Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1910-01-27

If you kill him, the laws of that
country may take your life" objected
the Greek
That will be my portion" the girl
answered. with profound Indifference.
You only have one life Logotheti
observed. 1T is yours to throw away.
But the man you seek is not in that
country. Van Torp has telegraphed
me that he is much nearer. Neverthe-
less, if you mean to kill him, | will
not take you to him, as | intended
to do.
Baraka's face had changed, though
she had been determined not to be-
tray surprise at anything he said; she
turned to him, and fixed her eyes on
his, and he saw her lashes culver.
You will tell me where he is she
said anxiously. If you will not take
me | will go alone with SpirO. have
been in many countries with no other
help. | can go there also, where he
is You will tell me-"
Not if you mean to murder him"
said Logotheti, and she saw that he
was in earnest.
But if he will not be my husband,
what can | do, if [ do not kill him?"
She asked the question in evident
good faith
IF I were you I should make him
share the rubies and the money with
you, and then | would leave him to
himself"
But you do not understand" Ba
raka protested He is young, he is
beautiful he is rich. He will take
some other woman for his wife, if
leave him. You see, he must die,
there is no other way. II he will not
marry me, it is his portion. Why do
you talk? Have l not come across
the world from the Altai, by Samark-
and and Tifiis, as far as England, to
find him and marry him? Is it moth
ing that | have done, a Tartar girl
alone, with no friend but bag of
precious stones that any strong thief
might have taken from me? Is the
danger nothing? The travel nothing?
Is it nothing that I have gone about
like shameless one, with my face
uncovered, dressed in mans clothes?
That | have cut my hair, my beautiful
black hair, is that as nothing, too?
That have been in all English prison?
That | have been called thief?
have suffered all these things to find
him, and if ! come to him at last, and
he will not be my husband, shall he
live and take another woman? You
are a great man, it is true. But you
do not understand. You are only
Frank, after all. That little maid you
have brought for me would under
stand me better though she has been
taught for six years by Christians.
She is a good girl. She says that in
all that time she has never once for
gotten to say the Fatiheh three times
a day, and to say el hamdu illah' to
herself after she has eaten. She
would understand. ! know she would.
But you, never
The exquisite little aquiline fea-
lures wore a look of unutterable CON
tempt
III l were you. said Logotheti,
smiling, Il would not tell her what
you are going to do"
You See," cried Baraka, almost an
grily You do not understand A
servant. Shall / tell my heart TO my
handmade, and my secret thoughts to
a hired man? | tell you, because you
are a friend though you have no I'M
derstanding OF us. My father feeds
many focks, and has many bondmen
and bondwomen, whom be beats when
it pleases him, and can put to death
if he likes. He also knows the mine
of rubies, as his father did before
him, and when he desires gold he
takes one to Tashkent, or even to
Samarkand long journey, and sells
it to the Russians. He is great
man. If he would bring camel bag