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The Unspeakable Turk,
By GEORGE HORTON.
"w irafjjr
ynnisln of I'rriTillim ('linptcr.
(Copyright, IffOO, by (leorgo Horion.)
John Curtis, u young American, who
chances to be In Athrns nt tlio outbreak of
the arero-Turkish wnr, Joins u filibustering
expedition to Crete. The little vessel Is
wrecked, but Curtis, nccnmpanlod by Lieu
tenant Llndbohm, n soldier of fortune, and
a nntlvo Cretan, Mlchall, reach the Island
safely. They arrive at n village and nra
cared for by the Inhabitants. Curtis has
Injured his foot on a sea urchin Ho Is
nursed by 1'nnayota, the priest's daughter.
In a few days word comes of the advance
of the Turks under Koslakcs toward l ie
town. The Cretans gather In tho pass, the
men fighting and the women and kin
keeping up beacon fires. Thirty Turks nre
killed, but Mlchall Is badly wounded and
l'anaynta Is cupturod by Kostakes. 1 no
Cretans retreat to tho sea. Kostakes
plunders tho town, taking tho old priest
und 1'anayota along as prisoners. Curtis,
representing himself as a newspaper cor
respondent, also accompanies the iurlcs.
Kostakes lias tho old priest murdered nnd
Curtis plnns to rescuo I'nnayota and avenge
her father' death.
C'llAI'TUK XIX.
The sound of a reveille awoko Curtis nnd
he looked out Into tho dim, dewy morning.
Tho wigwams of muskets had disappeared
and the llttlo army had already fallen In.
Several horses, saddled and bridled, stood
by tho vlllago fountain. One. u young and
sleek charger, wns Impatiently pawing tho
earth and another was drinking. Kostakes
was sl'.tlng nt a table, giving some order
10 his second In command, thu veteran with
tho scar. A sword nttached to a leather
belt kept company on tho cloth with a pllo
of eggs, a loaf of bread and n pot of steam
ing coffee.
"Hon Jour," cried the captnln gayly,
springing to his feet, as ho espied tho Amer
ican. "How havo you slept nnd how Is tho
foot?"
"I got a llttlo sleep, dcsplto tho pain, but
the foot seems no better. I am getting very
anxious to see that doctor of yours."
"Tomorrow, I promise you without fall.
And now for somo breakfast, as wo must
bo off."
Tho cnptnln nnd his lieutenant ran to tho
Amorlcnn, who put nn arm about tho neck
of each nnd hopped to tho tnblo, groaning
ostentatiously. After tho hurried breakfast
I'nnayota was summoned. Sho camo forth,
pale as death, a beautiful, living statuo of
despair, and mounted without assistance
Kostakes offered to holp her, but sho ro
pulscd htm with loathing, and climbed Into
her saddlo as a refugo from his attentions.
Thero were dark circles under her swollen
eyelids. As sho looked about her as though
In hopeless search for tho missing dear one,
her features trembled on tbo verge of tears.
Groaning:
"Ach, my God!" She clasped her hands
tightly In her lnp nnd stared Into vacancy.
Her beautiful hair wns disheveled nnd her
long whlto cuffs were wrinkled nnd soiled.
The chivalry In Curtis' naturo prompted him
to speak and comfort her, although tho
words sounded hollow and false to his own
car.
"Toko comfort," ho said, "your father Is
surely alive. Dcllcvo me, he has escaped,"
Sho smiled sadly.
"You do not know tho Turks," sho re
plied. "Did I not tell you, my darling?" cried
Kostnkes eagerly. "Of course he has es
enped." Sho did not even look at him, but mur
mured: "Murderer, perjurer!"
Kostakes shrugged his shoulders, as ono
who would say "Sec!" and turning to Curtis
cried:
"Hut monsieur speaks Greek famously!"
"Only a few words, and those with dim
culty." "Mais non! On tho contrary, I find your
Greek very perfect. And now nitons!"
They pushed briskly up the nnrrow street,
through a sccno of utter desolation. The
whirlwind of wnr had struck tho town and
wrecked It. As thoy turned a comor a
long-legged, half-grown fowl broke for cover
and stilted awny, balancing Its hasto with
awkward, half-fledged wings. They carao
unexpectedly upon a llttlo orthodox church
and a putrid odor assailed Curtis' nostrils.
Their path led them around to tho front
door
".My God!" ho gnsped. "Oh. h 1!" nnd
leaning over his horse's mane, gavo vent
to a spasm of retching disgust. A Bight
hud met his eyes thnt was destined to thrill
him with sickness and horror to tho latest
duy of his life, ns often as tho black phan
tom of Its recollection should nrlse in his
mind. Tho vlllago priest, an old, gray
bearded man, hud died about a month be
fore and hod been burled In his robes.
