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Show i. s f MrY. HAbion Crawtohd Logotheti did not wish to hear It; tailed account of what they did. Suf he wished to see the ruby. Mr. Pln- fice it to say that the prisoners were ney turned the discs again to their set at large; Mr. Plnney restored the places, stuck the little key Into the ruby to Baraka, and all her other beracret keyhole which then revealed longings were given back to her, even d) vAJ XavaieUT MT 6Y MIA AOft CRAWfiVAO itself, turned It three times to the left Including the smart gray suit of men's and five times to the right, and opened clothes In which she had been aron his table, with his letters, a flat the 8YN0P8I3. heavy Iron door. The safe was an rested; and her luggage and other to and almost square parcel, which the go out, she saw that with two of! maid. You can find anything In one that had belonged things which the manager of the hotel sticks there was a third, great city, if you know how to look addressed label told him contained to his father before him. He Logothetl's ,nvn a Tartar girl, became enamored got out where she had been stopping had koI'.Ioi bearded stranger who waa the four inches shorter! Just a plain for It, and he had discovered through, fully In Archaeological of lierbe over the the the handed to were re the all Report tin box, japanned police nd atu.lylng opened that, tin stick with a silver ring. an agency a girl from Treblzonde who central Asia, and Egyptian Exploration Fund, and he and fty of her home Inlocation produced the stone, still In its turned; and when Splro appeared at That was of a mtr, i Baraka had cer- had been caught at 12 years old by to him the had enough. heard new that the number would paper, for it was too thick to be put the hotel to pay the small bill that at ranger would hoping that the her been in the lodgings and had missionaries, brought to England and dlsoloaure. contain an account of a papyrus re- into one of Mr. tainly had been return for left held head be his favorite owing, Plnney's pill the Lw're followed to tha cave by en-cently discovered at Oxyrrbynchus, on boxes. as high as an oriental can when he probably left In them everything that educated to go into service; she spoke up the I rolallvea. who blockedwater to her disguise. The fact English very prettily, and had not altowhich some new fragments of Pinsupply, and drew oft the Logotheti undid the paper, took out has got the better of any one, and belonged COUH,n and the stick were In gether forgotten the lingua franca of the rk that gloves lni the couple to 6im' dar had been No Is found. dinner that the big uncut ruby, laid it in the palm that to climb pretty high Indeed. Further the hall looked attempted tS herrllffbetrothed, very much as if she Asia. could be devised, and no company of his band, and looked at it critically, more, Mr. Plnney insisted on giving overlooking the mine; but The consequence of her presence Th 'JrV,ge.T WR" that could be asked to meet him had come in dressed as a man and traveler a over formal at one document with it car- by turning finger from Logotheti IJa from a water gourd it, could be half as delightful as that time to time. He took it to the door which Messrs. Plnney & Son bound had left them there when she had was that Baraka was dressed with gone away in woman s attire. That great neatness and care, and looked the girl and carrying to the man who so deeply loved the of the shop, where the Wed, uenerting ,.,.. evening light themselves to make good to him, his she was with Logotheti, most prob- very vathered all th presentable, though her clothea ancient literature of In or was his country, and and started stronger, and examined it with heirs, assigns, the loss of a ruby, f could 'carry, on his yacht, Lady Maud had not were only ready-madthings, bought ably Donne (Margarita da he made up bis mind at once that he the greatest care. Still lie did not approximately of a certain weight and the least doubt, as she went down the by a tilie a futnoua prima donna, became would who bad only her not even take the trouble to go seem satisfied. which he lost bad quality, through stairs. height and the size of ber waist t wealthy Greek financier. Her to a club, but would have a bird and "Let me have your lens, Mr. Pln- their