Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-01
CHAPTER XXXIII.

which the English are driven back to the
boats. The captain of the Hazard deter
mines to drop few shells into the town
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Hell had now broken loose. The report
soon spread among the Turks that the En-
gl;sh mad been driven into the sea. Islam
that always believes in final universal
triumph and the death of all unbelieyers,
was drunk with victory. The Mahometans
of Canea did not stop to think how few
they We're 1t seemed 10 them that the ven
geanCe of Allah was at hand and that the
whole world of the faithful had arisen. A
band of bowling demons poured down the
streets Of the Christian quarter, shooting
into the windows and doors Of the houses
hacking down with their long knives all
who were not able to get out of sight The
shells which the Hazard continued to drop
into the town in hopes of quelling the up
rising but added 10 the terror Of the victims
and the fury of the murderers. The Ma
hometan has no fear OF death when he Is
on Gods business. kostakes terrible Bash
BazOuks were everywhere. These are the
irrggIIars who furnish their own arms an(
equipment They or their families have
suffered in some previous conflict with the
Christians, ana they Kill for revenge and
the true faith
old scores were paid of and all settled
in b God. If Turk had reasons for hating
an. special Christian he fastened to his
house to cut his throat.
Some resistance was made, and guns
ba-ked from half-clOsed window shutters
into the faces Of the marauders. But when
ever this happened ii only FASTENED the
fate OF those within. The Christian quar-
ter swarEIed with Turks. They crowded the
streets leaped over the garden walls, pried
open the doors of the houses. Those who
weve not there out OF pure thirst for blood
cam from love Of plumber or lust.
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teens. who has been marked by satyr eyes
as she walked mudestly through the streets
% CaHea. now hears loud voices in the
house and the tramp OF heavy feet. She
knows from the clash Of the knives and the
Wild applications OF her mother that her
father and brothers are being butchered.
Then she crouches. white with horror in
her hiding place. gasping Virgin save,
her Hands wet with the blood of her par
eE;s drag her forth Her shrieks are drown
81 II brutal laughter and obscenity. This
i the unsDeaka BILE Turk,
Now The bridegroom rushes vainly about
the s-na cottage where he had hoped to be
80 happy. searching for some place to hide
the woman who loves him with pure and
holy love. Oh, that he could dig q hole in
th= earthen floor with his hands, The
frightened creature clings to him, hysteri-
cal With fear, and he tries to comfort her
although he knows that every word is a
He Forget his beautiful Marieo? There
they are AT the door row-what right has a
Christian dog to a beautiful girl? Were
suCn not made for the sole enjoyment of
the faithful? The Bashi Bazouks throw
themselves against the door, but It does not
yield There is a crash of guns as they at
tempt To shoot away the lock. and laugh
ing caution IN gTuf voice 20 'be careful
you may kill the woman" The hus-
band draws knife from his belt and
thrUsts il TO the hilt into the eide of
III. tender being who is clinging to him
Win piercing scream and shudder
she falls Imply across his arm, her long
brown hair slipping loose and flowing 10
the floor. hen the blood-stained, powder
GlaCkeHed monsters in disheve.ed turbans
hurs, ia,o the room he gree;s them thus, an
~ er!rg their cry of rage with insulting
epi,hets- And this is the unspeakable
IGrE,
r;ECr husbands and many fathers had
not the courage 70 act so wisely as this man.
but were bound and made 10 witness the
uHf"rglvabla insult to pure wonanhood the
Urthinka BILE degradation to mankind Nor
did they thus save their own lives for their
thioats were cut at the end of the helish
orgy. and they We're left collapsed and
bloody, dropping from bedhead or window
shutter And this is the unspeakable Turk,
O.3e young wife about to become a mother
had been sought by a wealthy MUssulman
III marriage, after the Mahometan fashion
He had offered the father money but had
been repulsed. He had attempted to sneak
TO the girl herself. but she had fled from
HIM with evident horror. He had tried to
k.dnap her. relying on the friendly indiffer-
e1ce, # not secret aid, of the British con-
sui, but in vain. Her Christian lover
though Elere boy had FASTENED the day
or his union with her to save her from
this persecution The Mahometan had
brooded over the fancied insult, and as he
brOoded, murder grew in his heart He had
been despised. he had been made ridicu-
lous In the eyes OF the dogs OF Christians
who smiled at him, he fancied, out of the
corner OF the eye. Now was the time for
revenge. He had long planned II. 1t could
not be too terrible. With several of his
friends he flies to the home of the devoted
couple The young husband Is bound. The
young wife Is dragged by the hair from her
hiding place and a stake driven through her
body before his eyes. Curse her she shall
breed no Christian dogs, Curse her. now
she knows what II Is TO despise a Turkish
gentleman. And this Is the unspeakable
Turk,
On TO the church and the house of the
priest What though he is a venerable
man. with white hair and beard? What
though his wife is sweet and gentle
lady trembling with age? These are the
vermin who spread this baletul doctrine
or Christianity, who teach the people to
despise Mahomet. There is no god but
God. and Mahomet is his prophet! Now
We shall see Threats cut scientifically
Long practice has made the Turk most
sktllful IN this accomplishment Rufian
mans thin, gray hair, her head is jerk
ed back. and a heavy carved blade hacks
at her throat. The bodies of the ancient
into the street upon the cobblestopes, Then
with dreadful shrek a young girl rushes
from an inner room and falls upon her
knees beside the quivering and bloody
corpses. Basbi Bazouk pulls her to
her feet. petty officer of the Turkish
regular army touches her with the point
Of his sword and commands her to kick
the bodies of her dead father and mother
and to spit on them On these terms she
will be free from further molestation. She
Is half insensible with fear, she scarce
hears what they say, but instinct prevents
her obeying the horrible command. A bay
onet is thrust into her, and she sinks upon
the forms of those whom she had so loved,
yet not 10 die. For she recovered, and is
now in Athens, her wounds bearing tssti-