, 1874-02-07

administration, and attained IN unproccdontod
iegi'rosS lsgi'ssa' Of prosperity. Everybody was highly
Tho formor p.ohn waa kont q In caina IN TIM
prison Of tho palaco but, will,
ALI. THE CONFEDERATION
duo to his foImor rank, 30 far as this was COM
patlble with tho orders Of His Majesty tho Sui
tan. Ho was allowed books and liiH freuda
and rofativoa wore permitted to visit him at cor
thin llours. Even Sliakir raohn occasionally con.
deHcondod to go md Hpend an iour In confabl1-
lating with his prlhoner, expressing tlo hope
to be able to bring his captivity to m oud, or
further nllovlato It. -
Things won't on in this manncr for very nonrly
. year; and 1t was now time to sand to tho Sui
tan tho yearly tribute Of tho province.
bhaltir therefore gayo tho uHual orders to COL
loci tho tributo. and preparo largo caravan Of
caulels to carry It, with oil escort Of horscmou
to accompany it. Whom all was roady,
lie WROTE LETTER, Az FoLLows:
To tho Only Sultan nnd Unique 1Iaknn. Our Lord
Ills servant shahis paeha, nfter rresent.ng tbs
sant herewith, under tho Of the Secretary Of our
aa mark of our ontire submission 10 our Lord Tie
snltan We hayo added to It twcntyv camo!a loaded
ani F"rssta which sre to personal Sit Of our own
humility. Aud a!so, according to lilo orders Of
fnss c TO !" sov sn' 1sns e,
supcrsedc, bound III chasns. and under SAID
ssfort. t. 10 treated as our Lori tho Sultan alla
When this letter rcaol1cd tho Sultan, and lie
found 1t scaiod with tho nanlo of Shalr
racha,, perBonago OF whom ho had noyor
DOUBTED At First r11B nE1Na AWAKE,
But having boon assured by his reliable wazir
that lae was. aud Roeing, ns q confirmation, tho
carnyan and tho tribute, which we're all in ordor.
and tho escort, ulld the old paoha himself, Ile
ftct1 1RfIf ff,a+ mil 41
before ho thoroughly investigated this nattor.
So ho ordered tho old paclla to hiB presence :;
and tho pacha catuo trembling for Ills mock. But
the King having assured him Of Ills forgiveness,
tho Pacha began, to praise his sucees-
bor in tho highest :torms, lauding tho
wisdom, and eflcfency,. and integrity of his
Government; 1t'' agd especially bis Kindness to
was dreaming but all lis counaollors, who were
gray-beardod and wise mon, assured him that ha
was not 80 lo thought he would take tlcir
word, md dic!ated
THE FOLLOWING LETTER:
THE 1llusrlous, tho Wise, tho Victorious tho oply
Sultan and Unique ffaka,t. tito Glorious Iadishah and
Hing Of Kings, Ahnad Khan.
prolonR his sluration!,
1n favorable season etc.. no hayo received tile lot
ii your ronco sl ho y present. m f from your HR
ncss md tho whole was as 1t sionld haye bcen. And
wo havo also received tho person Of e1.racha Mall
tho mastor concerning him haH by this time passed
from our imperial LII, memory, wo command YOU
docllmcnta in thia affair, and with az many
of our soldiers az will form escort suitable yout
rink. bc Of health
| When Shakir pacha received this letter lo
roso from bis scat, placel the letter upon his
hoal ns sign Of obedience, and ordered it to be
read aloud in prcscnco Of all his Court. Ho
| thon snid: !" AZ our Lord the Sultan, In addi-
tion to all the otlor 1nnrka Of lia oopdcscensou
toward us, Inns also judged us worthy to bo sum-
,,noned to his prosonco. lot all tho preparations
the Sultan" So lie startol q few days aftex
w auosrr1oEsr ESCORT
Of horsomcn, and with mules a1ad camels and
fonts and servants, and tho richest pres.
ont tor tho Hing. Severn! weoka wero
epos ee in o ee Sr9Sy I'll s nsonn Mn no %g 5s''sa 5 hs
tho gates to Welcome him, and enjoy tho
pageant No such entry Of any one less than IN
Emperor Ind ever boon Witnessed !; aud such
wore tho reports Of tho magnfcence of tue dis
tempted to leave tho palace, and go in disguiso
among the crowd to witnoBH it, instead of watt
ing in his pa!aco tho visit Of shaAir Pacha, "a
was becoming to ljB dignity.
| Finally Shnkir canso, and, having loft hid
shoes at tue door, entered alone into tho divau
| chamber. Uo
pnosTnATED HIMSELF DEFoRE THE Bu1TAS,
and thon stood before him with hia lat,da
humble servant. All tho courtiors sat tho
diyans around tho room, or stood, according to
their various rarka.
"We have heard" aaid tho King, ss Of the
prosperity Of your province and OF tho Justice OF
your administration, for which VIC oxprosH our
gratitude to Allah; (may he be exalted j
aud we hove summoned you to- boar
Stness in the e1se Of yos predecessor But ho
searching look OF authority, We. wish to
know. BY whose oraors you havo been up
All tho audience held their breaths. shaklr
"As to the prosperity Of our Government, the
rula is tho rulo Of Cod. There is no ruler but
Film, and, between Him and lib His slaves, cur
Lord the glorious Sultan.
"AB to the witnesses and documents concern.
ing the conduct Of our predecessor. wo have
brought them according to the orders of my
Lord tlo victorious Sultan; and, Ia they are
present. ."
"And as to tho authority BY Which wo have
been appointed, 10! It'll the
AUTHORITY OF QUIZ LORD THE SULTAN !;
and VIC possess his noble sign to this effect in
this frman which We have brought with Iii iu
this gold cassot, and which VIC will now have tile
honor of displaying before our Lord the Sui,
tan."
slakir thon opened tho caskot, aud took from
it . large envelope OF silk, whfcllho opened, and,
kissed it, placed it on his 'hoad, tGen oponod it !;
ind, 10! iii 1t the smallest possible roll Of paner
which, ho unrollod into slip about six inches
long by two-thirds Of au inch wilc which he u,-
rolled, and presented to the Sultan, who read !:
"TuE WORLD Is A SHADOW AND s1IAh AND A
GAME. OF w1rs.-Ahmad.'
This" said Shahr, sis the imperial firn1an
under which have acted.'
Tho Sultan at first was surprised ;
but he recognized Ills own imperial
handwriting and signature !; and when Shaki1
had told him bis whole story, and how no came
into possession Of the hrman, His Majesty ro-
monlbored on that occasion it Ind boon issuetl.
Thor8 was 10 doubt about it. It was logti.
pao!in OF the province lie had 30 woll governed.
All Ills conduct had been strictly legal.
The Sultan ordered Sllakir to remain iu the
palaco us liB inporal guest during two weeks,
could not spare him longer. During this time,
Bhakir pachu received tho visits Of al tue great
people OF tho capital, aud embraced this oppor-
tunisy for