Show rry Y Vasilika kas ka's a Eye BY MARION MICHELSON t 4 Author of I In uIn n the Bishops Bishop's Carriage Morning Morning- It was nas given Riven to by his friend the tho Rajah of came the calm low voice of oC the reader Ills His Lor Lord Lord- hip who was with Olive In India admitted admitted ad all- to tho the East Cast India company that ho Ito had accepted somo present of or trl trilling trifling v on 1 u c. c Trifling value alue exclaimed Valda tossing her hau haughty head hoad said ald nothing Sho She was waa pla piny- piny Ing with tho the chain of ot pearls wound wound about her throat and disappearing be bo- bo neath tho the folds of or her hor robe Th This Is most noble brilliant continued continued con con- tho the Reader well known by the name of oC the PI Pleat ot Diamond and appraised appraised ap ap- praised praised at waR wan sold at nt auction by Mr r. r Christie at his Great Room l Pall fall aU Mall MaB November No 1 I 1802 at 12 M. M to Mr 1 Parker pawnbroker of oC Princess street treet reel Soho Solio for tor l with halt half the duty of ot sixpence In trio the pound amount amount- ing ng to I d. d Oh h must I read nil all the tho tiresome figures Valda most moat gracious gr the childs child's voice olce broKe broko oft oCt suddenly t Tho The Pashas Pasha's wife merely looked her 1 displeasure The Reader stole a a. timid t L look 1001 of or appeal at but the tho younger wife's eyes were bent bont upon a green sill em ba bag bs which hung hunS at tho the gf r NJ l i If t r f I l 1 1 ti r I I L l lI ll I J yr y t r I t 1 1 J f IX 1 l f I. 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I J x f rY 1 JI I L J 1111 lt end of ot her necklace lace making In tn nil all the tho Reader began boKan be- be Fan Kan gan again dispiritedly Od d. d This pawnbroker made a lottery for tor the shares being two guineas apiece A poor unknown young younS' man maD WAS tins tho the winner and ho sold It for aton a alow alow low ton price mice In ISIS 1818 It belonged to Rundle Bridge Rundle Bundle Jewelers who sold It for to All Pasha of ot Jan Janina Inn and amI ix u. special messenger mossen was sent ent for It It Is now known as as- as I That will do Interrupted Valda Your Tour voice Is like a peacocks peacocks peacocks pea pea- cocks as as Eye In lu honor of or ortho tho tiro wife of the tho Lion on Junina Ja- Ja Ju- Ju nina concluded the tho child a malicious light In her eye oye yet et turning a taco face o othe of ot tho the utmost Innocence toward Valda Yalda 1 ns RS sho she softly demanded closing tho book Have I wearied my gracious ua mistress Your pardon Highness 1 I havo a cold Valda saw tho smile that flitted from Up lip to lip and bitterly she BUC regretted having ha quitted her own apartments whence she had been driven n oy of crue crUea j anxiety to this thin Inner garden where e all tho the women had bad congre congregated Here tho the fountains played and tho the ale slave girls passed around sugared al almonds almonds al- al monds monde fruits and sherbet It wa was easier cooler to hear bear car tho the sound of ot tho the awful cannonading without It was easier easler to forget what Issues this last day e of ot battlo between the great Sultan and and his rebellious Pasha might have to-to to It was ryas easier casler to watt wait to breathe breathe to to hope Should yon not Valda IW Lady The Tho qu question from roused her from her reverie Should not I I w at child Lovo Love to seo Eye Eyo Eo o I would give a a. bit of ot my ea ear or or r the the t tip Up p tir of ot my finger finler Indeed I would t I stretched herself lazily S She Sho beckoned to a n slave girl to tear rearrange e her cushions and to draw the tho robe 0 over her pink naked feet You shall soo It sho she said Gala I and ana without penalty penalty t a Loot Look Ana And from her bag of at green reen tho the sacred d color collar of or tho the prophet who rho drow drove a glittering 6 oval crystal I Truly It Is like your our oyes eyes so pure so 80 shining so clear tapped topped the he girls girl's peek cheek Yet my lord told mo as much when ho entrusted It to met me How well ho must love you Vasil Gl s I Lady nay exclaimed tho child chUd with tr a el Bt glance at 1 aIda Valda alda looking out now to toward toward toward to- to ward the tho high wall that separated d th tho o rock built fortress of or Janina from tI th fir e Lake Then as the Pashas Pasha's na wife did d not turn she said i In a l IO louder u d dAsk er voice Ask her to let you see It It Valda mooS most gracious An flush swept over Valda e angry face tace Stepping forward sho ho at stood in u moment looking at tho favorite lying Y Yat 6 at her hor feet herAnd An And All AU told you OU your eyes oyes s were bright as tho the things ho o you your T she sho asked contempt contemptuously ous at looked up troubled at ho her bor z r tone My 1 lord tho the Pasha Is always right laughed Valda a. a Bewildered rose slowly t ther to o her feet Your eyes arc are bright girl bright a as s empty glass which glass which Is what gat your Jewel ewe 1 only made mado do to t throw now w t Is a model thieves oft off th the