The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-12-11
CHAPTER III.
PAsHA KICKS.


A few mornings after Benito had been i'm
mersSd in the Bosporus, Lulu sat in her
luxurious boudOir. Mother of-pearl and
porphyry and marble We'd with each other
in the charming retreat. The ceiling was
copy of the banquet of the gods. The car
pet was from Symrna, and the hower-stands
from Macao. She was evidently expectinga
visitor with the most anxious Impotence.
Her face quivered, her bosom heaved, and
she clInched both hands till the round white
arms grew hard as marble. As the door
opened she bit her lip once ssvagely, and so
seemed to regaia her accustomed composure,
aud the usual dignity of her bearing.
where is che Christian she asked, as the
euuuch salaamed before her. He was great
ly embarrassed and swore by the humps of
the sacred dromedSry that be was not to
blame. Then he revealed the discovery he
had made. Benito's ardor aud lmprudence
had led to his capture and immersion. En-
RACED and agoniZed, she stood like Pytho-
ness. Then she stripped precious neck
lace off and threw it on the marble floor. 1t
was Abdul Assiz's last gift. FIercely she
dashed 1T down, and stamped upon it, and
crushed and ground the jewel beneath her
heel against the floor. Ii the act meant any
thing it foreshadowed war between Lulu
and her great lord She had conceived a
grand passion for the stalwsrt young sailor.
His Herculean form, blue eyes and hne, clear
complexion recalled the romance OF her ma
tive land, which fingered in her memory
from a childs first i'm IMPRESSIONS For weeks
she lay in her chamber apparently ipdis-
posed. She repealed the Sultan's advances,
for she begun to loathe and despise him.
By the cooperation OF the eunuch she open
ed up a project OF hazard, intrigue and cross
purposes. she made up her mind where and
how to strike. She would seek another low
err and he must be a Christian. Some NOR
bid sentiment which the other sex can hardly
fathom usually prompts woman In sucn
cases to select for her favor the man Tor
whom in her secret soul she entertains q
profound contemporaries society Is an
insult and whose attentions are disgrace.
Among Abdul Assiz's attendants was an
Engishman-s renegade and an adYenturer
who had risen to the rank OF PaSaa with
one tail. Sam Hicks now began to have
opportunities offered for admiring the regu-
larity of Lulu's naughty features, and for
| scanning, In his own critical way, the lines
of her noble figure. The image OF the sui
| tan's favorite crept into his Imagination and
| burnt itself there in all the pride of her
| stately beauty. Bat she kept an impassa-
| BILE gulf fixed between herself and her pas
| sionate admlrer; aud hence his love seethed
| into fierce longing, less that OF the lover
| than of the hungry tiger for his prey. AS
| the months became years Pasha Hicks
| yearned to bend that stately neck and TO
humble that pride to his feet.
| Meantime, so far as her august lord was
| concerned, all that was evil in Lulu's ma
ture was gaining the ascendant she tyran.
| lied over the successor OF the prophet and re-
| pulsed him, and so complete was his infatu
| alton that il never occurred 10 him to ad'
| minister TO her the usual discipline reserved
| for refractory tenants of the harem.
Thus the years passed, aud the conflict
| with Russia grew on apace. Pasha Sam
Hicks lost the royal favor. He smiled very
| evil smile when he was ordered to leave Con-
stsntinople for the seat of war in twenty-four
! hours, and his heart beat fast when he
thought OF Lulu II must see her at all
| hazards" he said.
The hedious eunuch informed the Sultsn's
bride that the red haired Christian PAsha
/ asked an interview before he left Stamooul
| forever.
Il will see him." she said. She was in a
mood in which she felt she could dare any
| thing; aud now, ut the sudden announce
| msnt of this vIslt-this outrage OF the Law
| and the proprieties-nerve and brain were
! wound up TO the highest pitch OF excite
| ment.
She breathed fast as she listed to the story
! of his long-surpressed and hopeless admira
ton. He spoke OF the sudden summons thai
! forced him away from the empress OF hi!
soul-ihe Idol of his constant prayers. H
spoke of dying in the battles van with hel
name on his lips. Aud 20 the two thunder
| clouds drew nearer and still nearer till they
m and were riven and destrot ed by the
lightning their own contact had engen
| dered.
When they left the palace Lulu was dis
guised in male attire. Their going attracted
no attention; for it was known TO the startled
| inmates that Abdul ASST pierced with in
Vulnerable wounds, lay in distant chambe
dead. The emasculated brain of the seragliC
was wondering who would be the next vic
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