Deka pente etwn eprwtobola
papoutsia ki oci oti
mou ta ekanen o sucwremenoV o
pateraV mou,- dioti ma-
nan den egnwrisa, orfaneuthka
enamisu etouV,-alla
ekeinhn thn cronian eica kamei
oligon ladi, mpasakia
pou leme patriwta, kai to epwlhsa
kai ephra ena metzhte
kai ena tetarton. dhladh ena
kartaki. Sumptwsh
tote efeugen o nounoV mou o GeraklhV
ap edw, eice naulwsea
touV PlakateV na ton pane
sthn Krhthn. Htane kapetaneoV o
MastrogiannhV me ton
patera tou ton Xenon. Loipon, ta
edwsa
auta ta lepta tou nonou mou kai
tou parhggeila na mou ferh ena
zeugari kountoureV kai treiV
phceV dimiton. Panw loipon kata to
teloV Septembriou hrqe palin ap
edw kai mou tafere. Thn
Kuriakhn, loipon, bazw thn kofan
mou kai pernw kai ta papoutsia
tou eiV to ceri kai ephga sthn
eklhsian eiV thn Upapanthn - akoma
na ginh o AgioV NikolaoV.
Loipon, ekaqhsa exw apo thn
ekklhsian kai ebala tiV kountoureV mou.
E! Criste mou! kai den enomiza
oti ebala tou basilea thn stolhn!
Paei auto
Th deuterh cronia ephga me touV ZaoutateV
eiV to Laurion kai
ergazomoun eiV thn lararian tou Rodith
me mia kai eikosi thn
hmeran. kai ta 50. Ergasthka 4 mhneV kai kati hmereV kai
ekaqarisa 48 dracmeV eiV outo to
diastima. Hrqa eiV thn Suron kai edwsa
7 dracmeV kai ephra mian
foresian-tou Retsina ta legame
tote diladh ntrilina - kai edwsa
kai 8 fragka kai ephra ena sfuri,
exh makapia kai duo okadeV
mpasouti.
Ta upoloipa lepta ta edwsa tou patera
mou. Hrqa loipon edw
kai ergazomoun me ta makakia mou,
me pente grosia thn hmeran.
Ergazomoun wmorfa dioti kati eica
antilhfqh eiV thn balarian. ....
........
Loipon meta pollaV skeyeiV eurhka
to kaluteron na upagw
edw eiV to remma opou htan ena
palho spitaki tou sugcwremenou
papoulh mou. Ephgame. Htan bradu kai eplagiasame me dicwV
fagi. E! Criste mou! kai upnon eida ekeinhn thn bradua; Prwton
apo thn peina mou, deuteron to ti
qa ginw kai triton opou
efobomoun na mhn katebh to
palhospiton na maV plakwsh opou
htan apo duo panteV eneimenon,
kai apo to kefalarin kai apo to
katw meroV. To de prwi shkwnomai kai ephga sthV QeiaV
KalliophV [Karapeth] kai thV
legw : Na me daneishV ena metzhtien
kai eiV ena mhna qa sou to dwsw. Mou Edwse kai feugontaV apo kei upagw
grammh eiV tou Petrakiou tou
Stamath. Briskw thn Kuran
tou monhn. Thn rwtw pou eine o StamathV : Mou legei: EiV
to
kafeneion foumarei.
Eice diko tou kaffeneion eiV thn
Panagian. Ekei esunaqroizeto oloV o kosmoV
kai thn Kuriakhn kai tiV eortadeV.
Loipon pagw kai ton euriskw, Htan monoV.
Ekaqisa wV anqrwpoV kai hpia kai
egw mian jaskomhlian kai tou edwsa mian
pentaran tourkikhn. Epeita
tou legw : Qa me kamhV thn carin na me dwshV ena lotzon kai eiV
ena mhna qa sou to dwsw. Mou legei:
Lepta den ecw alla ean
qelhV na parhV sitari qa se dwsw
enan teneke ladi ke ame tou
Karnaba na sou
dwsh sitari, Ekleise to kaffeneion kai
ephgamen eiV to
spiti kai mou egemisen ena teneke
ladi okadeV 13 proV 3grosia
h oka kai epiane to olon 39
grosia, me to metzhti mazi to olon
grosia 61.
