early life. but had become one Of the
IIchest men in the world Van Torn wa g
Ion dove with Margaret; and rushed to
trotb9i as 81 soon "sq as he heard of her be-
~ oi mer pei CHARITY If she would aid him
IN winning the singer from Logotheti.
CHAPTER III.-Baraka annroacbed
L9gotheti at Versailles with rubles to
EN- VIVIAN Torp bought a
Ylsted by Baraka, who gave him a ruby
kiter the American had told her of hav-
Eeen IN the United States a man an
lctCed. ''''" u 'Ae oh' She
CHAPTER V.-The American followed
uyal
CHAPTER vI.-Count Kralinsky. a
Russian, arrived at Bayreuth. Van Torp
believed him to be the one Baraka was
pursuing.
CHATTER VII.-Baraka was arrested
~ IN London on the charge Of stealing from
Pinney, a jeweler the ruby she had sold
TO Logotheti Two strangers were the
thieves. Lady Maud believed that Logo
theus associations with Baraka were
open to suspicion, and SO informed Mar
garet.
CHAPTER VIII.-van Torp believed
that Kralinsky was the cowboy he had
known In his young manhood.
CHAPTER IX.-Lorotheti sec,ircc Ae
raka reiease, anu tnen, with ner AS ms
guest went to sea on his yacht Erinna,
Il am ready, salo baraKa, uvins 40
he babe her.
He quoted in Greek the oath that
Hypnos dictates to Hera in the
lllad, and Baraka repeated each
word. pronouncing as well as she
could.
L-swear by the inviolable water of
thy 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 |
swear!"
AS he had anticipated, Baraka
was much more impressed by the i'm
portance Of the words she did not I'M
derstand than if she had bound her
self by any oath familiar to her.
Il am sorry" she said, but what is
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.
theft solemnly. "A man would rath-
or kill pigs on the graves of his ia
ther and his mother than break it,"
i Shall keep my word. Only take
NE quickly where would be-"
Lodotheti produced a whistle from
his pocket and blew on it, and 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 fiat as 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
fed. and nodded her approval.
When shall we reach shat place"
she asked lazily, and she turned her
face to Logothet.
Allah knows" he answered grayeiy.
FGe had been so well used to hear
in THAT answer to all sorts of ques-
tidqs since she had been a child that
sbeShought nothing of it, and waited
awhile before speaking again. Her
ewes studied the mans face almost
unconsciously. He now wore a fez
instead of a yachting cap. and 1t
changed his expression. He no longer
looked in the least like a European.
The handsome red felt glowed like
blood in the evening light, and the
long black silk tassel hung backwards
with a 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'
Ill the traveller had come to her ia
theirs house with his blue eyes and
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