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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE; BUND AT, JUIT 8, 1000.
iSllUMfe.
The Unspeakable Turk, &
Vjl fly GHORGE MORTON.
(Copyrighted, 1&CK), by Ueorge Horton.)
8itninl of I'rriM-illiiit CIih1ti.
John Curtis, a young American, who
Chajiccrt to bo In Athens nt tlio outbreak
of the arrxo-Turklsh . war, Joints u
filibustering expedition to Crete. The llttlo
Vessel Ih wrecked, but C'urtln, accompanied
y Lieutenant l.lndhohm, a soldier of
fortune, and a native Cretan reach the
Inland safely. They arrive at a village and
ure cared for by the Inhabitant.''. Curtis
has Injured his foot on a nun urehln.
(Copyright, U"0i), by (leorgo Horton.)
CIIAI'IKlt Ik.
Tho houso of Papas-Malecko Nlcolaldos
consisted of three rooms, two downstairs
and ono above. Curtis was Riven a neat
upon an aullqtio couch with a wooden frame,
upon whoso high b.ick was carved tlio date,
3865, l'apas-Maleeko's father-in-law had
iccolvid It In that year as part of Ills wife's
dowry, and hart Riven It In turn to his own
daughter. It was a hlRhly prized posses
ion. A trunk studded with hrnss-headed nails,
cvoral low wooden stools and a bureau
completed tho furnlturo of tho apartment.
The priest brought n stool for Curtis' foot
and lifted tho wounded member tenderly
thereon. Tho windows and doors wcr; dark
ened by tho wondering population. Two or
threo leadlnR citizens pushed through Into
tho room and commenced talking In chorus.
All gesticulated wildly. Llndbohm knelt
down by tho foot and began to remove tho
stocking, v
"I know something of medicine," ho said.
"Do I hurt you?"
"Go on," replied Curtis; "that's a mere
dotail."
Llndbohm poked the puffy sole hero and
there until his patient gave a Jump, as
when tho dontlBt finds a nerve.
"Thero It Is," cried Curtis. "There's
something in It."
Further examination discovered the head
of a black silver, which, nftor soveral at
tompta with a penknlfo blade ami his
thumbnail, tho lieutenant succeeded In ex
tracting. Tho curiosity of tho throng that
now packed tho room almost to suffocation
found expression in a storm of volubility.
Tho silver was passed from hand to hand.
Curtis thought ho detected again and again
tho syllables, "many, many." Ho fo got
they were speaking (ireck.
"Do they say thero are otherH?" ho nuked.
"No," replied Mlchall; "they say 'kale
monc,' which means poor fellow."
"Oh, tell 'cm It's nothing. Just a silver
In my foot. I'll be all right In an hour."
"On tho contrary, I regret to say that yo'i
sort foot may have during two or threo
weeks. It Is a splno of tho achlnoos."
"Oh, tho sea hedgehrg. Is it poisonous?"
"Not exactly polsonouB, but It will mako
much Irritation. You should hnvo spoken
of him Immediately, then It would not havo
been so bad. Did It not hurt very bad?"
"Why, It hurt somi, of coutee, but I
thought I had scrntched my foot on a stone.
I wasn't going to delay tho gamo for a llttlo
scratch."
"Well, by Jupiter!" cried Llndbohm, "you
Americans havo plenty of gravel,"
"Plenty of what?"
"Plenty of gravel. Isn't that what you
eay? I heard that expression once."
"Porhaps you menu sand?"
"Maylto It is. At any rate, you've got It."
At this moment a tremendous hubbub
arose. Tho demarch lunged through the
crowd, and, throwing hit) constituents to
right and to left, made way for the entry
of an old woman, who stabbed tho ground
at ovcry step with a long, quivering staff.
Bhe was bent like the now moon, and her
wrinkled skin was tho color of a mild cigar.
In her left hand shn held a whlap of dried
herbs, Tho cries of relief and Joy which
hor presence evoked reminded Curtis of the
arrival of a tardy flro englno.
"Who's this?" ho asked.
"Sho is tho wlso woman," replied Mlchall.
"She will put something on the foot that
will euro him very quick."
