Lucknow Sentinel, 1888-12-21, Page 2•
". • ' 1,7ba. ,e liftee-clitletmeet
This *elf 0011!loOked at the Christer*, kroe,
,.!'5Tri,i)W4: • .
rwr.;,142 r
a;
Bytlael
• , Where's whilllir old pair
else Of WhIellelearly lecheatee
' .11'hat theyle Meant fora boy of illiontinr
ISM them PlEdiaiwial)rieet
it: Then
oyer there la a dandy driltet, '
•• Whieb Vitt rIkt.her led to. belleve'arill cisme
Sy. and a printing -press and type 1 See„
watch wonldbeabout the Wing, tno.
, just tor ,. ,
•
" That clipper, sled looks mighty iltio, • -
And 1 id?Quidn't wiinder Utho were utine,
• And rei rather inolined to think; from tin looks
th1eel..0 that rzi. set, that be* Of 4094
•
11
And the shotgun up there:behind thetree
rm tuiffhtY Ogre le.deetglied for iiie,,,•
Anctilut earner', and the lia•eball bat
Are 'corning to me ru. bet my hitt"
strr,
The e#1144awent. to another bOY •
And .loaded him: up with peaceful. oy,.
• While, the 0.880 Of type antl thS
• ' • ,V11Ie8 his eotisin Tont with happute4 ;
And, the nickelled skates, tee :britbet Jim
dtemarked, With a grin, be ringed to him.
• And the dandy drum and the elipperaled
. Were both designed foible coneln. tied.
liut when the smallbay sadly saw.: f• •
• The shotgue,ga liedrOPPed his jaw.
• And dole: ul, indeed., beoarne. hie, looks,
' !When he 108t.IiIserni oe tha box:of hooka,'
thing that simply knocked Mei ,04t •
• Witt tlietstet: be: mbieed tbe besebe14.1461. '
All thatgladdened.theanisil hers life • .
• Wae•a oteldtbee mut a new leek PIRO. • '
-the.13;tyll. ho have nor:rtmthil/i h5p. thr: °ugh':
Lora hope that this emall boy wean t.yott 1••
' Its Marriage a rallure ?
• Beeinse the. cake IS netullisYSlight,
• • . or the if eitioned soup exmitly riga. ••
; 33ecauee•at the °Mies some husbotiditrail
Me.. triends,Does Cooking. fail?
Because sontetintes 'Our friends grow • \, •
Pull:many & friendship's anell has to/led. °
And its rosy hues grown "she pale,. .•
.• ,Liaten ttae---poe3 friendship fail?'
Becouse:ene.motket is wickeder weak. • .
Though it child in vain shotildsympathyseelt, •
And.'home, and. children naught avail, •
• • Antiwertne tide -Dope mother love. fail?•' .
_64•Why, itO1"; fon say, '• the beek' id in feidt;
.Netteenet, Soda °KW() much salt;
•, Ahd treaty Mende thelellie outweigh, .•
l'reitnereseVug ttor trAendshie,feuSo'' you ear• ,
. • Anitutether-love is thwilitnpf ens hope, '
„ Neught solthits grandeuranil power'can cope;
• - fl One seltish"ncother you've found to -day;
'Btillinother,IovadOWi notlan4Lyoni
1.1 marriage afailtirer now salt!
The plower has/roved a world-wide. teak.;
Bits esti we not ndtu
.in arriage•marred. tense
geleer heshan 8,, incompetent wives ?
Theusbands and wives are the Mere.: yeti seN
' liimettly.lovettuned heerts etre. harmony.; • .. , •
Twit soubltinitekno dark: secrets '
'Thon•Whb Would saki, ‘f Has ma e falled.W '
cut urion
4e.w019Cei„ etrtlek uP all _ _acquaintan030-. fairshaaA30#-0, \gelte.M.044etrer
\r'7°r1"114'71174jr414 , may aPPearlifore anY Man:Wilton
Whicili he fret"
ti-41104101-746611r9u847 47W-ifeZaVe.7 ft at 70008. MY1,3044 'With the
Mpi.
farietx ef. Utiles; but lirettently it beoante &Oahe is thenoeforwar4 governed by
oreerional • the
.saMe mend and, ,09,de se She
"It s singular," heocedinned, otterwe cabers.
kid .41,aoltanged s feW confideflOegt: "that The education of those ,pleies who are
PtePle hurl look on a man as thongb h only luxuries 004stitutge. 11'PM:ilia= that
Were & 04114, They. Would. Snide efloh oZ fs, ;mamba , chick' by willettei but Often
my stone, and would abet:stately leadme in deo by the Ativee or high Ofilcnale,.
