Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-05-27
Ghe Captain
Of the
Janizaries
BY JAMES NJ. LUDLOW
Cupush. 1885. b. Dodd. Mod q Co.
Copyush. 1890. b. james N. LsAow


The explanation was given in few
words-on the one side the story Of the
slaughter at the village and the advcn-
lures Of Morsinia and Constantine; on
the other Of how the news Of the Turk
ish raid reached the camp ut Sfeti-
grade about noon and the rescuing
party had started ut once under Kabilo-
vitsch's command and ridden ut break
neck speed during the entire night In
the hope Of meeting the Turks before
they emerged from the narrow valley.
Learning now that they were too late
for this, Kabilovitsch halted his COM
mand and with Constantine sought the
place where Morsinia was In waiting.
When the old man heard that the first
assailants Of the hamlet hnd been Al
banlans In disguise his rage was furi-
Gus, and through his incautious words
Morslnia learned more Of her relation
to the voivode Amesa than her reputed
father had ever told her, for the mys-
terry Of her family had never been fully
explained In her hearing. 1t had here
tofore been deemed best that the girl
should not be made the custodian of her
own secret, yet she had guessed the
greater part of the problem Of her
identity. But Kabilovitsch WINS now
led by the new curiosity which his In
advertent expressions had awakened In
her us well as by the remarkably dis
Greet and cautious judgment she had
displayed to tell her the entire story
of her own life.
Removed from the hearing of all 9TH
ers, Kabilovltsch rehcarsed y MOrsinia
and Constantine what the reader al
ready knows of her extraction and early
residence In Albania. lie advised her
to extreme caution against the slightest
reference to herself rs the young Mara
de Stresses and that she should insist
upon her identity as the daughter Of
the Servlan peasant Milosch and the
sister Of Constantine.
"My rough arms have often Graded
thee" said Kabilovitsch, but now you
have a nobler and stronger protector In
our country's father. the great Castriot.
To him you must go, for 1t Is no longer
safe In these lonely valleys. Under his
strong arm and nll watchful eye you
will be amply protected. There are
nameless enemies Of the old house Of DE
Stresses whom we must avoid us vigi.
lantly as we avoid the Turks"
1t was determined that Constantine
should mike detour with her and up.
proach Sfetlgrade from the south, CIV
Ing out that they were fugitlvcs from
the lower country, which the enemy
had also been raidlng.
The colonel stated to his underof-
ficers. In hearing Of the men, that the
young Turk was really one Of CastriOt's
scouts and that the young woman was
m accomplish. Borrowing from one
and another sufficient Albanian cos
tunes to substitute for Constantlne's
disguise, Kabilovitsch dismissed the
couple.
Two days later beautiful girl, nc.
companled by her brother, who was as
unlike her rs the thorn bush IL unlike
the graceful Towering clematis that
festoons its limbs, both Of them In ap-
parent destitution, refugees from near
the Greek border, entered the town Of
Sfetigrade. BY order OF the general, to
whom their piteous story was told by
Kabilovitsch, for he had CHANGED, so he
said, to come upon them as they were
inqulrlng their way to the town, they
were quartered with family whose
house was not far from the citadel.