The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1892-06-20

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desd westerly a that o. man b
knew when boy In Greece. Davnrls plays %
he violin ID Gladys he Il shout 20 propose 70
her and acting strangely leaves nurf1e4ly.
Ned Lawrence hears Davaris playing
sees a strange woman IN the hall Win
savage look on her face Watching Dav
aria Hears conversation later outside, %
tween The woman and payaris. Helene II
urging Davaris 70 do something and be hang
back. What does 10 oil maanf
Helene il Davaris's sister who has beer
incorporating as GLADYS maid. The story
that camo out Dayaris f1ther Killed IN Greece.
suspicion turned on Col. MantsRue who fed Y
hcme. where he died Of fever. Davaris swear
70 avenge bic fathers death. even under tho
third generation. No relatives Of Col, Montague
found until Helene hears in Paris Of daugh
ter She teleeraphs Davaris who IL now II
New YORK 10 come 70 help follow clues HI
g0es and arouses Langford suspicion by hin
mysterious actions. Davaris returns and fnda
gladys, and learns all about her. Helene
comes 70 goad him on. His terrible position
Iangford was pretty well done up By
the strange news be lad Just heard and
for almost Ave minutes the .wo sat to-
gether without speaaing. Langford was
conscious Of the pressure Of Davaris't
hand and finally be managed TO say:
''But ! don't understand. don't ,un-
derstand ut ALL"
Langford wondered II bis friend had
suddenly gone insane. He had lived with
him for many years, and Davaris had done
some awfully odd things, but he bad done
nothing to warrant the truth OF such 0
wild, improbable story. Here in this
nineteenth century do men swear to kill
the murderer Of their father. and II they
are too late, allow the sins Of the father tc
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indeed. II would not be vengeance, II
would be crime
Then LaDgford thought Of tie great
band Of Malta, who condemn man tc
death on the slightest pretext. He re-
membered that most Of them were
Italians, and II by chance any Greeks
were among them they would be sure &c
be OF the lowest class. Then pavaris be-
gan again, and word by word the entire
.wretched story came out. He even told OF
the occurrences taat evening at the
Hamlyn's, told OF The promise he had
made his sister
But you don't mean to carry 1t outT
| Langford demanded In establishment
you don't mean 10 say that you would
lie such an unmitigated fool as that2"
Langford. old fellow" began Davaris,
and the words sounded like mockery
You dent understand me as wish you
| would You don't understand me at all
| am Greek. made promise with my
| fathers hand In niue, under Grecian
| skies. Do you suppose ! thought my
| promise would dog me to practical Amer.
lea, and keep me from the woman love-
Do you suppose thought Of that? Why
| do you suppose love this woman now
| trat know she lie the daughter Of Col
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| teryiew had had with his sister and the
old fire again burned In his heart. and be
got IN and paced the room. There was
look In his eyes that frightened LanRford
| and he wondered what had come over his
friend. Was he going daft over the grill
Had he taken this hallucination into his
head. perhaps at the rejection Of his suit
! Lanoford attempted TO quiet him, bu,
| only made him talk the louder. He at
| tempted to show him that his story while
| it might be true or at least partly true
vet was absurd on the face Of it. That II
while he was small boy In Greece he
might have made a youthful promise t
| have the slayer Of his father brought t,
| Justice. vet it was stretching a point Il
| saw that .Gladys Montague was In any
| way connected with it. The more Lang
ford talked, however, the more unreason
4 able the Greek became and q host o
thought came into Langford's mind o
the strange actions Of his friend in goin,
| away early that summer.
Davaris's anxiety to meet Gladys; hi
/ agitation when he first heard her nam
mentioned; his sadness OF the past fey
days; everything became clear to hin
and he began to think that there wa
method in the Greeks madness. Lang
/ ford tried to make Dayaris say that b.
would give it all up, but without success
| He pointed out the absurdity of 1t all
IF yon were Greek, you'd know" wa
all Davaris said.
Tuen Langford realized it all the NOR
fully. 1t was something more seriou
than he thought. Ifhe were Greek, be-,
| know. The race was passionate, impul
Size, throbbing with fire and energy
What seems wrong to an American ma,
be right to a Greek.
Far into that miserable night the tw,
men sat there and wrestled with the prob
lem.
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