Evening star., 1900-07-07
CHAPTER ".


upcn an antique couch with wooden
came ,.pon whose high back was carved
the date 1875. Papas-Malecko's, fcsther-in-
,ax, bad received 1t n that year as part OF
bis, vife's dowry, and mad given It In turn
70 his own daughter. 1t was a highly
priced possession
A trunk. studded with brass-headed nails
several low wooden stools ard a bureau
completed the furnit1:re of tire apartment
The priest brought a stool for Curtis foot,
and lifted the wounded member tenderiy
thereon The windows and doors were
darkcncd by the wondering popui'ttion Two
o. three leading cIt;zel:s pushed through
into the room ard cornme.ce ced taking IN
chorus. All gest:culate1 wildly bindbohm
krer, Down by the foot Gnd began to move
the stocking
Il know something of medicine" he said
DO 1 hurt your
Go on replied Curtis; that's a mere
detail
Lirdbohm poked the puffy sole here and
there until his patient give Jump. as
when the dentist finds & nerve
There 1t is cried Curtis. fhere s some
th-nf- in it,
Further examination discovered the head
Of a black silver. which, after several at
temuts with i penknfe blade arc his thumb
n&ii. the lieutenant S,-Ccecyed IN extract
iEg. The curiosity If the throng That now
pscked the room almost TO sunocatfon found
expression in a storm Of volubiiity. The
silver WAS passed from hand TO hand Cur
tis thought he detected again and again
the syllahles. many. many he forgot
they were speaking Greek
DO they say there are otfers? he asked
NO" replied Michali; they say 'ka;e-
meme which means poor fellow.
'Oh. tell en- it's nothing Just a silver
in my foot I'll be all right in an hour.
''On the contrary. regret TO say that you
4 sore foot may have curing two or three
weeks 1t is a spine of the acfinoos-"
oh the sea hedgehog. Is it poisonous?
Not exactly poisonous. but 1t Will make
much irritation. You should have spoken
of him Immediately, thea il would not nave
been so bad. Did 1t not hurt very ba6?'
why 1t hurt some. OF course, but l
thought had scratched my foot on a stone.
l wasn't going TO delay the game for
Wei. by Jupiter cried Lirdbohm. you
Ams ricans have plenty Of gravel
Plenty of what?'
..Pienty of gravel Isn't that what you
say? l heard that expression once
Perhaps you mean SAND?
Maybe it Is At any rate, you've got
At this moment a tremendous hubbub
arose The demarCh lunged through the
crowd. and. throwing his constituents to
right and left made way for the entry OF
an old woman. who stabbed the ground at
every step with a long qu!vering staff She
bent like the new moon, and her Wrln-
kled skin the color of mid cigar. In
her left hand she held a whisp of dried
herbs The cries of relief and joy which
her presence evoked reminded Curtis Of
the arrival If -ardy fire engine.
Who's Jnis?' he asked
she is the wise woman, replied Michai
she will put something on the foot that
viii. him very quick
Her orders delivered in shrill voice. re-
suited in the immediate production of warm
water, a towel and a basin The old wo-
man made the sign of the cross over the
foot She then washed II. applied the leaves
and bound them on with rags.
That does feel nice" said Curtis. How
much ought ] to offer her?''
Money! asked MichaH-
Yes Of course
Nothing nothing She would be-what
you call him? She would suffer in her
feelings. You are the guest OF the village
Bid me to thank her for you
Sure Tell her she's regular old brick
Tell her my own mother couldn't have done
''Ah. that. yes. 1 do not know what is
that brick. but the mother will make her
very glad
Michaii evidently knew what to say. for
she patted Curtis head afrectionately. and
tears ran down her cheeks
she says she had three boys, all big.
strong fellows like you. and the Turks have
killed them all" explained Michan
Yes" replied Curtis Il understand the
most Of that myself She speaks very
plain
The demarch now made a brief speech,
which resulted in clearing the house AS
the Ambeliakians retired. a merry voice
shouted:
''Perastika. Kurie Pelarge"' MAY you re-
cover soon, Mr. Stork and all took up the
refrain. shouting the syllables over and
over. amid great laughter. To Michalr 8
unbounded delight. Curtis cried "Eucharis-
to- Grhanks.D
That was splendid" said Michau. when
all had left except himself. Lindbohm, the
dernarch and Papas- -Ma!ecko How ID
understand what rbey hay saIJ
Il studied modern Greek in college and
used to practice on the Greeks in Boston
But l don't understand hardly anything.
L m disguised with myself l said 'Eucr.a-
riSto' because ii was the only word could
think Of
oh. you are too modest. You answered
exactly right They said, May you get
well soon. Mr. SJork, and you answered,
Thank you; thank you"
Curtis took from his pocket book, bad
ly damaged b. the bath which it had re-
ceivei when he had jumped for his life
from the Inflated Holy Mary. but still ser
yiceable
This is new method just out" he ex-
plaiEed. holding It up to view oh / shall
be talking in day OF two-I lose confidence
when there are 50 many people together
Ihey all gabber at once. and L can't under
stand word
The demarch and the priest examined
with great reverence the copy Of RanKaye's :
excellent method
Their ideas Of books were chiefly asso-
wan 'llc I1Oly scriptures and the
Lives Of the Saints" The mayor crossed
himself devoutly, but the priest refrained
He had heard that there were profane
books.
Evening was now at hand, and a girl
came In. bringing two lighted candles in
tail brass candlesticks. She was the maid.
en- whom the shipwrecked strangers had
hrst seen. standing on the edge OF the
precipice, with the water jug on her shoul.
der. Her height was rather greater thar
that OF the ordinary woman. her figure was
both slender and athletic There was some.
thing antique and statuesque in her attt-
tnde now, as she advanced, holding the two
tall candlesticks. Papas-Malecko intro.
duced her as his daughter and Michan ex.
planned She smiled sweetly and replied
with charming graciOusness OF manner thai
the strangers were welcome There was nc
1mpering or coyness. She demeaned her.
sell with the modest courage OF innate no
binty and innocence. The false standards
OF so-called civilization were unknown 10
her She was a daughter of the denocrac,
OF the mountains. In her theory OF tbs
world all women were virtuous and all
men. except Turks. were gentlemen and
heroes When Curtis heard her sneo j