, 1877-01-01

How Iie Looked. How Ito Was Armed, and
What He Said.

asEurts us TINT II le sIElc& ha5ra&1Fe u ~naE
Lcc1irycd3
ave were dining at one Of the fer good Inns
Ii acTyla, when figure of great proportions en-
tered the roun with the ntr u An Emperor. aud.
aftrr caatiny his eyes critically over the varionH
tables, bowed to ls cn EraMl scigne4r. innde
tho usual salute, and took his seat witfluut my
further Introduction ut thc little table where VIC
l,atl already begun onr ''iuucr. In M ordinary
time Or Western country hc would hare bcer
At, objcct Of curiosity. Even IN Hcrya, In the
t,leiey of nlf n2tiunAltics anil Of Infinite ctact-
tricLties Of xnrb that y military and sein mill
of striking tntcrust.
" 4 frnltl,e tall and powerful and somewhat
portly, with Il full blark teaFs!; heal small,
hut nut tl1-s!apod: eyes black, ana at tin!Gs
Ircsa and occoutretnc1ts completed tiic picture
If gool.tcnMrcu. hit unscru{atlous rllef Of
handittl. a sort Ut warm Jacket, tipPctl with
fur gsrelctl tightly r..'1si the whist, dlsniayc,l
was thu receptacle for l.is Weapons. With
these le was more than amply garnishcd.
Such store, indeed, Il has never been
my fortune To see carried by living man
II bis conduct IL hattls = as determined s .II.'
doubt that he would be . m'st dangerous foe.
From the tales Ut his exploits with which he re-
galcd Us The Turks would probably give very
handsome tcwanl for flls head.
'As our friend took un.llstakab}c pleasure
traying no Confidence in giving lisi of The H.
tiiyllual pieces, IN each III which lle felt All cri-
dent pride: There WIS, Arst and forc-
worked hslt ausl scAb',ard. THIS he drew
forth for. our qualification, AMI wh!r'ed
ruunl his head with grcut de1tcrity., H. re-
qurstctl nc to handle 1t, anil, certninly, Tor
weapon Of lts size and pawer, y was marvel
about halfway between long English cavalr,
sabrr atld n Turkish cimttcr. alettly curved.
with all edge ~ Keen as the swords vi Japatt.
Noticing that held II as Ia usual In tho West.
swords III actIn1,, with the right hand over the
left shoulder unu the nalicl sword brhihl tho
luck, 81 M to deliver the blnw will tic
t4tnlu1t sweep aMt power. On my pointing
n l,luw with eufc, he sals! It lid not msttcr tu
llia colintrymcn; they wese 10 quick AtMl sure
In their movements tint a attack could le par
rlcd or an enemy dIsnI'lci from thts losttIoh Us
well "a by Wcstr5n cavalry froM % ttlelr , Gsua!
deep notch In thr blade. Which ''r sni had been
rot before Alcxinatz, where lc rIeft Turk
iru1n head to Shoulder. with oslc sweepsng
strt,ke. ] may haSe looked little In
rrclulous, far he added tn hls statement, An,
Monsieur, j'ai beaueoup tic foTcu ayec Tes'eet
tc yults asstlre,' while rcgnr.liug hia powerful
arrus with satfafactlon not llsl,ussctl. Indeed,
fantlea That be- would not have Objected, III u
thorough feeling oi tpn'x rssusaraderf, to urorc
the truth of hs Remarks upon his Listeners. Tir
tutcrcAt With which w examined Ills swortl
probably ttitllitvtI our C0ssark friclh tU yOlnn-
tecr view Ut iiis shprt-twOrI uE kuflc. This
was still more richly enIbossed aud engrayet',
otl! truly alarming wcapo!, each edge AZ sharp
a. . razor. Anticipatlng my curiosity, llo
asked Ii could guebs what thls WAS for re.
