Evening star., 1900-07-14
Just before sunrise Aichali, with his leg
broken was brought in on a donkey.

CHARTt3H X.
They laid the wounded Cretan on the
lounge in the parsonage. He was pale as
death from loss Of blood, and kept swapping
at his under lip with his teeth, but he did
not groan. e
I'VE are a pair Of sforks now," he said
smiling at Curtis, and then he tainted away.
Curtis cut the trouser from the wounded
leg. ball had struck the shin, low down
ITS not badly sp.intered o.d man, said
the American as uMichsH opened his eyes
! again. Il don't Know anything about sur
gerry, but 1 should, think the proper thing
would be to wash it, support it with some a
spiins .1vs. and bind it up tight Shall try if'
nat you need:' asked Michal1.
Some warm water TITO or three straight
up into strips"
The wounded man called for the necessary
articles ana they We're soon brought Cur
tis washed the blood away carefully.
The end OF a piece of bone pushed against
the SIX n from beneath and made a sharp
protuberance.
I'm awfully sorry, old man. but I've
got to hurt you-like the devil. I'm afraid"
All right my friend" replied Michah,
No. only minute. Here. lie on your
back. That's right. Now. take hold of the
sides sid s., Of the the lounge and hang on tight
teeth filled. Now, tell this old man to take
hold of your ankle SO, with both hands and
pun, slowly, carefully, TIL say stop, and
IIot ~ toHHeHCe pulling TIL say now.
you'd better explan-your Greek is some
better than mine"
Michali explained.
Does he understand"
Perfectly"
Curtis put his hand about the broken shin
IN such way that he could push the frag-
ment of bone into place.
This can't be wrong" he reflected. "At
any rate there's nothing else to do
Looking at the old man he nodded.
Jesus; ; Jesus! Jesus" gurgled Michali.
iI.s throat with hook. There was so much
agony in them, they meant so much more
than the screams of a weaker person would
have meant that the amateur surgeon felt
SICK at his stomach and it cost him a tre-
mendous effort to through a sort of
D!hdhesS that settled like a Cloud before
MS eyes But the two ends of the bone
came together and he resolutely pushed the
splinter into place.
Sti!l holding the leg tightly he looked at
Michail. Great drops of sweat were stand
was bleeding. but he smiled bravely.
All over, said Curtis Now for the
sticks and the strips"
Fortunately for the success of the opera
tion the boy who had led the mule was out
sac, giving an account of the progress of
the battle. He proved a greater attraction
even than the broken leg. Curtis, finding
h msef alone with his patient. shut and
locked the door.
Does 1t hurt you very much, old MANI"
ne asked Il suppose the proper thing now
"ouiu pS " give you something to put
TO sleep. Don't you think you could sleep
a little while anyway"
NO, no, L cannot sleep. 1t hurts me
some, but not much-not too much"
Curtis sat quietly for some time in the
seml-darkness of the room, listening to the
chatter of the boy outside punctuated by
the excited exclamations of the listeners
he glanced at the drawn face of Michali
which had CHASTITY hue in the wan light
Ihc wounded mans eyes were open, but
he made no sound.
..r Hes a plucsy beggar." thought Curtis
wonder if it would do him any harm
70 talk? l say, Mchali,'' he asked aloud,
how is 1t going? What are they doing up
thcre?'
They tried to come through about IL
o ciock-but how l tell you since you
do not the ravine know? 1t begins wide on
the other side-a deep. steep valley with
many pine trees. and paths along the sides
Near the top of the mountain the ravne
becomes narrow. between the walls of rock
what you call it?-perpendicular. If the
Turk ever gets over the summit we are
lost Very weli-that devil Ampates, Lind
bohm should have killed him.
why, what did he do?'
without him the Turk never could have
found the best p.1h. Well. we have men
on all the paths with dogs-good dogs hear
half mile, bark-Oh, like the devil. We
stay high up, most of US, where ravine is