carelessness. ?"t' The Swiss secretary stood at the guide him, Logotheti watched her frlend waa Countess Leven, a salad in his rooms. On he the said, "and some electric light ney," In day following Baraka'a lib Maud, whoee husband door on the landing till she was delicate, energetic profile, admiring I" bomb In St. I'etere- hv Unhappily for his peace and his an- and a Bheet of white paper." eration, lady Maud received Marga open . leen 1.11,1 .,. tntlnmta out of sight below, and then went the curves of her closed lips, and the i 7 and of feast ticipated Mr. he looked to ret's poetry, her Amerla Plnney turned up strong drop pressing message begging wan Itufus Van Torp, an to work over willful turning up of her little ru iu-itnrougn nls letters to see if there light that stood on the counter, and go to Hayreuth. The message reached In again, and returned had become one m .,i, waa In and letters. chin. She was more than very pretty of business love a Van papers world. heap Torp were one from Margaret, and there produced the paper and a In the her before noon, about the time when magnifier. he had worked half an hour, he now, he thought, and be was quietly When of her betrothal. He was only a colored postcard from Hay- a "It's grand ruby," he said. Margaret and her companions had in bis leathern cbalr to amused at his own audacity in taking I Ijtdy Maud $5,000,000 for her pet reutn, with the word "greetings' "I see it is," Logotheti answered come back from their morning walk, leaned back at the book- her to sea alone with him, almost on iv If ahe would aid him In winning scrawled beside the address in her rather curtly. and after hesitating for half an hour, rest, and stared fixedly case. he aloud In the eve of his marriage. It was espespoke Versailles Presently with at hand. Next to the card, how "Do you mean to say," asked the she telegraphed that she would come Logotheti large Maud were still In cially diverting to think of what the U as if it'll. He presented a ruby to ever, there was a Lady English, thick letter ad surprised Jeweler, a yacht and r.r.t. Van Torp bought "that you had with pleasure.and would start at once the room, In the same dull, matter-o- f proper people would say If they knew r vifuin7 -nv dressed in a commercial writing he bought it without -haw urna cm to rA..i.. examin which meant that evening. thoroughly more forcibly as to ex It, and to contrast the Intentions they La In male attire. She gave him a remembered but could not but fact tone, at once ing it sir you who are an expert?" She had just read the official ac - - -lie iii.i would certainly attribute to him wita in l!ie United Btatea a man identify; and though it was apparentof the ruby case in its new as presslon. count I not an that's "No, what mean," one ahe the of the dwrlptlon tring ly a business communication, and swered the Greek, bending over the pect, aniTshe did not believe a word I The Americmi iraroi. b Havreuth "Paralfal" festival. Mar- - could therefore have waited till the ruby and scrutinizing it through the of the story. To her mind it was quite next morning, when his secretory strong magnifier. clear that Logotheti was still Infatu her with the ruby Uaraka had would come as usual, hd opened It out him fount Krallnaky. a Kusslan. Mr. Plnney felt himself ated with the girl, that he had come snubbed, Van Torp believed of mere M at Hayreuth. to know whence to London as fast as he could, and It which curiosity had not to a blm for happened wo be tne one itr yumum. came. m that be had deliberately sworn that and he himself drew ka waa arreniea in i'imuu un Jew-ttime, up long h f,. of stealing from I'lnney. a was Mr. Plnney, the JewelIt the ruby was not his, but another one, from with A and minute dignity. passed, sold to Logothetl. ruby ahe had er, and It contained a full and con- logotheti did not look up; another In order to get her out of trouble. If Htrangera were iim hmbc. uuj scientious account of the whole affair and Mr. Plnney grew nervous; a few It was not his it bad not been stolen wlth Uaraka were open to aunpl-an- d of the Van o Informed Margaret. theft, from the moment when seconds more, and he received a shock from Plnney's, and the whole case fell believed that Krallnaky waa the Logotheti and Van Torp had gone out that took away