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| TF the stranger, and perhaps arrange for a meeting. Then, who knows?â€"the mistress may take the maid, and the master may take his friend, and they also might meet again." ; ‘"‘Tom Pollard," said the young felâ€" "If you do, you will understand the mistress, and you will understand why she wants to know all aboutâ€" _He knew that his heart beat frue to Alice Lister, but this girl fascinated him.: â€" ° Tom gave no an;;v_er, save to look at her intently. . She did not finish the sentence, exâ€" cept by looking wistfully at the flowâ€" firs. It is no use denyingâ€"it; Tom yas fascinated. ~ Although they continued to speak in French, which language, although he understood it fairly well, was still strange to him, she surrounded him with the glamour of romance. Away in the distance a band was discoursâ€" ing sweet music, fountains were playâ€" ing in the square, birds were singing in the trees. The sun shone serenely in an azure sky, and the girl seemed to him very wonderful. She was mysterious, she was unknown, and she was as beautiful as Hebe. He was possessed of a kind of intoxicaâ€" tion. "Do you know what it is to love monsieur?" she asked suddenly. "Game?â€"game? I don‘t underâ€" stand. Be sure love is no game; it is serious, it is vital, it is everything, because‘"â€"and her voice took on a new toneâ€"‘"when a woman loves, she will do anything. And remember, the maid can love as well as her mistress, when the maid is young, andâ€"‘" \‘"‘Why should they?"~she~ flashed. "If a woman loves, may she not say so? Now suppose,"~and she became like a child who was telling a fairy story to another childâ€"‘"suppose this lady had a maid who was clever with her fingers, and who had served her years, and dressed her, and made her hair beautifulâ€"and the lady trusted her very much. .Would she not say, ‘sophy, find out all: you can about him‘; and would not the maid go to the stranger‘s servant, â€"orâ€"friend, in order to learn ?" "Oh, that‘s the game, is it?" said Tom. for me to speak to you. at all, only you are amusing. I like to hear forâ€" eigners trying to speak French; they speak it soâ€"so‘ funnily. Only supâ€" pose, Mr.â€"American‘‘â€"she gave Tom another bewildering smile, and Tom noted the dimple on her chin, which seemed to him to give her an added charmâ€"‘"suppose that a beautiful Greek lady of high degree were dinâ€" ing one night at a great hotel in the capital of her country, and suppose that this Greek lady saw a tall, handâ€" some, distinguishedâ€"looking, shall we say American?â€"in the / hotel; and suppose, because we Greeks are not coldâ€"blooded and heavyâ€"witted like, say, Englishwomen, she fell in love with himâ€"suppose that, monsieur." "I am listening," said Tom. "Bear in mind that this lady might have powerful relatives. They might have great dreams about her marâ€" . riage; they might be very strict, and very proper, and very precise. Don‘t you see, although she might fall very deeply in love, she would |want to know all she could about him before she made any advances?" n tmy., country,". said ‘Tom, ‘"the men make all the advances..‘ NE VCO n norie ane n ce s enb el Wt Enc â€"tecl t 2 ‘Mr.â€"American, that although Greek girls are very impulsive, they are also â€"â€"very discreet? And Greek ladies are, too. They dare not be otherwise. Is not the Queenâ€"very proper? Is not she a German, the sister of the great Kaiser?" And she assumed a very solemn and portentous air. "What do, you mean?" asked Tom. "Mean?" laughed the girl. "I mean nothing. Of course it is very wrong A look flashed across her fac\e which he could not understand, then she said, "Did I do it as though it meant a bhardship? If a lady falls in love with the master, may not the lady‘s maid think kindly of the masâ€" ter‘s friend ?" \_‘‘Who is the lady?" asked Tom. "I never said there was a lady; I was only wondering. Do you know, Tom estimated â€" this at.its true .worth, although he was ple‘&sed. "I am as much a servant as you are," he retorted. "Did your mistress tell you to speak to me? Is that why you smiled on me in church? P < "I have been told," she said, "that Americans do all sorts of strange thingsâ€"'tha.t they are given to masâ€" querading! Is it true?" "Sure, I guess that‘s so sometimes." "Sometimes," she went on, "friends pretend to be servants. Is that so ?" ‘"Who‘ has put you wise?" . â€" The girl laughed merrrHly. "You are not a servant," she said; ‘"You are a gentleman, and you speak French like a gentleman,." ~ \ \ "I never gave him a thought. . Why should I? / Whenâ€"" and she turned her great dark eyes on Tom again, and gave ,him the peculiarly. bewildâ€" ering smile he remembered in the church. 3 "Is he?"