Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-01-16
brothers, and of my sisters, and espec-
tally of my little Katerina, whom |

tally of my little Katerina, whom |
loved
Therefore, copied the Negotin..
SAT Kirktown, which but for James
Kahn would have been a weary place,
] went upon Sunday into one of
their churches. 1t was chill and quiet
and cold. There were no pictures nor
images nor incense. The priest, whom
they call minister, preached concern
Ing Vengeance is mine | Will re-
pay" saith the Lord!' And only to
hear him made me feel SO lonesome
and far away from home, as If the Mo-
rava and the hills clad with the new
fallen snow were SO distant that |
could never breathe that COOL clear
breath again. So rose and went out
of the church, as one might in my
country, meaning no offense Only the
man lived in another world, and. per-
haps only read one-half Of his Bible
not the same half as our Pope Nicho
las Kirin who preached to us, AN eye
for an eye. and tooth for tooth for
a TOOTH the very night before he led
us down to make an end Of the last
Turkish Colony on the Timok!
Next day heard that the congre-
cation had taken it i'll and called me
heather. SO little, did they understand.
Yet how could they? I did not under
stand them and they had never
heard tell of my Katerina, my little
sister, nor felt about one finger the
tender clutch of her little hand Bah,
at times even am a weakling!
But not at others will relate.
81 unscrewed and laid aside the
steering wheel of the big Mercedes. 1t
was beyond him to repair it, and
hid the gearing we'll The other ma
chine left all ready. and on the
leather cushion of the seat, with some,
things of my ownas if put there in
preparedness for flight, left the
| ordinance, which had received
from the Committee in Salonika be.
| fore sailed. He could not miss see
ing it. The language and writing
would catch his eye.
| "Then rode peaceably off on my
| cycle-a good English-made machine
that 1 was sorry to leave behind to
rust in thicket But | had to give
him time to be gone
sit happened even as had foreseen
James Kahn had taught me we'll. He
had shown me how to see his wicked
ness, and how to forestall it. He had
gone away in great hurry.
"On his journey OF fight-more
properly Ooh, know had thought
of alD--there had come on Kahn the
! fear of death. owing to misdeeds in
early life in his own native country
1t is nothing to die-oh nothing at
all. only to cease to live-a twinge
4 like the drawing Of tooth perhaps,
and then the night sweeping up with
wings Of crape-nothing more! That
does not hurt. Therefore. why should
1 wish merely to kill James Kahn?
/ "Ah, no-but to know ones self
condemned to certain death, to watch
to wait, not to know where or when it
will strike-tllat is to die really That
brings the sweat out on strong
mans brow.
Nevertheless, wasted no time, but
put the gear on the automobile in its
place. For I was very expert with
Nmy hands--far more SO than the mar
Kahn. was not afraid that he would
get away. Only that perhaps he shoult
find courage to kill himself too soon
before l could straighten accounts
with him. | took in store, of petro
and started He had told me the way
1t was a splendidly dry night. and
there were only the hundred miles OF
SO before me which. had | wished.
could soon have burned under the
wheels of my big Mercedes.
81 had map, also, but | did no
want to catch him too early. ! want
ed our meeting to be in place where
, there would be only he and NEITHER
man nor beast nor place of refuge
only above the God Of Vengeance
perhaps not so ill-content with my
work as the Kirktown minister would
, have us believe. For even the mos
holy, says Pope Nicholas. must worl
my Instruments And MaIser is al
, instrument as good as another.
CAS- say. | hung back in my chase
, fearful that the very sound of m.
, Mercedes behind might fright hin
and lead him off the track. 1t would
7 have spoiled my intentions badly, if
, for instance, he had taken refuge il
: some town, or even in an inn. HI
r knew my mission. Fear sat deadl.
upon him. His back was cold. and hi
hands dripped, l could tell as mucl
| his driving. For. being at leisure,
could get off and look at his tracks
Only going up the hills did he stead.
his going Elsewhere he was 81
, afraid of making shipwreck of hi
machine and being left there, wound
ed and helpless perhaps, to wait TO
/ my coming.
r "Ah, had he only known, this las
l of the Negotin. how careful was 0
| him-that is. till the appointed time
: Not hastily would l waste him y
: make an end foolishly. Had he no
} led the laughter that day when the.
> drew circle about our home?
| cit was at a certain little village
, that runs down q hill and then W
!. again clean, whitewashed, and Blu
{ for the hills about Dutch-like. that h
Y made the, turn I had been waiting for
The name Of it is on the map. There
after I knew that he was at M
mercy. So / let him pass we'll int
the country, and then put the Mel
cedes to her best pace, and from tina
moment overhauled him yard by yard
He heard behind the stormsng rus
of the big yard. He heard behind tn
storning rush of the big car. Pres
emily he came into sight, driving wild