The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-11-05

Er,er. snoulu say tnar you were me
prettiest dark girl in England, but
that I should like to see you in
beautiful Feringhi hat and the best
frock that could be made in Paris"
Baraka's face was troubled. and she
looked into his eyes anxiously.
Il understand she said Before I
meet him I must have more clothes.
many beautiful new dresses. It was
shameless, but it was easy to dress
as man, after I had learned. for it
was always the same-the difference
was three buJtOns-or four buttons. or
high hat or little hat. not much.
Also the Feringhi men button their
garments as the Mussulmans do. the
LETT over the right, but 1 often see
.reir women's coats buttoned ike
indus Why is this? Have the
omen another religion than the
i is very strange"
cs2-Eea laughed, for he had really
:- noticed the rather singular fact
eaicl had struck the born Asiatic at
Be-, this wOman's dressing is very
cuIt to learn" Baraka went on.
- back upon the rail with both
e-tows. and sticking out her little
Hh-te shoes close together. Without
me girl Maggy whom you have found
Tor me-but her real name is GuIa.
and she is a good INSTRUMENTATION
her, Allah knows what I should do
] could not put on these things for
myself: alone, I cannot take them of.
When 1 was like a man. buttons,
Two, three, four, twenty-what did it
matter? All the same way and soon
dOnei But now, I cannot tell what I
am made Of. Allah knows and sees
what I am made Of Hooks, ewes.
strings, little bits one way. little bits
the other way like the rigging OF
ships-thOse Turkish ships with many
small sails that go up the Bosphorus
you temember2 And it is all behind
as II one had no front, Gula knows
how it is done But if I were alone.
without her help. Allah is my witness.
would tie the things all round me
decently and sit very still for fear
they should come or That is what 7
should do"
The Greek thought her extremely
amusing She punctuated her exDla-
nations with small gestures indicative
Of her ignorance and heIplessness.
You viii soon grow used to it," he
said. But you must get some pretty
things in Paris before you go to meet
the man. II would also be better to
let your hair grow long before meeting
him, for it is hard to wear the hats OF
the Feringhi ladies without hair"
4 cannot wait so long as that Only
TO get pretty dresses, only so long
viii spend a thousand pounds or two
is that enough? have much money
in Paris; I can give much.
You can get a good many things
for a thousand pounds, even in Paris,
Logotheu answered.
Baraka laughed
1T VIII not be what I paid for the
first clothes after / ran away" she
said. 4 did not know then what the
stones were worth A little ruby 10
one woman for a shift and an over
tunic, a little ruby to another for a
pair of shoes, a little ruby for a veil
and a head blanket, all little rubies,
For each thing one, I did not know;
the women did not know But at
Samarkand I sold one for money to a
good Persian merchant, and what he
gave me was enough for the journey,
for me and the old woman servant I
hired there. till We got to Tifis; for
the Persian merchants everywhere
gave me letters from one to another.
and their wives took me in. or I should
have been robbed That is how
reached STEAMBOAT after many. many
months. more than a year The Per
sian merchants are good men. All
fear them, because they are wise in
their dealings, but they are honest
men. They do not lie. but they are
silent and shake their heads, and you
must guess what they mean; and if
you do not guess right, that is your
fault, not theirs Why should they
speak when they can hold their peace?
But this is all emptiness, We must
talk of the fLe dresses ! must buy in
Paris, and Of what I must put on my
head. The BARRIERS in Paris sell wigs
have seen them in the windows. veryl
well made of all colors, even of the
Khenna color. shall wear a wig. 20
that the beautiful Feringhi hat viii
stay on I shall perhaps wear a Khen-
na-colored wig
q should not advise a wig" said
Logotheu gravely. certainly not one
of that dye"
"You know. and you are a friend.
When l feel rested we viii go to
Paris, and you shall take me to all
the richest shops and tell them in
French what | want viii you?~
7 shall do all can to help you
answered the Greek. wondering what
would happen if his friends met him
plotting a lovely barbarian abOut he