Weekly Minnesotian and times., 1860-03-10
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The cAss-ET Us ACR,I,sT BEN.
.rer, ass Eai-s<fl<cksr.
l. the winter Of Is, while ascending the
Nile with Frenchmau named GaCdet in
pursuit Of adventure, we had OCCASION 70 stop
al ,ic town Of Ossuit Gardet was Z french
man by birth. and had been my com panou
fer three years, thrcush all my Asiatic wan
lerlngs and mutual attachment having
arisen. he nov considered h'Insef 80 an IT,
separable constituent Of .ni!e. lie was 4
mar shrewd bY na' IRE u undaunted courage
Dut So garrnlogS tha, J never bTeathcd my
plans 70 hu, until they were ready .Or iuiill
nient Or myself al the nader need know
49, hat ls.c 6ee., traFvii!ES in Egypt and
Asla: tigt ] spoke the language duant.y
agd fatteree myself that understood orien-
tai .lanDecs and chaTacte: pretty thoroughly
By ligth am an American. As we always
made !! & po,nt 10 pay our respects at head
quarters, We al once vent t. see the Cover
nor, Aehnlet Bey a fine looking Oriental, a
Turk b. nation, although, rs he told rs. a
resident for twenty years o. Egypt. We
ioand him al bis palace, about half nile
from ne Civer, seated on diyan Of beautiful
needle work, before which was one Of the
finest and most gorgeous Persian mats. On
his right was . long narGisth. lie rose Is re
entered, received US with cordeiity, and be-
slowed or us every every attention that in
herent poli:eness could devise.
After smoking with him for scme nne, and
converslng CT Egyptian topics, he showed us
many curiosiiies. and al his accoutremen!s
among Them was a saddle, richly mounted
Tith silver, which was presented To him by
the Pasha II Egypt. While examining its
workmanship auentively, | noticed q small
pocket on one side, which sccined to be filed
with coin. Observing thal II had attracted
Iny attention, the Governor, who had worn
an ANXIOUS .ouutenalce throughout our : isit,
notc,tnstahding his cor,iiality, remarked Il 8.
ne had lost the key to II, or he would be
piessed to show M the conteats, winch he
also valued - being The raciia Gift. He
Their handed the saddle to an attendant, and,
making sign for nay companion TO follow
with our drsg,uau, he linked my arm in his,
and after g'an-ins az my face, as though to
read in /, Il. probability of ny being trust
worthy. and apparently concluding that
Was. confded to me thSt hehud been r0bjed
After pal5ng to note The c,iec, produced
oy this announcement, he continued
About :, weck ago nay brother, who re-
SIDES at StambOui, sent 70 he small iron
safe, curou,lg bound with Damascene steel,
and s:added with brass Il was gift long
promised me, and / prtzei il IS my very
beard. | showed IT to many persons, but
opened il before few, lest they should So envy
the contenSs US to steal j. from me
And waai lid the box contain so precious,
that yon 50 carefully guarded it 81 asked
That whicn . most yalced, was a sigpet
rlrg, set with the inost lausiful opal eye ev-
- hehessa;; thg- zee. alse iesels of so,Mt
less yatuc some Of them presented 10 my
hsrern, but lar more than gave, remained.
There was also a key 20 the saddle pocket, at
which you were Just now looking What was
ms CONSERVATION to iind this morning that il
was gone-sto!en from beneath my bed " hile
| slept. And now, lie continued, droppiug
his voice still lower Il want you, who are
famed for shire. iuess. (alluding TO an occur
ience in Cairo to discover the thief: il YOU
try, and fail. But l know YOU Will sue
ceeG; if you do succeed. one third OF the
Jewels YOU are the means Of restoring, shall
he your own
Hepaused as we reached his palace, and
entered. | determined to undertake the re-
co7ery for him the reward would enable us
- continGe cur yan9eylngs for at least anoth-
'
Il consent" said |, when We were again
seated, "tO try my powers TO have returned
% you The treasure YOU have lost
Achret rubbed his hands with delight, and
already congra.uIatng himself on his success,
oade me ask ANYTHING u him needed 81
want, ! replied, - permit to 90 anywhere
through your town please, and to enter any
horse through your domain aad lna,y,
that N-ct, sav not , .-nr,s au,- on, .,,o,~,,
.ng your loss"
He readily promised secresy he had been
too much chagrined to mention it before, and
gave me the paper wanted told Gardett
that | should remain at 0ssuit for i few
days, and requested htn to leave with the
a0a. II night for Upper Egypt and remarked
that would oycrtake him by horse back in
fol- OF ive days at the most
farther feauestal hin to eve out that
vas on board, and 10 make anY eXcusc he
pleased f'-lay n9n-appearsnce This done. 7
rejoinc3 Aolmet Bey, and desired him to
show me tn room from which the safe vas
stolen. II was in the second story, and couid
te reached only by passing through two
smaller Chambers. Having reached L, de-
sired 70 We left alone and now began s,iy-
ygv.
-he .ast and west sides there were No open.
ilsr. The walls we're waited and hung with
T.! tapestry; but for economy his was
stretched tightly along the wall The ceiling
wa.composeG. Of beams, ~ the upper side ..
which p,anks wer. fastened. There was ap-
parentiy &c opening communicating with the
of above. A lounge, covered with darnash
oc-up,ed one portion of the room, while otto
e
corners. On he north side was The door oi
trance. This ! examined carefully. and
,ecud uDon toe wooden bolt, which could be
irawn only from within, no mark Of violence
nor even d fresh scratch On the south side
Of the spartrent were two windows, small, il
j. rue, but sti,i Of size suffic to adn the
lr2gess Of an ordinary SIZED man. One was
lo-ticed, the 0ther had the lattice removed.
ezaained Doth the sils there was no rub.
bing Of the paint, and no sand remaining
winch could have been brought by the foo,
cf an intruder.
was puzzled The, floor yet remained to be
examined. Il was oi red-aod blue tile, and az
peared solid throughout there were no marks
Of footsteps upon il, aud in some places th,
dust had accumulated undisturbcd. now
descended, and was met by Achmet. pu
on an expression Of Intelligence, but declined
conversation; and 70 Dis question, " Any trac,
YETI" simply replied Wait ALLAH vii
not let wickedness 50 unpunished'
II was TOW nearly dusk. yet began TO re
connoi;re the exterior OF the palace. II wal
OF an oblong form, and ts greatest length va
from east to west. There was but one tre
very near it, and that was gigantic palm
eeAsch lowered twice the height Of the palace
about yards distance from its walls.
shext examined the windows Of the chambe
from below There was blank wall to thei
very sills. / then searched the ground, 70
indications of the use of ladder; and in S
doing, found the marks of feet There wa
deep indentaiion as from jump, bepeat
the window which lad no easement, and frou