The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-27

Eyes. l hear now" interrupted Mar
garet But what in the world is the
use of knowing it? You must be aw-
fully hard up for something to do"
You can be understood from Con-
stantinople to the Pacific ocean If you
can speak Tartar" Logotheti an
swered in a matter-of-fact tone
st daresayi But you're not going
to travel from Constantinople to the
/ Pacific ocean,
! 81 might. One never can tell what
one may like to do"
"Oh, if it's because Tartar is use
/ full against the bites of sharks" an
+ swered Margaret, quoting Alice, learn
1t by all means!"
! Besides, there are all sorts of peo-
pie in Paris. I'm sure there must be
some Tartars. might meet one, and
/ it would be amusing to be able to talk
to him"
"Nonsensei Why should you ever
meet a Tartar? How absurd you are!"
There's one with me now-close
beside me, at my elbow"
Don't be silly, or I'll ring off"
IF you don't believe me. listeui"
He said something in a language
/ Margaret did not understand, and an
/ other voice answered him at once in
the same tongue. Margaret started
slightly and bent her brows with a
puzzled and displeased look.
rs that your teacher?" she asked
with more interest in her tone than
she had yet betrayed.
= Yes"
AZ begin to understand Do you
mind telling me how old she is?"
IT'S not She it's a young man.
don't know how old he is. I'll ask
him if you like"
Again she heard him speak a few
incomprehensible words. which were
answered very briefly in the same
tongue.
He tells me he is 90" Logotheti
said. He's a goodlooking young fell
low. How is Mrs. Rushmore? 1 for
got to ask
shes quite well. thank you. But
should like to know"
"Win you be so very kind as to re-
member me to her, and to say that 1
hope to find her at home the day after
tomorrow"
Certainly. Come tomorrow if you
like. But please tell me how you hap
pened to pick up that young Tartar.
It sounds so interestingi He has such
q sweet voice"
There was no reply to this ques-
ton, and Margaret could not get an
other word from LogOtheti. The COM
munication was apparently cut of.
She rang up the central Office and
asked for his number again, but the
young woman soon said that she could
get no answer to the call, and that
something was probably wrong with
the instrument Of number one-hundred-
and-six-thirty-seven-
Margaret was not pleased. and she
was silent and absent-minded at din
ner and in the evening"
IT'S the reaction after London" she
said with a smile, when Mrs. Rush
more asked if anything was the mat
ter. 4 find l am more tired than l
knew, now that it's all over"
Mrs. RushmOre was quite Of the
same opinion, and 1t was still early
when she declared that she herself
wassleepy and that Margaret had much
better go to bed and get good nights
rest.
But when the prima donna was sit
ting before the glass and her maid
was brushing out her soft brown hair,
she was not at all drowsy, and though
her eyes looked steadily at their own
reflection in the mirror, she was not
aware that she saw anything.
Potts" she said suddenly. and
stopped
Yes, ma'am?" answered the maid
with meek Interrogation, and without
checking the regular movement of the
big brush.
Potts" she began again, you are
not very imaginative, are you?"
mo, ma'am," the maid answered,
because it seemed to be expected of
her, though she had never thought of
the matter
do you think you could possibly
be mistaken about a voice, if you
didn't see the person who was speak
ing?"
In what way, ma'amT"
Il mean, do you think you could
take mans voice for woman's at
a distance?"
'Oh, sect" Potts exclaimed. AS
it might be, at the telephone?"
"Well-at the telephone. if you like,
or anywhere else. Do you think you
might"
1T would depend on the voice,