Apo tou Petrakiou tou dinw grammh olotacwV kai pagw eiV thn
Maurhn stou Tsamou tou Giwrgh. Authn thn epwchn htane autoV o barkarhV
maV wV
posta Magkanith kai Kurikon. Ton
Ekalhmerisa
kai
epeita tou legw: IswV qa paV etouteV tis hmereV ston
Magkanith.
Mou legei: To apogeuma qa figw pagw na parw ton
Dhmhtrhn ton Poulan, opou eine ekei pera me
sitari. Tou legw:
me
perneiV mazi; An trabaV koupi, legei, se pernw. To apogeuma qa
se
perimenw apo thn Panaxian na me parhV, tou eipame kai meiname
sumfonoi.............
...... Fqanomen eiV ton Magkanithn, phgemen
eiV tou Karnaba,
emeiname
ekei, to de prwi shkwnetai o KarnabaV kai
efwnaze: Bre
Tsamou shkw na parhV touV anqrwpouV na
fughV dioti ekinhsen
notia. Egw katergariV dia na mhn apofanw oti
ephgaina di onoma
tou na
tou zhtw berese sitari ephga kai akoumbhsa apa sto
toubari
ths aulhV tou. O de PouloV kai o TsamaV, ekobalousan
to
sitari twn natw. Ercetai o KarnabaV kai
mou legei: Ti stekesai
autou; To ntoubari den peftei katw monon
feuge! Tou legw: De
feugw,
qa perimenw ton Pularan. opou akousa oti eine eiV to
fanari,
na erqh na me dwsh sitari. Kai legei
gematon stoman: Den
to
cezeiV ton Pularan, den sou dinw egw sitari;- Polu kala kurie
Karnaba,
alla oute me xeureiV oute se xeuro.-Qa gnwristoume, mou
legei.
Lepta krataV;-Oci tou legw. Ebastousa ton teneke to ladi
kai to
metzhti, alla ton edokimaza.
Epeita mou legei: Posa kila qeleiV; Tou legw: Exh. Mou legei:
Fere ta
sakkia sou. Tou legw : Den ecw, para na balhV dika sou.
Mou
dinei kai sakkia kai sitari exh kila kai pagei na to grafh kai
tou
legw : Ecw ena teneke ladi to qeV; Mou legei: Diati na mhn to
qelw. Tou to dinw kai to zigizei kai epeita
bgazw kai to mezhti kai
tou dinw.
ToteV autoV eqarrune perissoteron
kai mou legei: Eisai
bre
Karapeth katergarhV. HqeleV prwta na me dokimashV ean sou
edina
berese. AmeswV mou legei: pare oti
creiazesai apo to magazi.
Pairnw
mian foresian rouca kara kastoria eican 60 grosia, to de
sitari
21 grosi to kilo. Pernw 3ok. ruzi, 3ok.
pasta, kai 2 ok.
sapouni
kai ena manthli thV keraV.
Epeita ecairetisqhmen dia na fugw kai mou
legei: Den sou eipa
kai ton
kanonismon mou, kata to teloV Augoustou ofeilei kaqe
pelathV
na exoflh ton logariasmon tou dioti pagw apw thn
Smurnhn
kai ywnizw. Polu kala, kurie Karnaba cairete!
Thn epaurion ercomai edw kai koubalw to
sitari eiV to spiti kai ta
mageremmata
mou kai toteV eqarrunamen oligon kai egw kai h
kera. ToteV touV edihghqhka olhn thn istorian
thV prwthV hmeraV kai thV deuteraV.
AmeswV na kamhV ywmi, legw thV keraV dioti pagw eiV ton kounidon
pou ecw douleian.
Pagw kai briskw ton Kuriakon Gaglian kai
tou bazw
eneceiro
kati cwrafia eis thn Proeisperan apo katw apo to
spiti
mou, opou mou ta eicen o pappouV mou o GagliaV dwsei kai
mou
dinei duo loiza. EpistrefontaV sto
spiti katenqousiasmenoV
thn
allhn hmeran aparousiasthka me 8 ergateV eiV thn Stasin
kai
ebala douleian ekei pou eine o mpaxeV mou. SaV orkizomai
epefta
na koimhqw kai eblepa eiV ton eipnon mou oti ebarukopousa
emakapiza
kai eshkwnomoun apanw kai efwnaza thV keraV: Shkw
ki
einai mera.