The
the path .to„ fortune and heppiness. I am children are purchased from people of
under sureeillenoe by day and by night Obwalden blood; higb.priodare, paid for
and I believe the colony enters all tri
movements in a ledger. In this respect the
Tutlts ere. different," he continued alter
few seoonds ; they call for my, services,
bat ail soon as 1 am out of their houses, I,
am, dead as, far *0 theYare creloetned."
"Then. you also have praotioe among
the Illahometons ?" I stilted, somewhat
surprised, knowing that gargpean doctors
are onlytatlied to ittetd Turkish families
in very 'eteeptional cases, and then
generally only very old men and such as
hive, lived in Constantinople 'many yeare
and are married. •
"Yes,'. hirreplied, 14 I' bore._ more, balls'
to Turks *on to Europeans. Hy practice
Is extending withthe former" : • .
"No doubt .a paying practiee,". I ten -
"Very, but difficult," he replied • in his
tanoommenicative manner; "she women
rout expected to treat when'cov'ered by
Ithe veiI, and that is impossible. I declare
'my "nobility to* help them under snob
circumstanoes, and that isgenerallY effec-
tive. With grown! and sighs the veil ia
.removed, and what it had hidden would in
most cedes better have remeined cetera."
"In mOst cases, hut' not in all 2" I in.
terrapted. . • . ,
"No, not in QV' he-. told peneitely
"for thegreatest beauty here lasw un.
veiled. She was a alive, •P he added, and
into his eyek there came a peotiliar light:
'lie liked his -.oyes thoughtfully on the.
ground; and his. slender, nervous hand
played excitedly with a paper -atter. The
expreasion of his fade had suddenly. brows
sosingular that I felt , a. great dear° to
heat more of that slave -gal. , Bat from
*hie time, he relapsed into his.. wonted
thoughtful Silence.Alfiny.efforte tO learn
• After,' that ' ineeting, . weeke .Pteeed
: *Wont ....%-iny : ,
I
' .nian, again, Then we Met again on sev,,
Orel .0ocasicine,, bat. I. took care not tit
• Put any fluelitiOntolcim or e7shiliitc desire
' to learn Inything, hedid not tiolenteer Isc
import, end by &erect We become exoellent
acquaintatices.• Bat 1. myeelt. knew, Oben:
lately nothieg ,Of ntY ,friend, . except thea
, be 'had.' b_een_Lit,_ApractisingAiltyttiois •
'Bettie. had 'fottglit a duel :anditesterely.
wOrinded MO Opponent, in officer ;'• had fled.
ts Greece and had 'then tome here a • year
'
1.1EAUTIFOI NEN.
.,. One day Dr. Frannie asked Me whether
• I•knew Where' bet:wield obtain a tittibiozi
. „IttilltIlIdit'S,t94 fio* 4,6 Land translated jute) ' Gerinen# I happened .to
• have the *glum° he needed' and Ovehim.
' of 'the littremi.',:.. . • the book,:• After's fessi day', lieconlided to.
`...it'i knetevierthy,tind that; in Whe hiehidyro-highly-otiltifetedow, who,
me thit'theloOk waa destined tiihe react
•dietall nouritrY. 'You. : mity. ,be plated, the nesi cleated. to' ,Icirm nay enptaintince,
' return fchiltamisisilWays .bilegt .With it I' detimmissioned biro ..,to-preeent ,lie
'reboil mil °theme en demist and hinny
'
'.... Christ cheer- OM' hero a lt. jaw ;A ..:1_st sr, hoeee. fitted 'tip. in she POIntieLian
•dreamY arlasy: _L____- ' stylkteit•hthe-lineek-titate,-tlioughpleintr
, .. White „--CninitibitMopleweint anything lied, With ' a cserteiti ,, eolorlesi severity... I'
• lint tt!Om ,•glee& , „It' hes 'nothing Of the frond.' inagivifioentlyformed woman; With
inclor, 0 , northern climate, and' Janke an intellectual face and great ,:blesikeye*--
.
together, ii. eialted •stillneeii-of • -snow- , °leer, • dark, ',..,..fiety: . and .- deetir..thati
• . , creaniy. hills, • an deeply POsseseed, rare 'powers of .fascinetion.. I
buried fOres : It halthe chatecier'otan. envied. my friend and feared for ;him is the
• , . • pthcirtive sP "Shia. Can sclera:sly. re.sist the minis tune, for this•v#as a wcimanwhOreight
..-- --: teniptsitiem t " Ipso 'int0. Vtal.*interi.Bat bring the most exquisite'. joy or the. moss
: • there,are •puttinterv,ale daring Which eXquisitep_ith to the Min.'whO. falls -within,
' ' • : ' .. is Mild, blue.A. ineist.coverathetesidence herltiligi•o apliiiii: -, . •• ' • •
8 Sultans e'ininamte..ond : ,mosque- She greeted we eintplymid cordially.: We
. _
Ttlatiiit, tilliiii7 °Perth' and the waters talked on.; wide variety of .toPies, and I.
