Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1854-01-19
Before the sun rose again was a pris.

Before the sun rose again was a pris.
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But have you committed no crime2'
Not more than you have
You are rebel, perhaps
Aha Yes-1 have rebelled, and
there's rebellion in my heart now. Hut
tell me OF Zebra. Il she in the power of
Mohammed2
Charles started, and raised his manacled
hands to his brow.
Yes, yes,' he uttered, as he sank down
upon his seat
Not in the palace yet2 Not yet his
wife Q cried Abdalla
No; but yet in his power Ben Ha.
med keeps her yet
when will Mohammed take her to him.
selfa
The knight gazed sadly up into the
Moor's face, his lip quiyered rs be re-
piled:
Il only know that on the day thss sees
Zebra the wife of Mohammed Am to die.
sAh!'
Yes. So the king hath said
For some moments Abdalla stood in q
thoughtful silence, and Charles could see
that there was painful thought at work in
his bosom. At length he said
IF you die not till then, Gear you will
suffer more than death
The knight looked puzzled
In such a case continued the Moor, Il
think you will be doomed to drag out an
eternal existence on this weary earth
what meaning have you now?' Charles
exclaimed, springing again to his feet, and
reaching his hand towards the Moor
My meaning is plain returned Abdal-
la. Zebra is not likely to become the
wife of the king Do not look surprs.
ed. l sought you now to know if she
had been brought back, and though you
tell me she has, and that Mohammed
means to make her his wife, yet 1 feel
assured that such will be the case.
think the maiden herself will resist, and
| know that Emma will not be easily over
come
1t can make little difference to me,
said Charles. OF course l could die hap
pier if l knew that Zebra would be free
from the tyrant's power but l must die
at all events
You are not dead yet. and something
tells me that if you die by Mohammed $
hand, l shall keep you company Yet I
have hope of life, and the same ground
that POUNDS my hope may found hope
for you
The Christian knight looked into the
face of the Moor, and the longer he looked
the more he became puzzled For the
time he forgot the prison he was in, aud
the doom that hung over him.
'Abdalla, he said, as he once more sat
down upon his stone bench, tell me who
and what you are
Il am prisoner like YOURSELF
But l would know more than that
L have no more to tell
you trihe with me-
i should trife with myself, we're I TO
tell you more. am under knightly oath
to keep all you have not already heard ;
Then tell me the ground Of your hope
of escape
Even there you must let me hope for
you. Think me not unkind, Charles of
Leon, but l cannot tell you more. IT'S
strange our destinies should thus run TO-
gether. You Christian-I a Moor -
Yet, sir knight, that gentle naiden-the
fair Zehra-unwittingly holds both our
destinies in her hands
Hold, Moor uttered Charles, as Alb.
dalla moved as if to turn away, you are
some kin of Zehra's'
She is Christian by birth
i know it,
Il am Moor
Charles of Leon looked half doubtingly
upon his companion.
Which part Of my assertion puzzles
you 2 asked Abdalla, with . smile.
That you are Moor
'Ah. And where runs suspicion now 2
L know not but yet l doubt if you be
Moor.
Do not my form and feature show it ?
Form and features are accommodating.
But my complexion.
Il have seen you disguised
That was to escape detection. /, too,
have seen you disguised
Only in garb'
Abdalla smiled.
At this moment Tarik opened the door.
'Abdalla, your time is up
Take courage whispered the Moor
If live you shall live, too-pvouidett
Mohammed does not change his mind and
put you to the block before his marriage
'Come,' repeated Tarik.
Again Charles of Leon was left alone
but he had more food for reflection than
before lie did not really doubt wheth-
er the strange man who had just left him
was Moor But when tina, doubt was
he was no nearer to solu-
tion of the mystery than before. He had
only tangled the intricate web into knot
more tenacious than ever, and be had to
satisfy himself to let circumstances unite
it.
CHAPTER Kill
TEE HEARTS sAcRIYfcE.
DAYS had been passing away and week