The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-11-13
EBBBsBURG, november Is. 1851

are oeSCneu Tor thee alone; wherefore uoSt thou
not send thy son away Does he fear, perad-
venture, for his fathers safety" s'Away,
youtlf!'' cried the old man mpatiently to Mo-
hammed- Chan. ''Dost thou think thy father
is afraid of beardless boy?''
This time Mohammed obeys the strong COM
mand of the Utzmey, but, nevertheless, remains
standing at some distance, with ever increasing
misgivings, and seeks, as far as possible in the
darkness, to follow, with keen eye, the move
ments of both princes. The conversation still
continues a long while; at last he sees them
both rise, and, with many manifestations of
tenderness take leave of one another and sep
arate. He hastens joyously towards his father,
who calls him; suddenly, a bright flame CLEANS
throught the night, a loud cracking report is
heard and the Utzmey sinks pierced by two
balls, lifeless to the ground.
The shot came from the firelock that had in it
the flint stone of Bala-Chan His deed accom-
plished, the. murderer fed, with his followers,
to the place where the fifty armed horseusen
were lying concealed.
Dying with revenge, Mohammed pursues the
three fugtives, reaches them, and would fling
himself on his enemy, but cannot, in the dark
ness Of the night, distinguish the Euir from his
followers; for all three are of equal size, in
similar attire and armed alike The Emir had
contrived his plan well, and gone admirably to
work in the choice of his booty. OF firearms
Mohammed-C Chan has only pistol and a musket
with him, ond must, therefore first be quite
sure of his object, before he ventures to shoot
At last he thinks he has discovered the traitor;
he discharges his piece, and one of three falls
he had seen falsely, the one he had killed was
not Emir Hamsa. He fires his pistol, another
victim falls he fings himself furiouslY on the
body, sure of having struck his foe; but he has
second follower of Emir- Hamsa, who himself
seemed as by miracle to have escaped.
Crashing with fury for his prey, Mohammed
springs up like tiger of the desert, and leaps,
with drawn dagger, after his fleeing cousin but
the latter, in the meantime, has gained a con-
siderable start of him, and been able to give his
horsemen the concerted signal; he commands
them to fire in the direction in which he thinks
he discerns his pursuer; suddenly there flashes,
as it were, blaze of lightning through the
night, and the thunder of fifty musket-shots
rolls forth, like understanding, scornful laugh
ter. Mohammed is still too far distant to be
harmed, but the unexpectedne.s of the treach-
erous discharge startles him j; he sees that here
his enemies are too many, hastens back, and
arrives breathless again at the yet bleeding body
of his father. He throws himself on it, and
covers the already cold face with kisses, and
with tears of fury grief; then he pulls out, in
frightful remembrance, long pistol from his
fathers girdle, as a token of blood revenge on
Emir Hamsa. ..-s.- ~ r.. $500
'My lord, do you not hear the trample of our
pursuing foes?" cried the kuli, fastening up ;
''we have not moment to lose'' They hurried
away to the place where their horses were stand
ing, bounded into the saddle, and rode off. swift
as the wind thatsweeps over the steppe. A third
horse stood sadaled, but no rider was there
The corpse of the Utzmey was found, and, on
the following day, his nephew, Emir- Hamsa, or
dered it to be committed to the earth with so
much pomp and expense that the cost amounted
to more than thousand silver rubles The
funeral solemnities lasted seven days long; du-
ring which time by the command of the Emir.
all the inhabitants of Katach had to lament
their prince, and put on the signs of mourning.
After the interment of his uncle, Emir- Ha m sa
despatched message to the Commandant of
Derbent with the intelligence that he had de-
livered Russia from a mighty and malignant
foean The Russian Government in order to show
the appreciation of this procedure nominated
the young Emir to the rank of captain. d
a;zea. Mrs. 1IOyyatt the Actress.