The Democratic pioneer. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1845-1853, 1847-03-12

er side of the old man sat youth; he on
the right side was Aroun, his only son
and he on the left, Sanpierre, the young
French SpaLi who was saved from death
on the morning after the untoward affair
OF the Marabout, by the Intervention OF
our friend. the elder Arab at the nome .
that he was about TO be subjected to mos
crul tor,ures by a horrible tribe, into
whose hands he fell while makiog his es
cape. The humanity and devotednets
which he had shown in aiding the wound
ed Aroun, and saving the life Of his father
from the rage Of the Moorish Ger of his
| regiment, gained him the warmest graft,
tnde Of both father and son; and III the
course Of time, while he continued 10 en-
! joy the hospitality of their roof, that graft.
tude warmed into a teuder and familiar
afec ion, the vener able Mohammed re
eatded the young Spahi, as a second son;
! willis Aruun loved hun with the fonduess
of a brother.
AT the end Of the table opposite to this
group were two females-the wife and
daughter Of Ben Ali, They were habited
in long dresses of fine white wooden stuff,
which descended loosely from the neck o
the e. ound, and, unlike tn, Moorish wo-
men, they were not veiled. Three negro
slaves, one of whom was a young gill, and
the haudmaid of Ben Ali's wife, were as
sembled a short distance behind he latter
group.
The meal ended, as usual, with some
weak coffee, and The smoke curled grace
fully from the long pipes OF the male por>
tion OF the company.
~ have been often surprised by the
knowledge which You have acquired of the
French language, ialher," said Sanpierre,
after short silence. II have scarcely
done more with your language, after my
residence OF two gears III your tribes"
From the Arab merchants who know
how to speak it,; and 10 your camps and
villages where | sometimes yentured,
soon learned few words ofy your language,
which ! considered might one day or an
other, be useful to me" said Ben ALI. Mo.
BANNED. "But that reminds me, sun, that
you have not answered our question, why
you left the bosom of your family, and your
native country, at SO early an age"
ThhSo ,unrls hrnnrII p1 H.
brow Of Sanpierre, which the old man did
not observe; there was moments s silence
during which thefb was a struggle in the
breast Of the y,ung Christian. aud AZ
length he said in broken sen,ences:--
My story is sad one, but ii is br,ef
and simple Some time after the death
of my father, an old naval llicer. who left
us at his death some six years since, a
considerable fortune, fire consumed 10
one night all that we possessed; and moth
ing remained but few acres Of land,
which were sold for the support of M
mother, my sister, AMI myself, In two
years after Ms mother dieJ, leaving us a
prospct CT Of immediate misery, and when
allwasg gone was obliged to do something
for my sisters sake, and accordingly en-.
gagged for a sum Of thousand francs,
Gi0. in the place Of young conscript;
who was the son of wealthy parents. The
money | sent TO my sister, whCfn alas. |
was never to see again; for vas scarcely
month away, when she too--di6l."
1t was with difficulty Sanperre pro
nounced the last words; they seemed to
choke his utterace; and lie lid his face for
a moment, between his knees. Ola Ben.
Ali enveloped himself in a cloud Of smoke,
W hich concealed his emo otion; Aroun pac.
ed the floor, With long strides, for the same
purpose; but the genie Marumi took no
pains to conceal the pearly tear which
stole from her dark eye along her oval
cheek. 1t was plain that the sympathy
which existed between the young SpaLi
and the daughter of the SheiL of Suk ell
A rba, was not OF common or transitory
nature; and when SanpierTe rose, iD few
minutes after, 10 leave the house; there
an expression OF the tenderest graft,
tude in the look with which lie thanked |
The gentle Marumi for her kink feelings.
(Coniinued.)