  The X-ray spectra of two intermediate type Seyfert galaxies are investigated
using ASCA observations separated by more than a year. Both NGC 4388 and ESO
103-G35 exhibit strong, narrow Fe K alpha line emission and absorption by cold
neutral gas with a column density ~ 10^23 cm^-2, characteristic of the X-ray
spectra of type 2 Seyfert galaxies. The power law continuum flux has changed by
a factor of 2 over a time-scale of ~ 2 years for both objects, declining in the
case of NGC 4388 and rising in ESO 103-G35. No variation was observed in the
equivalent width of the Fe K alpha line in the spectra of NGC 4388, implying
that the line flux declined with the continuum. We find that the strength of
the line cannot be accounted for by fluorescence in line-of-sight material with
the measured column density unless a `leaky-absorber' model of the type favored
for IRAS 04575-7537 is employed. The equivalent width of the Fe K alpha
emission line is seen to decrease between the observations of ESO 103-G35 while
the continuum flux increased. The 1996 observation of ESO 103-G35 can also be
fitted with an absorption edge at 7.4 $\pm$ 0.2 keV due to partially ionized
iron, and when an ionized absorber model is fitted to the data it is found that
the equivalent column of neutral hydrogen rises to 3.5 x 10^23 cm^-2. The Fe K
alpha line flux can be accounted by fluorescence in this material alone and
this model is also a good representation of the 1988 and 1991 Ginga
observations. There is then no requirement for a reflection component in the
ASCA spectra of ESO 103-G35 or NGC 4388.
