New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1880-04-28

NAS0oSA, sASA vas PuseAAS VA0AA VI Will
trembling fingers.
"Lucyr' cried Frank, "you shan't
60. You know it is contagious, and''-
She interrupted him.
II can't forget May" she said with
q sob, and was out of the door before
he could say another word to stop her.
Mrs. Morgan sat in large chair hold
ing her child in her arms. She was
gazing down at the little flushed face
with look of stony despair, and her
heart was filled with bitter, rebcllious
thoughts. She had held the child three
days thus. She expected to see this
precious life slip away from her-every-
thing else had slipped away.
Suddenly the bedroom door opened,
and Lucy Hayward entered. She
walked right up to the desolate woman,
knelt down by her, and after one glance
at the flushed face of the child burst
into tears.
my only child died Of scarlet
fever" she said, and she put her arms
about the mothers neck and sobbed.
She cried thus for long time, and
hers were not the only tears which fell.
Tho fountain of Mrs. Morgan's heart
wass unakled a. last, aud She Vent e n
her heart was breaking. The strain
which she had endured for SO MANY
years had been too much for her, and
she had broken down when this sister
with sister sorrow had come to her.
And the wall had broken down: too.
The old doctor said that it was
through Mrs. Hayward's good nursing
that little Daisy recovered. Certainly
she did her best for the child.
And she did her best for Daisy'a
mother, too. .-. ..-. .-.
IL was bitter and proud" said tho
poor woman, land l did not want ia
make friends. l thought you held
yourself above me because YOU were
happy and was not. You had all and
had nothing, and l did not think
could bear being patronizcd. l envied
you your lot, and contrasted it with nv
own, and felt that-as you say-there
was wall between US.
"YOu never Guessed how | enyied
you your child,' said Lucy.
mo, never thought of that. saw
you were fond Of your husband and
proud of him, while well, never
mind. it is of no use to talk of that
was sixteen when married him, and I
had had the advantages of the best
school in the town, but of course a girl
OF sixteen is no judge-and l had no
mother. But mean to act differently
now. l see things in new light. Yes,
went to church, but it never did me
any good. went to see if the preacher
would ever say anything that would
touch my heart. But he never did.
You are the only one whose preaching
ever did me any good-who knew how
to touch my heart. 1 think l know
now what q Christian is. l never did
before. Thank God, have at last
found one I can call q friend"
You see, Frank" said Lucy, as they
sat on their front piazza one evening Of
the following summer, and watched
Mrs. Morgan coming up the walk with
q light. elastic step, and heard her gay
laugh rs She listened to some quaint
speech made by the child at her side,
You see it was just as we'll that
didn't go on trying in my blind way to
break down that wall. / left it to t;0l
after | failed, and it was levclcd to the
ground at one blow. II I had gone on
trying my way don't believe well,
doesn't she seem bright and happy
now"- Florence II Bt,ney, IN N. Y.
Ernm.n.sr n"d Chronicle.
Beautiful Women Captured and En-.
shaved.
The capture of Tmrkman women by
tn. Persian Governors is one vi the
great crimes OF Persian rule in the dis
'rict> east ii the Caspian Sea "An
order" says Major Butler, Of the Brit
iSl' Army, is sent to one or more ui
the Governors Of those districts u the
effect that no presents have been for
wardcd To the Shah by them Of late,
and if they do not Immediately dispatch
substantial gifts another Governor will
tc found u replace them. The dis
tracted Governor. who has alrct,ly
"Imti his own people until they have
nothing hfl n take. wistfully turns his
eyes and thoughts to his rich nc,yhi,urs
u" TurknGams. Forthwith lie organ
'z"s III expedition. and sends fortI.
SPECS I" ascertain 1T what point are en-
| ca'nl"al the greatest number Ot Turk
| man women and horses and the small.
c<; number Of men. This being asccr-
tanned. lie starts ut the dead Of night,
accompanied 10y his numbering robbers,
AMT swoops down upon his unfortunate
victims. Those Turkmans who urc
able to fight, or likely to give any
future trouble. are rutl!cssly murdered.
ar'! the "l'' men. the boys. wives.
daughters and sisters arc bound hand
and !'"h and brought bac,. into prrsia,,
| ,v:i,ry.
"Then commences scene disgrace.
full alike to humanity and morality
The old women and infants are scpa
rated from the young and beautiful
(and many of the Turkn,an women arc
very beautifully every point of the lat
ter is looked into and discussed by tic
men told off for this purpose, Just as
the intended purchaser Of Il horse trot.
out the animal to examine him. Those
possessing the best points are sent of
to the Shah and other great men at Tc
heran. Those with some fault or Other
are kept by the Governor himself, ant
distributed among his favorites, high
and low, his servants being always gen.
erously treated in the distribution OF
the human spoil. The horses and 9th.
er stolen property are likewise dis.
| posed of. But what becomes of the old
women and little ones? These arc
locked up until some Turkman relation
can buy their release for twenty OF
twenty-five pounds each; and if thil
happy arrangement cannot be effected
they probably die of starvation. I could
mention many startling instances of the
above which have lately taken place,
There is a regular season for these ex'
petitions, commencing about April and
ending about October.
81 assert that the Turkmans never
give any cause whatever to the Persians
for these barbarities. and that all the
marauding and kidnapping is on the
part of the Persians. When any Per-
slams fall into the hands of the Turk
man f. ia durinv One IF these rOhhino