'Her orders, delivered in a shrill voice, re
sulted In tho ImmtMlato production of warm
water, a towel ami n basin. Tho old woman
mado tho sign of tho cross over the fcot. Sho
then washed It, applied tho leaves and bound
litem on with rags.
"That docs feel nice," said Curtis. "How
uueh ought I to offer her?"
"Monoy?" nsked Mlchall.
"Yes, of course."
"Nothing, nothing. Sho would be what
you call him? Sho would suffer In her
feelings. You aro tho guest of tho village,
llld mo to thank her for you."
"Sure. Toll her she's a regular old brick.
Tell hor my owu mother couldn't have dono
it hotter."
"Ah, that, yes. I do not know what Is
that brick, but tho mother will mako her
Tory glad."
Mlchall ovldently know what to say, for
she patted Curtis' head affectionately, and
tears ran down her cheeks.
"Sho says sho had threo boys, nil big,
strong fellowB llko you, and tho Turks havo
killed them all," explained Machull.
"Yes," replied Curtis, "I understand tho
most of that myself, Sho speaks vory
ilaln."
Tho demarch now mndo n brief speech,
which resulted In clearing tho houao. As
tho Ambellaklans retired a merry volco
shouted:
"Perastlka, Kurlo Pelargc!" (May you re
cover oon, Mr. Stork) and all took up the
refrain, shouting tho syllables over and
ovor, amid great laughter. To Mlchall'B
unbounded dollght Curtis cried "Euchar
tsto!" (Thanks.)
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nil had left except himself, Lindbohni, tho
demarch and Papas-Malecko; "How did
you understand what they have said?"
"I studied modern (Ireek In collcgo and
used to practice on tho Greeks In Uoston.
Hut I don't understand hardly anything.
I'm disgusted with myself. I said "Ku
charlsto" bcrause It was the only word I
could think of."
"0. you nro too modest. You answered
exactly right. They said, 'May you get well
soon, Mr. Stork.' and you answered, 'Thank
you. thank you.' "
Curtis took from his pocket n book, badly
damaged by tho bath which It had received
when ho had Jumped for his lift) from tho
Ill-fated Holy Mary, but still serviceable.
"This Is a now method, Just out." ho ex
plained, holding it up to view. "0, I shall
bo talking In a day or two I lose confidence
when thero aro so many pcoplo together.
They all gabber at onco and I can't under
stand a word."
Tho demarch and tho priest examined with
great reverenco tho copy of Ilangavo's ex
cellent method.
Their Ideas of books wcro chiefly asso
ciated with tho holy scriptures and tho
"Lives of tho Saints." Tho mayor crosed
hlniBclf devoutly, but the priest refrnlned.
Ho had heard that there were profane looks.
Evening was now at hand, and a girl
ro mo in, bringing two lighted en mil s n
tall brass candle tH. Sho w s the maiden
whom the shipwrecked strangers had first
seen, standing on tho edge of tho precl. lci
with tho water Jug on her should' r. He
height was rather greater than th.it of thi
ordlnnry woman, hor figure wns bit'i
slender and athletic. Thero was something
tititlquo and statuesque In her attitude mw.
ns she advanced, holding tho two tall can-
dltntloks. Papas-Mnleeko Introduced hr as
his daughter and Mlchall explained. She
smiled sweetly and replied with chinning
graclousness of manner that the st.nnso n
worn welcome. Thero was no simpering or
coyness. Sho demeaned herself with the
modest courage of Innate nobility and In
nocence. Tho false standards of so-rallo 1
civilization wore unknown to her. Shu wan
a daughter of tho democracy of tbo mo n
tains. In her theory of tho world all women
were virtuous, and all men, except Turks,
wero gentlemen and heroes. When Curtis
heard hor speak Oreek ho redoubled his
resolve to perfect hlmfelf In tho lannrgo
without delay. He oven framed a sentence
with which to r.ddrcfs her, but a certain
shyners, the fear of exciting laugMer in
thoso beautiful eyes through snm- mistake
In accent or grammar deterred him.
Llndbohm, as scon as ho c.imnrerended
that ho was being prescn'od to tho mis rst
of the houso, brought his hue's to-ot'o-,
and, bowing low, lifted hor hand to his Hp.
