Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-03-23

Castagnac lifted up his head, till then
buried in his bony hands, as in the act of
reading. "ParblenF' he said: two win
dows broken, only THAR
3 sYour room, Lieutenant, appears to
be more exposed than others, or, per-
chance, you left your window openT
An almost imperceptible muscular
contraction furrowed the cheeks Of the
old miscreant, and he at the same time
fixed 80 enquiring look at me, that !
felt glad of preteRce 10 withdraw. Just
As was going ont / turned back sudden
fy a. if / had forgotten to ask ques-
ton:
"By-fhe-by, Lieutenant, has Dutertre
been TO see your
A shudder passed through bis gray
hairs.
"Dutertre2'
Eyes, he has gone out, and no one
knows where. | though perhaps
3 No enc has been 70 see me, be 10
terrupted, abruptly; mo one whatso-
ever"
went out convinced OF his guilt, bat
had no proofs. determined to wait
and watch, and in the meantime con-
tented myself with reporting the disap-
pearance Of Lieutenant Raymond Outer
ire 10 the commandant de place.
Next day some Arabs, coming with
vegetables TO the market Of Constantine,
made known that they had seen from the
road 20 Philippeville uniform dang
ling in the air on the face of the rocks
Of the Kasbah, and that birds of prey
we're flying round it in hundreds. These
we're the remains OF Raymond, and ii
was with the greatest possible trouble
that they were recovered by letting down
men by the means of ropes
The catastrophe furnished subject Of
conversation to the officers Of the garrison
Cor two or three days, and was then for
gotten. Men exposed to perish every
day do not dwell on unpleasant tropics
Jacques dies, Pierre takes his place
The regiment alone is immortal.
My position witt regard TO Castagnac
grew, in the meantime, more painful
every day. Ny actions were constrained
in bis presenee-the very sight Of him
was repulsiye He soon detected it, aud
suspicion WAS awakened on his side.
HHe doubts that suspect him" |
said to myself: "if be was sure of il, |
should be lost man--that william stops
at nothinglp
Providence came to my aid. One AZ
ternoon l was leaving the Kasbah for a
stroll in the town, when one Of the hos
pital assistants brought me a paper,
which, he said, had been found in Ray.
mond's tunic
at 10 letter." he said, " of a particr
Here, Fatima by name / thought, sir,
Il might interest you"
The pcrusal Of this letter filed me
with surprise. Ii was brief, merely
making an appointment, but what revela.
tons in the namel f.
"What, then, those ordinations OF
Castsgnac's In his fits, said to myself
had reference to q woman, and Outer
tire had alsosrelations with her. IL was
10 keep thiaa ppointments that he asked
my leave TO 90 out Yes, the note Is
dated the Sd Of July. The very day.
Poor fellow, not being able to get out in
the day, he ventured forth, by night, by
that dreadful road, and Castagnac was
awaiting him"
As was thus rejecting, had arrived
in front Of vaulted building, or arch.
way, open, "a usual, to the wind, and
where an old patient Of mine, Sidi Fl um.
ayun by name, distributed coffee to q
few scanty customers. determined al
once to consult this Hawaii, 80 Istook ms
place, on the mating, by the aide OF 4
dozen natives, In their red fezEes, with
blue tassels, and their long chibuks in
their lipa The hawaii, without pretended
20, know me, brought me pipe and cur
OF coffee in. silence. Presently muezziT
was heard calling to prayers; The faith
full rose up, stroked their beard, and do
parted slowly for the mosque. I wal
alone.
Sid Hamayun, looking around to SEE
that we were really so, then approach
ed me and, kissing my hand, "LorC
Taleb," be said, what brings you to IN
humble abode7 What can do in yoni
aervicef'
II want ron to tell me who Fatima
TO-" ~
Lord Taleb, in the name of your
mother, do not see that woman"
( "Why sof'
"She 10 perdition to The faithful and
to the infdel. She possesses charm
that kills. DO not see her''
"Sidi Humayun, my resolve is mazda.
She possesses charm: we'll / possess
o greater. Hers entails death, mine
gives life, grace, and beauty Tell her
that, Sidis tell her that the wrinkles OF
age dissPPer before my charm. must
"Well, then, since. such is your will.
Lord Taleb, come back tomorrow at the
same hour But remember what | said
10 you: Fatima makes an evil use of her
beauty"
You may imagine IL awaited the ap.
pointed time with impatience / though
the muexzin would never summon the
faithful TO prayer again. At last his
low, plaintive, monotouous voice made
itself heard from the top Of the minaret,
and was taken up from one to another,
nll IL seemed ms If soaring over the in
doisnt city / slowly paced my way to
the cohee-house, so as 60 give time to
the guests to retire. Sid was already
shutting up his shop.
WE'LL | said to him, breathless with
anxiety. ASA rs
"Fatina awaits you, Taleh."
He affixed the bar, and without
further explanation, led the way. L.eay-
ing the, main street, he entered the
Snma, n passage so narrow that two
could net walk ahreast-a mere cloaca.
yet crowded with industrious persons Of
many tnations-Moors, Berbers, Jews,
Copts, and Arabs. Suddenly Sid Hum
aynn stopped at low doorway and
knocked s. e.s9
"Follow me-" I said: you will act az
interpreter"
Fatima can speak French" he re-
piled, without turning his head.
The door was onened hY a Nuhian