Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-12-20
INTER IN THE RUINS.

=" Is$, several surrounding objects
''p paaro 40 SSof t?e passage we've four Bcdou
''u,o o@ra in their midst was tho
f.""ng g AsS9 = aided him. A largo hand
ties Comm lund around her head, and
tions OF twisted knot around her
ny th0t. Tho two ends of tho
EantsercEief were in tho hands of
ss G}edouins, whose eyes blazed
y fury. Frank realized, OF n
hat was about to occur Tho
urdcrer, without allowing tho
v,xrpe TO offer tho least explanation,
THb execute her forthwith, accord
repulsivc Oriental mode, by
8 her to death. The poor victim
Ased to struggle, when, with the
,kness Of thought, Frank lcveled his
,yolger aud fired. The assassin fell,
ierced through the brain. The girl fell,
ace forward, while the three other Bcdou-
lns, with their spears poised, dashed ut
4 Frank. Tho youth fell back, but kept
Y blazing away viii. his revolver. A second
OF the Bodouil fcll but The other two
$ pressed closely u, IN him, and one of them
managed to wound Our hero in the shoulder.
y slightly. The last charge was fired, and
ono OF the Bcdouins remained. Frank did
not have time to unsling his carbinc, before
the fellow was close upon him. A desperate
struggle followed. Our hero had managed
to thrust the Bcdouu's spear aside, but the
mau grappicd with him. This unusual
. courage was oasily accounted for The four
spearmen, wien tho attack was made on
Frank knew that he had invaded tho moro
than religious cxclusivcncss of the harcm,
and to avenge such an outrogc as they
considered such an invasion, they would
have all pelshed at his fcet before retreat.
ing. Our hero was an active young man,
aud fairly muscular, but no match in physi-
cal strength for the powerful swarthy an
N2pist with whom ho was struggling
;,;n and terrible was tho conflict, and in
va occ99oS Frank was bornc to the ground.
w., "o u.oo Is hands were upon his throat,
49, 'Sncut all would have been over
"p 'n's hen by mighty effort he
'elcrs get his hand under him and
discoynifc. This advantage ho i'm
horses in an instant tho fourth assassin
gladlrlpon the fioor Of the passage,
quetl the agonies of death Frank s
stalt'but asight one, and in moment
ucd "a his feet. lIo calculated that a
jnSet3is might bring dozen moro of
@aryy assassins, but they did not
him from Fastening to tho assistance
the fair girl who had acted as his con-
duotress. Tearing tho handkerchief from
her head, 20 found that sho was conscious
nYou DC saycd!"
s"Oh, Wy did you interfere! You have
sacri6ced|l chance to save your own life
"A BY remaihg to rescue mo, and it were
better vel dead"
tListeI would lose my life thousand
times, wat possible, before l would leave
YOU to saa horrible fate"
"Youte gained for me brief respite,
and hadi left me to my fate it would
have bed over now, and you would have
been sat
1nStx off the handkerchief Frank
had torac the vail also, which hitherto
4: had hlhtho girls features. With
.boatinga lie recognized that she was
tranaceW beautiful. Ono of those
r.:sS's rSssag5% Circassian women, so famous
10 history for their beauty, which has SO
long made them tho victims of both Turk
andHPersan.
"You must not die! you will not dio!"
( cried Frank, enthusiastically. "I know"
ne added, "that you hayo no ties to bind
( 5youato the robber chief who calls you his
wife. You must fly with mel"
"Gro; once having been an inmate of
aajah's harcm, havc no choice now but
to die" wv
frank caught her by the hand, and in
p'teo'ucs tones bcsought her to fly with him,
Promising her safety and protection.
- would but entail perils about YOU"
/ said aaltt Tho girl, "cvon if wo should cscape
y temporarily"
II hlstoo; have vessel in tho barbor Of
q ala which belongs to mo. Once on board
and you arc safe; and when my mission in
this 3 dreadful country is accomplished, I will
takg you to land where women arc revcrcd
gbaId respected, and not honorcd with lcss
voneration than one bestows uron good
horse, as is tho case among those plupdercrs
g.of tho desert"
Frank was handsome and persuasive.
And besides, he had spoken truly whon ho
Z told kbe beautiful Hillah, that she had no
s7Geh would hold her in her present life
tttrt bondage. Tho beautiful girl had
secen from her homo in Fraiscausso,
aarAhccn "a sold 10 Hajah ih tho samo
ne 1le.t4 y her captor would Rvo sold
hausS The Ironch trpa&, of whom
y hots'sass'ss !, 9 Walton Hsrapue. Ind
eeusd Y iliIls AZ ~ Y
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