his breath. through at once. If she was declared ivuui uibu- - together until Mr. Plnney had locked by he liaa Known iu This is not my ruby," said Logo Innocent the stone must be given back up the stone in his safe again, and theti, looking up, and speaking with to her; he would take It from her as soon as they were alone and return Baraka and Splro had been lodged In perfect confidence. CHAPTER VHI Continued. Brixton jail. The envelope contained "Not your ruby!" Mr. Pinney'a It to his own pocket; and being an should have thought you were also a cutting from the newspaper Jaw dropped. "But" He could get oriental, he would probably beat her for robbing him, but would not let her used to riding," said the Amerl- - similar to the one Margaret had re- no "further. ceived from Lady Maud. "I'm sorry," Logotheti said calmly. out of his sight again till he was tired Logotheti laid the letter on the "I'm very sorry, for several reasons of her. Lady Maud had heard from a, yes! The Indifferent answer imtrtsl in a peculiarly oily tone, table and looked at his watch. It But it's not the stone I brought you, her late husband how all Turks be lieved that women had no souls and :t kh the pronunciation was perfect. was now a quarter-pas- t six, and though It's Just as large, and most ex should be kept under lock and key, like close oeiore noti the l in shops Plnney's began bs cavalry traordinarily like it." Slot lavel. But I walked over 2,000 rather early in the dull season, when "But how do you know, sir?" gasped and well fed, and soundly beaten now and then for the good of their temIn Central Asia, and was none few customers are to be expected and the jeweler. appljJ s. Ui the days are not so long as they have orse for It." Hecause I m an expert, as you pers. This view was exaggerated, but Lady Maud was in a humor to recall were good enough to say just now.' -t it and accept It without criticism, and eveifc Yes, sir. But I am an expert, too, she made up her mind that before job and to the best of my expert belief I I IW- I II I III .1 this is the stone you left with me to leaving town to join Margaret she i did C35.H I II III I Z2 .t be cut the day before yesterday. I've would make sure of the facts. No friend of hers should marry a man examined it most thoroughly." fe iof. of such outrageous deeds. I I .JL JW l fc I I I I I III I w S I 11 I I 11 "No doubt," answered the Greek, capable nac,CJ So she went to Logothetl's lodgings "But you hadn't examined mine thorand to see him, as regardless of ii MlOIlH i i mi i oughly before it was stolen, had you? whatasked one should ii rii pj think of her. If any con. Ii i ii if You ii had only looked at it with me, on 1 Hi. ll I I I I II Mile, TJ she were recognized, as she had been Al s. III the counter here." in the old days when she used to go "That is correct, sir," said Mr. Pin- to Van Torp's chambers In the Temney nervously. "That Is quite true." In the evening. ple "Very well. But I did more than She was told that Logotheti was merely look at it through a lens or out of town. Where? The servant I It. not so much care did weigh not know that. The lady could about the weight, but I cared very did see the secretary, who might, permuch for the water, and I tried the tell her. He received every one haps, ruby point on it in the usual way, but who had business with Mons. Logoit was too hard, and then I scratched theti. it, In two places with the diamond nca,M She went up one flight and was admore out of curiosity than for any Your Li mitted to a very airy sitting room, V 7T1 other reason.' a everH ion hrq "You marked it, sir? There's not a simply furnished. I't Lining The Swiss secretary rose pondersingle scratch on this one! Merciful it around W IV Mi , A-l Iff to receive her, and as she did ously Merciful Providence! Providence!" ill twelN I .1 W V i not sit down he remained standing. stock.' I "Yes," Logotheti said gravely. "The His vast face was ( III WS1 , fringed with a beard Linimri girl spoke the truth. She had two of no and his eyes color, particular stones much larger than the rest when a spir--l were fixed and blue In his head, like one me came in to she first this Paris, splint, set in pale sole leather. and another. They were almost ex- turquoises Jpuffsrf "I am Countess Leven," she said, actly