Show i VA 5 I 1 U B bw F awn AU A r W wy BY v SYNOPSIS na Darak raica tt a tartar girl became enar enamored nored of t a golden boarded bearded stranger who ting and studying herbs in it lie vicinity ot of tier her hoine in central abia and revea revealed lied to him the lie jo location cation of a mine min ot 01 ru rubles bles hoping that pie would love lave tier her in return lor for tier her disclosure aliey giry th were ere followed to the cave by hie altis relatives who blocked up the entrance and drew ot oft tho the water supply leaving the couple to d die e barakas Baral Barak caa Hs cousin sad II 11 lier betrothed bl brothed attempter attempt edl eI to climb down aown it a chirr overlooking the mine but the traveler travel shot him the stranger st was waa revived from a a water gourd saad carried dug liln its way out ot of tile the tunnel and departed deserting like girl and carrying A king bag of rublee baraka gathered all the agns gns eras wie she could carry and started in pur null buil margaret donne margarita la da cordova a famous ahoua prima donna became engaged in london to L 10 1 0 got gathell go thell heti a wealthy greek linander lie her intimate friend wits was countess leven known as lady maud whose husband had been killed by a bomb in st peter burg anti and lady mauds most intimate frand was rufus van torp an amerl eat BB who had become one oi of uia the richest sven HIM in the world van torp was wag in love with margaret and rushed to if london na as soon as lie he heard of her betrothal it offered off erkd lady alaid tor for tier her pet e t charity it if one would aid him in winnel winning ig the singer banner from logotheti baraka at approached pro sno ached Lop othell at versailles with rubles to s sali 11 lie iia presented a ruby to margaret van torp bought a yacht and font it to venice lie ho was visited by adraka in male attire she gave him a ruby af after ter the american had told tier her of having 1 seen been in the united states a man answering the description of the one she loved the tha american followed margaret to the bayreuth nay Day reuth Par festival margaret took a liking to van T torp who pre buted her ath with th ahn ruby ora is hartica ve had aj given elven him count Kr alinsky a russian russia arrived at bayreuth nay flay reuth van torp believed him to be the one baraka was wa pursuing ll aralia win was arrested in lr london on the charge of stealing from pinney a jacw cler it tile the ruby she had sold to bogot kaw ieta two lw strangers stran sers were the chiev thieves lady maud believed that logothetis associations with baraka were open to suspicion and so inform it margaret vim van tort torp believed bell evol that ra rall linsky was the cowboy lie ho had known in lils his young man chood set ired 13 barakas arakas release and then with tier her ns an his guest went to sea 0 on his yacht erinna Kr liina baraka her plans tor for revenge on the man wh who had deserted tier her and left her to die succeeds in moderating tier rage CHAPTER X continued dut but this womans dressing Is very difficult to learn baraka went on leaning back upon tho the rati with both elbows labows and sticking out her little white shoes close together without the girl maggy whom you have lave found amusing site she punctuated her nations with small gestures indicative of her ignorance and helplessness you will soon grow used to it he said dut you must get some pretty things in paris before you go to meet the wan man it would also bo be better to let your hair grow long before meeting him for it Is hard to wear the hats of the FerIng hl ladles ladies without hair 1 I cannot watt wait so BO long as that only to get pretty dresses only so BO long I 1 will spend a thousand pounds or two la is that enough I 1 have much money in paris I 1 can give much you can get a good many things for a thousand pounds even in paris answered baraka laughed it will vill not be what I 1 paid tor for the first clothes after I 1 ran away she said bald 1 I did not know then what the stones were worth A little ruby to one woman for a shift and an over tunic a little ruby to another tor for a pair of shoes a little ruby for a veil and a head blanket all little F for or each thing one I 1 did not know the women did not know hut but at I 1 sold one for money to a good persian merchant and what he gave me was enough tor for the journey for me and the old woman servant I 1 hired there till we got to tiflis for the persian merchants everywhere gave me letters from one to another and their wives took me in or I 1 should have been robbed that Is how I 1 reached stamboul after many many month more than a year the persian merchants are good men all fear them because they are wise in their dealings but they are hoseit in men en they do not lie but they are silent arid and shake their heads and you must guess what they mean and it if you do riot not guess right that Is your fault not theirs why should they speak when they can hold their peace but this la Is all emptiness we must talk of the fine dresses I 1 must buy in paris and of what I 1 must put on my head the barbers in paris sell wigs I 1 have seen them in the windows very well made of all colors even of the tp 1 P 4 i Z what has haa happened she cried are you ill III dear for me but her real name Is gula and