It was a knightly and courtlcr-lllu a't t a'
clothed him In dignity despite tho hr nken
and ralt-Incrusted Prince Albert nnd tho
grotesque remnants of shoes. Panayt-i
flushed llko a peony and looked Inquiringly
nt Mlchall.
"It Is the custom among tho gnntlomon
In his country," replied the young patr'o",
who had read of similar scones In foreUn
romances. "He salutes you as though you
wcro n queen."
"It Is a beautiful custom," said the
demarch. "Hut Is not tho American also a
gentleman?" frr Curtis, rls ng with iMffl
culty on one leg. had shaken I'anoyo a
cordially by the hand.
"Oh. tho Americans are great democnts",
replied Mlchall. "This Is a roval talute you
know, and they know nothing about such
things."
i no Deautltui young girl brought In a
table cloth and spread It on the floor. Tho
demarch stepped to the door, and, calling
n young boy from tho street, said something
to him In a low tone.
A noisy hut good-natured discussion Im
mediately arose between tho mnyor on tho
ono hand and Pnpas-Malecko and his
MICHALI EVIDENTLY KNEW
AFFECTIONATELY.
WHAT TO
daughter ou tho other. The priest, darting
from tho door, called tho boy back; tho
mayor, Kur' Nlkolakl, seizing Llndbohm'a
cane, threatened the boy with It and pushed
tho priest back Into tho house.
Panayota protected laughingly, calling
upon the virgin and crossing herself.
"What's tho row, anyway?" asked Curtis,
to his great disgust, not being able to catch
enough words from tho rnpldly-spoken
sentences to bo qulto sure of their meaning.
Paiityota's enunciation wns more clear tut
and distinct than that of the others and
from what she said he concluded that tho
mayor was ordering food from his cafe, a
proceeding which the priest and his daughter
good-naturedly resented ns a reflection on
tholr own hospitality.
"Seems llko a quarrel between chut th and
stuto," obsorved Curtis.
Mlchall explained the remark, easily
understood In Greek, and the mayor, shout
ing great thunder claps of laughter, patted
Curtis on tho back and cried, "Hravo!
bravo!"
Panayota placed on the cloth a huge loaf
of brown bread, a plato of black olives and
a Jug of water. The Sphaklotes do not take
kindly to wine, nut the feast was not yet
complete; a young man onterod, bearing a
large bowl of brown earthenware, filled with
something tbnt emitted a cloud of fragrant
Bteam; and a plate containing a largo chunk
of white halva. Tbeso he doposlted upon the
tablecloth, and raayota, with a graceful
wave of thn hand and a dazzling gmllo that
flashed from her white teeth and beamed In,
hor great brown eyes, cried "Oreesto," Thej In the air. Llndbohm strode on ahead, In
domarch sat down upon tho floor, crossing stlhctlvely making sword-llko passes with
uin ickb uuuci Uliu. luv liriuui turn uit
hand upon Llndbohm's shoulder, nnd pointed
to tho spread. Tho Swede sat down ns
awkwardly nnd ns tnnny-Jolntedly as n
camel. The floor seemed far away to him,
and when he had finally reached it, do what
he could with his legs, his knees persisted
in rising on a level with his ears, Curtis
slid his Umo foot nlong until ho was sitting
on tho floor with his back against tho sofa.
Tho Cretans mnde tho sign of the cross,
which corresponds with our blessing, and
Panayota, who was stnndlng meekly by ns
serving maid, distributed four forks among
the flvo diners. There not being enough to
go around, the demarch unsheathed a long
knlfo whoso silver-mounted handle ended
broadly, with two flaring ears, not unllka
tho butt of nn Arab's gun. Cutting the
bread with this, ho Impaled n bounteous
portion und offered It to Curtis, who took It
from the point, saying "Eticharlsto, polu,
Kurlo Demnrcho" (Many thanks, Mr.
Mayor.)
"Hravo, bravo!" cried Mlchall, "you're
getting on. At this rnto you will spealt
Greek by tomorrow better than I do!"
"This Is truly wonderful," observed th
priest, and asked Curtis, slowly and dis
tinctly, "How ninny years havo you been in
Grecco?"
"Ho says" began Mlchall.
"Hold on, old man, I understand htm."
interrupted Curtis, and ho replied, slowly
hut correctly, In Greek:
"I have been hero only two weeks."