aNte, and she wanted me to "and 1 joints, H After Five Hours He Had Come Back. known have I not but did andspetfj buy both, want, them, some time. Will youMons. Logotheti i me tell kindly . I for fotw l M "It Is perfectly true, though you do the perfectly honorable ones he enter II and I took the one I isthought a little foundi better in color. This the other, for where he Is?" believe me, madam. I do not know tatned. not "I do not know, madam," was the sh. she still had it; and, so far as I know, As for Baraka, it never occurred to anything. How the dickens should I answer. it is her legal property, and mine is know where they are, madam? But her that she was not as safe with him "He is not in London?" The thief was one of those I know my business. That is all." as she had been in her father's house goiie. "At present I do not know, madam." two young fellows who came in Just in the little white town far away, "Has he left no address? Do you when Mr. Van Torp and I went out. I CHAPTER X. nearly three years ago; and besides, not his to him?" letters forward remember thinking what her steel bodkin with the silver han"No, madam. I do not forward his The Ertnna was steaming quietly dle had been given back to her, and boys they were!" He laughed rather harshly, for he letters to him." down the channel in a flat calm, at she could feel it in Its place when she "Then I suppose he is on his yacht," was more annoyed than his considerathe lazy rate of 12 knots an hour, pre- pressed her left hand to her side. tion for Mr. Plnney made him care to suggested Lady Maud. sumably in order to save her coal, for Logotheti has been first of all pre"Madam, I do not know whether he she could run 16 when her owner show. He had looked forward to givabout getting Baraka out ot occupied is on his yacht." liked, and he was not usually fond of England without attracting attention, ing Margaret the ruby, mounted Just seem "You to know don't any going slow. Though September was and then for her comfort and recovas she wanted it; and the ruby was and Guernsey was already on ery from the strain and suffering of at gone, and he did not know where he thing!" "Pardon me, madam, I think I know thehand, was to tina anoiner, except tne one port quarter, the sea was motion- the last few days. As for that, she less and not so much as a cat's paw was like a healthy young animal, and that was now in Plnney's hands, but my business. That is all I know." Lady Maud held her beautiful head stirred the still blue water; but the as soon as she had a chance she had really belonged to poor Baraka, who could certainly not sell it at present. a little higher and her lids dropped steamer's own way made a pleasant fallen so sound asleep that she had A much larger sum of money was slightly as she looked down at him, draught that fanned the faces of Logonot waked for 12 hours. Logothetl's for he was shorter than she. But the theti and Baraka as lay In their intent was to take her to Paris by a they gone, too, than any financier could was perfectly im lose with equanimity by such a pe- huge leathern face long chairs under the double awning roundabout' way, and establish her and the still, turquoise eyes outside the deckhouse. culiarly disagreeable mishap as be- passive, under some proper sort of protection. S4ie surveyed her without Tha Tartar girl wore a skirt and Margaret was still in Germany, but ing robbed. There were several rea- had never seen such winking. in stolidity sons why Logotheti was not pleased. Jacket of dark blue yachting serge, would soon return to France, and h I "It's a Grand Ruby, He Said. which did not fit badly considering had almost made up his mind to ask "I am deeply humiliated," said the human being. of August, There was clearly nothing to be that thay had been bought ready-madpart not In "I have thi latter old Jeweler. Unn only waa was her advice, not dreaming that in such worthy sure that she mmmi "lns soon after been tricked and plundered, but I done, and she thought the secretary by man. She had little a case she could really deem anything tu liht! him, as she moved in London, the sun sets 'mZtf' IA him and Logotheti realized have been the menns of sending Inno- distinctly rude; but as that was no white tennis shoes on her feet, which he did an unpardonable