The bee., 1913-11-07
LORD SOMEBODY
OR OTHER
p M QUAD
Copyright, 1914 By Assocists5 lat
efaiy Press
By NJ QUAD

Instead Of a journalist aud bad so
less capital az well. we took sfeeraze
on steamer and planned 20 DO Europe
on foot and avoid al eziravagance
As TO how we got along until We struck
I Greece and a certain event happened n
Of 10 great consequence. We tramped
here and there. ate. Slept and had a
fairly good time
I From Athens ne went on q tramp
up the country. viewing tombs and
ruins by the way. and after putting In
two days ~ Marathon we started out
one morning for q hamlet called lis
tropbus After a long tramp ! fornd
q place to take nap
81 tie END 81 two hours was
awakened by some one giving me a
smart kick On tie hip, and ! Foused up
70 see that we bad been taken prison
ers by four brigands. The fellows had
come down Oh the mountains about
four miles away. having probably been
] notified by a messenger from tie VII
lage. / have many times read Of the
picturesque Greek brigands. but the
-four who gobbled Us up that day must
have gone out OF the picturesque busi-
ness some weeks previous. They were
a ragged, ugly lot The leader spoke
English fairly well II was tie leader
who had kicked me, which ! have al
ways taken as q compliment. and as !
sat up he saluted me and said:
MY lord. you win please consider
yourself a prisoner and come along
without resistance"
Now, don't make any mistake On
me-" replied If yOu are counting
On capturing a rfeb Engiishnsn yOr
will get badly left, for ! am an Amer
lean, and a poor one 81 that As near
as ! can make out from this short
range. you are bs1Eznds-
Il am B0hert0.- be said as he laid
his hand On his heart and bowed low
Excuse NE that j never heard Of
you before. You are q b-iEsDd and In
fl for money, and tits is F0ur hand"
MY lord is c0rrerL
New. about TINS lord business. Let
- ALAE al AllAAEIe ktlAA4.-a--s " " Nv
FOU take me for
An English lord. ny lsrd have
been expecting v0u for several days
The name ] eETnBt T1rungunue, bUt
know yuu 70 be the gentleman Have
~ fears for your safety, as ii VIII De
cGse OF rans0m."
Tits is kipd OF you. it you tUke me
for IN English lor5 who o. Eou take
this other chap - be2'
-'IOur companion, si- Gls 1a.uie
heard, but cannuf give it. He VIII aisD
be held Tor raHspI.-
Then we started fu the west. The
particular rtstregt Of this band was
halfway % a suuntCin and consisted
q two brush buts and a Ere iD front q
them. As soon rs ave had arrived al
the nuts Bsbef1O brought ont station
cry and commanded ne 10 write 10 tie
English minister a Athens and obtain
the Eum Of $4,000 Both Riilarn ard
burst cut laughing al this demand,
and after a little while said 70 the
leader:
''Of what Use to play the fool in this
matter? As told you before, we are
Americans and poor men at that We
can raise about 500 apiece. but not
another cent"
you may be Americans, but you are
my lord just the same" replied Bo-
betto.
But there are no titles in America
II / should write to the American min
lister he would take 1t as joke"
But you must write" persisted the
wooden headed rascal. you must
write to the American minister that IL
he does not send us $4,000 by our
messenger your ears will be sent him
in a package"
read the letter to Bobetto after it
was written, and he was perfectly sat
isfied that it would fetch the cash in
reply. 1t was sent off by a messenger,
who would be gone at least ten days,
and then we went into retirement"
For the first five days of our cap
tivity we were closely guarded, and
there could be no thought of our es-
cape Then, as we appeared to make
OuIbclNto at uOLncs inc Ni5iiohNC VI bhS
brigands relaxed.
On the eighth day came our opportu-
nifty. The artist whispered to me:
Lets end this right here and now!
You tackle the leader. and I'll go for
the other fellow"
/ The "Other fellow was at the fire
heaping the brands together. We rose
up in unison and made the attack. l
gave old BObetto a kick on the jaw
which Knocked Lim over and caused
doleful bowls, and Killam hit his man
such blow on the neck as to render
him unconscious for half an hour,
There were two guns In camp, and we
siezed them aud made for the highway,
only mile distant. Before departing
I gave the leader tap on the head TO
quiet his yells. and 80 far as / know
we were not followed rod. We reach
cd the highway just In time to get
| lift In a passing cart and in couple
OF hours were In Marathon. As 10 the
letter, II was delivered at the consu-
late, but was looked upon as a Joke,
aud the messenger was sent of empty
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