Show Io TEwllThllAT If GRIEECt lo A Story of Human Interest BY STEPHEN CRAm Copyright mqss McClure Co > A great CT Wd bad gathered in the place As la C institution in front oC the royal palace blausc it was understood that the edoi cf out of tne AthMiJtm journals was to iome and address the populace from i pOFiiion in front of its well known c fc Over the top of some trees nd aba > e a tone terrice reared the cuict dWflins of the king its windows win-dows all hei i curtained as if it had closed its P yt s prroscly to this srcn4 In thi siuar below it The old 1 Iruild Inc sillotv in the claro of the sun A sang of tramcars was forever tooling tool-ing Oil < way or the other tsy I on the avenue which tT i > s d on the nrrace at the middle of thp smut and dust from the trvel blew whiu rross tie fac of the paUue The trow wiifn the look d up the slnni of the P1 > l izi could eoe u jittJ sentry lox and in it an cu zaie ut the ro 1 puard frtmed s a mummy is I frain d in its capo The editor w I IK Hf wn < nKo 1 diputj lad as in < hambe as then In sci < on he w firrw d to > be en KViRed thee Tin rrov Ii did imt display much imoatlcnti while awaiting him For one thlrf a irm of nowsbovs till 1 < 1eol cam r I K rs ircund a turner > fofiy shouting a > < hirgiii savages might shout Tt < < y plunsrl heuilir lrtj this concontr mm I t of their prey dispensing dis-pensing paper unri making thmse with rajIdity meanwhle yelling This onslaught on-slaught incited iu iiud to Inlow I their Interest elsewhcn fr a certain time and i It came to pas tht when the hero of the minute finally aine < red l it took rathfr long for the news 11 t rach the Athenians vho were standing cilmly in their piice an1 reading He had white hair He was almost yen i crW He had the moble mouth o a poi t nd the Rltrre of surD = sr an it He wore a till jt gray in scheme i the sentry box near the palace steps was still the Immovable and indifferent figure I uf the euzone of the royal guard In the clear air one could see niainly the fissures fis-sures in the mountain afar off behind I the oaJac6 and this mountain rearing above the sallow dwelling of the king was beginning to turn faintly purple a I prophecy 01 evening FVnaliy the men n the white hat was enabled to begin his oration He was in I torruried by cheers from time io timeR time-R s liicendhory hu bobbed from the ferocity I feroc-ity of his secures Why vas Greece i Mramsi YVfcose iuX wtis YIt He wouitl go to the kuiB he woutd speak to the kinlJr atv liis instant and ask him wsiy 1 was Greece itoamtd What treacherous serf rt lvi1 co1 cp the path of Greece And c tilt king 1r VerA Ver-A mighty roar came from the crowd or I froin part of the crowd Really one rout I never tell how many people were Seriously in the thing and how many Were chtr only to fee it And amid these loud I ac jjiions the hero of the tmrute was heipiil di > vn from his table aid scorted j bs lundrexls i or his I cauntrjinen began a ttI fv > rrJa > le mfir h upon the pulUce of the lung l A tit throng armed out upon the troltn jili > direotiy in front of the pal act tie euzone on guard came oiu of nis ser o i box and be an to t rice deUberujy up and dawn n front 01 t < i = v p He dd na look l at the advdrcinp < rv wd or heed it a my way Tit deputy left his myriad foIlOl < Ian I-an went to the jralttf 1 door Te euzone a ILI j ihcnv walked tnojpucruliy to and fro li I fire them A murmur arose at the back of the crov J It iris the auiibic nritoiirry the torntr i of tie peoi > Ce r vrng and re vo4vrs toward turbuienv < Tne throng wa spread oj like a windshaken itike to chis one serry who pated slovy before for tOne t-One the humming of voice in it < cres cprnlo nlmot aciied 1 the point of acuon Tht r thIs klttd l joMer this ample cld of IC ill5 darted a look at the crowd 00 1 i JI 1 t i z i I i j I I I I I I I I I The Hero of the Homent and His Kevolutioncry Wliiie 2f molded in a < urious form He usutlly ljv the burden > f i ionsibilit > fr ihis I Pi iis i nr on tin men f 1S4 or of any I I date which lies far enough behind us Jut I it is ar irjiiiressively shae 1 hat I 1 w the luii of violence Ii was the I I tot of insurr Ltion It proclaimed ter i In Nv i i I this hat Would fore sfcdow the ccsation of the cable car the dap earane of the postmnn tie I subterranean coiealment of the cook I tile suiwene elevaton of the irice of Ijier all the horrors 1 of muniinal war Ko one could tv ir this terrible md revi jtionarj hat unless he was 1 ilenty of i tK two miles hex nd the extreme etlge of the radical If YoU study the hstory I uf > the amous revolutions you wil1 he taught to tremble at this hat I tf > e Waek sea of men thi floating hat glowed gloxved xvith threats There was at firs f a great deal of cheering cheer-ing by some 2 II men who eemed 1 to h l e the jnimetlHte ecort of the wlite hat THJr ontnusiasm vii im > arte l grnually I I Aft a tme tOe < welcome WI general A great cry rolled un from the ouire I brought peoi > lc swift to the windows 01 the hotels I tI it fronted on the square The mn in the t wht < hat mounted ir a I fr > ill iron cafe iibit It was like i pd i cettl Suddenl ihe t wit hit sine high above the crow L l The journalist rind < jtv 1 was ahiut to begin his speech i hen tHp e wai a sudden new nn = liught of newsboys whose yells precluded any 1 cannce of his being heard He was obLged to remain quletlj on his > lutle table until these wolves hid sated them elves upon the money of the crowd In I I and this look was so full of svorn deep and movns crntrt it must have been fe 0 to the pits of their Ecomuchs He oopd and icked from the ground a 1irJful of nj4es He raised hs arm and still ron > > iindy deliberate and with shard o i stl n tnis solidary figure on the palace steps flung the handful of peb J I bles irnght into the upturned faces of the Anenans oO i I Mfinvnile I the hero of the minute was t m < at t ie door hy an od serTtor In a voice full of dignity and quet strength te hr > of tue miniate said I w s fl to see the king Tie o rvitor replied to him tranquilly tranquil-ly I with this i > hjeion Tae king does not rer v toiiv rf 1 i Tliere w is a moment of silence wxiile the peanvful I I old servitor stood wiKi his htni ii > tile door Tht re are few statesmen that have been met on the threshold of 1 an amlxtCous sue i cetss by tilE cool words Tie king does not receive today The hero of toe minute min-ute < tood i rrresoJtKe The servitor SlooJ wuvig Oum said the statesman Itt Itisi Vill He went iwiy Vnen fhe white hat rtuppeared to the i cronvi they theered clamorously VCuh the inc qule dgnity which had marked hIs iianng j ihrnasftout the more trying pan of hhj mcdent the man of the mile i ninth hat took hii stjt in a landiu vnich his i admirers hid ought fur him As he passed through the ssreets Ins trooping followers fleered and C < lleTt > d the vraor 1 and from time to time he movlc = ly lifted j in recognition ins tail wthite hat jl j i l n |