"Thla la a miracle," roared tho demarch.
Wo shall make a Cretan of you; but let us
begin eating," and spearing a piece of bren.l
with his knlfo he dipped It Into the s up.
You must do as I do," sr.Id Mlchall, dip
ping his own chunk and eating it from bis
fork. "This Is lenten soup black-eyed
beans cooked with oil. Over this was the
contest between church nnd state. Tho
mayor's cook makes famous lontcn map
and Kur' Nlckolaki wished to send for somo,
but Papns-Malecko desired tho dinner him
self to furnish."
"Knlo (good)?" asked the mayor, holding
a huge chunk of dripping bread suspended
mld-alr over tho bowl.
"He asks you Is It good?" explained Ml
chall to Llndbohm.
"Kalo? kalo?" repeated Kur Nlckolaki.
"Kalo," replied Llndbohm.
A medium of general communication wns
now established. Papas-Malecko and Kur'
SAY. FOR SHE PATTED OURTia'
HEAD
I
Nlkolakl with nearly every blto smiled Upon
Curtis and Llndbohm and nsked "Kalo?"
and they botli replied, "Kalo, kalo."
After dinner tho demarch departed, tak
ing Mlchall with him, and Panayqto made
up tho bed on tho floor for Curtis nnd Llnd
bohm. Sho brought In a mattress from out
doors, which Bomowhat mystified Curtis
until he remembered that tho stono stair
way to tho upper regions was built on tho
outside of tho house. Sho laid a sheet
sewed to it In such a manner that tbo ond
was doubled over and bore tho letters, boau
tlfully embroidered, for Panayota Nlcolaldoj,
CII.W'TUII V.
Curtis was confined to his room four days
with the foot, which tlmo ho devoted assid
uously to tho method. As modern Greek
Is now taught In our lending colleges, ho
already know tho grammar fairly well, He
could, dccllno tho nouni and conjugate tho
verbs, of course, and possessed a fair gen
eral vocabulary. What ho failed In was tho
nuracs of practical objocts of ordinary uso,
and In pronunciation. Tho average French
scholar, who knows tho words for virtue,
love and cabbage, but who could not speak
of a stump, n lamp chimney or u dandelion
to savo his life, will comprehend IiU diffi
culty. On the fifth day ho was able, with tho
aid of a rustic crutch, to got down to tbo
demarch's cafe. Mlchall assisted him as he
' If!
"IT WAS MUSTAPHA PASHA," CONTINUED MICHALI.
hobbled down the stony street, his lame
foot clumsily bundled In rags and swinging
1MB rattan eano. TV lnlt.,r'a unnnnnnM
had been much dlgnllled by tho assumption
oi a swashbuckling pair of yellow boots,
Ho had been repeatedly offered a Cretan
fez, but ho clung with Inexplicable affection
to tho shapeless and uneasy straw, still
tethered to his buttonhole.
"Hcholdl" cried Mlchall, as they reached
n, turn in the street whenco tho view was
unobstructed over tho tops of the houses.
lonuer is tho ravlno where wo came up
nnd there Is the sea. You will hnrdly find
a village In all Greece from which tho sea
Is not visible."
Tho village, on this fragrant aad dewy
spring morning, was pencoful and Idyllic.
Curtis drew a long breath into his lungs
and, closing his eyes, Imagined himself In
ancient Arcadle. On tho balconies of tho
neatly whitewashed houses pots of basil
and begonia had been Bet out and formed
green patches against the white. Hero and
thero an almond trco in full bloom dls
penscd wldo sweetness or shook Its snowy
petals to tho breeze. The nlto of the town
was so unoveu that it seemed possible to
step from tho threshold of somo of the
dwellings on to tho red-tiled roofs of oth
ers. Thero was water everywhere. Some
times It ran through wooden troughs nnd
sometimes It darted down clear byways
worn In tho bluo rock. They walked beside
a wall, on which was nn aqueduct, and they
heard tho water gurgling above their heads.
Tho demarch was standing In the door
of his cafe. A single grapo vine, spreading
out on a frame, supported by two posts nnd
tho wall, mado a panoply nbovo his head.
