New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-29

folks here know the fellows conc b1ck?"
told them nothins about it, You may manage
your own affairs YOURSELF
BAN! I'm thinking TN be better 20 give
out TINT he's come home. It's my peIe1 that
the notion Of his coming for her is what makes makes
the tHr 80 obstinate and keeps her father shllly-
shallying. But if they knew he was az nome
and didn't coile next or nigh item, Rodop9ulOs
would put that out Of his head, and rs Tor Slaro;
she's as proud as anybody. ana IL she IoInu
that AndnaS had thrown her over why, Iather
than seem 10 be breaking her heart after h'm'
she might "a.
She might take you out of spite, as 81, its t,
plain enough she never will out of liking. wen,
thatl be hit of news for you n nell them wlieil
YOU 90 to see her tomorrow. l wonder, by the
way, that YOU don't bring her brooch, or
handkerchief, or some bit OF iinery instead ol
that sweatStuh only ft for brats Girls don't
think anything OF H..
And | wonder where I'd get bits of hnery
at thirty lepta pound The glrl gwen tquoic
enough. the Saints know, without ones running
ones self for her entirely. might drop hint
too, about his having got married abroad; los It
not the only man in hrinori that can tel hes.
Perhaps I'm the only one that would bother
his head about your concerns, and get nothing
but abuse for his pains
Herewith their discourse died away IN nrlel
muttercd snars, and the rest was silence
On the next day nothing that | need note oc,,
CURED. But on the following morning missed
Marc from her WITHDRAWING, and saw nothing
Of her family until in the course OF the forenoon
Metri appeared to me in state Of sickness won
fun of an adhesive mass Of what looked like tonee
but which was, he told me, collapsed OF flgS'
almonds, honey, aniseed and dried grape-suns'
and was exceedingly delicious.
Georgios Zarlxcs brought il 10 Marc last
night" he said. as he sat down AZ my feet; ana
found il thrown away in corner this morning,
ana the string around II wasn't even untied; We
got IL nearly all, because lanm doesn IKE !,
much which is a lucky thing. Georgos stayed
for a long while last night he continued nut
he was IN great rage when he went away: ne
hat CHI m a
and she said she'd rather go to SalOnika, even II
the ship went 70 the bottom before II got thete'
And father said it was serious misfortune Tor nm
TO have such headstrong child. who wouldn 90
a hands turn 20 save him from being ruined by
his losses. And GeOrciOs said there weren't many
men who'd Ctler to take her without penny, ana
give moneys worth for her into the bargain; ana
he said ne supposed the truth OF the matter was
that she couldn't think OF anybody except Andreas
ICannidcs. But Marc said that Andreas was no
more to her than the wind on the hilltop: ana
GeOrgios said that was much the better for he q
heard a man at Port PeiraOS say That AndIeaS
had left a pretty wife behind him at Smyrna ana
nc said that at any rate, wife or no WIFE " was
easy to see that Andreas hadn't Thought OF amy
body at krincri, for if he had, he wouldn't have
stayed n month AT Kara, without putting 1907
in the place And Marc said that il made no dli-
ference to her who came 20 krlnCr or who stayed
away, but there were some people there that she
wouldn't grieyc after if they took themselves OH
and didn't come back in hurry. Ana men
GpCrgios cot M and banged the door after him,
and didn say goodnight or anything. remem-
her And tcas lCanndes very well. wish he'd come
here again. but Marc said this morning that ne
never would, never again; and she cried great
deal and said that she wished she was WIN our
mother. who's buried where all the expresses are,
at the other side OF the hill over yonder; you eau
them from here so there's no use looking
Having made this communication, Metri gave
himself up to inarticuate enjoyment OF his sweet
meats until he departed in quest, fancy, OF more
substantial fare. Soon after he left me-. man,
aged to hobble as far as the low broad-toppe1I
Il H.. I'D lnEn
had not sat there long before ! WAS Joined by
Nikandros RodopoulOs: with whom had
never hitherto cOnversed at any length. lie was
a fnP-Ool>ing man q about forty-hve, whose
coCd-tempered face formed a species of explanatory
commentary upon that failure Of his to adopt more
arbitrary measures in arr6nglng ms fanny n
fairs. which was deplored by his arlstocratlcaly
minded neIehbor. TONNES Arphoutos. The subject
of conversation which he almost Immediately
preached Salonika.
I'm afraid I'll presently have my daughter
on her way there quoth Nkandros. though
it's not what | could have wished by any means
But you might well count on Nlhrcn VINO
as girls mind, and you'll find hrks eggs on
Christmas morning as soon as wit m
You speak of your daughters refusal OF
Georgios Iarkos ~ / said, striking athwart the
current of NilSandross proyerbia philosophy.
Exactly so, sir i don't wonder that you
should think it an extraordinary thing. But
you'd have been surprised l can tell you. to see
The obstnacy Of the girl last night when Geor9ioN
with us, for we both talked 10 her till We
were AS hoarse as ravens, both | and GeOrgiOs
aud as we say, sir he cen speak plain who has
golden tongue. And what did we gain by 1t all?
Not civil word would she give him from be
ginning TO end And all she d say when he'd
gone was that she hoped he'd keep away for
long while, she'd rather see the wOod-devlls
father-in-aw coming into the house than he
suppose the truth is said J, " that she has
a dislike 10 him
Bu; nobody ever asked her to like him; TO
marry HIM merely, instead OF behaving like
ScnseleSs creature
And yon are certain that she has no other
reason for refusing hlm Z?
Well. 10 tell You the truth, up to the present
time I'd been thinking that she might happen to
have some idea In her mind about young fellow,
sailor from. place away among the hills who
come counting her two Years ago. Not that he'd
have been a match equal TO GcorgioS Iar<Os; far
from it; you don't find men with shares In hall
o dozen boats, and soap factory, and a marble
quarry, round every turn of the read. However,
he was fine lad enough, and his parents are
honest people. with tolerble vineyard so | said
That I'd make no objection, prov ided that he
brought back a bit of money from his next voyage
and settled down on dry land, Tor / shouldn't
wish my daughter TO be a second " ldow Iachara.
Well, but then he went oil and stayed away so
long that we all thought he'd found his way to
the bottom somewhere: and now | hear he's AT
home again. But IL seems he 5 changed his mind;
or, what's more likely, has come back no richer
come near Ms, and that doesn't look much like
counting GeOrgOS. indeed, tells some story about
Andreas hai .ng got married abroad, hut that may
he true, or it mayn't Anyhow, as it happens, it
doesn't make much difference either way for Marc
says that Andreas Ioannidcs is nothing at all tC
her and that she forgot all about him long ago"
Goodness forgive you for that statement, Miss
Marc | thought To myself but aloud / said
And when did she tell you thiS?7
Oh, last night Mention happened to be made
of him while Georges vas with u.s. and she said
she never wished TO set eyes on him again. So
| see ! was quite mistaken when | ina gIned that
her mind Nigh be running or the Young fellow.
Hes nothing to her at ALL, repeated MarO's father
with AN air OF conviction, which made me think
somewhat meanly of his insight into character
anu, while | doubted whether | should enlighten
him as to what was, l believed, the true state of
affairs, the present opportunity slipped away. For
NikandroS VINO had looked down the road, ex-
claimed in much surprise, "(Tuiding Madonna
who Is coming this way but Spirdan's Thekla
Now, what may bring her here? And how ever
did She travel all the way from Kara? Not on
foot poor soul / should Imagine"
looked where he did, and saw at some little
distance the approaching form of Spridion's