The daily morning Alaskan., 1902-03-01
A GRECIANS
 TRAGEDY

tue udoll NA huhAAhN AAN'lNN't| ~" Greece. One day while following q doe he became separated from his com panlons and lost his way. After con. siderable wandering he at last came in sight of tue lonian sea. with its nu merOus and beautiful Islands. The day was now. however. far spent. and lt was with much delight that from the top of hill he espled the white walls of Greek cottage before him. He determined at ell risks to seek ad- r.;Ssca for an asylum for the night. ils ~p;roached the door. which he focad fhI1 He knocked loudly with lis aJr ing whip. and quickly the door ,.s opened by Greek female. the ioyC!lcst hls eyes had ever rested on. The young huntsman made his misfor' tancS and hls wishes known Co her In us good Albanian as he could muster to which she replied in Italian and in. Vlted him in.
 The cause of manhood and misfor'l tune seldom dnds deaf ear among the ladies. and this beautiful Greek yielded to It's Influence and readily of fered hlm an asylum. telling him at the same time that he must depart at daybreak. for if her male friends, who bore no great love for the English, caught him there he might repent his Intrusion.
 Costello-for such was the officers name-readily asSented and JOyfully took possession of the small chamber the beautiful Zcr::ltla showed him for the night. He even. in the ecstasy of his admiration for his beautiful host ess. nearly forgot his poor steed. His recollection. however. quickly return cd. and he salied out to the stable and made the necessary arrangements for its comfort himself The peculiarity of hls situation not a little surprised h'al. Alone. amid the desert noun, talna of Albania. with the most beau tiful woman his eyes ever rested on, and ca-iccture seemed at stand to acr1uYj for her solitary situation. 'Tis tr:c sd, had spoken of male relations but hc had as yet seen no human form lu thu. solitude except herself. There was ueatness about the cottage whlch scarcely belonged to a Greek peasant. and her language. although a Grce,; In habit and appearance. Was pure Tuscan.
 On his return from the stable he found his beautiful hostess had pre- pared a suitable collation.. which. with a cup of the good wine of Thessaly. made hlm ,orget his fatigue. She sc'wcd not unwilling to enter into con verSatiOn. Costello was good lin' CulSt. Having been some time in Flor encc. he spoke the genuine Tuscan with sufficient fiuency. He therefore willingly seized the opportunity offered Of entering into conversation in that language. to which her soft. melodious voice lent an additional harmony.
 Her story was short She belonged to a party of brlgands who occupied this retreat among the mountains, from whence they made excursions on the plains for plunder. on one of which they were now absent. They had late ly come from the opposite coast of Ca labrla. and her father. who was the head of the gang was originally from Pisa. where she had been brought up.
 Sue was. she said. tired of that kind of life. which was now doubly odlous to her. as her father was forcing her 10 marry one of his own gang.
 She owned she was unhappy, and the dowacaSt melancholy of her beau tlful eyes too well Ottested the truth of h,r assertion Costello felt for her. to which perhaps the extreme beauty of her appearance not little tended. He resolved 10 rescue her. Yet how to effect it he did not know. It was more easily thought of than executed. In the ardor of the moment he mentioned It to her He urged her to fly with him. She hesltated. she resisted. At last she yielded.
 But not now" said she. ''l must again see my father. Poor. miserable old man. He will now have nobody Co watch over him. Co pray for him. Perhaps he may even fall a victim to his own bloodthirSty companions. Re turu." she continued. 'to your own quarters. Prepare a few servants to attend you. and in the next dark of the moon meet me under wonder rock at midnight. and shall be prepared to accompany you to some place where you may be able to procure a safe es- cort for me back 10 Pisa"
 Costello promised all she asked. He retired to rest and the next morning at daybreak started on on his return Co Corfu. bearing with him the Image of the beautiful ZOraida strongly i'm pressed on his Imagination.
 Another week passed on without their meeting. Stlll Zoraida was up permost in his thoughts. The moon had now arrived at that point in her orbit at which. even in that delightful climate. she wells her light for short time. and Costello. thinly attended and ignorant of the errand of danger he was entering on. prepared to put In ex' ecutlOn his intention of rescalng the beautiful Z1rllda and making her his own.
 He found no GlGicul,y in retracing his routc and. leaving his servants and hcrSes at the foot of the mountain. Joyfully ascended 'he rock. armed only with his sword and q ease of pistols.
 An overhauglng mountain sheltered all from the back. while before them s,-,,cbcd tho rat- nlniDs nud valleys