Mian hmeran eshkwqhmen kai ezumosame kai
efournisame kai
emageireyamen
kai ephga kai eiV tou Magkoura
tou Giannh, eiV tou
Antwnh Boudanta eiV tou Leoiou Stamath
eiV tou Micalh
Giannikou kai ton exupnhsa kai touV
ephra na me kanoun
merokamato
eiV thn Stasin.
......
Loiponekatwrqosa ekeinh th cronia kai ekana th mish kalliergeian thV
StashV.
Kata
ton Aprilion mhna arcisa na skeptome to creoV tou
Karnaba.
Degw: Edw, Nikola, creiazetai skeyiV.
Hxeura oti eice o
exadelfoV
mou o HliaV ena Samiwtaki eiV ta Swkia epistathn eiV
ena
ampeli tou Mesiria alla den hxeura thn sustasin.
Feugw kai
paw eiV
thn Samon kai briskw thn qeian kai ton qeion kai pernw th
sustasin
tou kai pagw kai ton euriskw. Mou
edwsen ameswV
douleian,
hmeromisqion 11 grosia me to fagh mou. Alla emena
de me
afhne na kanw tipoteV exoda. Etrwga ka
plagiaza.
Douleuw
mecri ton Augousto kai pernw mente loiza kai kati
lianwmata.
Katebenw katw sto Tsakla kai briskw
ekei ton
Stamathn Trata me ton uion tou Kleanqhn. Eican toteV ena
paliokaikakh
kai etoimazontan dia patrida Tou legw:
Pou
umporoumen
na broume ligo kriqari kai sitari. Mou lene oi
TratarideV:
EiV thn Sphlian.
Ephgame ekei den
huramen. Feugome kai pame eiV ton Geronta
eiV thn
Koubelan kai pernw 20 kila kriqari proV dwdeka grosia to
kilo.
Auta ola ekanan 430 grosia kai edwsa kai twn
tratradwn
2 metzhtia dia naulon. Prepei na mou
meinan kai
kammia
dekaria grosia giati ta 5 loiza htan 545 grosia.
FqanontaV edw ekoubalisa eiV tou qeiou Farisaiou ton
purgon
to kriqari kai to sitari kai eqaumazan oi anqrwpoi
kai
katarwtousan touV TratradeV pou twbra kai ean
to
plhrwsa eite berese. Epwlhsa to hmisu
kai edwsa taV
upocrewseiV
mou, ekrathsa kai to allo hmisu.
Tote
pleon arcisa na qarrunw oligon, arcisa thn allhn
cronia
ton ceimwna ki ekana palin kamposin douleia eiV thn
stasin.
Thn deuteran cronian den efuga para
eskefqhka na
kamw
ton tsopanh. Eurhka 13 erifia ka tabala
mes tou
Papa-Hlia thn mandra eiV to Pezi
kai ephgaina mian hmera thn
ebdomada
kai eboska. TiV alleV hmereV edouleua
merokamata
me ta
makapia. Otan den eica xenhn douleia
edouleua eiV thn
Stasin.
Pou eica erwteuqh auton to mpexen dioti
htan to prwton
mou
ergoceiron. alla de tabgala pera ki
arcisa palin na
crewnomai.
Thn trithn cronia shkwnwmai kai paw eiV
thn Aqhna
di
ergasian. Den eura.
Mian hmeran efeugen ena bapori dia thn
Alexandreian
me deka fracka eisithrion, Isa-isa to eica skefqh
na
upagw ekei na surgianhsw, iswV eurw kammian douleian. Htan
kai h
qeia h Elenh ekei. MoliV ephga epeiasa
doulea s ena
xenodoceio
me 8 tallwra to mhna, dhladh 2 loiza. Faghta osa
epairne
h koilia mou. Douleuw
4 1/2 mhneV. Epeita eqhmhqhka
thn
Ikarian kai legw mian hmeran tou parafenth. Na eurhV
upallhlon
dioti qa fugw.-O logoV diati feugeiV; - Eimai
adiaqetoV.
Me
plhrwnei kai feugw. Efeugen ena bapori
dia thn Smurnhn.
WV
ebghka exw antamwno ton Skizan.
Tou
legw : Me paV na parw
ena
kanati petsi kai kati kalapodia; Ephgame, ta ephra, kati
sfuria,
tanalian, spaggouV ola thV papoutswsunhV.