Thero wns tho body, hanging to Its own
church door, like tho skin of a great black
bat. Nails had been driven through tho
clothing nt tho shoulders, nnd tho weight
of tho carcoss, sinking down Into tho loose
garment, hud left it pulled up nbovo the
head Into tho semblance of Joints In a vam
plro's wings. Tho viscous Mesh hud parted
nnd fallen In a llap from ono cheekbone, dls
closing a V-shaped opening of Jaw, studded
wltUJnfrcquont. yellow teeth. The eyes had
slipped from their sockets and hung nt tho
end of their loosened cords. Tho poor old
heal), streaming with hoary hair nnd
whisker, lay broken-necked upon ono shoul
der. It wns a sight, obscene, unthinkable,
fantastically profane ghoullshly filthy.
From n bonllro of bones, half-decayed
corpsra nnd sacred cl Icons tho last named
gathered from thu houses and the church
a disgusting odor arose- and fijled tho nlr.
The Turks broke forth In derisive laughter
ss their oyos fell upon tho horrid wpectaclo.
"My rascals liuvo eluded my vigilance, I
ee," observed Kcstakew, "and havo been
having a llttlo fun In their own way."
"Different nations have different Ideas
about a Joke," gaBpcd Curtis through his
handkerchief. "0, God!"
Emerging from tho town, they picked
their way through a largo patch of freshly
felled ollvo trees. Tho sound of tho noc
turnal chopping wum now explained. About
11 o'clock they Htoppod for dinner In a
small, deserted hamlet. During the progress
of the meal a wounded Hashl Ilnzouk rode
Into tho town nnd up to tho table where
Curtis nnd Kowtakos worn sitting. The man
wore a red turban, which gavo to hla pallid
face a tint slmllnr tq that of the underside
of a toartxtool. Ills soft tdilrt had sagged
Into a llttlo bagful of blood, that dripped
out like whey from tho .irk of cottage
cheeso upon his yellow sach and bluo
breecluw, Ho snld a few words with mouth
wide open, as though his under Jaw had
suddenly grown heavy, and then, reeling,
was caught by two soldiers, drugged from
the paddle und carried Into a hut.
"I must ask you to oxctwo me?" paid
Kostakcti, rising, "for several hours. My
Bashl Hazourks, whom I left with certain
commissions to execute, aro getting the
worst of It at Revenl, Hbout nn hour's march
from here, How fifty Hashl Hnzourkn can
find any dltllculty wltha a little place llko
Itevrnl Ik more than I run understand! nut
I shall soon put u now face on affairs when
1 arrive!"
"G"d help tho poor people," prays Curtis,
(.audibly.
"I shall leave three of my mon behind to
look after your wants nnd those of thu
young lady, I uball explain to the one I
JlilLlg
leave with you that ho Is your servant
that he must bring you nnythlng you ask
for. Ho HpcakB Greek, bo you will be able
to get along with him."
Five minutes afterward Kostnkes was rid
ing away at the head of his troop. Ho
turned onco In tho saddlo and waved, his
nand to Curtis. Tho American picked up
his hat from the table and swung It In the
air.
"Au rovolr, Kostakes," ho cried. "The
devil confound you ami your wholo crew of
cutthroats I wonder If this beggar speaks
English?"
Ho glanced suspiciously nt the tall, sallow
faced Turk who stood a short distance uwuy,
leaning upon hla musket.
"No, I guess not. He'd give somo sign
If ho did."
Two other Turks, with muskets on shoul
der, wcro pacing back nnd forth beforo tho
door of tho hut where I'nnayota wns Im
prisoned, Curtis could feel his heart thump
ing against his breast. He struck the place
with his doubled fist.
"Keep still, curse- you," ho muttered, "nnd
let mo think. Hero is tho opportunity but
how? How?"
Tho army was crawling nlong a whlto road
that streamed llko n ribbon athwart tho foot
of a hill. Tho ribbon lluttcred as tho dust
roso In tho wind, The bayonets twinkled in
THERE WAS A MAELSTROM NOW
a dun cloud.
"Four ngalnst one," mused Curtis. "Four
Turks against ono Ynnkeo trick but how?
How?"
Kostnkes plunged Into tho hill nnd disap
peared, and tho blazing bayonets, lino after
line, wore extinguished in a billow of green
tn inc. 'the American looked back over his
shoulder at tho door of n stono hut tho ono
Into which tho wounded Hash! Ilazouk had
bcon carried.
"Hey!" he called, "You there, hey!"
Tho Turk loft ostensibly as Curtis' serv
ant, but actually as his guard, stepped
briskly forward, nnd taking In his own tho
American's extended hand pulled htm to his
feet.
"Help mo Into tho house," said Curtis.
"Now bring mo that bench."
Tho man compiled, after which ho went
to tho door, and leaning ngnlnst tho Jamb
looked wistfully nt his fellows. At one end
of tho room wns n llreplnce, tilled with ashes
anil charred pieces of log. It was a primi
tive concern, tho only vent for smoke being
a holo in thu roof directly overhead. Hoard
platforms on either sldo tho llrepluco served
as couches for tho family. On ono of thcao,
Hut on bis back, lay tho wounded man.
