The southern press., 1850-11-01
The Traitor Lover.
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During the siege of Damascus, Derar was ap-
pointed to patrol round the city and tire camp with
two thousand horses. AS u party of these was
one night going the rounds near the walls, they
heard the distant neghing of horse, and, looking
narrowly around, deserted horseman coming
sieolthily from the gate Keisan. Hating in a
shsdowy place, they waited until he came close to
them, vixen, rushing forth, they made him pris-
oner. lie was n youthful Syrian, richly and gal
lantly arrayeds and apparently a person of dis
unciion. Scarcely had they seized him, when
they beheld another horseman issuing from the
same gate, who, in soft voice, called upon their
captive, by the name of Jonas. They command
ed the latter 10 invite his companion to advance.
He seemed to reply, and called out something in
Greek; upon hearing which, the other turned
bride and galloped back into the city. The Arabs,
ignorant of Greek, and suspecting the words to
be warning, would have slain the prisoner on
| the spot, but, upon second thoughts, conducted
| him to Khaled.
The youth arowed himself nobleman Of Da-
mascus, and betrothed 10 beautiful maiden
named Eudocea; but her parents, from some ca
pricous reason, had withdrawn their consent to
his nuptials; whereupon the lovers had secretly
agreed TO fly from Damascus. A sum Of gold had
brIbed the sentinels who kept watch that night at
the gate. The danlse, disguised in male attire,
and accompanied by two domes,ics, following her
lover at u distance, as he sailed in advance. His
reply in Greek, when she called upon him was,
" that the bird is caught warning, at the hear
ing of which she fled to the city.
khaled was not man to be moved by Il love
tale; but he gave the prisoner his alternative,
Embrace the faith of Islam" said he, sand
when Damascus falls into our power you shall
have your bethrothed; refuse and your head is
! the forfeit"
| The youth paused not between n scimear and a
bribe. He made immediate profession of faith
between the hands of khaIed, and thenceforth
foug ght zeal0usy for the capture of the city, since
It's downfall was to crown his hopes.
When Damascus yielded to it's foes, he sought
the dwelling OF Eudocea, and learnt a new proof
of her affection. Supposng on his capture by the
Arabs, that he had fallen martyr to his faith, ,
she had renounced the world, and shut herself up
in II convent. With throbbing heart he FASTENED
TO the convent but when the lofty minded maiden
5ehed hut>. renegade, she turned from him with
scGrn, retired to her cell, and refused to see him
more. She was among the noble ladies who fol-
lowed Thnuas and Hebris into exile. Her lover,
frantic at the thoughts of losing her, reminded
khaled Of his promise to restore her to him, and
! entreaed that she mi ght be detained but Khaled
pleaded the covenant Of Aba Obedah according
to which all had free leave to depart.
When jonas afterwards discovered that Khaled
| meditated pursuit OF the exiIes, but was dis
couraged by the lapse Of time, he offered to con
duct him by short and secret passages through the
mountains which would insure his overtaking
them. His offer was accepted. On the fourth
day after the departure of the exiles, Khaled set
out in purut, with four thousand chosen horse
men, who, by the advice Of Jonas, were disguised
as christian Arabs. For some time they traced
the eXiles along the plains, by the numerous foot
prints Of mules and cames, and by the articles
thrown away to enable them to travel more eXpe-
ditiously. At length the foot prints turned to-
wards the mountains of Lebanon, and were lost
| in their arid and rocky defles. The Moslems be-
gan to faulter. " "Courage!" cried Jonas, " they
will be entanged among the mountains they can
not now escape"
In the midst of the carnage and confusion, Jonas
hastened in search of his berothed She had
treated him with disdan as a renegade, she now
regarded him with horror, the traitor who had
brought this destruction upon his unhappy coun-
trymen. All his entreaties for her to forgive and
be reconciled to him were of no avail. She SOL
emily vowed to repair to Consantnople and end
her days in convent. Finding supplcation
fruitless, he seized her, and after violent strug-
gle, threw her on the ground and made her pris-
oner. She made no further resistance, but sub
mtting to captivity, seated herself quietly the
grass. The lover fattered himself that she had
reiented, but, watching her opportunity, she sud-
denly drew forth polgnard, planged it in her
breast, and fell dead at his feet.
| INSANITY OF JUDsoN HurcHINsvN.-The SYRIA
cuse Star states that the insanity of Judson Hutch
| lnson was caused by mesmersins. After con-
cert in Cleveland, the Hutchnsous happened to
come in contact with DR.. Abnor Howe, who is
practising in Cleveland animal magnetism. Until
this time Judson Hutchinson was perfectly sane.
He was magnetized by this Howe, and came out
from under his hands maniac, and has contin-
ued so ever since.
We have seen letter from one of the family ad-
dressed TO a gentleman in this city, which says ::