Mohave County miner., 1890-04-05

trsachery. and brsathsd more freely
when he perceived that the INV r.
naming Turks had taken to Ajsbt and
the villagers were all occupied In pur-
suit
After moment's reflection Btanko
turned and hastened back to the vii.
lags and to Kosars
Where 10 ny fsthsrf" cried the girl
In an anxious voice,
Stanke forced hs evil coup,en,nc
into : grimsoe which he intended
should etpfyss deep sorrow, and sighed,
In ssply. "Poor Rosara!'
'Father's dead!'' shrieked the un.
fortunate girl.
He fell like hero after he had wit.
messed the destruction Of the enemy. !
Kosara broks into heart-rending ls-
msntations, and Ljubics. sobhing bit.
terly. threw her arms around her elder
sister.
After pause Stanko continued: .He
died In my arms. We fought side by
side. Three times ! parried the deadly
blows suspended over his head, but q
last . wretch coming from behind gave
him . deadly wound. from which
was unable to defend him. After
had struck down the murderer bent
over your father. who thanked me
with his dying eyes and kissed me. say
ing: Give this kiss to my dear Kosara.
and tell her that II Is my last wish that
she take you for 4 husband; and do
you be TO her husband. father. and
protector"
As he uttered these words Stanko
threw his arms about the weeping girl
and gave her the parental kiss with
such fire that KosAra tore herself In
terror from his embrace.
The scales fell from her eyes In q
moment She remembered that her
father had often promised her that he
would never force her into . marriage
with any one, least OF all with the
man Stapko. whom be knew she thor
oughly detested.
You lie. miserable manw she cried,
In storm Of indignation, ,'Yod have
killed my father yourself, and now you
are trying to deceive me because you
think I am forsaken. defenseless girl.
and dependent upon your protection.
will find others who will protect me
from YOU
'H you are placing your hopes on
Toma / shall have to destroy them.
Toma fell few minutes before your
father breathed bis lastr''
"You probably killed him too. Get
out Of my sight and never dare TO cross
this Threshold again"
.Whati You will not then be my
wife" cried Stanko in fury. mis- face
dark with passion as he stepped closer
and grasped her hands.
mo. neverm
"Well, then, I'll force you to i'll" he
hissed.
Kosara defended herself rs well Is
she could, but her strength was fast
ebbing away. when Ljubica, who had
slipped out unobseryed q moment be-
fore. rushed in screaming.
The Turks are coming!r
Stanko at once released the girl and
dashed out Of the house. No Turks
were to be seen In any direction. En-
ragged at this deception he fastened
back, but when he entered the hut both
girls had disappeared. As the house
had but one exit Stanko supposed that
they had hidden themselves.
There were, however, few places in
which to hide. and he soon came to
the conclusion that they had escaped
through the window. He looked out,
and sure enough he saw their futtering
white garments far down the path
which led TO Knipipdol. They had al
ready good start. but Stanko, conf
dent that be would soon overtake them,
dashed on like race-horse Ia pursuit.
When the girls saw that they were
being pursued they left the path and
climbed up the rocks to the right, ia
the hope that they might throw their
pursuer of the trail. Stanko. how
ever, observed their maneuvers and
clambered quickly after them. Sud-
denly the painting maidens found them
selves upon a jutting cliff which
reached out over yawning abyss. To
the right and left were walls OF per-
pendicular rock; behind them was their
enemy.
IF be comes q step nearer we viii
spring into the gulf" cried Kosara, in
despair, to the approaching foe.
Horror-stricken, Stanlo stood still.
Kosara's resolute manner left him in
no doubt as to the earnestness, of the
threat. He had recourse to negotia-
tion and endsavored to persuade the
girls to return by fair words and most
solemn Oaths.
Kosara was almost ready to give
faith TO his assurances when In an in
slant the whole situation was changed.
In the rear OF Stanko group of Turks
appeared upon the scene and charged
upon him.
When the child had announced the
approach Of the Turks she had spoken
the truth. She had left the house to
fetch help from the village, which lay
at some distance from Minko's dwell
ing, but as she had approached the
first house she perceived to her alarm
several Turks. who were ill-treating the
women and children, the men having
all gone Of to the attack. These Turks
belonged to q second division. which
had come upon Uvjece from another
direction and reached the rear Of the
fighters. Several of the Turks who saw
Ljubica had followed her home. where
they arrived just after Stanko had left.
Finding the house empty they had
started after Stanko and had overtaken
him at point where there was no es-
cape.
Pierced by dozen balls Stanko fell,
weltering in bis own blood. The Turks
set up shout Of triumph and rushed
upon the two girls whom they already
regarded as sure prey, but before they
reached them Kosara and Ljubica gave
each other an agonizing embrace. and,
locked In each nther,s arms snrano In.