‘ asked Tom. *‘‘They can tell you at the hotel where we‘ve been staying." etlwWhat hotel?" ~ "The Hotel @‘Angleterre. I expect it‘s on the hotel register.I am proud of my master. He‘s right/ well setâ€" Up, isn‘t he? Lots of folks ‘think him very handsome. Do‘ you?" "He‘s aâ€"rich American, isn‘t he? and she flashed a curious look upon him as she spoke. £ "Do you want to find anything out about him?" asked Tom. vOF course," and Tom thought he saw her blush as she spoke, "I natâ€" jurally wondered why you followed me. It was very rude, and I am very angry. That was why I wondered who you were. And when you told me the name of your master, I thought, that a knowledge . of him would tell.me who you we%e.” P e e en i n e o ie o un o io Continued From Last Week) young felâ€" ommy and the Maid of Athens ‘"I must get at the bottom of this,"" thought Tom, and a few seconds later he found himself following her.â€" For some minutes he had no difficulty in doing this; but when he reached the square outside the great church, the crowd made his work harder. Still he kept her in sight until she had passed through the square, where she turned as if looking for him. She waved her hand as if in adieu, and Tom thought she was laughing at him; then she disâ€" appeared down a narrow street. He was about twenty yards away from her home at the time, and rushed to the street corner to follow her furthâ€" er; but when he arrived there she was nowhere to be seen. In vain he search. ed; she had passed from kim as comâ€" She stood looking at him steadily, while Tom, confused and wondering, tried to stammer a denial, but failed to do so. Then, without warning, or without speaking another word, she walked rapidly in the direction of the cathedral. + ‘"‘Both you and your master are spies," she said, after a few seconds. ‘‘You are come to Athens to $by. Â¥ou are trying to find out things." _ _She fastened her eyes upon him as he spoke, and Tom felt as though she were casting a spell upon him. TE tell youabout herâ€"I‘ll tell you such a lot of things, if you‘llâ€"‘"‘ She ceased speaking suddenly, and then she laughed. P meedn‘t asicyyou anything," she said; ‘"I can find out all about you and him without asking. No, D don‘t want to find out; I know, I can read you like an open book." ‘"What do you know?" asked: Tom. "Look at me in the eyes, and I‘ll tell you. Do you like the colour of them." ‘ The effect of his words were elecâ€" trial. For a second her eyes were filled with a «look ‘of wild terror, and she moved away, frorm him, as though he had pointed a‘ pistol at her. But this was only for a second. Before Tom had time to consider what her look meant, she burst out laughing. ‘"The ‘Maid of /Athens!" she cried. "Oh, you are funny! What have you heard of the Maid of Athens?" ‘‘Nothing," said Tom, ‘"except she‘s a sort mystery. I‘d like to find out." "Has your master spoken to you aâ€" bout her?" © : ‘"Yes, he‘s interested in her. He wants to know all about her. thens?" "Look here," blurted out Tom, * I don‘t understand your game. What are you after? Are youâ€"that is do you know anything about the Maid of Anâ€" She went straight toward him until she was not more than a yard away. After looking steadily at him for a few seconds, she said, ‘"No, I can‘t trust â€"you. If you were only Englishâ€"‘* > "I‘ve told you more than you have told me," he said. ‘"Who are you, and who is your misâ€" tress ?2" i ecame td Cmm ce on mc c 0 are ce W e t Nete it T‘ll arrange for a meeting between you; that is, Ill try to." The girl gave a long, fluttering sigh ‘"Why do you sigh?" asked Tom. * Because you are so crucl?" " How am I cruel" "Because you will tell me nothing and my lady wants to know all about him. What. wonder ? Besides, if they do not meet, I may never be able to seeâ€"that isâ€"" ‘"What? asked Tom. Again she sighed, and looked at the flowers. ‘‘ My lady thinks | he looks like a soldier too. He is so upright, and carâ€" ries himself so proudlyâ€"just as a solâ€" dier should. But America has no solâ€" diers. Is he friendly, towards the Engâ€" lish? Does he hope the Entente will win?" Tom was . nearly. throv guard, but he said nothing ‘"Has he anything to do with poliâ€" tics? Has his Government given him work to do? Important work?" "Why do you ask that?"‘ "Because the great lady is \the daughter ofâ€"No, I must not tell you that.. Have you studied Greek poliâ€" Ces?" " "KEhey are beyoud me." / "Are they? My mistress finds them fascinating, and she knows such=a lot. Greece is supposed to be neutral, monâ€" sieur;. but is it? My lady does not think so, Ob I wish your > master were an Englishmanâ€"an English solâ€" diert*" iicHes very.rich, lgn‘t D great man in his own c ‘"Fhat‘s not for me : to my wages regularly, and sign of his being hard up ‘What do you want to know about my1 master?" ‘he ‘ventured. "First of all, is he well born?â€"an educated gentleman ?" â€" : "Sure. You can put your last cent= ontuthat." 