Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-01-28

DI tllt dSlla IN DpnIlt, We
left him.
after taking r,dc of for an hour or two
longer, we returned and cnioycd n SicSi0
before dinner. took little walk around
the square, which is in front of the hotel. and
then went t. my friends room | found him
drawing. at the table, and, without looking
up, he pushed piece of paper before me, and
asked me to drawa plan OF the room iu which
the tragedy took place.
'on comparing them they were found to
agree in general hUt in detail his was much
NOR" exact than mine
" lie then drew two chairs before the fro
and after ciappIng his hands in the hall
to summon Il servant, he ordered some of
'Alspp's East India which. though less
poctcal t.lan shcrbcrt, lis far more satisfactory.
We lighted our cherry handled chlbouks. and
drew comfort from their amber mouth-
pieces.
"'And now, said Thompson, after we had
smoked awhile in silence. 'whdt do YOU
remember about the room. and what things
attracted your special attention?
" gave him all the observations bad
male, without skipping, as thought, the
most trivial thing. When had ended. he
thought few lessons would make me an
adept. Then, reilling his pipe, he told me
his views as follows. only omit such
things as we talked up and discarded as ir-
r'yclInt.
." i noticed that the house was. at one
end oi IL mail street, although it lronted on
the bazaar; ia re was no occupied house in
| front %! 1t. and the shops on either sid, |
remember. wore closed at night. In the
rear there are NJ houses whose windows COM
manl lbrahims dwelling. noticed that
the house WAS composed Of the room in
which we were and the loft above. Now.
that loft has never been opened, within
wauk al last. as the cobwc6s were us thick
round ii as they are round the mouth Of
parish poor box. Now a man is never
murd4red-at least very scldom--exccpt from
| c1yctpusncSS, jealousy. or hatred for an inu-
ry d'n' insanity Took upon as mere
llak' SHIFT used by clever counsclOrs to di-
vert tine law from its true course although
50 popular has the doctrine become that the
word murder seems to be defined uupunisha-
able insanity. But that getting out ofour
subject. In this enlightened country, where
it i no ol.iect fora man t. beinsanr. we may
reduce our inquiries to the three cases before
mentioned. And frs let Il, take up jealousy
Was the man handsome was he even 1,assji-
bly, good looking was he attractive What
thmk you
ITO me- replied, he appeared to be
none of these
livery well, continued Thompson, 'at
best those are but suppositions we will find |
out tomorrow in Il quiet way, great deal |
more about him. You think, then, we might |
dismiss icalousy?'
81 do
"'Thrn. to my mind, he either had some
thsng worth coycting, or else he had done
some ono real or supposed injury, and this
was their revenge. From my experience, | |
am much inclined to favor this idea, and |
here are my reasons he seemed to be IL poor
man had he been jew. we might have
found him working hard, notwithstanding
immense, SO to speak. latent wealth. Then,
again. the Turks are an extremely jealous
pcopc. and from the crafty way this murder
was committed, am disposed to think the
culprit one of that nation. Hare, again,
however, in my mind, two ideas clash |
have some reason to think tho offender a Be
dawce and if am correct, would be will
ling to bet, from your description Of their
character, that rpacity was their object ;
had 1t been revenge, a less open place would |
have been selected To further this pinion. |
that it was coyetousnCss OF treasure. to which |
we are to ascribc the deed. | would call at |
tcntion to the room once moro. Do you re-
member that there WAS pile Of cd-clothing |
in one corner undisturbcd, although the |
three Ottomans bore marks OF person hay |
ing rcclincI ON them Now, why were |
these clothes not used You know an in |
habtant of these climes. even in the hottest |
weather, covers himself completely when he |
sleeps. May we not argue from th, circun-
stance. however slight, that he did not in
t7nd to compose himself 10 sound Sleep
What was the motive? We must look ior Il |
strong one, for these people are not easily !
caused to iorego rest. What motive stron-
ger than on account of treasure? The blood |
dashed all around the apartment shows a |
struggle : the man was not sound asleep he |
hears the assassin enter he mngles the |
noise first with hall-waking dreams, the
thought of treasure arouses him, and he
copes with his adversary. lie is at disadyan-
tage, however, and is at length overcome.
Thompson stopped ; and after sitting,
each absorb d in his own thoughts, we sepa-
rated for the night
EARLY the next day we went into the ba-
zaar, and found the Pashas secretary hold |
ing forth to the multitude ON the probable |
and improbable manner by which the de-
ceased came to his death We pushed into
the room, not needing his gestures or vocif-
cralions to the contrary. He was too busy
to hinder Us, for he had his hands iull out
side. On looking again at the room, we
found a mark under the head ottoman, as Of
a sack OF bag being drawn across the floor ;
the mark was almost oblltcratcd, but it was
there nevertheless The track was narrow
one Now Us the object had been dragged, it
must have been heavy, and as it was a mar
row track, the mind caught the idea of a
money-bag at once So far. 50 good. was
looking under the ottoman 10 see if there
WIS any more treasure of the same so t,
when Iay eye caught sparkling object. |
drew it out and found 1t to b. a seal, with
piece Of guard attached. | showed it to
rhump,Ou
"'kead the namc, he said.
II did 50 Ali Ebu Daoud.'
"'Dp you know such a person 2
Yes, that our friend the secretary |
will return it to him now
Are you fool? said Thongs N, stop
ping me.
II beg yoUr pardon for my haste but |
was 50 excited at seeing that, that did not
know what said,
"'lcll mo this, was that guard on it when
you found it?'
'''It was.
"Where do these folks wear their sig
nets p
"'Kound their neck by guard
"Dii you break this guard, or is it as you
found it !!
"'As found it | was
"'Did you get that blood on it, or was it
on?'
" had not noticed any, but if there is
any, IT was on before
"'Lct us 60
"We pushed out, and the secretary was
nsw as anxious to stop our retreat, Us before
To stop our entrance. With an humble saa-
am, aud pretending not to understand we
rnGeaway. Thompson told me to direct the
boys u guide US to the gate which leads TO
the Tombs Of the Memaluks did SO, and
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