"I wonder how badly he's hurt," mused
Curtis. "Thero Isn't strength enough left
In him to put up a tight, but thero's enough
left to pull a trigger if I tackle tho othur
chap. Hello, bo's got tho hiccoughs; why,
that's queer."
Tho man becamo quiet, and again Curtis
relapsed Into thought, to bo disturbed n sec
ond tlmo by tho sound of knocking on
hoards. Looking around his eyes fell di
rectly upon tho eyes of tho Hashl Ilazouk,
and ho felt as though he heard somo ono
crying for holp when no help wns near. Tho
man was resting upon his buck and both
elbows. For a moment those bloodshot,
praying, awful eyes were fixed upon Curtis;
then they swept tho dingy hut nnd went out
llko panes of ghus when tho light Is extin
guished In a room. Tho man fell backward,
fluttered on the hard planks and was still.
Curtis Bhuddcrcd.
"That wusn't nlco," ho muttered, "but th
Is no tlmo for sentiment."
The other Turk stood by tho body of his
dead comrade, looking down at the ghnstly
upturned face. Curtis pinched tho muscles
of his own right arm with tho fingers nnd
thumb of his left bum!, nnd moved his
doubled fist tentatively up nnd down.
"Where shall I hit him?" ho mused. "In
tho chin or back of tho ear? Ho must never
know whut struck him."
Hendlng over ho untied the long strip of
iloth about his foot and unwound it. Tak
ing It In his hands he pulled several times
on It. to test Its strength.
"Strong as u hemp ropo. You could hnng
a man with that."
It was I'annyota's blue homespun.
"lley!" he called to tho Turk. "Y.ou there.
Say, look nt this foot of mine, wilt ou, und
seo what you think of It."
Tho man kneeled. Curtis drew bnck his
arm, hut realized that ho could not get suf
ficient swing m n sitting posture.
"Oh, hold on a minute. Lot mo try tho
foot on tho ground nnd see how It gors."
Thoy roso to their feet together, nnd tho
unsuspecting -soldier reeled backward,
stunned by u vicious punch nn the templf.
Hut he did not fall, nnd Curtis, maddened
by a great fear lest ho bunglu his oppor
tunity, sprnng forward nnd delivered a
swinging, Bledgchnmmer-llko blow upon his
victim's ear. throwing Into It tho entire
strength of his body. Tho Turk dropped
llko an ox under tho butcher's hummer.
Then Curtis huatily bound him, hand and
foot, with Panayota's bandage, and tearing
tho lining from tho man's coat stuffed It
down his throat. Pulling up a plank from
ono uf the platforms by the llrepluco ho
thrust the limp form out of sight und closed
up the opening.
'H hopo I didn't kill you," he muttered;
"but, ns old I.lndbohm says, 'you miiBl yust
tnko your chnncc." "
He walked once or twice the length of the
hut The foot gave him conf ldcrnble pain,
but It wns potwlblc to stop on It. Tho
wound, which had taken a turn for tho bet
ter from tho moment the spine had been
removed, had mndo wonderful Improvement
during the last thlrts hours,
"Wlmfll 1 do with the. other two?" he
mused.
Ho picked up the gun lying on the floor
nnd examined It. It was a manner nnd
charged with live shells. Ho peeped cau
tiously through the door at l'nnayota's
prison, concealing his body. Tho two
guard appeared nt the cdrnor nnd looked
curiously In his direction.
"Hah! What a fool I am!" ho thought,
and hopped boldly into sight, holding up hla
lame log by pnsslng hla hand Under It, while
ho leaned against tho jamb. The guards
faced about and disappeared., putting the
house between themselves nnd Curtis on
their backward march to the other end of
their bent.
"I could pot one of them, nnd then b.ut
no, I might mtas, nnd then I'd be In n
pretty ines. And oven If I did hit one, the
other would havo mo nt nn advantage."
There was a sound of kicking ngnlnst the
boards nt tho llreplnce. Ho sprang to the
spot, rllle In hand, mid lore up tho plank.
Tho man wns lying upon his back with his
eyes open. A great light broke In upon
Curtis nn Inspiration. Ho Wl thrust tho
Turk out of sight through Instinct.
"Pshaw!" ho exclaimed, "they can't both
lcavo I'nnayota. If I call to them maybo
ono will come out of curtuslty nnd I'll do
this tiling right over agnln. Hut whnt'll I
tlo him with?"
He cast his eyrti about the room. The In
ovltnhlo clust, studded with brnsH nails,
stood ngnlnst tho wall. Ho opened It.
"Cleaned out, by Jovel"
Hn wont ngaln to his victim nnd, tnklng
a large Jackknifo from his pocket, delib
erately opened It. The nmn turned ns white
OF HORSES IN THE SQUARE, AND A
as veal, his Jaw worked convulsively on
tho gag as he made a vain effort to plead
for mercy and a pitiful noise, a sort of
gurgling heat, sounded In his throat,
"What tho devil nllts you?" asked Curtis.
