Evening star., 1900-06-30

a, seemed to pave the way to a group OF
81 adowy islands, now dimly visible. They
.re sailing across a golden road. through
a shower of impalpable gold dust. Higher
a id higher rose the glorious sphere, until
merely Its edge rested on the mountain top;
there 1t chung for a moment and then
mystic. unearthly glow the faces of the
rough sailors were idealized. They looked
at each other in silent wonder. Curtis par
TOOK OF the awe. the joy. He felt as though
ne were In gre nd temple and the goddess
mad revealed herself; and so did these poor
descendants Of ancient Greece though they
knew 1t not. The American had seen the
moon rise before in Greece, but never on
the sea. and never in the society of genuine
unspoiled children of the country 1t was a
revelation, birth of glory, a miracle.
For several days the Holy Mary" as
lne calque was called, cruised among isl
anos that seemed to float in a coal sea
Some of them were steep rocks on which a
single shepherd dwet with his hocks. or
ten as they fitted through the shadow of a
preGipice that rose, high and stern as the
wdHs OF medieval castle, which few
scattered pines were perilously scaling
shaggy heed would look down from the
oVerhansing battlement and shout some
! saiutation in Greek. At other times they
sklrted green valleys guarded at the shore
by a band of sentinel cypress trees. tan
ana straight; through these tiny streams
lame .na ieapinE and laughing down to the sea
Afcadi IN villages, cleaning white in the
sun sat peacefully on distant cliffs, or
straggled down through olive orchards TO-
ward bit of winter beach; old monas-
'ei,es re dreamed In green and lonely hooks
On cloudy afternoon, when the wind
was blowing fresh and fair and the waves
mat ran behind shivered blackIy ere thev
pro or9ks INTO foam, the captain set all sail
anu hehded straight for the northern shore
OF Crete. The caique plunged like q cbild,s
rocking horse The three passengers went
Gown into the little cabin, that smelleJ of
snoeL', y11ewd.er !. IT, ana stale goats cheese.
From,
TOOL cast fickering light on the ricketv
lauder. the four plank walls and the eIkons
od ON Mary and Nicholas, that peered from
round holes cut in tawdry SQUARES Of siI,,ar
Ihere were two hunks and a tabla tbat
Wnen not in use, drew up it's one leg and
zen pacK against the wall Curtis and his
Two companions ratified about in the mar
70" room Ike peas in FOOLS gourd. Ev
cry ieW moments water stopped and smut
tereo on the deck and brine drinned ,IrWrn
baard Trough the thin matches. When Curtis
uearu u the spray patter over the blanks he
!hought OF the rats that used to run over
ale earret moor Of a farmhouse where he
Swada nrod1p. wneh IN America. The
gafs that one buys in Italy by tho metz
DroKe on couple Of inches and Offered ~ q
SUCK TO MS companions, who refused soon
rs smell resembling burning goats hair filled
t. "Ah, sighed Lindbohm. what a comfort
Poor Michali COLLAPSED in . sro-. r. 49,
sickness p"ui VI sea-
Curtis, gnashing his teeth and dac,.r,,.,
mat he would not yield, scrambled IN the
ladder and butted the matches onsn n,ith
rIInnt, ,IS nrau' me most 1ncongruous ideas kept
iuhhlhs through his brain, sick as he wns
AS ne sprawled out upon the deck and tho
Two trapdoors fell behind him with a Slarn
ne thought of jack-in-the- box that had
Cen,,s Ceen given wen MIN MIN on his fourth Christmas
Cui.As rose cautiously erect and threw him
self at the nearest mast. 1t was not
Iains, out occasional faint electric flashes
fewTaiea ..rh iur1d world full of inky waves.
mere no danger at all in this sort of
thlns, ne muttered, eff these bessers M
derstand their business" ~
Ihe matches came down again with a
sam sam MichaE' kneeling upon the deck,
gave vent to his sufrerings In allinticai
groans. At the point of greatest die matar
they We're suggestive of a strong man vain
~ "coma STRIVING 5ars to yield a;S up the ghost
GO, one mere, olu man, shouted Curtis
minute" sH' III
Ihat tobacco" gasped Mchali, would
nave .ye, made me to be sick on land or sea-
nat going on up there?' asked the
American. The three sailors were patharni
| about the captain and all were taking cx-
| citedly. Michali listened. The stinrfnp
| spray was whipping the sickness out Of
| They see the signal" he replied. "Ah,
| there 1t isn'
| High up and far away fickered a ruddy
| lame. NO object was distinguishable near
| there alone in the darkness, like a witch's
| candle: Had there been any earth or sky
1t would have been half way between them
| 1t Is our beacon" explained the Greek: /:
I'VE shall sail straight for that and we
come to the part of the shore where We
| the landing make. They have light it far
| up in the mountain. that all who see NAV
| think 1t a shepherds camp"
| Curtis was seized with uncomfortable ex-
| element Crawling to the cabin. he shout
| ed down to the Swede. Come up, lieuten-
| ant: we're nearing landr'
| The box again flew open and this time
Lindbohm was the jack that bobbed out.
why, it's dark as . pocket" he said.