The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-18
.PECk'S BAD BOY ABROAD

and hardsomest we had seen anywhere,
with red cheeks; and great soulful eyes,
like Americans. Yes, sir, everybody ~
Athens seemed to be in love. and dad
account OF their clothes, but every man
4 Is an athlete and a fighter from the
word go. ys
well, we went UP on the hill to the
Acropolis, an old marble ruin that over
looks the town, and dad paced or the e
covered. and figured UP how much good,
marble was In It, that could be used
for grayestones and when some OF tlfs
policemen asked me what the old man
was doing ! told them he was rich
old party from America that was going
to buy The Acropolis and move 1t to the
United states and make 1t over Into o
norgue, and that he didn't care for ex-
pctse, for he was the riche5t man III the
world. 4,
"Well. We looked things s oven s;,l lh9 ni fl.
paul, and offered to bet that Paul could
give cards and spades to any p iSa ,inx
and then beat him preaching. ana ene ~ -
and plato taught school, and some OF Inc Inc
Greeks had watched us pretty close, ana q
Just after dark, as We were waking
around. beautiful woman iike WIG
robe on, and she went UP, to dad ana fltl
cinimed his protection as she was being
pursued by robbers, and she cuddled up 70
dad. At first we thought she was 2 gnos y
him, he said she was warm all right. ana y,
was no ghost, and he told her not 70
worry, as she was under the protection
of the American flag, and the would stang
Ills left arm around her and drew his re-
vover can remember the scene as
though It was last night. and how that ! at
Greek woman chung to DAD. and tnan lse.
and red lips. and then looked out into the
moonlight and screamed: There they
come and she tainted in dads arms,
and then we were surrounded by ABOUT
petticoats. and with long crooked daggers
and one fellow that seemed to be the
chief, put a crooked knife to dads throat,
and dad turned blue and said what are
you going to do, but they didn't say any
thing. but took us to cave. where the
woman got over her fainting spell, and
then they dressed dad up in a white pettl.
coat, and these long socks such as ballet
dancers wear, and we all got on TO small!
mules and started for the mountains, and
rode all night. IN
Say, dad was picture. The Greeks
are small men, and they look all right IN
petticoats. but dad was so fat he looked
sWelled up. and even the mule noticed II,
and the girl. who was on the white mule
laughed at dad. and she could talk Eng
3lish. and she told dad that the bandits
only wanted his money, and they wouldn't
hurt him II he gave up a million or 30. It
proved that she was one OF the gan5, and
dad and I held consultation, and we
decided to give her letter to the Ameri-
can consult at Athens. authorizing him to
give her carload Of moneyEfor ransom,
and in the letter dad wound up with a
postscript telling The consul not 10 give
d confoundcd cent, but to arrest her and
send troops to rescue US. Il asked dad what
4 he was going to do II she didn't come
back and the bandits decided to kill us.
and he said never you mind, your papa
Will get out OF this all right. and he did
The woman went away with a letter
she could not read, but which she told
dad how to write. and then the bandits
made dad do the cooking for the bunch.
and he put so much salt in the food that
1t made them all thirsty, and they sent
onc Of the bandits TO a VINEYARD, where
brandy. and that night they sung songs
and made dad sing Hot Time and they
made me dance. and dad kept saying:
Let's have one more on me. and they
drank until the whole crowd was stupe-
fled. and dad acted as though he was
drunken than any Of them. but when they