Tha leaves wero now and were ns palo green
as voung frogs. Kurlos Nlkolakl was an
Imposing figure and doubtless felt his posi
tion In tho community, combining ns he did
in ono person the Important functions of
mnyor, grocer, saloon keeper and banker.
Ho stood now, with his hnlry hands crossed
over his seml-sphorlcal stomach, watching
tho advent of his guests nnd smiling be
nignly. Ah Curtis Glanced at the tall yel
low boots, tho volumnlnous breeches, tho
double-breasted vest with woolen balls for
buttons, tho rakish foz, ho thought for tho
first tlmo slnco landing In Creto of his cam
era. That had gone, down with the Holy
Mary. Tho demarch was clean-shaven, with
tho excoption of hla gray mustache, and his
shirt sleeves wcro fresh from tho Iron. His
cheekJi were florid with good living and he
would havo been a comely man save for the
fact that his lower lids had fallen a llttlo,
disclosing a red and raw-looking spot un
der each eyo.
"Welcome! Welcome!" ho cried, as tho
party arrived. "How 1b Mr. Stork nnd tho
lloutenant? And Kur' Mlchall? And where
Is the church this morning? Why did you
not bring him along, that ho might tako a
drink of cognac with tho stnto?"
"I am very well," replied Curtis in
Grook. "Wo did not bring tho church, be
causo wo did not sco him."
Curtis had rnado great progress In Pann
yota's langungo during his brief stay, as he
had lont no opportunity of practice. Ho
had found tho girl very willing to talk with
him nnd not n llttlo Interested In his efforts
to acquire fluency in hor natlvo tongue,.
Ho had also mado this discovery, which
pleased him greatly, that tho Greek of these
sturdy mountaineers wns easier for him
thnn that of Athens, as It possessed a more
archaic llavor.
"Marvelous! Marvelous!" shouted tho
demarch. "Your progress Is wonderful. I
obscrvo It every day."
"Ah, this Is comfortable," said Curtis,
sitting on a bench with his back against tno
plnno tree, "Aro all tho Cretan villages as
pretty as this?"
"Somo are much moro beautiful," cried
Mlchnll. "That la, thoso which tho Turks
havo not destroyed. Hut this vlllago is not
so easy for them to reach. You see how bard
It Is from tho sea to come. And behold, wo
havo nil around us a clrclo of mountains."
"An enemy couldn't got In at all." snld
Llndbohm, casting nn experienced oyo about.
Ho was striding nervously to nnd fro, fenc
ing with an Imaginary opponent.
"Yes, ono wny. Thero Is, what you cnll It
a cut In tho hill"
"A ravine." suggested Curtis .
"Yes, I t'ink so. A ravine, vory deep nnd
vory crooked. Hut tho shepherds watch him
all tho time."
Tho conversation did not progress rapidly,
because Greek politeness demanded that
Mlchall translnto every word for tho
demure!), whoso own rcmarkB, moreover, It
was necessary to turn Into English.
"Would you llko to seo tho InBldo of my
store,?" nsked tho latter, a lull In tho con
versation making hltn feel that ho must do
something for tho entertainment of his
guests, Mlchall had again described tho
shipwreck, tho English had been denounced
as barbarians, worso than tbo Turks, and
tho demarch had told a story of a famous
battle In which thirty Cretans low 200
Mahometans, on which occasion ho himself
had led tho victorious party. Thoro seemed
to bo nothing else to talk about.
"I hnvo somo very fine pictures Inside,"
said tho mayor. "Como lieutenant, Kur'
Stork, Mlchall."
"Hut tho pictures?" said Curtis, when
they had entered, hoping that bis host pos
sessed a collection of Byzantine, or perhaps
Venetian, works of art. Mr. Nlkolakl
glanced about tho room and waved bis hand
majestically.
"Thoy nro banging on tho walls," be re
plied. Ilorrowing Llndbohm's enne, he made the
circuit of tha room, pointing to the wretched
prints thut wero hung high up, closo to the
celling,
"This," ho explained, "Is Marco Ilotsarts,
a famous Greek patriot of the war of In
dependence. Have you ever heard of him J"
"Heard of him!" cried Curtis.
