Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-11-10

round little old woman. in white Wooien
mantle, with muller wrapped all round her
head, above and below her eyes; she was The
chief duenna, and when her averice was satis-
fed, professod perfectly to appreciate our
feelings, and agreed if we would only make
haste, to exhibit her Gagged beauties.
There were seven or eight OF them each
occupying a separate apartment, opening into
the great gallery which we had reached by
our first effort The doors were opened one
after the other After crossing small ante
room, we found ourselves, in each case, IN a
nice chamber, furnished with dlVan. on
which the slave sat or reclined whilst an at
t,ndant woman squatted near at hand, ready
to serve her. The first lady received us sui
kily and pulled on her veil. The second
extremely handsome way-greeted us
with shouts Of laughter, made us sit down,
and affected to coquette with some Of Us. On
being rebuked by the ducnua, she laughed
still moro immoderatcly, and offered us coffee
and pipes. y serious quarrel ensued during
which we left, after making our present-for
we had begun to suspect that the least inter-
csting specimens alone were exhibited to us.
1t was evident that these two ladies' though
richly dressed and attractive in person, We're
not fresh arrivals. They had probably been
already in some Cairo harem, and were for
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the poverty Of their masters There was a
certain reckless, vicious look about them that
suggested the former to be the case--told
stories. in fact Of incompatihili'y Of temper,
winch low feeding and the whip had not been
able TO overcome.
/ The third door had been passed over, which
oi course reused our curiosity. In the other
apartments we saw one Of two Young girls.
very innocent looking and quiet with several
danes. evidently well accustomed to that
transition state hut we did not note them
much, being TOO much occupied in thought
with the mysterious third chamber At
length, after good deal Of parleying. in
which promises wrr" rot spared, we succeeded
IN procuring admittaucp nuA understood al
once the reason Of the hesitation that had
piqued our inqnistivcurcs. Here was the
gem OF the expedition for in that light we
regarded the place; a magnificent young wo-
man, with dark, dreamy eyes. mchcd eye
hrowS, smooth low forehead, rich lips. and
dlmpled chin. The purple blood came to her
checks. and went and came again rapidly in
the first fiuttpr caused hy our intrusion. She
was dressed in the usual embroidered vest
with many fold shawl round her waist. and
loose troWGcrs, . We are accustomed 10 call
the Oriental iuPe. because it is fastened round
below the knee, aHi falls in double folds Ia
the onk!"s The lady wore small red can,
nom beneath which her immense proiusiuu ..
smal. trcSses. increased in volume bv braid
and spanglcd with gold ornaments. fen over
her shoulders. Her unStockencl feet were
partially covered by BRIGHT yellow inner sin.
pers, as they may be called. When the first
surprise was over. she received MS in a cour
teoas and lady-lika manner, but still seemed
puzzled TO know what and why she was made
Il show to Europeans. The DIGNITY of hen
appearance checked our somewhat bo:s.eruus
gaicty, and we remained gazing at her in 81
Iencc circumstance that ala not seem at
al. Nap.eas.ng; for She smiled approy.ngly nj
Us and herself, giancng down over her splen
did attire, OF which she was evidently very
proud. All our IDEAS Of slavery wor, at once
con'onnded: and il was not until some time
afterwards that We understood the difference
between the purchase Of human beings to pu
them to hard labor, and the purchase Of then
as members Of Il family.
We might at last have had some conversa
ton with this bride for sale; but suddenly
tenipe>; 0! human voices again whiIlcG alon!
the gallery. We were uuccremoniouSly hur
rlod out o9 the boudoir inst in time to fin,
ourselves in the midst of dozen fierce loci:
in@ iel'abs, armed with clubs. and headed b,
an old man with white beard. which he nc
! cused Us Of doiiljrg. lie was the master O
the place. and amighty rage lie was in. Ih
scene that cnSued was so confusel so man
people spoke at once that we could not maxi
our apologies appreciated; and, though W
distributed small pieces OF money right ant
left TO the whole garrison, and thereby warde,
off some Of the blows aimed at us, yet w
could not, in any degree, racify the old gen
tlsman, who, being past The age Of action
, offered us his beard to pull slapped his face
r took of his turban and threw it on tn
ground all to denote that We had unjustl
violated his domcie; and SO we had Min
: Cling, therefore, entrcatias with counter
thrusts, opening way with piastrcs, when W
could not do it with blows, taking the bruisc
we received as good humoresly MS possibl,
We managed to scramble down the stdrcas
and got into the street. whore our donkey
, boys. who had beard of our danger. were be
. ginning TO whimpcr aud collect crowd
Getting into the saddle as fast as we coult
, we gallopod Of towards the European guar
! ter where we related to many unbeleyn
= Franks the story Of our visit.