tho a scent Cent whon when Alls All's messenger mes mes- came from England And a model All 11 gave to please you OU child I 1 doubt not J slowing knowing your igno Ignorance an c o and stupidity The real brilliant tit the c soul r ra for wr r diamond a t man would peril ms nuts a II woman oman stake taito e her heir ute life upon Its i Yo os- os J session I session I will show It to you Look From tho the girdle that clasped her robe tho the lady Jl Valda drew out a silken J bag ag of or green and from It slipped a n jewel large largo as a pullets pullet's egg but shallow shallow low and beautifully cut cuL Vasilika Bt stared red at It It nor hoc great eyes swimming now In III tears that bed bodia- bodia la-I la them too She Sho drew her Jewel ewel tram from from its purse and stood a moment looking from Crom ono one to tho the other while all tho the harem gathered about looking ao so long lonS' and so 80 covetously at the twin Atones r whIch lay In Valdas Valda's palm and I that the they forgot to listen forgot to notice the ominous cessation or of the cannon and on entranced by curiosity curiosIty curios curios- ity and cupidity stood staring at the tho precious bits of ot glass glas while a hundred root feet awa away tho the victorious troops of tho the sultan under Pasha overpowered overpowered overpowered over over- powered Alls All's brave Albanians and tho the Napoleon mortally wounded wound wound- ed d retired to his divan his power forever broken his life lite forfeit to the master against whom he had wa waged ed bloody Moody war for two long years cars whom ho he had haa so nearly defeated and might have succeeded Afternoon rf Jean Donnay stood behind the scar- scar Toll mo me then she said eald who n ho has hns the Eyo Eye of at I I or Valda Yalda Is hers hurs false falso or Is mine Nei Neither both thor both How can you know Because I havo o It myself Youl 1 Yes horo bore it Is Alf gave It to me to keep for tor him till till till-till till But she Bho was no longer listening Her tier oyes her entire consciousness were fastened upon the green slut slUe bag baJ ho held beneath the lamp Jamp that she might seo see ILLet It Jt Let md ma look at It IL Oh let mo look Jook at It she prayed a rounded childish arm thrust forward to selzo seizo it IL Donna Donnay shook his hla head But nut ho hI opened the tho purse and taking out the tha great reat diamond he hold held It high above his headIn head sad In that dark passageway beneath tho the swaying lamp Jamp the beautiful beautiful thin thing shone out like ike water afire It seemed seemed alive all a spirit of ot playfulness and joyous brilliancy It sent out shimmering scintillations that the tho darkness and made It rainbow colored It seem eo the one thing In all the tho place as thou though tl It had concentrated all light and life within Itself The Tho girl bowed her head heat Now that PI P- P I i. i n fc Yo J I b U 1 0 g tl b. 0 l let et curtain that separated Alls All's thorn chain b n- n from tho tt n n beyond I I Sp Whither this passage led lcd Donnay hadnot had hadnot not tho the vaguest idea Iden All of ot his Ideas that wore not vague just this moment centered upon tho knowledge that the green silk purse he ho held contained con- con t amed that which was w worth rth nearly a million mIHlon francs Tako Take this the dying Pasha had whispered when whon tho the surgeons left loft them hem a n minute alone Keep It till till Hush Hush Someone Is Doming lIe Ho had motioned quickly to tho crimson curtain unfastened the purse from his girdle and la lay back exhausted exhausted exhausted ex ex- hausted Just n as Donnay a slipped ed from tho the room and tho the surgeons and officers re As the young Frenchman stood in inthe I tho the dim passage lighted only by a n Jeweled lamp hanging from silver chains ho he felt from time to time of ot tho and of ot tho the flat diamond egg egl between its folds told a to assure himself him him- himself self sott that he was awake In all his hi adventurous young oung life lite he ho had not hold held such a treasure as ns this and ho he coveted coveted cov cov- eted It Ho lie turned with a sigh half hale humorous half halt regretful to pull puB aside tho the curtain Just far far enough that he ml might ht see eee what was going on within I But he be dropped tho the heavy cord of ot silk I with a stifled exclamation and wheeled about for tor ho had felt the pressure ofa of ot ofa a timid finger laid lightly upon his arm Before him there thoro stood stOOl a n fi figure ure infinitely Infinitely In Infinitely In- In finitely graceful Jovo lovely lI light ht and small a Q woman half halt child half hult hour hourI her lithesome body mold molding In Inthe the tho told of ot tho the sheer white robe that tat crushed crossed over her breast and foil fell to her naked sandaled pearl-sandaled feet recto Hor Her face fae beneath tho the studded emerald globe of ot tho the e lamp lomp overhead o he ho caught ono one glimpse of at rosy rosy with contusion confusion alive with curiosity cu curiosity cu- cu soft sott and round and clear clear- skinned shinned as a baby's before