Ercomai edw pera me ena kaiki. Me cairetousan: Pou hsoun;
rwtousan.-
Emaqaina sthn Alexandreia papoutshV.-EmaqeV;
bebaia.
Arcinw loipon douleian mono me mian idean.
Den
eica
idei pouqena, alla toteV prwton den uphrce alloV kai
deuteron
htan o kosmoV koimoumenoV. Ercotan kai
mou
efernan
ta papoutsia twn kai dia na me eucaristoun na twn
kanw
kalh douleian alloV mou ebasta mian prizolan alloV
ena
kolokuqi krasi, alloV ena yaraki, ektoV thn plhrwmh.
Thn
ephra toteV 10 grosia.
Ergastiaka loipon 4 eth suneceia dicwV na
upagw allou oi
ergasian.
En twmetaxu agorasa kai enan gaidaron kai ekana kai
ton
agwgiathn. Ama den eica douleia eiV
papoutsia ephgaina
eiV
agwgi.
Epernousa dicwV na crewnwmai, alla eiV ta
tessara eth
arcisa
na thV barenoumai auteV tiV douleieV kai mou hrqe
mia
skeyiV na pagw palh eiV thn Aigupton. Mou aresen apo
thn
paidikhn mou hlikian na kanw ton lordon, dhladh na
kanw
sucna taxidia. Legw mian hmeran thV
keraV: Me prwton
meson
qa fugw dia thn Aigupton. Mou legei: An qa fugw qa erqw
mazi sou.........
.........
Thn allhn hmeran epernousen o GagliaV.
MaV phre maV phge sth Suro. Apo thn Suro to bradi htane
sunagwnismoV
me mia kai penhnta dr. kai mia soupa dwrean
dia
Peiraia. Fqanonten eiV Peiraia thn
allhn hmeran efeuge
bapori
dia Alexandrian me 12 dr. eisithrion.
FqanontaV eiV thn Alexandreian mpainome mes ston
sidhrodromon
kai pame sto Kairon, 8 wreV me to traino.
ToteV
htane ekei h sugcwremenh h peqera mou, o kouniadoV mou
kai h
adelfh mou Elenh kai h qeia Elenh. MoliV ephgamen
ameswV
brhkame ergasian. Mphka egw sena
xenodocai me
8
tallhra ton mhna kai h kera sena spiti me alla 8 to mhna.
MerkoniaV,
onomazeto. Ta 8 tallhra htan akribwV 2 loiza.
Ergasthka
sto xenodoceio 3 mhneV ki epeita arcise na mh m
aresh
auth h douleia na eimai <upo> allounou. Eice ki ena
Araphn
mesa kai edernomaste taktika.
Anagkasthka na fugw. Eica omwV pantoteV mian
idean dia
dikhn
mou ergasian, alla ti ergasian na kanw me 16 loiza pou
eicame
mazi me thn keran douleyh. Ekeinh th
cronia eice
pantreuth
ekei pera o KwstaV o
LeriaV kai ephre mian
Fanaritissan
kai eice 40 lireV agglikeV h gunaika tou,
eice de
kai auto ena magazi tsagkaradikon me enan tou
aneyion.
Peftw dipla tou dia na empw sunetairoV mesa
me idean
na
maqainw kai tecnh kai me uposceqh ameowV. En tw
anametaxu
de autoV arrwsthsen kai tou eimen o iatroV
na
paush apo authne thn ergasian na mhn pairnh baroV
to
sthqoV tou. Gurizw kai tou legw.
Ercesai na to dialushV
na to
kamwmen mpakalikon. Mou legei ekeinwV.
Kala, prwton
einai
ta lepta maV oliga kai deuteron, foboumai mhn ta
caswme.
Tou legw:
H kaqe epiceirhsiV upagei me thn tuchn. para na balhV
th
gunaika sou na pah na shkwnh ta lepta thV. Ecw ki egw
16 loiza. Pisteuw oti qa eurw na danisqw
kia oliga akomh kai
en tw
metaxu qa ergazomomei kai egw kai h kera kai qa
sumplurwsw
kai egw to poson t kai qa briskome
eiV
pistwsin apo magazia.
AmeswV
phgen h kera tou eshkwse40 lireV pou eicen kai edaneisthka
kai egw
alla 17 loiza kai takana tolon 30.