..', sit the•GbIden ripde. (bitingly at the ainiredthaprofothid knowledge ' end the
• ::feel:Of everganitt reflecting -with di'z-. confereational.poWere she displayed. • And
.21ing effeetthelo bled otethead. withel•shewee, trely vioncanly. • . • . '
. . .. .. .
' ,, ; • - It,traleuat i . in the middle of De-. : . " I bite blite eieckings," ; she. retnarked,
•' ninateer, 18791'. vi • tinging, .in the readc"! •
vi/50 Moly 'study in order to boilitt of their
ling•r0Otn.01tha e - . Club at Pera, that.- knOwledge... As,,fo.r me, I want' ta. be able
X Met ' it fOrreer. • lance, 0 young tnenilyze .the phenonisilia of life, anti to
..phydeitintlif '.Whont bed for flame time this:end I' need Science:and Art.:: My pad
...Iett :Constandriopics:
liest itittliti.tt011itki .thet be' ,hod not. life, Whinli Was Li7glitkiii,Eit desert, 'Land thy.
... . .
,
relent Statue, POnarmegt tnein, ,‘ thin 000.•-
." Dr.. Olin' Fr011.. ,sisen an-interesthig- teationr---1" ' liciglif 'Oak,' theY, eompet 'it..
, , men,: Tell and. mend Odor°, hiS reeY What else . then : I • 'do? 'How , •utilize'
, tam Wei reinarltabie ' a pair et, large, My . . Wears?, 't . hate. •••nothing . 'frci
. Cahn; biciiin eyes_ tiint,:
' Idenide beard. But wha
• higlY With hie lialibbn aireneddlOrPldleitl:: ,allaar8'nilinfIntl°44..... •ithottlY.libvye talialay . a:: chircioisceni.
recterized the 'Weiej .a•woman, Who *la loved and re.
num tris the inystic 'eel hie Manner tutned that love, ' then Probably , I Would
almonds ,tohtiel'epetisvntzetto.h:o. on a...hia,:...s. He spoke, lilioienoek.., ot:140...i: t.e.:.;.hi'incylveihnebgosaii.itio.•ieth....iwifersoi.''1
7•'''''7"t".‘"7.''''.777-7,-.".'77.--7-kelittiOtieiehlteltettire elite ,:a the ond noblest deattnYof Women," And With
•• • . A ' ' •' 0114tat,o1 ;the LOttonc_,Sit,
.. ,r‘roited is, courteeY Wem" ' ' •
re . were as these 'woad: she gate ..my friend 111 clikk
' , glint*, ftd1 of fire. ' . .: - .. • -
. - Thht Wee•the'•inbre.eingabl,' Ir. Fr• ain. ...-hfy visit came 0 an end an .1e,:kecim... 1
eaten had; daring` bisf. ... Year ..jottrii, et pe".ted from . this extratindinary wOutan
VonstmitinePle,' auTurea • reptite With feelinge of actinliatioa, and the rata-
•., ,ameng Ilie4ortyign.residents;a8
„, yeiniin. tionsi of :my friend to her • began . to 'burden
without spottrenilY anY 'ex' on his iny been: She 1 , hived. .hlut--..bit , he?
. Own part,- for he Was' smika °A rt Silently he :took his leave ot her that
iii hie diode, at card ; Whores' ' P ' n11'1:
.7 eicinem.seepaticl to take tis dep went , *atoning, eptimently'lostitt dean and' heavy
• .beidth its pace, so. that :' people a nn'. d ' thought"
, #30411d. enoe hi hhtabilitY Oil*: .ba .0: l'OeAjwseas!"tleaczet' i6one4iall..0 ':.hiff.1* ' .44:cue'llsOP. Pem!retl.. • 1
. , ,
..,. .acperaL.k.. kitoeicien..lireOtthcoectree,thindeeaff:4rt464•9 • not., medt .. 'him nowhere, and •. even'•' the'
. .stin oW fitiled.:to see litre.; That lady, it is
.4 •
otta Money -me d rue, answered iny ingthrineafteroarinutual
With such bright PrcesFe9", into the y. friend with a calm voice and c tilde raso•.
circle% and eSPeciallY net; bet her fact Wee more a thin
bitted inittriegettble dinghtert„._ul,,br her eyes ,,,were surrounded by dark
riogi
Striistio tripe were for "u". 'n' ,ifher features bore the erptessiion of suf.