"O I sec," and ho added in Greek:
"No kill. Cut your clothes seo?"
And stooping, ho flitted the Turk's sleeve
from wrist to shoulder. Following tho
seam around with tho blade, ho' pulled awny
tho large rectangular pleco of cloth. Seiz
ing tho other sleeve, he was about to slash
Into It, when ho thought ho heard footdteps
among tho stones and gravel outside tho
hut.
"My God!" ho cried, In a hoarse whisper,
and Jumped Into tho corner beside tho
door Just ns ono of tho other two TurkH
walked boldly into tho room. Without a
momcnt'ti thought Curtis brought tho bar
rel of las rlflo down upon tho mau's head,
who dropped his own gun nnd pitched
sprawling upon hlH faco. For fully a
minute, which seemed nn hour, the Ameri
can stood motlcnlcss, breathless, in the
nttttudo which had followed tho blow.
Every muscle wns set to knotted hardness,
ho hold tho rlflo In both hands, rendy to
throw It suddenly to his shoulder. Ho did
not breathe, nnd ho listened so Intently
that ho could hear his own henrt beating
and the breathing of tho man nt tho !1 re
place. Suddenly his muscles relaxed llko
nn escaping spring, nnd ho looked nerv
ously about for tho detached sleeve. Pick
ing It up, ho stooped over tho second Turk,
when tho latter moved his left nrm bov
einl times with tho palm of tho hand
down, feebly suggesting an effort to rise.
Then tho arm dropped and tho hand beat
a faint tattoo on tho earthen lloor. Tlioro
was a great shiver of tho wholo body, n
twitching of tho muscles, a queer rattle
In the throat, and sllouco. Curtis stared
with open mouth nnd dilated eyes, nnd n
groat. Inexplicable horror enme over him.
"Ah," ho gasped, nnd, dropping upon his
kui'CB, ho ran his lingers over the skull.
Tho hair was matted with blood, and a
di t p, ragged-edged dent boro witness to
the terrlblo forco with which tho rllle
barrel had fallen.
"I've killed a man," ho whispered, In nn
nwestruck voice, rising to his feet. S uling
fixedly at tho silent thing lylus thero bo
fore him, he repented the sent onco over
nnd over agnln:
"I've killed n mnn I'vo killed n man!"
Then all at onco a grent chango came
over hhn, tho Joy nnd fierceness of the Ui3t
of blood, and ho laughed hysterically,
gloating over the dead man belore hliu, us
the victorious heroes used to do In tho
old barbaric ages.
He thought of the other Turk nnd looked
out of the door Just In time to see him
turn nt the hither corner and disappear ns
he walked back nn hla bent. Curtis made a
dash for an olive tree about right rod
distant, and, skulking behind It, peeped be
tween tho high gnarlod roots. When tho
guard had again appeared and turned h.ick
he ran to a rock and threw hlnwclf down
behind It, Instinctively using tnctlcs by
which he had some times crept up on a
diving duck. Ho was now within listening
distance. The noxt run brought him to the
side of the Iioueo und he had Just tlmo to
throw hlo gun to his shoulder when thr
guard stepped Into view. Curtis (Ired anil
the man dropped. Ho might havo taken
him prisoner, but th,i thought did not
occur.to him. Ho had tastod blood. l'ana
yota camo t the door und looked wonder
Ingly out. The American ran to her with
the smoking musket in his hand nnd scked
her by the wrist. It was the natural act
of the savuge who had won hla woman In
light.
"Come, Punayota!" he ctled, "you nre
free. They nre all dead!"
And ho started down the hill, pulling tho
girl with him, Sho cumo without a word.
ciiaptkTi x.v.
Tied to a tree was ouo of tboao larze
hlatk and tan mules that are ntronter thwi
nny horse nnd tuiigh as steel. This one, a
pack nnimnl, had been left behind In charge
of the three guards. Curtis picked up the
clumsy pack saddle which lay near and threw
It upon the beasts back. In his excitement
he bungled the unfamiliar straps, but I'ana
yota assisted with nlmhle and experienced
lingers, Ho helped her to mount and was
about to climb up behind when ho hap
pened to think of the dead Turks' ammuni
tion. Hrliiglng n supply from the hut, he
climbed up behind the girl. So they rode
away, the American astride the animal's
rump, the fair Cretan sitting sidewlse In
the saddle. He passed an arm around her
waist to steady them both and accelerated
the animal' speed by Jabbing the butt of
Ma musket Into its side. He could not use
his heels, bccntiso one foot was bare and
still somowhat lame, l'anayota guided the
mule by Hipping In Its eyes, first on one
sldo of the head and then on the other, the
end of tho ropo that was tied about Its
neck. As Curtis felt beneath his nrm the
firm but yielding form, Innocent of corsets;
ns tho wnrm, strong henrt throbbed against
his hand, his madness beenme complete.
