Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-07-28


sc1;y-fve years ago a company
.-1eu started out from Damascus
-.-.0u They had not gone far when
..- armed hor-emen surrounded them
.-. -.-.3 t1sm ID halt The leader of
...1 .l..l tte caravan might move on
--a.i % they would deliver up one Of
-..r..r. 81 Young man named Ran
-. p.. Should NOT suffer II be would
W,th them peacefully Alter
.- --.i4tIlu the terms were acceded
-. 4r- ....a-- il-k ais companions had Of
.- e4-f. -.e dIm mounted on a fine horse
r.1. t4a Eay hur~cmen Of the Be
, t the IL ArI~h tribe Where
-..-c-' were 90 convey Randall he had
.- O., hlt soon lie found himself
... >l.k rent, and to MS great sur
.--.a --u .teeut entertainment awaited
- N..I am cement be exclaimed. what
..-', a mean? ArzAlia. the Shelk's
s-- has seen the young man and
. - ..-,uaa,eiy IN love with him, and
.-.-a NciImE feast. The young msn
-iAEi.4 ARE married q. once. There
----I .-ta,e iur Randall. for his tent is
guarded by night and his person
.-as Watched by day, lest he should Is
.-t--r- ua seemed happy with his IN
..-.i .rle iur AFz4lia proved her love
.--.l Was more than mere fancy. Child
-.l Rer. born 90 them, and their domestic
as- --rkcd by kindness, courtesy and
.I.u.
Atl.4. rapidly acquired the Arabic Ian
-ls-.. lis wic as readily mastered the
t1---. and they taught their children
a.'1. ua..h they can speak readily. Now
E- Vi- ta.s Randall? In the State Of
EsF rs uves his father. who has never
'gll '.e face OF his son. This father Is now
...1 10 Years of age, and has history al
Isl. 4- romantic as that OF his son, Tor he
aa- 1-l-td among the Indians and has traV-
.-- gam and again with the hunters over
-s uuro Mississippi valley 10 search Of fish
81 game. When be was twenty-one years
4-c the Chitf advised him to go to the
s-.-e man (he was voluntarily among the
..Ane), saying, " You can be more Cf a
-i- among the white people than among
Indians He returned and secured
e-l lady for his wife, and while she was
yiSit 10 her relations IN Wales This son
"a, born The mother soon after dying
.- b g remained with his kindred awaiting
-- ataerI0m this country, but the iather
r4s unable 10 90 alter his son, who remain
-- -r Wales tlll manhood, and was taking
g.. .lrHlgh syria previous to his return to
u- country when be was captured by the
>-sE aud compelled to marry his daughter.
i--r- Randall was a Baptist, and through
DIE il--slle his wife became Of the same
Al.1 al1 ,aeir children were nurtured IN
i-7 ,sueWAy.
bal-4. e0n has become Sheik of the
r.,s, Gle .ajher-iu-law having died. A
-5i'.,-. zsalJt OF the Mohammedsn faith,
Dad i.rA -lug time been endeavorlng to
''r Up .fpo-ilion and persecution on ac-
LII ! this new religion. lie strove 10
-a't AArdal'> sons thrown out of the en-
--5 i tue Turkish government, and fail
x -l idi-. turned his assaults upon a
-a-slttr lt the foreigner and charged her
VI. 0rclcrAir. She was brought before
14 A--As. composed Of venerable Sheiks
--- ri aulls. 10 answer charges which iu
'..'7l Deg u.e. The charges having been
'-~uieI aui substantated as best they
.-- Doe 1y Witnesses, she was called upon
-l-Wer me charges through her advocate.
--=' although but fourteen years OF age,
''. -llei. Most venerable fathers, / will
tt n ar-on- And then holding a BIZ
- all haLd from which she ireq uentlY
'---. made a defence worthy an apostle.
--s'er She flushed the unanimous YER
-.' "a ll her iavor. But the old deryish
-..'-... r,yenge and determined TO take
Ing g.. This trial was in October,
-. 10 June, 1873, while keren (fOr such
- -si tamr), was teaching class of little
'---'eo 10 a grove. the deryish stealthily
--.' l-lel and before any one was aware
-7 ial murdered her and fed. The fleetest
-.''-- .t tde tribe, with riders armed, pur-
'--- -al -lpturtd him; he was tried and
.ii.i- lhe last letter from Lady Arzslis
d. At 'I Randall gave q most touching
-.-.-at d tIe trial and tragic death of her
.-ie-. iu which Is this sentence Pray
-' -' THAT my pity may he as humble as
-- '.'-et, - enduring as the olive aud as
''i-falt a- The orient"