"And this Is All Pasha," continued tho
mnyor, "with his head In tho lap of his
favorite wife, Ho lived nt Jnnlna. Ho was
finally killed, ns he deserved to be. He
terrified Albania, Eplrus and a part of
Macedonia, but the Sullotes ho could not
terrify. Their women preferred to die
rather than submit to Turks." Kur Nlkolakl
was reciting, after tho manner of a lecturer,
ono of those glorious Incidents In modern
Greek history which all Greeks know by
heart,
"Why do you go to Still for an example of
heroism?" cried Mlchnll, springing to his
feet, his eyes blazing with excitement. "Ho
will tell you of tho deeds of tho brave
Sulloto women, nnd how they blow them
selves up with their own powder, or hnvo
danced, singing, over thu edgo of one cliff, to
savo their honor. Why shall he not tell
rather of tho convent of Arkadlo?"
"Ah, certainly, certainly, tell them of
Arkndle," cried the demnrch, catching tho
name.
"It was Mustapha Pasha," continued
Mlchnll, speaking rapidly desplto his un
familiarity with English. His lists wore
clenched nnd ho Jerked out tho words by
nervously smiting the air, ns though beat
ing on nn Invisible table.
"Ho had come with very many Turks ,to
rtotliymo. Ho kills, ho bums. Tho women,
many of them pregnant, and the smalt
chlldron, they cannot climb over the hills
nnd sleep on tho rockB. They tnko nsylum
In tho monnstcry of Arkadle, on south sldo
Mount Ida, Tho,old men go, too. Mustapha,
he puts cannon on mountains nil nround
nnd tires down from above. Hy and by be
beats down the walls, and his army rush
Into the court. He say, 'Yield.' Tho women,
tho old men, the friars, they say, 'No, we
din!' and they shoot from tho windows. 0,
thoy kill very many Turks. Then Mustnphn
hrlug In his cannon, nnd he commenco shoot
at walls of building. Pretty soon ho will
make a hole. Friar Gabriel, tho Hegoumcnnn,
he sees this. He shout through the roar
of tho cannon: 'Shall wo die, my children,
or Bhall we yield?' They say all together:
'Wo shall die!"
Llndbohm wns striding up nnd down bo
fore the speaker. Tho demarch still held
thn rattan cane, but the lieutenant was
making home thrusts with his clcsed fist.
"Friar Gabriel ho stretch out his nrms.
Thoy all fall on their knees, tho women.
tho children, tho old men. Tho Hcgou-no-
nos blesses them; ho nay, 'Father, into Tay
hands I commit these souls!' Then ho go-s
down cellar. They know whero he gn
Tho women hug their tables tight nnd begin
to sing tho hymn of liberty nnd tho in n
Join In. They arc nil looking to tho sky
nnd chanting" and Mlchall sang:
From the bones of the Greeks upsprlnglng,
Who died that we mlclit be free.
And the strength of thy strong youth brlnsr-
Hall,Llberty! Hall to thee!
Evory moment a bu'let comes thrcugh nnd
kills somebody, but they know nDthlng now
except tho song, 'Hall, Liberty.' Then tho
wall falls and In rush the Turka nnd Le;ln
to kill, when 'boom' tho powder tnagazl. o
roars like ono gun, and all aro d. ad
Greeks, Turks, all dead Ah! all dead to
gether two hundred Turks!"
Hut tho demarch, not understanding all
this, was unablo to enter fully Into tho en
thusiasm of the others. Ho was anxious to
continue with his picture gallery.
"This," ho said, "is the Lordus Hee-on.
who, being descended from tho ancient
Greeks, came over to this country to flgit
for his natlvo land."
Curtis, despite his enthusiasm for Drion.
did not rife. He had seen that wcod c;it
before In Athens. It rcprc cntcd tie y uth
ful poet wearing n brass cavalrv hrlm.t
with a Bubllmo plume. This Is the Uyron
honored among the uneducntcl classes in
Greece, who know him ns s. Idler an.l not
as poet. With nodding plumo nnd warlike
eyo ho frowns terribly down from tho dli gy
walls of a thousand khans and waysUU Inns.
in his apotheosis he no longer l:o ds h gh
converso with Shelley and Tom Mooro, I.a
hobnobs with Ypsllnntl, Hozzorls and. Ad
miral Mlauoulls.