sho she whirled tho the gauze scar scarf she sho carried across It It and only tho the lucent deer deer- like e c eyes es were visible their pleading seconding the tho unspoken prayer In her hor attitude her ber finger at her lip for tor silence I 1 am It was ws to o see SO my lord that I 1 came to ask him him him- she I brol broke c off oft In like child embarrassment but began begun again But But but I have hayo never Hover met anyone anono here before All said paid al to mo rue No ono one knows of or this Gato Gate of or Felicity of ot ours but myself I you ou and black How lIow then dl did 1 a 0 stranger come eone hero Oh what will All Ali say say Thy They Th y will kill you Why are you ou here here Why Why Why- Sho She paused From tho room beyond came como tho the sound of or the Pashas Pasha's voice matte I Go 00 back You must go back Donnay's Don- Don nays nay's voice vales began beJan peremptorily but it wavered as ns sho she shook her head wll- wll I full tull fully She Sho was frog accustomed to obeying I year old oid All with his fa penetrating eyo eye his long IonS with white beard and his I rn air But this was a 0 boy this Frenchman Let me mo toll you what you ou wanted I Ito to ask oak All 11 he pleaded a an as oe sho ho camp came I toward him trying to got get closer to the tho curtaIn Sho She looked at him a n. moment dIs- dIs she had felt It the tho luster of ot beauty o of or t H- H r 5 Lye Ee she 80 ho knew that both h her r own und and Valdas Valda's wore wert mere bite baa o of or t glass tho pale dull models of ot this crystal crys- crys tal dal of liquid tIre fire and sunshine He Hot r eyes 3 lingered hungrily upon It Even Evet t after Donnay had slipped It back into the purse nurse she Rhe watched that as though fascinated na ted U NIt was wn cruel of or All AU fl she o pouted Oh Oh when I 1 see him tomorrow tomorrow- Tomorrow He shrugged his shoulder shoulders Is It possible you jou ou do no not t know he added pili pitifully tu II Tho The Sultans Sultan's Sul- Sul tans tan's troops have taken Janina Kuha- Kuha Pasha rules where All AJI reigned And And m my lord All Al Dying now In yonder Hush Bush It f Is b my captains captain's voice lIe He has haa come back Thoy They will call me now Step back But she sho would wold n not t She had heard hear d All Alls All's voice and sho she listen listened cd eagerly d You lou havo have brought tho the anvil th the tho ol old man was saying It Is good Cap n nr DAnglas I have havo said paid It Is better r for lor a R. prince to bo be feared than loved yet ot your obedience now when then nono loves es and none hates All AU touches me ate Set bet the a anvil 0 11 whore I can seo see It Call Cal Donna Donnay Ho He Is waiting behind the cur cur- tam tain I gave Kave him diamond to keep that tho the physicians might ht not bo be tempted tempt tempt- ed cd to rob mo me of ot it I trust you two tWo tWo-nb no o one else save Yusuf tho the Grand Eunuch My oly own sons son tou fought ht a against roc me inc my cry very generals wont went over o to Bahl Dah I But nut Yusuf will ohe obey my commands commands com com- mands for tor and Donnay Donna he Is young and strong The Thc last Jast service he can yonder me is to crush into powder tho the 7 Eyo yo of ot that none nono after me mo run mn may exult In Its beauty Call Donnay Don- Don nay noy Behind tho the curtain lived II n a year ear in a n. moment She comprehended what was to become of that crystallizes rainbow that had shone shone- upon her and she sho whose life lito had been submission slon to the tho great rebels rebel's will herself herself There was but a n s time But Dut In III that moment sho she had brushed against Donnay and the green pu urso Stell S- S fell tell from his hand Ho He bent with with a smothered ejaculation to pick It up She Sho bent bont too and In tho the semi It ity with bated breath ho he hunted for tor the bag ho had dropped drop ed while she her hot tooth teeth sot set Into her lip Up lip togged at her pearl necklace till It broke broko and fell feIl upon upon up up- on tho the floor Ah Alt hero It Is she sho exclaimed In her excitement almost forcing a green silk bag bas Into the young oung mans man's hand Ho He clutched It eagerly and hurrying to anticipate his captains captain's command n pushed the curtain and entered Alls All's presence V too picked up a n. green reen silk purse and hugged It i rap rap- to her heart Sho She was still gloating over her prize like a very child with treasure trove when whon with a ml mighty crash the h hammer which the tho French engineer Ineer wielded on tho the other side of ot the curtain fell upon tho the anvil With a n trembling hand All picked up the tho powder fragments and let them sift slowly between his fingers The Tho Eye o of or A V to he ho murmured sorrowfully The Eyo Eye of ot Z J But hit ut for V self elf there was no mourning She Sho danced about the black corridor like a thing thins possessed holding fast rast beneath the folds of ot her robe th tho silken purse that long had hun hung at ot All girdle But when sho she stooped to pick I I up the scattered pearls that Ja |