The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-12-16

barian unmoved, and the silence lasted
half minute. Then she spoke in her
own language and Kralinsky answered
her, and only Logotheti understood
what they said to each other. Prob
ably 1t did not occur to Kralinsky that
the Greek knew Tartar.
"You are not Ivan. You are fatter,
and you have not his eyes"
Logotheti drew q long breath.
NO.. answered Kralinsky. II am
Yuryi. his brother. I never saw you,
but he told me of YOU"
Where is Ivan."
Dead"
The proud little head was bowed
down for a moment and Baraka did
not speak till several seconds had
passed. Then she looked up again
suddenly. Her dark eyes were quite
dry.
How long"
More than four months"
"You know it,"
Il was with him and buried him"
1T is enough"
She turned. her head high, and went
to the door, and no one hindered her
from going out.
mons. Logotheti!" Lady Maud
called him, and the Greek crossed the
saloon and stood by her. "He is not
the man, I see," she said, with q
vague doubt in her voice.
mo"
Van Torp was speaking with Kra-
linsky in low tones. Lady Maud spoke
to Logotheti again, after an instant, in
which she drew a painful breath and
grew paler.
Miss Dome knows that you are on
board" she said, "but she wishes me
to say that she will not see you, and
that she considers her engagement at
an end, after what you have DONE"
Logotheti did not hesitate.
"Will you kindly give a message to
Miss Dome from me?" he asked.
THAT quite depends ON what it is"
Lady Maud answered coldly.
She felt that she herself had got
something near a death-wound, but
she would not break down.
Il beg you to tell Miss Dome that 1
yield to her decision" said Logotheti
with dignity. 1--WE are not suited to
each other, and it is better that we
should part. But l cannot accept as
the cause of our parting the fact that
I have given my protection to a young
girl whom have extracted from great
trouble and have treated, and still
treat, precisely as l should have
treated Miss Dome if she had been
my guest. Will you tell her that?'
Il will tell her that"
Thank you. Good-morning."
He turned and went towards the
door, but stopped to speak to Van
Torp.
This gentleman" he said, lis not
the man my guest was anxious to find,
though he is strikingly like him. I
have to thank you for giving her an
opportunity of satisfying herself. Good
morning"
Mr.. Van Torp was extremely CRATE.
full to Logotheti for having ruined
himself in Margaret's eyes, and would
in any case have seen him to the
gangway, but he was also very anx-
ious to know what Kralinsky and Ba.
raka had said to each other in Tartar
He therefore opened the door for the
Greek, followed him out and shut it
behind him. Baraka and Spiro had
disappeared; they were already in the
launch, waiting.
'Now what did they say, if it isn't
a rude question:" asked the American.
Logotheti repeated the short conver.
sation almost word for word.
"He said that his name was Yuryi,"
he concluded. THAT is George in Eng.
lish.'
"Oh, he's George, is he? And
what's his dead brothers name, again,
please?"
Ivan. That is John Before we
part, Van Torp, I may as well tell
you that my engagement with Miss
Dome is at an end. She was good
enough to inform me of her decision
through Lady Maud. One thing more.
please. l wish you to know, as be.
tween man and man, that l have
treated Baraka as I would my own
sister since l got her out of prison.
and I beg that you won't encourage
any disagreeable talk about her.
We'll, now" said the American
slowly, I'm glad to hear you say that
just in that way. l guess it'll be all
right about any remarks on board my
ship. now you've spoken"
Thank you," said Logotheti, NOV
ing towards the gangway.
They shook hands with some cor
diality, and Logotheti ran down the
steps like sailor, without laying his
hand on the man-rope, stepped on
board his launch and was of in a mo
ment.
"Good-by! good-by, Miss Barrack
and good luck to you!" cried Van
Torp, waving his cap.
Logotheti translated his words to
Baraka, who looked back with a CRATE
full smile, as IL she had not just heard
that the man she had risked her life
to find in two continents had been
dead four months
1T was his portion" she said grave
ly, when she was alone with Logo
theft on the Erinna, and the chain
was coming in fast.