The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-01
A aRGAr mogtJI sapREsssI
An Indian Baths.seba Whose Huabau1
Played tho Part of Urinh.

oar ftu.u niBui treasurer. he and! Hi
,, wife were Usbegy, awliose early life sla.
been passed amid the hardships and p4r
Ills OF central Asia. In the Winter o
; 1890 the lord treasurer's wife and daugh
ter visited Akbar'sprincipal wife, Mih
rul MESA, "the sun of women,n born fl
the wilderness during her parents jour
ney 70 India, wns at that time in the full
bloom OF girlisl beauty, happiness and
prosperity.
She was clothed In glistenipg gauze
and satin, dancing the dance of her no.
tive land, and singing tho songs of Bal XII,
for the amusement of the queen. i
Poor Mahal's beauty vas not the
mere surface beatty of form and color, OF
which men tire IN week It was more
ethereal attraction. You hardly knew
in her whether you admired body or spir-
1t, She had o tall figure, q cypress whist,
awalk more free and indepent than most
wO'aen-a walk acquired from her moth
ersand rare amoag the shuffling steps of
women reared In the farem. Her head
was small and proudly carried on her
Shoulders, which sloped with pleasing
curves. She had a small oval face, with
regular features, Hef every movement
was unstudied grace, her every look q
thought. She had dark, almond shaped
eyes-eastern eyes, with their finely. pen
ciled eye br7-Ys. They were hpzei, eyes,
large and soft as those Of q gazelle--eyes
that showed every movement of the youi
within, that lighted up brightly when
she was pleased, that had q far-away,
misty look when she thought, and that
flashed and kindled when she was angry,
which was rasen' 60 ~
Moor Mahal was engaged To young
PER- n, Shere Afghan, the richest, most
accc .plished, and most powerful noble
at the court Of Akbar. The prospect Of
this match odght to have satisfied, one
| would have thought, the most ambitious
girl, butiit did not satisfy: Moor Mahals
She coveted royal rank, and she loved and
was beloved by Prince Selim, the Empe.
ror's SOD. He besougbs his father to an
nul Moor MahaPs engagement, but the
Emperor was too Just TO accede the re-
quest. The girls father also was opposed
to giving his daughter to Prince Eelim,
drunken, debauched, cruel, ferocious,
| and given to violent bursts of rage. AS
to Shere Afghan little rocked he of the
Princes rivalry or Of the danger which
might ensue, and he would have been q
bold man who dared to propose to him
that he should break Off the match. The
marriage accordingly took place, when
Shere Afghan was only 25, and his bride a
ding day Moor Mahal was first seen uu-
yelled by her noble hearted hus-
band, her only remark was, "How.
hideous is thy black skin, Persian cap.
The snoner thou art attired in q more
courtly and manly attire the better"
"Fie upon thee, child" cried her mother,
scandalized; "what an unmannerly
speech! ~ "a blow from the hand we
love Is sgeeter than Falsins," answered
the bridegroom, galleDtly.
Years passed away, and Selim ascend.
ded the throne Under the tile of Jehang-
ire. A cruel prosecutor he proved to h:s
successful rival On one occasion he con-
trived combat between Shere Afghan
unGrmed and tiger. The heroic Per.
sian, though desperately wounded In the
struggle, eew the tiger. On another CO.
cnsion, at the instigation of the Emper-
or, an elephant was driven to crush him
as he passed in his litter wounded. With
one stroke of his sword the destined vic
tim cut off the elephants trunk. Once
again forty assassins were sent tc nur-
der him in his bedroom. GHglf of l. is rs.
sailants he disabled; the remainder fed.
To avoid further attempts on his life he
returned to his vast estates in Bengal.
Jehangire appointed new governor, with
express orders 70 slay Shere Afghan, and
this timo valor availed not.
'tShere Afghan was paying friendly
visit to the lew governor, and he had but
two servants with him when he was sud-
denly Sntlhcked. He killed six men with
his hand, sthe treacheroiia governor
being the frat man who fell to hia nveng-
{ ing sword. Seeing that he must be borne
down by numbers, he invited his aasail-
ants seyerally to single combat but he
begged in vain. Then Returned his face
toward the sun, and taking some dust In
his hands, in lien of water, thew, It, by
way of ablution, over his head, and stood
seemingly unconcerned. Six bullets en-
fell. His enemies had scarely tho cour
age to. come near him until they saw him
in the agonies of DEATH"
( With Indecent haste Jehnngire imme-
diately married the widow Of his vic.
tim, sill beautiful and attractive in eve.
sry respect. With cu.,cus inecnsistency
he, howeyers refused tosee, Wheiiahe at
rived et Agra, the woman whom ne had
so ardently loved, and to win whom he
hadatained his soul with SO foul q murder.
For four years she remained in the zen-
ana, imeanly lodged, and never once visi-
ted by the Emperor, who was even wont
TO turn away with shudder at the mere
mention of her name. This extraordipa-
ry neglect, the authoyess deolares, "was
not dictated by caprice. The redeeming
features of his charsnter, cruel and ArnnE-
en- as he was, was ON occult love Of truth
and justice.n The deserted beauty bore
her Ill fortane with apparent equanimity.
She occupied her time in designing aud
causing her slaves TO execute Che most
exquisite embroidery. .She showed her
artistic and ingeative genius, not only
In embroidiries, but slso iH planning new
jewelry and in painting silk. No one in
the seralgia who would be in the fashion
thought of ndorning herself
except IN the work of Moor MShal lennrl
her slaves.m She also displayed the most
perfect tact and powers Of conoiliation.
The consequence was tbRtahe became ex-
ttetnelyS popular, aud the palace rang
with reports of her witty sayings, her
sweetness, her es.ish!lity, her extraosdi-
nary beauty, and the wondrops hanginas
OF nrE IUuuIs. specimens 1f nor i 5fTi57s5:
moreover, met the eya of .Jehhnrire,
wherever he turned.
One day, therefore, he resolved To sea
her. He disclosed his intention 10 no
one. and, coming suddenly into her apart.
,meEts, vu9 SO GITuyK win neT e1quisiIg
ioyeliness, so charmed with her grace and
act, that q second love, like an Indisn
Summer, fell upon him.
When he rose to depart, with tears In
his eyes, he begged her forgfvenesa for
his lonH unkinfiunsss and fhrar, rnf,n5 har