The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-13

dDle plctuTo OI 0ftuSeiI, nlb Citiecs uuu
his friends that the writer has solclev-
erly drawn for. US. n 81 uj.lo $50
= Woman Among the Druzes.
re BY MRS. w. A. BENTON.
I 1t was .as bright a, morning as ever
dawhed over the old motintains OF
Lie canon. We were busy In our mis-
siQnary work. Many of the natives
were coming and going, some for
books, others for medicines, some Tor
"a bit OF calico, or q needle, Others with
their sick ones, and we must listen to
all the stories Of their aches, and pains
and sorrows, often all day long, trying
to teach each one something OF the
malady of the sin-sick soul, and giving
to some distant village, with tie
prayer that 1t might prove a leaf FROM
tile tree of life, and lead to the healing
/ of u heart diseased.i d ~ 4ame u.
But here comes q lady arrayed In
her white czd0r, and q tall horn, the
| badge ofmarriage vows. She Is great
| ly Agitated. and throws herself at my
| feet and, tries tn kiss me. "Rise up,
my sister, don't kiss my feet !" Tell
ME what You want. What can do
for you Pr aL .hefim Y -Hsi lit
.Wringing her bands she cries out,
ooh, lady, can you hide ne ?"
"Why, what do you mean, my poor
| friend? Who has sent a knife, and
who,is going to kill yOu2" tnny,.
20, lady, when L was a little girl ]
| was betrothed' to my husband. He
sent nIe this Notwithstanding aside
her white veilg and showing her gOl-
den horn set with, precious stones
and my father sent him q kttlnjG" Ia
| large knife In b sheath worn ut the
belt). my husband has sent back the
knife now and that gleapsIthat l am
| to be killed."
"What have you done?" ~
Done? I've been u true and faith
iul wife all these years. l have two
| sons as tall as "a poplar tree, and one
girl as fair IA. the moon; but my hus-
band wants q new wife now, and he
doesn't wish me to live to curse her."
:" Here she tried again to kiss my
feet, and cried out as II in great agony,
20 lady, do hide me-" IA
"My poor lady, do9wish 1 could
hide you. 1 wish 1 could shelter you,
but my husband is away on q mission
airy tour. Let me think q moment.
What can do for your tca'
''If the hosVadji is not at home, you
can't save mep said the poor woman
still crying and wringing her hands.
II must run toward the north part O.,
the mountains and hide in a cave;n
and away she ran, saying, "You are a
Christian. Do ask God to helm me ~
All day she was in our thougnts,an
/ almost reproached myself that 1 had
not kept her with me. ~ ~
About midnight that very night we
were awakened by loud cries under
our window. We had put few panes
OF glass in the opening I'm the rude
stone wall of our dwelling, and looking
down upon the ground below, we saw
party of DruZes with lanterns, clubs
and guns. They were beating our Arab
neighbors, and screaming and yelling,
and we SOON understood that they were
seeking that poor woman. We over
heard some one saying, "She's in the
lady's room.n There was now cessa-
ton of the screams: and Low. .oned
consultation seemed going on between
the leaders Of the party. 'i
| Soon three armed Druzes were seen
to leave the Others, turn round the
corner of our home, and ascend the old
stone stair case, which was made by
stones projecting out Of the wall, and
leading up to our upper room, which
was built on the top Ofthe lower one.
An Arab girl was with me in the
room. BY this time we had dressed
ourselves and stood behind the door.
AS the men drew near the door, we
stood leaning against 1t with all our
/ a. ~ In
woman. l"She is not here" we re-
piled. "There was a lpru5e woman
here sr this rs. morning. n ,1,n but know not
They insisted upon coming In 10
| "But you must not come into OuI
room in the night. This is an Ameri-
can hareni, and you have no right To
COME I'm. ,'.s aSursssaFss ss-.sgsssaSrss'
They began to push against the rude
door, and Just then, -Ou T native brother
4 Kharlid's welcome voice was heard.
He lived near by. had heard the noise
at our house, aud, knowing my hus-
band was away. had fastened over tC
look intU the cause Of the uproaY. .
i""Let me in" said he. We opened
tile door, and he entered and shut II
after him. The three Druzes stood
| o,ftaitleE TfTNhf''i git!ref'f i. iiar titf.,
Said our native brother IN a low
voice, "These Druzes are perfectly furi.
ous. They think you have secreted
the woman In your room, and IF YOU
refuse to let them In to search for her
why, they'll know you have her here
and they will take down the house
stone by stone but they will have her. .
At my permission, hossIloW opened
the door, and the worthy triA walked
IN They locked about the room via
no little Curiosity. r,fhe9 had ls8vel
seen q rocking chaif or bureau. We
had also an iron be6Af6ok 9TH While
curtains, and one of them Ink hold
the post and shook It, shViIl q
cartilage to ride I'm ?p T6ey had heafd
that the English. rode I'm carriages, bat
tAeX Aet svsf seen ,s one, ur native ',
Yid tteys wv ur two it'll " sleep
ing n sas Sssi ladyAI8Ssp
"They are,n said -K1} "a. @x
kzHfe g NJ t tn a
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Obliged to, ,dlAturb us In the night
wished only TO md their woman, RnC
hoped my husband would return "
~safety.
They departed, going down the ole
stone steps as they came up, but they
filed the night with terror, proceeding
from house to houses beating the wo
men and 0hildrens and with yells ant
shouts demanding their woman.
At last, being convinced that thu
woman was not secreted inithe villag,
they left to seek her elsewhere. How
our hearts went out after her! How
earnestly we Commented. her TO- God
sud hoped she would escape ner crue
lat In the course OF three or fou
days she was iSund and taken to he
fAther's house Ia Bedghan, and all h ]
Lrelativesr-indeed, the whole trib :
were invited thitner. When they "a
lsembled, her own brother butcheres
her with that knife which her ,faihe
eent tn her husbaud bo 0ro her mar