Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-15

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and the Turks .szxooued down on the vii
lage and murdered half the inhabitants and
carried the gtfI and her father on Then
they killed the old man. This Kostakes-
That must have been one OF the chaps
that we hanged LAST night" interrupted
'Yust So" said Libdbohm, "ond now we
ia. My friend here.
The fact is we feel very grateful. and
we want to know what has become of the
girl" interrupted Curtis, determined at all
hazards to head of Lindbohm's explana-
ton to this civilized Englishman. who
might be inclined to, smile at tale of ro-
nance. "a
1.-The commandant is out. but think
am am the very man yo1 want to Sse sasa
takes, it seems had three wives. two Turk
ish ladies besides the Greek"
1.-The Greek was not his wife, interrupt
ed Lindbohm with dignity.
well, however that may be, they all
came back to the ruins OF his nouse-it
seems his house got in the way or one OF
our shells and there wasn't much LETT OF n.
Well. there they all stood, the two nouIis
wringing their hands and bowling ana tne
Greek quiet enough but looking sort OF
dazed. / was out with squad ana came
across them myself Well to make ,ons
story short, we're assisting all the Turks
to emigrate from here that feel so as
posed. and we sent off the three women
this morning."
'Why, the Greek 1t seems. had some
friends in Athens. She has had enough Oh
Mahometanism, and wanted to be put OH
there. So we gave her pass TO Athens
when does the next boat go TO Atnehs'
asked Curtis. looking up suddenly.
There's an Austrian Lloyd tomorro"
morning at 10 which stops at Athens
For
The EnpIishman ACCOMPANIED his two
callers to the gate ID
"Td like to hear the story OF your 40
ventures with the insurgents, 81, ne axS Sa,d
"You must have had some hVetS eAp
ences. Good-day. gentlemen .,;r.
by the way" cried Lindbohm, turn,. nm,
back, 'lest there be any mistake was ''iis
Greek girl very beautiful? .rv 6ne
woman" hair,
What was the color OF ner mar
Brown ..,,a,. y
Il don't remember exactly believe "
.Tall, slender, oval face. big, fine eyesY
"Well, you see. only saw her TOT H. H.
ment. She certainly was tan anu s'e Held
and-and-a fine. handsome woman. heu
her head back and threw her cnest our. :. anu
had a sort of independent air about her.
I.indbohm had no further DOUBTS.
Preparations for departure on the morrow
were begun at once Curtis had no DIM
Guilty in raising some money at Cooh ~
his letter of credit His passport and two
three letters from nome "oio
identification. ..,
GLOW are you of for money. old man.!
he ask Lindbohm. The lieutenant dreW
from the recesses Of the ancient, water s.
warped pocket book IS note, Dadly laoeo
and stained. It came in two at one OF the
creases as he held 1t up
~ will paste this together" he said. ana
it will be Just as good as ever nave pie"-
ty more in Athens"
"All right then" replied Curtis Ii get
the tickets
But l have plenty"
I've must buy some clothes. I'll get the
tickets
Lindbohm assented. so far as the tickets
were concerned, but he positively refused to
buy clothing till he got to Athens. ne too 1,
a stroll about the town to see what mill
tary preparations were going on, while Cur
tbs arrayed himself in cheap and Ill
fitting suit and a new pair OF tan SHOES Ior
all of which he paid high price. He also
bought leather travelling bag. into which
he put a supply Of underwear and other
necessities. The Cretan boots and the
scimeter he tied to the handle of the bag as
souvenirs.
So the next morning Curtis and Lindbohm
walked briskly through the Kaleidoscope
square to the wharf and embarked In
rowboat for the steamer waiting out In the
bay.
There will be no difficulty in finding her
in Athens said Lindbohm as the two
stood at last on the deck OF the steamer.
Tickets. gentlemen
The waiting eInpl0ye glanced at the two
tickets and then handed them back, one to
Curtis and one to Lindbohm.
Here. said the latter. he made mis-
take. I've got your ticket. John Curtis.
Tri- What does this mean? Why are
you going to TrieSte?"
"Lindbohm,'' said Curtis laying his hand
on the Swede's arm, "Panayota isn't In
Athens" s..
us she in Trieste? Why are you fooling
me?"
I'm not fooing you. I couldn't tell you
because thought you'd want me to go and
see her, and bid her goodbye. And l
couldn't do 1t. / just couldn't. 1t would
be too painful, and it wouldn't do any
good"
why shouldn't you go and see her?
And why should you bid her goodbye? 1
don't understand"
you will understand when I tell YOU
She's leper. / saw her myself, with my
own eyes, we passed through their viii
lage. She isn't like those other horrible
creatures yet, Of course. but she will be in
time My God, Lindbohm, think of what
an escape I've had! l was so wrapped up
In the girl that l actually thought OF mar
rying hereafter a while. Suppose l had
done so and 1t had broken out on her after
ward Why. might have even caught the
disease myself!
The lieutenant was very pale. When he
spoke his voice was low and unnaturalIy
distinct, and he divided his sentence into
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