The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-10-16

time, shall we be there tomorrow l.?
or the next day? I 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 a small island"
rs that the place." Baraka began
to be interested at last
THE place is far away. You must
have patience. All hurry comes
from Satan"
i am not impatient" the girl an
swered mildly. 81 am glad to rest in
your ship. for I was very tired, more
tired than l ever was when | was a
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. It is
Allah that knows"
That is the truth" responded the
Greek. Allah knows. / said so lust
now. But I will tell you what l have
decided, if you will listen"
81 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 a great man and a king; | am not
a king, for | have no kingdom, though
some kingdoms would like to have as
much ready money as I. 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
obey me; and II they should refuse
and overpower me. and take my ship
where | did not wish to 60, the laws
of all nations would give me the right
to put them all into prison at once,
for long time. Therefore when
say, Go to a certain place, they take
the ship there, according to their
knowledge, for they are trained to
that business and can guide the vessel
towards any place in the world
though they cannot see land till they
reach it. Do you understand all these
things?
Il understand" Baraka answered.
smiling. But am not bound to obey
you, and at least l can beg you to do
what | ask, and think you will do it,"
Her voice grew suddenly soft, and
almost tender, for though she was
only Tartar girl, and very young
and slim, she was woman. Eve had
not had long experience of talking
when she explained to Adam the
properties of apples.
Logotheti answered her smile and
her tone.
Il shall do what you ask me, but
shall do 1t slowly rather than quick
ly, because that will be better for you
in the end. If we had gone on as we
were going, we should have got to
land tonight, but to a wretched little
town from which we should have had
to take night train, hot and dirty
and dusty. all the way to Paris. That
would not help you to rest, would ito"
"Oh, no! I wish to sleep again in
your ship, once, twice, till cannot
sleep any more. Then you will take
me to the place"
That is what you shall do To that
end | gave orders this afternoon"
you are wise, as we'll as great"
Baraka said.
They left the rail and walked slowly
forward, side by side, without speak
ing; and Logotheti told himself how
utterly happy he should be if Baraka
could turn into Margaret and be walk.
ing with him there; yet something an.
swered him that since she was not by
his side he was not to be pitied for
the company of lovely Tartar girl
whose language he could understand
and even speak tolerably and when
the first voice observed rather drily
that Margaret would surely think that
he ought to feel very miserable, the
second voice told him to take the
goods the gods sent him and be CRATE
full; and this little antphone OF
Ormuzd and Ahriman went on fol
some time, till it occurred to him to
stop the duo by explaining to Baraka
how a European girl would probably
slip her arm, or at least her hand
through the arm of the man witt
whom she was walking on the deck o.
yacht, because there was general,
little motion at sea, and she would
like to steady herself, and when there
was none, there ought to be, and she
would do the same thing by force O
habit. But Baraka looked at such be
havior quite differently.
THAT would be a sort of dance,
she said. II am not dancing girl!
have seen men and women dancin,
together, both Russians In Samarkanc
and other people in France, 1t is dis
gusting. would rather go unveiled
among my own people!"
which may Allah forbid" al
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