The Washington times., 1905-06-04

.The mans eyes flashed Ire
:. 'Never! he wrote IN Greek uoon the
slate.
ON no conditionsg' asked, at the
bidding of our tyrant.
Only if I zee her married In my
presence by Greek priest whom
know
THE man giggled In his venonous
way.
You know what awaits you. them
" I care nothing for myself.
These al samples OF the questions
and answers which made up our strange
half-spoken, half-written conversation.
again and again / had to ask him
whether he would give in and sign the
| documents. Again and again I had the
same indignant reply. But soon a happy
thought came to me. / took TO adding
on little sentences Of my own to each
question, innocent euss at first. 10 test
whether either of our companions knew
anything of the matter, and then. as L
found that they showed no sign l played
. more dangerous game. Oursconvcrsa-
ton ran something like this:
x x
:. You can do no good by this obsti-
macy Who are your
= I care not. 1 am stranger in Len
| DON
:. Your fate will be OF your OVID
| head How long have you been here?
:. Let 1t be so. Three weeks.
1.-The property can never be yours.
What ails your
"1t shall not go to villains. They
are starving me-
| '''You shall go free if you sign. What
house is this2'
7 will never sign. I do not know
| - You are not doing her any service.
| What is your name?'
| a. Let me hear her say SO. Kratides.
You shall see her If you sign. Where
are YOU fron?'
a. Then I shall never see her. Athens.
Another five minutes. Mr.. Holmes,
and l should have wormed out the
whole story under their very noses. My
very next question might have cleared
the matter up, but at that instant the
door opened and a woman stepped into
the room 1 could not see her clearly
enough to know more than that she
was tall and graceful. with black hair,
and clad IN some sort of loose white
gown.
Harold said she, speaking Eng
! lish with a broken accent. 1 could
not stay away longer. 1t is so lonely
up there with onIy- Oh, my God, 1t is
PaulH
These last words were in Greek, and
at the same instant the man with a
convulsive effort tore the plaster from
his lips. and, screaming out Sophyi
Sopbyr rushed into the womans arms.
Their embrace was but for an instant
however, for the younger man seized
1.-THE woman and pushed her out of the
room, while the elder easily overpow-
cred his eTaacjated victim and dragged
him away through the other door. For
a moment L was left alone in the room
and ! sprang to my feet with some
vague idea that 1 might in some way
| get a clue to what this house was il
which ] found myself. Fortunately,
however, I took no steps, for lookins
up I saw that the Older rlaE was stand
ing in the doorway, with his eyes fixed
upon me.
! a. That will 60, Mr.. Meas said he.
You perceive that we have taken you
| into our confidence over some very pri-
vate business. We should not aave
troubled you, only that our friend, who
speaks Greek and who began these ne
gotiations. has been force, to return to
the East. 1t was quite necessary for lis
/ TO find some one to take his place. and
we were fortunate in hearing of your
powers
IT bowed.
"a There are five sovereigns here said
he. walking up to me, which will. !
hope. be a sufficient fee But remem-
| ber,' he added, tapping me lightly on
the chest and giggling, If you speak to
a human soul about thts-one @imai,
soul. mind-well, may God have mercy
upon your SOUL!
Il cannot tell you the ioathlng and
| horror with which this insignificant
| looking man inspired me. l could see
him better now as the lamp light shone
upon him. lis features were peakY