El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-19
ANTICIPATED
BY Lewis James.

HE hand of old Papa Tzantili
trembled. The days doings had
i been all wrong. and in his ca
pacity as village priest at Mitriane he
lad been unable TO help himself
And then the news had come 1t had
spread rapidly. first in whispers and
later when mems excitement could no
longer be restrained. in joyous shouts.
MARINE is comingl Our Marino.
Karistinaki. the Cretan easlei Our
heroi The slayer of Bulgars! The saw
Tor of the oppressed He is coming
home"
rhe outskirts of the village. He wished
10 avoid being questioned. He sat IN
his little room upstairs and gazed sad
" towards the sky.
Towards evening steamboat
cburned her way between the north
ern promontory of the island and the
barren rock which rose sentinel guar
ter of a mile OIL
In the stem of the vessel stood a
huge man with his hands upon the
converging bulwarks. He was a Gre
tan born, to judge by his dress, which
he had donned for the special occasion
OF his Homecoming
He looked before him fixedly. and
joy-fierce and glorious joy-fined his
eyes.
As the boat began to pass under the
promontory a little caidue shot around
and another And as they came within
hailing distance their crews began to
shout. At first 1t seemed to the Gre
tan that these were but the usual over
lures of a varkari soliciting passen-
gers from the anchorage to the quay
But with a sudden hot flush of pleas
ure he soon realized the truth. Some
one had told the news of his coming
They were shouting his name in well
come.
But Marino had other plans in view
He was well aware that once amongst
this exuberant throng on shore it
might be hours before he could tear
himself away, and the first joys of his
Homecoming must be unobserved.
So, not 10th to enjoy the triumph,
but wishing to postpone it, he prevailed
upon the skipper to land him in a Sc
cluded cove 20 minutes or more before
the vessel should reach its appointed
haven that he might first visit the
home of his fiancee.
Marine stepped ashore and gazed
about him at the familiar scene.
He scrambled Up the rocks a little
way so that the view might be ex-
tended. Then he caught the sound of
voices overhead, and presently climb
ing onto a wide platform which would
afford a halfway halt, he saw the fig
ure of a small boy emerge from a
shadowy cleft, and. with frightened
glance behind him, run up the zigzag
path beyond.
In another moment the Cretan dis
covered WQdL Ile boy ndQ Deen
skin of wine lay at the entrance TO
the cleft, and as he advanced silently
he could make out the form of man
seated in the shadow He was eating
some food the boy had brought
The soldier stopped and stared That
some solitary Individual should eat his
supper on a desolate cliff was not sc
singular, but that he should be clothed
in ceremoniOUs black, that an exces-
sively high collar. resplendent from an
Athens laundry, should encircle his
neck, was surprising
For a whole minute they stared at
each other.
You are frightened, D'metri?" Ma
rino asked shortly, grinning in con-
tempt and amusement You didn't ex-
pect to see me so soon? You thought
I was still with the bands. Is it not
so. D'Metri?''
That is true" the fellow whined
Have mercy on me. I did not mean
to injure you: I couldn't help myself
That you could not help yourself
from running when under fire 1 can
quite believe, but that afterwards you
should turn traitor and betray US into
the"
He saw D'metri's hand slide into his
pocket. and the next instant his own
flashed over his head One hort scream
strangled in the towards throat, and
Marines knife struck home again.
For a moment or two the soldier
stood over him, his face glowering,
then without backward glance con-
tinued the ascent.
Righteous indignation lent additional
vigor to Marines stride, and in a few
minutes he had mounted the zigzag
path and stood upon the rocky road
which led to the cottage As he came
nearer he saw the small boy who had
brought food for D'metri. sitting at
the roadside, cutting up an onion with
a big knife. As the Cretan approached
the lad started up in terror and began
to run