| Show u IN THE CRETAN WAR In a occluded spot two or tI here lull learn I ho foot of Mount tall or I te tlio lih ht I EftlOORITen to Mount U > hy the natives there uo Uimtcd A jirelljr little I Tllla I surrounded by nil the luxuriance nmlTnrl lint Irautyot tropical venlurv whom dwelt tj I n I rcllml merchant of 111 Hum with hU family Cotr IMOS wn n i gentleman Df in clan Went but his home had nlwajn i 1Cn I In I Crete In earlier rears ho hail reId re-Id nt Kctlma but 1 ui bin health failed I III Ibo odrnromol1t age be found It I m ber Wll nt bOo to live tbe willibi utrordul lilm In him Tllla nt lilan nhlla YOIIIIlr 111011 lrrurlll thesnom Al1ho Irt 0 I Mi I I bu hralll wile n native Cretan wax n lady of rcUneimnt nnd of n penile living imposition They hail two chllilnn jvlMicc u youth of to I and n naitd2dla dutiful viortliy Mil as will and a daughter daugh-ter llerinlonc I whim I hjslcnl lnwity And corsponding 10lIl1e or ehnetrr veto little xtraorillnary In moot the under age I of 18 When the Cretan Inl al Itintn at last de I cruel that they could no 1 mgir Lear tha cruel yoko of Tiirkiy USKF Iso took no cmsll share of Intt n a In tlio wilfnru of hli country and nt once 1 tnord hi Ill wealth at Us disposal while he lilmiilf Ixxulnon colonel the Cretan uniiy All < o na > soon JolnM their ranks Om iKiiullful SMindny morning utter the binding uf the Undnn army lleriulotio and her mi ther wire attending the serTlei at tho little I I ctiii el near IJira Only n few woat till children To amen a-men weroahlcrelat their lountryaeall Trio white robed irlnt was chanting In n low musical vola and his COIIB gallon Moro all knitting In Ioltloo of devotion tatt breezed flouliil In I through the ogxn wlndo bringing sweet colors from the tropical plants without The Lour was strnnnely ml inn Sudilenl theroeame owiiinilof horses hoofs And almnit Instantly u Cretan Pol 1 dler strong 1 Into tile room riclalmlne > leel I Five for your livist The lurks are ulmilum I Ho halt hardly rpokin theo word Irure it dUleD or lIIuru evil looking lurk d > lul up to the ilotr fhoiitlng luuillr nndvallliiK upon Allah to aid theva In their wleUd work Iho tirrlflid upI up-I llennu had r runit 14 their feet anti flid at tho flrxt word of ahurni tout to the In I nir riixosiM of tile cliaptl others out of tho 01 en door toward tile woods federal of them Nero ought heoro l they were 100 yards from the oliaptl I and three or four weru brutally liia sicred for struggling to Cbcapo from the Iud of their cruel captors cap-tors Ill wbllo all the Others nought nifety In I flight to dinale figures remained mo tlimleis liore tho nltnr trilstiiiK In the mints anti In the pncrednrM of the place for protection Tbeywerolterinioncand hir mother The pries threw aMc his robes uhleh lie had worn over n complete Cretan olilrorlll and setting his avord runhitl to the rescue The suldlir who hail given the Iurlll mia lying wOllndd near the door A lurk vpuriilii him with film foot vprnnrioTir hU My and down tho aisle to a here Hcrmlono itlll knelt befltlu Ir mother The mol In uttered faint cry and clung close to tilt side They irireiupin their feet now anil stood facing the rutllun Ihn mother drew one arm around Iu r daughti as It for i roUc tlon and with the olhir eitudcd high above her head ezclalmud I In tones such as only n mother can uoc uo such an ooeololl M this Hufllun dam uu defile the Cry ultur of Iho Coil of hell And earth I Hut tho man did not understind her language though ho uttered Home flereo exclamation In his own as ha roughly seized the mniden and toro her train hor inothirs nick who frantic with horror sank upon her knots Utccchlng him to give back her child Meunwhllo u party of six Cretans and Gluttons with Colonel luos arrived upon ho scene A sllnuUh took place I outildo tin door In vihleh throe lurka wiro killed and two others were wounded On tile otter file nearly all rhed light wounds lull those of tic Cretan who had given tho alarm rrovud fatal One of Hie Qrielais a youthful onlcer of noble birth intml l the elmvil 1 by n ild enlnmee jut I In I time to seo Ilirmlo atched her motber lie 1I1ntly sprang toward the rutllan shouting to 11111I to roltitw the inalden 110 euuhl out hout for tv or hitting ber I andthoTurk ellIug one 11rom I Iooco ueuuM ought Ilc op In hlurrs nod fled with his prize toward tho door TLa Olloclon Mind In ala pursuit and at the door lie wan HO close that ho n rang upon the lurk and forced him to nliate 1 tho girl who fell prostrato upon tile narble tl tor Her prficrrir Immediately turned to raise hir unlutdlnt though tho Turk dealt him a sharp blow with his sword lushing his shoulder before ho lied to Join lila Uiilns uwiiantoiu Ho knelt by Her mlono a xtOo soft sought to restoro lit I r to ceiuriclousnefti H wan dwrily toucliiil by tho urvIIIJ lOTcllnekl pf those exriul 1 File feature Hint so white and still und DIe D-Ie 1 bon his pre taus burden lo a cushioned putt laid her gently down and thin stood gazing In ra It womlrr hu was quite un unselnu that the mother 118 Pounding at Ills aide In a fiw moments the soft e illdsnn cloHtl anti 1 tho C 11 turned until they rest ad upon his fan nt tirot with all eiprn Ion if ftnr anti thin with a sweet mlle all tho color sullinly nturnlng to bit palo ell eke as sho held 011 lur liaud to him iiylngi Ah I know you are my linservcr brave anti Bow Mil I eTer thank vout And 1 them la a wound upon I jour shoulder too bleeding all I for Ill The molhirknilt LeaUo hir ilailihtcr wiping fir very Joy und Colonel Isos who had just beui told what had bap limd boated by pouring out his lunrtfilt irratlttulo to tho voting man who laid ren ill ml him A 0 great a tun lea At last he usled l the ortelows name fur until un Lour previous they bud novir met Iain Lkiitiuruil Iblllp l Yk bootee rv 1 lllid the young orllier Ililll clolm dined that day at Idle lhre immtls Inter a wcdllng took 01 nt the little chap l when llermlono bo vapor Ihlllps wife und tile irlot who pnsld at tho ceremony was the Asian vvhohudfounhlfor Lritocn < that memo rabbi buuikiy inornlnr Boston lot |
