Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-29

WHolH hHe tulIcu nhuuhOult, l. Mouiu
grip him breast to breast; would stab
him; would shoot him; ] would kill
the life out of him. She should SEQ that
] was man; she should love mo; she
should cling to me.
When tho angry brook comes to II
pool, its foam falls away upon the still
water, but the brook has not ceased to
run. So now when thought of Aris-
tides, Of his money, of the betrothal that
be had told mo should end in marriage,
the current of my rage grew calm upon
its surface. 1t was still running, but it
ran toward new desire, and that very
quietly. | went to my oousins-my
cousins who 1.-Two in our village-and
l whispered to them; "Aristides has
money; Aristides has daughter. My
consina, l shall take his daughter to the
mountains; you will help me. When
return, shall 60 to the papa for the
blessing Of holy church; when return,
1t is then that you shall have some of
Aristides' money"
1t was trifie TO ask Of relations, bat
they were not rich, and they asked me
how many draohmas would give them
each for tho work / did not make n
battle of it. l told thom the figures. ut
is well, said they. ave shall be ready
when you speak"
Soon after left them met Aristides.
BE passed me by without greeting; he
looked as if mis- donkey had eaten his
bread. laughed inside me; for, though
Aristides had money, IL was Pavlos
Mpekos. He had an OK upon his shout
der. He was going to fell wood in the
forest, for 1t was the season of the year
when timber is gathered in for the win
ter fires. When the wood was ready.
Alexandra would go with mule to
bring it baok to their cottage, or so Ar
istides thought, but IL knew better.
1t was then that and my cousins would
carry her off to the mountains. Yet
had not expected that Aristides would
have cut his wood 80 early in the sea-
son. 1t left me but little time. for AL.
exandra might 20 to tho forest on the
morrow. or the day after, at any hour
SO soon as this wood was cut. And, 20
thinking, / returned TO my cousins.
From that time onward we kept watch
over Alexandra, though she knew it not.
1t was on Wednesday that had met
Aristides as no was going to fell wood.
1t was on tho Sunday following that
Clan and Stavros, my cousins, came
running TO me at my cottage, saying:
"Hasten, hastenl Alexandra has started
for the forest, but she is not alone
Aristides and Demetri go with her. "
Den peirnzei" (no matter), said.
"We will follow, for three guns speak
louder than two" And us / answered
thus hastily lifted my gun off its nail
and went to the door. From this door
could look adown the hill upon which
our village was built, even to the inn.
And in front Of the inn could SEQ them
quite plainly-Arlstides Demetri and
Alexandra. They were mounted upon
mules They were drinking mastic and
talking TO some women who stood by
the inn door. While l waited for them
to pass on, that we might secretly fol-
low, the women who were standing by
the inn door moved to one side. 1t was
then that there came forth from the inn
two soldiers. to whom, while speaking
from the hind part Of the inn. judged
that the soldiers spoke to Aristides by
their gesture, for the distance that lay
between US kept back their words from
me. And was right, for in a little
while the soldiers rode away in the di-
reotion of the forest with Aristides De-
metri and Alexandra. Then we follow
ed them, though they saw US not
To come to tho forest WIS to follow
the great road that leads to Chalcis
town, to follow it for some way. and
then to turn Off TO the right through the
fields, which lay by the edge Of the for
est And this we did-they and we
Now, when l saw tho soldiers go to the
forest, as well as Aristides, Demetri
and Alexandra, felt fear and / felt
rage. "BahW l said to my cousins
Look you there; the men are not going
| to Chalcis market. They are going to
the forest with Alexandra What does
1t mean?"
And they, they answered mo: "Aris-
tides, he Is q cunning one, Perchance
he fears an abduction.
| was almost thinking SO myself, and
TO hear their words made me clutch my
gun tighter. Still. there was hope with
me till / saw those in front of us join
two of Aristides' friends who were fell
ing timber at that part of the forest.
Six guns against threel 1t was too
many, said my cousins, but IL thought
bitterly of tho betrothal that was to
quickly end in marriage. But even as
my heart shrank with despair the sun
OF my hope was again about to shine
upon me. And from where we lay hid
den among the trees saw Aristides and
Demetri rapidly load Alexandra's mule
with wood and then ride away with
the soldiers in the direction of Chalcis.
They did not see us, but we saw them q
little while, longer while, and then
not at all as they plunged into thick
or growth of the forest to come to the
road again by short cut. and so to
Chalcis and its market.
When / saw Alexandra thus left alone
with the two friends Of Aristides, wal
eager to take her to my heart. Shs
seemed closer to me, though had moi
moved from where l lay hidden with
my cousins She seemed closer to me,
though she stood by hor mule, and the
mule was where Aristides had tethered
it My eyes watched her greedily, my