The mountain Democrat., 1864-03-05

received polite note from the pasha, sta.
ting that; a. he thought she might proba.
bly, be desIrous Of witnessing an Eastern
execution, be had given orders that the
Greek should be impAled I shall be
charmed, he wrote, in conclusion, to do
anything that may be agreeable TO you;
kiss your gazelle like feetP
Ny aunt was furious; TO dare To- offer
her the spectacle Of . man being impaledl
Have not then, power she cried, to
bend this infexible Willl to soften this
tigers hearth Holy love Of civilization,
can you not inspire met l will this eve-
ming make one last effort, and If that
proves unaVAiling, will devote the mon
ster to the execration of humanity
Toward evening the old slave came to
inform her that the pasha had just ascend
ed the platform overlooking the sea-
doubtless 10 enjoy the sight Of the execu-
ton. Thither she ran, as fast as her legs
could carry her, and grasped . firm hold
of the pasha's robe. Stop, stCpP she
cried, in the name Of ciVilizationI' I
But it would appear she was too late.
for by the first glimmering Of moonlight,
a boat, roWed by two men, might be seen,
gliding stealthily out from the shadow OF
the land. The next instant the sound pro-
duced by the fall Of heavy substance
into the water was heard, smother similar
sound followed, and all WAS still. This
was too much for my aunt, she tainted
right away as for the pasha, he went of
'aughing.
when my aunt came to her senses,
she found herself in her own room, with
the old slave standing by her side. She
looked out Of her window at the sea all
was calm.
"A few moments afterwards the pasha
was announced. At the sight. OF this man
my aunt could not repress a shudder; the
pasha laughed.
Ibid l not play my part to admira-
ton |? he began.
''And you cali that playing a part P
groaned my aunt.
"ConfeSs, now, that you found me ter.
ribly Turkish. must have been superb
when refusing to spare the life of the fair
and frail Nejena, wasn't p
''Poor, unhappy girl = sighed my aunt
, "Dont be alarmed said the pasha,
quietly; do you know where she is now 7
''At the bottom Of the sea- presume
replied my aunt .
:, 'Not a bit of it, said the pasha 'sh,
: is safe on the opposite coast
8 ''But those sacks?
I ''Were full Of earth set tho pair q
| liberty on condition that they would re
= turn the spoons and never set foot in ml
} territory again; not very hard condition
! you must allow. Will you, then, still
consign me to the execration Of mankindt
n ''But why not have pardoned then
t openlyr
because it was necessary to inspire
salutary terror in the minds of those VIII
i might be tempted to follow her example
c 1t wouldn't do to let these young Greek
Imagine that they. can carry off our Cir
5 cassians whenever they have a mind
e Shocking 7 exclaimed my aunt
D Shocking as much as you please sai'
the pasha; but Circassians are very scare
] nowadays, and cost a lot Of morey.-
{ You see, Pearl Of the West, We have wive
: that deceive us, just ike European ones
and we pardon them; tell me, can we pos
e sibly show greater mark Of civilization
i than this? Now take my advice and re
e nounce your project Of civilizing tn
Turks; it is an impossibility.'
And why so, if you please?'
e For the simple reason that there ar
' no Turks
b But what are you then?'
a A Partisan Turk, very much at you
!, service. My name is Oscar Coquenard
! | formerly held a commission as licuten
ant Of Zouaves. Having retired from th
7 French service, came to Egypt, and en-
y. tered that Of the viccroy, in which wa
soon promoted to a paShalik-I atm nov
Boski Pasha-all my colleagues are Eng
S lish, French, Germans and Italians.
haven't seen Turk since have been il
the country
e Ny aunt rehounced the Lady Heste
Stanhope idea, and the very next da,
started with her whole cavalcade for Al
exandria, where she embarked at ono
e for Southampton
IIallOal' exclaimed Jack, looking a
] his watch, two o'clock, by Jove! Goo'
night, old fellow. G. j. K.