Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-10-11
The Circassion Beauty.


minister, with a beautiful Circassian
girl.-Press dispatch.
This is all that the modest telegraph
consents 10 say about the occurrence
though the San Francisco Wasp found
ever so much more 10 be told. The fact
is that Mrs. Wallace was sitting at the
front window Of her Cousiantionople
house, on the verge of gong down 10
the bazaar for some embroidery stutfs to
send home, when cavalcade, drew up
before the door, huge eunuch, arrayed
in the Sultan's livery, knocked at the
door ands salam salamed, and then two
eunuchs. size smaller, brought in and
deposited on the inside door.mat big
eyed, beautiful Circassian girl, whose
lustrous orbs aud sparkling jewels were
but little obscured by the flimy gauze
yelling that covered her from head to
foot. Mrs. Wallace started at the girl
in dumb amazement.
what do you want'' she said.
The girl shook her head.
.Mustaby, MustabY?' cried Mrs.
Wallace sharply. what does this
mean p
Mustaby came from The floor below,
where he had been polishing some
knives with Bristol brick. He dropped
knife snd brick when he caught sight OF
the visitor.
sAh, ah,' he calculated with satisfac-
lion. as he saw the imperial insignia
it is a magnificent present. His high
ness has smiled upon my master and
has sent him his choice slave.'
And what is his chosen slave gong
to do in this house, would like 10
know p con- tinued Mrs. Wallace, with
vinegary CLEAN of sarcasm.
She will bring my masters coffee TO
him when be awakes IN the morning,
and affectionately superintend bis morn
ing ablutlons.'
She will, will she.' remarked Mrs.
Wallace, as she ground her teeth very
hard. She will affectlonately super
intend bis morning ablutions, will she''
And she stealthly fingered a bric-a-
brack cimeter, and glared at the offenc-
ing Present.
Then she walked straight up to the
beauty on the door-mat pointed her in'
dex FINGER out to the front door, and re-
marked:
Go 'waJv
The Present stared at her slupldl'.
GO 'way. 1 tell you. You're
shameless hussy 10 come intrudlug Oh
a respectable fam lly in this way
The Present d., not look AS though
sne had done an vihing particularly
Infamous, and showed 10 dis position 10
move. :,
Mrs. Wallace could ,:ontalnn hersei
no longer. S.e few at Tue fresen''
grabbed 1t by the shoul der, aud was
hustliug it down the stairs when 1eo'
Wallace came around the corner, rather
flushed from rapid walking. lie LOOK
in the,situation at glance. -,
oh, Lewis y cried his wife, Will
.cceptuated horror did you ever neal
of such thing
Lewis did not look Mortified, though
ba evidently was. He evidently nae
heard of such things, for there was
do,h,fnl look on his face. Finally b
said: >,
Idon't thug, Maria, that l wou!o
put 1t cut into the street. It's not U
blame, you know
There was faint snap in Mrs. Wal
lace's eyes, but she nodded and icre'
hiW no further.
.You zee it's a Present, and you eau
oive away or throw away Pre- sent yo'
know. If we could sendit back, saJnn!
that we had no use tor 1t, or that w
had one already, and couldn't he m axe
it something else, would be the oes,
way. You have to consult custom ane
cr,ouelte in these things you know
DEAR
.Y.e-e.s,' said Mrs. W., with a siuls-
Ter sweetness in her compliance.
Besides be continued, as he care
lessly took hold Of the PRESENTS han'
and began stroking the PRESENTS bro"
in a gentle and fatherly way, Il dom
really know if it would be sale 10 sen'
IT hack at all. You see these toreigI
mowers are mighty touchy, aud L DON
know bnt if was to send this Presen
hack and turn up my nose at it an sucl
a way they might be mad enough 10 ae
clare war on the United States rign
off and massacre us ALL
You would, would you p remarked
| Mrs. Wallace 10 a voice like the hrs
rumbings of a typhoon- 'Fraid I
send it back, are you, you bald'heade'
old fraud 'Fraid of international com
phcations, are you, you saiacleus ol
wretch ! Now you can just understan
this, sir, and right now: II that Pres
ent doesn't 90 back to that old bea'
that sent 1t in less than ten minutes l.
show you what kind of Bulgarian atrt
city YOU are MARRIED to. Tll she
you.' she hissed, as she Aew at th
Present and inaugurated panic in dr
goods aud hair pins and Crcassia
soueals and male protests, and hnall
histories, as Gen. Wallace called
camel aud packed the giri of At h
speed.
Then he went in an caught it-caug
n 30 hot that he remarked TO The vic
, consul that sooner than 20 through Il
, like again he would see the whole cont
o,t b,.thod in blood and The America