The Washington herald., 1915-01-24

! tn" ihr..- eminent friends uf Mr. TdiTnti
! suddenly prudur'd riStulS and knives
q nnd took their station 10y the gungwHN.
( The sailors divided into twn parties.
/ and. handling their naked knives in a
I mema .Iu% fashion. they drove the people
| into linz.
! When Prof IIimstead had rubbed his
/ eyes. scratched his head and got it into
, his brains that something not down on
the program was going on. Talanti mount
| ed a loN and smrlingly observed:
Ladies and gentlemen. YOU are now
JhOut to pass ashore TO hehOld my Won
d"rfuI discoveries, hut each one Of you
are required to leave all money and
jrwcIry b,hind YOU will see that
everything is safely cared for.
'Eut What-what does it m"an?'
asked the hrwIldcrrd professor as he
looked around him.
Its robbery" cried three or four
v"iC"S III chorus.
Do not mar the harmony Of tn. 0c-
! ,asi i"u with hard words. "wntnu"d the
chief villain. Il simply borrow your
purses and jew,!ry. IN" term robbery
Go,s not sound we'll As tim" flies 1T
Us get to work Antonio. you may he
yin With the professor tirst."
The men cried out in anger. but what
could they do? | du not think there
w;iS a tircarm among them. while the
Gree k seemed over anxious to use Their
knives. There were prot stations and
threats Of tn" Law. but Talanti only
smiled at them and ordered the work I"
20 on Each man in our crowd was
J. ElIl#TIy held UP-that L., his pockets
" Cr, Thoroughly searched. and every
thing Of value taken. The women were
requested to hand over. and each one
had her watch and rings in hand as
she moved up. In the course of half an
hour every one WAS ashore. and then
Talanti took OF his hat. made sweep
ing how. and sailed away with his pirat-
ical crow. He had no sooner gone than
half Il dozen VIlIainnUS looking men
came down from tn" hut.
They told us they were fishermen. hut
their actions belied their statement. Their
FIRST move was to demand cash. and
Z crt was their indignation and disaP-
pu:nlmr at being told that Talantis
crowd had taken the last coin. When
sure Of this they left us. and an hour
Inter two genuine fishermen came ashore
IN their boat. There were dozen YES
dollar would have been big pay for
them to go out and notify the nearest
one OF our situation, but realizing our
helplessn-ss. they demanded the sum
Of 800 As there was no money to pay
them. thrv were finally prevailed upon
TO take AL !. o. L. signed by all the
rnen of the party.
1t was almost dark when 4 battered
old schooner came sailing up to take
US off and the terms were $3 piece. to
paid in Athens. We spent a dreary night
on deck and landed in the city at noon
newt day. Immediately notice was given
10 the various Consuls and to the Greek
government: but no one had any faith
thPt anything would be accomplished.
The government made loud promises and
seemed to be making all possible efforts
but as a matter of fact, Mr.. Talanti was
net even PURSUED. He never could have
put up such a job without a number Of
officials standing in with him. and each
and every one OF them doubtless shared
in the plunder when IL Was divided. It
was said that the money and iewelry
amounted to about $5OO0' and the only
consolation any Of the victims had was
the privilege of abusing a country where
such things could be carried out