"This," continued Kur' Nlkolakl. "Is tho
moat beautiful woman In the world. I ha e
never found any ono who knew hT nam?,
but all ngrco that sho Is a Greek probably
a Sphakloto."
Llndbohm and Mlchall gazed earnestly nt
tho cheap engraving, but no name was
visible. Curtis arose, and, placing his hand
on tho mayor's shoulder, hopped across tho
room,
"An American actress, by Jove!" he ex
claimed. "She's a beauty, Indeed, but she's
an American, old man." And In Greek to
tho mayor: "She's nn American ah I
can't think of tho word for 'actor,' Mlchall,
toll him her picture Is to bo found lu every
nook nnd cranny of tho civilized globe. I
can't say 'nook' nnd 'cranny' In Greek.
CH.U'TKIt VI.
'Hello!" cried Llndbohm,
"what's tho
hubbub?"
It wns tho mornlnc of tho 2d of Mnv.
Curtis nnd his two friends wero Bitting In
tho mnyor's cafe, partaking of muddy black
coffee, served lu tiny cups.
Noisy voices, ns of an Increasing nnd
excited throng wcro audible. Mlchall, the
mayor and tho Swede rushed to tho door, but
wore almost immediately swept back Insldo
on tho crest of an angry human wave. Two
or threo tnll young shepherds, with long
crooks In their left hands nnd with hairy
cloaks thrown over their shoulders, wcro
flinging their lists In the nlr nnd shouting
hoarsely. Papas-Malecko, fully as tall as
they, nnd looming nbovo them by tho height
of his priest's hat, wns fiourlshlne ancrllv
a bit of letter paper, and evidently attempt-
ing 10 outyen mem. His head wns thrown
back nnd his great black beard. Jerked liv
his rapidly moving chin, twitched nnd danced
upon his brenst. Kvcry moment moro men,
womon and children crowded Into the cafe,
until tho Interior becamo thronged to
suffocntlon. Curtis seized tho llttlo tnble
that stood boforo him llrmly with both hnnds
and pulled It over his Iamo foot.
Tho demarch, clambering unon a bench.
shouted and gesticulated, evidently for
order. Hla efforts, at first unavn l.ihle. n-
ongth resulted In partial nulct. nnd ho.
bogan to speak. Ho finished and steppe 1
down. Then ono of tho shonhmls tummi
uron thn Improvlsod platform. Ha was in
orator, but with fow nnd ho ltntlog woidi
toia ins story. Hut this was ov!dent:v a
case whoro facts wero eloquent, for hit
voice was soon drowned In nn uncxthgulsh
able roar, In tho midst of whiih p.m.ia.
Mnlecko sprang tion another bench nnl
commenced to speak, still shaklnc tho bit
of paper. Silence again foil. CurtU could
undomtand scarcely anything. Kach of the
speakorH talkel no rapidly thnt tho ho t's
seemed all Joined together Into ono worl
of Intormlnable length, nealdas, in their
excitement, they woro screnmlng cue mo
mont and talking in a hoarso guttural the
next. He only knew thut ho was llstenl g
to nn outburst of wild, crude eloquence
tho eloquence of passion tho cxa'lntlon of
righteous indignation. When thn pi lest had
flulshed ho toro tho paper Into llttlo bits
nnd threw them Into tho nlr with thumbs
nnd flngern extended like the ribs of a fan.
tno wreck gesture of a curac.
"Nnl" he cried.
"In the moment of silence, of evident
perplexity, which followed, Curtis arose.
and, seizing Mlchall llrmly by tho shoulder,
puued him nearer.
"What In heaven's name Is nil this?" he
asked.
"Rnd, very hid," replied the Cretan.
Kostuktu clfonill, with 250 men. ha two
villages dcitroycd on tho other sKo of tmun
tn In. nnd kill many people Ho wrlto I tt r
and say we tend him Panayota, tho prleat'n
daughtor, for bis harem, he go 'way. If no,
bo vomo tbroush the pass, burn, kill."
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cno suffer than all. KoatakcH, ho says, la
no genuine Turk anyway. His mother was
a Oreek ho probably marry tho girl."
Then an unexpected thing happened. Thn
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loo astonished to Interfere, to the door, the
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"Ho will go to Join the Turks," said Ml
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"That's whore hu ought to be," replied
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(To bo Continued,)
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