Ho had killed two men for this girl nnd
she wn3 worth It. Ho was ferociously
happy. The very touch of her thrilled him.
He knew now why he had killed the men
for tho same reason that David had slain
Urlnh. Woman, gentle, rcllnlng, softening
woman will, In nn Instant, blot two thou
snnd years of civilization out of n man's
nature nnd turn him back Into a primitive
snvage. He had her very tight nnd sho
made no resistance. What trllles shape our
doitlnlci)! In the giddy happiness of the
moment he could not havo framed an origi
nal Greek eentt-nce to save his
soul, but as ho leaned for
ward with his Hps close to the
girl's ear, with his fnco partly burled In
her hair, tho refrain of Hyrou'a "Maid of
Athens" sang itself In his brain, nnd ho'
whispered ngnin and again, "Hoc mou, sas
ngnpo, zoo mou, sas agapo." (My life, I love
PANDEMONIUM OF YELLING MEN.
you') Sho shivered slightly tho firs, time
that he placed his faco ngnlnst her flaming
cheek, sho did not repulso him. And at
last that first keen madness of contact with
her passed nway nnd ho chattered excitedly
as ho Jabbed tho ambling mule ngaln and
agnln: "Don't bo nfrnld, Pnnnyotn; they'll
never catch us. I've got you now, not Kos
tnkes. My life, I lovo you! Go on, you
dromedary, or I'll punch a rib out of youl
They must kill mo beforo they tako you
again."
After thoy had been about an hour on tbo
road they began to feel uneasy.
"Thoy must hnvo got back by this time,"
thought Curtis. "I wish I had killed that
other Turk, then they would havo thought
we wero rescued," and he looked anxiously
back ovet his shoulder. Tho Idea camo to
Curtis of turning off sharply from tho path
and hiding In the hills. Hut tbo mountains
th'it erclosc,d tho long valley looked forold
ding. They would certainly lose their way
and perish of hunger. Resides thero wero
Greeks ul.ead of them somewhere. As thoy
began to uscend townrd Gnluta they could
ace for n long distnnco over the lovely plain
row stretched out beforo them In tho rays
of the afternoon sun,
"It'll bo tlmo to make a break for the
wood's," mused Curtis, "when I seo them
coming." Onco a cloud of dust arose far
behind nnd ho caught Pannyota'B arm.
"Lock!" ho cried. "Thcy'ro coming!" Hut
she iipllrd-
'No, 'tit, a whirlwind."
Curtla did not understand tho word, but
thro was no mistaking tho speaking ges
tuto which accompanied It. Tho mule bo
lomliiF, tired Pannyota slid to the ground,
und, throwing tho rope over her shoulder,
trotted on ahead.
"Theft ' Galata!" sho cried, pointing with
level nrm to tho distant village.
"How many hours?" asked Curtis.
"buut two more."
"Wo shall get there after dark, then?"
"Certainly."
The sun was Just setting, as it always
does In tho Interior of Crete, behind a
mountain. Curtis turned In the saddle and
tonic ono Inst long look. The whlto road
lay very plain on the side of tho low ridge
over which they had come, it wan In shape
like a giant letter S, one end of which ended
at the summit nnd the other among the
g-rcn vineyards, climbing half way up the
slope. Tho trees and the deep waterways
and castles of rock on tho sldo of the hill
were indlstlngulshuhlo nt that distance, nil
blending into u gcneinl effect of soft color.
Hut the top of the hill was sketched against
the sky ua distinctly as n crnyon line nnd on
It every tree, nay, every shrub, stood mag
nilled In tho parting light. Thero was
something unnatural about this row of
Irws, rope-walking on a curved line sway
ing in the sky. As Curtis gazed nt the
weird effect two giant horsemen balanced
on the aerial rope for nn Instant, and then
lungid headforemost Into the purple glow
on the hither side. They wero followed by
row after row of mounted men, four ubrcast,
that appeared und disappeared In rapid sue
cession und In tho sumo way.
"Look, Panayotn." said Curtis quietly.
Tho girl went dendly white nnd crossed her
self. "My little Virgin, help us," she prayed.
"Tin. Ilnfhl Hazouks!"
"They hnvrn't got us yet. How fnr nwny
nre they?"
"An hour, maybe nn hour and a half."
"Weil turn off into the hills when it's a
llttlo dnrker. Can they see us?"
"I think not." replied Panayota. "Wo
nre now among tho trees. Hut wo better
wait n little beforo wo turn."
The Turkish troops had now become a
long, dark quadrangle, sliding slowly down
the giant S. The inn dropped behind tho
mnuntuln. tho white letttr became black
nnd tho quadrangle disappeared. Tho flee
ing man and woman were walking In tho
world's amethyst shadow.
"Shall we turn now, Panayota?" uked
OurtU. "1 car not where, to we go to
gether." For answer she turned and held up her
hand. Hn listened, but heard nothing.
