Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-07-16

scene. and that Whitley and NIorerisht will
assure inquirers after my truthfulness that
they do not believe a word Of it. [ am sor-
Try to say that my otherwise conscientious
friends were so envious Of my success in
this instance, and so much annoyed at my
frequent reference to it when they grew'elo--
quent On the subject of beauties they had
seen, that they are not likely to be candid
witnesses. [ am, therefore, glad of one
friend to whom may appeal for my accu-
racy.
"NIiriam had, as we came from the tents,
laughingly asserted her intention of procur-
ing me admission to the harem, and I had
pledged myself to one of the gentlemen that,
if [ entered, he should 60 as well:
''AIr De Icons high position with the
Greeks, which he earned by his noble con-
duct when they were threatened with ex-
pulsion from Egypt, made his name sort
Of household word with them in all parts of
the Levant; and, having broken the ice by
allowing my presence, there was no difficult
ty in procuring the assent of the ladies to
admitting one whom they knew so well to
be a man of honor, and frieed to their
IcOuntrymen.
1.-The same imp Of darkness was dispatch
ed to bring him and when he came, the
fun of the whole thing was complete, and
the fair prisoners, as romance has called
them, seemed to be delighted with the nov
city of their company.
1.-The old man who had come in entered
into their joy completely, and looked on
with a smiling face for few moments, be-
fore he returned to his guest in the other
part Of the house. He left US to a rafting
conversation with the fair ladies, in which
my Arabic was amply sufficient for my pur-
poses, since they did all the talking, and
constantly repeated their warnings that we
were not to reveal in Jafa the fact we had
seen their countenance.
''Narghilehs, on which they placed per-
fume-wood from Mecca, were renewed as
constantly as we finished them: and coffee,
and host Of delicacies, were, from time to
time, presented by the slave girls, who
seemed to enter into their mistresses' en-
IIjoyment most keenly.
sK,sFha.s ere reese sts-g, andlI am +poaiid
to admit the hour would have been thought
late, even in Americas they would scarce
| ly permit Miriam to leave them, but again
and again embraced her, and kissed her on
each cheek, and on her lips, while the Nu-
bians would seize her at the same instant
from behind, with one hand on each side,
and give her sympathetic squeeze in ac-
cordance with each kiss of their fair mis-
tresses. We left her with them while we
stepped back into the room among the men:
where the smoke was SO thick that do not
think our absence had been noted
1.-The little old bishop was still talking
about the patriarch, the wine and the coffee
circulating as before and in fow moments
we took leave Of our kind host, with sincere
respect for his hospitality.
':He and his son, and the entire party,
not excepting the bishop, rose when we
rose, and accompanied us to the door, and
then to the street, and then up and down
the narrow, winding streets of Jafa; nor
did they leave US till we reused the sleepy
guard at the gloomy gateway, and walked
out into the glorious moonlight, that fell on
the walls Of the city with that strange effect
that moonlight has on ancient piles of stone,
and more beautifully still on the white tents
that stood on the hill above the sea-"