5P $ & "And his name is John Penrose?" â€" * Hat‘s so.X & ‘ Bewildered as he was, vast possiâ€" bilities appeared before Tom‘s eyes. If what this girl hinted at were true, they might learn a hundred valuable secretsâ€"they. might idiscover, the thing. which . John â€"Penrose . ‘had brought him to Athens for. But he must be careful. "I am sorry your master) is\ an American," she went on. ‘"Why?" asked Tom. * 7 "Because my mistress loves (the English, and she told me,. . ohâ€"a month ago, that if ever she married, it would be an Englishman. Oh, yes! love is greater than polij;icsâ€"greater than the command of the Queen. Love overcomes all things. She may be a great lady, she may know Court seâ€" cretsâ€"but love, . monsieurâ€"ah, you understand!* ‘"‘You should ask him. If you like low to himself, "don‘t you be a fool. This girl is bewitching you; you don‘t really care anything about her, but if you are not careful, you will say things you will repent of afterwards." nearly thrown off his rich, isn‘t he? He is a ‘ his own counV{'y?" iufor meyto say.. J get gularly, and there‘s no "YÂ¥es, she was masked too, but ] could see her eyes. Of course it is imâ€" possible in electric light to tell the colâ€" our of one‘s eyes at a glance, but hers were wonderfulâ€"they were shining like stars." ‘"Was she tall, or short?" ‘"Rather above the medium height, I should not think, but could not very well tell. The dress she wore may have made her look taller than she really was. It was the look in her eyes which got hold of me. They seemed like two flames of light." ‘"And you didn‘t speak to her?" ‘‘No, not\a word. I thought she gave a start when she saw I noticed her, and immediately afterwards a man, who, I suppose, was a sort of master of the ceremonies, came up, and told (To Be Continued) ‘"‘And she was masked too, I exâ€" pect?" "Mainly it was foolishness," replied John; ‘"still, now I come to think aâ€" bout it, they asked what countryâ€"man I was, whether I married. and what I was doing in Athens." "And what did you tell them, sir?" ‘"I hardly remember. The whole thing was a joke, you know. But I do remember thisâ€"while I was talkâ€" ing with them, I turned and saw a third, who had evidently been standâ€" ing and listening all the time. She was dressed as Athene, and looked, I thought, to have a beautiful figure. She did not speak a word, but seemed to be listening eagerly." "Did they talk with you long?" asked Tom. s "Oh, five minutes, ‘I daresay.‘" ‘"What did they talk abaut, if I may ‘"No, the masks were only big enâ€" ough to cover the uper part of their faces." ‘"‘Not very," replied John; "at least it wasn‘t at first. Both of them spoke in modern. Greek, and as I had learnt only a few. wordsâ€"while in Salonica,I couldn‘t understand â€"much of what they said. As for their faces, they might have been as ugly as Sin, or as beautiful as Hebe." j ‘‘Were their faces covered all over?" asked Tom. N Tom‘s eye‘s twinkled. "That. must have been‘interesting," he laughed. a seat in the corner of the room. T;vg of the Lagies_ came. up and spoke to ‘"No, everyone wore a mask, men and women alike. I felt rather funny, because I was quite out of itâ€"I had my ordinary dinner clothes on, and of course, not wearing a mask, everyone could see what I was like. However, as I said, L was interested, and I got sir?" _ John Penrose shook his head. "No, \‘Tom. I have spoken to a good many menâ€"I made it in my way to do soâ€"â€" but as for womenâ€"stay, thoughâ€"I had almost forgotten that." ‘"Forgotten what sir?" ‘"You remember that fancy dress ball at the hotel two nights ago ?" "Yes, sir, I remember it very well." ‘"The place was full of people, and the whole hotel was turned topsyâ€"turâ€" vy because. of the affair. I wished afterwards I‘d got a ticket for it 4t would have been great fun to have danced withra lot of people whose faces you couldn‘t see, while you your> self wore a mask. However, I did find my way into the dancingâ€"hall, and watched the crowd. Of course I had no business there, but I enjoyed myâ€" self very much." f "Did you see anybody you knew, Tom was silent for a few seconds, then he said,"I don‘t believe we‘ve seen the last of her yet, but would you mind if I ask you a question ?" "Not a bit. Fire away.‘" SI was thinking, sir, if you had met and spoken to any ladies here in Anthens. Have you?" ions?" "You‘ve thought a good deal about your adventure, of course?" CE have," sir."" _"Well, and what are your conclusâ€" "And you say she looked startled when you asked her if she knew who the Maid of Anthens was?" "She did, sit. That was the thing that struck me most of all: She changâ€" ed colour, and she looked, I thought, a bit frightened. But she quickly got over it and laughed." eh. ‘"It‘s a pity you lost sight of her. If you hadn‘t, you might have found out where she lived." "I did my best, sir, but she dissapâ€" peared as though she were a boggairt.‘ "But she didn,t look like a boggart thing "Wasn‘t it strange that she should be so close to you? Tom was silent.. â€"‘ ° ‘"You are sure you have told me all your conversation ?" (‘YÂ¥es, sit. 1 ‘have tola you everyâ€" Uabeneio ies Mame e cce 0 ced o e on en ree i a girl whose dress. and headâ€"gear struck me. I hardly saw her face then. 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