"Voices," said tho girl, "and footsteps.
Hut 1 hear no more. They are- moving
stealthily "
"Is It more Turks, coming from In front?"
"God knows, but 1 think not."
And sho led the mute soma distance to
tbo sldo of the road Into a clump of green
oleander. Curtis slid to tho ground nnd
looked carefully to his rifle.
"I'nnayota," ho whispered, hurriedly "they
shall not take us while I live. 1 lovo you.
Wo may hnve but a few moments to live.
Let mo take one kiss, the first, perhaps the
last."
He put his arm about her neck and drew
her toward him in the dark. Ho drank the
mllk-wnrm breath of her lips, but ero ho
had pressed his own to them sho placed her
hnnd against his chest and pushed him from
her, with a cautious "hist!"
The footsteps of many men could be heard
plainly not fur up the rond now.
"If they would only spenk," sho muttered.
Tho words were hardly out of her mouth
ere some one uttered a sharp nnd hurried
command In n suppressed tone.
"They nro Greeks!" exclaimed tho girl.
"Now Christ nnd the virgin"
Hut Curtis put his haud gently over her
mouth, whispering:
"Hush! Perhaps It Is a ruse."
Tho moon had not yet arisen nnd the
dnrknesB wns like Ink. Somo ono stumbled
nnd a musket or other weapon fell "chlngl"
among tbo rocks.
"Tnko enret" said nn Imperious volco In
Greek.
"That's Kurloa Llndbohra," whispered
Pannyota. "I know his voice."
"I.lndbohm don't know any Greek," re
plied her companion.
"Ho could not bo In Crete ono day with
out learning tho word for 'tako care!' I tell
you It's Llndbohm. Who that has ovor
heard that voice could forget it?"
The men were now passing them quite
closo and several of them wero conversing
In low tones. Then suddenly she called In a
loud voice:
"Patrlotnl, where aro you?"
Utter sllenco for several moments, broken
at last by on Inquiring "Eh?" and tho click
ing of rlflo locks.
"Llndbohm!"
"Curtis, by damn! It's nil right; como
out!"
Tho American sprang eagerly forward, but
stopped on a stone. Then ho leaped onto
tho back of tho mule and Panayota led the
anlmnl out Into the highway nnd Into tho
midst of a goodly company of armed Insur
gents, who forgot nil discipline nnd broke
forth into a volley of questions.
Tho American and the lieutenant wcro
shaking each other by tho hand through
It all.
"I saved her!" cried Curtis. "I killed
two Turks and did up another. Then we
ran nway on tho mule. I cracked ono of
'cm on the head nnd shot another. I
smashed one with my fist and took his gun
away from him. Then I"
"So you saved Panayota?"
"Yes, I saved her, I tell you. I"
"Thank Godl Thank God!" cried Llnd
bohm, throwing his arms nbout Curtis'
neck.
"Where Is my father?" asked Panayotn,
In a shrill voice that pierced tho bubble of
questions, suddenly, awkwardly.
"Her father is dead," said the lieutenant
huskily. "Wo found his body. She must
not know. Poor girl! Poor girl!"
"I blew a holo right through the last ono
and then we departed. We got hero Just
In time, old man, for 'they're right behind
us, the wholo shooting match."
"How many 7"
"All the Hashl Bazouks about fifty of
'cm."
"Good," cried Llndbohm, "we'll ambush
'em. We'll give 'em hell!"
"We'll settle 'em, Llndbohm. Weil lick
'em out of their boots. How many men
havo you got?"
"Thirty."
"Why, It's a cinch. We shan't let one of
them get away alive. We'll shoot down tho
Hashl Hazouks and ride nway on their
horses."
When, half an hour later, tho great, tran
quil, yellow moon looked down upon the
town of Galata from a neighboring moun
tain top, all was seemingly peaceful In Its
desolate streets. Save tho dreadful figure
nailed to tho church door, not a human
form wan to be seen. And yet death and
hato crouched thero in the shadows, for
Llndbohm and his thirsty men lurked In tho
ruined houses that surrounded the square,
nnd whosoever looked close might have
Been here and there the dull gleam of a rifle
barrel; but oven then he would have sus
pected nothing, for the moonlight plnys
otrango nnd fantastic trlcku. Curtis and
Llndbohm kneeled sldo by Bldo at the same
window and Panayota sat on tho lloor In a
dark corner, clasping her knees with her
hands and moaning gently. 'O, my father,
my llttlo father!"
CHAl'TKIt .XXI.
Interminably they waited, listening for
tho sound of galloping horses. Curtis' cx
tremo tension passed away and tho situation
suddenly assumed an unreal aspect in his
thoughts. His knees begnn to feel bruised
on tho hard lloor. He wns strongly temptod
to rlso up and ease them.
"Pshaw!" ho said to Llndbohm, "I don't
believe they're coming, after nil, I guess
I'll go out nnd tnke a look."