p':etl that could not say, unless a. a weapon Of
Eeucrat drfe1lsc. 'Ahr he said, with tnnr Of
7.sraip Tic Turkss' repeated With incse.lull.y,
.surtly you dn not 1hta,i to *ealp The Turks
rcalyt' 'Yes,' he answered. scalp t!,c1n.' Still
tlou!itlug, " ne wcre spcakEnE Frct'cf, whittier
the word MI Isbt nut bear ut"tfler interpretation
[ explained what was nicaHt ny sealplnE ,
utut,ng the North A1nerftnn Indians, ANd asked II
hu meant that. Certainly, hs said. with great
decision, IT is to sraIp, tl'c luFks. ! l'avn a
hand sf 'RO Costarks, who I'LL Mvc knives !lke
ILLS 10 hra!p the Turks We never take Turk
delight, take Turk alive did nut then
rrrnnstrate with this interesting specimen nf
Rtlssiall civilization. for surlI n nusCl character
was hest seca and euioyeti while pouring firth
that hc might br testing NY powers nf
belief mvurre.l very etrtngly to me- ut iirst !;
hit Ills whole manner "na ~ funk, gcnsi|l'e.
and usItunst raincA, anl Ills subsequent wurds
that, at ntl events, he INFANT Wf!at he sa!d. Tbs
ntxt Instrument vi destruction WAA I'LL ctorlnus
rrvnlycr With innulucrahlo cliat!tbers,-l aEs1
afraid to say how many, hut think the nutnbr
NnA AlxktEllt-N IIAllulCh
Of actsou that wus not rcatsurtng, whit. thc
nllzztu Mis- ps'inted vt our l!tads. aud al
tho barrels xcrc, evidently CHARGED. This,
lloweYur, wns not 70 dear tu hn, - thu
t,nalI, ttlsks.t EnElls. weapon, rhsl i,s rro-
.ai,ed Il tlo .l,oul ijor.' Soff wAs ths all, fur
ha had Hill Ii smaller ono IL tug sAap: u min
laturc Iogkct-rrsnlver. which, Inc lall. was not
for waIta1r, but just l!tlla guardian In Ills MT
yeiturra lii the lrss tAyo1ed quarters 0f TIC
cities u{ tho world. With i1lr.t lcss fayorcal
r,urters wp afterwards found hu ha'l large asil
genial acquaintance. i ftur tmucr he .!rew inrt'l
Il snfinx 'knlfc several inches l0nE, which
tIuught was unother wt4pon; but lIc used It ~
touthplek with an easo aild FaHltlty which We
thought most threatening to tlu safety oi
Ills tunguo. II was A0urce Of evident ghayrlI,
tu litn that he la4 mot his rito With him, TINT
been chef d'uuvEe, for hu bad atcn'l'.
pllahetl great des,!s With Il both a'.alnst
iho wtl beasss Of Euroi,e aud Asia and tsln
more dangerous eneny that was Invading Ser,
ai,out the outskirts VI the Turkish eanp, aud
there yu.sp death and destruction AMONG thu
plckrts aud patrols. liz Insured me- t!l4t Lii
sIlE 40 n.arksHau wax In III way lutcslor to
LILA great ttrcH.th ant de1lerlty LII hanI-to'
hand combat with thu cherialcl kalyrp.
~ But more Interesting than the srtns 0f this
Coksurk heru were his view. TN tho Mssslon Ut
hts couutTy and thu polisral future ot EUROPE.
llo ha4 tr4fslvd ue h1d ,ifssd ths sis Il.
aacncy,NFrcnci ap1 ii.r,,an a. Wi !. Hus:
sl.u, aid even !!ttIc English, fpr London Aa.i
been oue uf hls experiences: lie had to thu full
! cert4in civilization which is nor uHcufuHion ~
ths East among shs nations wlu have acquired
sotuewh4t Ut that kind Of polish that T.
conspicuous On tAu Bouleyasds of Paris, and Of
which Turkish parha H.. pcrhsps, she best c1'
ample. But that the education Vt natt4f.s tI
true civilization IL "a much 4 lnxttcs Of long
period ut struggle aud tas task OF KeneEatlun.
Il ~ evident as TINT tho rral edncviion u a,l
Individual dues not consist In tho snsro aclulsi
lions Of few suonths Or ye4ra, but ln thc
steady permanent influences which mold hi,
}eath I'D .'s s,f' IT, snas saa M e II
tudes Of life.
"He, at all events. had no misgivtn2s a. te
the Eeslatlxss power Of hb country ~ accomplish
| tue end shs had In ylcw. Turkey w4 to hir
but . haxatelle, The preliminary sklsmbh viii
which tue great career Vt Russian conquest va!
70 be opened, AZ he rrcountel tbe hunitekia o
l 49, f<tp yhf>i -nti