Thn allhn meran fwnaxomen duo maragkouV kai
thV ekanan kati
mostreV
kati pagkouV. Arcinoun loipon apo ta
megala magazia o
enaV
efeuge kai duo ercontai. MaV elagan; EsumfwnhseV apo
pouqena
na parhV pragma; Tou elagamen; Malista,
esumfwnhsamen
me ton Nkhtan na maV dwsh 50 lirwn pragma
me 5
lireV kataqesin kaqe Sabaton. MaV elege
o alloV: Egw
saV
dinw 50 lirwn pragma me 5 lireV plhrwmh kaqe Sabbaton.
Ennoei
omwV kaqe Sabbaton pou qa erqh o upallhloV tou kaqe
magaziou
eceiV den eceiV na ta koyhV apo thn petran na ta
dwshV,
den ecei anabolh.
EiV 6 mhneV eicame 180 lirwn xenon pragma kai
alla na
qelame
na baname ergazontan to magazi polu wmorfa.
Eicame 22 mineV kai eskefqhka na fugw kai to
epwlhsame.
ebgalame taV upocrewseiV maV kai emeinan kai
23 lireV
tou
kaqenoV. To poulhsame paratimhV duladh
kaqareV kuteV
kerdoV.
Loipon paw kai legw sto afentiko thV
keraV: SaV
parakalw
na brhte mian allhn ntatan dioti qa fugwmen dia
thn
patridan.
Thn eplhrwnan kai thn allhn hmeran efugamen,
eiV auto
to
diasthma, 2 eth kai 4 mhneV exekaqarhsamen mazi me th keran
85
lireV agglikeV kai 65 grosia aiguptiaka. Ercomai edw para thn mian
hmeran
elaga na pagw sth Smurnh na ta ywnisw diafora n
anoixw
magazi, thn allhn elega na pagw eiV thn Makrhn na ferw
sitari,
thn allhn na kanw enan anemomulon apanw sta stacua,
epeita,
skefqhka, eine pio anagkh na kanw spiti na empw mesa.
Calw to
palaiospiton eiV to remma na to metapoihsw opou
ekremeto
apo duo panteV narqh katw, na spasw dipla kati bouna
na kamw
mian kouzinan na kamw ton echrwna na skepasw ena
fournarion.
En tw enametaxu agorasa mia barka, kati
paragadia
kai
etera diafora thV yarikhV kai ekana ton prwton yara....
...
MoliV eteleya ta spitia kai hmpa mesa arcisa
pali arcisa
pali na
stenocoroume polu. Opotan htan kairoV ergazomoun me
thn
barkan eiV ta yaria, ama den htan kairoV dia yaria ephgaina
me ton
gaidaron eiV agwgi, Empalwnomouna pali alla meta ena
cronon
arcise kai de m arese pali auth h douleia. Exenuctousa
bregmenoV,
aupnoV mes sthn barkan. Eskefqhka Den
eine touth
douleia
an emena dioti din hmoun eiV thn sklhragwgian maqhmenoV
Pagw
mian hmeran eiV ton Stamathn
Kalerion kai tou legw: Qa
mou
kanhV thn carin na mou dwshV 15 loiza pou ta creiazomai dia na kanw
mian mikrhn epicirhsin- Den ecw 15 cartzilhki
mou einai
mono 11
loiza. konta mou alla lepta den ecw. An ta qeV auta na
na sou
ta dwsw. Malista mou eipe : Allonwn de dinw alla esu
akouw
oti eisai en taxei stiV upocrewseiV sou.
Loipon
tou kanw mia apodeixh. mou ta dinei panw ka mou dinei kai
o GiwrghV GagliaV alla
5, pagw kai eiV tou Spurou
Fradelou kai
mou
dinei alla 4 kai ginountai to olon 20
loiza. Upagw eiV thn
Suron
kai ta ywnizw diafora petsi mpakalikhV kai kati dia
kafenen.
Ercomai edw anoigw ston purgo tou Apostolh magazi,
dioti
to kato htane gemato karbouna. Ekana
ekei treiV mhneV,
kai
efuga kai ephga eiV tou Iwannou
Nounouskou kai anouxa ekei magazi. To
eica tsackaradikon,
kafeneion
kai mpakalikon. Ergazomoun kat archV
kala.
