The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-05-26

yashmak and feraieh. on the decL NJ
bosphorus ferry boat
He said nothing in answer ars ..
thinking the matter over
i could not offer to nav vou suo
per cent she said after time "ho.
cause you are king, but could givo
you one of the fine rubies I have Ieft
ana you would look at It sometimes
and rejoice because you had found
baraka good husband"
Logothetf laughed low. She amusoa
MIN exceedingly, and there were mo
ments when he felt a new charm no
mad never known before.
why do you laugh?" Baraka asked
little disturbed 81 would give vo,
good ruby. A king may receive
good ruby as gift and not desniso
IL. Why do you laugh at me2 There
came two German merchants to me in
farls to see my rubies, and when thew
mad looked, they bought a good ono
out not better than the one I would
give you, and Spiro heard them sav
10 each other in their own language
that 1t was fer their king. for Sniro
understands all tongues. Then do
you think that their king would not
have been glad If l had given him the
ruby as a gift? You cannot mock
baraka. Baraka knows what rubies
are worth, and has some still"
Il do not mock you" Logotheti an.
swered. with perfect gravity. 81
laugh at my own thoughts. I said in
my heart: If Baraka asks me for a
husband, what will she say if | an.
swer. Behold, am the man, If Won
are satisfied! This was my thought"
She was appeased at once for she
saw nothing extraordinary in his sug-
gestion. She looked at him quietly
and smiled, for she saw her chance.
ut is emptiness" she said. 81 will
have man who has no other wife"
Precisely" Logotheti answered
smiling. 81 never had one"
Now you are indeed hooking me-"
she said, bending her sharp-drawn
eyebrows.
mo. Every one knows it who
knows me. In Europe, men do not
always marry very young. 1t is not a
fixed custom"
u have heard So" Baraka an
swered, her anger subsiding. but it
is very strange. If it be So and if all
things should happen as we said.
which Allah ayert opd ~ ,,o,, da,;,ol
me for your wife, l would marry you
without doubt. You are a great man.
and rich, and you are good to look at.
as Saad was. Also you are kind but
Saad would probably have beaten me,
for he beat every one, every day, and
l should have gone back to my ia
| TIERS house. Truly" she added. in a
thoughtful tone, you would make a
desirable husband for Baraka. But
the man | seek must marry me if |
find him alive, for I gave him the
riches of the earth and he gave me
nothing and departed, leaving me to
die. | have told YOU and you under
stand. Therefore let us not jest about
these things any more. What will
be, will be, and if he must die, it is
his portion, and mine also, though it
is a pity"
Thereupon the noble little features
became very grave, and she leaned
back in her chair and folded her hands
in her lap, looking out at the violet
| light on the distant volcano. After
that, at dinner and in the evening
they talked pleasantly. She told him
| tales of her own land, and of her
childhood, with legends of the Altai
of genii and enchanted princesses;
and he, in return, told her about the
great world in which he lived; but
of the two she talked the more, nc
doubt because he was not speaking
his own language. Yet there was a
bond of sympathy between them more
natural and instructive than any that
had ever drawn him and Margaret to
gether.
When the sun was up the next
morning and Logotheti came on decB
to drink his coffee alone, he saw the
magic straits not many miles ahead
| in an opalescent haze that sent up q
vapor of pure gold to the pale blue
enamel of the sky. He had been Jus'
where he was now more than once be
fore, and few sights of nature nae
ever given him keener delight VI
the left, the beautiful outline oil th'
Calabrian Mills descended softly into
the still sea, on the right the noun
tains of Sicily reared their LOFTY
crests; and far above them all twice
as high as the highest, and nobler II
form than the greatest, Etna TO"
cred to the very sky, and vast clou'
of smoke rose from the summit ina
streamed westward as far as the eye
could reach,
Let her go half speed, captain
said Logotheti as his sailing-maste
came up to bid him good'morning'
should like my guest to see th'
straits"
Every good, sir We shall not g
through very fast in any case, for IN
tide is lust turning against us,
Never mind" Logotheti answered
"The slower the better to-day tl' '"
! Ir4ro uta11 ngtaTu