• ,JAdasireugnhottearefetmatillpinettaire, sisg'hoefd 51 ming. • For a month I oould not get eight
•
but little effort et disgtitse., TO this
acsety,''.ott the border land betw
• EtirOpe and, Asia, Dr. rranzeen f
$111ed. all the demands :or courtesy au
tuua breedingthore: than that,h0 praden
•-••'" -.•Yathe.4:'..".nis-uebeasufg--,-siwother;', -ttolovial
:- brother, lovely, lovable and , rich
•:daughter' could lead him.. The diecherge
of hie social datiet wits simply the mechani-
cal °bedtime& of tinavoidatile forms. ••
• ....The young Dr. :Pranzeeil seemed to live t
,only for •his profession, and his lonely._
' *rake; but Love is a sharp:40d gocl, or a
blind according to Circurlidances, end ty.
• • • it Wee reserved for. the energy and elyneea did
of the thingliter • of Letantine banker oho.
t my. friend: • 48 develope d Won,'
dial talent to staid •teeetieg ,nie, .for he
ill Went his pr.:49410-nel rounds with
• . .
army, bus. despite ill my ',pains '.and
oes I failed tc, meet hi ni either on the
t Or ilt.,Pleces he Was Wont to frequent.
vertheless the , air Wks fell of rumen
t him, 000 01 Which was to the effect
• e .Wasi a frequent visitor at ',the house
ate Wide*, and this lie Wits Wadi.
th, One of hot *laves. Although
dilation alaver,y, Ind 'above
e• . shire trade. iii • Offitially
Cetistaintinople, in 'reall-
y • exists to.clat Plat oi it
years eines, bet it taust...,,not
• who'fran'inertelly; in love with•the ,biond good For thie there is,
„' deceit; discoVat thet he frequented the could, %mum • the Thrldeh 1161014)61d
heed of a young widow living in strict re"- Tar " without fondle Otani; • No
thateent, and that he hid piffled *twit ,pestrt nO Turkith girl, who ireeld
Wet'y tog evenings 'the. Thilidyrirlreferts table, may appeer mirsib•ra-
uuittre °I Sweden; Hts: Fleti CitlsOn hold In _en tbe ford•of the 'bottle.
lby 'name,. was the pjaantor of .4 .•• large the vra•ne .4sclintli the house, give
hertnne and, WM rernariably' hindsoino; that aii "Maar 5" „Oa" mire)
but the wee ell het hated by the Ettropianit &awhile resent,. .not.hte wive* •
betanse '01: the,' ittudied move Whiell'ehe and 4114
reitintained, hitiord the society cif Pete. bend the
: All Shit hed biotin of My Countrymen hold 'wastkb
•
r.
ake• refuge behind the veil
Being' thus enema -
est pedorm spe, boom -
be tl*y fio a necessity,
Affarid Pa01211 h I'vid°117'
andsome and intelligent.
'let:king ; she recrelfee. a careful &luso-
tiOn. and instrnotion in • the languagest;
mush) and dinoing, en well as, in some ot
the arta, if she display any talent that
direction. Arrived at a proper age, the
girl is sold into a rich, and aristOonitio
family in which the virtuous highly
educated.. physically, . and intellectually
developed girl ocouree moat anomalous,
position. She waits upon visitors, enter -
*sine them, ancl le an article of lustily jest
Ite are in our elegant diawinglooms, the
paintgsge, of celebeated mastete. Such a,
slave summit be bought for less then 116,00.0 -
Not infrequently theee young women merry
Men in high atation, 'and. some. have even
become the mothers of sultans: ' •
, Stitch a speculative edneatdonal
tion was possessed by the Widow of ,Estionf
Paella, and Pr. rranzeen hid been selected,
by her ad physician to the house. Thil*ae
most unusual,: bus of live of her pupils who
had lain prostrate with typhuti fever, he
had saved all. Prom that time the Turk-
iah kdy placed tuslimited confidence in the
young physician, and he peid regular visits
an a house which othervnee was open only
to the richest Idahometan buyers• .
The rather led meth think. Whr Aid he
hide himedf from me? •Why. 'avoid the
handeome widow-,. who, he must have
known, loved him ? There might be 801120
:truth in the rumor, although in respect
it must needi be fakes -one cannot court a
slave. It is an iniposeibility for Bitch a girl
to follow the bent of her inclinations, torah°
is the property of her educator, and. alibuld
ehe attempt flight the Authorities ,would
oome to the aid of her .,oWner, would find
and return her to alavery, and should her
lover and abductor be a foreigner *hose
ess-Tvite; ;MA lesste-n0
(mato wheel I conerett
-405,fo'Mlas
iiitir-Vrottlityoiiliave the goodness to call on me
at an early date? • trely on your knightlinem.
tyielta csalLeeni
I hoeitated: not it thontent to place myseli
at thadisPositiOn. of the lay, took a oar-
riage, and 'drove taller villa.
found'the beeuttlat widow looking,. yet
more pale, and her eyee hid a fixed, feting
expresalon, as though she bad no conoern
with her immediate surroundings, hut with
something 'far away, •
"Do . not, be snrptined," said the
after ehe had thanked me for My rea
to serve her and my quick response t
calls demand something unusu
you. Wets it an ordinary m
I had not troubled you. XOn.
