Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-05-22

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Sol walked straight upgto them, raised
my hat, and said. T IWCI 8HI
/ "In your presence, Signor, there can be
no objection, to my asking pardon of
1 Madame, if I have in anN way offended
/ her." -. ,f.v-
5 He smiled, made no answer, but strobe
/ away to distant part of the ship.
aa@ No, it is he who is mad thought /.
But Zinna gave me no time to consider
what course, ina danube boat, was equiya-
lent to getting 4 commission defttaotaeo in
| London. sass-
/" Offended me gR she said hprriedlyy and
| in a. low voice, though nc one was near.
No, no; it is youwho arc offended. But
YOU have read?" ''f
"The card d?-yes. What can you mean 90
|as" What / have wrote. You know that
Turk who gave You the coffee? He is a
Pasha. brother in law to the Sultan. Ask
YOUR friend the shipman; he Knows that
Turk. / am his He has sold me- lEr
"Your husband has? Impossible Z
said stupetied, and trying to make myself
realize the fact that L was getting into
/ Oriental latitudes
| "My husband? No; we have deceived
YOU. but it was his will. He is my father,
and he has sold me to the Pasha. | know
not when am to be taken off this ship,
butwhen the moment comes it will be my
signal. go there" r4 a., 80.
And she pointed to the tarbid waters OF
thesDanube. s$@e I5aZI o.
Well, ladies and gentlemen,I won't
trouble you with my sensations. can
sum them up in a somewhat colloquial
phrase, and tell you that was struck all
in heap, or can dilate upon the gradu7
ally increasing conviction that came upon
me, and tell you how reflected that pashas
did buy ladies, and that we were close to
| Turkish territory, and so forth. But
had better relate what followed. Each OF
YOU can imagine the feelings of a young
and Ilntraveled man when apprised by a
young and charming girl that she was
sold. So
[" But against your will? That cannot
| be allowed" / said. ~
| 1.-THE Sultan's brother-in-law can do as
| he pleases. There is no escape for me but
the waters, and they shall receive me when
I am called to my MASTER My father was
making the bargain yesterday Did you
not see him often talk to the Pasha? Did
you not see him making signs with his
| fingers.@ 4S
dyes; but / thought he was showing
some trick for the Turk amusement
| Il He was bargaining for me" she said
calmly raising her blue eyes to my face.
| s.Tke Pasha bid him command you not to
speak to me-"
Curse the Pasha y | said furiously
she is nothing to me. | will insult him
before the whole ship, the old scoundrel
Claim protection from all of us. Do you
think that company of Christian gentle-
men will see a Christian girl dragged off
| to harem!" rs-ss
| "They see it often on these boats she
said. 1t would be of no avail The cap
| tain would set me ashore ON that bank,
and thenI am on Turkish land. There is
no escape but that one. There was another
| this morning-at least, a chance-but it is
gone. You saw how it went"
| e." j saw"
Listen. We stop al 0rsova [ know
one person there; but he will not help me
without pay. MY father does not know
him; but he knows what money will do,
and he has taken my purse from me- |
had thought to slip away in the crowd
when we all rush into Orsova for break
fast. 1t is poor chance, and it is gone.
But there is a certain escape left me-" a7
And once more she pointed down upon
the stream.
"Orsova = said score Of .iubilant
voices. We are rapidly nearing the dirty
looking town.
"My master will soon give the word
from his cabin she said. 'An, you are
sorry for me. You are a good man, and
you are in love. May your bride be happy
with you! Give her this, from poor girl
who has gone down into the deep rather
than accept shame. It has no value, or /
would have used it in my great need.
1t was little cornelian cross, with a blue
ribbon attached-the color of her eyes. &
'' Here" said, emptying my own purse
into her hand, and giving her great guam
tity of gold and silver, for Gods sake
make the escape, if possible Bribe senti-
nels officers, anybody; they will all take
it, | am told. In the worst, fly to our Con
sul and swear you are English. Gain
time and bribe freely. Here are some
notes." v. -
"There may be a hope yet" she said.
"You are an angel. am too young to
die; yet will, if"
Don't talk of dying Conceal yourself
until the right moment.
The blue eyes, swimming in tears, were
raised again. She snatched my hand,
kissed it, az darted away.
| H
said, II will fell him to the deck, let the
consequences be what they may
| And | would, and should; but he came
near me no more, and / lost sight OF him
| in the rush at landing. Zinna also disap-
peared; but when, know not, though |
watched narrowly for her. Then came
the struggle for the little wagons, the pass
port business, and the long delay, after
which we went off in a rapid procession
to the frontier, and SO to Skela Gladova.
| When the large steamer started, neither
father nor child was on board. l reached
| Odessa in due time, sojourned there, and
did the business on which had come and
one night went to the theatre-the Rus
sian theatre. | knew no Russian, but
thought might as well see everything.
| "What does that mean ?" said, show
ing line in the playbill to my friend the
shipbuilder. who had by this time arrived
with the pretty sister of whom Nicholas [.
was so afraid. They had kindly come with
me, though this theatre is not patronized
| by the responsibilities.
| "a kind of interlude," he said. Pleas
ing Feats of Strength and Grace"
And they were very pleasing. The man
was very strong, the woman was very
graceful. But It was not so pleasing to
me to recognize Signor Cosmo and Mad
ame Zinna as the performers, or to notice
that when they retired, amid plaudits, each
| threw a marked salute at me, with beam
ing smiles.
| However, we all get "done" good
MANY times before we learn to be men OF
the world. | don't think | felt much
1 acbop,od Z;nra,c eyes were en- verv hII,o