offence. H b' Rldo; and Van seven o'clock, Bwiri reason why she should be, she bade were croased one over the otner on time to lose. no had cent people to prison." he had always laughed at the convention Hi 1 1.1 '11,tenllti with Mrs. Uushmore, that him civilly and turned the deck char, but Instead of wear- alitles of European life, and had paid towards means the of be "You had better H U ""i ,,' lin that he was Levi As he drove quickly up circum- getting them out again as soon as pos- to go. Somewhat to her surprise, he ing a hat she had bound a very little heed to them when they Hond street, ho ran over the od tbatiq P'Iiu for six months' to he sible," said Iigothetl. "And you followed her quickly across the room, motor veil on her head by a sin- stood in his way. came and mind, In his long stances v;ry nrouabl must also make an effort to trace opened the door for her and went gle thick gold cord, in the Asiatic (TO B13 CONTINUED.) I conclusion that Uaraka had he those young men who stole the ruby." on into the little hall to let her out. way, and the thin folds hung down on though boon the victim of a trick, Wit Often an Affliction. "I most certainly shall," replied the There was a small table there, on each side, and lay on her shoulders, ... I it 1 I CUADTCD IV did not exclude the bare possibility which lay some of Logothetl's hats, shading her face, and the breeze Wit is an affliction unless used with we If is found not it "and Jeweler, to my", i that she might be guilty. act of will make it good to you, sir, what- and several pairs of gloves were laid stirred them. Logothetl's valet had discretion and good sense. The habit I ever found Mr. Plnney In the He in roiicliod iiia rlhotj imiirinira set upon it. I am out neatly before them. There was been sent out in a taximeter, pro- of being Invariably amusing will bring BMinct ""cs" place at the discs of the safe before ever price you one pair, of a light gray, very much vided with a few measurements and you Into great disfavor. The sharp-tongue-d In the ..11 VlVCIik turning six o'clock - ' II uVenly humiliated, but nobody shall home and leaving Mb Ishopman F8 of tlu tiny on which ho had woman who will have ber lit & Son do not make smaller than all the rest, so small, inIth plenty of cash, and commissioned to Plnney that Ite m say that have fitted ,a buy everything that a girl who had tie laugh at the expense of hor neigh dino with Van Torp, and to Jut up the Place. deed, they might customers sustain en- their loss good any ,lr's noti of excuse was gft-ecuve satisfaction when boy of seven, except that they looked nothing at all to wear, visible or in- bors usually pays dearly for hor fun. , through them." too narrow for any boy. They were visible, could possibly need. He was It Is as much an art to be quiet and It Ollfo. Ilrt roml It liMlkod trred. Mr. about that, worry "Pon't M , ..... l.nnlnor to BOP 'U. Sir, he as to be vlvaciouB and men's gloves as to length and buttons, also Instructed to find a maid who wiiulot.--, glunci'd nt it again, how saw who said Iigotheti, had my letnr" and the woman who can but only a child could have worn It Into the waste-pape- r or a said "I presume that you least little entertaining, at old All Jeweler the Tartar, speak distressed really much out the account with them. without another Turkish. adjust her moods to the occasion Is thought. He ter? I wrote n.ov -imnc no. but I was. un five hours he had come back the one who finds herself usually the care Lady Maud saw them Instantly, and After at went out and hailed a hantRIOR V .nrv j So they til u 111,1 Aniil'li-!iremembered Baraka's dlgulte; and with a heavy load of boxes of all most popular member of her com In shall be happy to go over iiiltltnn.ilpA drove away. h J hoki-is any point that is som and forward to It rath with you If there would be tiresome to give a de as she passed the big umbrella jar shapes and sizes and the required muulty. It i than a nliMiHiiro. tin saw not clear." ' author or "tmAcmtm" "ARmuM'trcm L crook-handle- i E. uiki e man-servan- ,. 11 n hni Q 'In 2 i hyf. lis -riw 3ii 11 s rva r i nt I Mill ' 'ill r wwmicm,euu MmJ WM iSllv. U IMFS l ill t - rL ftWiy X1 -- J TSST! r hM M nice-lockin- g nA .1 'll I e hr good-mornin- dove-colore- d J ed-l- !1 Pin-n.-y- ." f . - ""' |