Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-11-30

his company and attached himself Temporal
rfiy to Mavroyenfs' band, incurred the Ka-
petanos' wrath by firing q shot against or
ders while We were lurking In the neigh
borhood OF q pass down which II was
thought the Turks might try to enter. Never
had dreamed that such fury was possi-
dienifed, became like a wild beast roaring.
raging, his eyes like blazing Goals his
voice terrible with passion. The Armenian,
who could not understand a word of the
nery invective, was AFFECT with terror The
whole company stood round absolutely
cowed; We were like a lot OF whipped ours.
1t was an unforgettable experience. / re-
member that. hours after the storm. the
boy that had charge Of the Kapetanos' only
luxury. his evening nargileh. had TO be
showed into his presence by five or six of
the men, so scared he was to approach
this terrible master.
The other Chiefs" though duly appoInt-
ed by the government, We're ciphers by the
side of Mavroyenis. Calmly and without
dispute he settled everything. The Cretan
captains had only to say yes" and trans
init his orders to their men. Mavtoyenis
had kind of contempt for them, as being
what he called "SlaYe-Greeks" that is.
Greeks from Turkish possession, while he
was free Greek'-lefteros-and Kape-
tanos of band of Klephtoi, lefteroi. they
too
Real Kieptomaniacs.
During the week or ten days 1 was with
the klephtoi 1 never saw him spend five
minutes in talk with either Karakitson or
Christopulus. They kept among their men,
he among his. His followers, however
were on the best of good terms with the
Cretans. and when food or tobacco was
scarce Thessalians always stood aside
rough thieves" though they were, to al
low the Cretans to have the pick of the
stores. karakitson and Christopulus had
Doth for years led their bands of guerrilla
lighters, the one near Suda the other I'm the
interior from the Canea, and had ve-itably
Kept alive the passion for freedom in a
whole country infiamed by the constant tale
OF their exploits against the Turks Their
methods may often have been questionab BILE
for they frankly called themselves Kleph-
toi and practiced 'kleptomania" quite OPEN
~, but their courage was beyond question
ana their course was not ignoble in itself
II was not easy TO talk freely with the
Cretans; their Greek is peculiar provincial,
even archaic, and they. also, seemed sus-
p'cious of the stranger massacring their
noble tongue of Plato But they were ex-
traordlnary polite, in a curious cold way
ma king pretty quasi-oriental gestures OF
difference and salaaming with their hand
ialI way to the earth when one offered
them cigarette or glass of ouso
rake it for all in all, it was a wonderful
~ interesting week, that week among the
uIlganos In the mountain pa sses. watching
for the Turk that never came scouting in
the van or the army that, had we but
known II, was already smashed al Dhomo-
KOS and suing for the armistice that inaug-
urated the dismal peace. wild life and
hard, but sweetened by picturesque sur
roundings and gladdened by good comrade-
ship. In times of peace one regrets ones
war Gays. and there is at least one more or
less respectable citizen who pines some
Times Tor the blanket on the ground he
shared with horde of lawless brigands.