En to
anametaxu hlqe kai o Qeologon apo taV AqhnaV,
den
eice pou na pagh; ton phra sto magazi
epeita arcisa apeftw ligon-ligon exw. MoliV
ep olaba kai edwsa ta loiza
tou
Gaglia kai tou Spurou..... tou Kaleriou. emeinan teleutai
espasa
toteV legw; Edw Nikola creiazetai skeyiV prin se parh
o
kosmoV campari na breqhV ekteqeimenoV. Eica omwV kamposa
beresedia
Phgainw palin eiV ton Kalerion kai tou legw to
mustikon,
oti euriskomai mperdemenoV. Alla dia na
parh to 11
loiza
archtero preph na me dwsh akoma 25 loiza na pagw
eiV thn
Amerikan na ergastw na sou ta stelw ola mazi.
Mou
legei echV orexh na fughV eite koroideueiV. Ton legw:
Nai, -EtoteV
ame kame enan cartin kai bale mou eneceiron eiV
thn
Stasin kai ela aurion na sou ta dwsw.
Ephga ameswV, to ekana, touto pagw kai mou
edwsen ameswV
25
loiza na tou steilw 25 agglikeV. Pagw
briskw thn kera sto
spiti
kai thV legw sumera na mou plunhV ta
rouca mou dioti
aurion
feugw dia thn Amerikhn. Auth to qewrei asteion....
...Efuga
taV 12 Apriliou 1916, pagw sto Peiraia etoimazw ta cartia
mou,
toteV hto o EurwpaikoV polemoV ta upobrucia etorpilizan
kaqh
hmeran karabia ellhnika toteV den phgainan. Pagw sthn
Italian
eiV thn Neapolin kai ap ekei ebrikamen meson di Amerikhn.
FqanontaV
ekei maV eqewrousan 3 iatroi kai egurisan 27 atoma
pisw.
WV na ebgw exw apo to katsigkari oute egw den xerw ti
taximata
ekana twn agiwn. Alla ustera ton ekana
to mouclouzh.
Loipon
mhga eiV Borwnan. Ergasqhn eiV ena ergostasion 22 mhneV
me
hmeromisqio 5 1/2 dollaria thn hmeran. ToteV htan
parakaletoi
oi ergateV. Loipon oti pou phga eshkwsa apo allouV
patriwteV
36 lireV agglikeV kai ta esteila tou Kaleriou kai 3 thV
keraV.
Egraya tou Kaleriou oti qene eiV to
spiti na touV dinh.
Loipon
meta 22 mhneV ebareqhka eiV to ergostasion. Katebainw
eiV thn
Nean Uorkhn kai ergasqhka 4 mhneV eiV to xenodoceion
tou
Mennel me 85 dollaria ton mhna, kaqara mou emeinan.
Htan mikron xenodoceion 315 upallhloi
ergaxontan mesa
alla oi
perissotereV htan gunaikeV, eice alla megaleitera. Meta
touV 26
mhneV, arcise na mou murizh palin h patrida.
Efeugen
ena gallikon bapori dia thn Gallian. .....
Upagw
mesa kai maV upagei eiV to Bordw mia akrua thV GalliaV. Apo ekei
mpainome
meV ston sidhrodromon tria meronukta taxidi kai maV pagh eiV thn
Massalian.
Einai prwteuousa thV GalliaV apo kei de
brhkamen
meson
ploun na fugwmen. Hton h brasiV twn
upobruciwn,
h
brasiV ton upobruciwn, h brasiV tou polemou tou
Eurwpaikou.
Andra den eblepeV ekei pera monon
gunaikeV.
Otan
ercomaste me to traino htan arceV Noembriou mia wra
na fexh
eblepame apo to tzami tiV GallideV na xebarizoun
moneV
kai na skaptoun s ena dunato kruo. Eine
olo
kampoi
h Gallia. Loipon filoi kanw 33 hmereV eiV thn
Massalian.
Epeita maV lene oti efeuge ena karabi dia thn Ellada dia
Peiraian
alla oci ap euqeian..... mpainw mesa pame eiV thn Afrikhn
eiV thn
Mponnan onomazetai aoutoV o limenaV ekanamen oligeV
hmereV
ekei, epeita ballomen ewV 4000 fantarouV afrikanouV kai
tou
metaferomen eiV allhn skalan thV AfrikhV, Mpizerta onomazetai
auth h skala, apecei 2 hmeronuktia h mia
skala apo thn allhn.