the only friend of Dr. Fran
perhape hie confidant -then you
re t an I can* tell you. In that
case you are aligra dear confidant
take that for grouted; and in this capacity
invoke your geed oflices. ' Nears L -3 -and
she Made an heroic effort to maintain 'her
&imposers; but her voice- became Almost
inandittle---" iso to th,e,. widow of Eased
Paoha and tell her you come as the niessen-
ger Of Allarid Faeha-here is a oard---end
you wish to Bee Teezile. You are Judge
of men and women, I know. Observe° the
girl carefully, and report to the what you.
thinknf her. appearanee and how, she' int -
pressed you. I need not tell you more,"
she conolinted„ giving utterance to the words,
with apparent effort ; I only wish to
know how the girl looks, and have not the
courage nor the strength ,to confront her."
This nommiesion took me aghaet. It
seemed, then, she knew all. What was
her object in sending me on
Shia • miesion ? Did ••ehe Wish ti
become acqueinted with her rival? How
would that serve her? • Did she' desire to
instittite cOmparisons between that person
and herself, and did oho wish to. be con.
vinced of the possetedon, of, such superior
charms on the side of the slave -girl, that.
She hope of successful rivalry' would be
fain ; or did she hope that: if the o ite
With me ler Tensileoshom.,4^cv-he
aWareethriftY; the BUM for reiMbureemenb
of the outlays for her education. seems to,
him. too lire, and he. :helmet make up hia.
mind. It is quite contrary to our customs •
to pailit the portrait of young lady union , •
be destined' kW Oer meet exalted lord,
•the Suiten. 110Weter, I will make, la •
special escePtio4 Whiter of Affarid FaCha
and his olientem. You shall be allowed to .
peint Tennile'e portrett, but I. -cannot per.
miS youto set. foot in ear house, be it for so
lady, ever brief a period, more than t who.,"
dines She mede a sign to the, Frenchwoman;
o her who left the room sod returned Wilk Oa
al of 42 maw! dress. • .
atter , " This is Tensile," said the -wicks*.
,are , .Thrs. girl was lovelinese itself, the inoor.
•poration of youth and beauty. There Was
know I herePearn:nnynletitYrieviomebeedth,intghethesont anteso;veda,
slender, teat, yet full ,figure--Lithoh, figura
as.oly an ancient (reek Sculptor, would
seemed OepYing and 'displaying tie the
apotheosis of the levelled budding woman- -"le
14, 'The' dirty, unduleting golden- .
b °Rae hair; dreatnY, great bleak eyes.;
#q finely. eurved, gently eloPing. nose; this.
Trill gat*, With the faintest suspicion' of
Itoyllootreir 00wrintphie, terstbe. filinlli• gnisairrewiettontherOtlythoi
.•
her IPPearance. • • ••• , •
were the °see the, man:, Charmed only b
external appearances, Would ...Ohio erto
14.3d•retnfli SO, her 2 But the lady's. char
er °rheas her • entertaining each,
oughte or meditating each deeds...2;i1het,
en, was her Motif° lot We:carious Mile -
u ? Her. feelings war': ttio desPik
fed ,fer the gratification "of ordinary
rfoeity ; that Wee proved by thb °Motions
aiiiextioogiteMnihno itheth ei.diaj314hYediWainiheni4hao.'
o * woman, and poseibll these motives,
nimoted, Would guide her aotiens-- • , "
liese-thotights-Trasi-thintrgh thy brain
weasPeaking. to me, • - •
shall. . endetairer•-•• ,to ce!ry Out
ar replied, though
ir• fthilltnent. Without
dotty, for oneeannot; well' a dasOribe
&her potion that a third party Anal
Aid:personae she reallY
-Yon; ark,•K man and an artist,'" die
lied; •."'iiiidriileft .hetiethe truth from
• With woman, if sheLegireLibi,
edge of human nature in the world,
biaelintoe.....74:niedari•• Ire,..H.tin-liamogebea.iisko:*11fTotivanrif.,:irseyx:Bomjcieulthdg:weeio'llenffPgive0Y.m.elmorfi,Ine!..
brOke•-otri•::4474sandepenci on Toe,- she
chided' abruptly.
ujj Of cOnflicting entotione; I returned
he City ---to the Idahonietan quatters.
o hetito•of the Pathe's Widow:I.found
of the Atmeiden; actieof the exicall
streete .shat branch out Item. that
; it differed in .nsi respect from ..the
of the T
iramregismilardlis'h-letWasstmede'.rein.pdaio-eivited. Waithkon,WOod4oren,
studded with great nailer :with a, :madly°
;meeker. ',13atitng the latter in motion, the
portal.Opened after some delay.- I stepped
into a emell iessibtde,' which' Wats ,perti-
tipped' in the Middle by a Wooden grating
ellendisig froth floor to 'tolling. : Behind:
this wood'en 'grating laded a . black 'female
servant, Who demanded my business.'
