The San Francisco call., 1905-05-14

les chair WAS pushed Tar PACK
ia the shadow 2nd his hand
shaded his eyes from the carly
candles Opposite was Count Pie
tru Gambia. MS alert profile and
blonde beard ioo5ins younger than
ever beside The darker Asiatic come
illness # Mavrc~orCato. At the
table. map spread before him. his
ciean-cut. viry features fun i'm the
ISht. sat tn. stranger who had left
Ihe card-Lieuteuan Blaquiere of
London. spokesman oc The Greek rev
clutionary committee. The latter
went ca ncN. with a certain con
strained eaeeTDess. his nand throw
ou. ac~oss Jhe mahogany:
The Standard vas raised = hen
Hrpsilantes invaded Wallachia and
declared Greece free. The defeat of
his 10.0oo means little. The spirit Of
-he nation Is what counts aad that.
TnE lord. through ali the years Of
Turkish doniaicn has never died
Tor au hour the visitor talked,
sketching graphically sand succinctly
Ike plans and hopes % the rovolu-
rionists ia Greece. The temporary
organization effected. the other juntas
forming. under he English commit
tees leadership IN Germany and Swift
eriaEd re was deliberate and impress
o.
,-f his patron. MaNrocordatO. had been
7oiublc With questions. Even Dallas
had 1sked not a few Gordon, the host,
had been Of them all most silent
He hac felt an Old vision Of his youth
glow instinct again. BlaquieTes words
seemed now not 40 Be spoken within
four walls. bat - rinS 81, of the dis
lance of an unCoUth shore, " ith strange
stern mountains rising near. Z kettle
simnltring on d IRE Of sticks, and calm
stars locking down on a minareted
lOWu.
The mountains look q Marathon
ana MaratHc1 lot h. the
Ana musinE there an hour aicne.
] dreamed that Greece mi-at stin be free,
The verse hurrmed in his mind. Was
it Years ago he had written that2 Or
only yesterday? A dream-that had
been all, Ii had faded with his other
visions. one day when he had walked
70 fame. when he had bartered them
Tor The bubble Cf celebrity. the filter
gold Of admiration, In those old days.
he thought with bitterness, he would
have been an eager spirit in the Eng
lish movement. Then he had sat in
Parliament; now he was an eXpatriate
adVeuturer. q disqualified attache Of
the kingless Court Of Letters,
ore thing he still could do Revolu
ton needed munitions. pal ks Of artil-
lCry-. hospital stores. Money could fur
rish these-it was the sneNs Of war.
j such were the object OF Blaquiere's
visit he should not be disappointed.
He possessed. unentailed, Newstead
ABBEY, the seat Of his ancestors, TO
whose memory he had chung fondly
through all his Cstracism-and there
NVel mis- coal lands Of Rochdale. The
latter could be realized on without diff
lculty- His sister had private for
10 n chi ~
been provided for at her BIRTH Roch-
dale should bring close upon GSo,c0o-
he spoke 10 Blaquiere.
Lieutenant. Greece had my earliest
songs. she shall have what she can
use tU far better advantage now. Mr.
Dallas. who starts for London to-mor-
Tow. viii take back my authority for
the sale OF certain properties whose
proceeds shall be turned over to your
committee there
Msvrooordstcs face flushed with
feeling. He turned his eyes on Bla-
quiere. 4 glance Of understanding
passed between them and the latter
rose.
Your lordship" he said. the thanks
Of our committee are small return for
such a gift The gratitude Of Greece
VIII be an ampler recOmpense- But-
I am here 10 ask yet more than this
As Gordon gaZcd inquiringiy. he laid
TWO documents before him on the table:
VIII your loTdship read2"
Gordon took UP the frst tremor
lsaped TO his lips. He saw his own
credentials. signed b. The full commit
Tee IN London as their representative
in Greece. His eye caught the we'll
Known, cramped chirography of John
Eohhcuse among the signatures.
For a moment his heart seemed
10 stop. lie looked at the sec
pnd, glancing At the names af-
fixed; Alexander Hypsilantes" -
Marco B0tzaris dozen Greek
primales and leaders The name OF
one man there present had been added
-MaVTOcCrdatO.
As he read. the room was very still.
The deep breathing OF the men who
waited seemed 20 III il. lie heard Bla
Quiere's voice piercing through:
The revolution needs now only su-
preme leader Ncur lordship is known
and loved by the Greek people as is no
Netei ate ambitions ROW emDroil na-
liOnai cause. for such 2 rallying point
would ia aside Their quafreis. With
your great name foreign loans would
be certain. Such is the unanimous
opinion of the committee in London.
NY lord.
Dallas snuGbox dropped 10 the floor
GAMBIA made q sudden movement. but
Msvrocordato' 8 hand, laid on his knee,
stiliec him.
a flush. vivid CT its palcness. had
come 10 Gordons cncek-an odd sensa-
tion - confusion that Oversoread the
i-sstant's elation. Ii the Creek people
lcved him. il Was for what he had
written years ago. not for what ne was
row. q discrcdited warderer among
the nations. With what real motive
did the committee in London place this
great cause in his hsrd7 Did they Of
fer ir in sincere belief. as 10 one whom
England had misjudged and TO whom
she OV ed restitution--a lover Of liberty.
one capable cf q true deed, OF judg
meai discer1ment and high results!
A tinglinS pang went through him.
No But 10 one whose name vas
ssmeG-how fanSed,-whose attachment
20 the revoiutiOn would draw 10 the
struggle the eyes OF the world-to as
su foreign loans,
he rose and walked TO the window,
his throat tightening. No one spoke,
though young Gambia stirred restlessiy.
Dallas was pesring into his recovered
snuffbox and Blaquiere sat movelessly
watching