Kanome
ekei oligeV hmereV, alla to eutuchma htan opou hxeura arabika kai
ebgaina
exw kai sunennoumoun kai agoraza oti hqela. Ekei eine
olon
mauroi kai mikroi. Osa merh ecw gurisei
den eida allou
fqhnieV
pwV ekei pera, to ywmi pou ebgazoun ekei pera den to eida
oute
sthn Amerikan. eice samiouV mes sto
bapori kai mou
plhronan
ta exoda kai bgainamen exw kai twn eywniza epeidh
autoi
den sunennoounto kanenaV twn arabika. DuV fragka
gallika
to kreaV, 3 to turi, 1 to ywmi. Ephgainamen eiV
touV
fournouV kai edinamen enamiso fragkon kai epernamen
kati
arkatsokefala anw apo duo okadeV yhmena, etrwgan
ewV exh
atoma to Gallikon fragkon toteV htan pio ximesmena
apo ta dika
maV, kai eida kai tiV kafedieV. Polh me
arese na
emena
ekei. Loipon feugomen kai apo thn
Afrikhn kai pame
eiV thn
Maltan.
Apo thn Maltan eiV thn Otean ki ap ekei eiV
ton Peraian.
EiV
auto to diasthma opou etaxideuamen den ebgazame poteV
ta
swsibia apw thn plathn maV. Eine kati
plakeV fela. Kai
kaqe
hmeran gumnasia mes sto papori me ti tropon qa swqoume
en
kairw torpillismou apo upobrucia. Duo
ebuqisqhsan
anamesa
GalliaV kai AfrikhV. Mia bradia kanta
maV to pwV
eswqhmen
emeiV, o QeoV hqelen.
Apo Peraian hmpa meV sto kaikh thn Likathu
kai hrqa edw kai ti
na idhV. Peina kai twngonewn. Deltion to ywmi 100 dramia thn hmeran eiV to
atomon.
Deltion
to sitari, deltion to rizi kai ola. Meta ligo diasthma
kanw
taxidi pagw sth Suro kai ywnizw pali kati petsia, ufasmata
mpakalikhV,
zumarika, oriza, teloV pantwn diafora eidh. Ercomai
anoigw
pali magazi eiV tou Kaleriou ekei opou ta enewsan twra.
Ekaqhsa
ekei pente mhneV ergazomoun wmorfa, edouleua thn
tsagkarikhn
to eica magazi kai kafeneion kai eica kai taberna
me
faghta. Apekei me ebgalen o KalerioV
kai ephga stou Apostolh.
Htan
panta apoqhkh twn karbounwn. EkeineV
tiV mereV eican
adeiash.
Htan gemato purhna upofera nat to
kaqarisw loipon
kai
ekei arcaV ergazomoun kala epeita me epiasan sto berese.
Arcisa na kanw to spiti edw apa sta stacun
ebgazw tou
sugcwpemenou
patera 37 loiza creoV. AifnhV sta 1920
me balei
mprosta
mia anapodia. Labanwn kati mproumitieV,
kati
katakefalieV
opou na mh ti dwsh o QeoV oute tou aspondoterou
mou
ecqrou. .........
... Ton
anqrwpo ton eutuch oloi ton agamoune
ki
ota tou erqh sumfora oloi ton emisoune
Enosw
eisai plousioV oloi se kolakeuoun
eiV de taV dustuciaV sou oloi se apofeugoun.
Einai
alhqeV auto. Loipon, mpainontaV sta
1927 eskefqhka:
Den
eine zwh auth na kaqwmai sto pezi na asteroumai. Para
na
katebw katw na kanw palin kammia douleia. Alla ti douleia
na kanw
opou hmoun adekaroV. Eskefqhka loipon
na analabw
tachdromoV,
iswV na bgalw to ywmi thV oikogeneiaV mou. Kanw
tria
taxeidia ta qerna isa karabi isa nera, dhladh moliV
apaitousa
ta dika mou exoda dia sto spiti den emenan tipota.
