The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26

kerim Aga, ana on approaching the out
or gate on his return was politely advise
I to take shelter from the sun in the cfal,
He passed the day in looking over tn
many well selected books that were
his disposal, and in vain attempted t
/ draw the eunich into conversation. Th
/ most singular thing of all was that, bt
, sides his attendant, he had not seen
. single human being on the premises, an
considering that there were 100 slaves i
the princess employ, he came to th
conclusion this man Kerim Aga was he
only trusted slave, and that the other
were employed elsewhere, so that the
should not see him. Asa matter of fact
during the whole of the twenty three
days that he was prisoner in the pal
ace kerim Aga and the princess wer
the only persons he saw. At 7 o'cloc1
the sick patient wanted to see him
They descended into the celia
of the chalet, and an irol
door being opened by the slave
they entered well-illuminated uader.
ground passage, and after going some
200 yards mounted small staircase, Al
the top of which kerim Aga, opening
another iron door, told the doctor to en-
ter and disappeared, DR.. Canelli found
himself in the princess private apart
ment, where he was welcomed by hel
in person. The docter has since said
that heaven itself could hardly surpass
the three rooms comprising this suite
and that in beauty, grace and elegance
he doubts if any celestial being surpasses
the Princess Elmineh. For three weeks
which to him appeared! but as SO many
days, did DR.. Canelli remain in the
apartments. The more he saw of the
princess the moro he thought the worlG
had misjudged her, and he determined
to become her champion the day she
gave him his liberty, wich he imagined
he could obtain whenever he might ask
for it.
At 10 o'clock of the twentv-second
night Kerim Aga rushed into the room
and told the princess, in an excited
manner, that one of the grooms had just
been dangerously kicked by horse
She asked the doctor if he would kindly
attend to the slave, which he willingly
agreed 10 do. Kerim Aga opened the
door by which they had entered the
first time, and which had remained
locked ever since, and asked the doctor
to follow him. AS he was leaving, the
princess, kissing her jcweled fingers to
ililn, told him to return speedily. Even
|
| although the door had been locked be-
hind them by the eunich, he could still
hear her crying: ''Revicns, vite, mon
! cher, ]at'attends avec impaticnce." In
stead of going by the passage leading to
| the chalet, and in which direction Can.
nelli knew the stables to be, Kerim
opened door in the opposite direction
and unlocking a lantern from the wall
entered dark passage, Gllowed by the
doctor, whose suspicious were now fully
aroused. He could hear the waters Of
the Nile ominous]y splashing at the end
or the passage. All the tales he had
| heard about poor Coll shot through his
memory, and he determined to keep his
| eye on the eunich and to sell his life
! dearly if foul play was attempted.
They had advanced some distance
when Keri,n Aga told the
| doctor to 50 before him, which he firmly
| refused to do. The cunich then put
down the lantern and in Il second rushed
upon his victim with a drawn yatayhan
! or heavy cutlass, that he i,ad concealed
| under his flowing robes, but CanelIi,
| ht ing on the alert, slipper aside, and in
doing SO upset the light. And now hegan
! the tWo strong men, one Of whom was
on murder, and the other unarmed, but
having his life to defend. The eunich
lashed about with his yataghan,
following up and wounding the
doctor, whose whereabouts he could
! tell by the noise of his footballs in
| the vault. The doctor then had the
| presence Of mind to sip off his shoes,
| and this saved his life, for although he
"oul tell where the assassin was, his
own movements were a mystery to his
| antagonist, who, after, vainly searching
! for him, went toward the door in order
70 obtain assistance, or perhaps light
| tin was closely and silently followed by
Me doctor. No sooner had he put the
-ey into the lock than Camel rushed
upon him from behind, and pulling him
to the ground got a grip upon his throat,
To let 60 of which meant certain death
The slave did all he could to shake him
off, using the yataghan to the best adj
lie would evidently have been the con-
Iue1or had not the. doctor dashed his
head gaainst the stone pavement with
such force as to stun him. Still the doc
tor held on the wretch's throat until
his heart ceased to beat.
Having thus escaped from what had
appeared inevitable death, he pulled
the body from behind the door, and,
tnrning the key, found himself at
the steps leading to the Panicess' apart,
mont and at the entrauce of the passage
leading to the chalet, both Of which
were we'll illu1ninate,l lie found the
chalet cellar door locked, and thinking
the key might be on the dead euniuh'5
| person, he returned and successfully
| searched the warm body. Then he re-
m"mbered that kcrim Aga had opened
The door Of the cave and that of the
princess apartment with the same key
and thinking that there might be one
key to all the doors Of the labyrinth, he,
took it out of the lock, and found that
it not only opened the cellar to the chalet.
but also the outer gate, leading to the
Shoubra road and to liberty. Once
there his first thought was to rush home
was taken with all irresistible desire to
see the princess again. He actually re-
traced his steps through the gate, the
chalet, the passage and up the marble
staircase. Opening the princess door
he appeared before her, shoeless, his
coat torn to shreds, and covered with
blood from head to foot. The princess
was seated on a divan, smoking per-
fulned nurghileh, and surrounded by
seven female slaves, and on seeing him
uttered cry, but did not otherwise lose
her presence of mind. E'Madame'' said
the doctor, ~ have failed to find your
wounded groom, but you will have TO
difficulty in finding the body of your
trusted slave aud acconplice at the bot
tom Of those steps," Dr. Canelli took
refuge in the consulate, whence he was
sent to Trieste, where he has practiced
medicine ever since.