The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-12-01
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turb him, and when he didQA1 pose NO
ssise the . Ct ane %hisk pillow
1ere him sSs old ,sssiS,s, aud - Iss plan
IL s cd M aeseS IN. ss.ion q Bassi Sian.
I..asead Nj masderous Parpese in the snxEy
91ancss Of his AescS eyes.
e! s o:. ~s. .ns
yOur NfeS safd the old man.
Vinains audaoious villainsl how came Jon
here 4 bnt you sh.li bittsriy repent this inse-
Enards, say osntinued the fnrious Bsghi
'sTSe guards in tho citadel arc like the
Antioch, . few mo1nents sinee asleep when they
should be on the alert. and the oaly sound that
can now awake them to conscioueness and
said tho old man, With bitter scovn, a. he look
cd upon Ba9hi Sian, who still remained in thu
same attitude Of repose from which no had
"speak. man, speak. il thou valusss tby liz.
Why art thou heref How eamest thou here
What means this intrusion ." ssksd BeGht StAn,
=. tho aoa.si.y IF the old nsn
claim my just roward-tbe ruby-gemmed vases
which You arst promised and then refused to
give mo. I told you there was q plot to take
zssieeh this very night. tolagss - tSot.
The Crusaders are now masteresf theehrp
Round Towers; I saw them ON the yallsS
marching from tower to tower. ara sl4sShtS
followed in their track, and have lefs them Spsy
gagged in the work Of death, in the hope might
arouse You in time. Up, man, and save your
be butohered like sku'king craven in yoar
couch. Hai listen if you will-not TO my
wSrds-6at TO the groans of your dying sol
awake the dead. He who has uttered that cry
will never again speak. Listen if you will.
If such . sound, from one of your own soldiers,
is music that can soothe you into sleep again,
i n nm disfu had 81 N
Tho words Of tho magieisu were 90 strasRe,
taie itself so dreadf1i and go horrible, that
Bsghi Sian doubted for . moment whethsr he
were . terrible dream he lay balf-hoping that
it was 90 because the truth, it it were the
trnth, were but the precursor of his own un-
Holy Prophet he exclaimed, "can this in
deed be the fact but, ali there 10 another Sell
Of agony; and there-there is the clasbing of
swosds Oh, terrible! terrible' it is, it must
couch to the floor, grasping his scimitar, and
"Whasr Se = said, "tSe city Of Antioch sur-
prised +; aud this, too, despite thy warning, and
in contradiction to the opinion of the faithful
Feroz.n
"The faithful Ferozw exclaimed the n,agi-
clan, /" why Feroz is the traitor; it was ho ad-
nisted tho Christians into the Round Tewers"
"Feroz traitor! oh, impossible impos-
ing me Of this foul plot than he was in assert
ing there was such plot on foot"
at was IN exceilent devise on his part" OBJ
from himself but since was 90 ignominiousiy
dismissed from your presence yesterday, have
been acting the spy upon tho Christians, aud
now know not only that Feroz il the trsieor,
but why it is that he has betrayed Antioch.
Il is in revenge for your conduct towards him.
"My conduct" said Baghi Sian, as he array
ed himself in srmor: aided by selim. az never
q sy,s.n h
"The Turkish maiden you have been SO long
persuiog Is the daughter of Feroz, and che has
been t~ice saved from tho hands of your min
"Aye," added Selim, "and she has turned
Christian, aud she was concealed in the cham
ber of Fsroz, 90 truly told you."
! The heavy, pallid hue of death overspread
the features Of Bsghi Sian, as he heard this
strange unlooked-for intelligence. He he'd
| from his couch, dismayed, but still brave
man. These tidings, however, told at such q
in his ears, made him a coward for lie felt in
his heart he was about to suffer just punish
| mont from heaven for his life of sin, and the
| unbridled Indulgence of his passions. sick
| ening feeling came over him, and he lcant for
| q fow moments his shead on the shoulder of
Selini, rs without that support he was conscious
he must sink to the earth. Treason. treason"
Mt last Antioch has fallen into the hands Of my
enemies ). and then Ibraham has Joined with
these plottersi' know him to be base, bnt
mover SuOUku6 NO CoulO 10 1OioO 10 TING sue
which he was bound to defend as o soldier.
Hal what awful sound 10 that ." aud tho once
dauntless Baghi Sian shook like q timid girl,
because there appeared to arise ON all sidss of
him the shrieks of wounded men, mingled with
the ehouss of pitiless victors-
at 10 the clamor Of the combat that is APP
preaching ne, ~ the Crusaders butcher the
Turkish soldiers the walls, o cast them
headlong from the battlements. Why not or
der tho trumpets of the. entire garrison 70
eound, 90 as to arouse from their slumbers the
soldiers in all parts Of the city"
"Here ia my signet ring; convey it to Ibra-
haua, and bid him do as you suggest. have
not strength to do anythins," said Baghi Sian,
a. he cast hiHaself ut full length, and in arnor,
upon the couch from which he had short time
previo1sly been aroused.
81 60 70 fulfl the command Of your High
ness," said the old man, who beckoned to Selim
to approach him, and handing him . large
leathern satchel, which he took from under
his cloak. he whispered TO his comrade in i1i-
guilty, There, in that recess yonder, you will
end che riohest articles. Take nothing but
gold. Be particular in taking the two ruby
gemmed vases-I want the rubies for myselE-
mind, must have every emo of them"