The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-11-30

children were taken to see their grand
mother and aunt, and the latter, con-
cerned for their eternal welfare, divert
ed them from their journey, and i'm
INJURED the boys in monastery and the
girl in convent. The father, when
he heard of this abduction, expressed
Indignation, but having at that time
only such religious faith as may be
floating in the Oriental air and common
to all, he made no vigorous effort to re-
cover his children. Indeed, he consoled
himself, in the fashion of the country,
by marrying again; this time Greek
lady, who died, leaving two boys. The
Doctor was successful in transporting
the offspring of his second marriage to
Scotland, where they were educated;
and they returned to do him honor
one of them as the eloquent and devoted
pastor of a Protestant church in Pera,
and the other as physician in the en-
ployment of the Government.
After the death of his second wife the
Doctor can but tell the story as l
heard it-became changed man, and
married again; this time Swiss lady,
of lovely Christian character. In his
changed condition he began to feel
anxious to recover his children from the
grasp of Rome. He wrote for informa-
ton, but his sister refused to tell where
they were, and his search could discov-
er no trace of them. At length the
father obtained leave of absence from
the seraglio, and armed with an auto
graph letter from Abdul Aziz to Plus
IN, he went to Rome. The Pope gave
him an order for the restoration of his
children. He drove first to the convent
to see his daughter. In place of the
little girl whom he had years ago part
ed with, he found young lady of ex-
traordinary beauty, devoted Roman
ist. At first she refused to go with him,
and it was only upon his promise to al
low her perfect liberty of conscience,
and never to interfere with any of the
observances of her church, that she con-
sented. Not daring to lose sight of her,
he waited for her to pack her trunk,
and then, putting her into~a car
riage, drove to the monastery where he
heard, after many inquiries, that his
boys were confined. The monk who
admitted him denied that they were
there, and endeavored to lock him into
the waiting-room while he went to call
the Superior. But the Doctor antici-
pated his movements, and as soon as
the monk was out of sight started to
explore the house. By good luck the
first door he opened led into a chamber
where a sick boy was lying on bed.
The Doctor believed that he recognized
one of his sons; a few questions salts
fed him that he was right. 81 am your
father" he said to the astonished lad,
"run quickly and call your brother and
come with me-" Monastic discipline
had not SO many attractions for
the boys as convent life for
the girls, and the child ran
with alacrity and brought his brother,
Just as the abbot and a score of monks
appeared upon the scene. As the celer-
ity of the Doctor had given no Oppor-
tunity to conceal the boys, opposition
to the order of the Pope was useless,
and the father fastened to the gate
where he had left the carriage. Mean
time the aunt had heard of the rescue,
and followed the girl from the convent
she implOred her, by tears and prayers,
to reverse her decision. The Doctor
cut short the scene by showing his sons
into the carriage and rapidly driving
away. Nor did he trust them long in
Rome.
The subsequent career of the boys is
not dwelt on with pleasure. One OF
them enlisted in the Turkish army,
married a Turkish wife, and after some
years, deserted her, and ran away tc
England. His wife was taken into 9
Pasha's family, who offered to adopt
her only child, boy of 4 years; bal
the mother preferred to bring him tc
his grandfather. None of the family
had seen her, but she established hel
identity, and begged that her chile
might be adopted by a good man
which she knew his grandfather to be
and receive Christian training. ThC
Doctor, therefore, adopted the grand
child, which had come to him in such {
strange way, and the mother shortly
after died.
The daughter, whose acquired &C
complishments matched her inherited
beauty, married, in time, a Venetian
Count of wealth; and the idler il
Venice may see on the Grand Canal
among those moldy ediices that coulC
reveal so many romances, their sumptu
Gus palace, and learn, if he cares t.
learn, that it is the home of famil,
happy in the enjoyment of most feici
tous fortune. In the gossip with which
the best Italian society sometime
amuses itself, he might hear that the
Countess was the daughter of slav
of the Sultan's harem. l have given
however, the true version of the roman
tic story; but am ignorant of the so
cial condition, or the race of the moth
er of the heroine of so many adventures
She may have been born in the Cauca
suS.
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