, 1874-05-03

could warn tho girls and the women Of Debreczin
that they we're 50 near No. Aud God ?-He
saw them; and in the mirror Of the Delibab HI
revealed them TO the poor women rushing or
their destruction, and stretched out tho whole
display ct this hidden treachery before thom
Praised be His holy name!
At noon OF the third day, the scouts Of Badru
Boy came into the thick Of the wood to announce
WAS long train 10 sight, which threw up par
feet cloud of dust, Is hundreds OF wagons, oue
after another, came trailing on.
"THAT Is THEY!"
Badful Bey himself rushed to tho top OF little
hill to look around him. Was he, perhaps, tho
enormoua giant whose shadow appeared on tho
heaveus, with his quivez On his back, and tho
pointed turban on his head?
''That is they! Let them COMO near, No
body can put them on their guard d,-nobod7!"
OF . sudden, tho dust-clond that Was sp-
preaching wavered for moment; and then, in
instead OF approaching leisurely, Is before,
TUNED hastily on one side; and the carriages
could be seen with tho poor beasts, gallopang
away from the morasa.
b. B,dzgl hty Bsy looked % IS on in rage. ""ho could
Then, as il in answer to his question,
rnstliDg swept through the mood; the high
beech-trees all bent, grooming, down; and \
most terrible gale swept bowling over the plain;
and cloud Of thick yallo" dust onveloped al
tho country.
Dadru1 Bey Was not used to be afraid of
storms. He had studied in kuzuk PschAs
school
"Up with your 1ances!" he cried to his
horsemen. THE Il points OF the lances will scat
ter the storm: We must after the zunauays.
Out on the plain!"
All! there WAS another commander On tho
plain Straight acrosa the prairie, cutting right
through the train OF the pursueEs, there rode
tho Wild WhirlWind,
THE BRIDE or TIE STORM.
The 1.-the spirit proudly dances oyef the whole
plain, tosses her locks IN the clouds, 90 that Ill
her bar dutterB free; while On her delicate feet,
hidden in the dust, she is tHirling faster and
faste1. Now she bows to the right, and now tc
the left; now st1ctches up, fine BY degrees, and
tosses her proud head higher and higher. Woo
way! ehe skaters it in pieces, and sca.ters it to
all the winds. Roofs, and Eay-1icks. and trecs.
torn up by the roots, dance round and round,
like chips in whirlpool
the | 1hunder-etofm. de % He is drivins
his fierce bride before him. with his fire in hnnd
he is stretching out his arms Tor her, and will
chase her to the death. Oh! the love OF thesa
spirits for each other is something terrible.
In an instant tho whir1wind enyeloped Badrpl
Bey's troop in such cloud OF sand, that 20 one
knew which Was forward, or which wAs back
The air WAS dark as pitch. Not one Of the horse-
men could see another through the cloud which
wss so thick that eren the lightning did not
Snlne through only yUu Cou4u HEAL tna Auuuuo1
drawing nearer and nearer.
Badrul Beye horse trembled under him. Tht
storm tore on his turbAn from his head, and
stripped his little banneret from his lance.
40 God! God Of the Hungari1ns!" !" muttored
the negro. shaking hia fist above him st tho sky.
"Thou hast taken the part Of thine own poo.
pie; but thou canst not deliver them from me
As soon as the brasSart chief hsd uttered this
blasphemy, something hard atruck him sharp On
his shoulder, so that bis arm fell lame from tbs
blow.
What was it?
GREAT uIocE OF ICE,
which did not come alone for after It Heaven
let loose all its tbundoE-stones, crashing and
cracking quick and hard Tho misshapen etoncs
smashed down out Of the eky,-somo as tlg ~
an egg; others like transparent nuts, CT ncre
Ike the head OF Badrul Bays own mace, studded
with nails for dozen Jumps would be frozen
together, so that. wherever the heavy thing fell.
it gave = nurderous blow. The lightning flashed
from one end Of the sky to the other; and, as
the white plain was piled feslock deep with blocks
Of Ice, there WAS gloauing 20 loud thns
you would have thought it Was being crushed by
the fall Of the heavens.
"AlIah KARIN! Allah Ekberl" cried out the
disappointed slaye~hunters, flying wildly before
tie icy slins-stones, which we're banging Gown
and which they had never eeen in thar lrsa at
home. The struggles Of their horses, which Wora
raging with terror, made the alarm more hor11-
bic; and, Il any ona kept up his courage Tor ~
instant. the terrible lightning, Was too much for
him, flashing here and cracking there: while
pouring dawn upon them the blocks Of ice, "a
millions OF diamouda and silyer-stoues, poured
down out Of the heavens.
s'A1lah is Allah; and there is no help but tn
him." 40 cried the predeetined Turks as they
carried them A part rushed to tho
forest which they hsd just lett; aod
there they we're caught among tho trunks
and trees which were flung down by the
gale; another part pressed fot"ard, and so
plunged into the raging stream into which the
svanpy brook had swelfed in half IN hour afsor
tie breaking Of tho cloud. Some, who tried to
rido through the storm. kept all tho way in Its
path. nnd we're hustled and beaten By it for
miles. When it had spent its fury, Badrul Bey
could not rally
MORE THAN FH1I
OF his 800 horsenen-
some twenty Of them were mortally wounded,
living here and there with gaping wounds in their
breasts, or with their heads knocked in, or their
ribs broken. Many had been thrown from their
hotees by the ice; others were our7ed IN It 90
completely ,hat you could hardly see hand
The vhole p1ain looked like wilderness so"a al
over with white and little pebbles, all 80 white
and 90 cold!
These sons OF the palmJ oasis Of Ethiopia had
never seen ice before.
"WQn0oY6 upon H0QQeIb! BAIL LILO C3eSttaA
en- Dadtui Bey. "Who can fight against
Heaven ? This il Strange god, whom these
Hungariann serve; and he works wonders to
show his love Of them. Allah preserye Us from
the wrath Of the strange God!"
And now he began to ask himself how Kuzck
Pacha would be satisfied whether he would
believe him when he came back with his troop
80 cut up after be had let the women escape
him: and whether Kuzuk would bo'ieve IN such
a miracle as mona Of them Ind ever heard OF be-
fore, He could lot have any better voucher for
his words than to I'll those very iron-bound
chests, which he had brought With him for tha
feuels of the Debreczin girls, full OF
THE THUNDER 8L1Sd-sroSEs
ns they had fallen from heaven. He would chow
these to the Pacha to confirm his marvellous
story Of misfortune
So he fllled four Of the iron-bound chest= to
their brim, and bade the men swing them, two
and two, over tho backs of the pacf-hoznes
which he had brought With him To make su:e
Of his treasure, he locked the trunks himself,
and kept tho keys. and sealed the locks With
WAX.
Two weary days they toi1ed back befofe tbey
camo to Grnssvarden. Meanwhile the WRECKS
Of the shattered army struggled together onco
more. Some had broken bones; All Wero wound-
ed or bruised: there Was not one who did aot
show bruisa or scar.