thelsa good without her allah knows what I 1 should dol do I 1 could not put on these things for myself atone alone I 1 cannot take them thein off when I 1 was like a man buttons two three four twenty what did it matter all the same way nay and soon donel done tint bilt now I 1 cannot tell what nhat I 1 aw am made of allah knows and sees what I 1 am made of hooks eyes strings little bits one way little bits bita the other oilier way like the rigging of ahtipis ithone those turkish ships with many small sails that go up the you remember and it la Is all behind its as it one had bad no front gula knows how it la is done but it I 1 were alone without her help allah Is my witness I 1 would tie the t all round mo me decently and sit very still for fear ear they should come off that is s what I 1 crould do the grapek thought her extremely cherina color I 1 shall wear a wig so BO that the beautiful Fering ht hat bat will stay on I 1 shall perhaps wear a khen na colored wig 1 I should not advise a wig bald gravely certainly not one ot of that flye dye you know and you are a friend rland when I 1 feel rested we will go to paris and you shall taha anke me to all the richest shops and tell them in french stench what I 1 want will you 1 I shall do all I 1 can to help you yon answered the griph wondering what would happen it his friends met him I 1 piloting a lovely barbarian about between the smartest linen drapers and I 1 the most fashionable dressmakers establishment in the rue hue de la paix the two dined on deck with shaded lights but screened from the draught of the ships way the evening was cool and the little maid bad dressed naraka baraka in a way that bueb disturbed her for tier her taper arms were barol baro to the elbows and the pretty little ready made french dress was open at her ivo ivory v neck and tho the skirt fitted so closely that she almost fancied herself in ili man mans a clothes again hut but on her head ie it she would only wear it a largo yell veil confined by a bit of gold cord and she drew one fold under her chin and threw it over the opposite shoulder to be ba quite covered tind and sho she waa glad when she felt cold and could wrap herself in the wide vide traveling cloak they had bad bought tier her and yet I 1 not seem to to do anything contrary to the customs of a real Fering hl lady CHAPTER XI lady maud found mr air van torp torn waiting for her at the bayreuth Cay reuth station you dont mean to say youve come right through lie he inquired looking at her with admiration as he grasped her hand youre as fresh as paint rather a dangerous thing to say gay to a woman nowadays she abe answered in her rippling voice dut but mine wont come oft off how la margaret ifer her tone changed as she asked the question she showed me your letter about logo answered her friend without heeding the question and watching her face to see it if she were surprised she got into the car carriage ringe he had brought and he stood by the door waiting for the porter who was waa getting her luggage she had no maid with her im glad you have told me she answered though I 1 wish she had not mot you Drob probably ebly think that when I 1 wrote that letter I 1 remembered what you said to me in london about giving me money for my poor women no sald said van torp thoughtfully 1 I dont believe I 1 do think so it was like me to make the offer maud it was like the sort of man ive been and youve known roe me but it have been like you to accept it ft it exactly low lowdown down of me to say what I 1 did but its so precious like low lowdown down that I 1 say it again and I 1 suppose im sorry all 1111 ills his rough hand was on the side of the little open carriage she touched it lightly with her gloved fingers and withdrew them for ter was coming with her not very voluminous luggage thank you she said quickly 1 I understood and I 1 understand now they bey drove slowly up the strasse Bt rasse through the dull little town that looks so thoroughly conscious of its ancient respectability as having once been the resi resident denz 0 of f a duke of wurtemburg Wurt emburg and of its vast imbor tance as the headquarters of richard wagners magners Wag ners representatives on earth see here said mr air van torp ive almost persuaded thorn them all to run down to venice and I 1 want to know why you wont come too venice lady I ady maud was surprised its as hot as now and full ot of mosquitoes why in the tee world do you want to take them there well answered the american of over the monosyllable 1 I exactly mean to stay there more than a few minutes ive bought a pretty nice yacht since I 1 saw you and ashes there eating her head orr off and I 1 thought you might all come along with me on her and go home that way or somewhere and what I 1 want you to decide right away Is whether come provided the they Y will for I 1 dont suppose you and 1 could go mooning around in the yacht by our ourselves and I 1 dont suppose returned I lady ady maud mimicking him ever so little that if they decide not to come you will have time for a long cruise now not fair objected the american 1 I intend to put it lit in that way anyhow will you come if they do the point really heally it depends a little on who they are do bo you roean mean only margaret and that nice old friend of tier her mrs ira she I 1 never