•, I explained' to her .my,. errand, and the.
'sieved disappeared, 'Presentivehe returned
with tetioliosni, then carattathrtdoinclifinallY-
naiti411111111441ttren" erlichued*C"ra l'onevigclelipartirey7.g.�vTalrte.
fOltridcibissadresses. aline arid . Went At,
idebeithady in Egropeon'iseetume! With yet.
lawrTakkielt Aloe And sherp bleak !veto,.
appeared belinellithe grating, subjected me.
to. s searching scrutiny /rem :between the
bars, 'hegira -my Mention 'of Atha Pacha's
nime. -which :
or-ow:we Turkish Writhe written on the :
nOw naked how my friend coals:thaws
become intoxicated by the breath. of thia
child of a southern Moe
The gentleman is to paint 'you, , little •
daughter," explained the Widow. •
Tensile made a graceful °outlay, and a
lovely blush spread over her cheek. '
"1 am not *very Pretty," she began in
geed French ; "I have a yellow face; my'
friends Serbe.and Darie ere much Prettier."'
• Her voice •wae wonderfully- elastic and
°Wed. , ,
, 11 The gentleman has a cotimisaion to
•paint you for a Prankish lady, Tensile,"
thei widow eatd ;• "" he will only oome
twice, and you Must, therefore, sit quite
still," she added.' .
. Tensile henther head in mead.
y IF1t 005 trouble you long," .
r eddreasing mYselt ;to the beiutiful dove
"1 dual only mike a flying sketch todtsy...
Xottever," continued; •serning to the
wideiv.settin, laneoessary that I ahould•
reenters°. With the young ,lady, for thus thit , •
eoel; whfich, must.speak eilt Of the 'face, re,
vela itself, to, tei, and I beggeur eonsent ttl;
. Shit end/' • r. • I. • ,
• The Pache'e widow consented. • "
Tobing Out my notebook; which for the
nonee served as reltelehbOok,. I sketched' • ', •
•
the outlines of the , faee,-itteanwhila----
,
sonveressieiiith her on various topics.. She • 1
shovied a, sharp •intelligeteie end not an=
Common lthoWledge, • eftcir the fashion Of
young, relined French *omit brought .1p
in °entente,: and it "childlike; affectionate
heart. Me she observed thoughtfullY and
:With lottriosity. ' Her •peisled, earnest,
tont expression ;filled me with .kuidnese,
almost with Icould not bear to pro-
•
long the Sitting • „With "deepeat sympathy
,Deek_niy...leaveLfrom4this-girli--wItc4-it
°restate of GO like ourselves,Was irgS nalY
a thing, with no .Controtoeer her own'tde ,
-*-4ireated, Unquestioning, 'the Will •
I ehowed
"fromn}her expression, had visited kw' me
iinpatioritly,-she sketch, sindieported Wbj
I had iseeni• learned, :fell . and thimght, at .
belnalYi dispassionately, and Objebtively as
poisibie...• She Minainedepeechleerwhile
spokti, then: eaddenly *alight My bend.'
bent over tt,and1 .kissed it hefore • I coutd , •
draw away • hot tear; .1 w
Idid tisetthnryiegherle-hr-berliand,"----
kerchief; she hurried from the room
ao
egal punishment might gallae d,iplomatio 'th
trotible, he wonld Aerate. and ,silently die. th
appear, Meier 40 seen spin:, Renee sio
there could_ be no ..thought of coureship. vol
Shia ease. Bat Mle Aver of getting ett
'possession of such a giil wait open'to a' Ad
foreigner -to buy her, and 19b0 is not per- qu
Misted to .keep a slave or' it :mietress, to •Wa
martyher.. # • . , CO
• I kriew my friend to b�. witho t_:means,1 —T
Orinalte been able to aoothnidate, much whp
Money doing his one yeat!e•sojoarn in Per. "
Row :then. ocitild Ile indulge smolt, idle yo
fancies ? It is true Dr. • Pransieu was a the
Peonlier Man, that I know right :well ; bat diffi
foolish be vise not. In; all his undedekings ano
he hid it choir, attainableend in view ; and see
yeti Was much' daturbed by 'hia: conduct
for the pest few weeks. • : . •
One' day •L -I! was just reading mY' hence. • Yon
pa'per in the Gerniart_olub-room÷a-heed- thee
wag had upon My ehoulder, and looking up end
1.wits surprieed to bee the lostione standing don
it my aide.. He .looked thin ind worn righ
end his attitude was leas elastic than, for! She
merly;•• •'• • •
we take take Aiwa& 7" he asked, .,itt a .
twinsewhat ,tremulotis voice. Xis
• I declered willingnees, •and we' took to t
thaturn to the old bridge. -For 8Q1328 time Th
he walked intently by my . side ind 1-101- eaet
IoWed his exoniple, when neeeently side
clamed,. excitedly : .• pram
"Von are Will kimivn in financial:circles rest
here.; doyou know any One Who viould losin
-ine-15;000-frangslare•Oar ,?''Tr would tike
to borrow that sum and pay the mind
interest:P.': • ; •
• '"Then, afterall, the duper is :correct ?"