"Keep Btlll!" replied the Swede. "Don't
you stir on your life and don't you speak
a word aloud," nnd a moment nfter ho
added more pleasantly:
"They may send scouts on foot."
Pannyota had fallen asleep. They could
hear her deep but troubled breathing as
her frame continued to vibrate with the
sorrow that for tho moment she hud merci
fully forgotten.
"Mlchall was burned alive," said Curtis,
In a low tone, after another stretch of
waiting, during which his kneo had becomo
tho most Important portion of his entire
anatomy.
"I tried to save him, but Kostakes"
Llndbohm seized him Impatiently by tho
arm and whispered:
"Tst, bo quiet, en n't you? Do you want
to spoil tho wholo thine? No, wo rescued
Mlchall."
Curtis worked himself onto his feet nnd
snt upon his heela. The nlghtlngnlrs were
singing In full' chorus and ho wondered
how anybody could hear nnythlng In that
Infernal racket. Tho wnter In tho fountain
of Potros Nlcolaldes hissed nnd gurgled
nnd crashed llko tho wnte.s of Lodorc.
Curtis' now attitude becamo moro painful
than a spiked chulr and ho slid hack onto
his knees again. Ho sat down for awhile,
but the ileslro to peep over tho window
sill was Irresistible. Finally, Just ns his
knees had becomo bolls, tho Swede touched
him upon the shoulder nnil ho forgot them.
The screeching of the nightingales, tho
hurtling of tho fountain, were swnllnwod up
In tho dull nnd distant pounding of horses'
hoofs. '
"They're yust coming right Into It." said
Llndbohm, In his natural tone. "Kostakes,
ho's too mad to bo careful. Havo you got a
bayonet?"
"No, I forgot to tnko It. He was wearing
It for a sword."
"Hero, take thl gras nnd give me tho
Mnuser. You'll yust got nil tangled up
with that. Tho gras Is simpler nnd tho
bnyonet, In tho hands of a man who doesn't
know how to uoo It, Is k terrlblo weapon.
Glvo me your ammunition. Thanks. Hcro'B
my cartridge belt."
Llndbohm was gar with tho gaiety of u
child. He wus about to play his favorite
game, to Indulge tha innocent Impulse of
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came nearer gtew louder.
"Do you know the orders?" he asked.
"No,"
"Each mnn is to pick out his ranrk and
nlm, but nobody Is to shoot until I do, I
shall take Kostnkes."
"I, too, to make sure of him. He needs
killing."
"All right now rendy!"
The galloping changed into the chug!
chug! chug! of men sitting upon trotting
horses. Tho moon hml risen nnd hnd filled
the trees nnd about half of tho snuaro with
Its silver snow. Tho battered features of
I'otros Nlcolaldes, tho benefactor, wero
thoso of n frozen rorpse. Tho horses could
now be heard plainly staggering through
tho narrow, stony street. Now was tho
tlmo when I.lndbohm was cool. No detail
escaped him.
"Your gun Is already cocked," ho whis
pered. "Aim Just nbovo tho saddle shoot
when I say 'three.' "
"I'll hit hhn," replied Curtis. "I'm nn
eld squirrel hunter, I am."
Kostnkes ttotted Into tho square and Jerk
ing his horso nearly to Its hnunchcg whirled
nbout to fnco his lleutennnt nnd the Hashl
Hazouks who debouched from the mouth of
the street In twos and threes a wild, mot
ley, terrible throng. Curtis aimed first at
tho captain's breast nnd then nt his head.
The intended victim wns evidently In a vile
temper, for ho kept twitching viciously nt
tho bridle tcln, cnuslng his tired animal lo
rear and throw its head In the air. Tho
American was ono moment nlmlng nt tho
horso's neck nnd then nt tho marble corpse
or retros Nlcolaldes.
"Will I.iildbohm never shoot?" he nBked
himself every tlmo thut tho Turk's form
swung squnrely in linn with his gun. Tho
Ilashl Duznuks continued to pour Into tho
squnre, sitting very strnlght, resting tholr
short guns over their shoulders or on their
hctses' necks.
"Hup!" cried Kostnkes, nourishing his
sword In tho moonlight and giving nn onltr
in Turkish. Tho men begnn to fall Into line
eight nbrcast.
"One!" whispered I.lndbohm. Curtis glued
his cheek to tho rlllo barrel nnd aimed full
nt the breast of Kostnkes, who was now sit
ting quietly upon bis horso
"I'vo got you, d n you, I'vo got you," ho
sali In thought.
"Two!" ho tightened his finger on the
trigger, when "bang!" went tho gun of
nn Impatient Oreek on tho other sldo of
tho square, and ono of tho Ilashl Hazouks
pitched from his saddlo. Llndbohm sprang
to his feet, with a roar of rage that was
cut In two by tho terrific clutter of the
rifles that wero now spitting firo from
more than n dozon doors and windows.
And ono sound had walled out between tho
first shot and tho volley, nB vivid as u
lightning flush botween thunder claps.
