Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-06-03

been put up, but the father came for
ward and guaranteed the hotel bill,
and not a great deal was said. Two
days later an ugly faced native pre-
scented Wallace with a note from
Burns. He had not only been car.
ried off, but the brigands wanted
$4,000 in gold for his ransom. In his
trunk he had about $3.50, but they had
refused that. The rascals took it that
he was a rich mans prospective SON
in-law and that the $4,000 would be
forthcoming at once, but the Ameri-
can carried the note to the British
consulate. The minister was off on a
junket, and the official in charge had
no intention of hustling in the matter.
He said he would notify the Greek
government and that in due time the
matter would be Strengthened out.
Two days later there was a second
note. Burns said if the messenger
came back without the cash he would
lose one of his ears. When this was
handed in at the consulate, it was
greeted with the remark:
The case must take the usual chan
nels, and he was an ass to go and get
captured
Two days passed again, and this
time the messenger handed Mr.. Wal
lace a bulky letter. It's bulk arose
from the fact that one of Burns ears
was Enclosed. In the letter he stated
that unless the cash was raised he
would lose the other. The sight of the
ear stirred them up at the consulate
that is, another demand was made on
the Greek government, and the Greek
government replied that the case would
be taken up in its regular order. Then
Wallace did a handsome thing. The
messenger had been detained to see
what the minister would do, and. as it
was plain that nothing would be done
until too late, the ransom was handed
over. 1t was three days before the re-
leased vas handed over. His right
ear had been sliced off as slick as you
please, and he had had a hard time of
it moving about on the mountains in
the company of the villains. He did
not come to the hotel, but Sent for
me to come to the lodgings he had Sc
cured. While his gratitude to Wallace
was u%nbounded and he said he would
speedily arrange to repay him, he did
not want to meet him.
"Egad," said he, but doncher see
how it is? The hero is no hero, but an
asst He must have seer through my
little game. The fact is, the two bloody
villains | had hired for the little com-
edy began to fall down and beg for
their lives before l had fired a shot. |
believe the old gent was smiling when
the donkeys started to run. The brutes
overdid it. doncncr see. 10, | can't
see him. He'd quite knock me on. as
he'd take my hand and press it and
say, Hero, I thank thee for thy gallant
conduct"
"Egad, but that's worse yet. / saw
her looking at one of the bloody vii
lains to see where he was hit, and l
heard her ask her father if the fellow
wasn't doing some tall running for a
wounded a l couldn't face it,
doncher know. She might fall on my
shoulder and call me a hero and de-
clare that had saved her life. but Us
more likely that she'd welcome me as
the prize donkey of the century. Real
ly, but couldn't take chances, doncher
know"
And how about FOUR volcanic and
overwhelming love. angels on earth,
and so forth?'
Why, hang it, man, can't you ste
the blooming situation? Haven't l lost
a blooming ear and made an ass Of my
self, and does a one cared ass love like
a two cared man? Can't you see. and
doncher know, that the rest of my
blooming life will be spent il feeling
for the ear that's probably been thrown
out TO the bloody dogs of Athens? And
when I'm not feeling for the ear III be
training a lock of hair TO fall down
over where it ought to be. and if there
is any time left, I'll put It in in kick
ing myself doneher sea9v
/ saw and sent his belongings over
to him and gave him my sympathy,
and that evening when l told Miss
Wallace that he would depart on the
boat a small grin lowered around her
mouth as she replied:
Papa must find me that ear as a
souvenir"
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