, 1880-06-13

sword, and ut last q hideolis face black and shin
ing Us Il boot, appeared behind a small grating
and as we pissed In the owner of the aforesals
face-au emuci atcd euuuch-peered wist
fully into the carriage to nuke sur
TINT no nun Was there. My CON
pAnion is Of rnther masculine cast O
tcuture, which "duvct pronounce - On the up
per lip does not tcud to diminish, and she wa
nude the object of an extra searching look
which told its meaning us plainly as any word
could huyc doue. We drove into large cour
containing q handsome fountain, round wh1ch
crowu Of cunuchs were sitting. and passed On Il
Il second walled inclOauru. This Wus Il churmfn:
garden, laid out in Louis XIV. style; statues
urbuls, and fountains peeplug cut between tul'
mense myrtle, magnolia. and rose bushes: the
gcranium5 wure trer-liaeln their size. and the
paths were white with orange blossoms, whose
sceut hung almost upptcssyely on the air. !
tame snake liy curled up on crimson rug. IT.
black ;&nd yellow scales shining In the sun. The
pullcc occupied almost the whole Ut one side Of
this court, nneIy-conceiyed marble starcases
leading up to a high ''rez-de-ehnhsste." We en-
tered noble hull the floor OF nosaiquc, the
ceiling of carved wood the walls VI tapestry
cabinets ancient Turkish and Persian furni-
ture, urn,s, curious musical instruments, and a
thousand other objects lny about on every side,
III perfect museum, Of art.
Some twenty rooms opened out OF the hall,
and into one Of these we were show1rby MUM
bcr of fcnale slaves. Let me suy III plretthe.is
are to sll intents and PURPOSES, slaves. They
ure treated rs the absolute property OF their
masters,-bousht. exchanged, and made pres
appear, however, happy enough. for to threaten
to turn then, away is III their eyes the stverest
reprimaud and une which always has its effect.
their appearance, with wuter- pipes and clgarets,
after which superior sort Of slave came 70 tell
us thnt the Princess WIS rather unwell, but
would be charmed to sec us i'll her private room.
n
modern French style, but presenting rather
"stagey" appearaincc, We At length entered
cozy bondoir, half Eurlpran. half Oriental = in
beAu idenl Of a ROOM in';Hhich to receive Snts
intimcs. Tho hnlf-closed +" 1f1ushrabees allowed
glimpse Of the fairy garden b, below "; and I'D.
broad divan, covered with rare carpets. Ex-
tended ON this couch. and attircd in long E..r-
mcnt Of pink sttin, tSposcd rather stout little
lady, with Il book in her hanl The volume was
closed, and our hostess-for this was the Princess
appeared to be engaged in contemplating the
tips of her slippers Men would Gull thont
- dainty" slippers, for they were certainly
.' s,nnllish' file Princess rose as We entered,
and advanced Il fow steps, smiling, to meet us.
yAye us her hand, and 1''ade room for us on the
especially if under five-and- twenty, would have
pronounced her ut once to be chnrlning, and, in
decd, her splendid nair, reaching to her knees,
her tine eyes, and agsesnbie ma manners would ila
was also cIqufsit, not being OF the slckly white
generally seen in the h,rcn. Ono woman, how
ever, must crticise another, and therefore
hasten 10 say that tho features we're perhaps
little "coarse cut, and that the hight pre-
cluded her belonging TO uny save the b0ulotte
c!nss Of beauty. Half dozcn slaves stood mo-
tionless about the room doing nothing, but ready
to hurry OFT to execute any errAnd-
The Princess Is one in a thousand anon. ha-
ladies as regards intellectual requirements;
French works, and | noticed "L'Assommoir,' -
"NAna, ," Le Nnbob, and nlnny other books OF
tho day, as we'll as the FYgaro and Journal Au!tt-
stI1it. Very different this hnren and this Priu-
cess from the others have since visited, where
the fashions OF tho West are clumsily made to
jnr On Eastern manners, Involving sacrifice of
the inmates do nothing from u,orn till owe save
smoke drink coffee, have their hair dressed, and
quarrel. Reading is voted slow, music bore.
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indicted. Princess Husselu Is u Turk, aud huS
never been in Paris, or, indeed, In Europe, but
she dotss ] on seng Gyeryns san ana n ~
calls the " capital " the world" for everything.
Hearing; thntl wus English, she sent for her
cl1ildren,-she has four-who, with their English
gan to 1nbber away with an absence Of shynoss
seldom seen III Europe. The conversation some-
how turned upon the absent husband, who was
sent out tn Egypt Il short time before his father
lsmail. He is about ~ and she "a. They have
not seen ench other for nearly two yeurs, aud,
however well he may succeed in consoling hin-
the Princess truly 1no,lrns her sad lot. Genuine
teurs began to flow when she touched On tho
subject, which WIS fortunately soon changed for
6 'sS the Prices Ses expsned 1S '9PS xh;
fa Europe. ~ 1t W appears that . ii 'she1e she were
sb s bs se2sd 2sd % rcao"s as fant propeety
left ownerless through the repatriation Of It's
former possessors. She Is qroat ravorit with
md he2h hnu hnrf fr ir }r,
Egypt, promising to exort his influence TO pro-
cure the return Of his brother. In the moan-
time the guod Princess Hussefn leads rather
lonely life, not caring to See many friends, but
ousyin., herself with her Guoks, her 1nuslc, her
inging,-she has u good voice, uad has been
we'll tuugbt.-and her. riding: She is the only
.ise often riding of an evening with her brother
[br,lhm pasha, in tho lovely country round
about tho Pyramids. On those occuaIous hor
Highness wears an English ridue-hablt the
ace. however, being OF course concealed by
Turkish veil or - burkho," q curious conbina-
ion Of costume, but ono more strango than dis
pleasing.
We were now taken upstairs and shown the
Arabic part Ut the palace. the luxurious baths,
he cool sleeping chambers. almost devoid OF
truck with one room, covered throughout With
1uest white cashmere. ceiling, walls, and diyans,
he furniture inLlid with silver, silver lamp
Marble, the mirrors with frosted silver fraucs-
Everything Was gold ami white in this chamber,
the Princess favorft retEeut,-savo, thrown on
diyuu, a b1ood-rcd gown Of cashmere, e1tt~
with gold. This garment, the one
>oint Of color among ail surrounding Objects
TODD out i'll burning contrusL Chance could
lot have placed it there, md. forgetfuI Of etf-
tuet, turned for I'M instant to the Princess, in
ending t3 ask for an oIplanntio But a
trauge look, half pain, half shyness, on her face
t once checked my pnrpose; l would At that
0 unravel the secret. ali I could afterward
earn from my friend; who herself had neyax s
cnrlet garment was 81 wedding gown" Or QUO
,orn BY the bride at her marriage. The Princess
adly mourns her absent lord and the Gown.
i sud hours employed In the nittersweot tnak
fconjuring up the past We shortly afterward
ook our leave, the Princess, who had been for
II instant somewhat silent, once more brighten
og up and presenting us with photographs Of
erself and children. The female slaves kissed
ur hands. tho hem OF our garments - and
heir own hands, aud the head eunueh-a meag1e
liant Of 7-presented us with glorious flowers
S we passed out of q house which, with its
mistress, combined Oriental hospitality
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