Edw
Nikola creiazetai allh skeyiV gia na parathsw meta
na
shkwsw lepta na kanw kapoia mikran epiceirhsin, upagw kai
shkwnw
arcaV 8 ciliadeV.... poulw mia geladan mou thn eica kati
probata
kai pernw alleV 4.300dr. Sinama de me gnwrisan eiV ton
Peiraia
kai mou edinan pragma oso hqela.
Ergasthka doxa tw Qew, tria eth. AufnhV, Loipon kata thn
31
Ianouariou 1930, hmera Deutera kai wra 2m.m. ginetai ekeinh
h
plhmmura, o katarrakthV pou leme patriwta, kai mou pairnei
to
periboli eiV to remma pantelwV, ton acurwna, 4 orguieV, spiti
anwgi
kai katwgi, mou pairnei eiV thn Stasin tou misouV khpouV
kai
kati elheV kai prinaria, mou pairnei amenanti ena cwrafi
poristikon
opou to eica pari apo ton Afianen, pairnei eiV tou
peqerou
mou ton mulon, udragwgeia, sterneV, kati khpoi dhladh
na
shmeiwsete oti h katastrofh auth h dikh mou htane anw apo
55.000
dr. Pagw nanebw 3 skalia emanw kai aifnhV mou ercetai mia
sprwxia
kai pagppalin sto idio meroV...
............
Sta
cilia eneakosia kai sto triantria, skefqhka na
politeuqw edw sthn Ikaria
dia na
ebgw proedroV edw sto Karkinagri na ferw
taxin
tou coriou kaneiV na mh griniazh
Na
piasw to grafeio mou thV KoinothV th sfragida
oligon n anapauqw kai nacw hsucia
Arcisa
na ergazwme me olo to mualo mou dia na eimai
agaphtoV me olo to cwrio mou
Sta
cilia enneakosia kai sto triantapente, eginhke to
kinhma kai tou Martiou pente
mperdeuthka
kai gw autou dicwV kammia aitia dia ton
tsanthrhn
to iatron na dwsw apologian
Me
phran eiV anakrisin kai ston racwn thn asthnomian
me
phran kai ston Eudelon ta Eirhnodikeia
Me
peran kai ston Agion Khrukon mesa eiV ta Tameia
Me
phran kai eiV thn Samon to baqh eiV ta stratodikeia
Ki auto
htan peprwmemo mou ki auto na to perasw
kai eiV
thn Samon to Baqh eki dia na fqasw.
Kardia
mou ginou sidero kardia mou ginou akmoni
na se
baroun aluphta ta basana kai oi ponoi.
Kardia
mou qelei na sfagh ma gw thn emallwnw
basta
kardia mou dunata kai gw bastw ton pono.
Parhgorw
thn kardia ma den parhgorietai
thV
legw cilia yemmata, ma keinh den gelietai.
Osan
qumari tou bounou me phre to potami
sto
diabolo tetoia zwh, kalutera ston Adh.
San
katsw kai sullogistw ti ecw perasmena
trecoun
ta matakia mou stazei h kardia mou aima,
Ac auto
to ac ontaV to pw treiV potamoi kinounte
ta
dentra xerizwnontai kai ta bouna kremnountai.
Ac,
auto to ac den toxera pote na to fwnaxw
kai
tora den perna stigmh na mhn anestenaxw.
Qee
megaloduname qelw na se rwthsw
ta
neiata pou maV edwseV giati ta pairneiV pisw.
Afou
uparcei qanatoV kai to kormi qa luwsh
ti na
thn kanw thn zwh an eine allh tosh .............................
................
Auton
ton bion egraya me to dexi mou ceri
eucomai
na cairoumeqa ceimona kalokairi.
Eucomai
na cairoumeqa pantot eutucismenoi
swmatika
kai yucika namaste ploutismenoi.
Auto to
bio egraya gia na me meletate, san apoqanw
bre
paidia gia na me sugcwrate.
Auton
ton bion egraya na pw ta basana mou ki opoioV
fobatai thn fwtian na mhn erqh konta mou.
Auton
ton bion egraya me paqh thV kardiaV mou
kai
egraya kai tupwsa olh th sumfora mou
Auto
ton bion egraya panta na me qumaste
Parakalhste
filoi mou parte gia na diabaste.
Auton
ton bion egraya poihma na to lete
san qa
peqanw filoi mou, narqete na me klaite.
TeloV
kai to Qew doxa, caraV ston anqrwpo ton
eugenh
poucei timh kai doxa!
