, 1870-07-03
THE POTTER'S DAUGHTER.
A Tssrklkh *torY.


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This story Is going the rta1,,t1. Of t!t., ,yc.7s-
papers here, and j. esii to is,iut 10 +;,;n. Ct:
cumRt1Ilrcr wllsl, hase recently occurred in 4
1t certainly is worth tcl,us II cnri,,,. p;.-
ture Of the wild life Of Turkish, Arabian, o.
Aeia-Minor countries. There was in o.,, rf
the poorest q'1artesH Of Con-t,ntinople ~ old
Greek potter. Although he WAS 4i,aonr lnJ
lived in . purely Moslem neighs,nrhooi, lie
was popular because his honesty .SAs 1,r.,ver-
bal. IIc wss wt.iower. lie had only one
child daughter, who WAS tnarvcllously beau-
tifnl. Her name was -}ic1le. She was the
LouseRcerer, maid Of nll work. and cook OF
the hovel IN which her father and she
lived. She went to tho alcslem houses to
sel! 10 the I,uki.h women ths earthonwAre
l,er father made. When she entered harom
twas festival 10 all tho inmates; her pros
cncc was like sunbeam entering dungeon.
The women would scrcatn: All here comes
i az she war. nobody WAS jealous Of her. for
she did not seem 10 hn at all proul Of her
leanty Ono day, the Sultan's issoriss son
took it into his hea'l to lounge xbout town
lie was on horseback; aad several habitu-
With him. The san-courie.s rsa ahead Of
them, with ei!vcr-hca:fet csnc in hand, With
Which they strnck right and left, bclAboring
tl4c people in order to ol'en passage for the
Sul:nu's son Men, Wo1ncn, children, aud
Ola 1tColl3 AE{t34lc{a ~ tklcS to1E 10 SuelI
l,eels Two or ttrro Children fell aud came
| nigh 1t lug tramrltl GU tx the hortcs, Just
6, Ibis n,onlrn, ntlle cAu,o c:.t Of he. fathers
| house. She Fcut straight on, bearing Oh her
| head tray which coct3incxl the cacthcnHarc
her father hatl made. Quo Of the companions
| OF tic Sultan. sen bent toward him. whis-
+! ,cred and pointed to the lovely cseature. 0nc
\ Of tue va.-conrtlets. VIII, WAS about TO strike
| her VA. ret1iicd hx admir- 1tion, the uplittel
aticl fell not, hut he gave her sad leu push,
! aud the tray And it, contents fell lrom hes
Eradsaud Ill the eatthenwa1e WIS broken
instant the laorsc Of lhs Snl.sn's soi
stood iu front Of her: lie reined it, tho horse,
Looked at the tcas which esreaned from hcr
tyes. tmi1ed, aud rode on. Next day Hello hati
disappeared from the nclSlootho,d: Tue
poor old potter ran a.sout eysrywhcre begging
sonoe iutcllisencc OF his daughter. uo was
a]u,ost beside hlnlself with grief. 4 woman
WHO had witnessed the seene laet described
! told him wlxt she had teci- lie rndeFstood
all lis import He went in front Of the
Jay, waiting the hour when the su|tans so1
should sssin sally forth to Lounge through
The streets. The hour came, Tho old potte1
ran 10 the horses side and asked the nder fo'
his daughter. No ono heard the worda e1
! Lis seiui.ar, and liz head Of the old potte
rolled On the ground. As soou Is the Sui
, taL'n sou had passed on souae distance. the peo
Pile picked mp the corpsc and carried il to IL
! ,o,ters lonsc- AZ ne hxd no kindred. the
j placed il in his shop aud there left it. Every
body went 10 zee it. There WAS g7c.t excite
!, men, in the nciEhborhoo1, and st,ch thsons
: OF people stood in front OF the house A. /
i. n1ocL up the ettcct. Tic Sultan hlnsclf "a
O from i distance these great thrungs, N
+, asked their origin. He was told By this Gran
II vizier. lie II once iseocd orders that tuu
Il pe,esa should 60 through oach quArtcr Of Il
It city sud mako proclamation that he tim.e
n should rec iss.ico done, md tho assassin OF u
poor potter punished. The following day
e. rede down toward the pottez'a houso- u
]. sou vas behind hi1n- An unusual number
sr ianisha1iea surrounded tbom- There was
h largcr crowd than bad yet assembled In fro
III Of the poster's house, The Sultan order
ae tho coEp4e to be brought out Of the hou
ed aud placed IN tho contro OF the neighbour
T. square lie bade hls son dismount. str
I'd At the corpee'a foet, And gaze on It Tho aig
.. waA horrible, for, deapito all tho pains taka
es tho corpse waa In put<sd state. Tho Sulta!
mt son stood gazing On the decaJinS rass.
be was Ia pale ~ death, and the smile he tried
r. force upon bis face did but Inale hls An1l
cy the moro yiaiblc. Thin soene asted for \ gu
al ter Of An hour. There wAI not word spok,
Oh ! At the end OF ftteeu -' ,ltan DR.