Evening star., 1900-06-30

proceeded quite rapidly. Curtis held tight
ly to the shoe.
They cost me S." he said. "and it's a
shame to throw It away"
CHAPTER III.
1t was about l O'clock In the afternoon
when they arrived at the foot of the tre-
mendous rocky dam which they must scale
to reach the village. The sun was shining
against It's fece. and the dozen or more
rivulets that were racing and leaping
downward gl!ttered like molten silver.
From the bed Of the rsvine not a house
was visible. Lindbohm made a trumpet of
his hands. and. looking upward. shouted
Justify, drawing out the last syllable of the
word as though 1t were a vocal telescope
'Hillo Hillo! Hillo!'
A girl came to the edge. She appeared
to be standing on the top of wall. She
was floating in sunlight; she was glorified.
Tall. straight, deep-bosomed, she wore
of the same material with sleeves that
were white from the elbows down: Her
hair, that was in reality soft brown,
seemed of gold: one massive strand fell
over her bosom quite to her knees. Her
face was oval, the features as clearly cut
as those of a goddess, with certain
warmth and softnesS about them that no
sculptor ever attained to. Her large brown
eyes, wide apart beneath low, broad fore
head. beamed with fearless innocence ana
wonder. On her left shoulder reposed
huge earthern water jug, two-nanaieo,
bulging near the top and dwindling at
either end. Her right hand held this IN
place and her left rested on her hip
What is 1t. strangers2" she called down.
in .snSan,d1a Winning voice; ss,d M,cbau
What's sphakiote?" asked Lindbohm'
Greek for goddess
The Cretan shouted back a few words OF
explanation. and the maiden oisappeare.ul, ..l,
Ten minutes later the edge was lined with
the citizens Of Ambellak; tow-headeo onii
dren. women, old and young, tai psinkair,a' .i.as
boys and maidens. All the males. OF what-
nous blue trousers and soft red fezzes. tha'
broke across the crown and fell backward
ending in long black tassel. me "oi,.eti ,.nea
and girls were for the most part attrea
like the maiden who had first appeared,
though several of these wore handkerchiels
tide about their heads.
Here's the demarch, shouted shrili
chorus.
though in response.
A majestic old Cretan, with Two sliESr
mounted pistols and long pearl-handied
knife in his belt, took his place IN the MD
die of the line. He was soon 1oiIaea h 1s ~ u
priest in venerable robes and tall hat Cur
It's imagined that the inhabitants OF some
comic opera town had come out on tIe
walls to hold parley with himself ana MS
friends,
he was; but his foot hurt SO that he was
unable to make up his mind
What is your business with us ASKED
the demarch, pompously. remembering that
he was acting in official capacity IN the
presence of his entire constituency.
Nlichali explained at length. HIS Story
threw the listening Cretans into state oi
great excitement. Several OF them hai
lighted the beacon for the guidance oi tlte
Holy Mary Two or three youngsters. let
ring themselves down from the edge OF the
natural battlement, descended by means OF
shrubbery and jutting stones, .spraWiiHs
midafr like huge spiders On reaching the
bottom, they commenced an anltndteu Goi,
yersation with Michall the upshot OF winch
was that they must all so up as the young
sters had lust come down, and that 1t was
very easy if you had courage In PROOF Oh
which. a boy of fifteen sprawled skyward
again, looking back every moment TO laush
and shout "Embros!
pride. "All Cretans can climb, If some ol
them cannot swim. Can you follow me:
"I can certainly try replied the lieutep-
ant.
TO mount and consult with the citizens as
10 the hest means of assisting Curtis to the
top.
pested the Cretan, "only they are suspi-
cious of us as yet, and will not tell"
Michali, true to his boast, climbed the iase
of the terrace with the greatest ease. Lind
bohm reminded Curtis of the frog IN the
mental arithmetic that goes up three incnes
of a we'll thirty feet deep every so many
minutes and slips back a certain distance
How long will it take him to reach the
top" he mused, 'if he stops to rest during
every seventh minute?'
He was genius at mental arithmetic
and had nearly figured out the proposition
to submit it to Lindbohm, when he heard