met her nore said eald van ilan torp correcting her then theres the russian count Kr alinsky ever hear that name never it sounds polish lie ile might be anything sometimes im absolutely sure hes a wan man I 1 us used to know out west when I 1 was wan on the ranch and then again theres something quite different about him something about ills his legs or his eyes I 1 rant tell which I 1 dont quite make him film out they reached the hotel and van tort torp went oil off promptly leaving margaret to take lady maud upstairs and introduce her to mrs rushmore an hour later tile he two young women were together in n margarets room while potts was vas unpacking for lady maud in the one that had boon been secured for her in spite of all sorts of difficulties the prima doam was sitting at her toilet table turned away from the glass and lady maud occupied the only possible chair thero there was a small low easy chair apparently much too small for such a tall woman but less leas uncomfortable than it looked are you going on mr van ilan corps torpa yar yacht lit asked lady maud lie ile spoke to me about it on oil the way vay from the station and asked me to come in cose case you accept 1 I dont know will you go if I 1 oo au that inight make a dIffer difference price lady maud did not answer nt at once she wished that she bho knew how matters had gone between margaret and aa vuu n torl tori during the li last few days for she bin sincerely wished to help him now that she had mailo up her inland as aa to logothetis real char character acter nevertheless her love of 0 fair play made her feel that tile the gretic ought to be allowed allo weil a chance 0 of retrieving himself lili yes yea she said bald at last ill go on one condition at least its not it condition my dear its only it a sug bug though I 1 late to make one dont think me too awfully cheeky will you yell margaria shook her head but looked very grove grave 1 I feel as it I 1 were getting into it a bad scrape she said and I 1 shall bo be only too glad of any good advice tell me ma what I 1 ciul better to do 1 I 1 must tell you something else first as a continuation of my letter for all sorts aorta of things happened after I 1 wrote it she told margaret all that has been already narrated concerning the news newa that dakaka had been set nt at largo on logothetis sworn statement that the ruby was waa not hla his and that thai he had seen been it in her possession in carls and she told how site she had tried to find him at ills his lodgings and had failed and how strangely the leather faced secre answers had bad struck her and how she had seen Il li arakas gloves and stick lo in logothetis Logo thetla hall ant ana finally she said she had taken it into tier her head that I had spirited away the tartar girl on hla his yacht which as every one in town bad known through the papers wan waa at cowes and in commission for logotheti in fit his evidence had bad explained hla his absence from tile the pollee police court by the fact that he be bad been oft off in the erinna ki anna tor for two days out of of news margarets face grew darker as she listened for she knew andy maud main too well to doubt but that every word was more than scrupulously true trite and the deduction was at least a probable one she bit her lip as aa she felt her anger rising again what do you mo me to do she asked til irk a sullen tone telegraph rele graph to logo and prepay an answer of 20 words telegraph to ills his rooms in st james place and at tile the same time me to ills his house in paris tel telegraph anything you like that really needs an immediate reply the important thing it if he does not answer within 21 hours bay any 36 atthe at the most he it 1 either on his yacht or hiding excuse the ugly word dear I 1 dont think of any other if you are afraid of the servants ill tako take the message to tho the telegraph office and send bend it for you I 1 suppose you have some way of signing which the clerks dont recognize it if you sign at all margaret leaned back in ili tier her chair in silence after it 11 few seconds she turned towards the glass rested her chin on her folded knuckles and seemed to be consulting her own re flexion it to la a way some women have lady maud glanced at tier her from time to time but said nothing at the prima donna rose with a sweep that upset the light chair behind her one of those magnificent sweeps that look so BO well on the stage and ure are a little too large for ft a room she got her blotter and pen front from it a shelf brought it back to the toilet table L a life picked up lip the he chair in a very quiet and sensible way as if she alir had never been on the stage in tier lier life anil and sat ant down to write 1 I shall take your advice dear she said opening the blotter and placing a large of paper in the right po altion lady maud rose and went to the window where she bhe stood looting looking out while Marg Al argaret wrote tier her message you write ft rite it out twice slie she said bald without turning round just put duplicate message arid both ad dresses yes thank you margaret was ai already tier her message slid said it was absolutely nieces sary that she elie should see directly and bade him answer at once if lie he could come aa 0 o bayreuth 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