The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-05-12
SELECTED STORY.
The Case of q Pipe.

tbinos, and the lady, who had the greater
dol;obt of showing them-a bride of two
'',nnfhs lust installed in her new home-re-
nIied with a happy dignity worthy of the
situation 49,
alt is not the pipe-only the pipe-case q: 20
But" persisted the first speaker, the
idea of keeping the nasty thing in such
lovely crystal casket, and among all your
wedding presents"
lift had not been for it should never
have been married, May, and consequently
have had no wedding presents. There Is
nothing in the house, until Fred comes home'
] that prize so much as that ola, oroNen
pipe case"
Oh, Katey, do tell why =
"Well dear take off your bonnet and
rno for tea and if have time before Fred
ret1rns. will tell you the story"
~Wben we were abroad, dear, the year be-
foro last papa was obliged to go to Con-
etantinople to make the Turks pay him
sonle money they owed him. They had
hired one of his steamers to carry soldiers
and stores to Crete, and after knocking her
about and half spelling her, they said she
was not what they wanted, and refused 10
pay, and this after papa had spent don't
know how much in fitting her up according
TO their orders. 1t was horribly unjust, of
course. but then think it served papa quite
right for helping to Cypress those poor
Cretans."
After good deal of persuasion, got
rapa to take me with him, and, oh, it was
50 delightfully."- strange and new Our rooms
st GIissieri's Hotel had bay window look
nt out into the Grande Pera, and when
papa was away on business have sat there
Tor hours watching the people-people, as it
seemed, of every nation in the world, and
every class of every nationals they passed
BY in their picturesque dress If were to
talk for an hour [ could not give you list,
much less description, of the queer, living
i food which flows up and down that narrow
street. There is only one better place for
gape-Seed, and that is on the bridge over
i the Golden Horn; but there lady cannot
stop To look about her, the throng is so
great.
1T was at Missieri's Hotel that first met
nv husband. He sat next to papa at the
table d'k0te, and, being able to speak little
Turkish, went with US sometimes to the
bazaar, and to see the mosques, until we
hecame quite intimate. Papa used to go
/ down to the Porte (the Government Offices
twice week, until the hot season came, and
we migrated-as well who can do-to the
BnsphOrus. My dear, l have read almost
all the books about ConstantInople, and,
ike cleyerer people, | have tried and failed
to do Justice to that lovely Strait. will
got attempt to picture it to you. We came
hack citTrieste, saw Naples, the best of the
Swiss lakes, and the Rhine; but the Bos-
4 phorus. the beautiful Bosphorus, when the
. Iudas-t tree Is in full bloom amongst the
. dark cypress. and Mount Olympus has not
vet lost his crown of snow, it is, to my
4 mind the gem of all, although associated
1 with the terrible adventure | am going to
tell you.
We put up at the Therapai Hotel, at the
Black Sea end, near Bayakderie, where most
of the European Ambassadors have summer
residences. and nearly opposite place on
tie Asatic shore called Unkiar Eskellasie,
the Sultan's valley0 favorite spot for
picnics There is no village there, only a
meposterous marble kioak, built by
Vicsroy ofEgypt, principally, I believe, to
show how much money he could waste; but
the valley is very pretty, with turf almost
ike an English lawn, shaded by great trees,
and watcrrd by little tinkling stream, full
of hOme-like ferns and water flowers.
We went to the first picnic-rather an
unlergrown affair-and when we had done
dinner the English division went wandering
about the country. Atsix O'Clock Fred and
I found ourselves alone, somewhere or other,
on the banks of the little rivulet l cannot
think how it was we did not notice the dis
appearance of papa and the rest of our party,
and that it was growing dark. There is no
twilight on the Bosphorus. 1t was broad
daylight now, and dark in ten minutes.
Time passed on rapidly, and yet we were
not talking about anything very PARTICULAR
a: least, not then. Oh, May, bow shocked
We were when we returned to the landing
place and found ali the boats gonei"
1T was shocking of them to leave you be-
hind said May, with Indignation.
They did not mean any harm it was
one of these mistakes which so often make
Zig picnics end badly. Papa-who was
nearly left behind himself through hunting
after me-was told tia. had gone off in the
first boat with the Consul General and his
wife: and so he took passage with the
Sationnaire, and then returned to his ship
At Therapia
Every boat had left; there was not even
caique in sight. There was nothing to be
done but TO walk to the nearest village-a
distance of two miles-and hire one.
'On the road we met two Aranuts, as
wicked looking creatures as ever saw; and
Fred. not feeling sure of his way, asked them
if we were going right 'Evet, offendi,
ives gentlemen said the smaller and better
booking of the two; and so We hurried on.
I'VE had not gone more than three hundred
Yards when we heard some one running
after US and shouting for US to stop. 1t was
the other man, who, half in words, half in
gestures, told US that his friend had not I'M
erstood Freds question; we were going
wrong: we must return good distance and
lake path leading to the right. Not a
Shadow Of suspicion that we were being de-
feived crossed our minds. We thanked the
nan for his civilty, turned back and fol-
owed the path he had indicated. 1t led
lto narrow. rocky gorge, with woods on
zach side, and there we came suddenly upon
olr men. two of them our old friends, who
topped the way.
1" Let us pass" said Fred, in Turkish, " or
Dll-n
He had not finished the sentence before
ne of the Arnauts snathed my watch chain.
he next instant heard dull thud, and he
meL stunned against the rocks. l do not
now what Fred whispered in my ear, as he
hced me behind him and stood at bay,
. ,oking. O, so splendidly handsomel What
llowed seemed to my dazzled mind like
! heir rush; saw Fred put his right hand
{ hto his pocket, draw it out again, and
cid it toward them As he did so l heard
2 sight click. At that sound and action
4 W assailants fell back, just as the bad
pirits in pantomine quail before the wave
= the good falry's wand. What do you
I mink that dear, clever fellow had done ?
y Anowing that with one to support (for |