I'unayota, fatigued beyond human ondur
unco, had fallen asleep an soon na sho
found herself ngnln In tho hands of her
friends, and tho sound of tho gun, breaking
In upon her overwrought nerves, hnd drawn
from her n long, piercing shriek.
Thero was a maelstrom now of horses
In the square nnd a pandemonium of yell
ing mon. Curtis could not distinguish
Kostnkes. Ho had, In fart, forgotton nil
about him. Ho stood In tho door laughing
and swearing nnd Rhontlng Into tho whirl
ing, plunging, snorting, yelling, srrnmbling
meleo. Hut the maelstrom period was
brief, for there wero thrro streets that
gavo into the squnre, nnd tho outside
horses liroko for safety. Thoy were hurled
llko mud from n wngon wheel Into theso
exits and want cluttering away, with or
without their riders, until ut last only ono
maddened beust was loft, dragging over
he ground a Turk whose font was ci:ught
In tho stirrup. The terror of tho animal
wus something pitiful to see. Ho inn
blindly Into a house. He plunged Into the
fountain, slipped, fell und scrambled to his
feet again. His master's clothing caught
on n sharp rock, and ho left the saddle be
hind, with the dead Turk still attucheO
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Thin he found tho opening of a street, and
disappeared with n mud clatter of hoofs.
The Creeks dnrted from tho houses nnd
scurried after tho Turks, loading and firing
as thoy ran. Curtis shot Into a last tnnglo
of horses, wedged together at tho mouth
of a lane. They slipped loose nnd plungc(
through, scraping off ono of tho Ilashl
Hnzouks who bounded to his feet unin
jured, and, whipping out a long, curved
sword, come toward Curtis. Ho wns n big
man, In baggy trousers, bnrehended and
hairy as an ape. Curtis threw tho gras to
his shoulder and pulled the trigger. Iln
had forgotten to reload It. The Turlc
laughed. Curtis lowered the gun, and, pro
sentlng tho bayonet, tiptoed nbout his foo
in a semi-clrclc. Tho Turk revolved as on
a pivot, squat, alert, weapon deftly nd
vnnced. Suddenly, to Curtis' surprlso, hla
enemy turned nnd ran. Tho American
bounded nfter, nnd then, for the first tlmo,
during tho fray, he remembered thnt ho
hud u sore foot, and that that foot wns
bare. l'anayota came to him. Sho carrlod
a rifle thnt sho hnd picked up In tha
square.
"Drnvo! I'nnayota!" Bald Curtis "Two to
ono frightened him awny. Hut why didn't
you shoot?"
"I wanted to get dose nnd make sure,"
teplled the girl, "und then, when ho ran,
you wero in tho way."
Slipping a fresh shell Into his gras Curtis
picked his way through thu stones toward
n distant spot whero ho heard continued
firing, r.inuyota attempted to follow, but
he Btopped her with a vvavo of tho hnnd.
"I'll bo right back," ho shouted, "as sorfrt
ns 1 gut another shot. You're sufo enough,
here." ,
Ho left her standing In the deserted
squaro among tho dead Turks. The moon
shone full upon her there, leaning toward,
hhn, holding her gun by tho extreme, muz
zle, tho hutt trailing behind on tho ground.
Her hair, that fell llko n double mune on
either side of her fnce, blew Into her eyes,
nnd she tossed n great brush of It over her
shoulder. It sprayed in tho moonlight llko
a wnvo broken ngalnst a Jetty. A woundoil
horse rose to his huunches near her nnd
threw its foro fett dangerously ubout. Then
It pitched over on Its sldo with a groan.
Curtis had gone quite n way up the nar
row street when ho heard ngaln tho clutter
of horses' hoofs. Ho stepped behind a tren
that grew close against a wall nnd wnitcd.
A Creek ran by aifd darted under n home.
Ho wns followed by tho Ilashl Hazouk who
hnd run from I'nnayotn's rllle. Ho was trot
ting by tho sldo of a mounted comrade,
holding to the stirrup Btrnp. One, two,
three, four, five, six horsemen followed.
The firing continued in tho outskirts of tho
town.
"My Cod! 1'nnnyotn!" It flashed over Cur
tis In n moment. Tho Greeks hnd scattered
too much nnd tho Turks, getting tngothcr
In Binnll parties, were leturnlng to the nt
tack. He stepped from his hiding plac Just
us n seventh llnshl Hazouk was passing. Ho
Btabbed his bayonet clear through tho man.
who toppled off on the other side of the
horse. While ho was still In tho crnokod
lane making frantic hasto townrd l'anayota
he heard n shot In tho square. His hoart
stood still for one moment with terror,
which Instantly gnve way to fury. A
wonmn's scream, mingled with brutal
laughter, told him that tho girl had again
been made a prisoner. When ho had at
Inst reached tho squaro tho six Ilashl
Hazouks hud gone, taking hor with them.
(To be Continued. J
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