The sun., 1903-10-18

fearful Of doing while he had his head
quarters In the mountains Of Lebanon,
they lost no time in doing when he was out
Of the country and in no position to take
vengeance. They Immediately set about
exte rminating the family Of Zoriek. :,
The work was done systematlcaily.
Did a Zoriek appear to look askance at
Turk? He was thrown into Jail and sub
jected to tortures until life gave way
Was an attack made on Mazah, or any
village where a Zoriek lived? No person
of that name was allowed to escape, II
possible. The case Of Zoriek's brother
was typical.
This brother came to America some
time after Eelies. Here he lived until his
health broke down, and then, on the advice
of the doctors, Eelies sent the invalid to
Cairo.
There the brother set up restaurant
and did fairly well catering to his refugee
home seized him. BY giving up to' this
desire he sealed his own death warrant.
He had no sooner reached his native
town than he was thrown into prison and
exposed to all sorts OF indignities for six
months At the end Of that time he was
taken into the prison court ana beaten ,o ny y
prisoners until he fell unconscious, Then
his relatives were permitted to take him
home, where he died some weeks later
from his injuries. ,.r-,
One OF the last OF the Zorieks to be killed
was Esprido, cousin OF Eeiies. lhke
Eelies, Esprido was an outlaw, patrio1,
national hero. He became such at the
age of II years, when he killed several
Mohammedans in running tight ana sue
ceedsd in escaping to the mountains.
For the next twenty-five years he spent
the greater part Of his time in the noun
tains, occasionally venturing forth to wreak
vengeance In the name OF Christianity,
following a Mohammedan outbreak; He
was particularly noted for his sword play.
|. Powerful as an OK, he would drop into a
Mohammedan village when the streets
were crowded and run arnuck, his great
sword flashing around him and telling OPP
moments right and left. He also had habit
Of getting in the rear OF ambuscades get get
men who were looking for him to come
walking into their trap in the opposite
He was 80 daring that more than once
he openly walked into Beirut and shot down
some Turk who had gained his enmity,
and then went back to his lair, lighting on
Two wears ago Esprido went to Beirut
to hold conference with some OF the towns
leading Christians. As he was making his
way through the streets some Moham,,
medans unexpectedly fell upon him and
stabbed him again and again.
Then they left him for dead, but such
was his hold on life that he fingered Tor SIX
months. In such fashion has the fanny OF !.
Zoriek been killed of within the last eight
Tn all that time" says Eelies, Il never
read in a Syrian paper Of a massacre or
outbreak without hnding In the list OF the
dead my family name. It was Zoriekn, -,
zoreik-Zoriek until the whole family, With
the exception of my father, had been killed
| by the Turks. IT.. a;od
And yes, they killed him. too. he dien
Of a broken heart after he had seen Lorlek
| after Zoriek fall beneath the sword ana was
| powerlees 10 save them.
aAnd 10 all Of rny family-io AoTieks r.,
have been victims OF the Turk, and ! am
kthe last OF my narne--the last OF the Aor'eks'