St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-03-07

him by argument,-and for twelve and
cesSlve days, he brought all his elo-
quehce. learning and wit to bear upon
him, To induce him to return to. the
| faith of his fathers. But young Achmet
calmly ansM cred his arguments and re-
sisted his appeals.
He was then tried by bribes and
promises. The most t1atlering offers
were made of gifts and official positions
under the government. Against these,
too, he stood finn. During all this
time he WAS kept close prisoner, and
when all other means had failed, his
father and brothers tried the force OF
threats He WAS reminded of the Mo-
hammedan law that an apOstate must
suffer death. By his act he had severed
all the claims of kinship which bound
him tn his family, aud now his father
and brothers, as being specially DIS
hon oied by his apOstaSy, were the hit
agents To iutiict the vengeance of Allah
and his Prophet. His mothers prayers
and tears were diSregarded. He was
shown the key of deserted house
where he was To be taken, and was told
the name of Il desperate Greek rene
.ade. W ho had been hired to despatch
him.
At last under all this pressure, from
the long continued bodily exhaustion,
nervous strain and mental terror,-hiS
strength gave way, and he falteringly
admitted that he had made mistake.
He WIS nov taken before il magistrate,
and DI. Lansing aud DR.. Watson We're
summoned Ia hear him make public
acknowledgment of his return To the
faith of Mohammed. This he did with
: te,r and trembling, hut the pressure he
5 gave Dr. Lnnsing> hand told here his
heart WIS.
Sill his friends did not feel at all
sure OF him; he WAS kept III strict con-
tinement aud preparations were made
to send him oft into the interior. The
circumstances of the case were widely
known in Cairo, and had made great
lumult in that higoted city. The at
tenlion of the Americau and English
consul> had been drawn To the matter,
and both made efforts to get Achmet
away from his prosecutors.
Fol some time the missionaries heard
nothing from him, until one OF the
Ladies' who had been specially interest
eel in him. at the risk "f insult or per.
Suna violence. determined to tiud him.
She Wcnt I" the house. and was told 10y
he servant that Achmei had gone
away. aud that she Lad bettrI go too il
She valued her life. She persisted how
ever. and finally waS permitted to see
Achmet'S mother. who told her that be
Was still at home, sale, but strictly
watched. y few days later he man
aged t" elude the vigilance of Ills
keeper, and found his way again To the
house I'll Dr.. Lansing.
lie had been there several weeks at
the time visited Cairo. No open at
; tempt had been made to get possession
al him again. and to prevent any such
he never left the house. \ younger
brother. who seems to have cluug to him
with special fondneSs, had visited him
! from time to time. with the most urgent
solicitations of his mother tha, he would
return To her. Achmet was & ed with
shame aud grief that, in his weakness
and extremity, he had recan,ed his
faith in the slightest degree.-eXpressed
now his firm determination that in the
future he would resist to the DEATH
and always spent the hours of his
brothers visits i'll explaining to him the
Christian faith.
From time to time intimatiOns came
to the missionaries of an approaching
storm. Suspicious looking people were
To be seen at all hours of the day, luTk
ing about the bouse. An old and long
trusted servant OF the family was found
to have been bribed, and all the let
tiers that had passed back and forth
; between DR.. Lansing and his family
had been opened aud read. The con
suls, particularly the English, who took
most interest iu the case, were anxious
that Achmet should be got out of the
country us soon as possible. But here
arose II difficulty. How was it to be
r done Cairo is 100 miles from the sea-
! coast. All their movements were close
. ly watched. 1t would be impossible to
. get away unobserved, and Achmet
) would surely be arrested in Alexandria
. if not in Cairo. Besides, no subject OF
the Khedive could leave the country
without passport, and that would be
difficult to obtain for him.
: Things were in this condition when
it became necessary for DIR. Lansing to
go away, up the Nile, on business for
2 several days, and | was invited to make
his house my home. that there might
be man on the spot in case of an
: emergency. No immediate difficulty
2 was apprehended, as the report had got
out that one of the missionaries. DR.
t Watson, was to leave for America in
three or four weeks and that Achmet
, was going with him.
But during Dir. Lansing's absence an
unexpected opening out of the difficulty
occurred, which seemed best to all in