The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-26
Thursd lay July &c, 1906.

motley crowd that only a comic opera
could have reproduced it. Gypsies
chiefly, the freight flashed upon sallow
faces which man might see in an evil
dream; upon arms that medieval
az age should have forged; upon LIMBS
ness. Crying together in not unmusical
EXPLANATIONS, the raiders appeared in no
way DESTROYS Of iniuring their man, but
only of disarming him. One Of their
number lay prone already, hugging
wounded thigh and mnttering impreca-
tions which should have brought the
heavens upon his head second had
the Englishman by the legs and would
not be beaten off while of the rest,
the foremost aimed heavy blows at the
extended pistol and demandedpits deliv-
cry in sonorous German. Such was the
scene which the picture presented to
Gavin as he awoke. He was on his feet
before the full meaning of it could be
comprehended.
other word to serve. His tone, his
manner, drew all eyes toward him.
"What do you wants'' he continued,
with the same ar ct authority t,4 Z. twenty e1,g
about to speak for the third time
when rough hands piniOned his arms
and feet from behind and instantly de-
prived him Of the power to move step
from the place where he stood.
ttTo conduct your exeellency to the
castle of Okna-we have come for that,
excellency. ~ - - -.
"You are aware that am an Eng
ishman?"
The gypsy pointed smilingly to his
wounded friend. a.. :.
..; 1--WE are ~ perfectly aware Of it, ez-
"Then you know the consequences
of that which you are doingf''
"Pardon, excellency-there are no
consequences in the mountains. Let
your friend be wise and put up his
pistol. We shall shoot him if he does
not. - -5@ssJ
Gavin, doubling the nature Of the SIT
uation no longer, shrugged his shout
5 ders and invited Kenyon by a gesture
1--WE can 90 nothing. Arthur, let
them have their way
IT beg your pardon, Gavin; | could
make holes in two or three Of them. -
cit would not help us. They are
evidently only agents. Let 8 hear what
the principal has to say"
every. well, if you think SO. It's
poor fun, tho-almost like shooting
sheep in the Highlands. But OF course
He held out his hands to the gypsy,
who bound them Immediately with
leather thong taken from the saddle
bow Of the excellent pony he had nd
den. Silently and methodically now,
the men secured their prisoners and
To resist would have been just that
madness which Gavin named it-and
but for Evelyn the scene had been one
to jest at.
TDo. you treat all your guests at the
castle Of Okna in this way?" he asked
"a 1x7
The reply was delivered with a
suavitv delightful to hear ~
"When they come to us with soldiers
them. excellency.
r. .tTrue, I had forgotten the soldiers.
Where are those noble men now3'
"Half way back to slavitesti, excel
-t'.tAnd the muleteerf" ~
HOh, my friends are warming his
feet for him. We are not fond of
{ G1eskss,,s here in the mountains, excel
Gavin started as the man spoke, for
wild shrek broke upon his ears and
becoming louder until it sounded like
some supreme cry Of human agony,
ended at last in fearful sobbing, as il
were the weeping of a child in pain.
When he dared to look, he saw the
gips sizes had dragged the wretche d, Greek s
can upon his bare feet, they thrust
them into the flames and held them
there with that utter indifference to
human suffering which, above all 9th
ers, is the characteristic Of the people
Of the Balkans. Worming in their en-
brace his eyes starting from his head,
his voice. paralyzed by the fearful cries
he raised, the wretched man suddenly
tainted and lay inanimate IN the fame.
Then. and not until then, they drew
. him back and left him quivering upon
the green grass.
u!He was warned,n the GYPSY leader
nuttered sul1enly; tthe should have
known better. -
But Arthur, showing Gavin his bleed
ing wrists, said with shrug:
:" think very little of wisdom, Ga
E vim,
The rope had cut the flesh almost to
the bone in his efforts to go to the help
of tho wrat cho1 Gronk