I Could not help saying.; •
, What' rumor ?".he *eked exaltedly. • •
"That yeti areialote with a elave.girl."
"And if it were esi ?"
"I thought you had oth•e•r aims inid &La•
-
•4; I had deceived ' mYaelf," reified
Without 'leaking up " wiut blinded by
the aoid, the otiginali% thp_depfluind the
importince-orthClady ; • I was fascinated.
by her "individuility. Bid now a great
passion has taken pessession of the whole
man in me -,-•it is true Icive T one
infatuated. svith a dierining being, fait of
youth And fragtanCe ; like a May.:
flower ; the . perecinification of youth;
epring With all its: sp'iritual and material
chsrmAr_,LBheAte4..., •slave-girlrit-is,truerar
pi:Tito( the widOw of Easouf Pacha. bus I
ate determined to lcuY• this girtitiutmake
her my wife," . •
•," Ara you certiiii that your love is' re.,
turned ?" 'I iiiiked. • • •• '
' "1 tenoy I cap read love in hereyes-.to
stieak of love !I have es yet been utiebte, na.
der she' peculiar. 'conditions : that Obtain
in Turkish lipaseholds. She cede down her
eyes when'I .accost her, while the *others
locket nui calmly ; she blushee when I ap.
preach her, and her breathing ia hurried;
she trembles whenitoke her hand' to feel
her 'peke; and she is allaya the first I see
when I enter tbe hoed. :11 discontinue
• nty visits for a little Whlle,_elie perceptibly
revives oninyretnin•-•,•that I have noticed.",
" flan you, than, hid an understanding
:with Hre. Cadet:et 2" Ltd& royeel.f .called
upon to AA. • • , •
• "That is impossible," he exclaimed et;
citedly ; " wbsit shall I tell her?, Whet
can I tell her 2 We are as' good... es be-
trothed. She is tin. extrarcainary Women,
'remarkably • handeense, rich, highly cal-
tivated7--but a Certain g ahe licked
&heap! ; she' 'never, • bewitched me,
never dnsW Me into such a
delicious whirlpoel of all raj.: senses is
does 111U:quiet, yOuthful creature whom. I
have before my mind's eye wherever I eiri,
Wholes' taken possestuon of niy-intire
being;'With tliat.lady etfll possessed the
newer of thinki'ng ; here I. am entirely
without will." ' .
.." But as a mon of, hinter you , owe thid
lady an eithination, 'r vuutaredlo Pemi'
him ; "go bravely te. Mre. Carlson and tell
her .
" I. cannot doh," he.groaned.
1"Then write•her, at least." .
" l',_hat Would be eowardiy ; ',could not
-bring nifself to do it." „ •
it Then yott will come to giissf' , Ind you
may beside. bting rain to two good; 'noble
beings," said /, and parte& in very bad
hamar teem' a man whoa:add alltitv pailai0A
Ius thin:tan
A hi* days offerittli. mos - g ' ..a mYeelf to the situation, aicd said 4, T h.
it work= Ifni. ciphrioNia., . r.ece4.. lifts" suOb is the hi:4P • ' '"..
Card, and retited, aftereaybigaleir;tirme,
•ithintelligible' :weirdo to one of the,lblack
servants. The 'wooden' grating .opened,
and beckoning me to follow,' the old negrecis
ascended I narrow, dark,stone stairstay.
r;roped. inY,,,way up 'the, steps:and again'
foundniyeelf before a woOden grating; thie
was 'opened ty the rimless with key. that
hong front's. steel chein areind her neck,
:and =mini a grotesquely deccitated.. dark
follairiog on the hello of my bleak
reached large room, aleo dark.
The names went to 4 Window, lifted a
hats"; Csurtain to 'hilt light, and invited
me, ivy a geetnre, to wait there. •
I now hid.leisure lOok around in the
arge' space: It ' wad impressive in' Its`
baldness; The walls were painted in a
bluish oil -color. tipCn which .were • sketched
ati regular distances gendy hirde of
piradish; reeking, theineelves on &dna
of ninee.' On the wale:hung 'a . few.. oil
paintings4ortriitd.ol the Sultan and of
she flermen and Austrian Emperors three
quite Modern 'Peri** Wei, great niers°,
and an eno'rnsocis; gayly colored paper, Ilan;
tern,' attepended from the Ceiling, &tn.
