The state herald., 1910-01-28
Isl II DINA'S RIJBY

Hypnos dictates to Hera in the
'Iliad," and Baraka repeated each
word. pronounc!ng as well as she
could.
Il swear by the inviolable water of
the 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 l
swear!"
As he had anticipated, Baraka
was much more impressed by the i'm
portance of the words she did not un-
derstand than II 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 1t
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.
theu solemnly. "A man would rath.
err XIII pigs on the graves of his IA
Their and his mother than break It,"
II shall keep my word. Only take
me quickly where / would be-
Iogotheu produced n ,,hi,,Io ,..,
his pocket and blew on II and a ouor.
termaster answered the call, and was
sent for the captain who came In n
few moments.
"Head her ohout ,or rou,
Carterets cantoip" s,ia ~
"The sea ia as fiat 40 n hoard an, no
will land there. you can 90 On 10 ,ho
Mediterranean witbout co,,ira oan
you not?"
The captain said no cou,d co,, n,
Gibraltar. II necessary
"Then take her tn Nan,es n,.osa
and wait for instructions
Baraka understood notb,py hr,
within two minutes she saw that tho
yacht was changing her course for
the afternoon sun was all nj onco
pouring in on the deck. inst bevond
the end of her chair. She was satie,
fed, and nodded her approval
"Wbep sb,,, u,o ro,oh ,,,, r,,, -,
sho aslaa ,a.,,,, 49,. r. . , -.
face to Logotheti
"Allah knows {" be answered yrava,v
She had been On well used to hear
ing that answer IN nil SORTS nj oues.
tions since she had been n child tbat
she thought nothing of n AM waited
awhile before sneakiny AGAIN uor
eyes studied the mans face almost
unconseIouslv He now wore n fey
instead NJ n vocb,iry con ana 4,
changed his e,pression He M Hanger
looked In Tho Ioo., ,y,o F,,ro,,as,,
The handsome red felt glowed like
blood in the evening light. and the
long black silk tassei hung backwards
with a dashing air. There was some
thing about him that reminded Ba
raka of Saad and Sand had been n
handsome man. even I'm her ewes. nm
I'll the traveller had come to her IA
TIERS house with bis blue ewes and
golden beard. But Saad had only
seen her unveiled face once. and tina,
was the last thing he saw when the
ball from the Mauser went through
his forehead.
II mean" she asked after some
time, shall we be there to.morrow,
or the next day? see no land ON
this side; is there any on the other?'
mo" Logothati answered otbere Is
no land near. Perhaps. far of. VIC
might see a small island"
lis that the placer" Baraka began
to be Interested Mt last.
THE place is far away. You mus,
have patience. All hurry come,
from Satan"
81 am mt imna,,e,,. tho civ, nm
swered mIIdly 81 am ,Iod ~ zoe, In
your shin for 7 w,s yary ,,ro, ,n,rs
tired than 7 ever w,s WHOM 7 was A.,
child. and used IN climb N, tho Zoo,
hills to soc AI,nI better !, 10 GOOD
10 be I'm vour sbIn for , while ana M,
or that what shau ho viii ho =, "a
Allah TINT kpows"
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cr.oI .A,ah 49,. ia ~, ~.
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ae.,,.a =, -. III, -, nav
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