The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1913-07-29
NONTENEGRO'S WARNING TO
VISITORS TO ITS HOMES.
DEATH is PENALTY.

PARIS.-Montenegro, says writ
er in lie Temps, is not land OF gal
lantry. and strangers visiting it soon
are made acquainted with the coun-
try's saying, Keep your eyes off the
daughters of Montenegro unless you
want your skin to dry in the sun"
A Servian newspaper in November,
1870. recorded the following tragic
illustration of this saying, the event
having just happened:
A rich Russian merchant named
Sakaroff had settled down for some
years in Belgrade, where he had a
fine house and lived as the possessor
of 100000 rubles could live. He
had two sons in the Russian army,
who came on leave to visit Belgrade.
There they made great friends with
a young Montenegrin, Milan Douko-
witch, who also was visiting Belgrade
after going to college in Hungary.
He was the eldest son of nobleman,
Douka Orlitch, the father of eight
sons and a daughter.
Milan having been welcomed heart
lily to the Sakaroff home in Belgrade
invited the two young officers to his
fathers castle at Borozclajova, prom
Using them some good bear shooting.
The castle was an old feudal manor
house surrounded by battlement
wall partially fallen in ruins. Paul
and Nicholas were welcomed cordial
~ by the old nobleman, his seven
other sons, their sister, a charming
girl of IS, and a young girl cousin,
equally pretty and about the same
age, who was there on visit.
Thanks to the presence Of the two
girls the Russian officers found the
time far less dull than they otherwise
would have done, as for fortnight
hunting was out of the question. One
night, the sixteenth of their visit, one
of the eight brothers was awakened
by the noise of bears, which seemed
to be near the chateau. He looked
out, found the weather had changed
and that everything promised well
for an expedition.
He seized his gun and ran to wake
his father and brothers, and then,
thinking his Russian visitors would
be glad to join in the long delayed
hunt went to their room to call
them. There he found the two Off.
GERS and with them the two girls
Rage seized him, and he drew his
sword to cut them down, then con-
trolled himself, rushed out of the
room, locked it carefully and went to
tell his father and brothers.
After making sure that the culprits
could not escape the father and sons
held family tribunal. The two Of
fcers we're brought in with their
arms secured behind their backs and
the two girls with long black wells
over their faces.
The eldest of the eight brothers
spoke first:
The crime is proved, but those
who have committed it may yet hope
for pardon from our fathers pity;
let the two men beg him for the favor
of becoming the husbands Of the two
girls they have misled."
Silence" broke in the father. as
it right that you should suggest such
a shameful way? Daughters of Mon
tenegro, I am not your father now,
not your uncle I am your Judge.
Answer me! Have you been con-
strained by force or have you acted
by free will?"
The two girls fell on their knees
and sobbed out: We are guilty"
The crime is confessed" resumed
the old uncle, 1T now only needs to
pronounce the punishment"
Then without leaving his seat he
looked toward each son in turn, and
each pronounced the word Deaths"