Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1860-01-07

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stranger advance near enough to take scru
tinizing view of the premises, aud then tur
back and retrace his steps to Cairo.
The following day was Thursday, the eve o
the Mohammcdan Sabbath, when it is the crs
tom for the friends of the dead to flock to th
cemeteries, and adorn the tombs of their kin
dred with green palm branches; the succeed
ing one, the Sabbath itself, the day on which
in accordance with Moslem customs, the distr
button of bread and meat to the poor take!
place at the graves of certain wealthy individ-
uals who had left bequests to that effect Or
both of those occasions Nefeeseh was there
and she could see that the young artist was
there also, but amidst so many lockers on
there was no possibility of accosting him with
safety. The first day her patience was sorely
chafed by this obstacle, but on the second il
| waxed so faint that she would certainly have
committed herself by some imprudence, had
not a circumstance accidentally facilitated the
doing that on which her mind was bent
A rich hey was on that day buried, and the
funeral ceremonies terminated by a buffalo be-
| ing slaughtered at his grave, and the flesh di-
| vided among the clamorous poor assembled
there. When this disgusting spectacle COM
menced, there was general rush towards the
| spot, nnd in the confusion caused by the crowd
hurrying thither from all sides, the artist con-
trived to approach Nefeeseh near enough to
whisper, Can you read r.
Vac ,vop tbo hr;af .anI,, In tl,a 90 n,n
ment slip of paper was thrust into her hand,
and he was gone.
Thus ran the scrap: " Your wish has been
obcyed but the image of the Lion of War can
only be revealed to you in his own hareem.--
Can you trust your ncgress to assist in bring
ing this to pass? If so, send her forth this
evening to the end of the road that leads to
Shoubra, order her to obey my directions in all
things, and leave the rest TO me-"
The imprudent Nefeeseh, carried away by her
wishes, impelled by mingled feeling of curl
osity to behold the image of her absent hus-
band, and of dangerous longing to see more of
the stranger, whom she suspected to be Frank
as well as magician, returned home, not to
hesitate, but to resolve. Maine was easily pre-
vailed on to do her mistress bidding, and that
evening bOleld her sally forth on her unhal-
lowed mission.
Night came on; the lamp was lighted in the
hareem old IIussein slumbered at his post, and
Nefeeseh, wondering and alarmed at the pro-
tracted absence of her slave, roamed backwards
and forwards from the lattced windows to the
staircase, listening for her coming. At last the
outer door was beaten upon, the enuch, with
his one eye but half OPEN lazily reused him
form of Maine glided in, Nefceseh rushed for
ward, seized her by the hand, and dragged her
into her room, venting her agitation in angry
reproaches for her dilatorincss. At the same
moment lIussein locked the llareem door upon
them, and leaving his mistress and her hand
maiden to finish their dispute, bore away the
key to its nightly place under his pillow, and
was soon asleep again.
aWhat said the Frank magician to thee F?
Where is the image of my husband ~ were the
eager inquiries of Nefeeseh, as soon as llussein
was out of hearing.
Without utteriug q word, Maine produced
from under her wrappings roll of paper,
which she opened out, and placed before her
mistress and while Nefeeseh bent over it, and
saw that the pictured scroll represented the
interior of tent, with an Egyptian Bey recli-
ming upon cushions, and a Ghawazee wantonly
dancing before him, her attendant deliberately
unfastened her face-vcil, and divpsted herself
of her muflings
A jealouspang shot through the young wifes
bosom, as she gazed upon the drawing; then,
with an angry flush, looking up, she bchcld
standing before her, not Maine, but-the Frank
strangerl
He had inyegled the negress into n house
near Shoubra, and there, having piled her
with candied hdshhish, a condiment which no
Egyptian can resist, he took advantage of the
delrium produced by that intoxicating prepa-
ration to induce her to lend him her tob, her
haJJarah, and her JoorkoO, with which he effec-
tually disguised himself; and then locked her
up, intending to return and liberate her before
the fumes of the hashhish were dissipated. And
thus did that rash Christian boldly violate the
sanctity of AIasloum Bey's hareem.
But in the middle of the night a strange,
unwonted noise was heard at Nefeesehs gate.
The hand of some one, evidently in terror, beat
violently upon it, and a shrill female voice, in
piercing accents, Ecried-"0pen quickly, oh
Hussein ItisI Maine. have been bewitch-
ed, robbed, locked up by an accursed Frank
sorcerer, son of the Evil One BY your
eyes open, say, and save mel
Hussen, aroused, and now fully awake, an
swered through the door-"Begone, fool what
dirt wouldst thou make me eat with thy lies?
Maine is safe in the hareem and asleep. Pass
on thy way, and let us sleep too"
81 tell thee, oh Husseinl that am Maine.
Open the door and be convinced. have been
plundered and locked up, and have escaped
out of window, and here am, half naked,
and well nigh mad; or if thou wilt notbelieve
my words, go to the hareem and believe thine
eyes, for thou wilt not find Maine there"
Thus adjured, Hussen unbarred the door,
and opened it just wide enough to enable him
to see, by the clear moonlight, Maine crouch
ing on the threshold, with barely sufficient
covering on her limbs to answer the purposes
of dccency.
"By the beard ofthe Prophetn he exclaimed,
stretching out his hand, and dragging her in;
.'what devilry is this? Thou art Maine indeed,
and, yet, with this hand locked thee in the
hareem with thy mistress at nightfallV'
"Wallah y calculated the negress, in n tone