Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-01-10
CHAPTER XLYII.


be one in that inc!osure"
CHAPTER XLYIG.
a STRANGE AND ROMANTIC ADVENTURE.
Having selected tho building they were
to shadow, the two men retired to a safe
distance und waited until nightfall, deter
miDcd to pursue their adventure under the
moonlight. Tom told his companion that
tho chances were that tho women of the
harcm would come out under tho moonlight,
and gather about tho fountain, which no had
discovered played in the center of the cour,
yard which faced the building no Ind SC
Irctcd as the special abode of the women of
tho household II was nine O'clock when
our friends seconl time approached the
walls. They had provided themselves for
the emergency by bringing with them a
rope with hooks attached, to use in scaling
the enclosure. Tom bad learned another
fact favorable to their enterprise. There
was to be jctc in Tcheran that night The
chances were that tho lord Of tho mud
manor would not return. AS Tom stated
this fact, he added with quiet lnugh
"lf things work to our satisfaction, he
will find tho consumes Of his dates less by
one when he returns to morrow evening"
The building which Jalakci had selected
stood within the very otnter Of the incIo .
sure, and instead of being one building,
was curious structure, comprising Il
number of separate litle shapties and one
grand, umbrella shaped roof The detective
and Tom Ja|akc' stole up under tho walls
and throwing'thcir hooked rope secured a
fastening, una one after tho other asoended
1t was, hence, an easy matter to let them
selves down into the Persian merchants
grounds The trespasscrs had taken the
prccnution to arm their feet in Indian
moccasips, aud they wero enabled to move
with the noiseess tread Of cat. Tom
Jalakci appeared to know the way through
the lahyriuthian paths of the garden, as
perfectly es though he had trod them from
childhood. At length, stealing noisclessly
along, they came to a spot from whence
they heard tho sound Of falling waters, and,
at the same moment, strange, soft music
stole through the trees, different from what
| tho detective had ever heard before. Tom
came to halt, and whispered, as hiy eyes
snapped with delight:
"Wc shall catch them all in covcy. like
a flock of 9uals on an Illinois prairie; bu.
We must move very carefully TO be dis
covered here would bring an army of blacks
after US, with their cimetors and apears"
The detective was ut home, when engaged
in just such work as now employed his wits,
and, dropping upon his belly, he motioned
to Tom to follow his cxomple Tho garden
was rich With profnsion of trees and flowers.
No expense had been spared by the owner,
to make it as magnificent with foliage as
possible. fortunately, one Of the few
streams to be found in thia commonly arid
and desert country, flowed down from the
mountains near by, and, by conduits, had
been canaled to tho pcrsian's garden. "a
supply his fountain and his flower beds
The two men moved noisclessly along, until
they reached the verge of an opening, and
the sound OF falling water became more
distinct, while, mingled with the waters
murmur and the music, there fell upon their
oars the sound of merry voices and pleasant
laughter. A strange thrill stole over the
detectives senses. lie felt as though he
were intru3ng in the midst of an earthly
Paradise. lie had often read of the houris
OF Persia and other Oriental lands, and here
he was, right within tho sacrcd precincts OF
ono Of those world famed haroms, which,
from the mystery surrounding them. have
always been subjects of wondering curiosity
! More slowly they advanced, until thoy
reached point from whence, through an
opening in hedge of brush, tho boyldcr-
ing scene burst upon their view. At leas,
twenty beautiful women were in sight, living
around in groups, in true Oriental style
They wore all Vailed but, under the bright,
clear moonlight, their bcwitohing forms
were revealed as plainly as though il werc
MONDAY. Ever and anon one or tho other
OF the lovely csptivcs would draw tho thin
gauze. walls aside, and their ravshincly
beautiful faces wero revealed. Some were
lying upon scarlet colorcd divaus; others
recined upon squares of gorgeous carpe,
laid upon the ground; while few wcro
standing around the marble fountain, PLAY.
ling with the silvcry spray as it fell in
cooling showers Tho detective for q
moment was too cntranoed by the sccno to
remember tho purpose which Ind led him
/ 70 ipyade those saorod bomos devoted to
I ss,eaiity bht bo yos recalled to business by d
ssapes stiov'iyom I,is ooihpansioo, spoken Ii, q
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