Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-04-11

1uau, tuEOu8u whose nanOS the 1mpOf-
tant billet passed, had artfully erased
the hour Of twelve, fixed by Salmoni,
and substituted eleven. Hence, though
the sailor had full time to make the at.
tempt, he failed'in the execution of his
purpose; so now, after all their perils.
Salmoni and Emilia were married in
the Eternal City, where the love affairs
OF ':La belle Turque" speedily began
to attract notice.
First, we are told that duke fell in
love with her; but she made him her
friend, assuring him that he could nev.
or be more to her, as she had already
become inspired BY passion for q
handsome young Knight OF Malta, who
hoped soon to be absolved from hie
VOW Of celibacy. While waiting fol
this, the knights father, old Prince,
-, as mischance would have it. be.
came enamoured of her, reckless that
he was rival of his own son; and to
avoid his opportunities, she and the
Salmonis set out suddenly for Paris,
where, by the knavery Of a banker, she
lost much OF the proceeds of the Jewels
brought from Constantinople; go that
her fortune was reduced from sixty
thousand livrs yearly, to about ten
thousand.
In a cofee.house at Paris, Cecile
CHANGED to see in the Gazette de
France an account of the misfortunes
that had overtaken her father, Achmet
III: This was in 1870, when that weak
and imbecile voluptuary, who had
viewed with indifference the Hungarian
troubles and the wars of the north. af.
ter being involved in a contest with
Russia, by which he lost in succession
the cities of Asoph and Belgrade. and
the provinces of Temesvar, Servia and
Wallachia, on the discontinue of his
arms by Persia, had an insurrection
among his own subjects, and was com.
pelled by the Janizaries to abdicate in
favor Of his nephew, Mustapha M.
who then threw him into q prison,
where be passed = life of modification
and shame, later he had, " as Voltaire
has ii, "sacrificed his vizier and his
principal officers in vain, to the resent.
ment of the nation"
On reading of all these things, Ce.
cile registered q vow that she would
visit Turkey, seek out her father, and
endeavor to console him in his misfor.
tunes: and the death Of her guardian.
Emilia, about this time, together viii
the annoyance she experienced from
the old prince, who, presuming on
her friendless, dubious, and false posi-.
ton, daily "became more urgent and
less respectful" hastened her depart.
ure.
Alone she set out for Fontainbleau
to solicit passport as French sub
ject, and to return thanks for the pro.
lection afforded her by the court oi
Louis XIV; but in returning to Paris,
her carriage was stopped at night in
the forest, which then covered thirty
thousand acres of hill and valley, ana
their ensued an episode, which, by its
condolences, seems to evidently 70.
nance, though truth at times is strang.
er than fiction.
A handsomely attiried chevalier-
who proved to be the Prince requested
her to alight and enter q voiture, which
stood there with six horses, pleading
that she would do so "without com
pelling him to use violence"
On this she uttered cry for help
and ere long another voiture dashed
up, and there leaped out gentleman
sword in hand. He proved 10 bt
young Duke de -. her Roman ad
mirer, and he had barely time to recog
nize Cecile, when her bethrothed, til,
Knight of Malta, also appeared on th,
scene, which thus becomes 40 melo
dramatic as to throw ridicule on th,
story.
"The Duke is about to deprive vo,
of your MISTRESS" said the cunning old
Prince to his son; "let us jointly us,
our swords against him in defense 0
your dearests."
So thereupon the cavalier of Malt,
ran the poor duke through the body i,
the most approved fashion; bore OF
the fainting Cecile TO Paris, and place,
her in the hotel of his father.
There the renewed but secret nd
dresses of the latter alarmed her, AM
on one occasion she had to protect her
self by IN exhibition of pistols, afte
she escaped with Salmoni and tn
Knight, who urged that she should, il
fulfllment of her vow, visit her captiv
father, while he once moro strove, q
the feet of Pope Clements successor, t.
get his oath Of ceibacy absolved.
In Turkey, some unrnly Janizarie
slew Salmoni, and were about to offe
some violence to Cacile, despite he
French passport, when she displaye
before them the .fet fu. This, we ar
told, was piece of yellow silk. O