Listed tbe furniture of the room: •• •
the Turkish lady ptheently returned,
Pe
ampanied hy the Frencliaromatir and
traduced herielf at the mistress of: the
honer,. She 'spoke very faulty French, and
the governed waa windily to tiot im[
terpreter, . sioided to the Widow that I
Could speak Turkish quite padably; She
emited pleasimtlY, ' scratinis' ecl tne. still
more Critically out of her. OoilhliiCk' eyrie;
end pointed to." a0fa OppOaliA her. •
"You wish.tO see Tensile ?" begin the
widatir, When •ive Were seatiod.
On oornmislion." X haiku:led to say._
"Affarid Paola pains her
portrait OE Etiropean lady Who. iss usuch
ieterested in the otoellent gi'rl." .
I Wee tiortiewhaf taken aback Oyer this'
ttnerpeeted iaveitincent, with the painter's
stiati-r sealptisr-4tat cluickly adapted
followi Tart 16) ns".131sd the Ta• cks
_. Sad et heart, Lief& the title and:walked
homerWondeting What wise tavoine . 'opt of : • ,
.all.thlit &am. ' , .. • .•• • •
• I turned mylitepe triWird the fume' Of
any 'friend, • He was out ; • had left iiii :
lodgings het a few minutes before. ' Bet I. ..
found 'there a note addressed 0 m9 that",.' -,
Watt juSt ti5 have dent me ; ite °Contemn
tseitedi;ay Nana ind purpOttes. •.; • --; •
. ; 'Deer friend," wrote Dr. Franseen, '4; r
feel.' Wary' ; 'IonelY: • .' TOimotrol be -.--.7-
Chtititmeer-I-honeyoffiTticative no epgage: .
ment for the day. Shell We ttio ...forealien
smell ,spend the evening tegether, in 'My. .
guiders ?'• I:shall expect. Yen,. it yon do . .
IlOt at °nee decline the'itivitation." .
The ath Of, Dedeintser proved to be a.
hernsing day ; 11 18 true the heevene Whirl. . .
Vainest, but through ..the eneelopiog !.._,...og .. • . - •
here 'shone a gentle sunlight tbet nveesso...........--
vetythuir-witii it . dpeemy inspect.. *hp -• - .
tipole-Crovened honed of the great city, an '.
welted 'the faded green hill
urn:luting wetere. , ' • ' • • • . , ,
. I 'forted my friend tittinget the pitino.•
ud.W#8 jc031,•tn time'to' hear the hies, tonek#
11 Beethoven ethcata-,he Wee: 'a .hr
ijli
erformer: Hearing icie; heeprthig up I
• reeled me, entirely..unlike himself, with ° '”
citement and paesionatemarnals. •, . ' ,
"11 I had. not that,14 and he pointed tO '.
a made, " I,would bete lad tnYreOlitsn'
.re ibis." . .
`1, &tense you are Perteci, ' ii'.Om "Flora ? '. '
tusked: . .• ' •,
"Seem' se' I teel that' 1 8al ecting,,Ine- '
•
1 , ....
nsility tO•ward, that lady, end am !soh*.
' Ode tal hapnineas-,perhape,' , ' •
Plied;itelf"nitedngly, .half-inquiringlY. ••• .
; It,is.not,yet too late, to calla halt and • :•
Ila for'our fetlIto" 1. put in, , ; ... , 1 .
'1 cannot tear• myeelf twity,from the,
eam Of longing ler. that girl,' he- Sae -
h heavy liretith; '11 it :is' only a .dreant ;,'
5! •
teallze; for I.shellbe unoble to re* '
alai dOtitadded in , the shert time left' '' s
I hetet' found out, from the pachsVa .:.j.
ow hartielt, that voriotte grandees" of.41its .
, .
among them, 'Affarid_., Pa
oI
tors forthe gitl. Bhp Will be taken l oisi
•
my honee and wishes are es naught,
yet I, cannot gigs her np, "But do you'
glue," he: contineed petnfullY, " that .
lady viduld heft me . is a prodiol eon 4' •
Q you have but a poor intliglit into her
ristiter ; it iti pure, refined. and beant
•
a diembed, ,but in ethieei matter h
het stone." • * . .'
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. • e gently • ,
The lady loves you," I aesilited, " with •
whole power of her, noble, passionate,
The !bee likely that the will loWerfier- •
by desbendine to my level."
Do yen believe you will be hiltI1P3; With'
elave ?" I now eaked, involtintarile, in
nest, !mighty tees.
foreveir--that I do not knot,. But ill
,be en tied
ornshiag happiness 'for .
Yestre, and such years want so husidred.:.
laid," he replied posstreastel ; 4' and yo,
'cannot 'ono t the tett, ppiness by
yearft; they am tufo, oak momentte-,..
aottinautiii happiness," "mild put I
• .
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