, 1877-09-15

~Nk ~ 49, AAttS WV -
road covered with loose stones. We had
scarcely commenced the tedious ascent
when the lad whom his parents were seek.
ing came down the h!ll. | shall never for
get hat meeting. Tina mother rushed to
her son and covered his flc3 with kisses.
The lad hung back crying bitterly, while
tha father turned his head aNG never spoke
to him I could not comprehend the lads
demeanour, nor The fathers averted face
and gloomy countenancs, az wall as the
mixed expression of joy and griet on the
mothers face, until / asked thu expiana.
tiOn from tina Roumanian officer. He
has been tortured" was the reply. The
details cannot be written here. Tia boy
was q handsome, frank-Iooking youth. but
the expression on the faces Of the trio as
they walked away was one of unuttefabIe
wrelcaedness.
Tae town OF Nikopol Is squalid plaoo
built of wo ID, and scattered alo2g the
steep raVines leading down to the steam
boat Ian ling Mos, OF the inhabitants raj
deserted their houses duriag the bombarI.
mont but | saw af:w Turks wandering
around ,9a scare sort Of a waysas though
they could 40 yet reaIize tie fact hat tho
FIl hfat &c EQUALLY in the power of the
IlG1e As we w1Iu1 round the roal
leading mp TO the citadel a CossacA rods
by, driving b4ior3 him a Turk aud u small
boy. The lJrm.r had been arrested Tor
50 ne cause, ald HE C0ssAcl amused him.
self with cutflng the elder Turk over the
hack with his riding whip. The bio vs.
w.Ce r0t severe, bat appeared to be glvea
a. y sort OF reminder lnlt the Mos}en hal
f.llen il" lNr the heal OF The Nuscavite. |
could act help feeling y s-soag sympathy
for tie Turk, VIXEN | rtd .cted NV bitter
must BE- his feelings at being whipped IN
tn street Of bis owa tOTa by the hated
and despjsod Giaour, Tue hIughty Mos
leu never Ainched, bat mlrchel On with
u staicli expression of c%ountenanCc that
told o. immense sslfcoAtrol und4r dif6cu'-
tbs But / should not like to be a Cos
sack if thar MosIem ever meets him where
- Can quietly take 1ls revenge. Many OF
tue houses aud streets were strewn with
articles left by the Turks in their hurry to
get away. Tn, Rlsssian soldiers wander
ed around looking over these things,
searching for something worth carrying
away, Dut seldom Fl ldiu5 it. Occasional
ly one of them WIS encountered with u
chicken or duck that he had found CONCEAL
Ell in some craray, and saw one of them
cooking u sumptuols repast OF eggs IN q
deserted house. | saw only one Turkish
woman in The iowa. aud she was treated
with perfect respect while among the sol-
dt,rs searching for some things she wAntel
from her wlgg,n, which had ben caught
IN The street when the Rus inns entered
the place. A number Of these Wagons
etool loated ready for fight. All OF them
hal Russian %sentries over them TO prevent
their being pIunlered. I should have
mentioned in conaec'ion with the incident
of the Cossack AID Turk that ~ Cossack
had been killed that day by q treacherous
pistol shot from u Turk in II house WHICH
several Cossacks were passing long after
the town had sufrenlereJ.s~ The comrades
OF the murdered soldier rusled into the
house and killed the two Turks found
ths:ai bur no%twithstan ling this act of
vengeance, it may be imagined that there
WIS no good feeling that day among the
Cossacks towards the Moslems. After thu
Coasaok, referred TO above, had passed us
with his p%ticoner he was made to desist
from ,i'use Of the whip by some l%ataotry
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