Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-01-10
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BY TONY PASTOR.
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EGHAPTER XLvI.
"a Write CAPTIVE IN A uAREM..

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With adventures of almost daily occur.
rJnce, like tho one wo havo described, our
party pursued their journey, aud, at length,
entered Persian territory, without meeting
with any real loss. 1t WAS in tho morning
when they crossed tho Persian border, and
towards dusk, they approached Persian
town, where they had decided to remain
over night There was no danger now of
robbery, as the settled inhabitants of the
4 stowns;aro not, as a rule, givon to plunder,
yabut are industrious and hosptablo people,
Frank and Walton Sprague werc surprised
at the style Of the houses in the towns.
They had heard 50 much of Persian mag
$niacence and luxury, that they had expected
y TO find bulldogs constructed with something
&clso besides mud, and, at least, moro than
one story high Although the exterors
present such shabby appearance, when
,,One enters the houses of the rich, he dis
covers whence oamo all these stories of
Persian magnifccncc. Furniture of the
most splendid. and massive manufacture;
.hapgings, the most gorgeous; and carpets Of
,:Auoh elegance tha. the reputation has
become worldwide. The people of Persia,
also, as contrastiye in their characters as are
dences. They are the most polito Of all
Oriental nations, and surpass all others in
the skillful and profuso manner in which
they administer hat:cry. They employ, in
conversation, the most cxtravogantly hyper.
t bolloal language. Discrimination is carried,
ythem, to the highest pitoh. Lying is
never scrupled at, and their whole conduct
is train of fraud aud deceit. Morality is
urt,t nj, or, IshI ltt.l~
They are handsome race, and, during all
ages, have been tho most relentless dealers
IL slaves; and Persia has always been an
excellent market for tho sale of beautiful
women, stolen from their homes, in tho
villages of Circosia aud Georgia. Tom
Jalakci commenced making inquiries con-
cerIiug the abode of tho mysterious Hamud
He know that his task was an almost hope
less one, and yet he felt that Lhero might
exist one chance in his favor. ltso proved,
as he met, ut one Of the coffee bazaars an
adventurous Turcoman, who had opco been
in Hamud's service. From this man. he
asccrtaiued that the Upak, Iamad, resided
near the capital of Persia, the famous city
OF Tehcran. Our travellers had crossed
Arabia, and had passed in safety that
country whcro the strong arm Of tho law is
an unknown element in society. They were
now in Persia, where show Of government
lis made, and where law is supposed to exist;
aud yet tho perils Of their Journey we're
none the less, US even u worse class of
bandits iufcst tho roads and mountain passes
I'm Persia, than arc to bo found even among
The rowing bands of Arabia. Upon the day
following their arrival in Persian territory,
after good nights rest, our travellers set
out for Tehcran, and after many adventures
aud numerous hair breadth escapes, arrived
in sislit OF that famous city OF the East
Had Walton Sprague and Frank NIidgcly
been less worried concerning tho fate Of the
two lovely girls they had come to rescue,
they would have enjoyed their journey i'm
mensely, as both were fond of excitement
and adventure. Teheran is situated at the
foot Of the lofty Elburz mouutains. lu
a @ammcr it is an unhealthy place to reside, and
10 deserted by the majority of its inhabitants,
who, with the Shah, and his body-guard,
encamp OIL the plains of Sultauia. The
city is four miles in circumference, and re-
sombcs in somo respects more fortified
camp than a capital of great Empire.
The houses are all built Of mud, or sun-
dried brick, and the whole city is surrounded
by q mud wall twenty feet high. Our
travellers only remained one day in Teheran,
whon they proceeded beyond it. On their
road they passed through tho ruins of
Rhagcs. place wellknown through
sacred historians as the place whcro the
lsraclites we're taken after the Babyloniun
captivity It. was 10 the evening when they
cucampei amidst these ruins. They had
just fnisbcd their supper when man OF
bcnded form, with silycr.whitc hair and
beard, appeared at tho opening Of their
tent. Tho old fellow was ono Of those
Jealous story tcllers of the East, and he had
como to entertain our company in hopes of
receiving few small coins. Walton
Spraguo and Frank, not understanding the
language, were not interested, of course, in
his rcctals, but were greatly amused in
Watching his strange manners and gestures.
Tom Jalakei, however, was greatly inter
csted, and after rcwarding tho old man
bountifully, sent him off. He then com
municated to his employers that ho had
strange news for them. The news consisted
in the fact that tho willy Turco- European
had learned from tho old story teller that
there was girl of European birth confined
as prisoner alta Eouse not moro than q
mile distant from where they were encamped.
This nows filled our friends with great
excitement, and they were ready to start
right off and investigate the matter at once.
Tom informed them, however, that such a
proceeding woald be fatal to their whole
project.
"What we must do," he said, "is to make
sure that the old story tellcrs statement is
4S,Ya. onl than in tho most ca,,@ iona nonnor