Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-03-22


never could 90 much a. hope 10 call spade
his own; daring ell his lite be would have
todrudge and slave for others. They could
not run away; that idea never occurred 70
them, for the only escape from Sikinos was
by The solitary eaique. Il had heard ru-
mors," continued Nikola, "of how men from
other Islands had gone to fsrof countries
and returned rich, bat hos could |, who
had never been of this rock in all my hfsf
81 should have bad to travel BY one OF
those steamers which / had seen with their
tail of smoke on the horizon, and about
which bad pohdsred many time, Just like
you, sir, may look and ponder At the stars
and 10 travel should require money, which
well knew my father would not give me,
for be wanted ma for bis slave. My only
hope and that was q small one. was that
the priest Papa Manoulas, Kallirhoe's
father, would not be too hard on US when
be saw how we loved each other. He had
been the priest to dip me IN the font At my
baptism; he always smoked a pipe With
father once a week; be had known me all
my life as q steady lad, who only got drunk
on iesst-days Perhaps be will give his
consent whispered my mother, putting
foolish hopes into my brain. Poor old wo-
man! she was grieved to see her isvorite
Loking worn aud i'll, listless at his work.
and forever mourning the blame Of father
and brothers; only when l talked TO her
about Kallirhoe did my face brighten lit
lie. so she SAID one day: Papa Msuoulas is
hind; likely enough he may wish 10 see
hslirhOe happy. So one evil day | con.
scented 10 my mothers plan, thst she should
60 ard propose for me-"
Some ext lsuation is here necessary. At
Sikinos, rs in other remote corners OF
Greece, they still keep up custom called
proxenia. The man does not propose In
person, but sends an old female relative to
seek the girls hand from her parents; this
old woman must have on one stocking
white and the other rcd or brown. Your
stockings OF two colors make me think that
We shall have an offer sings an island
poem. Nikola's mother went thus garOed,
but returned with sorroWful face. Il was
made 10 eat Cruel, said he. using the con-
mon expression in these parts for refusal
aud NOBODY ate more than ! did. Next
day Papa Manoulss called at our house. Nv
heart siood still as he came IN, and then
bubbled over like seething wine vat when
be asked TO speak 70 me alone. You are
q good fellow, Kole, he began. 'halllrhoe
loves you, and ! wish to see you happy
and had fallen on his neck and kissed him
on both cheeks before he could say: Wait
q bit Young man; before YOU marry her
you must get together just little money;
| will be content with 900 drschmss (El0).
When you have that to offer in return for
Kallirhoes dover you shall be married. "A
thousand drachmasl muttered |. May the
God Of the ravens help mel Ian expression
dero,iug impossib.lity). and | burst into
tears" The men OF modern Greece when
violently sgitated cry as readily as cunning
Ulysses, and are NOT ashamed of the TACT.
/ rtme inter we'll that evening, continued
Nikols.. Il left the house as it was getting
dusk, and climbed down the steep path TO
The sea. wandered foe hours among the
Wild mastic aud the brushwood My feet
refused 10 carry me home that night 80 |
az down on the floor in the little white
church dedicated to nv patron saint. down
By he hsrbor, where we go for our annual
festival when the priest blss5es the waters
and cur bosts Mauys the time. IS lad.
I've Jumped into the water to fetch out the
cross. which the priest throws into the sea
with stone tied 10 it on this occasion, and
mapy's the time I've been the lucky one to
bring it up aud get a few coppers for my
wettiDg That night though Of tying a
stone round my own neck and jumping into
the sea, 80 that all traces Of me might dis
appear.
Il couhl not make up nv mind to face
sny one all next day. so | wandered among
the rocks, scarcely remembering to feed my
self on the few olives In my pocket. | could
90 nothing out sing The Little Caique,
which made me 500 and feel better.
Toward evening returned home. Ny
mothers ANXIOUS lace told me that she, too,
had suffered during my absence; and out
Of pot of leulil soUp NLica vas simmerng
on the embers, she gave me bOwltul, aud
it refreshed me Tony dying day shall
never forget my father and brothers wrath.
had wiliully sbsen.ed myself for whole
DAY from nv work ! was called q pea
cock a burnt man Equivalent to a fooD
no man at all, 'horns, and any bad name
that occurred to them. For DAYS and weeks
afier this | was the most miserable, down
tgodden Greek alive, and al on account Of
\ woman Aud here Nikols came to
stop, and ordered his wife to fetch him au-
other glass Of raki to Do;5ten his throat. No
Greek can talk or siDs long without glass
of raki.
About two months after these events,
began Sikola with renewed yigor, my
father ordered ME to clear away heap OF
stones which occupied a corner of little
terrace vineyard We owned on slope near
the church Of Episcopi. We always thought
the stones had been put there to support the
earth from falling from the terrace above,
but It lately had occurred 20 my father that
it was only heap Of loose stones which had
been cleared OIL the field and thrown there
phen the vineyard was made, and the re-
r,oyal of which would add several square
feet to the small holding Next morning |
started about an hour before the Panagis
(NadoLua) had opened the gates of the
Fast, with mule and panniers to remove
the stones worked hard enough when |
got there. for the morning was cold, and ]
vas beginning to lind that the harder !
worked the less time / had for thought.
Stone after stone was removed, pannier-lsad
after pannier-load was emptied down the
cliff, and tell rafting among the brushwood
aud rousing the partridge5 and crows 40
they fell. After couple of hours work
the mound Was rapidly disappearing, when
came across something white projecting
upward. looked at it closely; it was a
marble foot. More stones were removed,
and disclosed marble leg, body an arm;
a head, and smother arm, which had been
broken of BY the weight of the stones, lay
close by. Though / was somewhat aston
ished at this discovery yet did not suppose
it to be Of any value. / had heard Of things
of this kind beng loGld before Ny father
had an ugly bit Of marble which came out
of neighboring tomb. However, did not
throw it over the cliff with the other stones,
but put it on one side and went on again
with my work.
"All day long my thoughts kept reverting
to this statue. 1t was so very ffe-ike-so
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