The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1856-09-18
NO.. 10.

-. eu' anu apparently person of
a!s1ihctlon. Scarcely had they seized
nm, when they beheld another horse.
man issuing from the same gate. who
IN ft:yoice, called upon their can,
1--WE, oy the name OF Jonas. Tbey com !
manded the latter to invite his compan-
ION to advances. lie seemed to renlv
and called out something i'm GreeI
upon hearing which, the other turned
bride and galloped back into the city.
The Arabs, ignorant of Greek, and sns-
pecting the words to be warning
would have slain the prisoner on the
spot, but, upon second thought, con.
Quoted him to Khaled.
The youth avowcG himself 4, ,o,j.
inan oi damascus, and betrvthed TO q
beautiful maiden named Eudocea bpt
her parents, from some capricious rea.
son, had withdrawn their consent to
his nupflals whereupon the lovers had
secretly agreed to fly from Damascus
a sum OF gold had bribed the sentinela
who Kept watch that night at the cate
The damsel, disguised in male attire
ana accompanied by two domestics
following her lover at distance as Tn
sailed i'll advance. His reply in Greek
when she called upon him was, tstbat
the blrd Is caught" q warning At the
nearing OF which she fled to the CITY.
Ahaled was not man To- be noyad
by love tale but he gave the nr;son-
er his alternative, Embrace the fa;tI,
Oh Islam, said he, "and when Damas-
Gus tails into our power you shall have
your 6etrothed refuse and your head
is the forfeit" '"
1he youth paused not between q sci
metar and bride. He made imnn-
aiate profession of faith between the
hands OF khaled, and thencefortb fought
zealously Tor the capture of the CITY
since It's downfall was to crown his
hopes. niS
when Damascus yielded to its foes
ne sought the dwelling of Eudocea. ami
learnt a new proof of her affect;on
1SupPoslng on his capture by the Arabs
that he had fallen a martyr to his faitb
she had renounced the world. and sLn,
herself up in convent. With q throb.
bing heart he fastened to the convent
but when the lofty minded maiden be'
held mm renegade, she turned from
him with scorn, retired to her cell. and
refused to see him more. She was a.
mong the noble ladies who followed
Thomas and Hobris into exile. Her
lover, frantic at the thonght of slosing
her, reminded khaled of his promise to
restore her to him, and entrea.ed tb.t
she might be detained but Kbaled
pleaded the covenant of A ba Obedioh,
according to which all had free Ieuve
to depart.
Wnen Jonas afterwards discovered
that hhaled meditated plrsuit of 10
eAiles, but was discouraged by the
lapse OF time, he offered TO conduct him
Dy short and secret passages tl,ronoL
the mountains which would insnre 6;s
|overta&ing them. His offer was ncca,n r.'
ted. On the fourth day after the de-
parture OF eexiles, K6aied set out in
pursuit, with four thousand chosen
horsemen, who, by the advice of.Jonas,
were disguised as christian Arabs. For
some time they traced the exil,s along
the plains, by the numerous foot prinfs
OF mules and camels, and by the art
cles thrown away to enable tben 70
travel more cxpeditiously. AT lenotb
the footpr turned towards the mnnn,
tans OF Lebanon, and were lost in their
arid and rocky defles. The MosIe,ns
began to faltcr. COURAGE p' cr;a5
Jonas, ''they will be entangled a,non~
the mountains; they cannot now cs.
cape" " ''
In the midst of the carnage and con.
fusion, Jonas hastened in search of his
betrothcd. She had treated him with
disdain as renegade, she now regard.
ed him with horror, as the traitor WHO
had brought this destruction upon bis
unhappy countrymen. All his cntreo.
ties tor her to forgive and be reconcil-
ed to him were Of no avail. She solemn.
| iy vowed to repair to Constantjnonle
and end her days in convent. Fimdinr
suppllcation fluitless, he seized her.
and after violent struggle, threw her
IN the ground and made her prisoner,
She made no further resistance. but
Submitting to captivity, seated herself
lnietly Oh the grass. The lover flat.
tered himself that she had relented but.
j watching her opportunity, she sudden
~ drew forth Ipoignard, plunged it
, IN her breast, aud fell dead at his feet.